The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-14 00:00:00

NEW ZEALAND.

By advices from 'New Zealand to the 20th of
March we have received rather important intelligence.
The accounts state that the land question between' the
natives and the governor had been adjusted at an
interview held between his Excellency• and several
of the chiefs. The amount of compensation to be
received by • the natives is 5,000/. ; namely, 2,000/.
for the disputed lands at Parrau. and 3,000/. for- the
Wairau. The money was to be paid down in five
yearly instalments. 1,600/.-of the amount is to be
paid this year; two payments of 1,1001. will be
made in the next'two years, and the remainder will
be paid in the two following years, the last instal-
ment being paid in 1857. By the conces4on ju-t
made the Government obtain all the land from
Wairau to the farms comprised in the New Zeal.ind
Company's. limits. On the middle island, also, con-
siderable quantities of land have been given up. The
natives, during the discussion, evinced great anxiety
about the release of Rau Rarahu, but the Govern-
ment declined giving him up.

The nesuiphsqiutTle setakeluent oft liklong-petriing
dispute witK hraborigines had of liturse diffused
grind satisfad ro ti .tiluwhout the colors,.
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DEATH 'IN- A LUNA.II.O
Yesterday an adjourned inquest was held before
Mr. Baker and a jury at the Five Bells; Bow, on the
body of John Mills, who died in Grove House Asy-
lum. The proceedings were commenced by reading
the deposition of Thomas Lynch, a keeper employed
in the establishment, who was examined on 'Thurs-
day, which was to the effect that the deceased was
forty-two years of age, that he came from the parish
of All Saints, Poplar; that he had been in Grove
House Asylum since October last; that for the last
fortnight he had complained of a pain in his bowels;
that he was seen by' the medical gentleman twice;
was very much excited, and was confined at night
with flannel bands on his wrists, leaving his hands
free for giving play and motion. He went to bed on
Sunday night in a violent state, in a crib boarded at
the sides and ends. In the night he contrived to get
his legs and part of his arms over the crib, and
bruised his legs, but not seriously. That he was in
a ward with fourteen other lunatics, in the infirmary ;
that the witness sat up till twelve o'clock, and slept-in
the ward ; that the deceased was quiet during the
night; that at four o'clock in the morning he
was found sitting up, quite dead; his head was on
the side of the crib, and his legs were over the
side, his feet upon the floor; his face was downwards.
Restraints were not used without the authority of the
medical gentleman.
Mr. :Baker, the surgeon, was then examined, and
stated that he found the deceased plump and in_good
condition ; the body exhibited nothing remarkable
externally, except a slight bruise on the breast ; on
moving the integuments; six ribs on the right and five
on the left side were found fractured. The lungs
were not punctured; they were largely, adherent,
marking old inflammation. The heart and liver
were healthy, the small intestines inflamed, and the
mucous membrane destroyed in places. -The brain
was particularly soft, and in some places destroyed,
and from the state of it the patient could not have
lived for any length of time. He imagined death
to have been caused by the injury to the chest, which
would act more readily on a man whose brain was in
such a condition. The fracture of the ribs might
have been caused by pressure on the side of the crib ;
they were fractured outside - the discolouration of the
chest was indicative of the fracture. _

The jury having expressed a strong opinion
that, in such an establishment, there ought
to be a man sitting up all night with
.his eye on. the patients, proceeded to examine
the bandages, and stated that they considered the de-
ceased had been more tightly bound than was repre-
sented by the keeper. _
The room was then cleared, and the following ver-
dict returned, after.a deliberation of nearly an hour :
—" That the deceased ,was labouring. under a defec-
tive condition of the brain, which predispwed him to
death, without any .violence. That he was foUnd
dead enclosed in
.at crib, and that his ribs were free;
tured apparently by violent pressure of th., Chest from
his own action, being at the time unde.r restraint from
flannel bandages round his wrists, but how 'or by
what means the said fractures were caused, Widen
were of very recent date, no satisfactory eviedeeziliele_
had been given to the jurors, and the jli.lirn"cr:lrshould
mend fur the future that a constantev„rb.im
ent, in
be exercised with lunatics
order to prevent a recurrence
11? CIRONER expressed his
nd case Of death from
ff
utahllefuctou-nrceu arcrr concurrence lent
c.
with
the verdict. This was the
fractured ribs in Grove-house liViisi7irenttyhiletrue
was any want of cautiun it would
instruct the jury to return verdtctof Manslath.), ter,
and it was the duty of any. one placed in the posi-
tion of Mr. Byas, the keeper of the a.syluul,,to pro-
vide every means and care for the sustentation of
human life.
•

ROYAL ASYLUM Or ST. ANNE'S.--The half--
yearly gn e
I meeting of the suhF,cribcrs to this so-
ciety. instituted in 1709, for the purpose o! maintaining,
clothing, i
thing, and educating the children, whether orphans or
not, of those once in prosperity, was held yesterday, at
the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, John Bright,
Esq., F.L.S., in the chair. The report described the in-
btitution to be in a flourishing condition. The Rev. J.
W. Austin was appointed io the chaplaincy of the so-
ciety, in the room of the Rev. D. Laing, M.A. After
the usual routine business was disposed_ of the sub-
sciibers proceeded to ballot for the election of seven ad-
ditional boys and live girls. The list of candidates com-
prised no less than sixty boys and thirty girls, several of
them the children of once affluent and independent citi-
cens of London.

A tnercantile house at Berlin has proposed to all
the railway companies of Germany to supply all
their
carriages with silk blinds for nothing. They simply
ir
propose to reserve to themselves the right of ehangi.erg,
the blinds as often as they may please, and theytr9ung
the companies to engage themselves not to,jaeoeafiyd during
50 50 years, either for money or gratuitously,
blinds with ad-
but theirs. Their object is to cover the
vertisements.
- THE GREATEST. ARCHITECT or His FORTUNE.—
Tom Thumb is building a handsome
an palace in America.
When it is completed, never will e
!—Punch.
have been
i raised upon so small a foundation

itami.tnhtlbteYgyiol'ur battalionsi
rthe-seT4lficeltinifvoeilricaoortm3iin: letter was yesterdayreceived from
and was
ar et apdartZadteh the
ast battalioneniughT—their
" Portsmouth Dockyard,
iAug.heit 11,y 1847.
" With refe;eGncEeNtEo"RAL MEMORANDUM.
t,tl;ht.' •irilescauiCtioor7lb.m..atia,l,;ll.3:uiruls Ick,f-
-y havea r d
tßea
at Battalion
thea pp
eAa
rt 1
at na iere. .1(
fy
athree
directed to express to the:officers, nutt.comiaissioned
officitrs, and, men, their Lordships' satisfaction at the'
progress already made in-their exercises, Nrid at the ale-.
crity and zeal with which the views -of the Government'
and the. Board of Admiralty have been carried out.
" Their Lordships are confident there will be no re-.
la-xation oithoserexertions that have- advanced' the
,bat-,
talion of the Portsmouth. and Clarence }aids to their
present state- of forwardness, and they rely on- conti-
.nuance.of that ready zt,ai (bothein the parr of the ofkeers
lntghe nea stteohdne Albert
ancrinen) in all' that relates towards proficiency which-
has-thrungbout malted the progress-of. these battalions,
and which has manifestly contributed, under the active,-
directions of the.superior cfficers of the battalion, to
render these ci,rps so deserving the approbation they
wet with from his, Royal Highness.
." HYDE PA kIiER, Rear Admiral.
Master Shipwtlai,t."
WOOLWICH, AUG. 12.--The whole of the Dock-
yard battalion assembled yesterday in their uniforms,
for the first time, under the command of Lieutenant..
Colonel Elscin; and went through their various ex-
ercises
in a highly 'creditable manner. Major Jen-
kins, storekeeper, was deputed, at the conclusion, by- -
the officers who were all assembled, to present a re-
gulation sword to Lieutenant Christie, the adjutant
of-the battalion,. as a mark of their respect and ap-
probation of the manner in which he. initiated them
in the exercises and duties of their respective ranks. •
Captain Schwabe of the Russian navy, arrived at
the- dockyard, -Wochwich, this afternoon, to witness
the testing of one of Porter's anchors of 55 ctvt.,
ordereciAo be supplies to.the Russian frigate Pallas, •
of 52 guns, of which ship the Grand Duke Constan-
tine is an officer. The testing took place before Mr.
Jenkins, storekeeper, and Mr. Atherton, chief engi- -
neer, by special order from the Admiralty. The
usual strati] of anchors 'of the same weight is 45f
cwt., and in this instance a stain of 49i cwt. was
applied, when the deflection of the shank appeared to
be -1 inches. On the strain being :-withdrawn the
shank returned.li inch.... The anchor is ordered ex-
pressly for service on board the Grand Duke Con-
stantine's own ship, and will be forwarded immedi-
ately by railway to its destination.

PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Odin steam-frigate,
Captzin the lion. P. T. Pelham, left Spithead last
night, with letters and dispatches for Rear-Admiral
Sir Charles Napier, whose squadron she has orders to
look for off- Cape,Finisterre until the 22d instant, at
the expiration of which time, sh,,uld she not fall in
with him, she is to proceed off Cape Clear, Irelarid,
and wait for him.

The Geyser steam-sloop, Commander. F. T. Brown,
was undocked this morning, and the Phcenix screw-
sloop, Commander Dennis, docked in her room, to
repair damages caused by leakage in the neighbour-
hood of the screw shaft.

The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Radcaffe, _will
take the sth Regi,nent to the Maurltiu4 after refitting.
In Harbour—The Victory (flag), Excellent, Cam-
brian, Trincomalee, and Amphitrite, the three latter
fitting for sea ;- the Apollo, Lightning, 1113 rtle, and
Echo.

In Dock—The Prince Regent, Phoenix, Leander,
Sappho Orestes, Rifl •man, and Rocket.

In the Basin,fhe Fury, fitting for sea, Retribu-
butionl- and treys -r st amers.
At Splthead—No man•of-war.

•••
CAUTION To SPOltTtatEN.—Under the heading of
chi; 13th of August, the Cam ridge Advertiser of y Os'
terdti) bri,3 a-- We wrs'n atm SL mat wU -OUIr-elves;
perhspa a single companion of sympathetic fancies, were'
transformed Into a brace of grouse for twenty-four
hours." We do not know what effect the presence of
our contemporary might have upon the feath,4ed tribes
on the moors, but 'we do think if his 1% ish be granted, h•

should not be allowed to carry any of his own thunder
with him, and thus spoil sport.
FATAL FALL FROM THE ROOF OF A Houss.—Mr.
Payne held an inquest yesterday, .at St. Bartholowew'S
Hospital, on the body of Charles Toombes, aged twenty-
five, a carpenter. On Tuesday the deceased had occa-
sion to cross some rafters at the top of a house he was
engaged in building in Canonbury Fields, when he
slippedaseto
thethr bottom.oughth them
Oneand side of h
tell down thei headthewellorwaso
stair_
case

pletely smashed by the fall, and he died half an hour
after his -admission to the above hospital. \TenHet--

'' Accidental death."

SALE EXTRAORDINARY.—The Preston Guardian
of Saturday last announces for sale a " mayor and a
foal." Any town wanting a chief magistrate will, there-
fore, have the opportunity of purchasing one, with a
-promising colt. which in time may serve for an alderman.
—Preston Chronicle.

RUSSIAN GRAIN.—The latest arrivals have included
a vessel from Archangel, with a cargo consisting of 1,450
quarters of tiarley. 'We do not think that, of the late
extensive arrivals of grain from Russia, there has, pre-
yioutly to the one under notice, been a single supply from
this particular part. Another vessel arrived on rheum?
day from Archangel with 1,200 quarters of wheat, the
produce of Russia.
-EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL OF STRENGTH.—On last
Tuesday -sonie of the men employed at the Mullinure
way took
part of the Portadown and Armagh line of rail
a wager for upwards of 201. to be given to whichever,
party would carry the greater weight ofstones in a
handbarrow a distance of twenty yards. The competi-
tors were John MiVeigh, a youth about _fourteen years
of age, six feet high, and fully *fourteen atone weight,
with a man named Patriek.Quinn; alias Political Pat, ..
who has seen some fifty summers, against James Don-
nelly and John APCauley. The -weight' fixed, 18 1-3 e
cwt. of limestone. , Precisely at two o'clock both parties
started, and did well for a distance of two yards, when
-tho latter party fell to the ground fainting thr•togh ex-
haustion; but the others, as if nerved to greater exertion
by their opponents' defeat, pursued their ea) amid
deafening cheers until they got two yards beyond
the the.,
prise`
—Armagh and were accordingly awarded
—Armagh Guardian..
ACCIDENTS AND Loss Or LIFE ON THIS
i„,,,,, end,
Yestei day meriting an accident or a verytj
c srerer d on the
a e regret to add, of a fatal character,
,t)ceiolit o'clock—
' river. It took place about a quineren Msassr.---
Ilya at the t inc
SO suddenly that few who were oe the.
rq;
in'ielligibie oc-
witnessed it, or are able to g-iyo arg.,,Y,Z,
that time a Prus-
pecennni,4 thellEclouard, was
cs
ioaunn t
boafrghtf:ew
r'Ver under h r top-
what is calf( d " dol,fi'g'"g„. ,u.aprcr to (I. ,ek vid discharge
sails, waiting
I,,br„:,%;:irLbi.e, others of torn, will, which
tiiif eixireltetYrah:.Psi ze,th,,
• h., cargo, soots ----.: -d...n from Dit•zic. W heti she got
she ~tts _heavily -I" Hz. -1 lock Pi- i' 'he struck en a
. n-rt he Briinsi,,,
abreas. -
which 1,, tor years b. e•• kn •w Li
hank, ' - ~ it. fi:rm
- spit" or
this season, and which runs out aco I'' i 1 I
there at
in the d' .• 1 e" ' e
di,tance .0 the rivvr. ir, .:..tort a Rock Ferry.
her yard-, which
She immediately capsized. 4... r keel WaS vistble from.
the 'here, and it is suiposi fl th ,t.
strutik i ight downwards, prevented her front rolling corn-
piet,ly over. Three of the hands, consisting of the
mate, carpenter, and a seaman, the '
, refitr of whom was
lying sick in the forecastle
,were instantly drowned; and
the wonder seems be to how 'every soul on hoard did not
perish with them Fortunately h,
t wever, the i et, of the
v
crew contrived to la hold of,
~ 0 some of the ropes, and LO
hold th ves einm.l •
up until they were able to clamber on
the side & isle hullthat of was ,ut the water, where
they remained until a couple c .f tug steamers put off to
View assistance, and. took the whole of them, ten in
number,. on board. The Edouard remained en the bank
tv-til- the tide rose, and then the was drifted about four
m.les up the river to a bank called the Snuff Mill Bank,
off Jericho, where she at present lies. The naive of lieshe
captain is liranse. There was a pilot on board
time of the accident, and the only excuse web have
offered for him is, that he was ignorant ofteexistence
of the Brunswickhe eahteatrd
v
of the newly-formed bank_
Pier, or
e v
he never would have taken the sei
occurred on the
such shoal water. Two other
un with any 10 ES
accidents,,- near
it, and into
river, which were
er
back in front of the Co-
burg Dock; and the unattended
of life. One vessel
e ingbroke
Fingal,
al, from Quebec, while attempt- .
rountt, and when she came off on
the flood she we, making
trig to deck, took the g
much water.—Liverpool Cou-
rier of Wednesday.
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