The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-16 00:00:00

SUDDEN DEATII OF MR. HUMPIIRYS, DEPUTY

AIRMAN OF TIIE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY

(From a Correspondent.) —lt is with extreme pain I inform you of
the sudden death of a most worthy and esteemed gentleman, Mr.
Ambrose Humphrys, of 22, Upper Wimpole-street, Cavendish.
square, Deputy Chairman of the Great Western Railway, which
took place at his residence on Saturday, at a quarter past four, P.M.
He had attended, during
the day, to his usual business, and had
proposed an early dinner, with the intention of getting to the Opera,
with his daughter, in good time. When at dinner, he complained
of illness, and retired to the sofa in the dining room, and was a
corpse in a few minutes. So sudden was his demise, that the family
present thought it a fainting fit only. Drs. Wilson, Leicester, and
Heavyside, were immedietely called in, and they pronounced him
dead,

Lady Montgomery and party, Colonel Bryan and
family, the lady of Major Rice and family, and Sir William and
Lady Allan, were among the numerous passengers that arrived at
Blackwall Pier early this morning, by the General Steam Naviga-
tion Company's steam-ship Soho, Captain Cullen, after a rapid
passage of a little over eighteen hours from Antwerp.
SUSPECTED PARRICIDE.—The Carlisle Journal
states that Mr. John Graham, an opulent turner, residing at
Kirk Andrew, has been taken into custody on a charge of
poisoning his wife and his father. The bodies have been ex-
humed, and the circumstances attending the death of each case
are at present under investigation before the coroner.
ILLICIT DISTILLATION.--EXTENSIN'E SEISURE.—
About eight o'clock on Saturday evening an extensive seisure of
illicit spirits was made, and t,vo private stills were discovered, on
thepremiscs, 64, Silver-street, Stepney, by George George, and
John Diver, officers of Customs. Suspicion was first excited by
complaints made in the neighbourhood that by some means or
other the supply of water had been most inconvecien.ly reduced,
which fact was ultimately explained by the discovery of a new
pump at the "distillery," which diverted the water away for
the purpose of cooling the worms. The place had been taken
for the ostensible purpose of a blacking manufactory, and undar
that pretext the spirit was carried away in a cart through a gate-
way, being at the back of the premises. The' officers came In the
nick of time, just as the cart was leaving the premises. It was
driven by a parson named John Cherry, who, together with the
horse and cart, were left in the custody of Bonner, a constable of
the K division, whilst the officers searched the premises. In what
was the back parlour they found two complete stills, one capable of
working ninety and the other between thirty and forty gallons,
and two worms running through a hundred gallon tub or cooler,
for the supply of which the dearth of water which led to the detec.
tion had taken place, During the time the officers were forcing an
entrance the person who was working the still contrived to make
his escape. Fifteen gallons of spirits, under proof, with all the
paraphernalia of a large distillery, were found upon the premises.
In the cart, which bore the inscription Win. Cherry, Old-street.
road, St. Luke's, there was found 20 gallons of spirits 25 degrees
above proof, in carboys and tin cans, packed away like blacking in
hampers.

LIE LATE DUEL AT PORTSMOUTH.—There are lots
of flying reports at Portsmouth about Mr. Hawkey, the surviving
principal in the late duel, but no reliance is to be placed on any of
them. One states that on the evening of the duel Mr. Hawkey
entered the house of a friend at Gosport, and said," For God's sake,
give ins protection: I have shot Seton in a duel, and lam afraid
he is dead." He slept there that night, and departed for Chcr_
bourg. At that place It is said that he has been confined by the
British Consul; that having arrived there with
-. a passport
made out in a false name, and wishing to proceed, he applied to
the Consul for one in his own name of Hawkey, and that he was
detained in consequence. Another report is, that a letter has been
received at Portsmouth, stating that is is the intention of both
Mr. Hawkey and Mr. Pym to surrender about the middle of July,
to stand their trial at Winchester. A third report says that Mr.
Hawkey has never been five miles from Portsmouth since the affair.
DEATH IN PARIS OF ONE or THE FEMALE lOWAY
"srmaNs.—The loway Indians have sustained a severe loss, 0-ke-
the wife of Little Wolf, died on Thursday, of an affec-
tion of the lungs, brought on by grief for the death of her young
child in London. Her husband was unremitting in his endeavours
to console her and restore her to the love of live, but she constantly
replied—" No Ino I My fourchildren recal me. I see them by
the side of the Great Spirit. They stretch Out their arms to me,
and arc astonished that Ido not join them." The Little Wolf has
not appeared at the exhibition since Monday, not having quitted
his dying wife for a minute, watching .over her night and day, and
suffering no take else but himself to perform the offices of tenderness
which her condition required. She charged him to make her ac-
Liested that a
knowledgments to the physicians who had kindly attended her,
wdihreicchtesdhethweorderess
rounds her hewpasecicto,
mulls n'it be removed. The three be buried and red
medal o`: the Virgin Mother of the Great p,trit of the Christians,
other women wept Aver her corpse, although she belonged to a
different tribe, the Sioux, who were enemies to the loways.
THE RIVER STEAMERS.—The crowded state of the
steam-boats which ply on the river Thames, particularly above
bridge, call imperatively for some powerful or legislative interfcr-
Mee. A cop:v.4l)9l*o 4tatei that he went on board the Day-
light strainer last evening, about nine o'clock, coming from Chelsea
w
down the river. At Nine Elms, the crowded state of the vessel,
the noise and confusion, inspired him with so much alarm,
that he with the greatest difficulty indeed, and with the most
imminent clanger to himself and family, succeetleel la-oding at
Lambeth ; but notwithstandinq the frightful danger which the
yefsel en'i4oueitered; 'by 'being so overloaded, numbers of pas-
sengers were there permitted to go on board,, for the purpose of
proceeding to the lower parts of the river. This is one amen,.
nu_
morons statements which reach us almost daily of this growing
evil, and, until some frightful accident occurs, will probably ihe,
main disregarded by the Government, ii time that
some legislative endeam.r should be made to protect human
life against such pioCejings on the part of steam-boats companies.
—AdvertiseY.

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The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield received a
"elect party at dinher last evening at Chesterfield Nose,