The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-11 00:00:00

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~r OCTOBER 11, 1848.

Cross-examined by Mr. BUTT—Never had seen an 'B2
uniform. The name on the box, as the maker's name,
was Lambert, Brown, and Co., Dame-street, Dublin ;
1782 was on the buttons of the coat.
• To the LORD CHIEt JUSTICE—There was a padlock
on the box, but, on trying to open it, the lock yielded
without the application of a key.
Edward Lyons, the steward of the Iron Duke steamer,
deposed to the leaving of the boar.
Cross-examined—Knew the prisoner as a frequent
passenger in the Iron Duke. Could not remember ever
having seen that box before. Had similar boxes with
military officers.
The Court adjourned till Tuesday.

STATE OF TIPPERARY.—THREE MURDERS.
CLONMEL, Osrr. 9.—lntelligence was received in town
this morning that three murders were committed yester-
day in the neighbourhood of Bansha, about 16 miles
distant. It appears that Redmond Brien holds the lands
of Rosadrihid, about a mile from Bansha, from the Rev.
Mr. Ash, a Roman Catholic clergyman. There is a
small arrear of poor-rate due by the tenant, and in con-
sequence of its non-payment three keepers were placed
by the collector of the Tipperary union (Mr. John
Dalton) over the stock on the lands, with the object
eventually of disposing of it for payment of the :rate.
On Sunday morning at daybreak six or seven armed
men, with blackened faces, made their appearance on the
land. On their arrival they seized upon one of the
keepers named Regan, and brought him to a distance
from the house; they thee entered and killed one of the
other men with the butt ends of their guns; the third
man having retreated up the chimney they fired at him
and shot him. The bullet passed through the lower jaw
and out at the top of the head. The assassins next re-
turned to the place to which they had conveyed Regan,
and shot him through the heart, thus consummating
their bloody work. Brien and his wife were present,
but did not interfere. They are in custody, but decline
to answer any question,.
ATTACK ON A MEMBER OF THE JURY PANEL.
Mr. George Bradshaw, a juror of the county, was at-
tacked this morning, within a mile of this town. He and
his brother were travelling in a gig, and two men rushed
on them and seized the horse, which they pulled down on
his haunches. The Messrs. Bradshaw resisted, and
their assailants fled; they took ono of the fellows pri-
soner, and the police have captured the other. They are
in Clonmel gaol,
INQUEST ON THE MURDERED KEEPERS.
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occasion to go frequently to Redmond Brien's, of Rosad-
rihid, for the rates and arrears due by him; that
about a month ago he summoned the said Brien to
the Court-house of Bansha in consequence of his
having removed his stock off the land, and a bench
warrant was granted against him for the amount
due, via., 41. 4i. 4id.; that he received an inti-
mation on Wednesday or Thursday last that Brien
had removed his corn to another man's land, whose
name he believed also to be Brien ; that on Friday
morning last, the Gth October, he gave the Bench war-
rant to Denis Ryan, his confidential clerk er assistant,
and desired him to place keepers on the corn of said
Redmond Brien, which had been so removed ; Denis
Ryan placed the three deceased men, named Edmund
Regan, John Walsh, and Timothy Dwyer, as keepers of
the corn. Further states, that on Sunday mottling the
Bth of October, about the hour of ten o'clock, was in•
formed that these three men had been severely beaten.
In about an hour after left Tipperary and
Bansha, and was informed there by the police that the
three men were brutally murdered. Went to the place
and saw the bodies lying on two cars in the yard of
asrre: ridbd m!
the°ne locked, verLl
Bansha. Further states that said Redmoni Brien often
fastened his door, and frequently drove off his stock
Patrick Cushin, of Corroghbrook, in the parish ot:
.satnadtednethvvart
to another farm in order to avoid paying the poor-rates,
and that he (deponent) has gone to these lands at
gleoaptsatpteariiigdc.hktcourstheinn,tiomf
he resides within about half a mile of where the deceased
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men came to the dear and asked to be admitted. They
were refused, and one of them raised the latch of the
door and asked for a spark of fire to light his pipe. no
was refused. Then one of the party broke the kitchen
totsi snare ,tiee u
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window, and another man asked to have the door
opened, otherwise they would break it open, Deponent
replied that he would not open the door 4 One of the men
outside said," If you don't we will burn the house.'' One
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door, another was thrown, the Rock was two Ken, the
dour opened, and three men entered, one of whom had a
gqn, Walsh and Dwyer were bogging for their lives,
and said they would never come again. Regan was now
pulled out by the party, and the three men again entered
the 'house. Dwyer and Walsh fell on their knees and
impk‘red for mercy, hut they were both murdered in the
kitaion: One was shot, and the other was beat with a
gun, an,d when the stock of it broke he was beat and
fr.)na blows with the barrel. Depunent states that
rww,wer and Walsh. were killed, the three men who

acts in order to protect Mr. lO'Brien from arrest, but
I however cogent such an argument might be in Mr.
O'Brien 's case, it could scarcely be supposed that
M'Manus came over from Liverpool and appeared in
arms for that sole object, and that he did not wish to
protect Mr. O'Brien from arrest in order that he might
become the leader of a revolutionary party. No one was
a closer attendant on Mr. O'Brien than the prisoner.
He pressed a horse into his service in order to recon-
noitre the military, and had been active in erecting bar-
ricades and in the attack on the police.- M'Manus was
the man who arrested Carroll, the policeman, at a time
when some idea was entertained of renewing the attack
on the Widow Cormack's. In giving a statement of
these transactions, the Learned Attorney-General took
occasion to praise the determined character and cou-
rageous conduct of Mr. Cox, who with 22 men moved
on through a large number of people to the rescue of
Mr. Trant with a party of 47 men under him. To his
judgment, and to the extreme bravery of the police,
from Constable Williams upwards, may be imputed the
deft•at of the insane attempt of these madmen to deluge
their country in blood.
Mr. M. Willock examined—Was in the police-force
at Liverpool. First noticed the prisoner on the 6th of
June, at a repeal meeting in Circus-street School-rooms,
about seven o'clock, P.M. About 300 were present. He
made a speech for about twenty minutes, in which he
said, " Every man who fought with us should have a
piece of land allotted to him in Ireland that he could call
his own," and " that 'unless Repeal were granted there
would be `bloody slaughter." Only noticed what was
illegal in the speeches ; was in private clothes. Another
policeman, named Jebbitt, was with him in a separate
part of the room. Remained from the commencement
to the end of the meeting.
Cross-examined by Mr. BUTT—The meeting was
open, and was called by placard. Had taken na notes
at the time. Saw no reporters there. had never seen
M'Manus since till he saw him in the dock. Went on
the look-out for illegal expressions. In twenty minutes
there was nothing illegal in his judgment but what he had
quoted. Had heard of tenant-right—supposed it was a
lease.—(A laugh.) Would swear he was not speaking of
tenant-right. He did not say he was going to Ireland
to fight. Did not speak of a fight in Ireland at all. Had
never taken notes of a speech before. Had taken notes
of sermons when he came home from church. Would
swear he used every word to convey the meaning in the
words he had quoted. Would not swear to every word,
but thinks they were the same, to the best of his recol-
lection. A person named O'Donnell said, " I will either
have Ireland free, or bloody hands (holding them out)
before I eat my Christmas dinner." M'Manus was a
forwarding agent in Liverpool, in good business. He
was very much respected there, and was making money.
It was not a Chartist meeting, but believed there were
Chartists present. They did not belong to those at the
meeting.
Richard Jebbitt examined—Was employed in Liver-
pool police last summer. Knew Mr. Msafanus—saw him
at two Chartist meetings, one on the 6th of June, the
other on the 13th of June, in Circus-street. Was present
at the meeting of the 6th of June. M'Manus was there,
and spoke. He said he would have repeal in three
months or would have a bloody slaughter. He also said
there ought to be an organization of clubs in Liverpool.
On the 13th of June there was another meeting of the
same kind, but not so numerous. Did not recollect
hearing M'Manus say anything that evening. Remem-
bered crossing from Liverpool to Dublin by the Iron
Duke steamer on the evening of the 24th of July.
M'Manus was on board. He did not know
witness. They arrived at Kingstown at seven
o'clock in the morning of the 25th of July, and
on leaving, M'Manus told the steward, there iwas
a tin box in the cabin, which he would leave, and
that he would either be going back to England, or would
send a boy for it. Witness followed WM-anus when he
left the vessel, and went from Kingstown to Dublin in
the same train with him. On getting into Dublin be
saw Mr. M'Manus go to the Irish Felon • office—he drove
there on a car, and witness followed him on another car.
He had no luggage with him then. He knocked at the
office, but it was locked, and he then went to a coffee-
house close by, and there witness lost him.
Sergeant Garrigan, of the Dublin police, remembered
seeing Jebbitt on the morning of the 25th of July, and
going with him to the Iron Duke steamer. Jebbitt gave
him a tin case. (The tin case was opened, and the wit-
ness identified its contents). They were a suit of green
uniform—like that of the 'B2 club—a cap, a brace of
pistols, a liquor flask, two purses—one of them having
a sf. piece in it—and a pair of socks. M'Manus smiled
as he recognised his property on its being exposed on
the table.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
MALTA, ecT. 2.—Th© answer given by four medical
men, full surgeons, to queries of his Excellency the Go-
vernor, whether there was cholera (Asiatic) in the
island, or any reason to suspect that there was, the reply
was in the negative.
Her Majesty's sloop Frolic, intended to relieve the
Harlequin, arrived on Saturday last. She saluted the
Rear• Admiral's flag on coming to her moorings.
The French steamer Louqsor, over due since the 24th,
arrived on Saturday, and proceeded on the same day to
the Levant.

ARRIVALS OF SHIPS OF WAR, &C.
Sept. 23, her Alajesty's steam-frigate, Terrible, Cap-
tain W. Ramsey, from Trieste and' Corfu; Sept. 24,
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Sultan,
Commander G. Brooks, from the Levant; Sept. 25, her
Majesty's steamer Antelope, Lieutenant T. Smyth, from
the lonian Islands; French mail-steamer Scamandre,
Lieutenant Blancq, from Marseilles flan! Italy; Sept. 26,
Rost, steamer Bosphore, Captain J. B. Arnaud, from the
Levant ; French mail steamer Alexandre, Lieutenant
Dangeville, from Aloxandiria; her Majesty's steamer
Ardent, Lieutenant W. C. Nowel, from Alexandria;
Sept. 28, English screw-steamer Dumbarton Youth, Cap-
tain P. Hodge, from Constantinople.
VESSELS EXPECTED.
Sept. 28, French mail-steamer Louqsor, Lieutenant
De Maisonseul, from Marseilles; her Majesty's steamer
Triton, Lieutenant C. J. P. Glinn, from Marseilles ;
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Indus, Cap-
tain J. Soy, from Southampton and Gibraltar.
DEPARTURES OF SHIPS OF WAR, &C.
Sept. 22, French mail-steamer Osiris, Lieutenant C.
de Preford, for Marseilles. Sept. 23, English steamer
Debretzia, Captain I). Sampson, for Galati. Sept. 26,
Rust steamer Bosphore, Captain J. B. Arnaud, for Mar-
seilles ; French mail-steamer Alexandre, Lieutenant
Dangeville, for Marseilles. Sept. 27, Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer t..-ultan, Captain G. Brouk-,
for Southampton and Gibraltar; her Majesty's steamer
Merlin, Lieutenant J, H. Turner, fur Marseilles. Sept.
28, her Majesty's steam-frigate Terrible, Captain W.
Ramsey, fur Naples.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE NEDITERRANEA.N SQUADRON,
SEPT. 29.
In Malta Harbour—The Ceylon receiving ship, bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral Edward Harvey; and Wee
Pet steam-tug.
On a Cruise—The Hibernia, 104, Captain Peter
Richards, C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir
W. Parker, G-.C.8.. Commander-in-Chief ; the Queen,
110, Captain H. W. Bruce ; the Superb, 80, Captain
Corry; the Vengeance, 84, Captain S. Lushington; the
Rodney, 90, Captain E. Collier ; the Vanguard, 80.
Captain G. IF. Rich; the Howe, 120, Captain Sir J.
Stirling; the Thetis, 36, C plain IL Codrington; the
Harlequin, Commander Moore ; the Spartan, Captain
Symonds ; the Mutine, 12, Commander Palmer ; the
Odin, Captain the Hon. F. F. Pelham; the Gladiator,
Captain Rabb ; the Porcupine Lieutenant E, F. Ro-
berts; the Locust, Lieutenant E. It, Power ; the Sidon,
Captain W. H. Henderson ; the Bulldog, Commander
A. C. hey.
On Surveying Duty—Volage, 22, Captain T. Graves;
Reearch, Lieutenant Lord J. Browne.
At Gibraltar—Polyphemus.
At the Pirreus of Athens—Volcano, Lieutenant J. II
Crang.

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At Tartarus, Commander Sir G
Webster.
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Constantinople—Tartarus,
moynrs Smyrna—t

At Corfu—Spitlre, Lieutenant-Corrireander `Vines.
En route to Gibraltar—Meteor, G,nunander Buttler

MAIL STEAM-PACKETS.
At Malta—Oberon, Lieutenant Gardener; Medusa,
Lieutenant Bathurst; Antelope, Lieutenant F. Smyth;
and Ardent, Lieutenant-Commander W. Nowel.
En route irom Malta to Naples—Terrible, Captain W.
Ramsey.

.•
Ea route to Marseilles from Mata—Merlin, Lieut. J.
H. Turner.

En rouse to Malta from Marseilles—Triton, Lieut. C
J. P. Winn.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM

PAN Y'S FLOTILLA.
At Southampton—Tagus, ilindoston, Ripon, and
Euxine.

En route to Gibraltar and Southampton from Malta—
Sultan.

CloountsetafnrotimnoSpr—thEamopet.on to iNlal!a—lndus.
AtFOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN PORT.
French steamer Seamat,dre, E. Y. C. Sipphire, Sici-
lian steamer Giglio delle Untie, screw-steamer Dumbar-
ton Youth.
PORTSMOUTH, TCESDAY.—The Stromboli steam-sloop,
Conimat:der Lord A. W. Beauclerk, Gsl:ne into harp. ur
this morning to complete fuel and repair some tritlaig
defects.

Tne Grampus, 50, Captain H. B. Martin. C.R., being
po,r;rieeriVr into thg
is
oil', was
wdaisschi ;na4l)::ctteledr
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She will come in to-morrow, when her freight will be
toie
ythtmec ni 2,638,656 dolls.
The officers of the Blenheim and Excellent have not
yet exchanged to their proper ships, nut will do so to-
morrow. Ad speak highly of the Blenheim's pericrm-
ances on a wind, with her screw power at work and her
sails braced up, she beat the Sc. Vi:,cent two mil s per
hour dead to wind, and the Regent and Bellerophon
one-and-•a-quarter miles per hour. ller officers also
report favourably of her wire rigging.
Admiral Sir Byam Martin is at present on a visit to
Rear Admiral Pr• scott, having come to Portsmouth to
see his sons.

It blew a gale last night, and the squadron at Spit-
head sent topgallant• masts on deck. It has moderated
a little to-day, but it still blows fresh, and looks wild
.nd stormy. Wind W.N.W.
--air 9.—Her Majesty's steam gun-vessel
Pram, ' • - westward, hove in sight yesterday
Rifleman, froeil
--:-ne, at ten o'clock, and being
morning inside the xidny..'
d the Sound,
signalled by her Mapsty's ship e
saute inside the lirealt*ater, After
.ehe pro-
from Port-Admiral it William Ball Gage,
deeded at half-past two o'clock for the eastward.
Her biajestis steam-frigate Cyclops, bound to the
Coast of Africa, came id j7eaterday,
e •
tier *jCkty'r; ,:!„`"ate Dmdalus, Captain M'Quhae, is
tb Et! Naito oft oil Fridit -
The Finance Committee OT the Board of Admiralty-
are eiiZted at Davenport on the lath inst.
It is reported that when the Caledonia, 120, Captain
Thomas W. Carter, now in the Sound, is refitted, she
will take Admiral Adam to the Mediterranean, to re-
lieve Admiral Parker, and the Hibernia, 104, Captain
Peter Richards.
The merchant barque Chorister, Captain Richards,
with a cargo of hides and horns, arrived yesterday, after
a passage of eighty-seven, days, from Buenos Ayres.
The barque Victory, Captain Watson, of and from
London for Quebec, out six weeks, came in yesterday

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killed them left the house. Went with them, and saw
Regan surrounded by six or seven persons, at a bor-
been, or passage leading into his yard. One of the
party desired Regan to go on his knees. He did so, and
was immediately attacked. Heard repeated blows given
to him, and saw a gun presented at him, upon which he
(deponent) retired, fearing that he might be hurt, as the
gun was pointed towards where he was standinz. After
the murder of the three, the six or seven men went
away at a slow pace, and faced towel ds the mountains.
Does not know any of the party who entered his house,
and those who did had their faces blackened, and were
disguised.
Benjamin W. Bradshaw, Esq., M.D., having been
sworn, states that he has examined the bodies of Ed-
mund Regan, John Walsh, and Timothy Dwyer; and
on making a post ?imam examination of the body of
John Walsh, finds two very extensive fractures on the
crown and the back of the head, a gun-shot wound on
the left side of the neck, which fractured the vertebrm,
and went down between the vessels and towards the
right side, fracturing the right collar bone, and found a
charge of mixed shot lying under the pectoral muscle,
which must have.caused instant death. The shot must
have been fired from above, that is, when the man was
on his knees. Deponent finds that Timothy Dwyer re-
ceived an extensive fracture on the left side of the head,
from which the brain was protruding, and several scalp
wounds, and a vi ry large one under the left ear, also a
rupture of the left eye. Those injuries caused his death.
Deponent finds that Edmund Regan received a fracture
of the entire left side of the head, and right upper and
lower jaw-bones broken, the right orbit ruptured, and
the whole teeth of the right side knocked out. Those
injuries caused his death.
THE VERDICT.—That the deceased, Edmund Regan,
John Walsh, and Timothy Dwyer, were barbarously
and brutally murdered, on the lands of Corroghbrook,
in the parish of Bansha, about the hour of seven o'clock
on Sunday morning, the Bth of October instant, by some
person or persons yet unknown, and that the said Ed-
mund Regan, John Walsh, and Timothy Dwyer, did
then and there receive such injuries as are fully de-
scribed by Dr. Bradshaw, and which caused their death.
THE STATE PRISONERS.
The Clonmel correspondent of the Cork Examiner
writes as follows, under date of Sunday:—
" HALF -PAST FOUR O'CLOCK. —I have this moment
returned from a brief visit to Thomas Francis Meagher
in his prison, and I have just time to add a line to my
former communication as to his health. He looks, and
indeed is, as well as ever I remember to have seen him;
and his courage ie ai high as it was in the most glorious
days of his short but brilliant career. Whatf ver may be
his sacrifice—and Heavent grant he may not be called
on to seal his devotion to liberty by mart) rdom---he has
the fondest hopes of his country's ultimate freedom.
There is not about him the slightest appearance of a man
lying in prison under a heavy charge, and soon to be
summoned to the tribunal which has alr, sdy decided the
fate of his dear friend. He is just the same as ever—
gallant and generous, kindly and unselfikh, honest and
truthful. He speaks of Smith O'Brien as being sustained
by the same cold, calm self-possession, the same quiet
heroism that ever animated him, and especially during
the trial. He is absolutely stoical in his heroism, while
the hearts of his friends are wrung with grief.
" There was no truth in the alleged confinement of
Mrs. O'Brien. However, it was generally rumoured on
Thursday, and many believed it."

Berwick most solemnly declared that he saw the
full green signal light given to him by Herbert after
he (Berwick) had rung the bell. He said that at the
time the green light signal was given by Herbert for
the coal waggon to cross the main lines, he (Herbert)
was taking the numbers of the waggons on the down
siding, close by the bridge where the down lamp sig-
nals are placed.
Mr. Webber detailed the respective duties of Her-
bert and Webber, and stated that the green hand
signal lamp can be seen 800 yards from the spot on
which Herbert stood at the time of the accident;
that Berwick was 238 yards from Herbert, and 63
yards from the boy Wheeler.
Robert Roscoe, the driver of the engine attached to
the train, proved that he left Slough and West
Drayton at the proper time, and that he arrived at
Bull's Bridge at nine o'clock; that the white light,
or " all right" signal, was on at the bridge where
Herbert was stationed, and that he saw Herbert
exhibit his white hand lamp light as the train
passed the bridge. The hand lamp signal was
shown by Herbert on the up-side of the up-
line. The engine ran into the coal-truck
immediately after. When he saw the " all-right"
signal on at the bridge he crossed over from the re-
versing lever to try one of his pumps, his fireman at
the same moment taking charge of the reversing lever
and the regulator. While attending to the pump, the
guard's whistle (the signal for the guards to put on
their breaks) was sounded by his fireman, who at the
same time reversed the engine. Almost at the same
moment the collision took place.
John Greening, the fireman, deposed that he saw
the " all. right" signal turned on as the train ap-
proached the bridge. After this signal was seen,
Roscoe (the driver) went to the other side of the en-
gine, and he (Greening) took charge of the reversing
lever and the regulator. In a second or two after-
wards he saw a red light shown by a hand lamp, he
immediately sounded the guard's whistle and reversed
the engine. It was almost at the same instant that
the engine ran into the coal- truck.
It was proved that Berwick has been employed on
the railway for about seven years; that he had been
stationed at Bull's-bridge for about six months, and
that he had a thorough knowledge of his duties.
Herbert, who has been in the service of the com-
pany for seven years, and stationed at Bull's Bridge
for about two rears, said he had been attending to the
crossing of the trucks as usual; that he heard the
bell rung by Berwick ; that he heard the train coming
and turned on his white light to the train, and his red
light to Berwick.
- Mr. Seymour Clarke, the superintendent of the line,
in giving his evidence, said that the momentary signal
of the red light by Herbert (supposing Herbert to
have shown it) was not sufficient, and that under the
circumstances he should have turned the red or danger
signal against the train. The porter, Berwick, ought
to have been aware that the train was due.
The Magistrates sentenced Herbert to two months'
imprisonment, and told Mr. Clarke they trusted the
conduct of Berwick would be rigidly investigated by
the directors.
Mr. Clarke said he should bring the cse before the
board at the sitting which would take place in two or
three days.

INQUEST ON Mils. ARMITAGE.
An inquest was held on Saturday evening, on the
body of Mrs. Armitage, lately exhibiting in New-
street. The following evidence was adduced :
Emma Chard deposed that she was servant to the
deceased, who was a widow, and commenced exhibit-
ing herself about two years since. A fortnight
ago she was in good health, but on their way
from Dudley she complained of being sick. She
stopped at the Swan Hotel in this town. She
appeared very ill on the morning of Tuesday week,
and was attended by Mr. Heeley. She gradually
improved, and on Friday last appeared very well,
and went to exhibit at half-past two o'clock, after
partaking of dinner, which consisted of a fowl, a
little cauliflower, and some potatoes. Befcre dinner
she took a little port wine. She (witness) followed
deceased to the room, and while putting on her cap
before a glass she complained of being weak and
very faint. In a few minutes her face became black,
and her hands perspired. A glass of water was
offered to her, but she could not drink it. Witness
asked deceased if she would allow her to send
for a surgeon. She at first refused, but on a se-
cond application being made to her she con-
sented. Witness then left her for a few minutes to
procure a sofa, and on her return found her mistress
dead. Deceased weighed 31st. Illb. She lived very
moderately. Her general drink was water, and she
frequently confined herself to about one chop for
dinner. ‘Vitness felt confident that no person ad-
ministered poison to. her, and that she did not take
poison herself. I:ir. Alfred Heeley, surgeon, of
Bristol-street, deposed that he was 'called to at-
tend the deceased on the morning of the 26th of
September. She was rather feverish when he saw
her, and he ordered her some medicine. She gra-
dually improved, and on the Friday following consi-
dered herself needy well. Witness did not see her
again until Friday, the sth of October. He found
her lying in the exhibition room. Her lips were
very blue, her countenance livid, and she could not
swallow. She died shortly afterwards. He made
a post mortem examination of the to dy that morning
in the presence of a number of medical gentle-
men. He found' an ulcer on one of the legs, but
nothing more worthy of notice. On examining the
body of the deceased internally, he was particu-
larly struck with the fatness of the body, there being
4x inches thick of fat at the bottom of the abdomen,
and four inches towards the chest. The liver was
very large, and weigh( d about nine pounds. The
stomach was healthy, and contained fo d, part of
which had been digested. The heart was large and
flabby, but without structural change. The lungs
were both congested all over. He opened the head,
and examined the brain. There was nothing
there but what was healthy. In his
opinion death was occasioned by congestion
of the lungs, and he might- add that Mr. Sands
Cox concurred in that opinion. The jury returned a
' of " Died by the visitation of God, from
lungs." Mrs. Armitage was thirty
verdict
io.n
married ,a
endhd two children
years of age, had bee,,
(riot now liVing). the -remains of the
being
deceased were interred einsteSrt'.;:iatitholomew'schurch-
't was obliged to be to carry the corpse,
church-
yard. Eight men belonging to the workhouse
unable
con-
veyed on a temporary bier drawn by a horse.—Aris's
Birmingham Gazette.

HARWICH RAILWAY.—The first sod was turned on
the Harwich Line on Wednesday last, in a field about
midway between the town of Manningtree and the Man-
ningtrt e station on the Eastern Union Railway.—Essex
Herald.