The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-24 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.—TiooN, APRIL 23.

ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Barometer
Thermometer... 45 1 Highest 53 I Lowest
Wind N. NV. —Freezing Point 32 Deg.

.... 41

THE WOOI,WICH CONVICTS

FURTHER AND ALARMING MORTALII7Y.
Thursday alert, owl inquest's virt-re held before Mr. CART-
TAR, at the Mortari Tavern, Woolai,:b, upon the Indies of
five convict:, namely, Thomas Bartlett, aged 18, coLv!eted
at Aylesbury:, ()etc her 19, 1840, for ten years ; James
Ramsey, aged 19, c Juvicted at Glasgow, January 8. 1841,
for seven years; t% illiAnt Baker, aged 35, convict !d et
Ipswich, January 8, for fourteen years; J..thit Noble, ag d
46, convicted at Lir coin, July .1:5, 1840, for ten years ; and
.Thomas Bloor, a-:;e1 25, cur:viva:el at .Kirkdale, January
21, 1841, for seven years. , Ile Jury hasi.ig been sworn,
Mr. CARTTAR said. the atouber of inquest,: htd not only
increased twofold in consf•quence of the number of cot.victs
heing mush greater that.; was formerly, but they had
lately increased tot.t very:seri )us extent in consequence of
a disease being very prevalent amongst them ; and he had
also been informed by Dr. ligFe that the same eompl tint
had also attached many of vac soltiiers in the dockyar'. It
would be found by Abe er teeece that would be bought b,•-
fore them that lit duce/ out of fire cases the disease had
been most rapid, the convicts dying within forty-eight
hours after being aitu'uted into the hospital-chip.
Dr. Hope regs etlt d much to say that, from the slots of
many of the convio s uneee his care, thl att2tdante if
Mr. Cart.ar and a
.tt.ry would very soon be again requited..
He ( Dr. H-,re) l fe&ved that :that had appeared uf the
disease was but th.e commencement of a general attach.
The Jury havi,g; proceeded to tisw the bodief, upon
their return to the ii,quest-room cvi2edee was adduced.
In each ease a verdict of " Died from natural causet"
was rt tuned.

Tt e case of Th,nnas Bloor was one'of a melane:oli
ngtlre. He had been prcsecut.;(l own father ut
Ktrkdale fcr stralit g tread and butter. and sentenced to
trartsp.)rtation ! lie was natural), of a deli
(ate constLutior, gradually !Liking- from his first cumin.;
to the Deck-yard, and eveletuaily die: of a broken heart.
Dr. Hope stated I.bat considerable commueration was f:tt
fir the poor fellow; on 1-A.A.d the hospital-ship, more par-
ticularly from the circumstances of his cony:coon.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.

On Monday week . an inquest was had on the body of
Mr. Barg, relieving officer of the Rothbury Union. From
the evidence given, ; t appears that the squabbei which lava
br some time preys iled in the Board of Guardians, and
the opposition he hi ,d experienced, had preyed much upon
his mind. On Tue sday, the tith instant, there was a very
stormy meeting of ,the Board, and during the following
night he hal Lever slept, but wandered about his room in
great distress. 'The: next day he had gone to Eldon
in the performance of his duties, when he saw the
Archdeacon of Nortliumberlaild, cf chow kind f(argi
he afterwards expresi,ed himself' very warmly. On his
return from thence b e wro.o a long letter to the clerk of
the union, from whie:n the following are extracts:—
" My DEAR Spc--1 do not see how I ein get out of this
business.. The Reetc,r and Charlton will appear against
me. Mr. Pye owns Aith having got the money up to the
25th December, 183.9, and it appeared that I have carried
the sum on in my bor. k for three quarters more. 1 declare to
my M.,lter that I was not conscious of it; the way we keep
the books one can r ev.r see how the money stindi. I
declare I ant innocent:; the only thing I regret is in leav-
ing my poor little children. I f;ar they may become
e!4argeatle to tho township. Give my regards to
S r John Walshham, . Mr. Orde, sad all my friends.
I am sure Sir Ju'at, and Mr. Orde would do me
justice. My e:c3e3t daurliter is Is years of age, and there-
fore can do for herself the boy about 13 years the next
girl gres to her aunt, .whi re she will be ~sell off; the next
is a little darling, elf ver boy, six years old ; the next
about thr,e years, but, poor little feil.iw, he is not right in
his mind ; the youngest is yezrs
.old. I hope some
of my friends will assist them: All the furniture
in my house belongs to Jny poor mother, exe V a rr.ah
any table, which belongs to Mrs. Staward, of Rothbury.
You have been one of the best friends I ever met with. I
regret leaving William Foster and his brother and many,
many dear friends.- I will pass quietly out of this
werld. I am writing in as good spirits as ever
I did in my lite. I am perfectly' reconciled
to my fate; I have nothing to fear. I expt et : am a good
rtiave paid Charlton, if Tod Hills, 2/ 2s.
too much. You will see Mr. Pyi's ackno%lAgernent.
I will leave every thiiig in the Union chest that I have.
You will find the accounts right to the 257 h of March:
I see no use in undergoing the trial on Monday, be-
cause ail I can say or do is, that it was a per-
fect mistake on my part—not intentional. lum perfectly
innocent. I would not on any account have the Rector, or
Thompson, the Curate, to bury me. Ido not care where
I am buried; lam perfectly happy, and trust prepatel to
d.e. I will trust to you and William Forster to look after
the furniture belonging to my mother. lam glal my
brother is out of the way.

" I am, my dew- Mr. Woodman, very sincerely yours,
" HENRY BOAG.

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" I have slept as sound as a top all last night."— —•
The next morning he added some unconnersed sentcnea
to is, and after making some arrangements, left nisi house on
horseback about two in the afternoon, and was s; en to look
earnestly back towards it. He left his horse at Warton, went
to two or three place , till about six in the cvenisig, when
he had acne to a hovel upon Low 'Trewitt estate, which
was formerly his own property, and from vthence he could
look down upon the houie where he had spent the gre4test
part of his Ilk. He then swallowed an ounce of lauda-
num, after which he wrote in pencil the following upon
the Lack of a leAcr :—" I have taken about a wine
glass of lindanurn at the abed 011 I Trewitt North Moor.
God bless you all except the React. and G'eorge
Thompson. It is getting nearly dark—l die at piece with
all mankind except the above. I will lay down quietly to
sleep—it is so dark I cannot sec to write—God bless you
all—good night." He had afterwards strangled himself
with a rope fastened to the lintel.
The Jury found a verdict of—Temporar% insanity.
The remains of Mr. Borg were interred on Monday at
Alnham Church, and were- accompanied to their last rest-
ing-place by a great number of the Guardians of the
Union and his other friends, who voluntarily attended to I
testify the respect they entertained, for him, who while
living, alike in his prosperous days, as in adversity, had
gained the good opinion of all who knew him, whether
rich or poor.— Tyne Pilot.