The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-09 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
:Nov.Ts 7.—The Hope, horse-transport,
PORT§.lfAliTit, qm.Bilboa ; she left that port on
arriVed late thii EV.Prilr4 1.1
of the actions said to have
the 28th ult., and knocil Rathm:
ult between Ge-
been fought on the 27th, 201'; 4nd,
neral Cordova and the Carlists, ; she, how-
an t
ever, brines th© assurance that General .E µ7s :vas getting
his Legion into most perfect order—he had? Ago fry
with him, and his cavalry MIS wholly at St. And i emo ; _'e
had also under his orders '2,000 Spaniards. The Geffen)
accustomed them to long marches, constant drills, and re-
gular garrison duty, and intended shortly to advance, but
when lie did so, it would be in a compact body, and with
full assurance of an efficient commissariat. We regret to
bear that Lieutenant Robinson, of the Rifles, was acciden-
tally drowned in crossing a small river.
The Harrier, 18, Commander Carew, went out of har-
bour on Thursday, and is only waiting for orders to pro-
ceed to South America.
The Beagle, surveying ship, Captain Fitzroy, commis-
sioned in June, 1831, is ordered home from the Pacific ;
she will return by the Indian Ocean, and the Cape of Good
Hope, making the tour of the world. •
The Andromache, 28, Captain Chads, left Madras on
the 9th of July, for the Mauritius.
'rhe Pique, 86, Hon. Captain Rous, was paid off on
Thursday, on which occasion the Admiralty Board desired
Captain Rous to express to his officers and ship's company,
" their approbation of the conduct of himself, his officers
and crew under his command, in extricating the Pique from
the perilous situation she was in, when on shore on the coast
of Labrador, and on her subsequent voyage home, under
circumstances of great difficulty, and such as required skill
and exertions of no ordii.ary kind." This is as it should be :
British seamen will never flinch from their duty in the hour
of peril ; and though they are, strictly speaking, bound to
do such duty willingly, it must be a cold heart that would not
cheer them with the warm expression of approbation on the
performance of a gallant exploit, as the deliverance, by their
own skill and exertion, from a perilous situation. Their
Lordships have, in fact., bestowed on Captain Rous and his
crew that weed of praise which we ventured to think should
have been given by the Court Martial.
The Cleopatra, 26, Captain the Hon George Grey,
is returned from St. Petersburgh, and is now in dock at
Sheerness, to repair the damage she sustained by getting on
shore near the Isle of Lasso, in the Baltic.
Letters from the Tweed, 28, dated Lisbon, the 23d
ult., we are sorry to say, state the death of the First Lieu-
tenant, James A. Bate, Serjeant Whitehorn, Royal Ma-
rines, Mellan, the Quarter Master, and 'l'. Cosh, a seaman.
The sick were fast recovering at the date of this letter.
The Clio, 18, arrived at Lisbon on the 23d.
On Sundhy last the Sylvia revenue cruiser, commanded
by Lieutenant J. W. Brown, was spoken with in the Chan-
nel, westward of the Lizard, having a Cowes pilot-boat
(No. 14) in. tow, which she had captured that morning,
with upwards of two hundred kegs of brandy on board,and
crew of six men.
AprotramENTs.—Captain George W. Willes, to the
Dublin (bearing the flag of Sir Graham Eden Hamond) ;

On Saturday night a very lengthened and important in-
quiry took place in the Committee-room of the New Beth-
lehem Hospital, St. George's-Melds, before Mr. Payne, Co-
roner;and a highly respectable S:kry, for the purpose of in-
; the circumstances attentling the death of Mrs.
vestati,;
Ann Umplen;,, aged .57, a lunatic, co."fined in the said in-
stitution, who conifnitted suicide in the ,e.xtraordinary man-
ner detailed in the folicwing evidence. 'The investigation
was attended with a very serious degree o! interest, not
only from the respectability of the deceased, but in conse-
quence of the manner in which she effected her object :
Ann Penny, one of the nurses of the Institution', de-
posed that the deceased was admitted on the 9th of October,
being at the time in a very delicate state ; her case was erne
attended with very INad symptoms ; for the first fortnight her
health appeared to impove, although no change took place
in her unfortunate malady, which was attended with exces-
sive despondency ; witness had charge of her with other
patients ; about half-past three o'clock on Friday afternoon,
whilst the patients were at dinner, she suddenly missed the
deceased, and immediately instituting a search, discovered
her sitt!Pg on the floor of the water-closet, with her back
towards her. 'Her cap was off, she fetched her breath very
hard, and foainetl at the mouth. On doer examination..
witness considered she was in a fit, and obtLjning water,
was about to wash her face, when she discovered that the
unfortunate lady had made a wound in her throat. There
was a quantity of blood on the floor. In the absenee of the
resident apothecary, Mr. Malcombe, a surgeon in the neigh-
bourhood promptly attended, when the wound was dresled,
and the patient put to bed.
In answer to questions by the Coroner and Jury, witness'
replied as follows :—There was no difference of treatment
exercised so as to cause the commission of the act. No
restraint whatever was used. I found in the water-closet a
mutton bone and some pieces of glass. I did not discover
an;' knife or sharp instrument. The patients are not al-
lowed lo use knives. I cannot say with what the deceased
inflicted tr..
e wound in her throat. I did not see any blood
on the
pieces pf glass. I cannoi say from whence the glass
came.
atron of the Ins..
Mrs. Forbes, the /Z, titution, stated that
she put questions to tht: deceased after' the wound was
dressed, when she muttered, ." Glass—water-c2oset." There
was no knife or sharp instrumeot the deceasetl could get
possession of. The glass was left it; the closet by A glazier
who had repaired some windows.
Mr. Robert Malcombe, surgeon, of No. 1, Moore-place,
said he was sent for and examined the wound, which was an
inch in extent across the windpipe, nearly dividing the same-
The wound had evidently been inflicted by the right hand.
The deceased had ISst an immense quantity 0`... blood, and
he (witness) had no hopes of her ultimate recovery. Every
means were used to preserve life, but she rapidly sank and
died in eight hours. Witness was decidedly of opinion that
the wound was not inflicted by a piece of glass.
The Jury here inquired if the closet had. been searched,.
as it was possible the glazier might have left a knife.
Mr. Nicholls, the Governor, replied in the affirmative,
but no knife or instrument had been discovered, and Mrs.
Forbes stated that no knife could possibly have come into
the possession of the deceased.
Mr. Thomas, the resident surgeon, was of opinion that
the wound was inflicted by the pieces of glass found in the
closet, and decidedly not by the bone.
The Matron here stated that the husband and other
friends of the deceased had informed her that she (deceased)
had repeatedly attempted self-destruction before her ad-
mission to the establishment.
The Jury inquired if the person of the deceased was ex-
amined on her admission, to discover whether any knife,
scissors or other instrument, was in her possession ?
The Nurse replied that she did so, but nothing of the
kind was on her person.
' Mr. Nichols, the Governor, said that the greatest pre-
caution was used. If patients were allowed to possess
sharp instruments, none of the officers of the establishment
would be safe from assassination ; and instead of inquiries
like the present taking place once in five or six years, they_
would occur weekly.
In answer to questions from the Coroner and Jury, the Ma-
tron said that the nurse had charge of 34 patients.
The Jury said they considered that far too great a num-
ber for one nurse.
Mr. Nichols said that the Governors of the Institution
were very liberal ; and, if requisite, they would appoint
dozen nurses for such a number.
The CORONER inquired of the medical gentlemen if they
could form any idea how the unfortunate lady had effected
) purpose in the absence of knives and other sharp instru-
ntruk..?
e s Bab th„urgeons replied that they were unable to satisfy
u.l,at point. Most decidedly the wound of which
the Jury
the' decease(l, die, was of that nature that it must have bin
effected by a sh u icstrument, and not by pieces of glass or
b:r
a bone.
vidence, the Coroner summed
There being no furth9r
up, when the Jury, after sou.'e discussion upon the extra-
ordinary nature of the case, fcttuk-ned a verdict " That the
beury e
deceased destroyed herself in a ;tat; o insanity y ; that no
of
blame was attached to the nurse
opinion that there were not sufficient' nurses to controul
the patients."
The deceased was of great respectability.

BONAPARTE'S WIDOW.—The Swabian Mercury
of the 4th inst. has the following of the 27th ult., from
Vienna :—" We are authorised to deny the truth of the
report of an intended cession of the Duchy of Parma by
the Arch-Duchess Maria Louisa in favour of the Duke of
Lucca. Duke Ferdinand, on his marriage with the Prin-
cess Coharg, as the founder of the Catholic line of succes-
sion, signed an act renouncing the Duchy for himsr.lf and
his descendants. The eldest Prince of his family is heir to
the immense wealth which Prince Cchtirg possesses in Aus-
tria and Hungary."
The French Admiral Reralio de la Brucholliere has
lately bequeathed the most munificent donation that any
country can boast of, ,to establish a college at Brest for
invalid seamen. This sum, a million of francs (40,0004.
sterling), the entire fortune of this truly great and noble-
minded veteran, while it conveys a moral lesson to the
French Government, demonstrates the benefits extended to
mankind by those philanthropical institutions which consti-
tute in no small degree the greatness of our empire.

On Saturday evening an inquest was held at the
Victoria public-house, Great Cambridge-street, Hackney-
road, on the body of Elizabeth Pye, aged 72, who, from in-
firm age, accidentally set her clothes on fire, and was so
dreadfully burst as to cause her death. Mr. Chambers, a
surgeon in the neighbourhood, exhibited much reluctance in
giving his evidence, and on being asked the cause of the
deceased's death, refused to answer the question, on the
ground that he was not remunerated for his attendance.
The Coroner observed that his evidence was n 4 necessary,
or he should compel him to give it freely ; and the Jury
observed that surgeons were subjected to no greater hard-
ship in giving evideoce gratuitously than jurymen ana other
witnesses. A verdict of Accidental Death was reeordedi'