The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-29 00:00:00

INQUEST ON CAPTAIN G. H. ELIOTT.

On Wednesday last our town was thrown into a state
of no inconsiderable excitement, in consequence of a re-
port being rather prevalent that Captain Granville Hey-
wood Eliott, of the 4th Dragoon Guards, and a small
boy, his servant, of about twelve years of age, of the
name of Curley, were drowned at the Long Island. Ac-
cordingly one of the gun-boats was immediately manned,
and repaired to the spot, accompanied by a number of
small boats. After dragging the river for some time,
the rumour turned out a sad reality. The first thing
they succeeded in finding-was the boat, and within a very
few yards of where the boat was raised both bodies were
found, almost side by side, grasped in the strong arms of
death. When the boats arrived at the Canal Harbour
the bodies were carried on a bier to barracks, where the
inquest was held by Mr. E. Lynch, Coroner. The jury,
after a short deliberation, returned the following verdict :
—" We find that Granville Heywood Eliott, and his boy,
Patrick Curley, came by their death accidentally, being
found drowned on the 21st of August, 1844, in the river
Shannon, by falling out of a boat, and were then and
there suffocated and drowned, and that the said boat was
the cause of the death of the said G. H. Eliott and
Patrick Curley, and is of the value of one pound, and do
award it as a deodand to the Queen." -
Captain Granville Heywood Eliott was the only son
of a retired artillery officer, Colonel Eliott, of Vale-
brook-lodge, near Hastings; in Sussex, and has also left
a mother and a sister to lament his premature death.
He joined the 4th as Cornet, at Brighton, in March,
1835, and from that period enjoyed the closest intimacy
and friendship with all his brother officers, by whom he
was greatly beloved and esteemed, and was only in his
twenty-ninth year. We regret to say that since then
the father of Curley (the boy who lost his life with
Captain Eliott), a poor old man residing at Athlone,
took the melancholy fate of his son so much to heart,
that he has died from grief.—Athlone Sentinel.
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY—PRINCE ALBERT.
DUBLIN, AUGUST 27.—At the last weekly meeting of
the Council of the Royal Irish Agricultural Society, the
following letter from General Wemyss, Equerry to his
Reyal Highness Prince Albert, was read :
" Windsor Castle, Aug. 12, 1844.
" Sir,—ln compliance with the request communicated
by you from the Council of the Royal Agricultural Im-
provement Society of Ireland, I am commanded by his
Royal Highness Prince Albert to acquaint you that it
will afford his Roy al Highness much pleasure in being
nominated a member of the society, and you will be so
good as to communicate to the Council his Royal High-
ness's cheerful acquiescence in their wishes.
" Your obedient servant,
" To the Secretary, &c. &c." " W. WEMYSS.
Ordered,—That the above letter should be acknow-
ledged, and that Mr. Purcell be directed to take the ne-
cessary steps for announcing to his Royal Highness that
he had been admitted a member of the society, and for
presenting to him the society's medal, which had been
gained by him for the best fat animal in the yard at the
late cattle show.
IRISH CHARITABLE BEQUESTS ACT.
In reference to Mr. O'Connell's opinion on the
Charitable Bequests Act, the Evening Post contains the
following :—" Since the Act reevived the royal assent,
we have apprised the public of the settled and irrevoca-
ble opposition of the Irish Catholic prelates and eergy
to its principle. I will be seen, by the elaborate opinion
of Mr. O'Connell—who, on this occasion, writes as a
lawyer, and we need not say there is no higher authority
on legal questions—that in principle and in detail the
measure is so obnoxious that the Catholic prelacy and
priesthood cannot possibly afford their co-operation to
the working of the measure, and there is now no remedy
save its repeal or extensive modification. We have
learned, too, that the supreme authority in tho Catholic
Church, the Pope, has expressed his decided co•!d,tnna-
ticm of the provisions of the measure. The only coury
left for Ministers is to stop all proceedings under the
Act, until the next session affords them, or their sums-
s,rs, the opportunity of introducing a Bill free from the
obnoxious clauses in the present Act."

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

The following are the results of "A Table of Mortalit3
in the Metropol►s, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes reg►stered in the Week ending Saturday, the
2 lth of August, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General:—

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Weekly
Total. Average o 1
Five years,

Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 268 178
Diseases of variable or uncertain seat - 103 111
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 141 157
Diseases of the Luna, and of
Respiration 194 286
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 32 21
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion B5 69
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 8 5
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the joints, Bones, and Muscles 9, 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c
Old Age, or Natural Decay 63 71
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance
Causes specified... -
Deaths from all Causes 936 946
DEATHS mom THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER
THE ABOVE HEADS.

Total.
Congumption ll6
I)

Weekly Average
of Five Years,
147

Scarlatina
Pneumonia .....•••.
Dropsy .. .
•• lTOOping Cough
Typh US
Small Pox
__

Disease of the Heart

Measles 23
Apoplexy . ..
Diseases of the Brain l4
Diarrhoea..
•••
Sudden Deaths
DISTRICTS.
Vet

North
Central

East ... ..

South

. 231

Total .... ..... . ...... ..... 936

AUGUST MUIR OF ORD MARKET.—The August
market was held at the Muir of Ord on Wednesday and
Thursday. There were . many excellent lots on the
ground from Dunrobin and the western parts of Ross,
which brought good prices. Mr. Sim, Drummond, pur-
chased a lot of good two-year-olds at 7L 10s. Thelighest
price we heard given for six quarters was 3/, purchased
by Mr. Harper. There were only a few crosses,
which were bought by Mr. Harper, for 8/. 10s.. Mr.
Boulderson sold a pair of capital three-year old Angus
cattle at 301. The following are about the prices :
Three-year-olds averaged from 51. to 8/.,, two-year-olds
4/. to 7L 108., six quarters from 21. to 3/. There was
little doing in the sheep market, it being rather indif-
ferently supplied. Wethers brought from 18s. to 225.,
ewes from Bs., .to 55., cheviot lambs from 45. to 65. 6d.—
R033-shire 4clyeTaser.. , .

* " The hall is small, and without ornament—wanting
marble, gilding, and paintings."