The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-23 00:00:00

by drowning, noticed briefly in our paper
day : • of
portion
" Having been engaged during the early
the day in the discharge of his professional avocations
at the Insolvent Court, Strand-street, Mr. V" io
quitted court about twelve o'clock, and proceeded
his house in Lower Dominick-street, and after r.e;
maining there for about three-quarters of an hour,
of yester-
left home at one o'clock, accompanied by
his faveur
dogs, two fine animals of the Newfoundland bree_
i.d,
for the purpose of taking a walk in the country 1
recreation to which he had been always much at-
tached. He proceeded, as was his usual practice, me
the direction of the Royal Canal, and at half-past °no
or two o'clock was observed- by police-constable
Rendle, 83 D, who was on duty to
in the immediate
vicinity of the Tolka-bridge, which lies in a valley
the right of the canal outside the city, and is dist°t
about an English mile. from the village of Phibsri;
rough. The constable was standing on some 140.,
pasture lands which overhang the bridge, and IN. d
that position saw a gentleman, who was accomPel,,e
by two dogs, cross the bridge.. This gentlen,,,anbe
who from appearance he immediately supposed ss
Mr. Walsh—though the distance between them 5y...„
too great to admit of identification by -
turned into the valley on the right, which lies in ~7
direction of Finglass, and was walking leisurely Wi.%
his dogs by the side of the river Tolka, when he 0",,
lost to the constable's view. • The constable had To"
proceethd many yardS upon his beat, when his atte.n;
tion was arrested by a scream, and turning h's,e3 d
in the direction of the river he saw a natn's
above the surface of the waterhis hands were littried
features_
to his eyes—his hat. was floating on the stream, Bw,
the dogs were howling on the shore. The coosto.
ran down the valley with• all possible expedition, tie'',
before he had reached the spot the unfortunate genlbs
man had sunk,.never again to rise a living ninth ore
place into which he fell is- a qUarry-hole, or, n'
properly speaking, an - eratrmous• pit of from sixtY,
eighty feet deep, which lies in the bed of the
elsewhere shallow and-in-signifieant, and the exact so
tuation of the spot will be understood by those
that
are conversant with thelocality,,when it is stated
it lies immediately opposite to tie residence ofchf
tain Mackenzie, in the valley ~,leading to ringrit
wood. The general impression is, that 01)e -',`,yo4-
dogs was swimming in the quarry -hole, and 7,f
Walsh, in stooping over the bank tor the parin''
es
lifting him out of the water, lost his footing, an,";„,if
precipitated into the pit. The 'bank is excee`ii• $
steep and slippery, sinking abruptly within Deficit
yard of the shore to the enormous depth alit to
stated ; but hail the lamented gentleman been 2°'f.e„.,..
:smith he might possibly have saved himself; 242't 8 Side
strokes would haw brought hiln to the other
where, the bank being level, a landing could be c'ci
of
effected. Other reports state that he had a Cori. s
chain attached to the collar of one of the aniv3a''n'y
dog of remarkable size and stren4h, which surie,-ag
jumped into the water, dragging,' the deceased
t yt
with him ; however, the truth of this statement is 11," we
all 'confirmed, for we could not ascertain, altholleogs
made particular inquiries, that either of the of
was seen in the water, or had , the appearnec;:ing
being recently wet. The constable, who on arro.' on
on the spot found Mr. Walsh',‘ umbrella 1)11),:rge
the bank, lost no time in giving, the alarm. A 'iree
group of villagers and several of the police '`)os
crowded to the scene of the traOic event, and boats
s•
were procured with as much exedition as WB3 ,10v•
sible under the circumstances, fort he purpose °` „„a
ing the river dragged; but mor6than two hoursiosa
a half elapsed before the body was. discovered. "nee'
at length it was drawp up, and that the wait sP„or
hensions as to the identity of the, deceased were Ore
firmed, it is impossible to conceive anything 1,035
heartrending than the anguish endured by his 1"-wit•
and relatives, who had assembled on the shore ter,:ocl;
ness the mournfUl sight. He was attired in a blacik "bite
coat, lights tweed trousers, velvet waistcoat, aml,,,sv,
neckcloth. The unfortunate gentleman had I°l' slocl
a very valuable gold watch, together with ker 101
other articles, upon his person. The Watembodf
stopped at ten minutes after two o'clock. The is
was conveyed to the cottage of 4 peasant rstsidipa
the neighbourhood. •
haac
ad
"Mr. Walsh was a zealous and eloquent is
and enjoyed an excellent reputation as a crie:,;(o
lawyer. His practice was becotwing every dal
extensive, and his professional emoluments, P°ltwe
larly during the last three years of his life, must '
been very. great. ftoo
was formerly a very leading member
eof
Trades' Union, and subsequently edited a wefitill
paper called The People. When going to the he cave
place from whence he never returned alive, , gave
to
ls. 6d. in charity to a little girl .who was worloe°tbo
an adjoining field ; after the body was taken 11P' re'
object of his benevolence wept :bitterly over the.,/,
itte"
mains of her benefactor."

THE INQUEST.
James M'Carthy, Esq., M.D., one of the c: ile.
coroners, held an inquest upon the body of 113rian
ceased, at seven o'clock in the evening, in the f
Iloroihme public-house, adjoining the scene
'lamentab!e accident. Jo.

The only_ witness called was 'police-constable „et
seph Rendle, 83 D, who deposed.as follows, in 05"tte
to the coroner :—I was stationed upon duty *'t two
cross ground near Glasnevin this day,. betwet° fry.
and three o'clock, when I saw alman in the qua' ith
hole in Tolka Park, at Finglass, which is filled
water and very deep. I first heard dogs bgl'itte
shortly after two o'clock, and when I looked inwho
direction of the noise, I saw a man in the wider' 110
seemed to be standing up, with .his hands uy()gtja I
forehead ; his head was partly over the wateT, tot
heard him shout once or twice. He remained ;nave
position for about three minutes;:when I called to
men who were in an adjoining field to come ,
o.Yepoil
the quarry, saying "That there- was some r„icl;
drowning." I. then went down to quarry uscl4-dia
as possible, but the deceased had 41isappearedt 6' 00
not again rise before I arrived at the spot ; therentte
a hat floating on the water, and an umbrella 1-IP°-0.4
weeds adjoining the place where the decease ben I
found. it was lying up against the bank. ;8,, e
heard him cry out I called on the men, anu `log
two of them came up in a few minutes, but l'ae oce:
had then sunk. I saw some children near the Pcbilo
about 400 perches from the quarry. The eld64
was about thirteen years of age.:' I did not seetolo
persons pass away from the body; if thepelid,l ;31)0°
have seen them. I searched for the body itt
fifteen or twenty minutes after. •
The inquest was then (at half; ast seven °;,ordi,
adjourned until Monday evening, at seven; Sh
ored`
after which the remains of the deceased were reim

in a shell to his residence, in Dominick-street.

q
On the 9th inst., 23,5401 b. of-bullocks' 11,"10e
whole taken from animals killed in: this island Ica:ferEo,,,
consumption, were taken as cargo on board the ~,jq
Maid, for France. The weight of each hide foce,il.,7er,
about 601 b., it follows, taking into account 44 hil;i110
ported a few days before, that 436.0xen have beer sore
in Jersey within the last few weeks; as all the bide
gren.—Jersey Times.