The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-22 00:00:00

DR. LEICHARDT'S PARTY.

SINGAPORE, Ave. 15.—The Pioneer, one of the ves-
sels engaged by the Government of New South Wales
to call at Port Essington to make inquiries for Dr.
Leichardt's party, and leave supplies for them, has not
succeeded in fulfilling its mission, having suffered ship-
wreck in Torres Straits. All the information rega ding
this occurrence which has reached us is contained the
following statement, made by one of the seamen of the
vessel, who reachei this town from Batavia some weeks
ago:—" Thomas Gallagher, able seaman on board the
brig Pioneer, states that the above vessel was wrecked
on the Cockburn Reef, in Torres Straits, about half-past
four o'clock in the evening on the 30th of May last,
from Sydney to Booby Island and Port Essington, to
look after Dr. Leichardt. The crew was brought by the
barque Waverley, of London, to Batavia. Captain Mor-
gan, of the Waverley, kept the starboard shore all the
way up, and did not sight the coast of Australia after
leaving Booby Island. I did not hear anything about
tents being seen on the coast of Australia. I arrived
hero from Batavia in the Ellenora. I never heard any
account of Dr. Leichardt. We had provisions on board
the Pioneer to be landed at Booby Island and at Port
Essington.j.l heard in Sydney that there were tents
seen at Port Essington about four years ago, and that
the naives drove the people away. The people were
sent there by the Government of Sydney; they all came
back to Sydney."

FATAL ACCIDENT AT KING'S- CROSS.--011 Mon-
day afternoon, as some masons in the employ of Messrs. Jay,
the contractors for building the terminus of the Great
Northern Railway, at King's-cross, were raising a piece of
stone to the top of the building, some of the tackle gave way,
and three men fell to the ground, and the stone, weighing
nearly half a ton, fell on a man of the (name of Lucas,
breaking both his legs, and causing such other injuries that
he died in a few hours, leaving a wife and seven children.
The other two men eseaped with a few bruises.

THE INHABITED HOUSE DUTY.--The first half-
year's duty on inhabited houses is now due, and will be
shortly collected under the following schedule, forming a
part of the assessed taxes:—" For every inhabited dwelling-
house which with the household and other offices, yards, and
gardens therewith occupied and charged is or shall be worth
the rent of 201. or upwards by the year, where any such
dwelling-house shall be occupied by any person in trade who
shall expose to sale and sell any goods, wares, or merchan-
t dise in any shop or warehouse being part of the same
dwelling-house, and in the front or on the ground or base-
ment story thereof, and also where any such dwelling-house
shall be occupied by any person who shall be duly licensed
by the laws in force to sell therein by retail beer, ale, wine,
or other liquors, altheugh the room or rooms thereof in
which any such liquors shall be exposed to sale, sold, drunk,
or consumed, shall not be such shop or warehouse as afore-
said, and also where any such dwelling-house shall be a
farm-house occupied by a tenant or farm servant, and bond
fide used for the purpose of husbandry only, there shall be
charged for every 20s. of such annual value of any such
dwelling-house the sum of 6d., and where any such dwelling-
house shall not be occupied and used for any such purpose
and in manner aforesaid, there shall be charged for every
such annual value thereof the sum of 9d."

CORONER'S INQUEST.—SUICIDE BY ONE OF MESSRS.
CLOWES'S Pumnits.—Yesterday forenoon Mr. William
Carter, the Surrey coroner, held an inquest at the
Dover
Castle, Commercial-road, Lambeth, on the body of Frederick
Franklin, aged 55, pressman, at Messrs. Clowes and Son's,
who committed suicide in the following manner :—The de-
ceased resided with his wife at No. 6, John-street, Cornwall-
road, and of late had mixed himself up with parties taking a
prominent stand in politics. This circumstance, added to
his having indulged rather freely in drink, no doubt affected
his mind. On Saturday morning last he got up about half-
past four o'clock and retired to the yard. He returned soon
afterwards, and went to bed again. He however left his
bed in a short time again, and soon afterwards a noise was
heard outside the bed-room door, and on his wife going to
ascertain the cause, she found her husband suspended to the
railings of the staircase by means of a piece of rope which he
had cut from one of the clothes lines when he went into the
yard. The poor woman raised an alarm, and with the aid
of three of the inmates, the man was cut down alive, and Dr.
Menzies was quickly sent for, who bled h.m, and applied
sundry other remedies. For some time there seemed every
probability of the unfortunate man's recovery ; he, however,
continued to sink, and expired at half-past nine, having
lingered five hours in pain. The jury, taking all things into
consideration, returned a verdict that the " deceased de-
stroyed his life whilst in a state of unsound mind."
THE HIGH SHERIFF OF NORTHUMBERLAND.—
Sir Horace St. Paul, Bart., High Sheriff of Northumberland,
has announce.' the offer of three prizes, of 100 guinea each,
for k.slayil Q 1 imperauce.--ZlTewoaette Courant.