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jority appeared to be, that too many of the clergy
would turn over to the Pope at the present moment,
if they could take the loaves and fishes with them.
We have received this statement from a highly re-
spectable party, who was one of the guests at the
dinner, who witnessed the spirit which prevailed, and
who thinks it right, that the Bishop should know,
through the medium of the papers, what his neigh-
bours think about him and the Church generally, and
that he would be more likely to be edified by the in-
formation, on receiving it through the present chan-
nel.— Western Times.

or washing purposes than the water generally pro-
cured in casks.

We have told what the distilling apparatus of
Messrs. Peyre and Roger does for the French navy,
but we have to speak now of what Mr. Grant's dis-
tilling and cooking galley does for the British navy.
In June last the Arrogant, 46, Captain Fitzroy,
with a complement of 450 men ; the Plumper, 12,
Commander M. S. Nolloth, with a complement of 100
men; and the Reynard, Commander P. Cracroft,
with a complement of 110 men, sailed from Plymouth,
provided each with one of Mr. Grant's distilling and
cooking galleys. The reports of the captains of these
ships prove that the distillation of salt water during
the time only that the fire was lighted for cooking
the crews' meals, produced one gallon of pure water
fit for drinking and culinary purposes for every man
on board. This water was found greatly prefereed to
the tank water embarked ashore. The distilled water
becomes very shortly fit for use, as it passes from the
condensor to tanks, where it cools to the same tempe-
rature as that of the sea, the motion of the vessel
aerating it in a few hours, and restoring it to the
oxygen which it had lost by distillation, and conse-
quently rendering it as brisk as spring water, with-
out even employing any chemical or mechanical
means. Experiments have proved, that if the water
is required for immediate use, it may be aerated by
means of a simple and self-acting electric apparatus,
which will supply the required oxygen in a few
minutes.

THE CURRENCY QUESTION.
(From the Derbyshire Courier.)
We beg leave to call the attention of our readers to
the address delivered by the Rev. Mr. Twells at the
currency meeting at Derby, of which a full report
appears in another part of the Courier. Many
of the facts referred to in that address de-
serve, we think, the serious consideration of
thinking men. Not to go far back into
the historical sketch of the monetary system
which Mr. Twells laid before the meeting, take
the financial position of this country on the ac-
cession of William the Third in 1689. " The
revenue of the United Kingdom, as stated by
Mr. Macaulay, was about 2,000,000/. per annum,
or 165,0001. less than the amount collected,
principally by pennies, by our post-office in the
year 1849." The Bank of England was chartered in
1693, and from that period a gradual increase took
place, by means of the bank paper and that of private
banks, in the circulating medium of the country.
Now under3this system the progress made by the
country was considerable ; and this was quite in ac-
cordance with the opinion expressed by Mr. Hume,
in his Essay on Money. " The good policy of the
Magistrate," said he, " consists only in keeping it
(money), if possible, still increasing; because by that
means he keeps alive a spirit of industry in the nation,
and increases the stock of labour, in which consists all
power and riches." The medium of exchange, then,
undergoing a gradual increase, during the period be-
tween 1693 and 1775, the wealth of the country in-
creased also. "In 11775 the revenue had increased
to 10,038,0001."—i. e., to five times the amount of
the revenue in 1689, when William the Third began
his reign. But in 1793 the revenue nearly equalled
eighteen millions, or almost nine times its amount in
1689. By the year 1796 the total expenditure of
the nation, including the interest on the debt, had
risen to 37,000,000/. ; and of this expenditure Mr.
Pitt said in Parliament that it was so large that " it
never had been equalled, and probably never would be
surpassed." And yet within twenty years the actual
expenditure of the country was three times the
amount of what it was in 1796. For 1816 the
actual expenditure amounted to the enormous sum of
111,045,249/. ! Now it is quite evident that to enable
a country to raise such a sum as this some most power-
ful agent must have been called into operation. This
agent we have no hesitation in saying was a Repre-
sentative Paper Money. But observe, we do not mean
to say that Paper Money, and nothing but Paper
Money, will make a nation rich and powerful.
We have many and great advantages for which
to thank Providence in this country. Our insular
position has great advantages—the natural produc-
tions of our soil are varied and valuable, the religious
light and liberty (may they never be less) with which
this nation was early favoured, the freedom of our
institutions—all these have doubtlessly contributed
largely to our national greatness. And let us not
omit the indomitable energy, perseverance, and in-
dustry of our people. For if, as Adam Smith says,
labour is the source of all wealth, a people able and
willing to work are the primary source of a nation's
greatness. We take, therefore, all the advantages
which we possess, and we allow them all full value, and
then we say thatlwhat the paper-money system did was
this—it called forth all the nation's energies, developed
all its capabilities, and expanded all its resources.
Just as good roads—or railways, the perfection
of roads—improve a district by affording greater
facilities of communication, so does a representative
money, whether made of paper or of anything else,
improve the condition of a country by increasing its
facilities of making exchanges. We say a represen-
tative money, because if flume is right, as we believe
he is, in saying that it is important that money should
be kept increasing, it is evident that the material
of which money is made must be something not
dependent, as are gold and silver, on the quantity
which may be discovered in mines, or washed out of
rocks by rivers. But we return to the existing state
of the currency, and we say that a great mistake
has evidently been made in its regulation. The de-
pressions, panics, and ruinous monetary convulsions
of recent years are matters of fact. Science, skill,
and wealth increase—we have more men, and men
more capable of working, and with better tools to
work with, than ever, and yet what is, at frequently
returning periods, the condition of the great body of the
people ? Are the masses of the people educated, clothed,
fed, and lodged as they ought to be ? as the wisest and
the best men in the nation wish them to be ? Then
is there riot, we respectfully submit to the con-
sideration of our readers, a flaw in our system ? We
say with the distinguished historian of the French Re-
volution, Mr. Alison, that the bad monetary system
established by Sir B. Peel is this flaw. And that the
nation will never' for any lengthened period prosper,
nor will the industrious producer obtain the just
reward of his labour, till that system is revised.
We think, therefore, that the efforts making by the
members of the Retford Currency Society to inform
the country on this vital subject deserve encourage-
ment. And we hope that the meeting of that society ,
at Retford to-day, November 16th, will encourage
those who are labouring in this matter to persist in
their exertions, and uphold the cause of " Truth and
Justice."

Now, with these facts before us, we demand the
solution of this simple question—Why do vessels
going on long voyages persevere in embarking large
quantities of water, in many cases as much as one ton
per man on board ? Why do emigrant ships take out
a supply which they can command at all times and at
all hours ? Why do they carry from 100 to 200 tons
of water ? Since it is calculated that an adult during
a South Australian voyage consumes a ton, why do
they not provide themselves with distilling and cook-
ing galleys, which would give them a fresh and
wholesome daily supply ? Having seen what has been
done abroad, and what is done or doing at home every
day, we are at a loss to find a reason why a ship-
owner should prefer embarking water to goods.
It will be seen what an economy the adaptation of
such galley on board an emigrant ship will present,
even on the first voyage. Let us take a vessel of 500
or 600 tons, with a crew of 30 men and 200 pas-
sengers. For the voyage to Australia, these people
will consume 250 tons of water. If it be intended
to go straight, without watering at any intermediate
port, that water must be on hoard at the departure ;
if she waters half way, then some 120 tons are em-
barked. Taking the last hypothesis, she will have to
procure casks, which will cost at the minimum price
21. per ton, or 2401. Then she will lose the freight of
120 tons of goods at 21., or 3001., making altogether
5001., besides the delays incident on going out of
her way to water. Now, the cost of an appa-
ratus, tank and all complete, does not exceed
1501. (we speak of the French galley, not being
acquainted with Mr. Grant's scale of prices) ; out of
that sum we must deduct about 30/., the price of the
common cooking apparatus for such a vessel : then the
oost will be 1201. Then we have a profit on the very
first voyage of 3801. If the observation is made that
the casks may be sold in Australia at the cost
price, still there must remain on board some 20
tons or more for the provision of the crew on the re-
turn voyage ; giving the shipowner the benefit of
that observation, and assuming he sells 100 tons o 4
water-casks at 21., which we take out of the 3801.,
there will remain after all 180/. balance in favour of
the galley—taking no account whatever of the loss
incurred on the 20 tons, or about 1001. on the return
voyage.

The results proving the efficiency of these galleys
have been numerouse and satisfactory ; why then
persevere in the old water-casks course ? It is said
that the Emigration Board would not permit a vessel
to leave port without a sufficiency of water. We
may predict, with certainty, that such foolish notions
will soon be exploded, and that these machines will
be required by the same Board to be placed on board
of every passenger ship.
Looking now at the royal navy, the large quanti-
ties of water embarked on board a ship take a great
portion of the stowage away ; that part of the ship
may be usefully employed in carrying stores for a
long voyage, and instead of being stored, as now, for
six months, by the introduction of the new galley she
may be provisioned for twelve months without any
difficulty.
The time is past when the Admiralty used to have
a certain scale cf certain stores for a certain class of
ships. We remember a friend of ours telling us the
following anecdote, which he (Captain Hickey) called
the acme of official wisdom. He was on the Lake
Ontario, under Sir Jame Yeo, at the close of
the American war; a 100-gun ship, called
the Prince Regent, was then building at Kings-
town, and as 100-gun ships had water-
casks, brooms, &e., at home, so the Prince
Regent must have, and they were sent from here to
the American lake at no small expense. It never came
into the wise heads of the Lords of the Admiralty that
the Prince Regent was to float on soft water, and
that brooms may be cut on the banks of the lake, and
consequently they could have saved the trouble of
sending and the expense of buying and carrying such
articles. It was literally beating, in absurdity, the
old proverb of sending coal to Newcastle.

that cast a gloom over the enjoyment of the party dur-
ing the tour. Here was an interesting female of the
early age of 22, removed by an act of excusable impru-
dence from the abode of civilization—her home in the
wilderness, surrounded by beings of uncongenial na-
tures, and whose very enjoyments, derived from a
cultivated mind, were tinctured with bitterness by
their contrast with the mere animated propensities of
those among whom she dwells. She emplo3 s her time,
however, in keeping a school, and in "teaching the
young idea how to shoot," among the children of the
Indian village.—New York Herald.

TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING
SIX O'CLOCK.

WARWICK HANDICAP.
7 to 2 agst Doubt
5 to 1 agst Chief Justice.
8 to 1 agst Woodlark
8 to 1 agst Cockermouth
10 to 1 apt Grief
12 to 1 agst Clothworker
14 to 1 agst Egret
15 to 1 agst Forrester
OPEN STEEPLECHASE.
to 1 agst British Yeoman
7 to l agst Abd-el-Kader
8 to 1 agst Champagne
8 to 1 agst Victim
CHESTER CUP.
40 to 1 agst Cossack—taken
1,000 to 15 each agst Clarissa, Miss Anne, and
Montague—taken
5,000 to 75 agst Langton—taken

The Scotia is the name of the magnificent steam-ship
now being erected on the Clyde for the royal mail
squadron from Liverpool to New York. Perhaps we may
suggest the Arabia as a significant and elegant title for
any other ship which hereafter may be built.—Liverpool
Albion.

GREAT EXHIBITION, 1851.-2/CBSM J. and R.
M'Cracken, of No. 7, Old Jewry, have this day received
a further consignment from the Russian Commission,
consisting of 129 packages, which they are taking steps
to deposit with the previous consignment under the re-
gulations established by the Board of Customs for the
custody of the•goods from the northern ports. until the
building in Hyde-park be ready to receive them.
The United States mail steam-ship Arctic, Captain
Luce, leaves Liverpool, on Wednesday, on her first re-
turn trip to New York. During the week vast numbers
of spectators have visited ber in the Huskisson Lock in
order to inspect her model whilst she was dry. Much
astonishment was expressed, and her gorgeous fittings-
up especially attracted commendation. She will carry
out a fair number of passengers and a tolerable freight.
—Liverpool Albion.
POST-OFFICE DEFALCATION.—WORCESTER.—A se-
cond case of this kind has just been discovered in the Wor-
cester Post-office, the delinquent being the chief clerk, Mr.
Price, who it appears is in good circumstances, and has
money in a local bank, besides an inheritance in prospectu.
It appears that for some time the !accused party has been in
the habit of appropriating to his own use part of the moneys
received for the payment of Post-office orders, &c., which it
was his duty to hand over to the Postmaster, Mr. Harding.
When charged with the delinquency he at once confessed
his guilt. The extent of the defalcation is upwards of 501.
Price has absconded, but the deficiency has been paid to Mr.
Harding by a friend of Price's from funds of his deposited in
Messrs. Parley and Co.'s Bank at Worcester.

INQUEST ON MR. PENNINGT ON.
Oa Saturday, at half-past one o'clock, Mr. Bed-
ford, coroner for Westminster, and a jury of sixteen
parhhioners, held an inquest at the Brown Bear,
Knightsbridge, on the body of Mr. George James
Pennington, recently Auditor of the Civil List. Sir
Frederick Thesiger and Mr. Horatio Waddington,
Under-Secretary for the Home Department, and other
friends of the deceased, were present.
Mr. P. Hood, surgeon, of 15, George-street, Port-
man-square, examined—l have known deceased for
many years. The body the jury have just seen in the
next room was his. Ido not know his age.
Sir F. Thesiger—Fifty-six the 23d of January
next.

Mr. Hood, in continuation—He was the Auditor of
the Civil List formerly—a few days before his death.
He was also a barrister. I have attended him pro-
fessionally.
The CORONER—WiII you state anything you know
of your own knowledge necessary for the purpose of
this inquiry ?
Mr. Hood—He was seized with an attack of paraly-
sis on the Bth August last, which left him both mentally
and bodily in a state of great prostration. He reco-
vered partially from the paralysis, but his mind re-
mained much weaker than it was before. This was
more evident, because he had always been remark-
able amongst his friends as being a man of a very
decided and strong mind. I ranked myself amongst
them, and was aware of what I state. After he
had recovered in some measure from the effects of
disease I advised him to go down into the country
and he went to the Isle of Wight first, and then to
Brighton. After he had been there a week he came
back unexpectedly, and called on me. This was
about a month ago. He told me he had come up from
Brighton on account of the agonising feelings he had
had the day before, which caused him to contemplate
suicide. lie said he felt something that was impelling
him to throw himself over the cliff, and that it was
with the greatest difficulty he could restrain himself
from doing so. He also said he felt sure that if he
had had a pistol within his reach he should have blown
his brains out. I calmed him as well as I could, and
told him that his bodily health was much deranged,
and that I would prescribe to restore him, and again
advised a sojourn in the country. He went again to
Brighton. When he returned, about a fortnight
ago, I saw him. He did not complain of having
any return of those feelings I mentioned ; but on
Thursday week last more papers were brought to
him than usual by one of the clerks. I think I
ought to have stated that I recommended him to
go back to the Treasury, as I thought it
would do him good provided he did not do too much
work. He did go back to the Treasury, and was
there for a few days. He was so frightened at the
sight of the papers I have alluded to, that he ran
down to the Treasury and resigned bis situation to
Sir Charles Trevellyan. He told him this on Friday
week, and he told me that he felt unable to undertake
any more calculations, and that he had in conse-
quence resigned. He appeared then very nervous,
and seemed to regret having done it. I have no doubt
that his mind was much weakened, and that he never
recovered from the effects of paralysis, which left his
mind in a very weak state. I have no doubt he was
labouring under affection of the mind. I continued
to see him after that. He continued very much the
same, viz., desponding. I saw him last Wednesday.
I did not think it was necessary to place him under
against
ge restraint,
the depressionroasn t' i because he w
actions, and struggled as much as man could do
of his perfectly master of his
s mind. I am decidedly of
opinion that he was labouring under disease of the
brain, and very extensive disease of the heart also. A
person labouring under such disease would be likely
to commit self-destruction. He never talked to me
en the subject except upon his return from Brighton
the first time. _ _

SUPPLY OF FRESH WATER ON
LONG VOYAGES.
(From the Nautical Standard.)
We have many times been surprised at the very
slowness with which improvements are adopted in our
Royal and mercantile navies. As a nation, we are ad-
verse to innovation, and it requires a long time to
introduce in our system even things that are de-
cidedly and tangibly superior and better than
those we have been accustomed to. It is
notorious that the most useful inventions, and even
the greatest discoveries, have found detractors or
enemies among those they were intended to benefit.
There are yet men with prejudices so strong that
they cannot be convinced by the evidence of their
own senses. They are so wedded to their old ideas
and ways that they cannot see with their own eyes
open that they are wrong, or that tome newer
means are better than those they have used all
their lifetime. Some others, whose interest draws
them another way, have, of course, reasons of
their own for not adopting, or even for speaking
against and running down all improvements. The
old cant of new-(angled systems, delusive hopes, dan-
gerous experiment, poisonous stuff, were the expres-
sions of all those interested in the several trades con-
nected with lighting when gas was first spoken of. The
inventor of the apparatus that, first manufactured the
gas that lighted the first experimental lamp, awl the
discoverer of the application of gas for lighting pur-
poses, after having spent their last shilling to bring
out their discovery, were reduced to pine away the
last years of their existence in the most abject
penury; like many other benefactors of their race,
they worked hard to pave the way to those splendid
establishments we see springing up every day. They
sowed the seed, and starved whilst it was growing up ;
but others after them reaped a rich harvest. In spite
of the efforts of thousands interested iu the dark
status quo, gas at last triumphed, and is now become
as necessary to the inhabitants of our cities as the
very air they breathe; with it, too, it has brought
immense improvements in our manner of building ;
and although met with the greatest abuse and out-
cries at first, it has now become an indispensable
article.
Another discovery, as important to the navies of
England, has been made, and the outcry raised is
that it cannot answer ; without any trial, without
the least possible chance of appreciation of its merit,
there were, and there are now, found men so
bigoted to their old notions that they have pro-
claimed, and continue to proclaim, the utter im-
possibility of the success of the discovery. When
those men are told that vessels have been for
months, nay years, at sea without being provided
with a ton of water ; that their crews, composed
of several hundred men, have found a constant and
abundant supply with the simplest apparatus, and
only by distilling the sea-water on which their ship
floated—those men, with the obstinacy belonging to
ignorance, persevere in their old and foolish way, and
will not, or cannot, believe what everybody else is
convinced of.
There are many ships in the French Republican and
mercantile navies provided with what our neighbours
call " Appareil-Cuisine Distillatoire," which, whilst it
cooks the crew's meals, distils the water necessary for
all purposes. This apparatus is of the simplest con-
struction, easy of access to all on board, and not
liable to get out of order. The price in Franca is
extremely moderate, and probably at the time we
write nearly half of the merchant navy, going
on long voyages, are provided with this eco-
nomical and most useful galley. Many large
men-of-war, with numerous crews, have re-
ceived the improved machine, and find it answer
admirably. We have before us reports of numerous
captains who speak in the highest terms of its efficiency,
and advise its introduction in every vessel, even for
short voyages, as more economical and safer than the old
plan of water-casks or tanks. They report that the water
is better than that provided at the commonwateri
places,
free from all the earthy, mineral, or vegetable
matters which are found in larger or lesser proportion
in every drop of water shipped from springs, rivers, or
reservoirs—by far more useful for drinking, Cooking,

affeScitredF,diek Tlhe isgeinr'timately acquainial with
who appeared deeply
deceased for upwards of 20 years. He did not prac-
rdeepeorscd—w as
prac-
tise as a barrister, and was on the civil list of the
Treasury. Few persons were better acquainted with
him than I. He had a cultivated mind and a parti-
cularly cheerful disposition, and was one who bore the
events of life with great calmness; he was the last
man in the world to commit suicide if he were in a
right state of mind. The attack of paralysis was the
cause of the postponement of a marriage in his family.
About this time I left ;England, and on my return I
.
saw a marked change is lie scarcely recog-
nised me when I visited him, and instead of his re-
ceiving me in his usual affectionate way, he said
nothing to me, more than merely answering my ques-
tions. This was about the 14th or 15th of August
last. On his return from Brighton I called on him,
and found him much improved, but he was not the
man he had been before. It was evident his mind had
received a shock from which it had not entirely re-
covered, though it appeared much better. The last
time I saw him I had no conversation with him that
could be called conversation. I understood he intended
to resign his situation at the Treasury, and I recom-
mended him not to take that step until he had con-
sulted Drs. tWatson and Latham, his physicians.
When I heard of his resignation I called on him, and
went into his library. He did not seem to notice me,
and was engaged in putting bills on a file. He went
out of the room and came back again, and asked me
to assist him in filing the papers, which I did ; but
seeing that he was not inclined for conversation I left
him, and was then satisfied his mind was not in a
sound state. I do not know that I have anything
more to add.

Mr. Horatio Waddington examined—l am Under-
Secretary of State for the Home Department. I have
known the deceased most intimately for 25 years.
We were most intimate friends. I saw him the day
after the attack of which you have heard. He was
much in the same state as described by Sir F. The-
siLser. He did ❑ot know me at all. He afterwards
improved gradually, though be was scarcely in pos-
session of his faculties. He first went to Richmond

and made some improvement there, but his intellect
seemed to me broken down, and I did not expect he
would ever recover. He then went to Brighton, and

on his return came to me -1;i the Home-office, and he

did not seem tome so well as before. He appeared to be

labouring under disease of the brain. He would speak
coherently fur a time, and then lose the thread of his
discourse. lie then went to the Treasury on his

usual business, though I was sure he would fail in
transacting it. The next day he seemed better, and
went through the business of it. What I consider
most remarkable was that he never told me he in•

tended to resign. He never called on me, and I never
saw him since. His mind was gone, and if he had

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1850.

not died in the way he has done, he would, in my opi-
nion, have bad another attack of paralysis. The cha-
racter given of him by Sir F. Thesiger is correct.
He was in happy circumstances as regarded the world
and his own family.
Mr. H. Parker, solicitor, said he had had frequent
opportunities of seeing deceased before the attack of
paralysis, and could bear testimony to the powers of
his mind. He saw him a few days after the attack,
and his mind was completely prostrated. had an
interview with him on Tuesday last, and saw that his
mind was greatly affected. He complained of deaf-
ness and pain in the heart, and seemed greatly de-
pressed. He said, " You know what I have done,"
alluding to his retirement from the Treasury. He said
two or three papers had been placed before him ; that
he got through the first two well, but when he ex-
amined the third he could not get through it, and
seeing a considerable quantity of papers on the table
he said he made up his mind to resign, and did so at
once. He was afterwards vexed at what he had done.
Witness wished to talk to him concerning some
affairs of his uncle. He made a repugnant gesture,
saying, " No, no; George Pennington is dead." The
witness added, that deceased called on him on Thurs-
day last (the day he shot himself), and made an ap-
pointment with him for the following morning (Fri-
day). He appeared much more cheerful, but witness
was satisfied that his mind went on gradually decli-
ning ever since the paralytic attack, and that if he
had remained in the same state of mind he enjoyed
before the attack he would never have made away
with himself.

Mr. 'W. Collins, of 14, Westbourne-grove, said, that
on Thursday evening last, about half-past 4 o'clock,
after leaving the buildings in the Park, he was walk-
ing along nearly opposite the entrance of the late
Lady Blessington's. He saw in that direction a flash,
and heard the report of fire-arms. Advancing
towards the spot he saw a policeman running
towards it, and when witness came up he saw a
man (deceased) lying under a small fir-tree. He
had a wound in the head, which witness saw
at once was fatal. Witness took a double-
barrelled pistol from the hands of the policeman, and
took the cap off the left nipple, and put the hammer
down, because the left barrel was not discharged.
The other barrel had been recently discharged.
Deceased appeared perfectly insensible, and with the
exception of opening his mouth two or three times
after the lapse of as many minutes gave no signs
of life.

Henry John, police-constable 223 T, said that at
the hour indicated he was coming out of Gore House,
Kensington-lane, when he heard the report of fire-
arms in the park. He jumped over the palings and
saw a person just falling to the ground under a tree.
When witness got close to him he found a pistol in his
right hand, and saw blood flowing from his right
temple and a large quantity coming from his mouth.
In four or five minutes he moved his tongue and
bottom lip, but not any of his limbs. He found on
deceased's person, besides some property, a card-case
with two cards, on which was printed "Mr. Penning-
ton, 20, Cumberland-street, Portman-square." Wit-
ness sent for a surgeon, but in the meantime Mr.
Bonney, surgeon, of Knightsbridge, came up and pro-
nounced deceased dead.

Mr. Bonney described deceased's wounds. There
was a circular wound in the temple, admitting the
finger for two inches into the brain. There was a
corresponding wound on the other side of the held,
more jagged, with a small portion of the skull de-
tached. Looking to the nature of the orifice, the
wound was likely to have been inflicted with buck-
shot. He had no doubt that the wound canned death.
In answer to the CORONER,
Mr. Waddington said deceased was not in the habit
of using pistols. He was fond of shooting with a
double-barreled gun.

The CORONER—Mid the jury had three points to de-
termine ; whether deceased died of a pistol-shot
wound; and whether he inflicted that wound himself;
and, if so, under what condition of mind. He thought
the evidence so full and clear on all these points that
they could easily mine to a right decision.
The jury immediately returned a verdict, " That
deceased destroyed his own life whilst in an unsound
state of mind."

mahogany for the dockyard, and 125 tons of logwood
and 3,750 cocoa nuts on private account. The end.
grants by this ship, on the outward passage, encountered
a most fearful fatality after landing. She left Stettin on
the 19th of April, having about 140 passengers, joiners,
tailors, and artisans of all trades, besides others of a
superior grade, inhabitants of Stettin and the vicinity.
They had a fair passage, and arrived at Point Gorda,
near Belize, in the Bay of Honduras, on the 27th of
June. The emigrants were at once located at Point
Gorda, and at St. Thomas, a Belgian settlement, on the
Isthmus, near Panama. Within eight days of their
landing they were assailed by typhus and the country
fever, by which five died on the first day; the surgeon
waa the sixth person who died, and trey continued
dropping oil until the departure of the Norma, on the
18th of September, when 100 had been interred, and the
remainder were sick. Four gentlemen and two ladies
who went out in her returned by the Norman, and were
landed at Cork.