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TEE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 184.6.

LITERATURE.

composed of biographies, or essays, or disquisitions, or
criticisms, as of the agreeable outpourings of a heart
and head, stored with refined sentiment, cultivated by
the pure3t taste, animated with the most spontaneous
enthusiasm, nerved with the most tender sympathies.
In b' The House of Titian," " Washington Alston," and
"The Xanthian Marbles," various departments of the
Fine Arts—pictorial, sculpturesque, and literary—are
commented upon with inimitable evidences that the
writer can appreciate the Beautiful, reverence the True,
lova the Pure, and abhor the Meretricious (not only in
the abstract but) especially in Painting, Sculpture, and
Literature. As a freth and not incompetent exponent
of the spirit of High Art, Mrs. Jameson cannot fail to
arrest our attention. Her dissertations also cn
" Woman's Mission and Woman's Position," as well as
"On the Relative Social Position of Mothers and
Governesses," merit the most earnest consideration of
every female in the empire : they are fraught with
beautiful principles beautifully propounded : they are
nobly conceived and bespeak both amiability and cou-
rage. Admirable, however, as are these portions of the
volume, the most acceptable paper in the collection is in
our estimation the one entitled " Adelaide Kemble, and
the Lyrical Draws," it breathes of friendship, musical
taste, verve, dramatic partialities, And .a thousand appo-
site reminiscenses interspersed with most welcome allu-
sions to the personal advantages and charactertstics of
our celebrated cantatrice—the last of the Kembles !
We are individually rejoiced that this memorial of the
brief but brilliant career of a very superb vocalist has
been written by Mrs. Jameson ; firstly, because it is the
memento of a vision we would not willingly forget, and,
secondly, because that interesting narrative has pro-
ceeded from a narrator so capable of doing it justice.
Those who have, like ourselves, listened to the voice and
watched the countenance of Adelaide Kemble in
Semiramide, (that voice so full of passion half-womanly,
half-tyrannical, that countenance so troubled with the
torment of contending emotions, now beaming with a
glimpse of gentleness, now terrible with a glare of
hatred), will feel grateful to Mrs. Jameson for the
beautiful record she has left in this performance.

MARY LEBON E VESTRY.
THE ADVERTISING VAN NUISANCE.

•
THE HAI? VEIAN 0 RATION, delivered before the
Royal College of Physicians, London, June, 1846, by
John _Elliotson, Cantub, F.R.8., ic., with an
English Version and .214 es.
Die publication of the " Harveian Oration," with an
English version and notes for the benefit of the non•
professional world, might of itself mark au era in the
progress of the College of Physicians, if there were no-
thing else peculiar in the circumstances attending the
last anniversary. In accordance with the will of the
Institutor, this annual oration is delivered in Latin,
and, until the present year, it has not been deemed worth
while to present it to the general public in the vulgar
tongue—if, indeed, any such oration before this contained
matter that could be edifying or interesting outsid-e the
walls of the College. Dr. Elliotson, in a short preface,
thinks it necessary to defend the " unusual" course of
pulkshing an. English version, on the ground that " it
is but justice" to himself. But no such defence or justi-
fication would have been required. The mere English
reader would be sufficiently well pleased, without re-
garding the usage, to find so much instructive matter
placed before him, in so agreeable and graceful a form --
with such simplicity, and yet with so much wit and
shrewdness. Attractive and elegant as the oration will
appear in the English version, the scholar will be surprised
(if not delighted) to observe that it is far surpassed, in
beauty of style and expressii e diction, by the original
Latin. In the cataloioe of illustrious men, whose
memory, as benefactors of the College, the oration was
designed to celebrate (and who have been, in their re-
spective periods, the parents, or the guardians, or
patrons of the institution, rather than its offspring),
several are distinguished for the purity and eloquence of
their Latin works. Caius, Harvey himself, Hanley, and
others have been lauded by contemporary and succeed-
ing men of learning for Latinity comparable to that of
Cicero, and, in one instance, reseenking that of Terence.
Their merit, in this respect, was certainly of a high
order. It was as high as would be the merit of Elliotson,
should we say that he wrote English as well
as Addison, or that his style resembled Ches-
terfield's. With the renowned subjects of his dis-
course Latin was more .familiar than the vernacular,
and in this work, and in this age of neglected
classics, it is a greater praise than can be claimed for
any of them, that, in every particular of elegant compo-
sition, his Latin is equal to their best. Nor must we say
that such scholarship is useli ss in these days. For,
besides that the question would open up a difficult con-
troversy, Latinity is an essential condition of the orator's
quality, in our present case, according to the express
command of Dr. Harvey. 1
The oration abounds in matter of universal interest
displaying extensive learning awl research in its col-
lection—admirable skill, tact, and lutidity in its expo-
sition. The notes are very curious, and illustrate the
ingenuity and boldness, as well as the profound and ex-
tensive observation, of the author. The publication, we
say, would mark an era in the progress of the college, if
it were by this alone, that a commemorative address is
made, in the simple fulfilment of its purpose as a lauda-
tory commemoration, a vehicle for conveying whole-
some instruction to the learned auditors, and reminding
them and the more forgetful world of a series of facts
relating to the history of the college and its benefactors,
which, thus skilfully linked and connected, form in the
whole, perhaps, the most impressive and important
lesson that has yet been laid before inquiring and pro-
gressing man.
The New Era in the progress of the college is marked
by other peculiarities. In the whole of its history to
the latest day, from Linacre, Caius, Gilbert, and Harvey,
prejudice and folly have triumphed long over truth, and
in each particular case persecuted or crushed its dis-
coverer. The life of every one of the great men here
enumerated by the orator was no more than a series of
practical illustrations of the dishonesty or ignorance of
the majority in the learned professions at all
times, and of the stupid confidence with which
the public at all times echoes the cry of
" fool, imposter, humbug," against every man, in succes-
sion, and without exception, who has had the wisdom to
perceive, the industry to explore, and the courage to
promulgate a neglected truth. Now, in the beautiful
peroration of the discourse before us, Dr. Elliotson
slightly and modestly refers to the puny persecutions
with which he also has been assailed during the last ten
years. Is it not a New Era in the history of the pro-
fession that the presumptuous and disingenuous have
given way, and that this sagacious and indefatigable
philosopher; remarkable as much for the purity of his
life, as for the depth of his researches, and the courage
of his avowals, has been selected for the honourable ditty
of delivering to the assembled body of his college—the
highest in the world—this periodical commemoration of
the deeds and doctrines of all that were illustrious, and
therefore persecuted, amongst its departed members ?
The enthusiastic applause which followed the delivery
of the oration convinces us that the truly Ciceronian ap-
peal with which the orator concluded will not have been
addressed to his auditors in vain.
" QUM cum ita sunt, ego vos magnoperl oro atque obtestor,
ut tantam vim tot arguinentis humans natura inesse compro-
oatam, si unquam apud vos veritatis error, si professionis
nostrx dignitas, si denique omnium hominum salus et felici-
tas valet, diligentissime investigetis."
Dr. Elliotson's English version of this fine passage by
no means does it justice. For the benefit of the general
reader, to whom we earnestly recommend the pamphlet
as a curiosity and a treasure of history and science, we
give the author's own translation, inadequate as it is:—
" In the name, therefore, of the love of truth, in the name
of the dignity of our profession, in the name of the good of
all mankind, I implore you carefully to investigate this im-
portant subject."
The dignified and touching letter of Frederick Mes-
mer to this college, when he presented his books to it,
as the most learned and liberal in Europe, is amongst
the curiosities which fill the notes, and gives the reader
a very different impression of tnat ardent physician's
, character from that which is generally received.

After Mr. Williams had been called to the chair, Mr.
Flood laid before the vestry the following communica-
tion from the newly-appointed Secretary of State, Sir
George Grey, on the subject of the advertising van
nuisance, in reply to a communication from the vestry on
that subject :

" Whitehall, sth August, 1846.
" Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th inst.,
to inform you that the nuisance arising from perambu-
lating street vans will be considered in any future amend-
ment of the police law ; but Sir George Grey does not
think it would be expedient to introduce into Parlia-
ment a Bill at this late period of the session, merely to
remedy this particular nuisance.
I air, Sir, your obedient servant,
" WM. M. SOMERVILLE.
" To the Vestry Clerk, St. Marylebone."
This communication was entered on the minutes
THE METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS AND THE POOR-LAW
COMMISSIONERS.—The vestry then considered a report
presented on the previous Saturday from the joint com-
mittee of vestrymen and guardians, as to the recent pro-
ceedings in Parliament with reference to the establish-
ment of metropolitan district asylums. The report is of
a very luminous nature, and will be better understood
by the remarks of the different speakers.
Mr. G. DANIELL moved the !adoption of the report.
He felt no doubt the disclosures made in it, the arbitrary
and unconstitutional course pursued at Andover, and
the speeches uttered within the walls of Parliament,
would tend to the ultimate reorganisation and revision
of the poor-laws. These circumstances alone had in-
duced the committee not to recommend the immediate
expulsion of the existing commissioners.
Mr. H. C. WILSON seconded the motion, and stated

that our ancestors were governed by written laws, and
he saw no reason why we should not imitate that ex-
ample.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. ST. JOHN Observed that it mattered little which
Government did away with the obnoxious poor-laws, so
that they were obliterated from the statute-book. He
hoped an Anti-Poor-law League would be formed, which
would be as powerful in its effects, and as successful in
its results as the late Anti-Corn-law League.—(Hear.)
Mr. Nicholay, Mr. Nisbet, and one or two other
gentlemen, then addressed the vestry, when the report
was adopted unanimously. It was then agreed to for-
ward a copy of the report to each of the 28 metropoli-
tan unions.
The vestry then separted.

RAVENSNEST, or the REDSKINS. 3 vols. By
J. Fenimore Cooper.
Mr. G. P. R. James, though notoriously one of the
most prolific and popular novelists of the day, can
scarcely claim a superiority in either of these charac-
teristics over that singularly prolific and popular Ame-
rican author whose name is above inscribed. To
those who have revelled in the incidents of the
" Water Witch," the " Red Rover," the "Spy," and the
" Pilot," any fiction from Mr. Cooper will prove most
welcome, however unattractive its title, or however mo-
dulated its style. But when his powers in sketching the
scenery in the back-woods, in delineating the appear-
ance or habits of Indian tribes, and drawing poetry out
of the prairies, and their sons with the copper complexion,
ay con,pieuously evidenced in his " Last of the Mohi-
cans," the "Pathfinder," the " Chainbearer," cum caterzs
paribus, is remembered, what will not be the curiosity
of his readers nn the publication of a romance so en-
gagingly christened as the present? " Ravensuest, or the
Redskins 1" It is suggestive at once of a thousand
literary beauties: it evokes pleasant memories of La
Longue Carabine and his companion shades: it
breathes of the pine forest and the primitive
inhabitants of North America, with their
painted limbs, their shorn scalps, their diadems of fea-
thers, their grotesque ornaments of shells and teeth.
Such were our anticipations of the contents of these three
volumes; but while we have not been absolutely disap-
pointed on their perusal, we have found our anticipations
to have been altogether erroneous. " Ravensnest is un-
like the majority of Mr. Cooper's former productions;
it is divested of his usual picturesqueness, if we may so
designate it ; it contains searcaly a single startling oc-
currence ; its characters are especially unromantic ;
two-thirds of the production consist of very serious
dialogues and very sober conversations ; and yet,
with all these deficiencies and drawbacks, it is one
of the most excellent performances of the great American
novelist. And we are induced, contrary to the opinion
which we had formed of it on the first blush of our
perusal, to style " Ravensnest" one of his ablest per-
formances, because it is animated by a nobler and more
practical purpose than any of his previous productions.
It advocates justice, and casts opprobrium upon a
grievous social and political immorality. What is lost in
mere sparkle is gained in earnestness; what is wanting
in pleasantry is abundantly obtained in wisdom ; what
is deficient in amusing romance is flowing-over with in-
structive reality. Mr. Cooper has long appreciated, and
has repeatedly described, the virtues and excellencies of
his countrymen ; but he has also recognised their many
vices and imperfections, and in the present romance he
affords them an admirable correction. Loving the
great principles of the institutions of his native land,
such as they were modelled by the master spirits of
Washington and Franklin, his f?elings have neverthe-
less revolied at the unconscionable grievances which
have polluted and degraded that already venerable Go-
vernment. Long a patriot, he is now ambitious to be a
regenerator. In " Ravensnest" the author boldly protests
against a very execrable injustice which is unhappily
too popular in the United States. There the tenants on
estates, coveting the possessions which they have rented
for possibly a long series of years and generations,
abuse the landlords as rank aristocrats, and maintain that
the various farms which are thus distributed amongst the
tenantry should belong to their occupants by right. By what
right they do not very explicitly define! They insist
that these wholesale landlords should be stripped of
their possessions, because, say they, such an accumula-
tion of property in the hands of individuals is "con-
trary to the spirit of the constitution!" Thus making
that noble constitution a kind of paliation to the
most infamous injustice. Nor do these envious
tenants content themselves with uttering these things;
they actually endeavour to enforce them, by calling out
lawless gangs of desperadoes, called " Ingins"—some-
thing like the Rebecealtes of Wales. The exposure
of this atrocious iniquity is the object of " Ravens-
nest," and that object is to our mind, so ex-
cellent, and so forcibly conveyed in the novel that
we consider the work as pecu'iarly valuable. The meet-
ing of the Redskins, as described towards the conclusion
of the second volume, is admirably drawn, and the ora-
tions smack of the true Indian eloquence. Mr. Hugh
Litt] -page, who is the hero, and who is loquitur through-
out, is a right gallant wight, and an agreeable corn-
danion.

MEMOIRS AND ESSAYS. By Mrs. Jameson.
Mrs. Jameson always writes forcibly because she
thinks and feels forcibly. Every one who has had the
gratification of reading her very charming analysis of
the "Female Characters of Shakspere" will coincide in
this opinion, and every one who has had the gratifica-
tion of devouring that beautiful book will rejoice at an
opportunity of renewing his intimacy with a mind so
delicately and nervously constituted as is that of this
accomplished authoress. In her present work she has
not ambitioned so much as in her " Memoirs of Female
Sovereigns" (a production, by-the-way, almost super-
seded by the voluminous pages of Miss Strickland), or
iu her " Characteristics of Women ;" but, possibly from
the very circumstance of not having adventured so
much, she has succeded so signally. The volume be-
fore us is a delightful group of thoughtful, keen, gene-
rous, lonstrout pieces cf writing. It is 119 t 80 0111011

RESPONSIBILITY of ENGINEERS.
The following important trial, which lasted two days, at
the Shrewsbury .Assizes, establishes the responsibility of civil
engineers, for the due execution of the surveys, plans, and
sections entrusted to them by the directors of railway com-
panies.

COLLINS AND OTIERS V. GILES.
(Special Jury.)
Sergeant Talfourd, Sergeant Allen, and Mr. Whitmore, for
plaintiffs ; and Mr. Whateley, Q.C., Mr. Phipson, and Mr.
Waleaby, for defendant.
Mr. Wiwi-awns opened the pleadings. It was an action
brought by the :managing committee of the Dudley, Madeley,
and lronbridge Railway against Mr. Francis Giles, engineer
to the company, for breach and neglect of duty in preparing
certain sections, &c., the line, in order to do before Parlia-
ment in proper time to obtain the required railway, and also
what were done were in a careless and negligent manner.
The defendant pleaded that he was not guilty of neglect, and
that the sections, &c., had beseti properly prepared, and
correct.

Sergeant TALFOURD addressed the Jury. The plaintiffs in
this case were the committee of the Dudley, Madeley, and
Ironbridge Railway ; and the defendant, 14.4 r. Francis Giles,
an eminent engineer, whose talents had b'en everywhere
spoken of very highly, and deservedly so, as .he believed.
He had been employed on the line as engineer, but by a
breach of duty he had brought utter and inextricable vain on
a company whose line of railway would have been of teat
importance to all parties. Out of the great number of
schemes started last autumn, the Dudley and Madele,v line
was one of the best, being brought out under We happiest
auspices, and having the support of very influential parties.
Mr. Giles was recommended as a clever engineer: had been
connected with the South-Eastern Railway, and was an as-
sistant to one whose name could not be mentioned without
feelings of profound respect—Mr. Robert Stephenson. Mr.
Giles, however, when the time came, did not fulfil his en-
gagement, whether he could have done so he could -ant say;
but, in consequence, they were prevented going to Parlia-
ment, and utter ruin to the company ensued. The solicitor,
Mr. Collis, was very urgent to have the plans and sections
ready in time, and wrote various letters to Mr. Giles on the
subject. ( Mr. Talfourd here read a number of letters
from Mr. Collis to Mr. Giles—in which the former urged
the completion of the sections, and the latter assuring
him all was going on in the most satisfactory manner
possible, and everything would be ready in due time ;
and asking Mr. Coll 's for remittances of money, which were
sent at various periods till the amount reached 4,0001.) The
Learned Sergeant then went on to say that no visible pro-
gress was made, and at last the eventful day arrived,
" big with the fate of railways"--not the 29th, but the 30th.
Mr. Giles met the various solicitors on that day—but the
sections and plans were delivered too late to arrive at the
Board of Trade, Whitehall, to deposit, and when Mr.
Wainwright got there the door was closed, and all his
efforts could not procure its reopening—there was no hope,
and it was like the place described by the Italian poet,
Dante, where hope never came. Mr. Anstice was only
seven minutes behind time at Shrewsbury ; but, alas!
too late there. It was discovered shortly after that various
omissions and errors of a serious nature were in the sections
and plans—some not in at all, and others exceedingly im-
perfect. 'What was to be done? They could not go before
Parliament—they were quite chopfallen. The committee
met, and decided that to go on would be a gross violation of
duty, and a waste of the shareholders' money. They were
determined to abandon the scheme, and eventually amalga-
mated with the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway, as
some little was to be gained by that. It would be painful
to remark on the palpable omission of whole lines or parts
of lines in the sections, &c., and which would require no
scientific engineer to explain; but as to the amount of da-
mages sustained, that could not be exactly estimated. Even
30,000/. or 40,000/. would not be compensation for the actual
loss incurred.

Witnesses were called to prove the statement of the
Learned Sergeant ; but the real state of the case may be best
gathered from the summing up of Mr. Justice Maule.
The Learned JUDGE remarked that the plaintiffs in this
case were Mr. Collins and others, as managing committee
of the Dudley and Madeley line, and the defendant, Mr.
Giles, engineer to the same. It appeared that, to prepare
the plans and sections was the duty of the engineer ; and
according to the plaintiff's showing, he had not prepared
them in time—some were not prepared at all. This was im-
puted to his negligence. The plaintiffs did appoint the de-
fendant as engineer in a formal manner, on the 9th of Octo-
ber' and he was retained to prepare everything, in order for
the line to go before Parliament. It was an important duty ;
and the question was, whether the defendant, by a want of
due diligence, which the plaintiffs had a right to expect, and
by his carelessness, had not prevented the plan being car-
ried out to its full extent. There was no difficulty about it.
The evidence was substantially the same on both sides.
The plaintiff's evidence said the sections were not ready in
time, and the defendant gave evidence of the hurry and
confusion which took place at the last extremity. From
the 9th of October there was plenty of time for the work
to be done by the 30th of November. It was impossible
to get over the defects before standing orders. The sections
were net completed till the 30th of November, and hence
arose the mistake and confusion. Things, which ought to
have been done days before were left to the last moment,
and thereby subject to all kinds of accidents. The clear
duty of defendantwas to have used due diligence to per-
form his work. The sections were not deposited in time,
neither were they proper sections. One branch line, all the
cross lines, five or six miles of the main line, and also all
the cross sections—in which public and private parties were
deeply concerned—were not deposited. The defendant
had assured the plaintiffs they should have the plans to
deposit in proper time. 'The confusion complained of was
caused by two companies having the same room. Frederick
Giles took the responsibility of delivering the sections;
that was omitted by him, and therefore the defendant
was responsible for it. The case was quite clear. If in
I delivering such sections and plans as were delivered
at nine o'clock on Sunday night, Mr. Giles had used
due and proper diligence in the execution of his work,
then all would be well. From six o'clock on Sunday night
Mr. Giles exerted himself wonderfully, for he walked away
at that hour, leaving Frederick Giles and others to do the
work. From the evidence it did appear that he was in a
very debilitated state, extremely nervous with anxiety,
amounting almost to anguish. He had four railways on his
hands at the same time, and he was completely broken down
according to witnesses' evidence. It appeared there were
'twelve copies filled up, and only seven wanted. The en-
graver had sent twelve, but that was no reason why they
should have been filled up. Two hours and a half were lost
in this manner, and for which Mr. Giles was responsible. Was
that due and proper diligence? In consequence of sonic
suspicions afloat that the levels were not correct, Mr. Giles
had them retaken—a work of two days, which were wholly

lost by so doing. Mr. Giles ought to have had more con-
fidence in himself, and said the levels were taken by com-
petent persons, and he would stand by them. The two days'
loss was fatal; was that due and proper care and diligence?
He was working and grasping more than he could perform.
The evidence was not conflicting on either side. There was
an extraordinary hurry at the last. The correspondence
with Mr. Collis and Mr. Giles was remarkable. Mr. Collis

had various misgivings on the subject, and inquirel of Mr.
Giles repeatedly about the line, and he assured Mr. Collis all
would be right. The affair failed. On the 3d of December
there was a meeting of the managing committee, which Mr.
Giles attended ; and on being asked then respecting it,
said it was entirely his own fault, and that there was a
fatality about it. He was asked if the sections, supposing
the informality could be got over, could be relied on; his
answer was, they could not, he was sorry to say. Afterwards
he said he was convinced they were correct, and wished
the plaintiffs to make a re -deposit, but they did not. They
amalgamated with another company. It appears the
plaintiffs do not wish to press any one to the ground ; but
what was the liability of the defendant? Engineers were
not paid by hundreds, but by thousands—they were persons
of skill and energy, or ought to be so. Due diligence ought
to have been used, as the interest at stake was considerable.
The 40,0001. that had been expended was not thrown away.
They had amalgamated on fair terms with another company,
whose shares were up in the market., They could not do so
on the same terms as if their line had passed, but the terms
were still fair ones. The negotiations had broken off before
the 30th of November, and the company was thus free from
that clog. One hundred and thirty-three thousand pounds
had been paid by the shareholders, in deposits of 21. 12s. 6d.
on their shares, of which they had received back 2/., at least
those who did not throw their shares into the amalgamated
company, reserving the other portion to meet the expenses.
One gentleman had estimated them at 18,0001. The plaintiffs
have said they hare no wish to press the defendant down to
the ground. The plaintiffs had dealt in a mild manner with
the defendant, and whichever way the jury may give their
verdict, a proper amount of damages would be necessary.
With these observations he would leave them to consider
their verdict.
Intense interest was felt during the consultation of the
jury, which lasted about a quarter of an hour, when a verdict
was returned for the plaintiffs. Damages, Four Thousand
Five Hundred Pounds.

SUSPECTED MURDER.—NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, WED-
NESDAY NlGHT.—Three men, named Thoburn, Bell, and
Douglas, and a girl named Ann 111‘Cartney, having been
apprehended, charged with being concerned in the murder
of Mr. Robert Lowthin, late registrar of births, marriages,
and deaths for the Gateshead district, and whose body was
recently found in the river Tyne, under extraordinary cir-
cumstances. Ill•Cartney was first taken into custody, it
having been ascertained that she was one of two girls with
whom the deceased was seen on the night on which his
death occurred. Immediately on her apprehension she
made a confession, the full extent of which has not been
allowed to be made public. Her statements implicated the
three men, the first of whom surrendered to the police yes-
terday, and the others this morning. Thoburn, as soon as
taken to the police -station, made a confession to the in-
spector present, in which he unreservedly admits that he
and the other prisoners are guilty of robbing the person of
the unfortunate deceased, bat he as strongly denies all
knowledge of the way in which the unfortunate man came
to his death. his fellow-prisoners admit the accuracy of
the confession, the substance of which is, that late in the
night in question the prisoners were in the company of the
deceased, whom they found insensible in the streets. They
contrived to rob him of his watch and money, to an amount
exceeding 51., and left him, they say, under one of the
sheds which stand on the quay here. Of his further pro-
ceedings, or how he came into the Tyne, they profess them-
selves ignorant. The deceased's watch has been recovered,
and the police are busily endeavouring to elucidate still
further this mysterious affair, which is causing great excite-
ment in this town and neighbourhood.
At the Windsor Petty SessionsonThurwsidtahy,hammi.rg edical
gentleman, named Earingey, was charged
as-
saulted a midwife, and turned her out of the room whilst at-
tending a lady, because she was interfering with his practice.
The magistrates, however, did not think the assault of a very
graLvoesnsatuorFe, aTnadEdistimiAssi4eNdAtu._hecosnufpplapionst.ED
MURDER OF
THE CREW.—For several weeks much anxiety has prevailed
regarding the fate of the crew and passengers (the latter four
in number) of the Hannah, belonging to Sydney, the wreck
of which had been discovered on the coast eastward of North
Caps, under circumstances which have caused considerable
suspicion. by the last accounts received, it appears the
Hannah left Port Nicholson for Sydney in the early part of
January last, having on board a very valuable cargo, also
600 sovereigns. She was a vessel of 200 tons burthen, and
her crew amounted to 15 seamen. From the period of her
sailing nothing was heard of her until the discovery of the
wreck twelve miles from North Cape. Five bodies in a
shocking decomposed state were found on deck, one of which
was that of a female, with an arm and leg broken. The stern
board of the wreck had been knocked off, evidently in order
to prevent the vessel being recognised. Part of the cargo
had been saved, consisting of 80 casks of oil ; but the boxes
containing the gold were gone. The opinion at Sydney was
that a mutiny had broken out among the crew ; and after
disposing of many of the men, they ran the vessel on shore,
and took to the boats, taking with them the sovereigns.
The authorities fat Auckland have dispatched a vessel in
search of the supposed offenders.
Some workmen at Vienna, on the 30th ult., broke
into a baker's shop, who had sold bread short of its legal weight,
and, before the armed force could arrive, broke and carried off all its
contents, amidst the applause of a crowd assembled on the spot. The
authors of the outrage were afterwards arrested.
AN INTERESTING MEMORIAL. The bronze lamp
which is said to have first suggested to Galileo the theory of the pen
d ulum, is still suspended in the nave of the Cathedral at riga. It i
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