The Express.
London, England, 1847-06-05 00:00:00

THE MURDER IN MARYLEBONE.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.
DVANAII, Noarn.—The Hod. 11. T. Liddell, who bra
represented the scent Ithislol2 of the county of Badman since
1637, has declared bis intention again to become • candidate
at an approaching di/Atha. In his address to the electors
Mr. Liddell rye: " Mehemet I may not be prepared to
avow {indica coaailense fa leer Majesty's premed edseinis-
nation, anther am I disputa Ie offer to them a systematic,
still Ws • vexatiousosppeshien" The appearance of Mr.
Liddell's eddress has taken the liberals rather by sarpries, as
they expected he would net epic offer himself; but as a
contest now appals basAabis, and both parties are confident
of seem" if anode to predict the result till a caner
takes place. It is ez=tisiberal candidates will mo-
menta their cancan
Essex, Bourn.—)dr. Palmer Ism hosed an address in
which he states his retiremsat on the plea of advanced age.
Mr. W. Bowyer Smyth is in the field u • candidate. In
his address to the siselers, ha says:—' I ground my claim
to your support moss the Whereas, which I profess to the
semi priesigies whisk have astestad Mr. Palmer shrewish
his kw, sea kesaL and benethithill eerier." This stalemest
is aimed an eauttadesa of esseerwative otios►
sebum assierina ;maiden in piese MILL Bea:

Last evening an inquest was held before Mr. Mills,
at the Carpenters' Arms, Adam-street West, Bryanstone-
square, to investigate the cireurnstauces connected with the
death of Mary Stowell, the aged female alleged to have been
murdered by a woman named Mary-Ann Haat, on the night
of Tuesday lad. The jury built; viewed the body, the evi-
dence wan entered into.
Charles Bettereby, peliee-constable, said : On the
of Wednesday last found the deceased deed in the
kitchen of the house, No. 40, Adam-street West, at sboat
a quarter put five o'clock. About a quarter past four en the
same morning I was passing through Adam-street West,
and saw a woman, named Mary-Ann Hunt, put bar head
outside the street door of No. 40. She had her bonnet on,
and the moment she saw me she drew her head back and
closed the door. I thought it looked suspicious, and I
concealed myself. About a quarter before five, the 811/110
woman eame out with two bundles, but seeing me she threw
the bundles in again, and then went in and shut the door.
Shortly after, the door was opened, end I got my hand in and
forced it open. I then saw Mary Ann Hunt in the garage
and said, "Do these bundles belong to you ?" She said,
" Yea" She said she lodged with the old lady in the front
kitchen. I went down stairs with her. As we weed back
towards the back kitchen-door, my shoulder tot it, and
she them said," Don't say I did it, for I havn't seen her since
last night." The woman Hunt had a reticule on her arm,
and she took a pound's worth of silver from it, and said she
would give it me if I would let her go. I said I was sus-
pleions before, but I am confident now that something is
wrong. I then took her up to the person who lived in the
shop, and she identified the woman as living with the de-
ceased in the back kitchen. I then took her down Main
spin, and after knocking at the door without effect, I went
into the yard to look in at the window, and whilst doing so,
the prisoner endeavoured to escape by means of a water.
pipe on to tie wall, but I prevented her. She then asked
to go into the closet, and I allowed her, but
as she tried to shut the door, I looked in and found her
trying to strangle herself. thett took her up, and, hay-
ing given her into the melody of another mutable, I
went down stairs and got into the back kitchen by mans
of the window. I then discovered the body of the deceased
lying with her head end, r the grate, with the rope I now
produce tied tightly six times round her neck. I found a
great deal of blood on my hands, and then saw her face wee
covered with blood. The person who committed the act
must have got out of the kitchen-window, as the door WY
locked, and I found the key under the body. There was no
money in the room ; but I have two watches, a break
ring, and other trinkets, which I found in demosed's
pockets, and her daughter has identified them as the
ceased's property. On examining the woman Hunt at the
station, 'I found that the gown she had on at the time I took
her into custody was eovEW with blood. It was stained on the
left arm to the extent of three or four inches. There were
sand spots of blood on the breast and front of the gown.
Her hands were clean, and there was an appearance es if
she had attempted to wash some of the blood from the wrist
of the gown. The wines& here produced the poker, which I
was covered with blood and hair, as also the clothes of the
accused, for examination by the coroner and jury.
Susannah Nisbet—l reside at No. 40, Adam-street West.
I last saw the deceased alive about three o'clock in the after-
noon of Tuesday. I was then in the yard, and deceased
was en the kitchen-stairs. She then appeared as usual. The
woman Mary Anne Hunt lived with the deceased, and was,
I believe, a servant out of place. She bad lived with her
10 or 11 weeks, as a fellow-lodger with deceased. I last
saw Hunt about 9 o'clock on Tuesday night, coming
along the passage from the kitchen stairs. She held down
her head, an.appeared ashamed. I heard Hunt quarrelling
with the deceased, on Monday night, and in the course of it
I heard one of the voices, which I believe to be Hunt's, say,

"I will do fc;
Sarah Sinclair said—l had a conversation with- the de- '
ceased at three o'clock on the Tuesday afternoon. Deceased
asked me if I heard her quarrelling over night with Hunt,
and said she was afraid to go to bed, as Hunt said she would
do for her. I advised her to lock Mary Anne Hunt out, and
we thee parted.
The witnere Nisbet was recalled, and, in answer to a
question, stated that she bad heard the seemed, Hunt, say
that she knew deceased was an old miser, and had got
plenty of money in that drawer, pointing to one in the
kiteken.
Mr. Wm. Crofton Moat said, on Tuesday morning I was
called to see the body. It was cold, end the limbs were rigid.
Blood was flowing from the nose and mouth. I found the
card produced tied ate them round the neck, but it was not
tighe uselokbr Frahm strangulation. My impression it
that deemed Li bustard about eight lams. I have, by
order of the emover, mule a pod merlons examination.
Externally Mead had dewed ever dr deed end tight arm,
and the head bid la a pod el' blood. Oa the right side of
the scalp there wee a mark of violence, bat the skull was
sound. Gnat achymosis existed around the right eye ; the
eye was aramisent, C 1115434 by a severe bruin ; the tongue
projeded *starters of en inch beyond tits gums. The
marks cm the did not indicate that the mud was tight.
Under the kilt Me et the jaw there was esigineebertending
from the ebbs to the eagle. A similar meek was near the
Lvertehme. The ribs on both sides were vary eaten-
freseered, indeed broke, quite through. There was
eengodea of the mode of the chest amend the
The rings of the windpipe
os were bettered by
violent*, and the oracles was with bleed. The lungs
were ceselted by the fractured ribs . The cause of the de-
ceased's death was the rush of blood into the sir verde of
the hogs, caused by the crushing in of the ribs upon them.
The ribs might have been broken in by damping with the
feet, lent I should think it was done by a larger surface.
I Milne that she was first injured over the right eye by an
inetrameat at least two inches in dreumbrence. I do not
think the pair ereineei was the WIWI& Mg. I have no
doubt that thtiles been greiment hem the ereelleg in of
the chest I nee the sewn yreithel, end I have no
dienht the 'ph en them eve mike 'flirted.
H. thurtentan peeved that the eyed produced was the
pint et a eiedemast she had placed eliazdtite. purge of the
kitchens in the twee where demand
The NMI" then proceeded to rem up the evidence, and
I. the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of
" Wilful Murder'," against Mary Anne Hunt, and the
. coroner issued his warrant for her committal to Newgate.

DIQUEBTS, YESTEBDAT.-BTASVINO A CHILD TO
of the DELTE.—Bahn Mr. G. L Milk, la thi
,Bianca room
Merytehwee Weekbeess, us
whisk oomph& several bee% wpm Idaad=iAlima,l.9l4t
wbost Perowto MOSS Et Moilhaluat, Odard-
guest Mr. hales, the depend that des lather,
who was aimed in the warismeldal 1110.N11, hid been
ht gems thee eat of week, and bad hew he three week' in
Midallaseuheeldte dozing the seeelle eta. The woman
was a maltelesdi baekma, whe idedied everythlog to buy
drink. Leta ea th. Maid sills na al April a person in-
formed Mee fiat the eldldrea wen with h He
had the date *mod, when he hodraying that the 14nWn had
been remewed, and saw the two children lying naked trader
the ticking of the bed, and aryls.. H. sand in • lady
who lived In the parlour, sad whoa the meeker »tweed
home gave her into custody for steeling the !matters. The
father wasthe& in the hospital. The shake& wen brought
to the Maryialwase workhouse, where the desma ri
dded, se
the 27th lA, ,H he' Allan, sod alas pose, h
for a long pedal her miller had kft hit lad the decoutd
without say ether had deorhig the day bat a palmy loaf and
water, sad OEIO'IO6V/du they seldom had ere, although
they ware almost mini Her mother frequently beat her
with and sad her wieldwith a stick. Her lather was
kind, ff in work lave takes cars ef them ; bat
when he attempted to de se her needier tamed Met oat.
Mr. Allen, surgeon to the weeldwrese, whe speed the body,
mid that it was very emaciated ; the somentary, sad hags
were diseased, end en effuaion had taken place in the ven-
tricles of the brain end the pericardium, which causeddeath.
Deceased only weighed 131 lbs. Several other whamue
proved that the mother, although she had ample mom to
feed them, starved and neglected her childria.—Yadiet,
" Manslaughter waited Elisabeth Allen, the amelliar."—
TEX DOUBLE SUICIDE IN THE SISPENTIIII.-114110
at the Raw and Crown, Kni=sencia tylerse
boB Iph Blackman, aged 35, and aged
24, who meoelitted saki& together in the Ilerpeatlae ,
as moduli la ear pew et yesterday. Mary Ana HAY, of
No. 10, itaimesaist,Maida-hill, ideeilied the beam of
the desessal. Blackman was by trade a pedalos sad shist,
and Mae Hellas, sister of witness, was a amereatoeisailly sat
of pima, and resided with her. Her sheer Ilest Wow es
quainted with Blackman while in parka et NeL ffilr Post-
man-street, Portman-equare. Her Oster was seer her con-
finement, cad latterly had been in exostaingly Wl=
frequently declaring she should drown hereeff. B
had told her sister he was single, and it was not until De-
cember that she found he was a married man. Her deeeseed
sister went out on Tuesday last, and did not return, but
on the next day she received the following letter : " Dear
Mary—You will receive this from me as the last. I hope I
shall he a trouble no more in this world. My dear mother
has all my thoughts ; end now farewell.—Euza Hows."— ,
Jens Blackman, of Jemossitreet, Oxford-ghee% mid the de-
ceased (Blackman) was her husband, and that she knew of
the intercourse between him and Hollis. He never threat-
used to commit suicide, but was very anxious about the girl,
who he feared would make away with herself. Witnesa had
learned that the girl, after she left her home on Tuesday,
went and took Blackman away from his work. Nothing
more was beard of them until their bodies were found in the
Serpentine between 4 and 6 o'clock on Thursday morning.—
The jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned but how
the deceased got into the sestet there was not sufficient Eti.
SICDCe to show."

He toya:
By slosalimt etaveriet I am ems, ettethei le the era-
third *ask god stionjorsedy greed streportls the morstent
laseralses of dm warn einer arewmaat
of a Isms sorer Ala ire aat the mess time
din Owen issamet Nese rot arty of orreme
era I emend tee meeste I weserly armee owitaientr;
ewe err may mew to re eirathe • eerie mond
soma of re prim Detembel to err Ow Mosso of Oisimens un-
ordeal byersa by Dry, lasm entl gift to the
=ret lord klatil ressimelet support,
eselfer rathelsof en swotp eta permit day the
best as *pre arlimet.
Ganiorence.-14 to the present time no conservative
candidate has boas aaseamed to contest this borough with
its present mismbars, Admiral J. W. D. Damii:e and E. 0.
Barnard, Esq. A requisition has been talked of to Sir C.
Earley Smith who has succeeded to the estates of the late
Lord Sap and'Sele, but nothing definite has yet transpired.
KENT, Woor.-It is not the present intention of the liberals
of this district to allow the present members to walk over the
course. A requisition has been presented to Col. Angerstein,
son of J. J. Angerstein, Esq., of Woodland., Blackheath,
and that gentleman has consented to stand for the division,
provided its former long tried mortar, Thos. Law Hodges,
will not again come forward. Communications are
now parsing through the Central Reform Association at
Maidstone, to ascertain Mr. Hodges's sentiments, but either
Mr. Hodges or Col. Aageretein wall certainly be put forward
LICHFIELD.- It is believed that the conservatives of this
city will not take the field on this occasion. Nothing has
yet been heard from Capt. Dyott or his friends; and, In all
probability, the election will be a "walkover." It is under-
stood that the Hon. E. M. Mostyn retires, and that Viscount
Anson will succeed him : this was declared to be the ar-
rangement at the time the hon. gentleman was elected, his
lordship not having at that time attained his majority. Lord
Alfred Paget wi'l stand again, although, in the event of any
opposition, it would of course be directed against his lordship.
MARTLEBONIL-Two MORE CANDIDATES.-Yesterday a
meeting of elect" members of the " Vented Reform
Associttion," took place at the Rising Sun Tavern, New-
road, for the purpose of considering the steps necessary to
be taken with reference to the representation of the borough.
J. Howarth, Esq., senior churchwarden of St. Pancras,
presided. Mr. Serjeant Shee (one of the candidates) was
present. The meeting was of a very stormy character.-
On the confirmation of the minutes being. proposed,
Mr. Belton moved that the vote of confidence in Sir Ben-
jamin Hall, Bart, be reminded. He contended that
Sir Benjamin Hall had neglected his duties to his consti-
tuenta.-Mr. Boyls rounded the amendment-Messrs.
H. C.. Wilson, Potter, Aldis, and other gentlemen,
warmly defended the conduct of Sir Benjamin Hall.
especially during the last twelve months, and contended
that, if nothing else, the bold stand the hon. baronet had
made in the cause of Ireland entitled him again to the con-
fidants' sad the hearty support of the electors of Marylebone.
Oreito....%greestlirlesing put, the vote of confidence was ma-
ll then read the following communica-
tion bra =Napier, in reference to he rejection
as a essiliste
*dim aselory, Whit, Kay It, 1547.--ntr,-I bays la ackao.-
kelp reeept of yew latter, osehming the ropy of a rasstation
unman** pond by *Diem eel llegle*Mon Asseebtlaa, we.
***** as es my pram" sip*** far tab* IWS to NW=
my Win I ham abs malvel semmoNsattem ears tbe
osartistire or the remessrallsnotrrylsheakeet
sours is to sess*-1 ha, Comae le .eeteMbeeteTh°°`
Thisßo:Amen, Beg., fleamery, Beers ithssides,
hha tusta been snared on the minutes, Mr. NSW said
he thought the Om bed aow arrived when the soneolation
should take some stop with reference to the borough election.
They had, it was true, several candidates before them, bat
to has thinking there was not as yet one up to the mark re.
quired by such a borough as Marylebone. (Hear, hear.)
Marylebono had a right to expect the moat talented men in
the kingdom as its representatives, and he (Mr. Potter) be-
lieved he was right in saying that the liberal electors had
the oppertausity of Nieces( sesh men if they thought
proper. (Maar, hoar.) It *aid be remembered that in
the year 111S4, the united vestries el the borough of Mary-
lobar imbed a gentleman to co* forward who would have
dome be. to =but who, sessequent on unforeseen
ei He srmat Kr. D. W. Harvey. He
(Mr. potter) taken the liberty of communicating with
that *adman as an einefar, sad be-would now submit the
correspning* to the =din. It *a as follows :
7S, Oraelheaninsit. *Ns 1.-I+ner Sr : I *Wm free nennpaper
report** yea ars *A* lei Se as* wham* Tea may 1
osseatlhenrartemmehhhteskyiscal•MarylatisabbaSSlods
yea ware *mint by very toms stejsellyee es thin *ld* at 1
tbelmisesb sa esprammt them to bee Mows et Omer* las a
reamheret the Ilmaylnher Siam koidalroo leery et tae
piss sa *fa le emilei I bemswith wit* erlon of
pear prim** a* Is ashal. belintag pea as mien* Ore gni*
I las so kag firitbsythaal ylea es a pais *a a* ism I**
I have, NI If yaw aims issOY birsessolloths
•
Sim me a sa*elty of *um obearrnbas mg.
pert yea Is Om ammer set he* is oar *St Meow*" anew=
Y Wren* ysa se the sisers at Imp NS a anYiMe be *sir ad.
tressa-1 remain, be., Taos. Porma-th W. HerVili, les. Sea.
To this be (Mr. Potter) hed received tho flaDowfai reply
Oil
liiS hem* ze L-Denr Sir : I revert wt* pram to thaossamene
=to Wow. when • ImSISMIMISY ths ragralabities
at Meryl gee esbassa gee in Ohs *Sift
erg peal* repremot them la penarsea• se I defter pm*
paw *let **SA they bid my mom visa retarnid by Ye
Ispongh et L.* t, ~at he alms Pas hemearal me
• imllar hnibelh* Tam War, I* romitel,
Is Os yelpibeinerebhal ilm* the Owl* animas
Cal phms ONO* smil a** br*yea
rmrs alosilesar Iczecers 14114==in. brualte
*Om IWO *Mr imam W mumble olneli
law um** 1* Ism mapiessoWths alignet thdr priehrume•
I ill** am rimed la *as *unit
l• their hem*. a* *ea
Kama am MIL 1111** no year *Ms* Is net**
news yea auk bur no mint* of woad* grimelples.
Sr ins usikapartkftwoa heard la the or* My**
hem ham will aim harp** romaist la then radar 11••
A my Anew apes pi* mean be boosL WWI I
Mme,
I semi; a* audit nem@ Os ell* al row drift
yea nil my *dos sa I ems hays Isom ths Ikea suppeeW of sway
maw* esidelel mem* the Imp*, el the
Login sad *MI *haver hs so aseared as hy =lbw
inerytting; we *Mk the makeusrele
wlinnwribrusgralfebe it may appear.-I,"rtt
paw,
Mr. Donate ootobisioilaterd Dudley Stuart to Mr.
D. W. Harvey, sad onshlared it premature to Aims the
nobs of the **Wien will the whole of them err bakes
the seseggisa 'ts he aembiesd. They light the.
trod thin
Ms. Nam, led &sopa hislpinn Ds gm*
tits hiseMbg rasehedse That a committee be
to suelda wbother the several candidata will submit
aims SO tis sagratestatica et the Wee& to the destion
Mae mgmili4siset this amosistbsk awl ia tam the italt
ensideeloi the assoclatios be egmeevai en, the
Moslem et a meeting (to le b
ey We that ),
WM, will win treat the cad* Ihr the assi se
fikr mar shall have hem yeah* from the mai-
=lll***Mtbs shall cell a yodel meeting eitbe ea-
ts wig* tbe whole ofthoeaodidateeehallbein-
tlipi to 'Mead, sad that at that mosting a ballot by the
PM** of the smosigisa shall take plies, to do.
&whirl the monelnilla shall smog.' M.
aseemied the imelsloa. Mr. Densest
the pegeettlne a sms, as It would ea=
bust to
he hip* Lord
IWO would be slid If kt altered Ids_gelitim emir
rirwArena& fressr, hear.)-Mr. kW* eggsersei
seristi" awl blued to add the name of tram
sollomit as otatille& (lassgborr He hat bum or
vitiate emesesres se • emiltbio Nls. 1. L. Bohent-iir.
▪ gise In mew on sissmeNith. =Met so* ossitatiao,
otbooMbet, "That the shell herein, de
in
So gages fa favour of, and suggest MIS one of Ibe ems&
Ewho mar cobalt their probados >represst the
, without sheibiss any glatip kaat the ea*
see a *AM* of tag mggeetod by the
swastatfaa.-Hr. Bremen sesembi iho raseabssat.-
llogsaat Shoe, in a kimi ginsailli *Mk sairsessi
ens rap ea • member of the amoshilea. He Ilsolted
the goadeessa he had met, for the freak opinions thug bad
him, and said he was sure the IMPS le
="sa
ssetrasallirasin%, t e better man it would make him, and
he moat to lig as the gallant Sir C. Napier did, to attend
entry aseedng laid, in order (as the objection to him was
thatio was unknown) that he might be known. (Hear.)
They mid he was an untried man. That made him the
more anxious to be tried, and he hoped and believed the
electors of Idarylebone would give him the trial. The
learned serjeant said he would retrain from entering into his
political sentiments in the abeam of the other candidates.-
The origioal resolution was ultimately carried almost unapt-
measly, and a committee was appeanted.
STAFFORDSHIRE (Sours).- he liberals are strong
"sough to return a good Colleague for Col. Anson, but up t•
the present time no efforts have been made to seem a can-
didate. A oorreapondent rays :-" Lord listherton's eldest
son goes upon a bad tack at Walsall ; If the hon. gentleman
could be induced to change the venue for the county, with
pod management, his election would be almost a certainty.
Lord Inflame is far from popular."
STAPFORDSHIRS (NORTH).-Mr. JOSS Watts Rumen
some time since announced his determination to retire, and
nothing has been heard from the hon. gentleman that would A Vaantcr of Accidental death Was been returned by the
lead to the inference that he has changed his resolve ; in all jury empanelled to investigate the causes of the fatal mei-
probability he will be succeeded by Yr. Buller, who formerly dent at the Chunock Richaod pit.
represented the division, and at present M.P. for Stafford, Meourrasras tours CORONRIO.-In Manchester, a
but the hon. gentleman has not yet announced blastoff. Mr. few days ago, a man beat and jumped upon his wife, who
Adderley will, doubtless, be re-elected. subsequently expired. The borough coronet held en inquest
STSOUD.-M. W. Motewether Turner, Esq., of Wood- on Wednesday night, and the jury decided that she had died
cote, Carshallon, has issued an address, soliciting the from inflammation previously existing, and discharged the
suffrages of the electors of this borough. He oppooes the husband. The husband was brought before the magistrates of
government plan of education, supporta the repeal of the Manchester yesterday, and, after an investigation into the
malt tax, an amendment of the poor law, and vote by ballot. case, he was committed for trial for wilful murder.
The honourable gentleman. , however, explicitly declares DURHAM.
that he will not contest the borough against two liberal can. OPENING OP HARTLEPOOL Win HARBOUR anti Boots,
didatee. The present members are Messrs. a. Poulett -Tuesday last witnessed the celebration of an ireportant
Serape and W. H. Stanton. It is rumoured that the con- event in connexion with the shipping interest of 'Jib county
servatives will bring forward a candidate. -the opening of the West harbour and doct.,,, Tattoo, near
TANwORTIL-AN OPPOSITION, of a somewhat novel rind the tillage of Strentoo, about a mile and s..nali to the south
unexpected character, is to take place at the ensuing elec- of Hartlepool, CUR* upon the sea-shore, Thu part of the
tion for the borough of Tamworth. The oppoaing condi- coast being necessarily much exposit to the porth.eget
data is no other than the late prewar' s own brother, who, winds, winch, ia stormy weather, mgr. gnat &igneous of

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, Joss 4.
The Freerruin of this morning contains an alarming
paragraph on the prospects of the potato crop. It
states that accounts have reached from Kildare, Car-
low, and the Queen's counties, to the effect that the
old disease had set in in the most malignant form, de-
stroying the stalk before the tuber had been formed,
and thusabeorbing a large amount of capital and labour
without the most distant hope of a return. This
damping intelligence consists mainly of the old
rumour cast in a newer and apparently more authen-
tic shape. No new facts support the appearance of
the disease; indeed, the acosunta received to-day
wholly disprove it. Everywhere the hopes of the
hturbandmen are most promising. It is, however.
well to be prepared for the worst consequences, and
accordingly the Royal Agricultural Society meets to-
day to consider what the farmer should do in the
event of failure—what crops might be sown in the
blighted fields—within what time, &c. It is fervently
to be hoped that the exigency may not arise, but pre-
paration and foresight are imperative on all to meet
so formidable an evil.
The statement so recently made in parliament by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer that there were
2,500,000 rations distributed daily in Ireland, will
have prepared your English readers for the cessation
of those details of destitution by which, for so many
months, their sympathies must have been harrowed.
But disease is making terrible progress. In the
metropolis fever becomes each day more developed,
though, haply, it has not yet assumed the fatal cha-
racteristics which in the country distri,As it already
manifests. In Dublin cone of the wealthier classes have
yet fallen victims, while in the provinces we every day
hear:of mortality by, fever among the higher ranks. In
Limerick the hospitals hold many patients more than
they are capable of accommodating, and so rife has
fever become out of doom that the local board of
health have appointed three additional medical prac-
titioners. In Belfast, with greater appliances of
drainage, and notwithstanding the recently con-
structed baths and wsshhouses, things are far worse.
The fever hospitals contain over 1,000 patients, and
an equal number it is estimated suffer from the
malady in their own homes, and not fewer than 18 of
those recently employed as nurses have now in their
turn become patients. Imperfect as are the details
from the more rural districts, we cannot flatter our-
selves they present any greatly mitigated symptoms
of the condition of the cities. It is painful is feel
that though disease must necessarily be a concomitant
of our condition, still that the affliction is greatly
aggravated by our own want of energy and pre-
caution.

S VATS OF THE COIINTRT.—Armed parties, according to
the acozuntshere to-day, daily parade the county of Limenck,
attacking dwellings, plundenng them, and violently punish-
ing obnoxious parties or imaginary wrongs. That county
would mean tole in a complete state of disorganisation, and
the condition of Clare would seem scarcely better. In one
district of the comity Limerick, containing 11,000 inhabi-
tants, 9,000 are receiving relief. The number receiving full
rations in Cork is 10,000 ; the number allowed to purchase
at a reduced rate, 20,000. In Dublin the rations daily distri-
buted amount to 35,000 at the least. We have heard this
year much censure heaped open the government for neglect-
ing to supply the farmers with seed-corn. Supplies of coon
and also of seeds were forwarded to such districts upon the
southern and western coasts of Ireland, as being distant
from markets, must find more than usual difficulty in pro-
curing supplies of them. Amongst the other places to which
supplies of seed oats were sent was Kilrush. Here tie occu-
piers were offered it at the price of Is 2d. per stone. The
small occupiers had no money to purchase— the landlords
would not become purchasers or sureties for them, and the
season having puswol, government ordered &mita the oats by
auction last week, at which it realized Is. 74d. Per sten.).

SCOTLAND.
EDINBURGH, Joss 3.
The cause of Dr. Chalmers's death was generally
understood to be apoplexy, but the autopsy has
shown it to have been disease of the heart, that organ
having, to a considerable extent, been converted into
fatty matter, and so becoming incapable of one mus-
cular action. The other parts of the body were
decidedly healthy. The funeral will be a public
one, and, from the programme which has been pub-
lished, we judge that half the city is expected to job'
the procession.
The " navies " employed in the Edinburgh and
Northern Railway amount to 8,632; and the peace of
the county of Fife is ever and anon disturbed by
strikes and brawls between the Irish and Highlanders,
on which latter recession lethal weapons are largely
displayed, and sometimes dangerously used. On
Saturday last a serious outrage was attempted near
Kirkaldy, but the timely interference of the sheriffs
and other authorities kept down the uproar.