The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-17 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, lB4B.

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Information given to the police that a
person dressed like a clergyman has been
going
to
affair.—Fully 'ulhlyas committed.been
various tradesmen's shops at the west-end of the town
and getting goods, for which he has paid forgedt
cheques. This individual is stated to have obtained
from Mr. Übsdell, tailor, Oxford-street, a blue
beaver coat and 41. 13s. in money, being the diffe-
rence between the price of the coat and a forged
cheque for 101.
The same individual obtained from Mr. Grosjean,
tailor, Regent-street, a blue beaver coat, and 41. 13s.
in money, being the difference between the price of
the coat and a forged cheque for 71. 16s.
SOUTHWARK.
John Allen, a powerful, thickset-looking
outrageous man, who
described himself as a charcoal refiner, was brought
In
before Mr. Cott' gham, charged with committing an
assault on Maria Watchorn, with whom
he cohabited.

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Emma rbung was placed at the bar charged with
having in her possession a silver dessert spoon, king's
pattern, supposed to be stolen.
Mr. Francis Lyon Barrett, pawnbroker, of the
Dover-road, said that on the previous evening the
prisoner came into his shop and offered to pledge the
spoon. He examined it, and from its extraordinary
weight, and the crest being scratched out, he sus-
pected that she had come improperly by the spoon.
He then asked her where she got it, when she replied
that it was her own property. He then kept posses-
sion of it, and told her to call on the following morn-
ing. He informed a police- constable of the circum-
stance, which led to her apprehension.
John Wright, police-constable, 63 M, said that
from the description given him by the last witness of
the woman, he instantly suspected the prisoner, and
that morning proceeded to her lodgings, where she
generally slept, and took her into custody. He ex-
amined the house, but was not able to find any more
property, although he was confident that the prisoner
was connected with a party of thieves. He had taken
the spoon to a silversmith's, and he believed the crest
to have been a " stork's head and a crown."
Mr. COTTINGIIAM—Is anything known of the pri-
soner ? The officer replied, that she was committed
to prison for a robbery at last Ascot races. She then
got off with a slight punishment. She formerly
lived with a man who was a short time ago trans-
ported. She now lived with Bridger, the man who
was tried at the Old Bailey, and sentenced to twelve
month's imprisonment, for killing his wife.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said that she
found the spoon.
Mr. COTTINGIUM complimented the conduct of the
pawnbroker ; if all behaved like him, many robberies
would be detected. The spoon, no doubt, was stolen,
but as no owner was found, he should commit the
prisoner for two months.
Charles Delany, a lad about 15 years of age, was
charged with breaking the iron drain pipes of the
South-Eastern Railway, and stealing there.
Robert Cuthbert, one of the watchmen in the em-
ploy of the Railway Company, stated that for some
time past a large number of the iron drain pipes had
been broken off the bottom of the arches and carried
away. He was accordingly directed to watch, and
that morning he saw the prisoner leaving one of the
arches with several pieces of the pipe in his posses-
sion. The pipe had been broken that morning, and
the prisoner was caught near the spot. Other boys
were there, but they all made their escape except the
prisoner.
Mr. COTTINGIIIII4 asked the lad what answer he
had to make to the charge ? The prisoner denied
breaking it off the pipe. The fact was, that while he
was playing under the arches of the railway, he
found the iron in a hole.
Mr. COTTINGHAM said that a stop must be put to
such practices, as the railway property must be pro-
tected. He should sentence him to three days' im-
prisonment, and order him to be privately whipped.
LAMBETH.
Three of the servants of the South-Western Rail-
way Company were brought into the court in Cus-
tody, by order of the directors, on a charge of having,
by their negligence, caused the serious collision
on the line on Friday night, which led to the death
of David Markland, the engine -driver of a passenger
train.
The prisoners, upon being placed at the bar, gave
their names Samuel Brownsmith, guard ; William
Jones, engine-driver ; and Lewis Fleming, fireman.
The first witness called was Mr. William Hadken
Young, the Assistant Superintendent of the South-
Western line, who deposed that on the preceding
evening he left Southampton at six o'clock, on the
up-passenger train, and on arriving on Purbright-
common, which is situated between the Farnborough
and Woking stations, something was found amiss
with the engine, and the train was stopped. The
engine- driver (Markland) and the fireman got off for
the purpose of repairing the injury to the engine,
and Whiting, the head guard of the train, gave di-
rections to his under guard, the prisoner Brownsmith,
in his (witness) presence to go back and signal the
up-train on the same line of rails to stop. The pri-
soner did so. When he had been gone about twenty
minutes witness heard, and, in fact, saw the lights of
a goods train coming towards the stationary train ;
and perceiving that the steam was not shut off, he
(Mr. Young) sent a clerk belonging to the company
to stop it, but it came on at a tremendous rate, and
ran into the passenger train. The shock was so
great that the carriages in the passenger train were
separated, and some of them were forced on the line
to a considerable silstance. Markland, the engine-
driver, who was unfortnnately under the engine at
the time, was found to be quite dead, having received
so serious an injury on his head that his death must
have been instantaneous. The fireman was severely
injured, as were also several of the passengers.
Mr. ELLIOTT—Did you see the prisoner Brown-
smith after he had been sent to signal and stop the
coining train ?
Mr. Young-L-Yes, Sir, he came up after the ac-
cident. Said he held up his hands with the red light,
and called out as loud as he could, but could not
make the driver or fireman on the goods train see or
hear him.
Mr. ELLIOTT—Was it the duty of Brownsmith to
have taken any other signal with him than that of the
red light ? Mr. Young—Yes, Sir. Your worshio
will see by the 47th rule of the regulations, which are
in the hands of every servant of tke company, what
his duty was.
Mr. ELLIOTT read the 47th rule, which was as fol-
lows :—" In case of any accident occurring, so as to
impede the progress of any train, the under guard
shall be dispatched to the nearest station astern the
train, to give notice thereof, and in his progress
thereto shall fix, at a distance of 600 yards from the
point of observation, a signal to stop, and fog signals,
so as to indicate danger to a coming train. Measures
should also be taken by sending the fireman, or any
other available person, to advise the agent at the nearest
station ahead of the occurrence."
The fog signals Mr. Young described as detonating
balls, which were to be placed on the rails at a dis-
tance not greater than 100 yards apart, and which
the engine in passing over broke, and caused an ex-
plosion which alarmed the persons in charge of the
train. Mr. Young, in conclusion, said the directors
of the line felt it to be their duty, under the circum-
stances, to send the three prisoners before a magistrate.
William Whiting deposed that he was head guard
of the passenger train that left Southampton for
London, at six o'clock the evening before. The train
cause at its usual pace until about eight o'clock, when
it arrived at Purbright-common, when the driver
blew his whistle for stopping, and did stop. Witness
got from his usual place, and found Markland, the
engine-daiver, and the prisoner on the line, and the
former said there was something the matter with the
engine, which must be set to rights. He then re-
quested witness to hold his lamp, and got underneath
the engine. Previously to this, however, Witness
dispatched his under-guard, Brow nsmith, to signal
the next up train to stop. parkland, on examining
the works of the engine, said the " executor " had
broken away, but he thought he would be able to set
it right in three or four minutes. He observed him.
take away a portion of the engine that had broken
away, and soon after he said, " All is ready ; now see
that your passengers are all right." Witness then
left the light alongside the engine, and went to look
after the passengers, and immediately afterwards the
goods train came up and ran into them. Had the
deceased come from under the engine at the time he
said that all was ready, his life would have been saved,
and he could not say what was the cause of his re-
maining there, but that he had been under the engine
at the time of the collision there could be no doubt.
In reply to the questions of Mr. ELLIOTT, the
witness said that he had not seen Brownsmith until
after the accident, and he then stated wha the last
witness, Mr. Young, had repeated, namelyt , that he
could not make the driver or fireman on the luggage-
train see or hear him. The witness here begged to
add that besides the signal sent out by Brownsmith,
there were three signals at the back part of the pas-
senger-train, that could be seen on such a night as
that of Friday at a distance of a mile and a half, at
least, if not double the distance; and he (witness)
was at a loss to understand why it was, more parti-
cularly as they were on a high embankment, the pri-
soners Jones and Fleming did not see them in time to
have stopped and prevent the accident. On being
further examined by the Magistrate, the witness said
it was theduty of the prisoner Brownsmith to have
taken the fog signals, and placed them on the line at
the specified distance from the stoppage.
George Tofield, an inspector of police on the line,
stated that he took the prisoners Jones and Fleming
into custody at the station, at an early hour that
morning, and Brownsmith he also took into custody

between nine and ten o'clock. The former prisoner
said that immediately before the,, ccident they were
proceeding at the rate of about 2/Y miles an hour, and
had not seen any signal until they observed those
behind the passenger-train, and they were at that
time too near to prevent an accident. The third pri-
soner did not make any remark that he recollected.
The prisoner, Biownswith, s iid that when the train
stopped he asked the head guard if he should go back
to signal the next trilin, and did so. He proceeded
three quarters of a mile, when he saw the goods train
coming, and made every effort to make the driver and
stoker see the signal, or hear him ; but could not see
either of them on the engine. The fog signals are
kept in a van, and as the night was not foggy, but on
the contrary quite clear, and the stationary train on
a high embankment, and easy to be seen at a consi-
derable distance, he should say three miles, he did
not think of using any but the usual red hand signal.
The prisoner Jones declared that the night was
foggy, and as soon as he saw the light signals at the
hack of the passenger train, lie reversed his engines,
and used the utmost means within his power to pre-
vent a collision, but owing to the shortness of the
space, the greasy state of the rails, his coming down
an inclined plane, and his having behind him 31
trucks heavily laden with goods, that propelled him
for ward in spite of all he could do, he could not avoid
the collision. By keeping on his steam he said he
was enabled to use a much greater force to stop the
train than by shutting it off.
Mr. ELLIOTT said he did not see that there was
anything in the conduct of Brownsmith to justify
his detention, but the other prisoners he should re-

mand to a future day.
THAMES.
Mr. H. T. Gray, the rope manufacturer and ship
chandler of Stepney, again waited on Mr. Ballantine
relating to the detention of some rope by Mr. Duke,
a canvass merchant, which the magistrate recom-
mended should be given up to the applicant, who had
been defrauded of the same by a gang of swindlers,
three of whom were prosecuted to conviction at Mr.
Gray's expense, after great exertion and loss of time
on his part.
Mr. Gray said that although such a very strong
recommendation had fallen from his worship, Mr.
Duke still retained possession of rope which he had
not paid for, and that person's answer to repeated ap-
plications was, that he would not part with it until
he had a written guarantee to indemnify him against
the expenses of any law proceedings to recover the
value of the rope. Now, it was not likely the parties
still at large would ever dare to pursue Mr. Duke if
he parted with the rope to the person who had been
defrauded of it, but they would be very ready to do
so and ruin him (Mr. Gray) with law expenses, in
revenge for exposing and dispersing the gang, if he
furnished Mr. Duke with any such guarantee as the
one demanded. He therefore wished the case to be
reheard, and counsel heard on the case, for he was
instructed that Mr. Duke really came within the
meaning of a clause in the Police Act referring to the
detention of property unlawfully obtained.
Mr. BALLANTINE thought otherwise, and said if he
granted process an objection could be taken, and very
properly, that the case had already been heard and
decided. He had certainly recommended the rope
unpaid for in Mr. Duke's possession should be re-
stored to Mr. Gray who had been defrauded of it in
a very ingenious manner, but he felt that he had no
power to compel Mr. Duke to give it up, and must
therefore leave Mr. Gray to his remedy by action.
Mr. Gray said he had had enough of law. His
attorney's bill for prosecuting the conspirators
amounted to 4001. and upwards, and the value of the
rope obtained by fraudulent means was 300/. more ;
besides which he had sacrificed his time for three
months, and neglected his business, and he was now
called upon to incur fresh risks to recover his own
property. One man who had advanced 21/. upon a
portion of the rope obtained by the swindlers, had
offered to deliver it up on the payment of 10/., and
he was afraid that was all he should recover.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Point out any method in which
I can assist you, Mr. Gray, and I will most willingly
do so.
Mr. Gray said he was not sufficiently versed in the
law to discuss legal points, but he would state for the
information of the magistrate, that the appeal he had
made to the merchants, warehousemen, manufac-
turers, and tradesmen of of London had not been re-
sponded to in the way he anticipated, in enabling him
to meet the great and unavoidable expenses he had
been put to in carrying out a most important prose-
cution, and that the subscription at present only
amounted to 200/., leaving him 500/. out of pocket
by the affair. He had, however, received letters of
thanks from all quarters. He wished it to be under-
stood that he had been bound :over to prosecute, not
only for himself, but for many others who had been
defrauded by the same gang, and that a Judge's
warrant was in existence to apprehend Herman
Cusell, who had forfeited his recognizances to the
amount of 8001.
Mr. BALLANTINE stated very clearly the difficulties
which stood in the way of any further interference on
his part, and said, much as Mr. Gray disliked an
action at law, he could suggest no other proceeding
against Duke, who, perhaps, might yet relent,
and restore the rope to the owner. He could not, as
a magistrate, take cognizance of the subscription, but
he hoped it would meet the expectations of Mr.
Gray, who had made such great sacrifices for the
public weal.
Mr. Gray thanked the magistrate, and retired with
several merchants and gentlemen belonging to the
Society of Guardians for the Protection of Trade, who
appeared much interested in the affair, and spoke in
high terms of Mr. Gray's exertions.

QUARANTINE AT NAPLES.
We understand that official information has been
received from Naples, stating that the Board of Health
of that city has, thought fit to place the whole United
Kingdom of England, Scotland, and Ireland in
quarantine, in consequence of a report that two cases
of At,iatic cholera had occurred in this metropolis, it
the month of November last. It is intimated that al
vessels which may have cleared from the port of Lon-
don since the 3d of December will be refused admit-
tance altogether into the port of Naples, and that
vessels from any other port of the United Kingdom
will be subjected to a quarantine of from 14 to 21
days.
We trust that the Foreign Secretary will lose
no time in protesting with suitable alacrity and
vigour against this absurd measure, so extremely
injurious to the mercantile interests of this country,
and so utterly unwarranted by the fact 3 of the case.
If the Neapolitan Government or its agents in Lon-
don had made proper inquiries, they would have
found that the only cases of illness which were as-
similated at the time to Asiatic cholera, were but two
in number, that they were isolated cases, accompanied
and followed by no circumstances which could in any
degree warrant the existence of contagion, infection,
or even of epidemic disease. This is not the first time
that we have had occasion to remonstrate against the
extravagant and precipitate measures taken by the
sanitary officers of Naples. So Me years ago they
thought fit to place we know not how many ports
of the United Kingdom under the same ban, because
a newspaper had reported the existence of typhus
fever in the wynds of Glasgow ; and it has been shown
that they have a personal and pecuniary interest in
inflicting these vexatious restrictions upon commerce
on all possible occasions. The present case is really
one of such consummate impertinence and folly, that
it calls for a prompt correction, and compensation to
all such British merchants as may hare been inter-
rupted in their lawful undertakings by the capricious
fears of the Neapolitan Board of Health, and we have
no doubt that an immediate withdrawal of this order
will at once be required by the British Government
in such a tone as to obtain it —Times.

George 'William Traill, Esq., formerly of the Ho-
nourable East India Compalirs civil service, but lately
residing at Hanover-square, London, who died on the
19th of November lust, has left personal property in
England, valued at 30,0001., besides his freeholds, and
estates and possessions in the East Indies. He made his
will in June, ,
1545 and a codicil in May, 1847, and has
bequeathed all his leasehold estates in or near London,
and all estates he held on mortgage to trustees for his
daughter Mary, born in the East Indies, and his estates
in the East Indies, real and personal, and all money
other property there, he leaves in trust for his son
Charles, also born in the East Indies, to receive there-
from a sufficient sum for his maintenance and education
until he arrives of age; an annuity of 600 rupees to be
allowed therefrom to their mother, for her life, who is
residing at Almona, in tke East Indies—the children are
in England. He has also left the following legacies:—
To James Traill, Esq., formerly of Union Hall, 1,000/.;
to Louisa, the daughter of Sir John Scott Lillie, 2,000/.;
to Rosalie, the daughter of J. C. Colebrooke Sutherland,
Esq., 1,000/.; and to his son George, 2,0004 The tes-
tator confirms a deed, giving the whole of his landed
property in the Orkney Islands, on his decease, to his
great nephew, Frederick William Burroughs, son of
Captain F. W. Burroughs, of the Bengal Native Infantry,
and has appointed his said great nephew, his residuary
legatee. The acting executors are Sir Thomas E. Cole
brooke, Bart., and James Traill, Esq., a power being
reserved to F. W. Burroughs, Es ,
eld
FATAL DURL.—LThe family of Count ue la r
old
.Sternberg has been'pluivr(d in great affliction by recent
intelligence from Estonia. The young Baron Theodore
d'Ungern Sternberg, who was deservedly loved by ell
who knew blip, hissbeen shot in a occasioned by
some trifling offente given or received in a " Salon" at
Rival. Baron Gustave de Sternberg, brother of the de •
ceased, who acted as his second, had the misery to see
his brother killed before his eyes. The Emperor has
ordered Baron Gustave to retire for six months to his
estates in the island of Dago,—Jourfic.fl de Prague.
BRISTOL.—The Mayor of this city moved in the
town council on Saturday week, that petitions be pre-
sented to both Houses of Parliament, praying for the
removal of Jewish Disabilities. Mr. Jose moved an
amendment, which offly obtained five supporters, whilst
in favour of the petition there were twenty-eight,

IRISH SPECIAL COMMISSION.
MURDER OF MR. WATSON.
ENNIS, 'THURSDAY EVENING.—After the dispatch
of my letter several witnesses were examined for the
prosecution. The principal evidence was that given
by aNI named Crowe, about fifteen years of age,
who deposed as follows :--I saw Mr. Watson ridin,_;•
up the road, and shortly afterwards I saw Ryan,
" Puck," and Hayes again together. Ryan, " Small,"
was not with them. Mr. Watson was riding towards
me. He was about thirty or forty yards from me,
and was walking his horse. At this time Ryan,
" Puck," jumped off the ditch at Larry Flynn's field,
and cocked the gun at Mr. Watson. He was about
the length of the table from him. Ryan did not fire,
and when the gun was presented at Mr. Watson he
turned his horse and went down the road towards
home as fast as he could. He had not gone far when
Ryan, " Small," one of the prisoners, jumped over
the hedge and caught the horse by the bridle. The
horse plunged, and Mr. Watson fell off ; and Ryan,
" Puck," then came up. Mr. Watson fired at Ryan,
" Puck," but missed, and then Ryan, " Puck," struck
him on the head with the butt-end of his gun. The
deceased called for mercy, and Ryan, " Puck," again
struck him, and smashed the gun on his head. After
this they ran away towards Keogh's bog, and I saw
Hayes in the bog immediately afterwards. He went
a piece with them, and then turned. The two
Ryans went towards Ballymolony Wood. Hayes
had either a gun or a blunderbuss with him, and he
was about half a quarter of a mile from where the
murder took place. Mr. Watson was not killed five
minutes when I saw him in the bog. He and the
Ryans went about a field together and parted.
To the COURT—Hayes was not standing so as to
conceal himself.
A police-constable having proved that he arrested
the prisoner Hayes, who was about leaving the coun-
try for America, in June last, the case for the prose-
cution closed, and
Mr. O'HEA addressed the jury for the defence, in
which he said the principal witness in the case was
the boy Crowe, who was evidently influenced by bad
feeling towards his uncle, who was one of the par-
ties charged with instigating the prisoners and Wil-
liam Ryan " Puck" to commit this offence, and
therefore should not be relied on in a case of such
vital moment, where the lives of two men were at
stake.
The SOLICITOR. GENERAL having replied on behalf
of the Crown,
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE charged the jury, tell-
ing them that unless there was the grossest perjury
in the case they were legally bound to convict both
prisoners.
The jury retired at half-past five o'clock, and in a
few minutes returned with a verdict of conviction
against both prisoners, who received the announce-
of their fate perfectly unmoved.
They were remanded until the following day for
sentence.
ARRAIGNMENT OF PRISONERS.—The Court then
proceeded to arraign prisoners in the several cases in
which bills of indictment were found by the grand
jury, amongst whom were five men charged with the
wilful murder of a person named M`Mahon. When
the Clerk of the Crown asked the prisoners in this
case whether they were guilty or not, four of them
said " Not Guilty," and the fifth pleaded Guilty.
Mr. O'HEA said that the prisoner was evidently
under a misconception as to the nature of the charge
against him, and asked permission for him to be al-
lowed to plead again, and withdraw his first plea.
Mr. BENNETT —The Clerk of the Crown can put
the usual question again, and let him be told that if
he persists in pleading guilty he will be hanged.
Clerk of the Crown—How say you, prisoner, are
you guilty or not ? Prisoner—l am uilty.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—DO you know that you must
be hanged if you plead guilty of the crime of which
you are charged ?
Mr. Frost, the attorney for the four men who
asserted their innocence, informed the prisoner of the
nature of the charge for which he was indicted. He
said it was murder and not manslaughter, as he might
have supposed ; be should, therefore, consider well
before such a plea was recorded.
The prisoner again persisted in stating that he was
guilty. He said that he and five others—not the men
on trial—committed the murder ; however, after
some further explanation to him, he withdrew his
plea and pleaded Not Guilty.
Several other parties having entered pleas, the
Court, at six o'clock, adjourned to the following day.
FRIDAY, JAN. 14.—The Chief Justice sat this
morning at ten o'clock, and proceeded with the trial
of the prisoners. The Chief Baron did not sit, owing
to slight indisposition.
APPEARING IN ARMS.—Patrick Cusack, a young
man about twenty-five years of age, was convicted
of having, on the 18th of October, at Crannaher,
appeared in arms, to the fear and terror of her Ma-
jesty's subjects ; the prisoner was arrested after firing
two shots at horses employed in carrying corn.
The prisoner was sentenced to two years' imprison-
ment with hard labour. The Chief Justice observed,
that if the indictment had been framed under another
statute he would certainly have been transported.
ATTACKING A DWELLING-MOUSE ARMED.— John
Liddy, Patrick Canny, Michael Hickey, and Michael
Skeean, were found guilty of having, on the Ist of
August, 1847, at Traugh, with others, attacked the
dwelling-house of William Walsh, and stolen a gun
and pistol, his property.
The CHIEF JUSTICE sentenced them to transporta-
tion for fourteen years. His Lordship addressed
them in very feeling terms (similar to his address to
the convicts in the county Limerick), and said he did so
not for the purpose of wounding them, or adding re-
proach to their punishment, but for the purpose of
reading a lesson to the unconvicted criminals of the
county Clare, and warning them against the commis-
sion of crime.
The Court was sitting at the post hour.
The Limerick Reporter of Friday says—" Sen-
tence of death was this day passed upon Hayes and
Ryan (Small), for the murder of Mr. Watson.'
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WILL OF THE LATE DEAN OF RIPON.—" This is
the last will and testament of me, the Very Rev. James
Webber, D.D., of Dean's yard, Westminster, Dean of
Ripon, and one of the Prebendaries of the Collegiate '
Church of St. Peter, Westminster. I give, devise, and '
bequeath to my wife, Caroline Francis Webber, all my
real and personal estate, of whatsoever kind or nature,
and wheresoever situate, and all that may be due and
coming to me as Master of the hospitals of St. Mary
Magdalen, and St. John the Evangelist, Ripon ; to hold
the same unto my said wife, her heirs, executors, ad-
ministrators, and assigns absolutely, and appoint her '
sole executrix of this, my will.—Witness my hand this
18th day of June, 1847." This venerable dignitary
died on the 3d of. September last, and besides his estates
and property in thi province of York, was possessed of
personal and funded property within the province of Can-
terbury, atneunting to nearly 4,0001. He has held the
vicarage of Kirkham, in Lancashire, from the year 1813,
the annual value is returned as exceeding 9001. with the
patronage of seven benefices. lie was appointed a Pre-
bendary of Westminster in 1816, and was occupying a
prebendary house at Dean's-yard, to which three of the
Prehendariee are entitled; from this appointment there
is a participation in a large revenue of about 20.0001.
annually divided among the clergy comprising the Chap-
ter, consisting of the Dean and twelve Prebendaries. In
1828 he was raised to the dignity of Dean of Ripon;
attached to this office there is an income of between
3001. and 400 L
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speedy cure. Sold by all vendors of medicines; and at Pro-
fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London.
NEWS FOR THE "NATIVES."—ReaIIy there seems
to be no end to the objects to which the new invention
of chloroform is likely to be applied. Lately we heard
an ultra mercy monger seriously proposing tha
should be applied to capital criminals, in order that tkay
might he hanged " with sensations rather pleasurable ;"
and we are now told it is an excellent substitute for
the oyster knife. It is right our Colchester
friend should know this. A little chloroform, it is
said, applied to the shell, sends the dear little delicious
creatures into a deep sleep, even though they
be just out of their beds, and in the unconsciousness of
their dreamhood they gradually open and let in the
enemy. Ladies may thus amuse themselves by opening
oysters at the work-table ; and it is said that some
young spendthrifts in the town, hearing of this new ap-
plication of chloroform, propose to apply it to parents
and guardians, as it will make the old folks " shell out."
—Chelmsford Chronicle.
THE ANCIENT MONUMENT IN TRAYELOAU-
SQUARE.—Some of our Contemporaries have been foolish
enough to believe that the sculptured tablets for the base
of the Nelson monument had been sent to Woolwich to
be cast, and that there really was a chance of seeing this
unlucky monument of many things finished before they
die. In truth, however, we believe there is nothing yet
ready for the caster, nor likely to he for some time to
come. What in the world our able friend, Mr. Grissell,
has been amusing himself with on the steps for these
many months past, it would puzzle us to tell. We shall
suggest to his late partner, the excellent Member for
Norwich, to move for a return of the " days that have
passed" since the men began to work there, distinguish-
ing those when one mason was employed from those
when there were none. A fondness for hoarding seems
not restricted to the precious metals.—The Builder.
GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL. Rear-
Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon, K.C.8., has
waived his promotion to the rank of Vice-Admiral, to
enable him to retain his present appointment in Green-
wich Hospital. Sir James Gordon has, however, re-
ceived official notification from the Admiralty, that should
health, or other circumstances, compel him to give up
his
the Lieutenant-Governorship, he will be placed in
proper position ns 5 Vice-Admiral.

NUMEROUS ROBBERIES

On Wednesday last Mr. John Parsons, of Mot-
cornbe, as he was returning from market, was stopped
on the highway by four men, who robbed him of 30/.
in gold and silver, a cheque for 251. 17:5. Cd., and
anothr cheque on the Wilts and Dorset Bank
for 401.
On the previous evening Mr. Picket, of Great
Bedwin, was stopped by four men under similar
circumstances, and robbed of a sovereign and his
pocket-book.
Mr. Robert Bennett, of Chuddleworth, a few days
ago was pulled off his horse by two men, and robbed
of his purse, containing two 51. notes, two sovereigns,
and two pounds in silver, and also his watch.
Mr. Richins, of Knell Farm, was on Saturday,
while returning from market, stopped and robbed by
four men of six Si. notes, and about 41. in money.
On Tuesday Mr. Covil, the landlord of the Albion
public-house, Woolwich, was robbed of a cash-box,
containing 101. in gold, a bag, containing 901. in
gold, four 51. notes, about 201. in gold and silver from
a drawer, about 181. in silver, besides other property.
It is supposed the robbery was effected by three per-
sons who came to the house in a phaeton.

SUICIDES.
SUICIDE or AN ARTIST.—On Salt.lr:l43' Mr. WO/.
lev, M.P., held an inquest at the sign of the Queen's
if Keppel-terrace, Chelsea, on the body of Mr.
Joseph William Brett, aged 34 years, who committed
suicide under the following distressing circumstances :

—lt appeared from the evidence gone into, that the
deceased was the son of the Rev. Jeseph Brett, a
clergyman of the Established Church, and resided with
his parents both aged persons, living in a cottage,
No. 4, Keppel-street South, King's,road, Chelsea.
The deceased was an artist, and one of the very nume-
rous unsuccessful competitors, for the prizes offered
for subjects for the cartoons to embellish the new
Houses of Parliament. The subject the deceased
chose was that of "King Richard pardoning
the Soldier who shot - him." The blight of
disappointment, there is no doubt, operated most
severely on the deceased's mind, although he never
complained of it, and appeared in general cheerful.
His health had, however, for a long time before his
death been failing, and he had become so weak as
to be unable to use his right arm and hand. On the
evening of Tuesday last deceased was seen alive by
his parents about hall-past ten, at which time he was
in bed. About nine o'clock on Wednesday morning
his father, who is very near-sighted, went into the
deceased's bed-room (the front parlour) and saw him
lying in bed, as he at first thought with a red hand-
kerchief round his neck, but on closer examination he
found that it was blood, and that the deceased was
dead. No alarm was, however, made until half-past
one o'clock in the day, when by the advice of a
neighbour the police was called in, and Mr. Smith, a
surgeon, pronounced life to have been extinct for
some hours. It was then found that deceased had
cut his throat with his left hand with a razor, which
was found in bed, the handle and blade having been
tied round will a handkerchief. The wretched ap-
pearance of the deceased's room, also of the interior
of the house, bespoke the poverty of the unfortunate
family, who, however, still prize the picture of the
deceased, who, it is stated, had refused 3001. for it.
The coroner and jury commiserated greatly with the
feelings of the family, and returned a verdict, " That
the deceased was found dead with his threat cut,
supposed by his own act, but as to the state of his
mind at the time there was not sufficient evidence to
show."

SINGULAR SUICIDE.—On Saturday Mr. Payne held
an inquest at the establishment of Messrs. Westrop,
Dignam, and Co , wholesale warehousemen, No. 8,
Watling-street, on the body of Charles Treacy, aged
seventeen years, a young man in the employ of that
firm, who had blown out his brains with a pistol. It
appeared that the deceased, who had been in the ser-
vice of the firm about five years, was one of the best
conducted persons in their employ. On the previous
evening he had leave to go out until ten o'clock, but
he ought not to lave stopped out all night, which he
did. About half-past eight o'clock that morning de-
ceased came into the warehouse, and it being evident
from his appearance that he had been out all night,
William Ellis, a fellow-servant, joked him on the cir-
cumstance, and said he might have told him he was
going to do so, and not let him leave the lamp burn-
ing all night. Shortly afterwards Ellis heard a noise
like the bursting of an inflated flour bag, and ran up
stairs, and on entering the store department he found
the deceased bleeding from the head. A surgeon was
instantly sent for, who found that deceased's head was
shattered by a pistol shot, and that life was quite ex-
tinct. Mr. J. Dignam said he could not at all account
for the commission of the act, unless the following
papers, found since his death, would throw any light
upon it. The Coroner, finding they were in the de-
ceased's handwriting, read as follows :
" Let the suicide rest,
Place no mark on his head,
For he sought but rest
With the numberless dead.
" Let the slumberer sleep,
On him shed not a tear,
For though maddened with sorrow
lie died without fear.
" As he lived so lie died,
But let him sleep on!"

" Is death then such a dreadful thought,
Since 'twas bequeath'd us from our birth?
Can no man face it as he ought,
But dread and tremble whilst on earth?
"As we bought death as well as life,
That life unto us love bestowed;
When love and joy are turned to strife,
'Tie death that frees us from our woes.
" Then look upon it as a friend,
From which our naturo cannot sever;
While comes mesmeric aid to lend,
And keeps us slumbering on for ever.
(Signed) " CHARLES TREACY."
The jury returned a verdict of "Temporary in-
sanity."
SUICIDE OF A MEDICAL GENTLEMAN.—On Satur-
day evening a gentleman named Boxall, residing at
No. 74, Upper Seymour- street, Euston-square, com-
mitted suicide under the following circumstances :
Mr. Boxall formerly carried on business as a surgeon,
at the corner of Melton-street, Euston-square, but for
some time past has resided in the before-mentioned
house. For some time the unfortunate gentleman has
been observed to be in a desponding state of mind.
On Saturday afternoon he returned home abut four
o'clock, and the instant the door was opened he drew
a razor across his throat, and ran into the parlour.
The servant who opened the door raised an alarm,
and Mr. Aldridge, a surgeon living opposite, went im-
mediately to her assistance. On going into the parlour
-Mr. Aldridge attempted to take hold of the unfortunate
gentleman, but was unable, Mr. Boxall striking at
him right and left, and exclaiming, "prussic acid,
prussic acid," whilst the blood was flowing profusely
from the wound in his throat. After considerable
difficulty Mr. Boxall was secured, but not before the
gentlemen who went to Mr. Aldridge's assistance
were covered with' blood. The wounds in his throat
were secured, but the unfortunate gentleman was so
exhausted from lose of blood, that he died in about
an hour after. A letter was subsequently found ad •
dressed to the unfortunate gentleman's father, an
extensive builder at Brighton.
DETERMINED SUICIDE AT THE SWANSEA BAR..
RACKS —On Wednesday evening last the soldiers of
the 82d detachment, stationed at these barracks, were
suddenly thrown into a state of considerable excite-
ment by hearing the report of a musket in the direc-
tion of the barrack yard. An alarm was immediately
raised, and on looking about it was discovered that
the pay• sergeant, named Michael O'Connor, had
committed suicide by shooting himself with a musket
through the heart, in a room which he occupied in
the east end of the yard. The deceased was a fine
young man, about 29 years of age, and was much
respected by his comrades, having been in the regi-
ment upwards of twelve years. The verdict of the
Coroner's jury was "Temporary Insanity."—Cam-
brian.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JAN. 15. _ _ _

STocx EXCHANGL—There was considerable firmness in
the market to-day, and a fair amount of business done.
The sales are—Great Western, Original Shares, 13 p.—
Ditto, Quarters, 2% Is.—Ditto, New 171. Shares, 11/, p.—
London and South-Western, New 40/. Shares, 241.4—Mid-
land Stock, 114—Ditto, New, 50/. Shares. 11,4 p.—North
British,Thirds. par—Ditto, Extension, 1 dis.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 15.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 31/. Shares (late C. and B. ),
5 per cent. in 1847 and 1848, and 6 per cent. in 1849, 16M—
Eastern Counties. 16— Glasgow_and Ayr, 40M—Hudders-
field Canal and Railway, 1% dis.—Laucashire and York-
shire, 321. Share, 5 dis.—Ditto, Halves (late H. and Sheff.),
934 dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, % dis.—London
and North-Western, 154—Ditto, Quarters, New, 6M p.—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1,
guaranteed 7 per cent. till 1853, par—Ditto, Preference,
p.— Midland, Halves, 1% c. dis.— North British, New
Quarters, Scrip, par—North Staffordshire, par—Shrewsbury
and Chester (late N.IW. M.), 2 p.—Ditto, New, 1 p.—
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 5M die.—Ditto, Pre-
ference (guaranteed 8 per cent.), 3 p.—South-Eastern and
Dover, Consolidated, No. 3, 5 dis.—Ditto, No. 4,1% dis.—
York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B. Extensions),
No. 2, 21/s p.— Ditto, G. N. E. Purchase, 1% p.
BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 15.

STOCK EICILINGE.—In. consequence of no official list
being issued from the Stock Exctiauge on Saturdays, it is
difficult to obtain a complete statement of the transactions
effected during the. day. The only sales we heard of were-
North Staffordshire, 1-16 dis.—Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham (A.'s), 31. 3s. 9:1._