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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FE BR UARY 7, 1860.

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CORONER'S INQUESTS.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE OF A YOUNG INDIAN
OFFlCER.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Wakley held
an inquiry into the death of Capt. Benjamin Thisle-
ton Ash, aged 28, at his private residence, No. 27,
Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's-park, whore he
committed self-destruction in the most extraordi-
nary manner, on Friday last. Lieut. Edward Ash
said deceased was his brother, and had recently re-
turned from India, where he was attached to the Bth
Light Native Infantry, and took an active pert in
suppressing the rebellion; He had not been well,
complaining of great pains in his head. He went
to Brighton on Wednesday, for the benefit of his
health, but only remained one night., as he was so
ill. On Thursday night was with him very late ;
ho was unwell, and witness did not leave him until
two o'clock in the morning. During the early part
of Friday morning a cup of tea was sent to deceased,
but finding his door fastened, and there being no
answer, it was thought he had gone to sleep, and it
was determined not to awake him. Witness knocked
at the door at about one o'clock, and receiving no
reply became alarmed, and the room having been
forcibly entered deceased was found lying on the
floor in a pool of blood ; he was quite dead, and
there was a large wound in his left arm, and a razor
lying near him. Mr. Henry Guy, M.R.C.S., said
he was called in on Friday, about half-past one
o'clock, and found deceased lying on the floor on his
back, deluged in blood. The wound was right
across the left arm, dividing all the arteries and
vems,is sa, was rerre.t
gash. There was a slight wound across the wrist
of the same arm. On the chest of drawers, whore he
had evidently been standing, there was his banker's
book, a blank cheque signed, and some writen
directions as to how his money was to ho got from
the Agra bank. There were no signs of a struggle ;
the bedclothes were turned down as if he had sud-
denly got out of bed. The body was cold. He
believed that death had taken place from loss of
blood from the wound in the left arm. Had
known deceased from a boy. lie was considered
one of the most fortunate men in the army. He
had distinguished himself very much in the Indian
campaign. Was just gazetted to the captaincy
of his company, and, in addition, bad an appoint-
ment waiting for him in India worth £1,200 a
year. The Coroner having summed up, the jury
returned a verdict " That the deceased committed
self-destruction whilst in an unsound state of
mind."
FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE OF A CAPTAIN IN THE LON-
DoNDocKs.—Last night Mr. John Humphrey's,
the coroner, held an inquest at the Wellington
Tavern, Cannon•street, St. George's-in-the-East, on
view of the body of John Allison Booth, aged 40
years, who committed self-destruction under the
following circumstances. It appeared from the evi-
dence that the deceased was the captain of the
barque Alma, of Sunderland, at present lying in
the west qnay of the London Docks. The deceased
had been on a voyage to India, which had turned
out a failure. This fact seemed to prey upon his
mind, and he had complained of severe pains in the
head. On Friday morning last one of the ship-
keepers went into the cabin, and discovered the de-
ceased lying between two boxes. There was an ex-
tensive wound in the front of the deceased's neck,
and blood had spirted about the floor. There was
a razor-strop and a stone upon which some instru-
ment had been sharpened. Search was made, and
after an hour a razor was found lying under his
head. Dr. English was called, and promptly at-
tended, but life was quite extinct. Mr. Peter An-
derson, an officer of the customs, said that he had
known the deceased for several years. Deceased
hallwife. Thesuffered great pain in the head, would pace his
bedroom atd
e night.,deceased
s ed and
had a
speak
la
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ec incoherently y
andto hishe
seemed devotedly attached to them and his wife.
He had lately said to his wife, " What will become
of you if Igoto a lunatic asylum P" Deceased had
also been heard to exclaim, "I shall die," Mr.
Robert Ord, the broker to the owner of the ship,
stated that the vessel had made a voyage which
was unprofitable. The deceased was very sensitive
easily excited. Ile had recently received a com-
munication from the owners relative to the ac-
counts of the ship ; but as they passed through a
course of three years, they had not been rendered.
The deceased said to witness a few days before he
died, " Come and see me on Saturday, if I am not
dead." Witness remonstrated with deceased, when
he added, " I think I shall cut my throat." The
deceased was of opinion that the owners of the ship
had some mistrust of his conduct in the voyage, but
witness was certain that when the accounts were
fully gone through there would be a large balance
due to the deceased. The jury returned a verdict
of " Temporary insanity."
FATAL FALL DOWN A SHIP'S HOLD.—On Satur-
day Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner held an in-
quiry at the George and Dragon public house,
High-street, Shadwell, as to the death of Alexander
Winhart, aged 58 years. The deceased was ship.
keeper of a vessel called the Cumberland, lying in
the Shadwell-basin of the London Docks, and on
Thursday last he was crossing the deck, when he
fell head foremost down the hold. He was raised
up, and seen by Mr. J. B. Ross, the surgeon, but
life was extinct, from fracture of the skull and
lacerations of the brain. The jury returned a ver-
dict of " Accidental death."
THE MURDER AT WINCTIELSEC—The inquest in
this case concluded on Saturday with a verdict of
" Wilful murder against some person or persons
unknown." The deceased, whose body was found
by the seashore at the east side of Rye Harbour,
was identified as a man named W. Sands, a native
of Coxheath, near Maidstone, Kent. He was about
40 years of age, and when found had been in the
water apparently but a few hours. On his head
were no less than six deep incision*, and also an-
other over the right eye, evidently inflicted with
some sharp instrument, and leaving no doubt that a
brutal murder had been perpetrated, the murderers
afterwards throwing the body of their victim into
the sea. Tho medical testimony clearly proved that
the deceased met a violent death, and the jury re-
turned the verdict stated above.

Letters from Caracas state that Venezuela con-
tinues to be afflicted with civil strife. Trade was in con-
sequence very dull. The Government had found it expe-
dient to send off the political prisoners to 14 aracaibo, to be
kept in confinement there.
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211 E NAY I'.

The King of Sweden and Norway has awarded a
medal to Commander Montagu O'Reilly, R.N., in
acknowledgment of his services in heaving off the
rocks, last. October, in Gibraltar Bay, the Swedish
corvette Ornen (Eagle), and the Admiralty have
sent out this decoration to the Commander-in-Chief
in the Mediterranean for presentation. _ _

The paddle-wheel steam sloop Vesuvius, 6, flag
of Commodore Charles Wise, from the West Coast
of Afrien, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday.
She left Ascension Dec. 27, crossed the line Jan. 1,
and reached Fayal Jan. 26. At Ascension were the
screw steam ship Arrogant, 47, also the paddle-
steam sloop Centaur, 6, and the gunboat Cockchafer,
for China. The Vesuvius spoke Feb. 2, lat. 46.20
N., long. 12.12 W., the ship Albion, outward
bound. The Coast was healthy.
• The screw frigate Undaunted, 51, being built at
Chatham, has had an additional number of hands
placed on her, in order that she may be completed
and ready to be launched during the present year.
The Brilliant, 20, Capt. Gardner, commissioned at
Chatham for the service of the Naval Coast Volun
teers, has a large number of shipwrights, carpen-
ters. plumbers, painters, and labourers employed
on her.
The paddlewheel steam vessel Prometheus, 5,
Commander Hollinswortb, left Plymouth Sound on
Sunday for the West Coast of Africa.
The gunboat Hind, tender to the Russell, 60,
sailed for Plymouth on Sunday, with stores from
the Devonport dockyard and the gun wharf.
Tire paddlewheel steam vessel Pigmy, 3, William
Johnston, master, fro G Portsmouth, with supernu-
meraries, arrived on Sunday at Plymouth and went
immediately up Hamoaze.
Steam was got up on Saturday on board the
paddlewheel steam vessel Otter, 3, alongside the
jetty in Keyhant basin, Plymouth.
The troopship Naha Ranee, with discharged sol-
diers from the East Indies, left Plymouth Sound,
on Sunday morning, for the eastward.
The Ariadne, 26, screw, Capt. Vansittart, got
under weigh yesterday morning, from Spithead, to
resume her experimental screw trials at the mea-
sured mile in Stokes Bay, but owing to the force of
the wind the trial was again deferred until a more
favourable opportunity.
The water was admitted yesterday into the old
ship basin at Portsmouth, and three out of the four
vessels in the docks connected with the basin were
undocked, viz.:—Nelson, 91, screw (converted)
Stromboli, 6, and Bulldog, 6, both paddle steamers.
The Prince Regent, 90, and the Vigilant, 6, screw,
will both be admitted into the basin to-day at high
water, and placed in dock; the former for conver-
sion to a screw, and the latter for some slight re-
pairs, &c. The Nelson and Bulldog remove round
to-day from the ship to the steam basin. The
Princess Royal, 90, screw, has been removed from
the steam basin and berthed alongside the sheer
jetty. She goes into dock to-morrow. The Medea,
6, paddle, will be undocked to-day.
The Flying Fish, 6, screw, Com. C. W. Hope,
having taken out powder and shell at Spithead,
yesterday, steamed into Portsmouth harbour, and
berthed alongside the Bellerophon hulk.
The Bacchante, ;51, screw, in the steam basin at
Portsmouth, hrs been removed from the south to
the north quay, for the purpose of taking on board
her guns, shot, and other heavy weights.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. IL C. Lees, additional, to
the Chesapeake ; Lieut. 13. J. Cooper to the Tra-
falgar; Lieut. W. 11. Phipps to the Mersey; Lieut.
D. Walker to the Queen ; Lieut. I'. T. Phillips to
the Forte ; and Mr. L. Ching, midshipman, to the
Fawn.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING.
ALARMING STATE OF TORRMAKEADT. •
The brutal murder of Lord Piunket's plough-
man, in this district, has turned public attention to
the lawless state of affairs that prevails in it. The
People, both Roman Catholic and Protestant, carry
arms in the open day ; and since the burning of
the school-house of Tuam, the former will not
buy or sell with the latter. The Daily Express
'says :—" The horrifying murder at Tourmakeady
is only one, though certainly much the worst,
of a series of outrages, systematically planned
and daringly perpetrated in the district of
Partry during the last 15 months. This organised
conspiracy is directed against Protestants, and
chiefly against the tenants of Lord Plunkct, with
the avowed object of exterminating them. Unof-
fending men aad women have been constantly
attacked and severely beaten. The lives of wit-
nesses attending the sessions at Ballinrobe have
been endangered by furious mobs. One house was
burned, and an attempt was made to burn another
occupied by Protestants. Poor llarvison, the first
victim of the systematic persecution, whose object
is ' to banish the Protestants, was a native of
Monaghan. He settled in Tourmakeady seven or
eight years ago. He was a respectable, inoffensive
mart. He was not a convert from Romanism, and
he had no connection with the notices to quit served
on some of the tenants. The only causes that can
be assigned for this foul murder are, that the victim
was a Protestant, and that he was a witness in a
case where the relatives of sonic influential parties
were convicted for poaching on Lord Plunket's
estate. The Government should not he ignorant of
the fact that for miles round Tourmakeady the

Roman Catholic inhabitants carry arms in the open
day, and shots are being continually fired at night.
In consequence of the terror thus produced, in-
creased tenfold by this murder, the few isolated
Protestants are armed also in self-defence, and do
not venture to retire to rest without barricading
their doors. Is it not time; then, for the Govern-
ment to protect these peaceable subjects of the
Queen ? If something effectual be not speedily
done, more outrages of a similar kind will probably
be committed."
Another Dublin journal corroborates the state-
ments of the Express, and adds :
" Some years since Tipperary was the Aceldama
of Ireland. A vigorous execution of the law on the
part of the Government, and a determined resistance
on the part of the landlords, quelled Ribbon ism, and
its result—murder—in that county. But the evil
subdued in Tipperary has risen dominant in the
King's County and Mayo. In the former, drilled
bands of armed banditti attack the dwelling houses
of the gentry and respectable tenantry who are
Protestants. Since the burning of the school-house
of Tuam, the line of demarcation bct ween Pro.-
testants and Romanists has spread wider and wider.
No Romanist will buy or sell with a Protcstant—
Protestant children are assailed on their way to
school—Protestant ladies are insulted in the streets
with the coarsest, the most indecent, and insulting
langua,,e, and the poor peasant who ventures be-
yond the limits of his own field to fair or market
does so carrying his life in his own hand. For a
year or more the districts of P. r ry and Tourma-
keady have been the seat of chronic agitation. A
turbulent priest, the Abbe Lavtlle, whose present
conduct is only in conformity with his antecedents;,,
has infused new vigour into the anti-Protestant
crusade." Nor is he without other aid. A local
journal, the Connaught Patriot, fans the flame of
discontent—out-nations the Nation in its abuse of
everything Protestant, and babbh s away its treason
to willing ears. As the result, the whole country
is in agitation, and all who have anything to
lose are in .alarm. The priests openly pro-
claim the banishment of all Protestants froth
the district, and prophesy that before winter
is ended many of them will " make clay" in the
churchyard. Is it any wonder that an excitable
and grossly ignorant rabble should interpret their
words as an encouragement to crime, and believe
:hat they cannot be punished for a little over-zeal
in the cause of their Church ?
CAPTAIN BALFE, J P., AND THE GOVERNMENT.
Mr. de Moleyns, Q.C., has sent in his report in
this case to the authorities. After the usual pre-
liminary observations, the report proceeds as fol-
lows :_ “.1 tie evmenpo filch, with conger* of the
parties, was duly taken upon oath, I have the hon-
our to transmit herewith. It will be remarked
that the evidence was conflicting as to some of the
circumstances from which the connection of Mr.
Balfe with the attempted personation was sought
be inferred ; but Mr. Balfe having denied upon oath
any participation in the attempt or knowledge of
the intent to personate—a denial confirmed by the
testimony of Giblin and by that of disinterested
witnesses—l am of opinion that the charge against
Mr. Balfe has not been sustained. Though I have,
satisfactorily to myself, arrived at this conclusion,
I think it right to add that the circumstances proved
before me were such as in my opinion to justify Mr.
O'Donell and Mr. 'renison in originally demanding
an inquiry, and in subsequently pressing for it,
notwithstanding the explanation of Mr. Balfe in
his letter to the Lord Chancellor of the 13th Dec.,
18.59, proved before me, in which some important
statements referring to the immediate transaction
were contradicted by the evidence. The state-
ments to which I allude are marked in italics, and
the evidence disproving them I have noted in the
margin. • "T. DE MOLEYNS."

THREAT TO MURDER.

A journeyman joiner, named Thomas Champion,
was charged at Sheffield on Saturday with threa-
tening to blow out the brains of his own wife, and
of Mr. Fewsdale, builder. In December, 1S;58,
Champion was tried at, the assizes at York for at-
tempted murder under these circumstances. He
had been employed by Mr. Fewsdale as foreman,
but owing to alleged tyrannical conduct on his part
Mr. Fewsdale's men struck work, and refused to
resume it. under the control of Champion as fore-
man. Being engaged in the erection of a residence
at Sheffield tor the Duke of Norfolk, and the work
being urgent, Mr. Fewsdale reluctantly submitted
to the demand of the men, and reduced Champion
to the position of an ordinary journeyman. The
men then refused to work with Champion in any
capacity, and Mr. Fewsdale was under the necessity
of discharging him altogether. Exasperated by
the proceedings of the men Champion procured a
four-barrelled revolver, loaded with ball, went to
Mr. Fewsdale's workshops in the Wicker with it,
shot in the head a man named Grayson, and at-
tempted to shoot a second man, but was seized and
disarmed. The bullet lodged in Grayson's head,
and, after lingering for a long time in a very pre-
carious state, the poor fellow, contrary to all ex-
pectation, recovered so far as to be able to go about.
Of this offence Champion was found guilty, and
sentenced to be imprisoned for 12 months, the
plea set up in his behalf being that he was
maddened by the injustice of his fellow-workmen
when he committed the crime. Mr. Fews-
dale sympathised with Champion, and ren-
dered him great assistance on his trial. Ilis wife
having been under the necessity of selling all the
furniture, &c., Fewsdale procured her a situation
at the house of his son-in-law, Mr. Craven, during
the incarceration of her husband. Champion's
term of imprisonment expired on the 16th of De-
cember last, and on his return he called on Mr.
Fewsdale to thank him for his kindness, and
applied to him for work. Mr. Fewsdale declined
to employ him again, telling him he had better go
to a distant town. He made several subsequent
applications for work, which, however, Mr. Fews-
dale refused. Owing to a domestic occurrence
Mrs. Champion was unable to leave Mrs. Craven
inunkldiately on the return of her husband, but
atran genients were made for setting her at liberty
in a, month. During the month Champion became
very violent, and threatened that if she did not
leave her situation at once and go to live with
him he would shoot her. She became so alarmed
that she., dared not go to him, and on the 24th
January' 1:e said to Mrs. Keyworth, his wife's
sister. 6, yon chap Fewsdale, that is keeping
her away; I will blow his brains out, and her's
too." Mrs. Keyworth said Mr. Fewsdale had been
his best friend: Champion replied, " He's been my
biggest enemy ; that job in the Wicker was bad
enough, but the next will be 50 times worse."
Mrs. Keyworth was so alarmed that she gave in-
formation to Mr. Fewsdale, who, meeting Cham-
pion at the house of one of his workmen, named
Womack, on the 30th of January, said to him,
"I understand ;mu have got work." Champion
replied in an excited manner, " You won't give me
any." Mr. Fe wsdale then said, " What
do you mean by the threats you ate
indulging in ; if ycu hare got anything on your
mind speak out like a mn.n ?" Champion rejoined,
" The Wicker job was bad enough, but it will be
ten times worse nent time if I'm hung for it next
day." A man named Corner deposed of having
heard a further threat by Champion, to the effect
that if his wife did not live with him, he would
make Mr. Fewsdale as" he would not reign long
in the Wicker," and his (Champion's) wife 6o that