The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-19 00:00:00

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CoItuNATJON eDE

Written for the Sheffield Working Men's Association,

BY EBENEZER ELLIOTT.

LAt the request of several correspludents-wc-now. pubn,b
Mr. Elliott's o.le on the Coronation, awl 'hey, we a-e sure,
will fully appreciate -our motives f.ir nut beim e beieg ab!e to
find room fur it. Published at the morihrt it might I avt•
j irred on feelings, which, whether justitia'AL, or not, evcro
but u;:iversa!, at least in our vicinity. Publi,lied now it k ill
jlr no longer,-and in iy be a pioce of instruction to those v.ll .
might be inclined to infer perp.tual contentment from
jubilee of a few da)s]

VICTORIA, cypress-crown'd thou good in vain !
How the red wreath, with which thy name is bound—
The page which tells the first deeds of thy reign,
Black, and blood blotted—cheer the Ca!muck hound,
Who.se growl o'er B. unses ids hairs they cypress-crowt.'d !
Clnada weeps—and yet he dead are free !
Throned o'er their blood! who would not be a Queen?
The Queen of new made graves who would not be?
Of glory's royal flowers the lovelies' seen !
So young )et all that the deplored have been I
Here, too, oh, Queen, thy woe-worn people feel,
The load they bear is more than they can bear !
Beneath it twenty million workers reel
While fifty thousand idlers rob and glare,
And mock the sufferings, which they yet may share ! (a.)
The drams soon will end.—Four acts are past :
The curtain rises o'er embracing foes
But each dark smiler hugs his dagger fast
While Doom prepares his match, and waits the close I
Queen of the Earthquake! would'st thou win or lose? (b.)
Still shall the Car of Juggernaut roll on,
O'er broken hearts, and children born in vain,
Banner'd with fire I while "thousand men as one" (c.)
Sink down beneath its coward wheels of pain,
That crush out souls, through crunshing blood and brain !
Stop I—for to ruin Antoinette was led,
By men, who only. when they died awoke
Base nobles, who, o'er France vain darkness spread,
And, goading her faint steeds with stroke on stroke, •
Loaded the wain—until the axles broke
Stop !—"for the blasting engine's iron Laws," (d.)
Then saved not thrones fr an outraged Heav'ns control, •
When hunger urg'd up to the cannon's jaws
A sea of men, with only one wild soul ! (e.)
Hark !—still I hear the echo of its roll !
(a.) Palaced-pauper—Sir John Owen, on Tuesday las',
in the lower House of bread-tax-caters, called the plundered
Sheffielders " miserable artisans." Because they don't use
their property, as highwaymen use their pistols? Is this thy
meaning, Sir John ?
(b.) The first Act was the war with our American colonies,
arising out of Tory restrictions on their trade !—The second
Act was the coalition of the Whigs and Tories in 1793, to
prevent that Reform, which would have prevented a war, that
cost, perhaps, two thousand millions, and ended in a tax on
food—which tax threatens to destroy our trade, and, of course,
to anarehise the nation. The third Act was the perpetration
of that tax on food in 1815, by which, and by a Law called
Peel's Bill, its authors secured their war-prices in peace, and
their paper-prices in gold ; villainous advantages, which they
have followed up by depriving the poor of their privilege of
out-door pay ! in the rice of their own declaration, placed on
ternal record, that they are themselves the most destructive
horde of beggars and thieves that ever infested any commu-
nity ; " For they cannot live without protection," they de-
clare ; and their declaration must be either false or true : if it
is true, why do not they go to the workhouse ? if it is false,
why are they not sent to the tre id-mill ? This ominous
fourth Act is now closing, with another coalition of Whigs and
Tories to prevent all Reform ! Even so was the French re-
volution produced by the obstinate refusal of the Aristocracy
to bear any share of the taxes, they having untaxed themselves ;
and they ended, as ours will, by fighting with the executive
for the remains of the public spoil. " Horribly like," said
Hum the Fourth, of his father's portrait ! Shade of Toulon !
is it not ?
(c.) Bamford's " Pas; of Time."
(d.) Thomas Carlyle's " History of the Revolution."—.
Read it, Squire.
(e ) Yet Chandos—magnificent beggar—equally modest,
honest, and wise—" expscts to hear no more about Corn
Laws."
(f.) Still there is hope that revolution may be avoided, if
the workers will demand the franchise; and they need only
ask to have. Pitt perpetrated his crimes, by discovering that
a new power had aessen in England, that of the middle classes.
If the workers obtain political power, they will not, like their
betters, all themselves for their own sixpence—or rather fir
a bad one, instead of it; but they may rest assured, that they
will soon find A MINISTE R to represent them in the coun-
sels of the Crown ; and that—aough he, and they may err—
the majority can have no interest in doing. ‘• Wilt
thou govern better than I?" said a dethroned Emperor of
Constantinople to his successor. " Could I govern worse?"
was the reply. Say, Marquis I could the workers govern
worse than thou. The French Aristocracy misgovern( d
France, till they stopped the spade and the hammer. Here,
you Marquises, seem likely to stop the steam englne itself.
The French, after a time, fell back on a sufficient agriculture ;
but here, an excessive agricultural population, and a still
larger manufacturing one, will have to fall back on an agricul-
ture insufficient to maintain either of them. Never mild.
Drive on, Marquis. We may want a hackney coachman,
after all.
Uppereierpe, 17th June, 1838.

Parliamentary Electors in Cities and Boroughs entitled
under the Reform Act, will lose their totes for the next
year, unless they pay; on or before the 20th of July instant,
all the poor's rates (and window tax, if any) payable from
them, in respect of their premises previously to the Gth
of April last. County Voters must send in their claims by
the22oth of July instant.

Viscount Sahnouth, High Steward of Westminster,
has appointed Mr. Forster Owen High Coostable, in the room of the late
Mr. Lee.

The Radical Association of Perth already counts a
iousand membors.—Perth Chronicle.

We regret to announce the death of the celebrated
divine and profound antiquary, Dr. Jamieson, which took place on
Thursday, at his house iu George square, in the Slat year of his age.—
Edinburbh Courant

The laying of the first stone of a Church on Black-
heath by her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda took place
yesterday on Blackheath.bill, in the presenciof a vast assemblage of
spectator►. The new Church is to be entitled the Church cf the Holy
Trinity. The site is on the declivity of the hill, opposite ►he range of
buildings called Kent-p'ace.

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The Marquis of Hertford and the Count and
Countess Zichy and suite lett Dorchester House yesterday, for Milan,
to be present at the coronation of the Emperor and Empress of
Austria, a, King and Queen of Lombardy. The Noble Marquis will
give some splendid entertainments to the Milanese Nubility during the
stay of the Austrian Couit.

His Excellency iVlarslial.Soult will leave town for
Paris earlier than was at first contemplated, the presence of the Plus.
trious warrior being considered indispensable at the celebration of the
fetes of the three days of July; and it is doubtful whether he will re-
main fur the Dike of Wellington's grand dinner to the Foreign Ambas.
sadors on the 28th inst.

The sumulcr festival of the Lumber Troop to k
place last evening at White Conduit House, and was attended by a la,•ge
and respectable number of the members. The company were highly
delighted at the arrangements made for their comfort and enjoyment,
On Thursday evening, about six o'clock, a respec-
table woman named Anne Pavey, residing with her husband, near tie
Bull Inn, Hounslow, was discovered in her bed-room, weltering in
blood, having divided the m iin artery of the right arm with a razor.
Surgical assistance was immediately obtained, but the hemorrhage was
so great that before it could be stopped she had bled to death. No eause
can be assigned for her committing the rash act.
The exportation of the precious metals from the
port of London durit.g the past week to foreign ports is as follows :
Silver coin to Rotterdam, 25,482 oz.

CARLISLE AND NEWCASTLE.—The ni•til to and
from Newcastle is to go by the railway on and after the 24th of July. It
will arrive at Newcastle at thirty_five minutes past nine o'clock in tl:e
morning, and depart for Carlisle at thirty_five minutes past four in the
afternoon.—Carlisle Patriot.

On its being ascertained at Mount-Bellew, that
their worthy and patriotic lani:lard had been created a Baronet,
town was brilliantly illuminate,l, and large bonfires lie on the surrcund.
ing hills. The juice of the barley was uLisparin,;ly served out to the
assembled multitude.—Tuam Herald.

CLONMEL ELECTION---The Avorney-General
Was yesterday returned for Clonmel without opposition. It was the
intention of some foolish people to raise a cry against the Honourable
and Learned Gentleman ; but discretion, they thought, was the better
part of valour.— IVaterford Chronicle.
CASHEL ELECTION.—The election for this city
took place on Saturday, when Dr. Stock was cho:en as the new repre-
sentative. without any opposition.
TRADE.—We are unable to report any improve-
ment in the demand for manufactured goods, but they appear to have
suffered little or no alteration in value; our yarn market has, how-
ever, bee" still more languid, which has produced a slight deterioration
in prices.—Preslon Observer.
The Constitution says that this county is in a state
oi";ctua) ferment—that the small farmers are absconding and hiding
themselves from pursuit. We do not believe this, nor is it consistent
with the remotest probability. It may be true that persons are found
to swear that Mr. Keefe fell the victim of a conspiracy. There have
been many trumped up conspiracies in Ireland—the Doneraile couspi
racy for instance— which had judicial objects in view ; but we h.ipe
and trust that this will ba discovered not to be one of them.— Wateddrd
Chronicle.

A handsome young Roman and a beautiful young
Tuscan lady ha I been living together for some time at Perpignan in
such sweet harmony that they were believed to be a new-married couple
in the honeymoon, Not many mornings since their felicitous union
was rudely broken by the hands of an officer of justice, wlin seised the
supposed bride and placed lux in a convent to wait %hit arrival of her
father; and her supposed husband, who is said have taken previously
another woman for his wife and to be himself the father of a family,
was ordered off into Italy.
AFFAIR OF HoNoUR.-011 Wednesday morning
last, at about 5 Wolcott, a hostile meting took place (about four miles
from Shrub °, In this county) between Michael Blake Bermingham, of
Dalgan, and Francis Creane, of Vrospect, Esqrs., the former accom.
panied by William Bodkin; EN., of Kiieloony, the latter by F.o.lmr.nd
Skerrett Kelly, j, q., of Ardstea. The parties being plactAl on the
groUllcl and the signal given, Mr. Bermingham fired-..-Mr. Crean re.
Eorv@ci his shot, whereupon, on the interferenc oitheir mutual friends,
a reconciliation took place. The pa;Aies shook hands and left the
ground, " arm-in-arm," a c;rcumstance which not only gave great
pleasure to the gent!,c.men present (they being herotofbre the most inti.
mate ffienas), tut was hailed with shoots, of applause. by the people.
licith gentlemen behaved most hpnourah)y. We are informed the
principals made every exertion, t 4 %get Om gate of Tavran, county
of Mayo, on the ti:tilmt.4lo,l,tA wtio prip vented by the interference of thc.

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wl:;) were in grsat !a:tubers in every • Lthiyhu'i
succeeded in arresting their then friends, a tft
Cotta,;e, who was friend to Mr. Creane, and G sit.sof
Belmount, who was friend to Mr Bermingh • h
friends) tying lynind to the peace, led to the subst;tution of the secundS
in the abuse aftl.ir. We are unable to state w:.at the cause of M.
fe ence bad b en. —Manz Herald.
-Since our last the weather ha:i bPcil excmling)r
inconstant ;. the country has b en vlsite I ita) of e • dai by the out' our.

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inks of the c'ouds, and the Nish rolls a volume of wa'er to the S 'way
ire times the amount of its Amin; r comp!ernent. TIN wren whiles we
have had some blinks of strong sunshine, but anyth'ng like a "
track" of surnmc r weather is only s•: en in the distance. Sunday la 1, the
15th, was sacred to St. Swithin, and, if we arc to believe the g
will regulate the features of the weather for forty days to come. :till
we hope better things, notwithstanding the perversene so. the Wa'Lry
God, who sent down the rain in torrents during the forenoon of 1' a:
day —Dumfries Courier.

EMBEZZLEMENT.—A: confidential clerk, la e in
the employ of M.ssrs. Flockton, of Horselydown, named Twmas
Henry Acres. has absconded, and stands charged with having tni.
bezzled large sums of money which he has received on account o. the
above-named firm, who have offered a reward of 201. for his a.:l2e.
henslon.

NATIONALITY.—" The City .dinner to Marshal
Soult went off very well yesterday. We say to Marshal Soult, for, but
for his presence in London, we suspect no such festival would be
thought of. Some of our friends think that too much it made of the
Marshal—we respectfully differ from them; he is an old enemy, and has
been an honourable enemy, and it is that peculiarly English feeling
(it is not Scotch or Irish,) the converse of rancour, which prompts the
respect offered to the veteran."—The chiel who has the decency to put
the preceding paragraph into type is an Irishman. We cannot say,
however, that we are surprised at the fling he has made at his country--
for there be a certain class of hybrid Irishmen, who, as they and their
fathers before them have lived upon the corrupt Governments of this
country, never lose an opportunity of evincing their spite against the
people upon whose plunder they subsisted—and who, without the fia.
grant profusion with which the wages were dealt out to their fore-bears,
would now be cutters of turfand drawers of water.—DublinEveningPost.
EXPLOSION OF FIRE DAMP AT PoYNTON
COLLIERY.—FOUR LIVES LOST I—On Saturday morning last, an ex-
plosion of fire-damp took place in the Horse Pasture pit, Poynton, by
which four of the workmen have lost their lives. The cause of the
accident is entirely attributable to one of the men making use of a
lighted candle, although provided with Davy's safety-lamp at the time,
nd havingbeen repeatedly cautioned against the use of candles. There
were at the time of the explosion about twenty men in the pit, all
of whom escaped with the exception of Samuel 15Iottershead, who was
bunted t r death ; and John Ya-sland, Charles Mottershead, and John
Cooke, who died of suffocation.-111aachester Guardian.
We uncerstand that the Commissioners of Supply
I r the County of Lanark, are to meet on Tuesday next at Hamilton,
in older to petition the Mouse of Lords against passing the Prison
Diszipline Bill for Scotland into a law in its present sliape.-Edinburgit
Advertiser.
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HERRING FISIIERY.—The nerring fishery has
partially commenced at Aberdeen; and, although some hund•eds of
ht,raings were caught at the first trial, we do not think that this aftbrds
any reason far exultation. Next week, the fishing will be general ; and
we hope to be able to report favourably. Looking at the prices pro-
mised this season, we think the prospxt is gloomy far the curers. We
would especially call their attention to one important fact in the pro-
spects of the present year, viz :—The demand for herrings in the West
Indies, this season, must be limited, because the slaves are nearly all
liberated, and they will not buy salt herrings when they can procure
fre,h provaions. Formerly, they were compelled to eat salt herrings;
now, there is no compulsion binding on them.—Aberdeen Herald.
The following discovery was made in Phoenix-yard
Oxford.street, and has been productive of no small excitement in the
neighbourhood. It appears that an honest, hard-working cobbler,
na•ned Johnson, had for years occupied a s'all (in which he also slept),
situate in the yard alluded to. Ever sinca Friday last the shutters had re-
mained closed, but no particu7ar notice was taken of the circumstance
by the inmates of the house adjoining, as he (Johnson) was in the habit
of occasionally 10, king up the place, and absenting himself for several
days. At an earl'', hour on Tuesday morning a man, dwelling close by
the stall, fancied that an unpleasant smell issued therefrom, and en
bursting open the door he beheld the unfortunate man crouched up in
one corner upon lilt miserable bed, with nothing on but his shirt. He
was quite dead, and had, to all appearance, been so for two or three
days. It is canjectured that he terminated his existence by poison, as
a phial, supposed to have recently contained laudanum, was found lying
by hat si'e.
THE VICTORIA STEAM SHlP.—Yesterday morn-
ing, at eleven o'clock, the inquest on the bodies of the nine unfortunate
teen w were killed on board the steam ship Victoria, trading between
London and Hull, by the bursting of one of her boilers, was resume t
bsfore Mr. Baker, ci toner, and a jury, at the Waterman's Arms Ta.
vern, Shadwell-dock-rairs. The investigation has already occupied
four days. In coro:equence of an application made by the coroner an.l
jury to Lord John Russell for the assistance and evidence of a scientific
gentleman in investigating the case, Mr. Peter Ewart, of Woolwich-
dock-ya d, yesterday attended the inquest. Some other scientific gen..
tle:nen also gave evidence, and the investigation lasted eleven hours,
when it was again adjourned, in order that the evidence of the sur-
vival?, engineer, who is still confined at the hospital, might be taken.
The scientific gentlemen examined were of opinion generally that there
was a fault in the eanstructlon of the engines of the Victoria, to
which he unhappy result might be attributed. The inquest was ad-
journed to the 31st inst.

Some days ago, a stalwart Irishman pushed his
way through a crowd of women and children, surrounding some object
rln the ground, near the end of the Old Bridge. On perceiving that the
object of attraction was a man stretched on the ground apparently In dir-
tress, and who was lo.ully pitied by the sympathizing females, the Irish-
man inquire.l "the matter wid him ?"--" 0, man," sighed an old crone.
" his head's a' cuttit to bits, and he's sae dead drunk, he canna gang a
fits."—" Och, inurther, is that all ? By Jasus I wish I had the half of
his disase!"—Ayr Observer.

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THE MAILS ON RAILWAY BILL.—It will be seen
by tl'e subjoined extract from the Edinburgh Courant, that between us
and our Northern Contemporary there exists a coincidence of opinion
regarding the measure before the House of Commons for the purpose of
subjecting the proprietors of railway! to legislative controul :—" As it
is certain that without the aid and authority of Parliament these rail..
roads could not be constructed—as it is by the force of law that they
are carried through private property, and that, for the public benefit,
.ndividua's are cosnpe►led to snake, in many cases, great sacrifices, it
se ms quite consisteut with equity, and with the principle on which
they are carried forward, namely, public expediency, that a power should
he vested in the Government to regulate the transmission of the mails
by this improved cenveyance--and that the officers of the railroad
should be entirely subject to their authority. On the ordinary road
everything is free ; there is no occasion for any regulation. But along
the railway the whole business must be under strict surverance. In this
case, without souse special low to guard against such ii.convenience,.the
whole correspondence of the country would be at the mercy of the super..
intehdents of the railway. It would supersede the authority of the
Government ; and the responsible officers of the Post-( ffice would
have no powzr to give such orders as they might deem necessary for the
regular and speedy transmission of the mail, It would be far from ex_
pedient, however, that the authority by which this important branch of
tho public service has been hitherto, on the whole, so admirably
managed, should be delegated to the irresponsible managers of a private
company; and ahataver objections may be made to the regulations of
the lately proposed Bill, though some of its clauses may have been some.. what too peremptory, yet, that some such measure is necessary, cannot
be questioned. It would require, no doubt, to be digested with care.
that it might trench as little as Possible on the private interests of indi.
viduals. But still, the public interest ought to be attended to in a
matter of such importance ; and as individual interests were encroached
upon by authority in the construction of the railway, and for the benefit
of its proprietors, they ought not to grudge a fair return to the public
by a sacrifice, to a certain extent, of their interests for the common
b.drefit."

MADAME VESTRIS AND MR. MATHEWS.
A correspondent of the Morning Post states that Madame Vestria and
Mr. Mathews were married yesterday morning at the palish. Church of
St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, by the Rev. Francis White,- one of the
Curates. The affair was kept a profound secret, not being, it is said,
even known to the domestics of their establishment. The parties kit
Ellen Cottage, Notting-hill, a low minutes before nine o'clock, and
walking to the church entered by different doors, both of which were
immediately closed, the only persons within the edifice, besides the
principals, being the officiating Minister, Mr. Brothers, the clerk, who
was also " Papa." and his sisters, the two Misses Brothers,
.who offii
elated as bride's maids. The " happy pair" took their departure in
the same secret manner in which they had come, without even the
rini;ers announcing that a wedding had taken 'dice.
The Nassau Baloon descended in perfect safety at
half past seven, in a flea two miles beyond Kelvedon, in Essex, 43
miles from London, and th., voyageurs arrived in town shortly after
three yesterday morning. The party, in addition to Mr. Green and
Mr. Hughes (proprietor), consisted of Messrs. Carnegie, Parbury,
Power, and Tennison : two of these latter gentlemen had made pre.
vious ascents.

Multnitri.—Perliaps a more painfully humiliating
and heart-rending scene could not have been witnessed than the com.
mittal, on Monday evening last, to the goal of this city, of two ragged
little boys (brothers!) of the ages of ten and nine years respectively, an
the set ions charge of having murdereu their cousin, an infant of three
years/of age, at Cromblet, in the parish of Fyvie, en Saturday last. On
their reception at the goal, the keeper, in searching their persons, took
from them some scraps of beet; nat.c..dse, &c., and was proceeding to de.
price them of a few marbles, observing that they would have no use for
such playthings. Thereupon the wretched little criminals, apparently
quite unconscious of their situation, fell a•cr)ing, and beseeched the
goakr that he would srare them their marbles! Being told that this
could not be allowed, they exclaimed —" 0! keep them, then, tilt we
get out again The names of the unhappy boys are George and Isaac
Newlands ; that of their wretched victim is Joanna 'M'Allister. They
are charged with having effected their purpose by sttiking the poor in-
fant with sticks and stones, so as almost immediately to have extin-
guished life. They all belong to a g ing of tinkers, better known than
trusted in this locality. Several of the fraternity have been tried and
eonvichd before our criminal courts of various offences. The boys can
tkither read nor write. As the ease is at present under judicial inves.
tigation, we forbear any remarks. As it involves the sacrifice of human
life, under circumstances of a most extraordinary nature, the authorities
will spare no pains in thoroughly investigating the whole affair.--.
Aberdeen Herald.

WATSON THE CALCULATOR.—We have to re-
cord the death of an individual, well known as the Sussex calculator,
George Watson, who died in the union house at Maresfiehl, at the age
of 51. His death was accelerated by his obstinacy during the late se-
vere winter, in leaving the house and sleeping in barns, &c. George,
who was an idiot in all things relating to common occurrences, was a
sea' taught calculator of the first class, and ac 8101 was known iii in-uy
',arts of the kingdom, The 110 A crs of his meoiory were astonishing.
Ile could state a,curately whets he had been cn any day for the last
tidily years, what persons he saw, and what he was about. Ile lived
for many Sears with an uncle In Buxted, who sets a farmer, and he
would recount the quantity of live stock bred during the whole time he
lived with him, to whom they were sold, and the mice they fetched.
He has been often asked to state on what day of the year Ezist,..r Sunday
cat f .1' a Century past, and has never been wrong in his answers. The
-days and ages of all the individuals among George's acquaintance
were as well known to him as to themsetees, and lie has r (ten raised a
laugh. against single ladies of a certain age, by stating the slay of 'their
birth in company. But one of his favourite amusements was to reccui.t
the number of acres, amount of poptd,:tion, size of the church, and
weight of the tenor 'AI of every parish in the county, `Ntich he would
do without making a mistake. It was the wish of Some individuals
well known to the poor fellow, and who took an :nterelt in his behalf,
to have assisted him ; but his wandering habitS Were latch, that to fix
him to al-4 place was impossible, and from his idiotic obstinacy he had
had
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'atterly contracted such dirty ways, that it was fcund the only place be
etaild be taken in whereatitwaasntelinedstvoorhkishosuustree,rings.Poor i
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will be
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ragtemdisusiw until death
iiithe neighbolood.—Sussex Express.
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On Saturday an nquest wa3 held before Mr, Stir-
ling and a respectable Jury, at the Lillie Arms Tavern, North.end
Fulham, on view of the body of Thomas Keenbone, who was found
d•owned In the Kensington Canal, It appeared that the deceased was
!bum' about six o'clock on 'fbursday morning, embedded in mud under
the arch of a bridge boar the above house, Al hen the Cody was got on
a lore 3s. 84, Was !Mind lit the packets, and on a further examination
11.0 knaria of violence were discovered. Verdict—" Foutal drowned, but
krAY the deceased Can into the water there is Lo evidence to show."