The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1858.

THE LATE MR. HENRY TFA.RBURTON,

F.R.S.

The death of Mr. Warburton ox Thursday last in
Cadogan-place, in the 74th year of his age, is an-
other loss of an eminent and useful public man of
our times—of a class of older men which will be
soon chronicled as a bygone generation.
Mr. Warburton was the son of a merchant of the
city of London, and was formerly himself a Baltic
merchant, largely engaged in the timber trade. His
natural talent induced his parents to spare no cost
in the education of a promisino. son. Henry War-
burton was an Etonian. He left Eton late,
entering Trinity College, Cambridge. Excelling in
mathematics, as well as in classics, he became a
scholar and a wrangler. Nor was his education
and self-education limited to the ordinary acquire-
ments obtained by the general run of students in
our Universities. His love of excellence or desire
of distinction and intellectual superiority influenced
the future development of his character. After he
left Trinity he engaged in commercial parsuits.
He devoted all his leisure hours to the acquire-
ment of knowledge, and, never marrying, a more
intense lover of books, from his earliest to
his last years, has seldom existed. He was a Fellow
of the Royal Society, and a member of most
of the learned societies of the metropolis. He
was one of the earliest and principal aids of
Lord Brougham in the foundation of a London Uni-
versity, and he was a member of the Senate when
the first and second Colleges were incorporated.
Political economy was his special study, in what
was termed half a century since the school of Adam
Smith. His hereditary political creed was that of
a Liberal, a " Whig and something more," but till
middle life he took no part in politics. Of retiring
habits, and with a certain physical timidity, the '
City platform had no attraction for a man of
superior education and tastes. In fact, he entered
the House of Commons, in 1826, as one of the mem-
bers for Bridport, almost an unknown man. The
late James Mill, father of Mr. John Mill, was his
chief political instructor. With David Ricardo, C.
P. Thomson (Lord Sydenham), Mr. Hyde Villiers,
the elder deceased brother of Lord Clarendon, Mr.
Warburton usually acted when first in Parliament.
He immediately attached himself to the small mi-
nority voting in Mr. Hume's early divisions, Lord
Althorp and Sir Henry Parnell supporting the
same phalanx of Reformers. Mr. Warburton's
first Parliamentary essay. was the prosecution of
a reform of the Royal College of Surgeons. He
was persistent and persevering in his endeavours
to " open" the body of that corporation and to
reform its abuses. The following year, widen-
ing his object, he obtained a select committee on
the laws affecting anatomical studies in particu-
lar. Popular prejudice was much excited, and for
three years remedial legislation was obstructed.
But though failing in his Bill of 1828 to legalise
and regulate the supply of subjects for our schools
of anatomy—the bill passing the Commons, but
being rejected by the Lords—Mr. Warburton in
1831 eventually succeeded in passing a most useful
Act. He always said that Ultra-Radicals and the
ignorant and' pauper members were his real op-
ponents. The late Mr. Henry Hunt in particular
used to describe Mr. Warburton as a man monster.
In 1834 he also obtained a select committee to in-
quire into the various branches of the medical pro-
fession. His next legislative subject was an attack
on the game laws as they then existed. His pithy
and statistical speeches on this, as well as on all his
personal political questions in Parliament, always
gained " the ear of the House." In a remarkable
illustration at this period he once denounced the
old law :—" I have read," he said, " in Marina's
account of the Tonga islands, that there the rats
were preserved as game, and, though everybody
might eat rats, nobody was allowed to kill them
but somebody, descended from their gods or their
kings. This is the only country and the only case
I know of which furnishes anything like a parallel
to our game laws." But no man was a more deter-
mined sportsman ;he was an. excellent shot ;" few
men more ardent or successful in field sports, espe-
cially fishing..
On the Combination and Machinery Laws, Select
Committees, and legislation before the Reform agi-
tation Mr. Warburton was the active ally of Mr.
Joseph Hume and Francis Place. His constant
attendance in committees and his unwearying stay
in the House of Commons' sittings was remarkable.
In the " smallest minorities" of Hume Mr. War-
burton was usually seconder of the veteran Re-
former, or always one of the number dividing. A.
more indefatigable or practical member of a Legis-
lature never represented the interest of the public.
In 1831 and 1832, adhering to Lord Althorp, Mr.
Warburton exercised great personal influence. He
was justly respected in the Lower House as the
head of the class of advanced Reformers. In and
out of Parliament he advocated the creed, that
" something was better than nothing." He coun-
selled, throughout the exciting period of the Reform
agitation, a firm adhesion to the Whig Ministry
and measures of the late Earl Grey ; and, in the
memorable few days of May, 1832, he contributed
much to induce the more violent Radicals to accept
the Reform Bill with the discount exacted in its

passage through the two Houses of Parliament.
We well recollect, also, that he deprecated all oppo-
sition to the subsequent but accompanying Boun-
dary Bills, as matter of secondary moment com-
pared with the earliest possible Royal assent to the
more important general. Acts of the reform of our
representative system.
We need not chronicle his labours on the
beer bills, free trade, the modern plans, of
taking the divisions of the Commons, the Oaths
Acts, and other bygone legislation. Mr. War-
burton was an advocate of the Ballot, and on
Lord Melbourne's return to office he was spokesman
of a deputation of members of Parliament, who
stipulated with the Premier for the ballot being
" an open question," and for the concession of the
Penny Postage. It was Mr. Warburton's influence
chiefly with Ministers which placed Mr. Rowland
Hill at the head of the new post-office administra-
tion, by impressing on a new Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer that the public would never believe in the
bona fide working of the measure unless its author
had the first conduct of the change.
Mr. Warburton continued to represent Bridport
in seven successive Parliaments. His last return
was in 1841, when after a close and corrupt contest
he was at the head of the poll. But a petition being
presented against both the sitting members, he sur•
rendered his seat, accepting the Chiltern Hundreds.
An inquiry following in a select committee on "Cor-
rupt Comprofiiises" generall, Mr. Warburton, in a,
singular petition, prayed tote examined, revealing,
in his statement to the House, the gross costs and
corruptions of all his six successive returns for
Bridport ! This unprecedented course in a repre-
sentative occasioned much severe comment at
the time, and Conservatives chuckled at the
strange exhibition of a public man thus exposing
himself. But Mr. Warburton, notwithstanding
the remonstrances of friends, persisted in giving
evidence, by himself and his agents, of the
corruption of the freemen electors. Certainly
the cause of purity of election gained, if the Purist
lost credit. He, of course, never regained his old
seat. Years before Mr. Warburton had built, in
Bridport, a Mechanics' Institution, at a cost, we
believe, of £4,000.
After his political suicide at Bridport Mr. War-
burton remained out of Parliament from the spring
of 1841 till November, 1843. On the death of Mr.

George William Wood:, the member for Kendal, the
constituency of that borough in public meeting
selected )Ir. 'Warburton as the most fitting of a
dozen public men presented for their choice. We
believe he was unknown to a single elector. It was
further remarkable that in a prior written statement
of his political sentiments he informed them he
refused to support any extreme extension of suffrage,
or a departmental division of the kingdom into
electoral districts, avowing his unalterable convic-
tien that the town communities were the centre of
Liberalism, and objecting to a mathematical system
of representation founded exclusively on numbers
or property. Neverthless, and although his rival
candidates bid higher, Mr. Warburton was pre-
ferred. He represented Kendal till the dissolution
of July, 1847, when he was succeeded by Mr. Glyn,
the present member. Mr. Warburton voluntarily
retired from public life at that time, telling his
friends that he was advanced in years ; and that
all the great political questions of his generation
being
,concluded and successfully carried out, his
ambition was satiated, and that if he continued
longer in Parliament he should be " a fish out of
water."
In this record of an useful practical public man,
we do not mean to rate Mr. Warburton beyond his
true merits, much less to place him in the first class
of :political wranglers. He had no capacity for
the leadership of numbers. It has been written of
him that he could " argue" a question, but not de-
claim upon it. He possessed no popular talents, in
the ordinary sense, he had no imagination, no
powers of eloquence. His speeches were colloquial,
not oratorical. His manner was rather repulsive
than attractive, and he was too apt to be dogmati-
cal if not offensive in controversy. He had no po-
litical toleration, and he could not conceal-his con-

tempt of a weak opponent. Such severe minds,
however, are necessary ingredients in the political
crucible. On the poor-law discussions he was, as a
pure Malthusian, the severest of the severe. He
would have risked a revolt of human nature rather
than deal with a man as he is. He would have
immolated any number of victims at the shrine of
the public interest unmercifully. His argument,
for instance, on the national copyright question was
stated really to amount to this—that it was cheaper
to steal books than to buy them. It was sensibly
replied to him that, leaving the morality out of the
question, thieving was, in the main, a much dearer
process. Mr. Warburton was a member of the
Athenoeum, University, Brooks's, the Reform, and
Political Economy Clubs. Few men, till his later
years, " mixed more in society." n private life
his character and integrity were universally
respected, and even his political opponents often
advised with him on neutral and social questions.

SPORTING NOTES.

LEICESTER, AND MONMOUTH.

Journalists are evidently hard-up for " taking"
subjects at this dull period of the year, or they
would not have seized with so much avidity upon
the simple fact of Lord Derby's selling his racing
stud, and attempt, with much ingenuity, to turn
the circumstance into a political sitrnificance. The
Record used the supposed retirement of Lord Derby
from the turf as a peg on which to hang a homily
on horse racing and racing men, and o-day the
Times and the Daily News come out with
two leaders remarkable for nothing but their
shallowness. It is attempted to prove that the
sale of Lord Derby's horses at Doncaster was
merely a delusion and a snare, and the Times does
not hesitate to insinuate that the more valuable
horses were merely put up to draw buyers together,
in order that the worthless ones alone might be
dispoed of. It blames Lord Derby because he did
not allow animals to be sold at a rate far below their
marketable value. If the Times' argument holds
good, a baker who did not take fourpence for a six-
penny loaf would be liable to the charge of vending
articles which he did not intend to sell. Every
animal which was " put up" at Doncaster would
have been disposed of if a fair price could have been
obtained.

The doings at Doncaster have been so fully dis-
cussed that I have really very little to add to the
elaborate accounts of the meeting with which all the
papers have been filled. All persons are agreed that
a meeting of surpassing success was celebrated, and
that the importance which attached to the pro-
ceedings was almost unprecedented. To turn,
therefore, from a subject which by this time must
be dull and tedious, I will more profitably employ
the reader's time by directing his attention to the
sport which is appointed to come off during the
current week.

Mr. T. Marshall has worked well for Leicester, and
has prepared a programme which will be attractive
enough to draw together a large assemblage of sports-
men from the metropolis and the midland districts.
Six races will be decided each day, and if the fields
be small there will be no paucity of amusements.
Border Chief or Slyfellow ought to be quite capable
of winning the Belvoir Castle Stakes, and T. P. Cooke
should be enabled to gallop off with the Cup. His
most formidable antagonist will, perhaps, be Verona.
The Leicestershire Handicap seems to my thinking
likely to go to either Orchehill or Prince of Denmark.
Ardour and Newcastle may make an interesting
race of it for the Two-yr,old Stakes, but my liking
bears towards the son of Newminster. For the
Ladies' Plate I shall select Winkfield and Apollo.
The Welter Handicap has fourteen nominations,
the most attractive of which appear to be Bel Es-
peranza and Gourd. Could I calculate upon a start
I should be induced to stand Lizzie and Polly
Johnson for the Scurry Plate. For the Nursery,
Contract and Broadbrim are as mtich entitled to
notice as anything in the race.
The Monmouth Meeting will be too much out of
the way to attract the attention of the' Londoners,"
but it will afford two days' pleasant diversion to the
people of the locality. Chanionesse may win the
Monmouthshire Handicap, Loyalty the Ladies'
Plate, and Table Bay the County Members' Plate.
On Thursday I will refer to the Manchester list
•
and other matters.
A. FRESH. MAN.

THE DONCASTER MEETING AND THE

SETTLING.

Although the Grand Stand receipts fell some
£4OO below those of last year, yet a larger assem-
blage of company was never witnessed on Doncas-
ter Town Moor. 'The racing, too, was most abundant,
and the interest which it excited was sustained
from the first day to the last. Before referring to
the incide•ts which marked the sport, it will be
necessary to direct attention to certain details of
the management which were neglected by the
borough authorities, and to a clumsiness in carry-
ing out the arrangements, which was a source of
annoyance to the chief patrons of the meeting, and
which excited the disapprobation of the general
racing public. The Corporation very laudably
endeavoured to prevent the occurrence of those dis-
graceful scenes of riot for which Doncaster has of
late years become notorious, and which made the
proceedings on the racecourse approximate closely
to those of a bear garden or prize ring. But the
wrong means were adopted. People who pay for
admission to the Grand Stand demand perfect
equality, and a freedom to range over the building
or enclosure. They do not recognise the principle
of exclusion, and as long as they arc willing to pay
their money they do not see why one section of the
community should have the entree to a place which
to them is tabooed ground. The attempt, therefore,
to rail off the Private Stand from the enclosure was
a mistake, as it divided the " ring," and retarded
the business of speculation. Backers and layers
equally felt the grievance, and the authorities
exercised a wise discretion when on the second
day they removed the obnoxious barrier. Had they
not done so, it would have been taken down by
main force. If the managers of the racing meeting
wish to keep the enclosure select, they must adopt
a different plan in issuing tickets of admission to
the Stand ; for on Thursday and Friday, weekly
tickets which had cost a guinea were openly
hawked about the streets Tor a few shillings, and
thus got into the possession of " roughs," and other
disreputable characters. The allowing of a " tap"
for the sale of wines and spirits to be erected in
the weighing room was an egregious mistake, for
as it has been well observed, that apartment,
is the last place into which liquors should be intro-
duced. The room should always be kept free from
intruders ; but on this occasion it was to the great
obstruction of business filled with persons who had
no right there, and who used the place merely as a
drinking shop. While on this subject, the exorbi-
tant prices which were charged for refreshments at
the Grand Stand must not be unnoticed. Eighteen-
pence for soda and brandy, and one shilling for a
small plate of sandwiches, were demands to which
even racing men are unaccustomed. The corpora-
tion will do well to direct their attention to this
matter for the future, for a well-regulated refresh-
ment department is a most, essential element in the
successful issue of any meeting. The mode of issu-
ing trainers' and jockeys' tickets was also unsatis-
factory, and was productive of much grumbling and
annoyance. The Mayor of Doncaster, Mr. George
Hatfield, exerted himself to counteract any short-
comings which the management displayed, and was
ever solicitous to meet the requirements of the
public. He therefore will adopt expedients to re-
medy the evils of which we have complained. The
work of improvement which he commenced with so
much spirit will, we trust, be carried out during a
second year of his mayoralty. The saddling enclo-
sure must be extended, and it should be devoted
exclusively to trainers, owners of horses, jockeys,
and grooms. It should be railed off below the
weighing stand, in communication with which it
should have a gateway or passage, under the charge
of an efficient person.
Still, although there was much to find fault with
in the management, there was much to admire and
approve in the proceedings. The two-year-old races
were most interesting, although the absence of any
prominent Derby bandidate somewhat detracted
from their importance. The handicap events were
productive of brisk speculation, and certain sudden
changes in the Turf Market invested the St. Leger
with an interest which a few months back it did not
promise to attain. The programme originally con-
tained 33 items, and of these 30 were run off, the
aggregate number of starters commanded for the
different stakes being two hundred and sixty-
seven. The money added by the corporation, &c.,
amounted to upwards of two thousand guineas.
The result of one race so depended upon another
that the curiosity and interest of the spectators were
never allowed to flag. Thus the opening event—
The Fitzwilliam Stakes—exercised a material in-
fluence on the St. Leger betting. Knight of Kars
ran Saunterer to a head for it, and he IN as immedi-
ately afterwards brought with force into the St.
Leger betting, and his performance caused him to
be transferred to Lord Clifden for two thousand
pounds. His owner, it must be confessed, made a
profitable sale, for that sum only was given by
" Mr. S. Williams" for Lord Londesborough's entire
stud, in which the Knight of Kars was included.
Cavendish and Merrymam, two Derby colts of re-
pute, were cut down by Prelude for the Champagne
Stakes. The winner, the property of Sir Charles
Monck, is trained in private by Sir Charles's stud
groom. In this race were Gladiolus and Crafton,
two animals which have been mentioned with
favour in connection with next year's Derby, but
whose performances do not warrant the entertain-
ing of any.great expectations of their racing career.
The American stud, represented by Prioress, gained
a triumph. The mare won the principal handicap
of the week with the most ridiculous ease, albeit
she was scarcely trusted by her owner, whom, it is
said, she had three times disappointed in her trials.
Her success brought her into a prominent position
in the Cesarewitch betting. North Lincoln—a
reported roarer—won the Glasgow Stakes without
an'effort, and whilst it-rezestablished its reputation

Age st. lb
Commotion 4 8 12
Vandermeulin 5 8 8
Katharine Logie 5 8 7
El Hakim ....4 8 2
Master Bagot 4 8 0
Fadladeen. 3 7 8
Mr. Sykes. a 7 6
Special License 4 7 6
Polmoodie. 5 7 6
The Argosy. 3 7 6
Barbarity. 4 7 0
Minnie 4 6 12
Orianda ....4 6 8
Hebe.... 3 6. 7

The above weights were pi
Forfeits are to be declared'
day, Sept. 25, to Mr. Tophar

Age Et. lb
Princess Royal . ... 3 6 5
Sampson, 3 6 4
Julia 3 6 4
Botany . .3 6 2
Pyrrhus the Second. 4 6 0
Duchess of Suther-
-14 6 0
and
The Peeress• 3 6 0
Pactolrts 3 5 12
Martha. 3 5 12
Satinstone 3 5 10
Dumfries ... 3 5 5
Fearful....... 3 5 0
Medallion
Lblished Sept. 20, at 12 noon.
)3T 12 o'clock at noon on Satur-
1, at Chester, and to him only.

LEICESTER—MONDAY NIGHT.
The following horses have arrived :—Prince of Denmark,
Abron, Princessßoyal, Queen of Scots, The Dane, Kestrel,
Tournament, Castaside filly, Unexpected, Lancaster, and
Independence.

THE NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM DISTRICT
BANK .—The official liquidators of this bank have give*
notice to the creditors that they will pay a first instalment of
five shillings in the pound on and after the 7th of October.
They have also announced that they will keep their offer
open until the 2Sth of September to pay all the creditors
under £lOO a compromise of los. in the pound. The larger
proportion of the creditors under £lOO, however, have
already accepted this compromise, and have received their
money.

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Admiral Hope and the Othk
mission resumed their inquiry
Sessions-house, Liverpool.
The first witness examined was Captain Arthur
Hawkins, who spoke in favour of a harbour of
refuge at the Skerrics. •
Mr. Graves, shipowner, of Liverpool, and chair-
man of the Shipowners' Association, thought that
harbours of refuge would tend greatly to the pre-
servation of life and property. The existence of
such harbours,would, in his opinion, tend to lower
rates of insurance. A harbour of refuge at the
;""^- masters in the American
eqnentiv "north about" in
the spring of the year, and thus save about 500
miles. He thought, however, that the construction
of harbours of refuge should be considered as a
nations! rather than a commercial question, and
that the shipowners would object to the construc-
tion of such harbours if they were taxed to bear
the expenses of construction. Though useful as
secondary ports to call for orders, Mr. Graves did
not think that harbours of refuge would make good
primary ports for such a purpose. He considered
that the leading causes of the loss of life and pro-
perty at present were an imperfect knowledge of
tides and currents, neglect of the men, and a bad
look-out. One of the greatest advantages of har-
bours of refuge would be to avoid the evils arising
from collision. Mr. Graves expressed his disap-
proval of the present system of lights authorised by
the Admiralty.
Mr. Langton, vice-chairman of the Liverpool
Underwriters' Association, thought that though the
construction of harbours of refuge was• desirable,
they would not, from the lowness of existine, rates,
and the mode in which the business of uneerwrit-
ing was conducted, have any marked or immediate
effect upon the rates of insurance. Such harbours
should, in his opinion, be constructed and main-
tained out of the consolidated fund. A harbour at
Wick or Aberdeen was very necessary, but Mr.
Langton did not think one necessary at the Isle of
Man.

Mr. A. Corkhill, for many years shipowner and
ship agent in connexion with the noith-east coast
of Scotland and the Baltic, said that a harbour of
refuge was very much required at Wick.
Mr. Mandel, shipowner, of Liverpool, and a
member of the Mersey Dock Board, though opposed
to the payment of a passing49ll, was quite wining.
as a shipowner, to pay a usage'toll where his ships
derived advantage from a harbour of refuge. In
Mr. Monders opinion, the harbours of Carlingford
and Waterford might be deepened with advantage ;
and a harbour of refuge at Douglas (Isle of Man)
would, he thought, be very useful to the shipping
engaged in the Liverpool trade.

THE FATAL FIRE AT GREENWICH--
SUSPICIOUS DISCLOSURES.

Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, Mr. C. J.
Carttar, coroner for West Kent, resumed the in-
quiry at the Globe Tavern, Greenwich, into the
circumstances attending the deaths of Isabella Caro-
line and Eliza Jane, the infant daughters of Mr. R.
Roper, corn chandler, of Royal-hill, Greenwich,
who were destroyed by a fire which consumed the
premises of Mr. Roper early on the morning of
Sunday, the 12th inst. After the examination of
Mr. Charlesly, a gentleman residing -at 25, Circus,
Greenwich, who Merely proved witnessing the fire,
the coroner, and the foreman of the jury somewhat
abruptly left the room, and were absent so long that
the remaining jurymen became very impatient. It
appears that in consequence of information received
the coroner deemed it necessary to confer privately
with the police authorities and Mr. Hodson, of the
Kent Fire-office. On his return,
The first witness called was a young man named
Robert Morris, who stated that he had been in the
service of Mr. Roper about eight months. This
witness endeavoured to parry the questions put to
him by the coroner, when the latter remarked that
he was in p .o..session of the whole of the informa-
tion he was now seeking to elicit from the witness,
who had better for his own sake speak. the truth,
and not endeavour to screen any person_ The wit-
ness then deposed that on the Saturday previous to
the fire the shop was well filled with, goods, and on
that day he bought a quarter of a load of hay, which
was placed Ia the shop. On Saturday night wit-
ness met the servant girl in the Circus. She had
something with her, but witness did not see what
it was. On the Sunday evening after the fire wit-
ness went out for a walk, and was met by two
young men, named Abbott and Cowell, the latter
being Mrs. Roper's brother. They told witness
that they had been looking after him, and that if
he was asked , any questions he was not to know
anything.
hliza, Waterfall, a young woman in the service of
Mr. Roper, was then urged by the coroner, for her
own sake, to speak the truth, and in reply to
questions she at first denied having removed pro-
perty from the premises previous to the fire. A
relative of the witness, who was present, now
begged of her to speak the truth, and the witness
then gave the following evidence :—On the Satur-
day night before the fire I went to Deptford, by
desire of my master, Mr. Roper. I took a writing
desk to the house of Mrs. Cowell. who is related to
my master. The desk was very heavy, and Mr.
Roper told me to cover it up, and not let the boy
(the previous witness) know what it was. I recol-
lect a service of china and a dinner service ; they
were removed from Mr. Roper's house to Mrs.
Cowell's two or three days before the fire. A tea
service was also sent to 'Mrs. Cowell's. I carried
some of those elides, and others were packed in
large square boxes and sent by the previous wit-
ness. The articles were removed constantly from
Mr. Roper's house during a fortnight previous to
the fire. Mr. Roper told witness whilst this was
going on not to say anything to any one about the
removal of the goods.
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Mrs. Emily -Cook, of Deptford, sister to Mr.
Roper, was then examined, and stated, in reply to
the coroner, that she had remained in the room and
heard a portion of the previous evidence. She then
left the room and went to the house opposite.
The Coroner—Whom did you see there ?
Witness—l saw Mrs. Cowell, and my brother
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Mr. Roper, and his wife.
The Coroner—Remember, this is a most im-
portant inquiry, seriously affecting several persons,
and therefore 1 must ask you what conversation
took place ?
Witness—l have nothing to keep back. I said
to my brother, " The evidence at the inquest is of
a very unpleasant nature, come and justify your-
self before your good name is lost."
The Coroner—What reply did he make ?
Witness—l left to return to this room, and he
promised to come, but did not.
By the Coroner—l will swear that none of tho
goods were removed to my house.
Other evidence was elicited of a painfully suspi-
cious nature, the details of which, in the present
stage of the proceedings, we are requested not to
make public.
After some remarks from the learned coroner it
was agreed to adjourn the inquiry, as several other
witnesses were required, includinc, Mrs. Cowell, in
whose house the goods referred to were deposited,
and for whose attendance the coroner issued his
warrant.

DESTRUCTION OF TWO JrnALING
SHIPS IN THE WE.

These serious losses in lavis's Straits were made
known on Saturday, at Lloyd's, by their agent at
Lerwick. The vessels were the barque Heroine,
387 tons register, belonging to the Dundee and
Union Whaling Fishing Company ; and the barque
Eclipse, 283 tons, one of the fleet of the Peterhead
and Lerwick Whale and Seal Fishing Company,
and both appeared to have been wrecked at the
same time, the crews, numbering nearly 150 indi-
viduals, experiencing a very narrow escape. Capt.
Simpson, master of the Heroine, in his deposition
before the Admiralty Receiver of Wrecks at Ler-
wick, thus details the loss of his ship :—" We sailed
from Dundee on the 17th of last March, wad suc-
ceeded in reaching Davis's Straits in the following
month, and commenced fishing in May. We caught
one whale, which produced 12 tons o oil and one
ton of whalebone. On the 13th of July, when in
lat. 75 30, long. 60 30 W., to the southward of the
centre of the straits, the ice came down fast, and,
finding it closing upon us, we cut a dock in the fast
ice for the ship to ride in safety ; but on the fol•
lowing day a large quantity of drifting ice came
pressing clown on the open side of the dock, soon
broke it in, and crushed on to the vessel, so as to
' nip: her in several places, causing her to leak ex-
tensively. The pumps were set to work, but the crew
were unable to keep pace with the leak : in less than
an hour therowas 12ft. of watcrin her hold, and soon
after she heeled over on her broadside, and quickly
disappeared. All hands were fortunate in escaping
from the vessel on to the fast ice just as the vessel
went dow'n. They remained on the ice till the next
day, when they reached several whaling ships, and.
their-wants were provided for. The crew, however,
lost everything they possessed ; there was not even
time to save their clothes. The loss of the Eclipse
took place in lat. 70.30 N., long. 60.30 W. on the
same day (13th July). They had been fishing in
Melville Bay, but were unsuccessful in catching
whales, and were coming down to the southward
when the ice broke in upon a dock where the
Eclipse was secured, and occasioned her almost im-
mediate destruction. The crew reached the is in
safety, and were picked up by other whaling boa s
in 24 hours afterwards. The officers and crew were
afterwards shipped on board the Danish schooner
Neptunas, of Copenhagen, which reached Lerwick
on Monday last. Both ships were fully insured at
Lloyd'is."