Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-13 00:00:00

been perpetrated by knives, razors, or instru-
ments of a like dangerous and fatal character.
The most shocking and fearful of all the murders
to which we have just alluded is that committed
by-JAMES HENDERSON, upon his father, at Bram-
hall, near Stockport. For some time he must
huve planned its execution. Without any inten-
tion, much less desire, to prejudge a case on
which a jury must decide, we would briefly refer
to the facts of the case.

It appears that, as far back as March last, the
accused had some conversation with Mr. WALKER,
a land agent, in Manchester, and then made
loud and bitter complaints respecting his
father, abused him in the most infamous manner,
and stigmatised him by the most opprobious epi-
thets, evidently wishing it to be believed that the
old man was deranged, and unfit to take care of
himself. Mr. WALKER called at Bramhall, and
saw the father, his condition was pitiable in the
extreme—both eyes were black and swollen, and.
almost every part of the body showed evidence
of extreme brutality and violence, which the
deceased said had been done by his son. One
of the most damaging facts against; the prisoner
is that the shot fogad in his possession corre-
sponded with that taken out of the deceased's
head, and that the wadding fired from the barrel
of the gun contains portions of the lines of a book
which corresponds with the remaining lines
in the perfect work. The imperfect book has
been traced to the prisoner's bedroom.
Taking all the evidence collected in this case,
the prisoner, as we have already remarked, if
guilty, must have taken a long time to plan and
carry out his inhuman actions. He has a-sumed
a very careL!ss and indifferent manner, but this
is what the greatest of our criminals attempt to
do. PALMER was cool and collected to the last
moment of his existence. DOVE, too, acted in
a similar manner ; and there was a calmness about
the conduct of Captain ROGERS which made the
gaolers who waited on him pity his fate. We
shall close our notice of these murders for the
present, but shall take another opportunity of
endeavouring to account for such horrid brutali-
ties, and try to ascertain what ground can be,
assigned for the increase of murder in this
country.

IN another part of our impression of this clay
we publish a copy of a memorial of Mr. JAMES
MTONALD, which is to come be-fore the Council
on Wednesday next. In advocating Mr.
APOONALD'S claims to the kind consideration of
the Council, we are influenced by public conside-
rations alone. In Mr. APDONALD we recognise
an honest, faithful, and zealous pUblic servant,
, .
who, having incurred the displeasure of certain
influential. parties by telling the truth on a vital
question, has been subjected for a series of years
to a positive martyrdom.
The simple facts of this poor man's case are
soon told:. He came to Liverpool a poor man,
he entered the Corporate service as a common
piliceman, his conduct was exemplary, and he
proved.. most intelligent ; he was Speedily pro-
moted, and rose step by step until he reached
the rank of divisional superintendant, and had he
remained in the force, inust,long ere this, have
been at its head. He left the force in 1845, and
assumed the management of the Harrington
Water Works, in which pOsition he proved his
skill and efficiency as an engineer, as displayed
in-the improvements he effected in the works,
and-in-the planS `ha introduced of extinguishing
fires.. Of his conduct none are so competent to
speak as Mr. Flaitaioen BANNER, the late Chair-
man of the Board of Directors. When the worki
were purchased by the Council in 1848, he was
retained in his office at a salary of 4001. per
annum, and was highly thought of until the
month of April, when Mr. HA.WkIESLEY'S Water
Report was presented to the. Council. Every
one knows that in that Report the_ yield of the
wells was set down at less than one-half of what
it really was. Mr. M‘DoNmo at once-perceived
'the effect likely to be produced on the Council by
.thisaStaterrient, and lost no time in utting them
iri PosSession of the truth. In doing so. he only
performed his duty as an honest and faithful ser-
vant, This was the "head and front of his offend-
ing ;" from that hour his ruin commenced. Mr.
M'DONALb was deprived of his offi.;e,, and a stran-
ger put in his place. What that' poor man's
feelings were, under the circumstances, any rea-
sonable perszn may readily imagine. He had,
by holiest pekseverance, elevated himself to an
important-position, and all at once he found him-
self, for no just reason, deprived of his living.

• His summary dismissal, under the circurn-
stanc:•,:s, produced a strong feeling in the town,
and the Water Committee of the day felt con'
strained to give him an inferior appointment—
not they' one for which he had shawn such
undoubted capacity, aad where he could have
proved so serviceable to the town—but he was
made Assessor, with a salary of 2001. per annum.
Even in this position, his enemies did not desist
from their persecuting propensities. The fierce
Water battle followed, as. many still remember.
The Water staff was in a state of utter disorga_
nisation, and the Water Committee appeared
incapable of putting the machine in order. Mr.
APILNALD was left without instructions, and
although he applied repeatedly for these to guide
him in the discharge of his duties, yet he never
could procure them. In the meantime, charges
were insinuated against hint by persons having
the ear of the Water Committee. These charges
were listened to without any intimation being
ti
given to Mr. M a)NALIT; A, 'resolution was
adopted by the Committee, in October, 1849,
dismissing him from his office. This resolution

was signed by Dr. HARBORD, the then Chair-
man, and the first intimation Mr. M'DONALD
had of there being the slightest charge against
him was reading the report of his own dismissal
in the newspapers of the day. Of course, he
appealed to the Council against this monstrous
proceeding. His petition was referred to the
Water Committee, who, on hearing Mr.
INVlllorrar.m's defence, decided on recommending
his immediate restoration to office ; but, as this
was not agreeable to certain members
of the Council a special committee was appointed
to investigate the whole case. This committee
consisted of several of the leading men of the
Council, three of the number being magistrates.
After a protracted investigation, extending over
many days, the Committee unanimously recom-
mended his restoration to office. Surely after
this searching and impartial investigation into
his conduct it would have been thought that all
animosity would have for ever ceased towards
this poor man. Not so, however. Even yet
the very charges which were thus disposed of in
1850 are urged against him when he appeals to
the Council for mercy or justice. This is not
only unjust—it is positively indecent ; and
we trust we shall not be pained by its repe-
tition. It appears Mr. APDONALD performed his
duties of assessor from the time of his re-appoint-
ment until the middle of June, 1851, to the entire
satisfaction of the Water and Borough Engineers,
his superiors. On the day named, a short lead-
ing article appeared in the Courier, pretending to
give the yield of the wells. Mr. MeDomano was
suspected of being the author of that article,
and although he declares he was not, yet was he
most mercilessly dismissed. He appealed, in
vain, for restoration. Who can doubt that these
repeated dismissals had, as Mr. M`DONALD
alleges, completely ruined him ? On this occasion
he was kept unemployed nearly two years,
when he was at last placed on the Police as a
superintendent, at a salary of 1561. per annum.
He discharged his duties to the satisfaction of
his superiors until he received an injury to an
old broken leg. The result of this, at first slight
hurt, became very serious ; erysipelas was super-
induced ; and as permanent lameness seemed
likely to be the cousequence, he had no alterna-
tive but to leave the force. But surely this is not
to be urged against him as an offence, unless,
indeed, Mr. M'DONALD is looked upon as some-
thirk more than mortal. He was thus again
thrown on the world, and entered the infirmary
with the view of having his limb amputated.
He, however, recovered ; and when the Corpora-
tion decided on appointing a Smoke Inspector
he was selected as the fittest man that could be
found for that office; and he proved himself to be
so, for it cannot be denied that he succeeded
most effectually in putting an end,to the smoke
nuisance.

Taking all these things into consideration,
we do trust the Council will incline to the side
of mercy; that looking to the length of his
services, his acknowledged zeal and devotion
to the public interest, the injuries he has
sustained in the public service,' and the suffer-
ings, mental and physical, he must have en-
dured during the last ten years, they will
accede to his prayer, and refer his petition to
the consideration of some impartial and inde-
pendent members of the Council. It is most
unfair to attack Mr. 11/I‘DoNALD constantly in
the manner he has been assailed. We believe
that the parties doing so are not personally
hostile to him, but they are piejudiced. Of this
we could not have a better proof than the decla-
ration, of Mr. GEORGE HOLT, when he refused
to serve on the special committee—" I am," said
he, " so thoroughly prejudiced against that man
that I 'could not properly do him justice." This
was at least honest, and is, no doubt, the true
cause why this poor man has suffered martyrdom
in the c,use of truth for the last ten years.
Now, however, that the correctness of all his
statements have been so fully established, the
Water Committee and the Council could not
peform a more gracious act than the one we
have indicated, or one which would give more
general satisfaction. And we trust. this . will be
the last time we shall be under the necessity of
advocating, as we have done, the case of one
whom we truly believe has been most deeply
and unjustly injured.
Mr. ITDONALD'S memorial is most humble and
respectful, and gives no scope for the indu'gence
of any acrimonious observations, even were such
intended.

Ten years is a large spied in oar limited existence,
he waver brief it may appear whoa viewed retrospectively.
'Toe past has been redolent• of many events worthy of
being chronicled by our fear° local 'historians, bat
assuredly none has been of greater importance, so far as
Liverpool is concerned, than the great water controversy
which has raged during the whole of that period with
greater or less intensity. It is certain that no m?re local
question over excited the same amount of ascerbity and
rancorous bitterness of feeling, that this Unfortunate
subket has done.- We have ,witnessed old and trio l
friendships converted into the fiereest hates; parties rent
asunder, and, to our sorrow, must confess that some, at
all events, of the oldest, staunchest, and most venerated
friends of human liberty—the champion of freedom—
en who had waged war with despotism all their lives,
*become themselves, under the inflieace of the fatal Pike
delusions, unrelenting persecutors. It may we:l be asked,
'how have such things been ? And we must confess we
have some difficulty in giving a satisfactory reply. Now,
however, that the qaestion which has lel to such fatal
requite, is on the eve of receiving its final solution, we can
safely look back on the „past, and endeavour to present the
pnb:ic with an impartial view of what, in our opinion,;
led to so much strife, bitterness, and positive misfortune
to Liverpool.
Ten years ago, Liverpool was visited by a fearful
pestilence, which swept into premature graves some
thousands of the inhabitants. One of the causes assigned
for the fearful mortality, was an inadequate supply of
water. Misfortunes never come alone. It so happened
hat, about the same period; numerous destructive confla-
grations took place, and property to an enormous amount

was destroyed, Mainly from the undoubtel fact of the
want of water. ,

These combined calamities, coupled with the general
complaints of the inhabitants, aroused the attention of the
authorities to the subject, and the council determined on
exercising their influence in order to devise a remedy so
as to meet the evil, an I assuredly no more laudable or
legitimate subject could have possibly occupied the atten-
tion of our local legislators.
The subject was taken up with-the greatest possible
earnestness, and formed then, as it has done since, the
great question of the day. Engineers, geologists, che-
mists, and philosophers of every shade and degree, either
volunteered opinion, or were subsidized to give them, as to
the best means of procuring an -adequate supply. The
council .then resolved to go for'a'comprehensive scheme,
regardless of cost. It is invariably the case that a class
of men exist ever ready to profit by, and prey upon, the
misfortunes of others ; this truism was:never more clearly
exemplified that in what took in regard to the various
water schemes which were propounded for the approval
of the corporation.. Their number was legion, and each
proposed advantage, in the opinion of its projector, at
least, superior to all the others. It would be tiresome to
review in detail all the various plaes propounded, suffice
it to say that the council selected two of the number for
final adoption, viz., the Bala Lake scheme of Mr. Raviiin.-
son and the Rivington scheme of Mr. Hewkesley, the merits
of the two to be dc6zled by some of the most eminent engi-
neers living, amongst others Messrs. Cabitt and Mandel ;
circumstances. it appears, prevented these gentlemen co rn.
pleting their surveys and preparing their reports of thoßala
scheme, so as to be in time for that session of Parliament;
aid the- result was that the Rivineton scheme was
resolved to be proeeeded with. It will be in the recollec:
tion of many of our readers that:the Bill authorising the
c mstruction of these works was procured after a
prolonged and costly opposition. In this opposition it
must be borne in mind that the Water-Companies took
no part • whatever ; they had no desire to oppose the
Corporation Bill ; all they sought for they obtained,
namely, a clause in-the Water Act making it compulsory
on the Council to purchase: the works by arbitrati'n—
hence the question of the capabilities of the local wells
was never gone into by the Companies before the Com-
mittee of the House of Commons ; and the projectors of
the new scheme toelt good care to' shut out all such
evidence as might be favourable to the home supply.
Many of the witnesses examined were, no doubt, men of
great eminence iu the scientific world. And each had his
own theory of course, but one-and all were agreed on the
one essential point—that the new red sandstone rock
never could produce, by 'any modification or boring.
sufficient water for the ,wants of Liverpool ; in fact, so
conclusive did this appear to the Committee, that they
declared themselver perfectly satisfied on that point—and,
of course, that was the:main point. Hance it is not to be
wondered at that, with the testimony of such men as Dr.
Buckland, Sir H. de la Beehe, Professor Austen, Professor
Playfair, and a host of o ther minor fry before them, the
Council—more especially:that portion of them who had
most carefully considered the subject—should have
arrived at the same conclusion as the Commons' Commit-
tee did, namely, " that there was not water in the red
sandstone ,rock, ner could such be found in sufficient
quantity to meet the requirements, presmt and future, of
Liverpool." In fact, with the evidence then before them,
the Council, as upright and impartial men, could not have
come to any other conclusion than the one they ar—
rived at.

[ Co be continued to-morrow •]

DEATH OF EARL FtTZTIARDINGE.—We have to record the
death of the Right Hon. William Fitzhardinge Berkeley,
Earl Fitzhardinge, which event took place at Berkeley
Castle, Gloucestershire, on Saturday night, in the 71st
year of his age. His Lordship was the eldest son of
Frederick Augustus, fifth Earl of Berkeley, by *ary,
daughter of Mr. William Cole, of Gloucester, and was
born in Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, on the 26th of
December, 1786. Those of oar readers who are familiar
with the peerage and its history will scarcely need to be
reminded by us that the validity of a marriage which was
alleged to have been contracted so early as the 30th of
March, 1785, between the father an! mother of the noble-
man recently deceased became the subject •of a
Parliamentary inquiry after the death of the fifth Earl of
Berkeley, and that the result of a clods investigation of the
entire circumstances connected with the case was a resolu-
tion passed by the flows of Lords, without a
dissentient voice, that this alledged marriage of 1785
was not ailltoven,' and that c easequently the 'late Lord
Fitzhardinge had no claim or right to the earldom of
Berkeley. The general reader, hoviever, will thank
us for setting before him the following brief outline
of the facts of the " Great Berkeley Case," which
created so great a sensation some five-and-forty
years ago. The late Earl in the autumn of 1781 or the
commencement of -1785, on a visit to Gloucester from his
castle at Berkeley, was struck with the charms of Mi-s
Mary Cole, the daughter of a butcher in that city,
~and
took her to live with him at Berkeley as his wife. As
time went on the lady bore him four sons, and common
reputation affirmed that up to that date no legal marriage
had been solemnized between the parties, although the
lady styled herself Countess of Berkeley. The lady whose
character was thus impugned always asserted, on behalf
of her eldest son and his three'next brethare, that although
the public solemnization of the union between herself and
the Earl did not take piece until May 16, 1796, she had
been privately married more than 10 years previously,
and the same fact was affirmed under oath in his Lord-
ship's last will and testament. To' establish this statement
an entry in the parish register of Berkeley was produced,
which entry, it was Alleged, had been made, for certain
reasons of pleasure and convenience on the part of the
late Earl of Berkeley, on a leaf that had been pasted
down in the volume for many years, until it should ee
wanted. The quenion as to the genuine or spurious char,
acter of this document came before the House of Lords
only after the death of the late Earl. The clergyman who
was. said to have made the entry was then dead, and his
widow declared that she did not believe it to be
in her deceased husband's handwriting. A brother of the
Countess of Berkeley, however, deposed that he was
present as a witness at the marriage of 1785. The evidence
of Lady Berkeley, it is stated, was contradicted by that of
her mother, who afterwards married Mr. Glossop, of Oa-
bournby, in Lincolnshire, and who, though born in a
humble Sphere of life, lived to see one of her daughters a
Countess, one married to a general officer, and the third
the wife of a nephew of the late Sir Francis B aring,'Birt.
Sach being the case, on the death of the fifth Earl, his
eldest son, who then bore tho courtesy title of Lord
Darsley, and was member for Gloucestershire, presented
a petition, claiming to be called to the House of Lords
as sixth Earl of Berkeley. The subject of his legitimacy
had been mooted daring his father's lifetime, and an
inquiry had been actually cornmsnced, bat it was
abandoned on fleding that no legal question could arise
until after the old Earl's death, when, as we have already
stated, the evidence brought forward in favour of the
legitimacy of the eldest son was not judged by the House
of Lords to be sufficient to esta-eligh the claim. In
o ms quenee of this decision, Lord Darsley was obliged
to drop that title, and he retired from public life for many
years, and was known only as Colonel Berkeley of the
South Gloucestershire Militia. Tho estates at Berkeley
at Cenford in Middlesex, and elsewhere, ware net entailed
upon the title, and hence he retrained in undisputed
possession of Berkeley Castle, which was bequeathed to
him by his father, and which gave him very extensive.
influence as a landed proprietor in the county of Gloucester,
in which, as alga at Bristol, and in the:city of Gloucester,
he ably supported the Liberal interest against the
powerful influence of the Beaufort family. He main-
tained his ground in this position extremely well, and was
one of the gentlemen chosen by Ea 1 Grey for elevation
to the peerage at the ceronaien ' of King William IV ,
when he was created Baron Seagrave. The operation of
the Reform Act, instead of limiting his territorial
influence, want far towards doubling it, as he was in
general able to secure one seat at least for the Liberal party

841 he.
T
in East as well as in West Gloucestershire. -0 1
.iong
was elevated to the earld3m of Fitzhardinge, just Previve.
to the departure of the Melbourne Ministry ftegl „of
The earldom of Berkeley was adjudged by the decialc4;oo
the House of Lords in 1811 to the Hon. Thomas the
Fitzhardinge Berkeley, fifth son of the late Earl, but
ver,
first child born after the marriage of 1796; he 110 a
however, assumed the title, as to do s' w Aid be W
reflection on his mother's memory. He his nnnorri
of
and in the event of.his dying without issue the woo
Berkeley will pass to his next brother, the Son. Eigel,
Charles Grantley Fitzhardinga Berkeley fareleril dtr
for West Glancestershire, who marriel a Wetter tof
late Mr. Paul Benfiel I, and has two sons, the eldo
ed
whom will eventually succeed to the title and, it is belie;
eri
to the estates. The Earl's youngest brother, gr. Cro).
Berkeley, many years M.P. for Cheltenham, died le
hie
Earl Fitzhardinge never married, and consequallY.
earldom and the barony of Segrave have become °tin cY
His next brother is the Right Hon. Sir Maurice Vied re'll
Fitzhardinga Berkeley, K.C.B , and late M P. for
.4the
he
of Gloucestei; the third, brother is Augustus, eA"tbo
fourth is Mr. Francis Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley, "his
has sat for Bristol since 1837, and is well known f°l' to
annual advocacy of the ballot, and for his opPoeiti°l'
the Sunday Baer Bill of 1854.

. di6°
THE PIVCSENT FINA'sTOIAL CRISIS.—Next to the aii
war, the question which is uppermost in the public ra'l,ls
the very unsettled state of the Money Market. 51le tea
irieriase of one-half pee cent. in the rate of discount °r
not e
Bank, although a very prudent and proper collfo3, Ca'the
fail to be productive of very serious influence 1113°/1,,
commerce of the country ; manufacturers, builders' `re' b
in fact almost all traders depending on credit---a'",,f
seriously inconvenienced. The whole trade of the coca'
to'
is carried on almost entirely by bills; and mandaetti,3Bl
cannot afford to pay so h'gh a price as is now delll3uad
for money. The consumers have been so long 800°1114
to pay a oheap price for their articles that theY
efer
not consent to an increase, and will, as before, P,r, dg
to reduce their c onsumption ; thus the producer Tit)
himself restricted in his operations. He is Place ant
this position : he must either allow his
vettp;tal'
elO
in factories and machinery, to remain idle, or of
manufacture at a loss. Unfortuna‘ely this byte
thins seem likely to last for a considerable tiale; ore
every quarter, moreover, there is the same gloom to-ma
certainty. Throughout the Continent there is resirt.s,
evidence of a. continued drain of bullion from this n°l:-Ot3o
The Credit Mobilier of Paris, with its " thousand $2: 0,
projects," is obliged to find bullion at almost anY trTise
The Bank of France is in the same predicament'
ato of
.Sultan is again seeking another loan at a high
interest. The returns of the Beek of England tie' tear
Beak of Francs show a large decrease of bullion, rori
more than half a million. In America there is a raellio
crisis of a most alarming character; albeit the publie#
are accustomed to witness such crisises, one t The
plans on an average every three or four years. „et,
great influx of gold from California has, ilaw%f;
enabled the Americans to carry on longer than orate h 0
but now that the panic has fairly set in (for it
it to
already lasted six or seven weeks), it will be diffile`,,o;
tell where it will end. E sch successive ":;
accounts of fresh failures, and a further diminution 111
value of public securities, which hive fallen some 30 t°eot
per cent. The state of the Americsn market ea-bre
fail naturally to influence our own, for the two nation roust
so iutimetely connected that what affects the 0ne,..,-,te3
influence the other. Oar trade with America is ot.,er
to be of the extent of from £40,050,000 to 50,000, sore
annum, and if an American house fails it is almost I,og
to bring down the sister concerns in this country e 'to
with it. Every effjrt, is, therefore, being made he_ric:4o;
aid the American houses in their present eliffiereace
but this necessarily has a most depressing inn 06
upon our own markets. Not only does it dill.
of our- money, but our merchants hesitate about Tin ate 4
consignments under the present circumstance'-'°toe
to the present financial difficulties, there is abroad a ear
amount of distrust. The exposures during the last '',2o •
or two of the malpractices of several of our leading hose
panics hay: led people to doubt-the stability even of 13tiot
which until lately were =side od as We the„ sof
itself. It is not surprising, therefore, that the you- gds
by day fall lower, notwithstanding the great efforts
by leadieg capitalists to keep them up. •It is„,cittOe
difficult for the Fends to fall lower than 90, t_
rest
there is always a vary large amount of
money waiting to be . invested at this price, .„a
, ensures an interest of three-and-a-half per Out' Sell
therefore, when speculators who operate largely far lot
drive the Funds down to this point, the money Pure".4lls,eear,,
the public soon send them up again. They are, b°': 0
now below 90; moreover, they she, evident slge'rtsre
weakness, and should further unfavourable ne4 sea
from India, a still more marked depression may he
ooch
for. The expenses of the war are enormous, and, alt"; the
eventual:3- the East India Company will have to hes-ta be '0
burden, yet, in the first instance the cost will We 00
borne by the Q teen's Government. This however,' ' to'
only be done by a loan and a re-imposition of the 1/sttiegt
come tax. As an instance of the cost which the vat ennp
it may be mentioaad that the Government have tabs c,
0S
the Ave, a steam-vessel belonging to the Peaias flaelezio
Oriental Company, at £2OO a day, to convey LO3 gent
ani suite back tophina. The idea that the a-Oar:14011f
will be compelled to have recourse to a loan adds maters Sea,
to the present pecuniary depression ; and pirtiesell'es
City scarcely know hew to operate, as -every sPe—eeo
property is affeeed by the present crisis, includilirgoei
the shares of the well-established dividend-paying
ots to
companies. The only companies which are, or eel° poi
be, doing well, are the Joint-Stock Rinks, who cellasol4
reel) a high rate of discount ; but even their oPer:,tb°
are restricted, as in the present ticklish state of aft4lri De
utmost caution has to ba used as to what paper
taken in.—Observer.
allee
Fromm Deeen.--Yesterday. mornieg a tvoral- asset
Margaret Mills. was found dead in bed, at 3, .13')1°,e OP-
-1)11qc Colliegwoed-Street. She was drunk when df
to stet
Tine NEW COUNTY COVET JODGE.—MT. sneeen'Se
m
Blair, barrister, Who has been. reetly ae'in.g as
Recorder of Liverpool, is appoint ad to sucleed Der' V tea
o the bench of the County Court. d
TEA MEETING IN BEViN3TON HILL CElArg' 13
~, 4,i, -
meeting. was last night held in Beriegton te
after tea, the meeting was addressed by several "'bele'
of religon and others. A
tea meeting was also ore °1
Hope-hall, H ape-street. The a Id-esses at b „jot'',
the character always heard at such asserehlie4---
relieicus, and instructive. e ii.ntll
The Austria (s s.), which left Cork last Ylnn°_,Als'slad's
the 94th regiment on board encountered a sever;4t
the Bay of Biscay, put into Plymouth. She e.,-;1 beivj
anchors and four boats; her rigging was datang- ss,eo"-
heads carried away, fore and aft, and one saldier
rrea
overboard. The troops will probably be transfe 4
the hulk while the steamer is undergoing repairtneen°"e,
COI,LEGIdTE INSTITUtION.—.We e greti fled t° es; bo is° of
that M-. Thomas Webs'es, the Gladstone sailers
from the Upper School, was, on Satan-11y, deetedAaweasrlt
of Trieity College, C imbridge. nig is the growl," si raj'
on which the Collegiate Institution has obtaicen
eistinctior, Mr. Jehn Right, the ermine Pelage' of I"
for 1852, h Ting been, list year, elected Feu° '
same College. ' ;os "e
bo
TRALFE,• Oct. 16 —The American ship Lexingaof tee
to L'verpeol, ltft Valentia Bay, Bth inst., in te, fa inn
steam tog Roo!ute, nd when off Pullen Is!ind f, I°e
Bay, at two, p no.) the hiwser parted, and being, veieerto
into d. DJ,
she drifted on to the cliff?, apparently git
lurched, 'sand disappeared, and three men dr°llllsee of ti)
Resolute returned to Valentia with the remain
crew. The life-boat of the steam-tug was lost' f t
SUICIDE.-01 Sundaymorning the bode''l
Whine airy, a builder, residini at' 42, Broweloi V't
B -eavelow Hill, was discovered lying in the Ya,r- tbreths
rear of his house, w'tli a razor by his side, and °:sse era
Cu'. There is no doubt the unfortunate pen Pe: 0.6
to his own existence, as for some years past be waoes
'
low spirits, which has been increasing since lfWeee b°
wire died sudtleply. An inquest will be held ou
this day.