The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1844.

nare, Newfoundland. Off, Lybia, Africa ; Vere, Marmore ;
and William, —. The Balfour, from Mobile to this port,
has put into Matanzas, with loss of cutwater and bow stove,
haying been in contact with the Wabush, bound to New Or-
leans. The Jane Ritchie, M'Clachlan, hence to Havannah,
was ashore 14th ult. in • the bight of the Canal de Rosario
(Cuba), bilged, and likely to become a wreck ; part of cargo
expected to be saved.
Conic, APRIL 17.—Ski. St. Vincent, Sydney, New South
Wales. Arrd. Caledonia, Rawlinson, Jamaica. Off, Janet.
Muir, Heim, west coast of Africa for Leith, with guano ;
Woodpecker, Williams, Cuba for London.
WATERFORD, APRIL 18.—S1d. Eliza, Halifax ; Cornwallis,
Dispatch, Don, and Thistle, Quebec; Rotchford, Newfound-
land.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
DURHAM RACES.—THURSDAY.
The Craven Stakes of 10 Guineas each, with 20 added. One
mile and a half.
Mr. Banks' Inheritress, 4 yrs, Bst (Joy) 1
Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b m byßayMiddleton, 5 yrs, Bst 81b 2
Mr. Williamson's Dr. Husband, 3 yrs, Est 101 b - 3
Mr. Walker's The Nobbler, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b 4
Won by a neck after a good race. Nobbler broke down. •
The Maided Plate of 501. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Heseltine's The Bashaw, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Bunaby) 1 1
Mr. Osborn's bg by Slane out of Teresa, 3 yrs, 7st 21b 4 2
Mr. Thompson's Whitney, aged, Bst 71b 3 4
Mr. Dawson's Dalesman, 3 yrs, 7st 51b
Won easy.
HAMBLEDON HUNT RACES.—THURSDAY.
The Hambledon Hunt Club Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft,
for 4 years, lOst 71b; 5 yrs, 1 Ist 61b; 6 yrs and aged, 12st ;
thoroughbreds 141bs extra, once round, were won in two
heats by Mr. J. H. Campbell's Somerset, aged (Owner),
beating Mr. Bourke's Sir Walter, aged, and Lord Paget's
horse, easily.
• Match, 100 guineas, h ft, Bst 71b each ; one mile.—Mr.
King's ch c by Hornsea, dam by Southsayer, 3 yrs, received
from Mr. Greig's b c by Merchant, dam by Actnon, 3 yrs.
The Stewards' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 10 added; 3 years
old, Bst 71b ; 4 yrs, 9st 51b ; 5 yrs, lOst ; 6 yrs and aged,
lOst 51b. The winner to be sold for 50/. ; heats, one mile.
(9 Subs.)
Mr. King's bf by Physician, out of Dick's dam, 4 yrs 1 1
Mr. Pitt's Jack Scroggins, 5 yrs
Mr. C. Dorrien's Justice Greedy, 3 yrs 2 0
The following were not placed :—Mr. E. Hilliard's Kate
Kearney, aged (h b) ; Mr. Legge's Mohawk, 5 yrs ; Mr.
Sergeant's Rebecca, 3 yrs; and Mr. Bourke's Launcelot, aged.
Won easy.
The Farmers' Cup, the second to receive 10 sovs., fur 4 yrs
old, lOst 41b ; 5 yrs, Ilst 61b ; 6 yrs and aged, 12st ; winners
71bs extra, once round, was won in two heats by Mr. Mit-
chell's Jerry, 6 yrs, beating Mr. Judd's Courage, aged ; Mr.
Stares' Cameleon, and Mr. Taylor•'s Miss Emma, aged. Won
cleverly.
The Hack Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 10/. added, list each ;
one mile heats. Winner to be sold for 25/.
Mr. C. Dorrien's mby Nonsense, 4 yrs
Mr. Fitts' Jack Scroggins, 5 yrs 1 2 2
Three others started.
• The Hurdle Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 25 added, l2st.each.
Two miles and a distance, Gentlemen riders, were won by
Capt. Delin's Reprobate ; beating Mr. Bourke's Firefly, Capt.
Poyntz's Rover, and two others.
BURTON CONSTABLE HUNT RACES—THURSDAY.
The Criterion Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, for
' three yrs olds and upwards. Gentlemen riders. Mile and
three-quarters. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Hobson's Insanity, 3 yrs, ist 41b (Francis) 1
Col. Thompson's Gib, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b 2
Mr. Richardson's Orleans, 5- yrs, lOst 71b
6t04 on Gib, sto 2 agst Insanity. Won by a length, after
a fine race.
The Scurry Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 10 added, -10 st 71b
each. Heats, Half a mile. (7 Subs.)
Mr. J. Milner's Beta, aged, 71bs extra ...(Holmes) 0 1 1
Mr. E. Baxter's Magna Charts, 71bs extra • 1 7 5
Mr. Clark's Maria, 5 yrs, 71bs extra
Mr. Newton's Cripple
Colonel Thompson's Nelson, 5 yrs 0 2 dr
Mr. J. Whittaker's bm by St. Nicholas, 5 yrs 4 3 dr
Mr. Maister's Paracelsus, aged, llst
The first heat was won by a neck, -the second by half a
length, and the third cleverly by nearly a length.
The Atalanta Whip, given by the ladies, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 1 sov. each, for ladies' horses, 1 Ist 71b each, and
5 Subs. ; once round and a distance, was won in a canter by
Col. Thompson's Hamlet, aged (Mr. H. S. Thompson) beating
his Nelson, Mr. Jordan's Grindale, and Mr. Richardson's
Molly Bawn.
The Farmers' Purse, with 10 sovs. added, once round and a
distance, was won in two heats by Mr. Simpson'sAggravator,
aged, (Mr. W. Wilson), beating Mr. J. White's Ranger, Mr.
Skeltou's Little Isaac, aged, and Mr. G. Loft's Le Grand,
6 yrs (fell), very easy.
The Hack Stakes were won by Jenny Crow.
• MANCHESTER BETTING—FRIDAY.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
2 to 1 on The Ugly Buck.
CHESTER CUP.
6 to 1 agst Bramble 25 to 1 agst Roscius
8 to 1 agst Pagan 25 to 1 agst Jamie Forest
12 to 1 agst Cattonite 30 to 1 agst Xanthus—t
12 to 1 agst Red Deer 10 to 1 agst Pharaoh—t
20 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn 1000 to 15 agst Newcourt
20 to 1 agst Nutwith The rest as before.

30 to 1 agst Sing of the
Gipsies
30 to 1 agst lonian
40 to 1 agst Apprentice
No other change.
.to 1 agst The Bee—t I2oto 1 agst Assay
£2 to 1 agst Princess
The following horses arrived at Newmarket on Friday :-
14ord Chesterfield's Tiddly Winks, Lord Maidstone's The
Castor, Mr. Phillingham's Skeleton, and Duke of Richmond's
Red Deer.
The Great Mogul, Devil-to-pay, and Emma are en route.
The Ugly puck and the Wadastra colt, and some of Lord
Glasgow's, are expected to-morrow.

3 to 1 agst Ratan
3 to 1 agst Ugly Buck—t
20 to 1 agst Leander
20 to 1 agst Campauero
25 to 1 agst Running Rein
OAKS.

-ORLEANS ' AND BORDEAUX
RAIL WAY.
•
(From the Railway Record.)
It will be seen by our advertising columns that the Orleans
and Bordeaux Company is fairly before the public. The
Anglo-French Company, formed for obtaining the line from
Orleans to Tours (under the impression that that section
alone of the great line from Paris to the Spanish frontier, and
upon which the Government works are nearly finished,would
be proposed this year), profiting by a large excess of capital
for that section, and encouraged by the very favourable
terms offered to them by the Minister, have extended their
tender so as to embrace the ninety additional leagues to Bor-
deaux. The whole length from Orleans to Bordeaux is 120
leagues, or 300 English miles. The first section, from Orleans
to Tours (70 miles), might be opened to the public in the
course of the summer of next year.
This Company differs from most of the others hitherto pro-
jected in two or three important particulars. First, they are
-wholly independent of their bankers, either for supplying the
caution-money required by the French Government, or any
portion of their capital. In France, the bankers (as the chief
projectors) rule the Companies : in this case the Company
governs the bankers, who are strictly-their agents only in
financial matters, and who are very much obliged to them
for their custom both in Paris and the provinces.
Secondly, the stock is fairly offered to the public at large,
and ample time allowed for consideration and decision, with
a certainty that impartial justice will be dealt out to all in
the distribution of the shares. This contrasts honourably
with the system of subscription lists, opened and closed
within 48 hours, ani no more shares to be had, except at a
premium ! This latter system is sure to re-act upon a
Company, and in a recent instance it is already beginning to
be felt. - -
Lastly, and not least in.iinportance, this Company is based
mainly upon the support of local influence in the composi-
tion of the French portion of its capital, and upon the names
of sound, practical, commercial men, by which the Company
is represented, as soumissionaires, or demandants of the lease
of the line.
Of the French party, one is a country banker, and Presi-
dent of the Tribune of Commerce of his city—a court which
pronounces upon all suits and questions off' a commercial na-
ture, and of which men only of the very first character for
integrity and intelligence are chosen to the presidency by
their fellow-citizens. •
The second is a member of an ancient and wealthy family,
proprietors of extensive estates, large forests, and various
minerals—himself the chief partner amongst them, and the
manager, also, of two of the largest iron works in central
France, in which none but the best and highest priced de-
scription of iron is produced. It will be readily seen that he
must almost of necessity, be a good man of business.
The English interests are most efficiently represented in
the. person of Mr. William Mackenzie, of Liverpool, whose
well-known celebrity as the constructor of various extensive
canal and railway works in Great Britain, has been further
increased by the colossal works he has already executed, and
has now on hand in France. The firm of which he is the

head (Mackenzie and Brassey) constructed the whole of the
works on the Paris and Rouen Railway, amounting to up-
wards of 1,000,0001., and finished them within two years,
under considerable disadvantages from delays and obstruc-
tions to the more rapid progress which they would have
made. They have contracts for works now on the Rouen and
Havre line, to the extent of 600,0001. and upwards. They

rave undertaken to construct the whole of the works on the

line from Lancaster to Carlisle, in conjunction with Mr. John
Stephenson, of Derby, another first-class contractor, both as
to capital and experience; and they have, moreover, large
interests in manufacturing concerns in England and in
France.

The names of such representatives of a Company, com-
bining, as they all do, ample means with great practical
experience as men of business, and an intimate acquaintance
with all that relates to railways, cannot fail to inspire public
confidence in the soundness of this undertaking. Indeed, the
large extent to which Mr. Mackenzie himself, and his
friends and connections, are known to be interested, is a
sufficient assurance upon that head. In good truth, under
the present system the least productive of the French lines
cannot be a bad investment ; but there are advantages pecu-
liar to this line which, we doubt not, will in due time be
brought under the notice of those interested.
We understand •it is intended in this Company to have a
Committee of Management, composed at first of four, and
ultimately of six acting Directors, who will reside at various
points on this line, and devote the whole of their time to the
daily superintendence of the affairs of the Company, subject
to the supreme control of the General Board. The Directors,
first ten, and ultimately sixteen in.number, will be chosen in
equal proportions from amongst the largest and most eligible
shareholders, both in England and France.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
FRIDAY, APRIL 19.
SUPPLY.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.)
MAJORITY—AYES, 68.

Motion made, and Question put, " That a sum not ex-
ceeding 13,500/., be granted to her Majesty, to defray the
charge of the Civil Establishment of St. Helena, and of Pen-
sions and Allowances to the Civil and Military Officers of the
East India Company's late Establishment in that Island, to the
31st day of March, 1845 :" The Committee divided :
Allix, John Peter Forbes, William' Nicholl, Sir John
Antrobus, Edmund Forman, T. Seaton O'Brien, A. S.
Arkwright, Gem ge Gaskell, J. M. Peel, Jonathan
Baird, William Gladstone, W. B, Plumptre, J. F.
Baring. W. B. Gladstone, J. N. Pringle, A.
Bentlnck, Lord 3 Godson, Richard Rashleigh, Wm.
Blakemore, R. Graham, Sir James Rous, Hon. Captain
Boldcro, Henry G. Greenall, Peter Sanderson, R.
Borthwick, Peter Hardinge, Sir H. Somerset, Lord G.
&Afield, Beriah Harris, E. A. J. Stanley, Lord! "
Bruce, Lord Ernest Hayes, Sir B. Staunton, Sir d. T.
Chapman, Aaron Heathcote, Sir W. Stewart, John
Chelsea, Viscount Hddgson, Richard Sutton, Henry M.
Clerk, Sir George Hope, arles Trench, Sir F. W.
Clive, R. H. Hughes, W. B. Trevor, Hon. G. R.
Coote, Sir C. Jerinyn, Lord Trotter, John
Corry, Hon. Henry Kemble, Henry Wellesley, Lord C.
Cripps, W. Knatchbull, Sir E. Wood, ColonelT.
Dickinson, F. H. Lincoln, Earl of Wyndham Colonel
Dougla.., Sir H. Lockhart, William Young, John
Douglas, Sir C. M'Neill, Duncan
East, James Buller Masterman, John
Eliot, Lord Meynell, Captain
Flower, Sir James Neville, Ralph

TELLERS
Fremantle Sir T.

Baring, H. B.

MINORITY-NOES, 23.

Aglionby, H. A. Gisborne, Thomas Plumridge, Captain
Aldam, William Hay, Sir A. L. Tancred, H. W
Baring F. T. Heathcoat, J. Thornely, Thomas
Bowring, Dr. Heron, Sir R. Warburton, H.
Brotherton, J. Horsman, Edward Yorke, H. Redhead
Browne, W. Marsland. H.
Busfeild, W. Napier, Sir Charles = TELLERS.
Duncan, George O'Conor Don Hume, J.
Forster, Matthew O'Ferrall, H. M. Williams, W.

Motion made, and Question proposed, " That a aum not ex-
ceeding 7,565/.be granted to her Majesty, to defray the charge
of the Colony of New Zealand, to the 31st day of March,
184.5 :"—Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, " That
a sum not exceeding 6,9651. be granted to her Majesty, to
defray the charge of the Colony of New Zealand, to the 31st
day of March, 1e.45 :" The Committee divided :
MINORITY—AYES, 19.

Berkeley, Hon. G. F Hawes, B. Wakley, Thomas
Bewring, Dr. Hindley, Charles Warburton' Henry
Brotherton, J. Marsland, H. Williams, W.
Evans, William Napier, Sir Charles
Gibson, T. M. Plumridge, Captaitt TELLERS.
Gisborne,iThomas SmithaVernon Hume, Joseph
Gill, Thomas Stock, Sergeant Roebuck, J. A.
Hatton Captain Talbot, C. M. It.

IRELAND.

POSTPONEMENT OF THE NEW TRIAL MOTION.
DUBLIN, APRIL 18.—The motion of the traversers for a
new trial, upon the grounds set forth in their affi,lavits, bas
been postponed until Monday next. It is likely that the
arguments upon this branch of the case will occupy the en-
tire of the next week.

It is said, the Attorney-General, after sentence, upon the
declaration of the traversers' counsel that they were deter-
mined to prosecute a writ of error, would intimate his'assent,
and merely require that the traversers should give bail for the
speedy prosecution of the writ, and for their being forthcoming
to suffer the sentence of the Court, incase the decision of the
House of Lords should be 'against them. This, certainly,' is
the course which common justice and common sense would
point out.

RAILWAY NOTABILIA.
(From the Railway Record.)
Several new lines are projected in Ireland—among others,
one from Wexford to Carlow, another from Portadown to
Monaghan and a third from Dublin to Mullingar.
The Edinburgh Record, in referring to the Edinburgh,
Leith, and Newhaven Railway, says :—" Workmen have
commenced to open the communication between the Drift.
tunnel, which has been carried through the foot of Scotland-
street to the markets, and the ground set apart for the station
of the railway.
Captain Kelly assumes the post of Chai.man of the London
and Brighton Railway Company, in the room of Mr. Par-
sons, who, as announced at the last meeting, has retired alto-
gether from the Board. Mr. Nash is Deputy.
The Hunts Bank Connection Railway will, it is said, be
ready for opening on the Ist of next month.
A railway from Gloucester to Fishguard is projected, at a
cost of two millions and a half. A ready communication
with the south of Ireland is the basis of the scheme. The
Great Western Company are said to be active in promoting it.
It is stated by the Carnarvon Herald, "on authority de-
rived immediately by a magistrate of the county from the
Commissioners of Woods and Forests," that the existing
Menai bridge is to be tried for the purpose of railway transit,
and that only in the event of probable injury to the structure,
or interference with the common-road traffic, will a new
bridge be required.
It was officially announced by Mr. Hudson, at the late
meeting of the Company, that the :Newcastle and Darlington
Railway would be opened on the 18th of June.
A railway between Tavistock and Plymouth is talked of.
It is said that the Duke of Bedford has promised great en-
couragement to the scheme.
In two days in Easter week no fewer than 24,000 persons
were carried on the Manchester and Leeds Railway.
It is reported to be the intention of the Great Western
Company, in consequence of the defeat of their proposed
Newbury branch, to run fast coaches between Reading and
Newbury.
A line of steamers is about to be put on between Bristol
and Newport, in connection with the Great Western Railway.
A vessel will ply each way. daily.
A Newcastle journalist is speculating upon the results of
the present railway movement, whereby, "in the course of
two or three years, persons will be enabled to leave New-
castle-upon-Tyne in the morning, and, dine at Aberdeen, or
even Inverness, the same day." We hope it may be so.
The Directors of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway
have offered a premium of 201. for the " best and most eco-
nomical :plan of engine suited, for the hoist about to be
erected in the No. 14 arch at the Store-street station, Man-
chester. The second best plan to be entitled to 101. The
plans are to be sent to the Secretary before the 30th inst.
The Great Western Railway have it in contemplation to
form a branch line to extend to Frome and Warminster, em-
bracing the towns of Milsham, Bradford, and Ironbridge. A
line for the three last named towns was provided for in their
original Act of Parliament.

PROBABLE REDUCTION OF THE
TEA. AND SUGAR DUTIES.

We were yesterday favoured with the following extract
from a London broker, to a gentleman of this town, dated
London, April 17 :
" I suppose you have heard :that Lord Sandon told Mr.
M'Fee, of Glasgow, that an alteration in sugar and tea was
decided upon, but he did not know the extent ?"
We know not what foundation there may be for this, but
there is a very general belief amongst commercial men here
that something of the kind is intended.—Liverpool Mercury.

-
SUICIDE OF AN AMERICAN
MERCHANT.
Last evening a long inquiry took place at the Horse and
Groom, Castle-street, Leicester-square, before Mr. Higgs,
concerning the death of. Joseph Simiani, aged twenty-six, ,
an American merchant.
William Nind, proprietor of Pagliano's Hotel, No. 30, Lei-
cester-square, said that the deceased had lodged in his
house for the last six weeks. He represented himself as an
American Merchant, lately arrived from Italy, and about to
proceed to New York. Not being able to liquidate the de-
mand witness had upon him, deceased made an engagement
to meet him that morning (Friday) with his friend Mr.
Rosselli, who, he stated; would become guarantee for the
amount. Witness found that, at the appointed time, deceased
had not risen from bed, and he waited a short time expecting
him to make his appearance ; but shortly after twelve o'clock
sent one of the waiters up to call him. The door was locked,
and upon forcing it open, the deceased was seen lying upon
the floor alive, but bleeding from a large wound in the
throat. He died in about an hour. On the previous day
witness told him that he could not remain any longer in the
house, upon which deceased asked to be allowed to get some
letters from his desk, which he stated were were of great im-
portance ; and he then took from the drawer a packet of
letters, addressed to Mr. Roselli, Mincing-lane, City. The
day of his death (Friday) witness received the following
letter, which deceased had evidently written the previous
day—it was written in French :
" I pray you to send to Mr. Rosselli, Mincing-lane, my
writing-desk, and the two parcels addressed to him. I kill
myself, because lam tired of living. I have prayed to God
and the most. holy mother that they might take from me
those thoughts, but my prayers have had no effect. It seems
that that should be my destiny. Before dying I have re-
pented with all my heart of all my faults, and I hope in the
mercy of God that my soul may be saved.. Pra
SI y for me.—
I am, &c. "
Witness found a note addressed to him, in which deceased
stated " that he owed him something ; that he (witness) was
master of all his effects ; but that he was sorry there was not
sufficient recompense for his trouble." From a peculiar wild-
ness of the eye witness had observed in deceased, he consi-
dered that his mind was affected. He (deceased) was in the
habit of uttering the most ridiculous falsehoods, indeed, such
as no person could believe. From his habits, witness had no
doubt that deceased was a gentleman of education. He was
latterly in pecuniary difficulties ; but when he had money he
was very improvident.
Mr. •A. Roselli, jun., merchant, of Mincing-lane, City,
said that he had for a long time past transacted business
with the deceased and his father. • He had heard deceased
say several times lately that he was mad; and, in witness's
opinion, his mind was not in a perfectly sound state. His
skull was severely fractured by a fall from his horse about
nine years ago.
The following is a translation of the letter he wrote to
witness
6, You will be astonished to hear the resolution I have
taken, but lam tired of living. I have known this world
long enough; but I hope to enjoy mirth and tranquillity in
the next. As I have not in London a better friend than you,
I beg you to send the inclosed letters to their addresses.
Send my desk to Leghorn. No ; upon second thoughts, you
had better keep it. " SIMIANI."
Deceased often told him that he was connected with the
house of Baring, but witness did not believe him, and thought
his mind was wandering. Amongst the addresses on the
letters found were the following :—" Messrs. Claude, Clerc,
and Co., Marseilles ;" and " Mr. F. Richards, 25, Walter-
street, New York.."
Thomas Blunt, the waiter, said that he found the razor
with which deceased had inflicted the wound secreted under
the bed.
Verdict—" Temporary insanity."

JURISDICTION OF THE CORONER FOR THE DUCHY
or LANCASTER.—On Thursday afternoon Mr. Higgs, the
Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, appointed an inquest
to be held at the Cock Foresters, near Barnet, on the body

of Robert Trigg, aged forty-eight. The Duchy of Lanca;-
ter embraces a most extensive tract of land in London, and

several parts of the environs. It includes all that was for-
merly Enfield-chase, from near Barnet to Enfield, and
southward to Edmonton. The
.precinct of the Savoy, in
the Strand, is also within its jurisdiction, as well as a great
part of Clapham-common, and some of the Wandsworth-
road. Upon the jury assembling at the Cock Foresters,
it was found that the room in which the inquest was to be

held was out of the duchy, and in the county, and an ad
journment to some other place became necessary. An
adjoining coachhouse was the only convenient place near at
hand, and in this unusual place the inquiry was gone into. It
appeared by the evidence that the deceased was a farm la-
bourer, and on Tuesday, he with other men, had been en-
gaged in carting timber on a truck drawn by three horses. As
they were returning home, in the evening, near Trent Park
Lodge, three men were riding in the truck, deceased was sit-
ting on the pole in front, and a lad was driving the horses.
The deceased was asked to get up in front, and while in the
act of doing so the pole of the carriage jerked him off, and he
fell down backwards. The horses were stopped, but the wheels
grazed against the right side of his head, and he bled most
profusely. Surgeons were sent for, but they did not arrive
for three-quarters of an hour after his death, he having ex-
pired very shortly after the accident. All the party were
quite sober, and there had been no • quarrelling. Verdict,
" Accidental death, with a deodand of Is. on the wheel."
FATAL ACCIDENT FROM A STEAM-BOAT.—Last
evening Mr. Hayne held an inquest in the St. Magnus
vestry-room, London-bridge, on the body of J. W. Foster,
aged twenty-four, late money-taker on board.the Fairy Wool-
wich steam-boat.. It appeared in evidence, that at nine
o'clock on Easter Monday evening, the boat arrived crowded
with passengers at the Old Shades pier, and a gangway was
made from the after part of the deck on to the dumb-lighter-
pier. Deceased was seen at the time on the ganway plank,
and whilst they were mooring the vessel close to from an.
other gangway from the fore part of the deck, a splash was
heard in the water, and a cry of " a man overboard" was
raised. Deceased was immediately missed, but though lights
were held over the spot where it was supposed deceased had
fallen nothing could be seen of him. Drags were imme-
diately put out, but the body could not be found. It was not
found until yesterday morning, when it was discovered by a
lighterman floating in the water, close to the side of the Lon-
don-bridge wharf. The money he had taken on Easter Mon-
day, amounting to 121. 18s 9d., was found on his person. As
no one actually saw him fall into the water, the jury returned
an open verdict of—Found drowned.
Mu, W. FARREN.—it is with great pleasure we
call attention to the notice that this distinguished comedian
has so far recovered from his alarming illness as to
be able to resume his professional duties on Monday next.
He will appear as Sir Peter Teazle in the School for Scandal.
Mrs. Bailey, with her only child, a boy about nine
years of age, has recently sailed in theßoyal Saxon for New
South Wales, to join her husband, the Rev. William Bailey,
who, it will be remembered, was sentenced to be transported
for life, for forgeries committed under very aggravated cir-
cumstances, with intent to defraud the executors of a de-
ceased member: of his congregation. Mrs. Bailey carries out
with her to the colony letters of recommendation from many
influential individuals, who have kindly interested them-
selves in her behalf. This unfortunate and amiable lady is
a grand-daughter of the late Rev. William Jones, of Nay-
land, so well known by his " Catholic Doctrine of a Trinity
proved," and other highly- esteemed works. Mrs. Bailey is
herself an authoress, and has published several volumes of
poems i amongst them are " Palmyra," " The Months," and
"Musa; Sacme, containing original hymns and translations
from the Latin and Italian poets.—Herald.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN AtSTATION-ROUSE.—Yes-
terday, amongst the night charges at Marylebonek'oliccei
Court, connected with the S division, was
one pre fen.e
against a man named George Arnold, for having stolen some
saws and other carpenters' tools. Mr. Inspector Aggs ad-
dressed the Magistrate, Mr. Long, in reference to this case,
and stated that the accused was taken to the station-house,
at Kentish-town, on the previous evening about nine o'clock ;
in a few minutes after he was locked up, he (the Inspector)
hearing a strange kind of noise, entered the cell, when he be-
held the unfortunate man sitting on the floor with his head
resting against the wall ;he was bleeding from two deep and
jagged wounds in his throat, and a sharp dessert knife, with
which lie had inflicted the injury, was lying by his side. The
wounds were dressed by Dr. Hollands, who was promptly, in
attendance, and the sufferer was subsequently conveyed in a'
coach to the University College Hospital, where he still ,re-
mains in a very alarming condition ; he had expressed lris
regret that the inspector should have made the discovery,
and had also_ signified his intention of completing his object
whenever an opportunity might offer. lie was searched
prior to the key being turned upon him at the station, but
no knife was then found, and he must therefore have had the
instrument secreted beneath some bandages_ upon his left
arm, which had recently been broken ; he alleged that he
had no home, and that he was in great distress.' He was
remanded.