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London, England, 1840-03-16 00:00:00

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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Globe,
New Orleans
to Liverpool, 4th ult., off Sambrero Key ; Amelia, sth ;
Eliza Ann, Newfoundland to Liverpool, 22d, lat. 39, long.
23 ; Mountaineer, from Limerick, 29th, lat. 53, long.
16 ; Vistula, New Orleans to Liverpool, and Severn, of
London, 4th inst., lat. 50, long 12, by the Richard An"
derson, arrived at Liverpool. Thetis, Dec. 30, lat. 35.
long. 21 ; Cambrian, Mauritius to Cork, lat. 35, S. long.
22 E. ; Garland, Bahia to Hamburgb, 20th ult, lat. 510
long. 16; Sir H Parnell, Monte Video to Liverpool, 1
iust., lat. 51, long. 15, by the Norfolk, arrived off Fal-
mouth. Lloyd's, Licata to Liverpool, 23d ult., in
Gut of Gibraltar, by the Eliza, arrived at Falmouth.,
Celt, 4th ult., lat. 4, N., long. 24, W. ; Caledonia of
Salem, sth, lat. 4, long. 25 ; Lady Flarfleur, 29th, off St'
Michaels, by the Jane Thompson, arrived at Falmouth.

Foult PERSONS BARBAROUSLY MURDERS'
BY A MANIAC.—On Monday morning last one of the
brutal murders we have almost ever read of, was perpetrat
at Appletown, near Slatt, in the neighbourhood of /311111nena.
An unfortunate man, named John Hill, had been labouring
under insanity for some time. The fits of his attack forthfor"
irregular ; g .nerally calm, but occasionally bursting
with terrible and irresistible fury. At an early hour °nthe morning referred to he jumped out of bed, shoutlyg
" they are come," and, seizing a lockless gun, which 11,
in his way, rushed from the bed-room into the kitchen• for
is supposed his wife had attempted to lay held of him, d
he struck her down with the gun, with desperate fury. a"
speedily beat her to death. Two little girls (his children)
°
mediately shared the same fate; and a third child (a boy), wO,l
aas vainly endeavouring to save one of his sisters, only escal3..",
th, maniac's fury by creeping through a gripe in the 'ditch,
posite the house. A poor old woman, his mother-in-law, iN.or,
ret Came. on, n..xt encountered his fury ; and she, too, W
et
murdered in the' most brutal manner t When he was subs
.e
fluently arrested by the constabillai y, it was di,covered thattnhe
had used a gun, bayonet, pitchfork, spade, and shovel. d
accomplishment of tins foul and unnatural crime. The nea:.
constabl”, in his report, says, " I never witnessed such airu!.
der. The four persons are mangled in the most frightful sttlie,,,
Their bogies, in fact, had to be gathered together."
wretched man was conveyed to the Bridevrell of 13allytne,?3'
where. on Tuesday night. he attempted to dash out his bral
by rushing head foremost against the iron door of the
Yesterday he was lodged in the gaol of Carrickfergus. ''k
never witnessed a more melancholy spectacle. Every I°_`:',l
.howed the maniac ; and his mutilated head, and his blori
spread over his person, exhibited an awful rppearance. `.B
speaks of the murder with calmness, but expresses no regret °,13
the subject. It would seem that he thought he was attack
for he observes that " he fought terribly."—Northerts
Thursday.
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On the 14th of JanuaBIRTH S
ry last, at Calcutta, the wife of pr.
Nl‘Gowart, M D., of a son. So'
On the 10th inst., at Gwellewen, near Cardigan'
%Vales, the lady of R. B. Debarv, Esq., of a daughter•
of rid-
On the 11 th inst., at Long Ditton, Surrey, the lady
mund Bryan, Esq., of a son.

24/IRRIED. Jersey',
On the 10th inst., at St. Martin's-church, Island of i
l.ng,
the Rev. Augustus James Brine, of Boldre-hill, near ilrio.
tin, Hants, only son of the late Rear-Admiral Augusta' Acre,
tO Helen Lempriere, eldest daughter of Philip R. Leoe"
Esq., of Rort-1 Manor House.
Henry',
On the 14th inst., at St. George's, Carnberwell Vorces"
-econd son of Richard Bevinpton, Esq., of Rose-hill,
r",.biry
ter, to Elizabeth, widow n
of the late Thomas Fredeck
son, Esq., of Tring, Hertfordshire, solicitor.

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On the 13th inst., in D
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on-street Mrs. N. - Ita.l
aged 81. t Car
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On the llth Dec. last, at Almorah, East India, B t y,
tnin J. 11. Phillips, of the 42d Regiment of Native I°'37,fitt
and first assistant to the agent of the Governor-Genera
Delhi. ,„ late a.
At Lacca, Queen's County, Andrew. Despard, El'''',llo ag-
Lieut.-Colonel of the 79th. He entered the army at "t" )3en-
of 14, and was a Lieutenant, commanding a company,
at
of
of ria' OW-
On the 11th inst., Henry John Rucker, Esq. . —
common and Mincing-lane, aged 58.
On the 11th inst., in Southwood-terrace, Highgate' gr.
Benjamin Richards, aged 44. ~., war
On the Ilth in:t., at. Hammersmith, Mrs. Cordelia la°d/
t.
widow of the late Mr. Robert Howard, of Fenchureh-st , eetlio
On the Bth inst., at KeppPl-street, Rusell-square
Al‘Gedy.

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