The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-26 00:00:00

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females..

Total .

791
7.76

1,567

ALLEGED MURDER AT HOLLOWAY.—Great excitement
was yesterday occasioned at Holloway and in the
vicinity, by a report, which was very generally circu-
lated, that a man had been fatally stabbed by a woman.
On inquiry it was ascertained that the report was not
wholly without foundation, and the horrid deed of vio-
lence had been perpetrated with fatal results, From
what has been allowed to transpire, it appears that a man
of the name of James Welch, aged 47 years, shoemaker,
living at 1, Pleasant-passage, near the turnpike-gate,
Holloway, and who is represented to have been a most
inoffensive man, had been out spending the evening of
Wednesday, the 18th inst., and on his return home between
one and two o'clock, the police on duty received information
that a, man had been frightfully stabbed in the abdomen
and groin ; on their arrival they found the unfortunate
man bleeding profusely. Medical assistance was at once
sent for, who advised his immediate removal to Saint
Bartholomew's Hospital ; a stretcher having been pro-
cured, he was removed without loss of time, when he
was placed in Bentley's ward, under the care of Mr.
Lawrence, surgeon, who dressed his wounds, which were
inflicted wth a sharp instrument ; but notwithstanding
the medical skill and attention he gradually sank, and ex-
pired yesterday morning, having previously stated that
he was fatally stabbed by a woman, but refused to give
up her name. Grave suspicion is attached to a party
who was convicted for an assault upon police constable
Cooper, 61 N. Information has been forwarded to Mr.
Payne, the coroner, but no day is yet named for the
inquest on James Welch.
ESCAPE OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP.—The American
ship Connecticut, Mr. Williams, commander, which left
Liverpool on the 21st of last month, for New York,
with about 600 emigrants on board, has just succeeded
in reaching Falmouth, after a most narrow escape of
being overcome by a succession of frightful gales to the
westward of Cape Clear. Some five or six days after
she had left the Mersey, with every prospect of a rapid
voyage across the Atlantic, the wind veered round to
west-north-west, and in 12 hours it blew terrifically
from that quarter. It continued for days, the ship
labouring severely, and there appearing no chance of
beating against it, the officers thought it prudent to put
back. This had no sooner been done before a change
took place, and eventually the wind dropped to a calm.
In a few hours, however, as dusk set in, another storm
broke forth, if possible more furious than the one they
had previously encountered ; the sea ran tremendously
high, and the ship carried away her main and foretop-
mast, besides sustaining other damage. For three days
and nights there was no abatement in its fury, the
vessel shipping heavy seas and rolling in a manner to
create the utmost dismay among all on board. Attempts
were made to bear up for Cork. In retracing her
course she narrowly escaped destruction by collision.
The ship Martha Rae, in attempting to speak with her,
got foul of her and occasioned considerable mischief.
She was unable to reach Cork. Some pilots succeeded
in boarding her off the Scilly Islands, and a steam-tug
subsequently coming within hail, she was employed to
take the Connecticut in tow, and she was got into
Falmouth. The emigrants seem to have suffered
greatly,--Liverooi Chronicle.