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DECEMBEF, 14, 1848.

try; and I thought, as he had done up that door, he
must:-; ome to me if he wanted anything out of the kit-
chen. I did not tell.him I had done up the door until
Thursd iy week, when I saw him at the Bridewell in the
justice-room. Mr. Rush asked me a great many clues
tions. He asked me if I had cleaned his boots on Tues-
day night? I said " Yes." He asked me what time? I
said " Between five and o'clock.". He asked me if
the kitchen do,r could be opened, and if any person
could get in without my knowing it? I said " I did not
think they cou!d."

CORONER— When, did you you put the wedge in the
door on Tuesday night? Witness-A. long, time before I
went to bed. I never recollect putting the wedge in so
badly that the door might be opened.
CORONER—New,. have you had sny conversation with
any person about this wedge? -Witness—Yes; I asked
the team-man to say that he had seen the door done up
with the peg.

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CORONER—Men was this? Witness—On the Wed-
neiday morning, shortly after my master was taken
away.

CORONER—What was your reason for asking him
such a favour? Witness—The reason I had for asking
him was that if he stated he saw me put the peg in it
would screen Mr. Itush.

CORONER—DA you show him the wedge? Witness----
I did.

CORONER—Did he soe you fix the peg? Witness—l
don't know whether he did.
CORONER—How would it screen Mr. Rush if he had
said he had seen you fix the peg? Witness—Because it
was thought he went into the back kitchen to get his
boots, and I thought if he (the team• man) said he saw
the peg fixed as well as .I it would much assist him.
CORONER—But how could his not getting the boots
screen him? Witness—Why, if he had not got his boots
during the night it would have screened him.
CORONER—HOW so? Witness—Because he hadn't
them. I had no conversation with Rush about the wedge.
CORONER—Nor conversation at all? Witness—When
he was going away in the gig he said—" Now, you go
away; I shall send for you and that lady" (meaning Mrs.
James). _ _ _

The CORONER here said that an important change had
transpired in the evidence, for;it was now proved that the
boots could have been removed.

Mr. Superintendent Witherford, of the Norfolk con-
stabulary, was next sworn—l have been to Potash-farm
with Savory. I had the wedge which I now produce,
and which Savory admitted he had made and used for
the purpose of fastening a door from the kitchen into the
back kitchen. I desired Savory to fix the wedge into the
door in the manner he had used to do it. He did so,
and I being on the same side, placed my finger on the
latch, and it opened immediately, without any difficulty.
It was put in a second time by Savory, and it was as
easily opened on the other side. I then asked Savory,
if that was his usual way of fastening it ? He said,
" Yes it is." I remarked to him how easily it could be
opened. He said, " I see now it can be opened from
the other side."

Joseph Howes, a constable in the Norfolk constabu-
lary, was
,next examined—On the 30th of November I
assisted in the search of Potash-farm. Amongst the
things I searched was a writing-desk, in which I found
a quantity of letters. There was one dated April 28,
1848, signed "J. B. Rush," directed to "J. B. Rush
jun., Potash-farm, Wymondham," bearing the London
post mark. There were expressions in the letter show-
ing an ill-feeling towards Mr. Jenny. Another letter
contained opprobrious epithets on Mr. Jermy, such as
" the -- Recorder." Other letters were found written
in the same style; all tending to show the feeling that
existed towards Mr. Jenny. I cannot produce the let-
ters, having given them into the hands of Colonel Oaks,
the chief constable.

The CORONER deemed it necessary that the letters
should be produced in order that the jury might have
an opportunity of ascertaining what amount of malice
they contained towards the unfortunate gentlemen. He
should therefore issue a summons for the attendance of
the Rev. Mr. Wilson, to produce them at the next meet-
ing pf the jury.

Colman, farmer, said—l occupy Stan-
field-hall Farm. lam acquainted with Potash-farm.
At the request of the magistrates I have measured the
distance from Stanfield-ball to Potash-farth by the
pathway across the field. It is within one furlong of a
mile. I have seen Mr. Rush use that path in going to
the ball. The last time was about a month since. Rush
then spoke to me, and said he was a trespasser, being at
the time on my land. He said, it was the nearest way
to Stanfield-hall, and he invariably made use of it when
he went to see Mr. Jermy.
Mr. Philip Bowgen, glazier, of Wymondham, said, on
the night of the 28th of last month, hearing of the mur-
der at Stanfield-hall, I proceeded to the spot. On reach-
ing the entrance I saw the elder Mr. Jermy lying' dead
in the porch; and on going into the mansion 1 saw also,
Mr. Jermy Jermy lying dead in the passage. I assisted
in removing the bodies into the drawing room; and on
returning, in the passage leading from the hall staircase
to the butler's pantry, I discovered, lying on the ground,
near the skirting board, a ramrod, which I produce. (It
is rather massive, much larger than those ever mod
with holster pistols, made of mahogany and tipped with
brass.)
No other witness being in attendance, a consultation
took place between the Coroner and jury as to the pro-
priety of again adjourning the investigation.
The CORONER said, in a case of so grave and atroc;ous-
a character it required the greatest vigilance in obtain-
ing all the evidence that could possibly be collected. lie
therefore suggested that the inquiry should Im adjourned
for another week.

The jury acquiesced, and the proceedings closed at a
at hour.

We regret to state, on the authority of the medical
attendant, that the unfortunate Mrs. Jermy and her
maid, Elizabeth Chestney, are not yet out of danger.
In the course of the inquiry Mr. Cann communicated
to the reporters the intention of the magistrates to make
the court public on the last examination of the accused
Rush, when all the depositions taken by them will be
made known.

Although a most vigilant search has been made by
the police and a large number of auxiliaries since the
night of the murders, not the slightest trace of the fire-
arms of the assasin has been discovered.

SIR CHARLES NAPIER.

(Froth the Cheltenham Examiner.) •
Sir Charles Napier, Lady Napier, and suite, left Dub-
lin en route for Cheltenham or. Wednesday mornjng.
Their embarkation 'at Kingstown, in the. Cambria, was
quite in keeping with the hearty reception they have met
with during their. brief s'ay in Ireland. Early es the
packet started,- half past eight A.M. a-number of their
friends, attended them to beach, where_ they we: e:re.
celved by Captain Kean, R.N., and Captain Hull. RAN.,
of the Dragon frigate. On the Cambria putting off trom
the shore, three hearty cheers and one cheer more siere
given by .the groups on the quay for the hero of nany-
tighis. The cheering was unsparingly responded td by
the crew of the Cambria, and on that vessel reaching
the Dragon, which was anchored in the harbOur, 'the
entire crew of the frigate, manning the rigging, took
up 'the cheer, and re-echoed it as only British saqurs
could do. .
The gallant officer arrived on Friday at his resideke,
Lulli.-rid-sal:tare, and intends, we believe, prolonging: his
stay for some months in Cheltenham.
On the Saturday before his departure, Sir Charles ,vas
winflviictehdtboyokthpce
ei3Lim:rihitek garrison to a military banquet,
great eclat in the commodious
mess-room of the New Barracks. The colours of the--
3d Buffs, 47th Regiment, and 92d Highlanders, were dis-
played on the walls of the magnificent apartment, which
was brilliantly lighted, and had an imposing effect,
Fronting the chair was the •appropi hate motto, " Meea-
nee, Hyderabad," with the 'royal crown at top. Colonel
Cox, Assistant Quartermaster-General of the disttict,
presided.
In the course of the evening, Sir Charles Napier divelt
upon the commercial benefits which mint result to Giteat
Britain from the subjugation of the Punjaub:--" Oen-
tlemen;" said he, " the geographical position of those
countries is this—tbe Punjaub is like a lady's fan (and a
very pretty one too for the Queen of England), the 'five
rivers forming the sticks of the fan. Now, these riveris all
join their waters at a place called Mittun-Kote, which
may be called the pivot, and whence the whole flow intone
grand river to the ocean. There are about 2,000 niiles
of -Water-carriage thus presented to British commerce,
and the countries through which these flow are rich.
But this is not all. This great line of water-carriage
from the Hymalayas to the sea, and running north and
south, is crossed by a land-line of commerce, running
from the west to east from Herat to Delhi, and other
great cities of India. This land line crosses the water
line at right angles near the Mittun-Rote. These clara-
vans crossed the Indus. Now, gentlemen, while! the
Ameers ruled Sinde, they being hostile to commeirce,
and possessing both banks of the Indus for about !400
miles up the stream from its mouths, effectually shut up
the whole course of all these great rivers, to their
sources amidst the roots of the Hymalaya mountains.
The conquest of Sinde opened the Indus and all its' tri-
butary rivers to their sources, and thus not onls% are
they free to commerce, but the Indus which was before
an impediment to the transverse land line of commerce
that had to cross it, now becomes a help, anqup-
plies those caravans with steamers at Mittun- -ote
to take their loads in exchange for British manufactures,
which will thus be carried up those great rivers, anti
then spread over all those countries through which they
run, and into Central Asia by the caravans arriving at
Mittun-Rote. These things are not yet done, geritle-
men, but the conquest of Sinde by Lord Ellenborough
has opened them to British enterprise, and they will be
done in due time. The conquest of Sinde was the 'first
step—that of the Punjaub will be the second—and there
is every reason to believe that it will soon be annexed to
the dominions of the East India Company."
Later in the evening, when returning thanks for
" Lord Gough and the Indian Army," the Gallant
General observed that—" He would here take leaste to
contradict the report made of a speech of his at a dinner
given to him at Cheltenham. In speaking of the Indian
army he was made to say he loved the Indian army
better than the Queen's army. Da was said that tI4 re-
porters, not having been invited to that dinner, ;mis-
stated the speeches. What he (Sir Charles) said !was,
that, although he could not be supposed to be so Much
attached to the Company's army as to the Queen's, to
which he belonged, he still honoured and loved
the Indian army, This was a circumstance scarcely
worth explaining, but not having been correctly
stated in the English papers, ho thought it would nbt be
out of place to advert to it. The Indian army was one
of'the finest he ever saw. It consisted of 300,000 troops,
cavalry, artillery, and infantry. Led on by British
officers, it was equal to the British army in all things but
in the physical strength of the. men. Equal in arms, ap-
pointments, and discipline, it• would. follow the British
troops' and stand by them in every danger.—(Cheers.)
It was superior to every army but the British Until the
French, and equal in number to those of the contir4nt of
Eutipe. The moral feeling, the high spirit instilled into
the Indian army by British officers, and the unifoina
system which pervaded the whole, prepared the Indian
army for any conflict. As for its commander, IJord
Gough, it would be presumptuous in him (Sir Charles)
to speak. The war iu China, and the battles of the
Sutlej spoke for themselves,' and at the head of such an
army his Lordship would, no doubt, subdue the Punjauh.
Already had that precious diamond called the Koh-i-
-noor" or mountain of light " been taken possession 'of,
and he (Sir Charles) hoped it would be sent to the Queen,
of whom may we say that her:diadem is a mountain of
light—with which on her head, and her throne on a Irock,
she may defy the world."—(Loud applause.)

A llErto IN THE RANKS.—Sir C. Napier gave lately
the following note to a private soldier who fought at
Guznee:—" London, Sept. 10, 1848.—1 n the war against
the Hill tribes in Cutch Gundowa, India, during the year
1845, a party, under :the command of Sergeant Power,
of her Majesty's 30th Regiment, stormed a hill or preci-
pice at a place called Trukihiee. This party consisted
of 16 men, including the sergeant, 12 of whom reached
the summit; of these 12 there were six killed, and two
severely wounded—the one was Private Rowan, the
other Private Maloney, the bearer of this. He reached
the summit, saved the lives of Private Burke and Private
Rowan, slew two of the enemy, and then got away
desperately wounded. I was not present in person at
this gallant fight; nor do I give the above account from
the lips of Julia Maloney himself—l take it from the
written report made me on the day of the action by his
commanding officer, who saw the whole transaction, as
did a great part of the forces under my command, and I
thanked John Maloney in general orders. N.or were the
two men whose lives he saved ordinary men. They had
ascended the precipice together; Anthony Burke shot
one of the enemy, bayonetted a second, and, clubbing
his musket, dashed out the brains of a third, but broke
his musket in pieces; he was then disarmed and over-
po tiered, when Maloney saved his life! The other man,
Rowan, had driven his bayonet through a Belooch, when
the latter, with desperate courage, unfixed Rowan's
bayonet, drew the weapon out of his own body, and
plunged it through that of Rowan! H• then fell dead,
and Maloney- saved the life of Bowan; for this small
party of twelve were attacked by eighty picked Be-
loochees. who lay in ambush for and suddenly fell upon
them. I have entered at large upon this history of the
brave John Maloney, because I think it gives him claims
upon the kindness of his countrymen. * * -* Having
thus given my reasons, I conclude by recommending this
gallant youth to those who can serve him.—C. Napier,
Lieut.-General." John Maloney was discharged from
the 39th, at ls. per day pension; is a married man. Fri..
vate Rowan, 39th, survived his desperate wound, and
volunteered • into the 10th Foot, now in the field at
Moultan.

CHATHAM, Die. 12.—Last night as two men, J.
Castleton and J. Wood, were driving a light cart by
Chatham Dockyard wall, they came up to a spot where
a man was lying across the pathway groaning heavily.
They alighted; and on raising him up, they found that
be was covered with blood. They immediately laid him
down again and ran for assistance; and on their return
with Mr. Weekes, surgeon, they discovered that he had
received a gun-shot wound in the left side close to the
heart, and that one of the ribs was fractured. He died
almost immediately. Near to the wall was lying his hat,
and also a pistol,-which had been just discharged. The
deceased must have stood upright against the wall when
be shot himself, as the marks of blood are distinctly visi-
ble. On his person were found some small pebbles, and
a powder flask,' containing powder; there were also
some letters from a young lady residing in the neigh-
bourhood, to whom he was paying his addresses. The
name 'of. the deceased is James Pooke, aged 23 years,
and he was employed in the office of Mr. Stevenson, in
Chatham. It is stated that the deceased is respectably
connected. The cause of his committing the rash act is
a love affair, the parents-Of the young lady having in-
terfered and forbidden him the'house.

SUICIDE or A GUARDSMAN.—Yesterday morning
Mr. Bedford, the coroner, held an inquest at the Glou-
cester Arms, Rochester row, Pimlico, upon the body of
Isaac Phipps, aged forty-one, a private in the 2d batta-
4ion- of Grenadier Guards, who committed suicide on
Tuesday last at the Military Hospital, by cutting his
throat with a knife, which he had secreted in his bed.
Deceased had been twenty-two years in the regiment,
and was much respected by his comrades and superiors
for his steady and soldier-like conduct. For the last
sixteen years. he had been subject to severe attacks of
bronchitis, which. caused him the must intense agony.
The pain which he suffered on these occasions was SO
severe as to deprive him of all self-control. He fre-
quently stated that he would prefer death to such suffer-
ing, Under these circumstances, Mr. Brown, the regi-
mental surgeon, had directed that he should not be left
alone; but during the temporary absence of his nurse he
succeeded in accomplishing his fatal object. These facts
haring been deposed to, the jury found a verdict of
" Temporary insanity."
TIIE:CATHEDRAL AT BRlSTOL.—Considerable ex-
citement was created at Bristol on Sunday, owing to the
following circumstance:—lt appears that the Dean and
Chapter had recently come to a resolution to give up
chanting the service in the cathedral, and as it was un-
derstood that Sunday was the day when the new prac-
tice was to be attempted, and as it was also intimated
that one of the residentiary canons had expressed his
intention to chant the service as usual, considering it
his duty, there was a strong muster of the inhabitants
determined to support him by chanting the responses.
The cathedral was crowded, but it appears that some
compromise bad been entered into. The Revs Canon
Sartis read the service without chanting, but the choris-
ters appeared in their gowns and chanted the responses
as usual. The inhabitants generally are very averse to
haying this old custom abolished.

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, DEb. 13.—A plan is in contemplatioN
for altering tho Retribution steam-frigateSl,644-lons-
-800-horse power, to a screw-ship, wit -;41111),a-rvj7
power of 70-horse, to serve as a trop hz -the
" great blue book" (Report on the Na times)
find the following respecting this and t 6r,eietunAtft
urea (so called):—
List of the Steam Navy, divided into.**\elfisteA4
First class: largest class of steamers (abo+elo
The Terrible---1,800 tons; 800 horse po r&t k
is A speed, 12.5 miles per hour. This ship, frOrktAls, \llft. A
power and size, should have done sixteen mire's an hour
easily. Cost 101,0001. A more useful, of the same
class, can be built for 90,000L—E. Lang.:
. The Retribution-1,640 tons; 800 horse power; great-
est speed, 13.2?-42.2 miles per hour. Said to be unser-
vi' eable altogether. Ought to be crank from her pro-
portions.—Surveyor.
The Sidon-1,328 tons; 560 horse power; greatest
speed, 13? miles per hour. Should have done fifteen miles
an hour; is crank as I have seen her. Cannot sail When
empty. Cost?—Sir C. Napier.
Tho Penelope-1,616 tom.; 625 horse power; greatest
Teed, 9.6 miles per hour. A I'rench frigate ruined. Con-
verted to a steam ship. UUleSb except us a truop-ship.
Slow. Cos ?—Surveyor.
The Odin-1,326 tons; 560 horse power; greatest
speed, 11.0 miles per hour. Cost 80,0001. Slow. Equally
good ship for less than 70,0001.
The Avenger-1,444 tons; 650 horse powers greatest
speed, 9.9 miles. per hour. Since lost. Slow.
The Arnphion-1.474 tons; 300 le rye power. Saii
to be an experimental failure in machinery. A frigate
cut down.
Mr. Thomas Downes a warrant-officer of much expe-
rience, having letterly been boatswain of the St. Vincent,
Queen, Agincourt, &c., recently-appointed Master -
Rigger of Devonport Dockyard, is appointed to this
Aoekyard, vice -Mr. Ands e ws, appointeel-to4his establish-
ment, but who exchanges with Mr. Downes.
• Wind, S.S.E., light breezes, and hazy weather, 5 P.M.
—lf it continue in its present quarter, Sir Charles Na-
pier's squadron will put to sea to-morrow morping. Sir
Charles went to Osborne to•dwy to pay his respects to
her Majesty prior to sailing. The Fairy waited on the
gall-ant Admiral.

WooLwicrt, D.Ec. 13.—The Advice steam-vessel,
having been refitted at this dockyard, went down the
river to-day to try' her engines, under the charge of
Lieutenant Robertson, with Mr. Rigby and Mr: Cassey,
assistants to the Chief Engineer, and returned shortly
after two o'clock, having been found to answer very well.
A great number of hands are employed in shipping the
guns on board the Arrogant steam-frigate, anti making
her rea ly for trial and for commissioning.
The Janus steam 7ve,sel is under the shears in the
inner basin, having her guns put on board, and will
shortly be ready for sea.
The Basilisk steam-vessel has been brought down to
Woolwich, to be made ready for trial with the Niger
steam-vessel, fitted with screw propeller.
The quantity of work now executed in the factory
department here is considerable, and only the best work-
men employed, under able superintendents, which in-
sures the articles being made in the best manner, so
essential in work connected with steam-engines.
Letters have been received here, stating that the Su-
perb, 80 guns, is making reedy for sea at Portsmouth
with the greatest dispatch.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL

STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

A dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. clear of income-
tax for the half-year ending the 30th of September last,
was declared at the meeting of the Peninsular and Ori-
ental Steam Navigation Company held yesterday. On
the topics contained in the report, which were various,
a long discussion ensued, but, although points of opposi-
tion were mooted connected with the administration of
the undertaking, especially in reference to the contract
made with the managing directors, nothing tangible was
established, and the whole of the explanations given were
received by the great majority with unanimous approval.
Among other subjects brought under notice was that of
the insurance of the company's fleet. and the report
treating of this question, as well as of the funds identified
with repairs and depreciation, contained a suggestion to
the effect that the board, after giving the matter careful
consideration, believed the time had now arrived when
the proprietors might prudently, and with advantage to
themselves, discontinue, on the termination of the exist-
ing policies, the further payment of premiums to under-
writers." This recommendation, which was generally
mentioned in terms of approbation, was also carried in
the shape of a resolution. The debate being of a very
discursive character, and little opposition being presented
to the directors, inasmuch as the satisfactory announce-
ment was made tbat, notwithstanding the disastrous
events of last year, the company had not in the remotest
degree suffered, but had, on the contrary, compared with
the corresponding period of the previous financial year,
improved, both as rec,arded income and profits, its ulti-
mate tendency was wholly congratulatory, and although
an attempt was got up against the confirmation of the
election of new directors, the amendment proposed was,
in the end, left in a considerable minority.
The directors state in their report that, owing to the
depressed position of monetary affairs, they have
hitherto refrained from increasing their capital account
by the issue of new shares, but they now consider that
the period is approaching when they may be called to
raise such additional capital on advantageous terms.
The transit through Egypt continues to be conducted
in an agreeable manner, but Abbas Pasha, the successor
of Ibrahim Pasha, has signified that he shall make fur-
ther important improvements in the transit arrange-
ments. The suspension of steam eommunicatton with
Italy, the discontinuance of the conveyance or the India
mail on the 3d of the month from Southampton, and the
offer made to the Government for establishing steam
communication between Singapore arid Sydney, were
circumstances severally alluded to, in sills-of Which the
directors contend they have acted so far as they were
concerned, in a spirit of good faith both to the public
and to their constituents. The ♦acancy in the committee
of management occasioned by the death of Mr. Francis
Carleton, it is intimated, will in all probability be filled
up by Mr. Allan, formerly the company's secretary; and
as his appointment will be regulated on a reduced scale
of remuneration, the proprietors will, it is asserted, by
this means derive a considerable pecuniary advantage.
Adverting to the loss of the Ariel on .the, coast of Italy,
it is mentioned that her original cost, about two years
since, was 39,0001., and that she was insured to the ex-
tend of 15,0001. The accounts are in future to be open
to the shareholders for examination a week before each
meeting. _ _ _

The steam fleet of the company, which is represented
as being in efficient working condition, now consists of
23 vessels, ranging from 400 tons and 150-horse power
to 1,800 tons and 520-horse power each. Three other
vessels are also in course of construction, one of 900 tons
and 350 horse power, andt wo of 1,250 tons and 450-
horse power each, but as the contemplated extension of
the company's operations in the Indian Sea and Medi-
terranean is for the present postponed, favourable ar-
rangements have been made for the sale of the Bombay
and the Vectis, so soon as they shall have been com-
pleted.
_

- The accounts of the company for the year ending the
30th of September last, placed before the meeting for
the inspection of the proprietors, showed—
' " That after defraying the ordinary disbursements of
the year, including the current repairs and insurance of
the company's fleet, and carrying to the insurance fund
19,9001., as the balance of premium on the estimated
amount of floating property not insured by underwriters,
there remains to the credit of the profit and loss ,on the
year's operations ... £140,531
" From which deduct the following items ;
" Depreciation of 5 per cent. on the pre- .se
sent estimated value of the company's •
ships for annual depreciation ... 40,000..
" Amount paid the managing directors
on account of 5 per cent. commission,
or premium on net profits, for the
twelve months ending the 30th of
September ... 2,700
" Reserve to meet balance of expenses

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in placing four steam-ships on the
India and China stations ... .. 7,000
" Also the dividend paid for the six
months ending 31st of March, 1848,
which amounted to ...

... 39,003

" There remains available for the divi-
dend now about to be declared, and
to meet outstanding claims
••• 451,828"
On the subject of an efficient cooperation with the
Eastern Archipelago Company, the managing directors
of the Peninsular Company have stated that they are
willing to afford the Eastern Archipelago Company all
the support in their power, consistent with their charter
of incorporation. They have also offtled to contract for
supplies of Labuan coal for the depots of the Peninsular
Company at Singapore and Hong-Kong:
AM

.AN AND TWO HORSES DROWNED.—.O/1
Sa-
turday about one o'clock, a person named Crawford, re-
sident in Musselburgh, observed a lad with two horses
and carts approach the Esk from the Fisherrow beach,
Opposite the embankment to the north-west of the gas
work, with the evident intention of crossing the river.
As Crawford was aware that it was impossible to cross
that part of the river, the tide being in, he call loudly to
warn the unfortunate carter. As the latter did not ap-
pear to hear him, Crawford rushed towards the river,
where he found the carter within about ten feet of the
Musselburgh bank, but unable to proceed farther, the
water being about seven feet deep, and the bank preci-
pitous. The carter had tied the reins round his waist,
and was clinging to the neck of one of the horses. Craw-
ford unfortunately could not swim, but he encouraged
the carter with assurance of safety, as soon as assistance
(which he had sent for) arrived. The horse, however,
in struggling to get free from its harness, was thrown on
its side, and the carter underneath. A crowd had by
this titre collected, and ropes being procured, a man
named Hunter, succeeded in reaching the carter, but life
was extinct. The body, with one of the horses and
carts, were got ashore at the spot; the other horse and
cart being carried out to sea, were observed by a fishing
vessel, and towed into Morrison's Haven. The carter,
whose name was Waddell, was in the employment of
Mr. Smith, Crosgate Haugh, and was about 16 years of
age. He had been on the beach for the purpose of pro-
curing gravel. Great caution shoull be observed by
carters in crossing the Esk, which is occasionally much
swollen by rain and by the tides, while the bridge is so
convenient and accessible from all points, as to render
the fording of the river unnecessary.—Caledonian
Mercury.
EXTRAORDINAT ESCAPE.—As Captain Kernick,
of the Owlacombe Mines, was descending one Of the=
shafts on Tuesday last the rope to which the bucket wire
attached broke, and he fell a depth of 42 feet. Provi-
dentially he was not hurt, and shortly after walked to
Ashburton, two miles, Western Lsononstry,

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THE WEATHER.—StiN OFFICE, DECEMBER 14.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 43; Highest, 55; Noon, 49.

BAROMETER, 29.81.

WIND E.S.E.; morning, fine; afternoon, light showers.