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SECOND EDITION, Revised, in 2 vols., 215., bound,
REVELATIONSof PRISON LIFE;
with an Inquiry into Prison Diicipline and t=econdary Pun-
ishments.

By GEORGE LAVAL CIIRM`ERTON,
Twenty-live Years Governor of the House of Correction at Cold

Bath-fields,

" The very Interesting work j ust published by Captain Chesterton.
—Quarterly Review.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

THE EQUINOCTIA,, GALES.

A STEAMER LOST IN THE CHANNEL, AND
NUMEROUS VESSELS DRIVEN ASHORE.
• At the height of the storm on Sunday morning a fine
screw steamer, called the Ida, outward bound, wae cast
ashore to the eastward of Dungeness. The lives of the
passengers and crew were placed in imminent peril--one
' of the hands meeting with a watery grave. The I la,
which was upwards of 600 tons burden, was bound for
the west coast of Africa. She left the river on Friday,
with a miscellaneous cargo and 14 passengers, under the
charge of Mr. Cooper, a sea pilot, who was to go with
her to the Isle of Wight. She drove from her anchers
to within a short distance of the shore, where she
again held on for the greater part of Saturday night.
On the following morning, however, the heavy rolling
seas forced her upon the coast at Dymchurch, upon
what is called the Wall, where she bscaine a wreck.
0 wing to the surf; all access to the ship was impracti-
cable. Happily a communication was made to the
wreck by a life line, by which means the whole of the
passengers and crew were hauled ashore in safety with
the exception of the boatswain. Her loss, with cargo,
will amoent to several thousand pounds. They were
b stb insured.
Within a short distance of the spot where the Ida was
wrecked, and about four miles to the westward of,lty,e
harbour, a coasting vessel belonging to Sunderland,
named the John and Mary, Mr. Johnson, master, from
Caen, bound for London, was driven ashore at 11 o'clock
on Sunday morning, and soon became a wreck ; the
master and crew succeeded in saving themselves, but the
master's wife and four children perished. About the
same time on Sunday morning a wreck was seen off
Shoreham, running from the westward, with a flag of
distress flying in the rigging. The gale was then blow-
ing W.S.W., with ince-sant rain. ,The lifeboat was got
out, manned by pilot and hovellers, and with the as-
sistaace of a tug, they succeeded in saving the ship. She
proved to be the Elizabeth, Captain Normandale from
Cardiff for Londoh. She was in a most 4eplore-t>le-con.
'ditinh, might tTie crew having 'died at the pumps. She
was eventuallSs brooght into the harbour with five or six
feet of water in her hold.
Another wreck took place on Sunday morning, near
Dymchurch. It was that of the French brigantine
Henri, Captain Baubille, of Nantes, bound from the
north. At daylight she was descried by the Coast-
guardsmen ashore near the Graud Tower at Dynichurch,
with the helpless crew lashed te the rigging and the sea
beating over them. The Co: at ;hard immediately ob-
tained all necessary assistance, and by the aid of life
lines from the shore managed to rescue the whole of the
ship's company with the exception of one man, who was
swept overboard and drowned. The vessel lies a wreck.
A large fleet of vessels were in the vicinity of the
Downs, when they were overtaken by the gale, and
were compelled to put back; many running into Rams-
gate, Dover, &c., for shelter. Several large ships
brought up and laboured heavily. Nearly 20 went into
Ramsgate with loss of chain and cable, and having sus-
tained other damage by coming in collision.
Lower down Channel the gale appears to have been
very destruutive in its consequences. The Sarah, be-
longing to Plymouth, bound to Newport from South-
ampton, was, during the height of the gale on Sunday
morning, driven from her anchorage on to the Milkmaid
Bank, a dangerous shoal at the entrance of the harbour.
When seen from' the shore the sea was sweeping over
her with prodigious force. The crew were in the tops
crying for help. As soon as their perilous position was
observed, two pilots, named Thomas Hart and John
Kina, volunteered to go to their rescue. They went off
in the Contractor steamer, and, on getting to the wind-
ward, a boat was lowered. They were partly sheltered
by the steamer, and this enabled them to reach the poor
fellows, who were all safely taken off. The ship soon
afterwards broke up.
At Swansea and its neighbourhing coast Lloyd's agent
writes to say that it blew a hurricane the whole of
Saturday night and 'Sunday, wind E.S.E. The havoc
among the coasting vessels was of the most serious ex-
tent ; 14 vessels are reported to have been driven
ashore during the night, and several of them afterwards
sunk. Among them was the Pioneer, of Exeter ;
Amity, of Bristol ; Emmett,. of Aberyetaith ; Happy
Couple, of Newport ; Monkey, of Drogheda ; and the
Tidy, of Cardigan—crews saved. At Cardiff several
vessels drove in Penarth Roads and sustained consider-
able damage.
The gale appears to have been equally severe along the
east coast. The barque Coromandel, Captain Anderson,
bound to London with timber from the White Sea, was
totally lost on the Ridge Sands off Yarmouth.
The iron paddlewheel steam vessel Fire Queen, Mas-
ter Comrnauding F. H. Paul, which arrived at Plymouth
on Sunday morning, reports the total loss of the mer-
chant schooner Sarah, of Plymouth, wrecked in Stud-
land Bay, Poole ; the crew were six hours in the rigging
and were saved by a small steamer out of Poole.
Accounts from other parts of the coast enumerate
more disasters, and it is computed that upwards'of 50
vessels have been east ashore during the recent beieter-
ous weather, the larger portion of which must inevitably
be lost.

BRIGHTON, SEPT. 29.
The weather during the past week has been moat bois-
terous, and its effects have been sensibly felt along the
southern coast, and particularly so off this town on
Saturday and Sunday. On the former day the tide ran
exceedingly high, and there was a very heavy sea on,
equalling in severity the recent gales, though, fortunately,
❑ot attended with such fatal results. On Sunday, as the
tide approached its height, the sea raged and foamed
violently, but with leas intensity than on the preceding
day. Its effects, however, were more seriously felt,
doing damage to the extent of several hundred pounds
to a jetty or outfall opposite the Albion Hotel, which
has within the last year or two been extended some 200 1
or 250 feet into the eea. The violence of the waves tore
up the piles and planking out of the chalk in which they
were imbedded, and large portions of the shattered work,
floated westward, were deposited on the beach. The
Chain-pier, we believe, fortunately escaped damage.
At Hestia; the gale wis als• seve7ely felt.
SHIELDS, SUNDAY NIGHT. -
A veryheavy gale from the eastward has prevailed upon
the north-east coast during the past 48 hours, blowing
with great violence last night, and a very fearful sea is
rolling on the coast. At tide-!itne this afternoon the
mouth of the Tyne presented an animated and exciting
spectacle, vessels light and laden dashing through the
foaming waters upon the bar for the ,port ; fortunately,
with the exception of a few that have lost their bulwark,,
to the time of clo•ing this de ;patch they have all got in
in safety. The sea has done a good deal of injury to the
pier works on the north aide of the river, and the Tyne
is much flooded, the heavy rains baying sent down the
" freshets" from the west. Several vessels broke adrift
last ebb, but no serious amount of injury has arisen. A
large iron screw steamer, the Sylph, should have sailed
for St. Petersburg yesterday, with a valuable cargo.
She has fortunately been detained in port, for, as she is
deeply laden, she would have been in a perilous position
in the North Sea in such weather as was experienced
last night. Less rain has fallen this evening, and the
weather looks better.

GLASGOW, SEPT. 29.
Since the gale of last February, which swept over the
country, and wrought such direful havoc amongst chim-
ney stacks, buildings, plantations, and the shipping, we
have not been visited with such severe or stormy wea-
ther as during the last two days. Saturday was a very
wet and disagreeable day. About six o'clock in the
evening the wind began to whistle and moan in a man-
ner betokening grater violence as the night would ad-
vance. Towards 12 o'clock it blew a perfect gale, which
continued without intermission till the Sabbath morn•
ing was far advanced, when it gradually became more
calm and settled. During midnight, while the storm
raged, a few chimney cans were swept from the
and in the more elevated parts of the city several new
buildings were more or less injured, wooden pailings were
torn up, and outhouse doors wrenched from their hinges,
and hurled over garden walls. 4, portion of the gable of
a fine house in tne course of erection at Buckingham-
terrace, Hillhead, on the Great Western-road, was blowndown ;in Scott-street, Garuett-sill, about 40 feet of
wooden palling were torn out of the ground and
thrown across the street, and a portion of a house
chimney, some of the stones of which weighed nearly
a cwt., was overturned. An old brick building in
Cadogan-street, belonging to Mr. Tennant, St. Rollos,
and which was used as a marble-work, was also levelled.
In the channel, the storm raged with great violence, and
must have done considerable damage to the shipping.
The steamers from Belfast and Liverpool had not reached
the Broomielaw up to near midnight last evening, but, as
the weather would in all likelihood be as coarse at those
places as it was here, these vessels would probably delay
sailing till the weather became more settled. It will be
observed from our Greenock intelligence that the storm
in that quarter was unusually severe, and that a number
of vessels were blown ashore and seriously damaged. We
have no intelligence from the country ; but, as a large
quantity of grain was cut and in stooks, there can be no
doubt that considerable damage must have been done.
No loss of life has as yet been reported.---Wortlt British
Daily Mail.

DUBLIN, SHPT. 29.
We do not remember an autumn season during the
past 20 years wherein mildness of temperature, and even
heat like that of summer, have been so suddenly cue-
ceeded by cold, wet, and tempestuous weather as during
the present month. The storm so long brewin7 seemed
to burst forth in all its violence on Friday night, when a
tempest of wind and rain—unequalled for many years in
our.mennory—visited, as we ler,taud,
the caqern
coast of Ireland. The gale on Friday uniht did not
reach its full intensity fur some hours—at least in Dub-
lin. At or about the hour of one o'clock on Saturday
morning the storm reached its fullest fury and intensity.
The wind could scarcely be said to come from any dis-
tinct quarter, but rushed in fearful gusts, howling and
raging through the empty streets as it seemed from every
point of the compass. The rain came down in tinbroken
sheets of water, and to add to the horror of the night,
several flashes of lightning broke forth, giving a trio.
mentary and dismal illumination to the scene. At Car-
lisle-bridge the water might be seen pouring in a regular
flood from the centre towards Sackville.street, while
against the abutments of the bridge on the east side the
water of the river, lashed into foam, broke with great
violence.

On Saturday evening the City of ,Dublin Corapany'e

steamers Ballieasloe and Birmingham left the North
Wall for Liverpool, as did also the Duke of Cambridge
steamer and the Standard screw boat. The Ocean and
Hercules steamers sailed fir Holyhead. These vessels
must have encountered thefull weight of the storm, and
their fate has become a master of serious apprehension.
The Calypso screw steamer, belonging to the British
Steam Navigation 'Company, commanded by Captain
Crawell, arrived at 10 o'chck yesterday morning from
Bristol, being 24 hours lat,, and having experienced one
of the most arduous and chng(4ous passages which the
able captain of the ship remembers in his lifetime. Capt.
Crawell informed us that he lefe Bristol on Frid .y even-
ling at half-past 4 o'clock, and encountered in the Channel
a storm unequalled in violence in his experience. He had
to bear up for Alilford to repair some damages, and left
that port at 4 o'clock on Satoiday evening. While in
the Cnannel he fell in with theAchooner.Friendship, of
Plymeutb, which vessel was dieebled, with her mainmast
carried away. The Calypso bote down on the distressed
vessel and hailed her. Captain Crawell asked her com-
mander to come on board the Calypso with his crew.
He refused to do so ; but asked that the Calypso should
pass a hawser on board him, and take his vessel in tow.
After two hours' towing the hawsers parted, and, as it
was then coming on night and the gale increaSing, Capt.
Crawell was obliged, reluctantly, to forego . his humane
efforts, having in his care a fintthip, with 23 cabin and
30 steerage passengers, togethef with a valuable cargo.
Capt tin Crewell says that the *mon then. blew with a
violence defying all description/ He had enough to do
to preserve the eafety of his owe vessel,.and it is much
to he feared that the haple-s ere/ of the schooner have
suffered the penalty of their coninander's obstinacy.
Dublin river presented yeitterOlyeleveral' painful illus-
trations of the fury of the storm!the surface of the water
being covered with masses of,ageictiltural produce, hay,
and corn, and even the bodies+ of drowned animals;
also, large trees which had bee, torn up by the roots.
ir
Ile Usk, small paddle steamer, tiding between Dublin
Wexford, broke from her x4eringe;in the river. yes-
terday evening, and came broefiklie ietecontact with-a .
lave bark-the garnets err; ' 'The -eteainer iqbei veld '
-such injure by the eelision that 'she broached/to and
filled. The moil steamer which left here on -Friday for
Liverpool fell in with a bark laden with coals, bound'
fer St. John's, New Brunswick. The bark was in a die-
at led condition, and the mail succeeded in towing her
into Kinvtown harbour,. which presented yesterday a
novel appearance. Numerous vessels, evidently bound
for other places, were there moored for shelter.
On the east side of the pier a fine smack, the Robert
and Mary, bound from Whithaven to Drogheda, went
ashore and in a short time became a total wreck ; the
crew were saved by the exertions of the coastguard and
police. The ship Martin Luther came in in distress ;
she was boarded by Capt. Hutchinson, harbour master;
she is bound from Quebec to Liverpool, with timber.
The Greyhound schooner, bound from Lisbon to
Drogheda, with corkwood, ran for Kingstowirharbour,
but got ashore at the back of the coal wharf ; she was
towed off into the old harbour by the Liffey tug steamer.
The frigate Forth lies snug in harbour, with all her light
spars struck.
Along the northern coast we could learn that the dime
trous influence of the storm has been severely felt. Be-
tween Leytown and Bettystown a vessel lies ashore on
a sand reef. The sea was running so high during yes-
terday that it was impossible for a boat to live in the
surf breaking around the ill-fated craft. During the
brief intervals when the weather lifted, the crew, we are
told, could be seen clinging to the rigging. The mist
end spray, however were so thick that our reporters
could not make out distinctly the' size and build of the
stranded vessel. It was stated that the crew have been
24 hours in this fearfully precarious situation, expect-
ing momentarily to be overwhelmed by the sea, there
being no means of rescuing them unless the weather
moderates.

At 11 o'clock last night the gale had slightly abated,
but it still blew heavily in the Channel.—Dublin Free-
man.

IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PARKS.

In all the metropolitan parks great improvements
are being made. In Hyde-park the walks have been
re-laid, Rotten-row has been enlarged, the filthy outlet
from the Serpentine has been cleansed, and an outfall
made ready for letting off the waters of the lake when-
ever it may be desired to empty it. The unsightly para-
pets of the bridge which formerly contracted R)tton-row
and the adjacent walks have been wholly removed, and
the approach to Kensington-gar lens, near the Magazine,
has been made more available for carriages and foot pas-
sengers. The narrow footpath leading from the Serpen-
tine to the bridge has been more than doubled in width.
The unsightly barriers which prevented carriages from
setting down at the corners has been removed, and the
grand walkifrom the point on which the band plays on the
week days, has been cuntinned by the, north end of the
bridge, along the fine avenue, to Victoria-gate. In St.
James's-park the lake has been emptied, and the foul mud
is covered with quick lime and perfectly deodorised. The
bottom of this lake will he brought to a uniform level, suffi-
ciently shallow to prevent those fatal accidents which an-
nually occur in the skating season. In order to prevent
the inconvenience resulting from the ferry not being
now available, the Chief Commissioner has ordered a
causeway to be run across the bed of the lake, which will
be available for foot passengers, until such time as the
suspen,ion bridge is erected, and the lakes filled, when
the stuff of which the causeway is formed will be removed
and used in levelling the bottom of the lake. The bed
of this lake will, previous to the water being let in, be
covered with concrete, so that at any future time the
water may be let off through the main outfall which was
made last spring. The surface of the concrete may be
easily cleaned, and the lake will thus be always clear.
This work will be completed during the winter and the
early part of the spring, and the works in the Serpentine
will probably not be commenced until after the next
L mdon season.

In connection with St James's-park is the opening by
the German Chapel. Already the new footway is com-
pleted, and the carriage way for cabs from " Pall-Mall to
Pi►nlico" will be open in a few days, judging from the
present state of the works. It will be recollected that a
proposal was made to take down the German Chapel, so
that tie opening might be improved from Pall-mall. This
was objected to, and one member of the House of Com•
nuns described the proposition as almost horrible, and
declared the chapel to be a " gem of art." The opposition
was successful ; the chapel stands out as a complete ob-
struction to the thoroughfare ; and the propriety of its
removal is obvious to any person coming from the Park
to Pall•mall. In the Green•park handsome new entrances
have been made in front of Devonshire-house, Half-
moon-street, and Dawn•street, in lieu of the narrow
•rper,egs previously existing in those places. Gravel
walks are being laid down in lines denoted by the track
of the public as thoroughfares much used, and the site
of the filihy unwholesome reservoir adjoining Piccadilly,
and which was formerly the recep•acle of dead dogs and
cats, and not unfrequently wretched foundlings, and the
waters of which were drunk by the occupants of the
neighbouring houses, and at one time supplied the
palace, is now a green sward, the brightness of which
forms a strong contrast to the original appearance of the
ground ; while, in consequence of the destructicn of the
entrenchment, the eye is carried over the park, the
whole of the ground below forming part of the landscape.
While these improvements have progressed in " the
Royal parks," the other parks have not been neglected.
In Victoria Park a new plantation is being formed on
the east side, to shut off the cold wind which sweeps
over the park, which is found so disagreeable, and which
gives such a bleak appearance to the -enclosure. The
walks and roads are being improved, and handsome sub-
stantial iron railings are now erecting► in those parts
where they are required. The water of the hathir g lake
and the other lake has a greater flow from the increased
supply, and light wire fences are to be erected round the
ne a, plantations instead of the cumbrous and expensive
poets and rails which disfigured this much-valued resort
of the working classes of the east end of Landon. In the
Regent's Park the walks have also been improved. The
narrow entrance at Gloucester-gate, which admitted
of the passage of only one carriage at a time, has been
enlarged so as to adm►t of ingress and egress ; and hand-
souse iron gates, similar to those by Mariborough•house,
in Pall-mall, have been erected. The lodge has been
thrown back and rebuilt. But while the 'First Commis-
siontr of Works has done his part of the undertaking,
his constituents who form the Paving Board of St. Pan-
cras have not exhibited any signs of vitality. The very
narrow bridge over the canal still remains as before, a
greater and more ostensible nuisance than ever, now that
the opening to the park is completed, and no prepara-
tions appear to have been made by the representatives
of " loc id self-government" for completing the improve-
ment which the neighbourhood demanded—and which
the increasing traffic required. The bridge over the canal
should be widened at least 20 feet, and better access
should be afforded to Albany-street and the park. Near
Aveuue-road a new foot entrance has been made for the
accommodation of the inhabitants of the north-west side
of the park, and the passage near Kent-terrace has been
opened to the public.
In all these places of public resort the number of seats
has been generally increased. The inconvenient upright
bars which prevented the entrance of perambnlators,and
oecni_ioned a squeeze to persons of not extraordinary size,
at the various foot gates, have been removed, and the
hertrago, c'eanlinees and enjoyment of the Victoria and
Regent's Parks have been improved and increased I y
the prohibition, by the First Commissioner, of any pas
turage by cattle. Sheep only are admittrel in these
parks. It is expected that those who have the power
in Hyde-park will follow the example which has been set
in the other parks, and that the walks and grass of
Hyde-park may soon be as free from the nuisanees con-
sequent upon pa.sterage by cows as the other parks are.
It, as it is said, there are some subordinate officers who
claim a right of the " run of a cow," let them be settled
with. The day is gone by for such privileges of annoy-
ance to the public. such an outline of some of the im•
provemente in our metropolitan parks, which may rank
with any in Europe, the maintenance and preservation
of which are so highly prized by her Majesty's subjects.

PETERVINED •86ICIDE AT

BIRIIINOL,A

A suicide of a somewhat extraordinary character oc-
curred at the Hen and Chickens Hotel, Birmingham, on
Thursday last, the particulars of which were in some
measure explained at the inquests held on Friday and
Saturday evenings. It appeared that on Wednesday
last Mr. George Whitehead, of Beccles, Suffolk, a gen-
kleman who had slept at the hotel during the preceding
night, retired to his chamber about midday, and, net
being seen again up to Thursday morning, Mr. Smith,
the proprietor of the hotel, became somewhat apprehen-
sive, and knocked loudly at the door of his apartment.
Repeiving no response the room was forcibly entered,
and a ghastly sight presented itself. In a pool of blood
upon the floor Mr. Whitehead lay, face downwards, his
face covered with clotted blood, and in his right band a
pistol firmly grasped, with his forefinger resting upon
the trigger. It was evident the deceased had committed
self-destroction by discharging the contents of the pistol
into his mouth. He was quite dead. Some shots and
a quantity of ganpowder were lying about the room.
The body lay there until Friday 'night, when Dr. Birt
Davies, the. borough coroner, held an official investiga-
tion before a highly respectable jury respecting the death
of the deceased gentleman.
The first witness examined was Thomas Bartholomew,
waiter at the Hen and Chickens, and he deposed that
the deceased cane to the hotel on the preceding Tuesday
morning, about half-past nine :o'clock. He entered the
coffee-room and ordered breakfast, which witness served
him. with. After paying his bill he said to witness,
" Waiter, I feel vary much -.fatigued ; I've travelled a
long way, and, should liketo lie down for an hour or so."
Witness replied, "Very well, Sir, I'll get you a quiet
room." 'Shortly afterwards'the deceased was shown by
one of the chaubermaida; to a bedroom. Witness did
not fre.t3 the deceased again until Wednesday morning,
when he called for a glass of sherry in the coffee-room.
Tee decessd told hint,• as he was drinking the wine, that
be bad been to -Iriverpoolr.and -still felt very—Much
fa:igued. He then' had a sraind glass of sherry; and
immediately afervards Tose from-his seat and appeared
unwell. He then Proceeded into the yard, where he
vomited, and in about five minutes returned to the
coffee-:ot m, wt en, wi.ness asked him if he -was any
better. His reply was, "Vesta little ; but the fact is
my stomach is weak, and I% not had anything to eat
since those two eggs you gave me yesterday morning."
He a 'ded, "I've travelled a long disrance ; my house
is 200 miles distant, and I left in a hurry, without a
change." He said he thought he should have to go to
Liverpool again on the morrow, and should therefore
sleep at the hotel that night. Witness recommended him
to have a warm bath, but be said " No," and producing
a little fiat bottle front his pocket requested that it
might be filled with brandy-and-water, which he said
would make him sleep better. The deceased soon after-
wards repaired to his bedchamber, and witness saw him
no more until he was dead. From the deceased's man-
ner witness imagined that he had something on his
mind. He seemed very thoughtful, but not excited.
Mr. Francis Sthith, proprietor of the Hen and Chickens
Hotel, stated that on looking through his daybook on
Wednesday night, according to his usual custom, he dis-
covered that nothing had been hooked to the deceased
during that day. On making inquiries be learned that Mr.
Whitehead had gone to bed in the middle of the day. The
chamber occupied by the deceased was near witness's own
bedroom, and when he retired to rest, about half-past 12,
feeling somewhat uneasy at Mr. Whitehead's continued
absence, he listened fur a few minutes at his bedroom
door, but heard nothing of him. Next morning, about
11 o'clock, on going through the books, witness found
that the deceased had not breakfasted, and immediately
sent Bartholomew, the waiter, to his bedroom door.
He returned and said. the door was locked, and he
could snake no one hear him. Witness then went to
the door and knocked loudly, but there was no reply.
He then pladed a ladder against the.bedroorn window of
the deceased and looked into the apartment, when he saw
a pistol lying on a book upon the tab!'e. Witness then
directed the "boots" to enter the chamber through the
window and unlock the room door, He did so, and wit-
ness on entering the room beheld the deceased lying on
the floo-, face downwards, in'a pool of blood. His face
was too much covered with clotted blood for-any wound
to be observable. 'He was quite dead, cold, and stiff, and
his right hand Ailnly grasped a discharged pistol. On
searching,the pockets of the deceased a pocketbook and
various other articles werefound. In the book, which
container) fqr tho most part memoranda relating to Mr.'
Whitehead's business, the following entry was made :
" Mr. Smith, landlord,—Havelhe goodness -to forward
this melancholy intelligence to Mr. W. Wriht, book-
binder, Beccles Suffolk. He will break it to my dear
wife. I scarcely-know what I write." On the following
leaf was also written : _ _

" My ever dear Wife.—Ere you receive this melan-
choly intellige, cs I shall be no more. What must have
been your anxious hours since I left my. house I I know
that you have nothing to support yourself ; only you
have been too kind. God Almighty prilteat Lind inppott "-
you, and forgive my worst enemies. Your affectionate,
though wretched husband, George Whitehead."
Ann Adkins, a chambermaid, was the next witness.
She deposed that, according to the orders of the deceased,
she went to his bedroom doer to knock on Wednesday
aftern.on. S'ae found, however, that the deceased was
already up and dressed. He said he wanted to wash,
and witness gave him a towel. About a minute after
deceased rang his bell, and witness entered the room,
upon which he gave her some coppers, and said " Per-
haps I shan't see you again before I go." Witness went
again to the room about half-past 7 o'clock, and found
that the door was locked on the inside.

This was the whole of the evidence forthcoming on
Friday evening. A somewhat singular fact in connec-
tion with the lamentable affair is, that the report of the
pistol was not heard by any person in the hotel. It was
stated that three telegraphic communications and also a
letter had been sent to the friends of the deceased, but
no answer bad been received. Under these circum-
stances, and from the fact that a post mortem examina-
tion had not yet been made up to that time, the coroner
adjourned the inquest until Saturday night, and in the
meantime the body was removed from the hotel.
Oa Saturday night the inquest was accordingly re-
sume 1, when Mr. Norman, a gentleman from Beccles,
an acquaintance of the deceased, and who had accompa-
nied Mrs. Whitehead, upon hearing of her husband's
death, to Birmingham, was the first witness ca led. He
deposed that he had known tho deceased, who was, in
the building trade, for many years, and that he saw bim
last at Beccles on Monday morning. For the last six
months he had considered him extremely nervous, and
sometimes apparently as not knowing what he was
about. Three or f of his relatives had been confined
for insanity. He left Beccles without the knowledge of
his wife. Deceased was in partnership with his brother,
but a dissolution was to take place on the 6th of January
next. This circumstance witness thought might have
some influence upon his mind. He was not given to
drinking, but was a man of temperate habits.
It appeared that on the morning of the day the de-
cea•ed committed suicide he purchased a brace of pistols
from Mr. Bates, of Steelhouse•lane, and, according to
the evidence of that gentleman, he appeared to be in his
perfect senses.
The coroner having briefly summed up, the jury re-
turned a verdict of " Insanity."

SUICIDE OF A MONEY-TAKER OF THE II: 1N 'STEAM
BoATS.—Yesterday morning Mr. W. Carter held an hr
quest at Via Boileau Arms, Barnes, on James Hardwick,
a middle-aged man, who, on Thursday, was found dead
in the river, about 200 yards from Hammersmith-bridge.
The pockets of the deceased were searched, and in one
of thorn was a. piece of paper, in which WP9 wrapped a
ring, and on it was written the following :—" James
Hardwick, 175, Southwark-bridge-road, that will find
my friends and family.-25th Sept.—God bless you all
until I see you in heaven." The deceased had been mo-
ney-taker at Blackfriare-bridge, but sent instead to
Strand-on-the-Green, and was in consequence very de-
sponding, thinking he should ultimately be discharged,
although Mr. Binney, a gentleman connected with the
company, stated that, as the unfortunate man was ill, he
was removed, for the benefit of his health only, to the
latter Owe. Verdict of " Temporary Insanity."
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THE CORONATION AT MOSCOW.

- ( Prom the Tintcs' Special Cori.esponclent.)
MOSCOW, SEPT 19.
1 shall begin with my postscript. , To-day there
will be grand manoeuvres of the troops, weather
permitting, and, to judge from -the present aspect,
of the morning, weather will not permit, for it'ts
raining fast. Indeed wo have tempted the climate
too long, and now we are horrified:l)y hearing of
the probability of it turning to snow, as it has been
known to do occasionally in , the month of July.
The fetes are dragging their slow length alcing,but
it has been found necessary to alter the programMe
a little, and to hurry on the proceedings, so as to
get them all within the month. The Emperor and
Imperial family will proceed to the' holy city of
Kieff after the, coronation festivities have terthi-
stated, in order to perform his devotions,sin ac-
cordance with the custom. of the- Czars on euch
occasions —the coronation being a purely religiousand uusecular ceremony. The- most interesting
portions of the programme relate to the grand•bal
masque for the people at the Kremlin, at which
30,000 persons are expected to be present ; but
supper will only be provided for persons of the
few first classes. The dinner to the 200,000 people
in the plains outside Petrovsky Chateau will be the
next best sight; but it is said to be a scramble, after
11. Each person rushes at the table at a signal
given by the Emperor, and seizes what, he can get
and rushes off with it. The move of this fierce
onslaught is said to be this. Each peasant struggles
to get a picce of meat to take away with him. This
he religiously preserves till he gets home to his
family or friends, when he says, "I have dined
with the Czar to-day. Lo ! here is the meat the
Czar has given me ;" when they all fall to and eat
eritlasmuch...resarrince.and.apasstitass Tite-siesss.y..ol--4
floir from large 'fountains' to the extent oChalf-a-
pint a man. The stands which have been erected
t 3 view the feast are, very numerous,. arid, have
been got up with wonderful rapidity.
The ball given by M &Mercy on Monday night,
although lacking-nothing in the number anddignity
And rank of the, company, was, it is 'said.' interie,
in splendour to -the entertainments of a siniilai
kind given by the English Ambassador and the
Countess .Granville. The,roonss of the Graziani
Palace are better furnished, more rich, and at the
same time more comfoetable than those- of the
French EinbasSy, and, what is a good deal more to
the purpose on snch-occasions, the wine and the
suppers are better. Indeed Lord Granville has
done his best to make 'the Rus:ians familiar with
the contents of an excellent English cellar, and he
possesses another advantage in having Lady
Granville to preside ,at .his .entertainment. The
supply of dancing tidies is described as being
Very inadequate' to tlie deehand last night,' but the
French Ambassador is the gsyest and best host pos-
Sible, and did his utmost to atone fer the absence
sa,_ Madame do Mor-ny ;by ',lancing :incessantly.
It must be by no means inferred from this that the
French Ambassador's ball was not very splendid.
It is only fair to-state that the Embasey of England
has the advantagejn Moscow, just as in St. Peters
burg M. de Morny was able to give better and
more frequent dinners. than Lord Granville. -
As there is a very decided attempt made just
now by certain agents of the Russian press to dis
credit. our Embassy in common with anything
English, and to cover anything French with un-
measured eulogium,—oftentimes very well, but, as
is natural in all human affairs, not universally de-
served, it is as well' to let the truth be known on
this as on all other matters: The most frequent
taunt in the mouths of those writers is that the
Russiatis would very scam have disposed of the
English troops on all occasions had it riot been for
-the aid of the French and, although it seems un-
just and ungenerous in time of peace to rip up the
old wounds of war, it is not Englishmen who have
done so. It surely was not French aid that enabled
us to drive a numerous Russian force out of its
entrenchments at the Alma, to storm its reclOubts,
and to take the only -two pieces of cannon which
fell into the hands of the 'allies that day. It surely
was not French aid that enabled our heavy
cavalry_ on the 25th of, October to ride titraugh
the Russian horse three, times their, snumber, and
'to rout' them utterly ; it surely was not French
aid that enabled us to 'hold till the spring of
1845,, with onr feeble ,aud . exhausted army,
a line of trenches from left to right as extensive, as
those occupied by did more numerous and better
provided army of our allies ; to beat every sortie
from the city; to meet with wretched, shivering, ill-
clad, half-starved men the parties of picked volun-
teers from the city, " let out hot and drunk" (to
use the expression of one of our own officers)
against us, and to send them back twice as fast, if
not quite as many, as they came. It was not the
French who enabled 7,500 British soldiers to beat
back and to repulse for three' hours and three
quarters the attack of a Russian army of 40,000
men at Inkerman. All this is 6. matter of history.
What we owe to our allies we know, and need not
be told by any one. They know, too, what they
owe to us ; their troops transported, their flanks
protected, their food conveyed by our shipping,
and many other offices of friendship which the
generous nature of Frenchmen reciprocated and
will never forget. However, let us now pass on
to other matters, and leave this polemic for the
present.
The dinner given by the Marchands de Ville,
the bourgeoisie, &c., to the army, took place
,on,
Tuesday,
.and was remarkable for the enthusiasm of
the guests and the absence of the hosts.
The Salle d'Exerciso, which is intended for the
elrill aud exercise of troops during the severity of
winter, is an enormous hall, built in 1817, by
General Meyer Carbonnier. One of the boulevards
outside the Kremlin was covered with canvas,
and formed into a series. of long rooms, in which
2,500 soldiers-10 from each battalion—sat down
to an excellent dinner, provided by the same hosts.
All them length of the hall, small trees or plants,
such as laurel, myrtle, and pines, were ranged iu
bright green tubes ; bouquets and single flowers
in glasses were profusely use.' in the decoration of
the tables. The shafts of the stoves were covered
with trophies of arms. At the extremity of the
hall there was a raised dais beneath which the Em-
peror and the Generals feasted. Over this dais,
which was hung with red and cloth of gold, there
was a gigantic letter A and a numeral 2, with a
crown above worked in gold also. On the right
and left of the Emperor were two largo orchestras,
occupied by tho bands of the Chevalier Guard
and of the civilian amateurs and professional
players of Moscow. There were 32 tables at the
upper end of the hall and 40 at the lower end, the
space between the two being occupied at the sides
by the, orchestra. They were glittering with silver
plate, all finely polished, and there was a great
display cf salvers, epergnes, and centre pieces
laden with flowers, a rare and much valued orna-
mentation in Russia, so that they go to great ex-
pense and trouble in this unfavourable clime to get
them. The galleries were filled with ladies and
with civilians, but in the hall itself not a man
appeared, except the waiters and civil musicians,
who was not in full uniform. The whole of the
long ranges of tables glittered like a flower show.l
with gold and silver lace, greens and Prussian and
powder blues, white, scarlet, and buff, all mingled
together in endless variety, reflected from the
masses of plate, and mingling with the hues of the
planta or the rich horticultural display before and
behind them.
At 3.45 the Emperor, dressed as a General of
Division, and followed by a large staff, made his
appearance at the centre door. The company at
once stood up at attention, and the Czar, preceding
his suite by a dozen yards or so, walked slowly up
the immense avenue of soldiers to the seat prepared
for him. He bowed to the right and to the left as
he passed in return to the mute greetings of his
faithful servants. Not a sousd.wa.s uttered, for it
is contrary to etiquette to cheer unless on certain
occasions, when it is. coutrafy to etiquette not to
"cheer. His aides-de camp-general, generals; and
the officers attached to the Imperial house followed,
and took their places at the upper tables, where
most of the groat soldiers of the Empire who could
be spared or could come to the bang net were already
assembled. The bands played the National Anthem
and dinner was served on silver plate. After din-
ner the usual toasts were drunk with immense en-

thusiastn and cheering ; they of the
Character—to the Emperor, to the Empress, to,the
members of the Imperial faMily, to ontselves, and
then his Majesty retired, and. the ciunpany broke
up. At none of these dinners were any of the
merchants who provided them present.
The dinner to the 2,500 soldiers in the Kremlin
garden went off with equal order. Zti the evening
there- was a ball at Prince Gl-alitzio's, the grand
master of the ceremonies. The prince is one of Itic
old Muscovites, and the entertainment exhibited
some Curious conservative notions, in the shape of
old dresses and old dishes at supper. He obstinately
refused to succumb to the taste for moderninnova-
tions iu. the. fern-6,f chandeliers and lamps,- and On
finding iu the drawing-room '3, very tine French,
lustre, which had been purchased and furtively "
in-
troduced by his nephew, he ordered it to be taken

_ in his study, where
look very well ; •saying, at the sa
lights for his rooms had been thou;
by two Empresses and two Emper
to Moscow, and that therefore they
his present guests. This is the on dit. At first inv
tions were sent out for petite tenue, but in the course
of the dayitwas notified that the guests were te come
in full dress, which to military men signified that the
Emperor was coming, Full dre,s tmans to Russian
officers a plume in their •helmets and epauhyttea
instead.of shoulder straps in cases where epaulettes
are still worn, and the display of their medals,
ribands, crosses, and various decorations. The Czar,
although he likes keeping up the dignity and state.of
the Imperial office, is uotostentatious or extravagant
in his tastes, and rather affects the simplicity and

freedom of the late Emperor. He has been seen
driving about the streets in a one-horse drosky
without an escort or single attendant of any kind,
and the other day the Russian hall-porter at Lord.
Granville's was terribly alarmed at the apparition
of a quiet gentlemanly-looking officer in the hall,
who stepped out of a drosky at the door, and
simply asked, "Is the Ambassador at home ?" It
was the Emperor, who- had driven up to pay a
friendly visit en passant. His Mij,isty and the
rest of the Imperial family, the Princes and
Foreign Ambassadors and Attaches wore present
at Prince Galitzin's, and the ball was very splendid,
many of the officers being in excellent humour and
high spirits after their dinner. -
There was a ball on Wednesday night at Lord
Granville's, which was honoured by the presence
of the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Constan-
tine and Grand Duchess Marie.

The Grand Duke Constantine is rather below

the middle height, being about 5 feet 6 inches,
in height ; his figure is slight., but compact and
well built, his face is oval, his hair light,
moustache and whiskers small and fair, his eye,
notwithstanding the shortness of his sight, is keen
and very intelligent, and his mouth, jaw and
forehead indicate great firmness and decision of
character. He speaks English perfectly well,
and to the knowledge of that language he joins
of course the usual acquirements. of Russians of
rank, French, German, &.c. His air is not so
°mine as that of the Emperor ; he speaks with
tigiclitmss and energy, and is rapid-in his move-
'l6tkt'ol4 alk'FfeAler +al -a gayer and brisker look
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oriced at Cronstadt While ottr fleet waabefore t,
and he is now with the utmost determination and
perseverance creating for Russia a very formidable -
forea of steam gunboats, of which there are no less
than 75 in the Baltic, all bdilt within the last 20
anniths ; some of them are worked by the locomo-
r ye engines of the railway, fitted for that purpose;
ethers aro provided with engines made at the Go-
vernment factories, but these have given the Grand
Dale some trouble, as they are liable to aberrations
,ttel to execute mechanical maewuvres not designed
!)y their manufacturers. Sir Charles Napier, in
sire account of his extraordinary experiences of
Crunstadt, forgot one important fact—he talked
much of the difficulties, and insinuated the im-
possibilities of an attack on the place, and men-
tioned especially the impediments created by the
genius of Todtleben in the passage at the north
of the fortS, but Sir Charles did not tell his
countrymen what the Grand Duke is at no pains
to conceal—sthat the passage was quite practicable
when the allied fleet first came off Cronstadt,
snd that the impediments to the passage of large
ships werce not formed till the winter of the
st,cond year of the war. The Russians were per-
fectly aware that the northern side could be forced,
and that it was quite possible for a determined
enemy to run past the forts, most of which are con-
striicted on acres of spheres, have their maximum
amount of fire directed in front, and have only part
of their guns available for an enemy passing their
right flank. They had ever such a casualty in view,
and the most desperate resolves were spoken of in
case the fleets forced the Neva and St. .Petersburg
was at their mercy. The opportunity was lost, and
the Grand Duke and Todtleben took care it never '
should occur again. The moment the allies retired
before the grip of winter thousands of men were
set to work, who sunk stones all along the northern
channel, or heaped piles of hundreds of tons of
blocks of granite on the ice, which went through
to the bottom as it melted and formed a line of ar-
tificial rocks across the pass'agb. 'On some of these
rocks batteries were erected, guns were placed to
cover the approach, and the place was indeed ren-
dered unassailable bylarge vessels. Why did not Sir
C. Napiar tell us when this was done ? Surely no-
thing of the kind took place till after his abortive de •
men Aratien in the su rumor of 1854. Bat now to re •
turn to the ball. M. do Morny and most of the
foreiga Ministers were present, and it would have
passed off charmingly but fora sudden outbreak of
bad pipes, which excited more wonder and curiosity
than admirstion. The Marquis of Stafford's piper,
who playa with great t tste and dign ty, was intro-
duced into the passage, and produced a prodigious
sensati(yn, but there were few indeed of tiie Russian
ladn e who were bold or enthusiastic enough to say
they liked it.

THURSDAY.

The day is threatening, the sky grey and cold.
lu Russia there still exist the practices of the
old chase, and all the mysteries of falconry are
studied and understood by the grand signors, who
keep up the traditions of their ancestors. The
chasse today I cannot attend, for the very suffi-
cient reason that a horse is not to be had, and that
walking is out of the question ; but I believe it will
only he the turning out of a bagged wolf, who will
be pnr.,ned, by dogs. The last time there was a
hunt of this kind the wolf, who was possibly of a
philosophic turn of mind, thought it better to be
eaten without making a fuss about it and running
himself to death, quietly walked a few yards to a
little hillock, and there sat down and surveyed the
hounds with all the calmness imaginable. To-day
foxes and wolves will be attacked by dog, bird,
and man, and it is to be hoped they will not follow
the exemplar of the departed last year, but that
they will afford great sport by running for and not
saving their lives.