The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

THE BRITANNIA BRIDGE

MENAI STRAITS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.—Particu•
lars of the fatal accident that occurred in connexion
with the stupendous works now being carried out
with the Britannia-bridge, have reached us from a
correspondent who has visited the spot. The accident,
by which one man lost his eye and others were in-
jured, occurred during the process, on Tuesday, of
removing the great hydraulic press, used for the pur-
pose of elevating the tubes 100 feet above high-water
mark, and which having done its duty in the Anglesea-
tower, was about to be transferred, with all the
accompanying apparatus, to the Carnarvonshire side
of the Straits, to be deposited on the opposite tower,
to lift, on its being floated, the second great tube.
The total tonnage weight of machinery that had to
be removed, let down, and ferried over from one shore
to another, was between 100 and 200 tons, including
the chains, cylinder, engine, cross-heads, and other
apparatus ; and it was while the engineers were en-
gaged in lowering the cylinder that the catastrophe
in question occurred. The lowering of each separate
piece of machinery, from its 100 feet elevation into
barges below, is effected by what are termed a series
of purchases on huge ropes and blocks regulated by
capstans, a similar system being adopted for again
raising them into the other towers. At the time of
the accident 50 sailors were working the capstan by
which the cylinder, representing a total weight of 15
tons, was being gradually lowered down through the
rece3.ses of the Britannia-tower, within which, under
the direction of Mr. Edwin Clark, the resident engi-
neer, who has for the second time been placed in a
position of itnminent peril, were a number of work-
men attending to the tackle, when suddenly, owing
to the surging of the tackle, that is to say, a large
quantity of loosely coiled rope round the capstan
paying itself out too precipitately, the cylinder
descended with the velocity of a thunderbolt from its
lofty elevation into the gulf below.
At the inquest held on Wednesday, at Carnarvon,
before Mr. Poole, the coroner for the district, on the
body of John Williams, deceased, who was one of the
sailors working at the capstan, Mr. Clarke, the resi-
' dent engineer, examined upon oath, stated that the
deceased was assisting in lowering the hydraulic press
or cylinder, which was about 15 tons weight. The
rope passing from the press through two three-part
blocks led to a powerful capstan, which was manned
by 50 men. The press was being lowered by the
backwing of the capstan, the rope making three
or four turns round it. Deceased was assisting in
the coil of the rope behind the capstan, serving it
out as the men worked back the capstan bars. The
press or cylinder was not descending at the
_time,
but was hanging on the tackle. Jones, the fore-
man of the gang (who has since been suspended),
had left the men to attend to some other part of the
tackle, and he unfortunately left the turns on the
capstan on the bottom or largest part of its diameter
ready to surge. Whether from the wetness of the
cables, the day being showery, or from some relaxa-
tion on the part of the nine men who were holding
back the rope, the line of cable surged unexpectedly
up the capstan, and overpowered the men employed
to hold it back. The cylinder then descended preci-
pitously a height of 132 feet into the Straits, dragging
the rope through the blocks and round the capstan,
which was enveloped in smoke and fire arising from
the tremendous rush and friction. Deceased was
dragged out cf the coil and thrown about with the
other men by the contortions of the cable. He was
picked up near the capstan sensible, but died from
the injuries he received, consisting of compound frac-
tures. None of the other men were seriously injured,
and, with one or two exceptions, they hare resumed
work. They were taken to the Carnarvon Hospital.
The cylinder glanced off from the stone shelf at the
base of the tower, and fell into twelve feet of water,
rolling out about thirty or forty feet down the Straits.
The tacky,; is the most expensive in Europe, and
sufficiently powerful to raise with safety five times
as great a weight.
Other witnesses corroborated this statement.

The jury, after deliberating, returned a verdict of
"Accidental death."

Mr Stevenson arrived at the Straits yesterday
(Friday) afternoon, to inspect the preparations now
nearly complete for floating the next tube on the 3d
of December. Mr. Fairbairn, the engineer, who car-
ried out the experimental and constructive details
connected with the tubes, also, in company with
some eminent German engineers, visited the tubes,
with the intention of making them models for the
construction of a similar fabric over the Rhine. The
operations for the floating are going on day and
night, and the pontoons, with their anchors, rope,
stoppers, and tackle, are already in position. The
necessary notices have been given to the various har-
bour masters and vessels that the navigation will be
stopped for that day. The operation of floating will
be far easier it is expected than it was before, owing
to experience acquired from the past, and to the tube
being at starting so much nearer its destination. No
delay whatever will arise from the falling of the
cylinder, which willbe in its place to-day. Nothing
but an extraordinary wind will affect the great ope-
ration. A full tide of 18 feet is indispensable. .

Yesterday numbers of men were bu-sily engaged in
joining the tubes on the towers, casting red hot
rivets, and hammering them into the iron plates. Al-
together, on d:fierent parts of the works there were
between 500 and 600 men in full occupation. The
wind is higher here than in most parts of England,
owing to the openness of the estuary of the Straits ;
but, in order to ascertain with accuracy the total
amount of pressure per square foot, a wind gauge is
being erected on the top of the Britannia-tower.
Though the wind yesterday blew what nautical men
call " great guns" through the channel, it had, when
measured by reffectometer, no perceptible effect on
the tube already raised, and which is asserted to be
as solid as either the Box or the Kilsby tunnel.
There appears to be no doubt as to the successful
fluting and elevation of the second tube on the 3d
instant. A novelty, in the shape of loopholes of light,
to give glimpses to passengers in the trains passing
through, is to be introduced, at the suggestion of Mr.
Clarke. At intervals of 12 feet apart, little oval win.
doors, 5 inches in diameter, are to be introduced right
and left along the tube, so as to admit light and show
the landscape.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
BAIL COURT, Nov 24.
(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)

THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ROCHESTER V. WHISTON.

Sir F. TUESIGER applied to the Court, calling upon
the Dean and Chapter of Rochester to show cause why a
writ of prohibition should not issue to restrain them from
enforcing the sentence of deprivation against the Rev.
Richard Whiston, head master of the Cathedral Gram-
mer School of Rochester. The cathedral church of
Rochester was founded and endowed in the year 1542,
by King Henry,Vlll.,out of the possessions of the dissolved
monasteries, and the Dean and Chapter were made a
corporation for the purpose of governing the endowment.
Attached to the cathedral was a grammar-school which
was to consist of a head•master, an under-master, and
twenty scholars, and other boys who might be educated
at the school. In the statute regulating the appoint-
ment and removal of the masters, there was a provision
male for four students being tent to the Universities
and being maintained there out of the funds of the in-
stitution. The statutes also specified the stipends that
were to be paid out of the endowment. The Dean was
to have 1001. a year; the Chapter 201,, while the students
sent to the Universities were to have out of the funds
until they attained the degree of Bachelor of Arts, 51.
a year; and when they had obtained that degree,
and before they became Master of Arts, they were
to receive 61. 13s. 4i. per annum, but it appeared clear
by the statutes that the object of the endowment was,
that these stipends should exhaust the whole of the
funds obtained from the confiscated property, and the
sura mentioned did, in fact, swallow up the whole of the
money that was annually obtained in 1642. Mr.
Whiston was appointed head master of the school in
November, 1812, and as he considered the office was one
which he was entitled to held for life, or durieg good
behaviour, he had laid out two sums of 4,000/. and
2,560/. in the purchase of a house and lands for the
purpose of providing sufficient accommodation for
the scholars. At the time he joined the
school: there was not a single free scholar in it, but so
well had Mr. Whiston performed the duties of held
master that the full complement of 20 free scholars has
since been made up, and the school now consisted of not
less than 50 boys. In the progress of his ministrations
as head master he had ascertained that the endowment
estates had so much increased in value, that instead of
receiving his original stipend of 100/. a year, the Dean
was now in receipt of 1,5001., while the Chapter's bad
risen from 20/. to 7001,, but the stipend of the students
had remained at the same figure that they were when the
foundation was made, in 1642, namely 51.
and 6/. 13s. 4d. Believing, however, that
it was the intention of the Royal founder that the
scholars should participate in the benefit of any such
increase in the ratio of tho original amount, he repeatedly
addressed letters to the Dean and Chapter upon the
subject, urging them to augment the allowances of the
scholars sent to the Universities, adding that, by his
own private exertions, he had succeeded in increasing
them 801. a year ; but the answers he received from the
clerk of the Dean and Chapter were of so evasive and
indefinite a nature, that he ultimately had recourse
to the Bishop of the diocese, who, after treat-
ing his application in a very off hand manner,
eventually wrote him a letter, to the effect that the only
mode of testing the question ho had raised was by insti-
tuting a suit in Chancery. In the mean time, finding
that there was little chance of his obtaining redress ior
his scholars at the bands of either Dean and Chapter cr
the Bishop, he visited every public or private library i❑
the kingdom of any importance, and collected all the in-
formation he could on the subject of cathedral trusts
and endowments, which ho published in the form of the
pamphlet under the title of " Cathedral Trusts and their
Fulfilment," and which showed beyond all question
that in the majerity of instances the trusts had not been
administered as their founders must have intended. Of
course the pamphlet included the school at Rochester,
and the language in which it was written, though
adhering strictly to the truth, so excited the displeasure
of the Dean and Chapter, that by a deed under their
corporate seal they ordered him to be removed from his
post of head master of the Grammar School. This was
About the covarheacement pf the last widsturcer vacs•

tion. When the school resumed again, the Dean and
Chapter served a notice upon Mr. Whiston, can-
celling the former deed, and requiring him
to attend before them at a visitation to answer
certain charges of slander arising out of the publication
of the pamphlet. He prepared a statement in answer
to those charges, but by the advice of counsel who had
previously advised him that he was correct in the view
he had taken of the endowments, he refused to put it in
without it was received with a formal protest against
the right of the Dean and Chapter to proceed as they
were doing. The Dean and Chapter, however, refused
to comply with this request, and eventually they made
another order, and sealed another deed removing Mr.
Whiston from his situation; meanwhile a bill had been
filed in Chancery, before Vice-Chancellor Wigram,
to restrain them from proceeding in their former sen-
tence of deprivation, but his Honour ultimately decided
that the question was not within his province, and the
matter was now the subject of an appeal to the Lord
Chancellor. Now, with regard to the last sentence, it
was apprehended the Dean and Chapter had no power
to pronounce it, inasmuch as their first deed, which they
had thought proper to annul, had altogether disposed of
the offence, if offence it could be called, since it did
actually for a time suspend, as it were, Mr. Whiston
from his situation. But, supposing that it were not so, it
was contended that the statutes by which the school and
the endowment were regulated, only gave the right of
removal where the head master was incompetent to dis-
charge his duties, or conducted himself in an unclean
and filthy manner, neither of which charges could be
made out against Mr. Whiston. The statutes, in fact,
did not contemplate such an offence as this; bet in the
statutes of Eaton and Harrow, there was provision made
for punishing slander, but it was only upon the third
offence that the offender could be altogether expelled, and
therefore, relying upon the practice of other similar
foundations, the Dean and Chapter had clearly exceeded
their authority in this instance.

Mr. Justice PATTESON doubted whether a writ of
prohibition would lie in this case. He thought the ap-
plication ought to be a mandamus to restore Mr. Whis-
ton to his office.

Sir F. THESIGER said they disputed that he had heen
removed, for although another master had been ap-
pointed, who refused to accept the situation, the question
had been properly decided, Mr. Whiston was still de
facto, but it remained yet to be settled whether he was
de jure the master; and if they took a mandamus the
Dean and Chapter might come and say, " Why you are
not removed; you tell us we have no power to remove
you."
Mr. Justice PATTESON still entertained a doubt upon
the subject, but the Learned Counsel must have given
the matter more consideration than he could do now,
and perhaps he had better take the motion as he had
framed it.
Sir F. THEspnEn sa'd he would rather take his Lord-
ship's first impression than his own last conclusion, and
therefore, with tLe permission of the Court, he would
take the rule as in the alternative.

Mr. Jultice PATTESON Said he might do 80.
Rule nisi accordingly.
CRIMINAL INFORMATION.
_ THE QUEEN V. WILLMER AND SMITE.

The ATTORMEY-GENERAL (with whom was Mr. G.
Hayes) applied, upon the part of Mr. J. Ricardo,
M.P., chairman of the Electric Telegraph Company,
and of the directors of that company, for liberty to
file a criminal information against the defendants for
a libel published in the Morning Herald of the 11th
of October last. The gentlemen on whose behalf he
made this application were the representatives of a
large property, which they had invested in certain
works, for the purpose of furnishing the quickest in-
telligence of important events to all parts of the
country. It would be evident that it was of the
utmost importance, not only that the personal
character of these gentlemen should be above all
suspicion, but that they should never even be suspected
of improper conduct in their establishment. Messrs
Willmer and Smith, against whom he made this ap•
plication, were gentlemen residing in Liverpool, and
were correspondents of the Morning Herald ;
and the libel of which his clients com-
plained having been published in that news-
paper, an application had been made to Messrs.
Willmer and Smith, to ascertain whether they ac-
knowledged the authorship of the libel. He had in
court affidavits, stating that those gentlemen had ad-
mitted the authorship. Some reasons seemed to have
induced Messrs. Willmer and Smith to suppose that
a preference had for a long time been given by the
Telegraph Company to the Times and other news-
papers over their own immediate correspondents.
That supposition was without the slightest foundation;
and had the charges against the Telegraph Company
been confined simply to statements of this description
it was possible that the directors of that company,
relying upon their own honour and character, might
have passed over such charges with the indifference
they deserved. But after having published from time
to time imputations of this kind, Messrs. Willmer
and Smith had at last screwed up their courage to
make a direct and pointed attack upon the honour of
the directors, who felt bound to come to this Court,
and to seek its interposition. The libel in question
was very lengthy, containing various charges of undue
partiality on the part of the company towards the
Times and other papers, to the prejudice of the Morning•
Herald; and in this libel Messrs. Willmer and Smith
had taken occasion to allude to a communication
made to London from Liverpool in July, 1848—a
period of great excitement and disturbance here and
elsewhere, and they had accused the directors of
having made that communication public in the neigh-
bourhood of Capel-court for their own peculiar pur-
poses—he supposed for purposes of stock-jobbing. He
would read to the Court the passage to which he re-
ferred :

" On the 27th of July last year a hoax was played
upon us, by fictitious news from the south of Ireland
being handed to us for publication in the London morn-
ing papers. The news was of a very astounding descrip-
tion, and proved to be utterly untrue; but that fact is
quite immaterial to the case at present. Upon taking
it to the Electric Telegraph-office, the clerk said that
the wires were engaged on their own message, but on
seeing the news sent to us they agreed to forward it at
once to the Morning Herald without charge, on the con-
dition that they might afterwards use it themselves.
This arrangement, to savo time, was consented to. The
coi.ditions, however, were entirely broken by the com-
pany, for the intelligence was first made known hi
Capel-court, afterwards to Sir George Grey in Down-
in4-strect, and at eleven o'clock was delivered at the
Morning Herald office, though it had been given to them
at Liverpool at a quarter past seven. So much for good
faith."

No one could doubt that the object of this paragraph
was to insinuate that Mr. Ricardo, the chairman, and
other highly respectable gentlemen connected with
the company, had made use of the information they
had obtained for private purposes—for stock-jobbing
purposes—and had suppressed the communication
they had promised to make to the Morning Herald.
The real facts were these :—At the time this message
was brought by a person named Ross, a reporter em-
ployed by Messrs. Willmer and Smith, to the ma-
nager of the electric telegraph at Liverpool, the
telegraph was engaged in communicating to London
intelligence received from Ireland for the purposes of
the company's own news-room. Seeing the nature of
the intelligence brought by Mr. Ross, which stated
that her Majesty's troops had been defeated in Ireland,
that some of the railway stations were in flames, and
that disaffection existed among the military—seeing
the importance of this intelligence, and doubting its
authenticity, the manager of the telegraph required
that if he stopped the course of communication he was
making for the purposes of the company, the company
should be at liberty to use this intor:nation for their
own news-room, and to:send it equally to all the
papers. The manager also sent up with the message
these directions :

" Tho news just sent was received in Dublin last night,
by special engine to Mr. Conway, editor of the Dublin
Evening Post. It was brought to this office to be sent,
as a private message, to three of the London papers.
Our express—which had no reference to this important
news—was in course of transmission. I declined to stop
our express—which had no reference to this important
news—unless they allowed it to go to the company;
assuring them that all the papers would be supplied.
Rather than delay it until ours was finished, they agreed
to do so. You can, therefore, make any use you think
proper of it. Is it to be posted? It is known in the
town. Mr. Bean and Willmer and Smith's clerk came
together. I have the original report received from Mr.
Conway, which I refused to send until I had sc en Mr.
Conway's letter in which the report was inclosed."

The message was transmitted With these directions to
the office of the company in London. It happened
that at the time the message was received there, Mr.
Cooke, one of the directors of the company, was
present in the office; and that gentleman, seeing the
extreme importance of the news, particularly in the
excited state of London at that moment, and fearing
that its publication might be attended with most
serious consequences, thought it right to give the
most positive directions to all the clerks and officers
of the establishment that no communication whatever
should be made to any one until the matter had been
referred to Mr. Ricardo, the chairman of the company.
A communication was accordingly made to Mr. Ricardo,
at his residence, in Lowndes-square, and thatgentleman
acted as he (the Attorney-General) apprehended every
true and loyal subject of the Crown would have felt
bound to do under similar circumstances. Feeling the
extreme importance of the message, Mr. Ricardo at
once went to the Home Secretary, and communicated
to him the news received by the company ; and he
also placed the instruments of the company at the
command of the Government that they might ascer-
tain the authenticity of the intelligence. Mr. Ricardo
also stated to the Home Secretary the nature of the
me,=7,nge. and informed him that, from the conditions
on which the company had received it, they could not
delay its delivery more than half an hour or three-
quarters of an hour. Having communicated the in-
formation to Sir G. Grey, and enabled him to give
such orders as might be necessary in case any excite-
ment should he caused in London by the publication
of the intelligence, Mr. Ricardo went to the branch
office at Charing cross, and gave directions that the
information should be sent to the various papers, and
should be posted in the company's news-room. He
(the Attorney-General) had the most positive affida-
vits of Mr. Ricardo, and other gentlemen connected
with the company, declaring that beyond what ha

had stated they had, neither on that or on any other
occasion, used that or any other news for their own
purposes. They expressly denied in the most indig-
nant terms the charge which had been made against
them ; and he (the Attorney-General) had, in addi-
tion, affidavits going into various charges—which
were, indeed, trifling compared with the charge he
had mentioned—denying and explaining the accusa-
tions which had been preferred against the company.
He trusted, considering the serious nature of the
charge, and the parties by whom it had been made,
that his Lordship would be of opinion that this was a
case which called for the interference of that Court.
The rule was granted.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 24.
(Before Lord Chief Justice Winne and Justices
i‘EAULE, WILLIAMS, and TALFOURD.)

THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK V. SLOAIAN AND OTHERS.

In this case Mr. Lush on a former day obtained a
rule, calling on the plaintiff to show cause why one
of the defendants named Miles should not be dis •
charged from the Queen's prison, on the grounds—
first, that he had been arrested in breach of good
faith ; and, secondly, that a judge's order for splitting
the execution issued against the defendants had been
obtained by the attorney of Sloman, without the
knowledge or concurrence of the defendant Miles.
Mr. Sergeant ALLEN and Mr. HENNIKER now ap-
peared to show cause against the rule. It was con-
tended by the Learned Sergeant, that as to the first
ground the rule must be discharged, because the
jurat of the affidavit of the facts on which the rule
had been obtained did not mention the day of the
month when sworn, which had been repeatedly held
to be a fatal objection.
The COURT inquired if Mr. Lush could get over
this objection ?
Mr. LUSH would not stay to comment on such an
objection to an affidavit alleging breach of faith, on
the part of the Duke of Brunswick, who had pledged
his word "as a sovereign prince and a gentleman,"
that the defendant Miles should not he arrested, but
would submit that, taking the two affidavits together,
one of which was dated the 14th of November, and
referred to the one objected to without date, the affi-
davit was sufficient.

Mr. Sergeant ALLEN would take on himself any
discredit there might be in raising this objection to
the affidavit.

The CouaT held the objection fatal; the rule must
either be discharged, or cause shown on the other
affidavit.

Mr. Sergeant ALLEN then contended that the
second affidavit was also insufficient, in stating that
Mr. Berry, the attorney of the defendant Miles, had
received no notice of the application for the judge's
order to split the execution, because at that time Mr.
George Smith, and not Mr. Berry, was the attorney
of the defendant Miles, and though the affidavit might
be true that Berry received no such notice, yet it
might also be true that Smith did receive such notice.
Mr. Luau having been heard against the objection,
The COURT held the objection to be fatal, and that
the rule must be discharged, with costs.
Rule discharged accordingly.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 24.
IN TIIE MATTER OF CHARLES EDWARD PUGH.

This insolvent, a beer retailer, applied under the
Protection Act, supported by Mr. Sargood.
It appeared that the insolvent had very recently
been made a bankrupt. It was the first case that had
occurred under the Protection Act, and the question
was, what was to be done with the proceedings ?
Mr. SARGOOD said there was no doubt the insolvent
had been made a bankrupt, although he had not re-
ceived the usual notice.

Mr. CooKE remarked that the adjudication must
have been served upon him. It was stated that the
adjudication must have been left at his last place of
residence. He was, however, anxious to appear and
surrender.

Mr. SARGOOD asked the Court to adjourn the case
with protection for a month. The bankruptcy ousted
the jurisd:ction of this Court, but, if it was not sus•
tamed, then the insolvent could be heard under the
present position.
Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS said it was no use in
having two jurisdictions going on at the same time.
The best course would by to adjourn the case, to
enable the petitioner to surrender to the bankruptcy.
The case was adjourned with protection, and subse-
quently Mr. Moore, the brewer, of Old-street-road,
appeared to oppose He raid he was not aware that
the insolvent had petitioned this Court until after he
had made him a bankrupt.
_ _

Mr. Commissioner linlLLlrs—lVell, the jurisdic-
tion of this Court is ousted by the bankruptcy. No
doubt it is a more expensive proceeding than in this
Court.

Mr. Moore said he would have preferred this Court,
as it was far less expensive.

Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS told him that if the
proceedings in bankruptcy were set aside, then this
Court would hear the case, and Mr. Moore could
oppose.
Mr. Moore added that he wished to inquire into the
transfer of a place of business, and should come on the
next occasion.

The case was adjourned to the 15th of December.
A nice question is likely to arise in this matter,
whether this Court or the Court of Bankruptcy will
dispose of the case..

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

SANSCRIT SCHOLAR.

OXFORD, Nov. 24.—Mr. Ralph Thomas liotchl.in
Griffith, 8.A., of Queen's College, was this day
elected to the vacant Sansc_Tit Scholarship.

CRAVEN SCIIOLARSHIP.

A Scholarship on the foundation of Lord John
Craven, being now vacant, notice is hereby given,
that an election will take place on Tuesday, the 4th
of December. The electors are—the Vice-Chan-
cellor, the Regius Professors of Divinity, Law,
Physic, Hebrew, and Greek, and the Public Orator.
Persons of the same name or kindred of Lord Cia•
yen, being poor, and scholars of the University, are
entitled to a preference ; and such persons are re-
quired to transmit to the Vice Chancellor, before ten
o'clock, on Saturday next, the Ist of December,
satisfactory documents iv proof of their said kindred ;
an account of their standing in the university, and
testimonials from the college or hall to which they
belong.
F. C. PLUMPTUE, Vice-Chancellor.
University College, Nov. 24.
LINCOLN COLLEGE.

The Rev. E. Firmitone, 8.A., of this college, has
been appointed head-master of Lady Lumley's Gram-
mar School, Thornton.

CEIRI3T CHURCLE.
The Rev. W. Cureton, M.A., of Christ Church,
canon of Westminster, has been presented to the
rectory of St. Margaret, 'Westminster.
The Rev. E. M. Goulburn, M.A,, of Merton Col-
lege, and Examining Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of
Oxford, and the Rey. E. A. Litton, of Oriel College,
have been mentioned as additional candidates for the
head-mastership of Rugby.

SUICIDE THROUGII FEAR OF THE LAW.— On
Saturday afternoon Mr. Payne held an inquest at the
Rose and Crown, Broad-street, City, on view of the
body of John George Gibbs, aged 27, late messenger to
Mr. Muratte, Spanish merchant, No. 7, Adams court,
who hung himself with a rope about eight o'clock the
same morning; and evidence having been given of the
discovery of the body by the wife, it was stated by Mr.
Hodson, superintendent of the City pollee, that the de-
ceased's employer had lost some ledgers, which were
taken from the collar, and that the deceased was sus-
pected. He in consequence placed two of the City de-
tective force, Edward Furnell, No. 32, and Lluggett, on
Thursday night, to watch the movements of the de-
ceased. Furnell stated that while he and Haggett were
in Adams court he was seen the previous night by the
deceased, who knew him (Huggett). Deceased was
aware that ho was suspected since Thursday night, and
has appeared very dull. Verdict,' Temporary Insanity."
He has left two young children. The deceased had
been in difficulties previously.
VIOLENT CASE OF STAIIIIING.—SIIEFFIELD, SATUR-
DAY NIGIIT.—A most atrocious case of stabbing occurred
in this town, between four and five o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The sufferer is an old man, named Bartho-
lomew Spink, residing in a yard near the bottom of
Broad-lane; and the offender, Charles Armitage, of
Edward-street, joiner. A son of Armitage, who has
been apprenticed to Spink,was on Tuesday week brought
before the magistrates, on the charge of stealing files
from Spink's fellow-workmen. Spink did not take any
part in the prosecution, the case being proved by two of
his fellow-workmen, whose files had been stolen. The
result was that the lad was committed to Wakefield for a
month. Armitage appears to have laboured under an
impression that Spink had been the means of sending
his son to prison, Yesterday he went to Spink's house,
which is in a yard leading from Broad-lane into
Garden-street, and made use of very violent and
abusive language. Spink went to the door, with
the intention of ejecting him from the yard. He had
no sooner laid his hand upon him, than Armitage stabbed
him in the left arm with a pocket-knife, inflicting a
wound of a very serious nature. Spink, who: is many
years the senior of his cowardly assailant, endeavoured
to get out of the ruffian's reach, but before he could do
so lie received another stab in the abdomen. Having
inflicted these injuries, Armitage ran through the court
into Broad-'ane; but ho was pursued by some persons
who had been brought to the spot by Spick's cries, and
was apprehended near the bottom of Townsend- street.
He was so violent, however, that it required the assist-
ance of several parties to detain him until the arrival of
a pliceraan. The officer endeavoured to.) make him
walk to the Town:Hall, but he refused, and struggled with
such force, that it was found necessary:to secure him in a
cart, in which he was conveyed to the lock-up. Spink
was attended by Mr. Skinner, surgeon; and though the
injuries are of a serious nature, we are glad to hear
there is no doubt of his recovers•.

Many of the blessings univerially desired are fre-
quontly wanted, because most men, whoa they should
labour, content themselves to complain; and rather
linger in a state in which they ba at. relt, th„:3
improve their condition by vigour awl reeolutiou,—.Etira
Cook's Journal.