Star.
London, England, 1828-12-10 00:00:00

NEWCASTLE, Die. 9.

Considerable anxiety has been felt in this toe*: during
the past week, in consequence of Mr. Thomas Gibson,
the Comptroller of the Customs, and eldest son of the
latelenjamin Gibson, E q. of this town, having left his
own house, near the Leazes, on Sunday afternoon, the
30th of November, and not returning home again.—
Every search was made without effect till about three
o'clock on Saturday afternoon last. when he weal
discovered in a conduit on the Town Moor, leading
into the enclosure called the Bulls' Park. The straw
hat he had on had been found on Monday or Tuesday
in the Bulls Park. W. Fie, Esq. the Coroner, held
an invest on the body at Mr. Lax's, the herd's house,
between six and seven o'clo: k in the evening of Satur-
day, when Jerome Bombelli, Isaac Golightly, Mr. Scott.
clerk of St. Andrew's, Sarah Turnbull, Wm. Hall Jahn
Iyaict, and Wm. Tate, Nereexamined. substanceor
the evidence was, that Mr. Gibson was at church on
Sunday morning—he afterwards put on old clothes to as.
oast his servant in cleaning the yard, which was much
flooded with wa.er —be lett his own nouse between four
and five o'clock in the afternoon, wither t an umbrella,
when. it was raining, and was never seen afterwards—his
bat was found on Monday or Tuesday in the Bulls
Park, but that his body was not found and taken ou; of
the conduit leading into the Bulls' Park till a few mi-
nutes before three o'clock on Saturday afternoon. As
it was shown that the Moor was dreadfully flooded by
the heavy rams that fell on Sunday, and that the open-
ing of the conduit extended about three feet from the
pound, it seems probable that Nlr.Gobson met his death
uy getting, through mit.ike, in the dark, into the line of
the cbtiduit, and that by the great violence of the current
he was thrown down and forced along the conduit before
he could recover himself. This seemed to be probable,
mote especially from the evidence of Wstalall, a ha ick-
layer, who said that if a person once got it.to the
from its great impetuosity. he thought he could not
escape; however desirous he might be to save himself.
The likelihood of this was increased by the facts, that
the body was found 400 or 500 yards from the opening-
of the condnit, and so tightly fixed in that it was some
minutes before it could be borced out. There were small
wounds on the head also, as if they had been produced
by coming in contact with the rugged and uneven
stones at the top or botom of the conduit. Toe Jury
found their verdict as f :flows:—el On Saturday, the 6th
day of Dec. inst. the body of Thomas Gibs-m, who had
been missing since Sunday last, was found drowned and
suffocated in a certain conduit situate upon the Town
Moor in tke parish of Saint Nicholas, in the town and
county cf Newcastle upon Tyne ; that the said Thomas
G bson had no marks cf violence appealing on his body
otherwise than might be occasioned by his having
passed a considerable space along the conduit, and that
the Jurors are of opinion the said Thomas Gibson had
fallen into the entrance of the said conduit, and be-
Cann swept away by tie violence of the fin 'd, which
at that time prevailed in consequence of a long and
col.einued rain which had been falling ma Saturday and
Sunday last." Mr. abson, when found, was very little
altered in his appearance.* lie was in his sixty-third
year ; was a man of a mild and inoffensive character,
and very charitable to the poor.—Tyne Mercury.
Tuesday evening, Mr. James Lamb, of Harbottle,
surgeon, left his wife and family, and did not returnl
Next day the whole neighbourhood was upon the alert,
in search cf him, when his lifeless body Was found
the river Coquet, near to Sharperton. The unfortunate,
Gentleman, it appears, had been one of a party in fishing
f kipper. Atter enjoying himself in that favourite
amusement, he next joined a card party at Allentoo,
which he is said to have left in a state of intoxication;
and, on his road home, it is supposed he fell into the
river, which being(much swollen with heavy rains, car-
ried his body a nide and a half below Harbottle.—
Verdict—Accidental Death.
Part of the battlements of the bridge hall way be-
tween this town and Soields, have been swept away, and
it has been a therwise injured by the rut floods caused
by the lats heavy lain .

WESUINSTER GENERAL DISPENSARY,
OIMARD-sTRIET, SONO. • •

The Annivefsary Dinner 4this ins'itulon took place
yesterday, at the Freemason,' Taye,n, when Vic,- Ad-
miral Sir JOSEPH Vaasa, 11. F. fill-d the Chair. The
dinner—an exceedingly substantial one—hawing t emit
concluded, and the healths 4 the Royal Family drank
in the usual manner. the Chairman rose to propose
" Prosperity to the Westminster Ge eral Disrens.iry..
and in doing so, he took au opportunity of remaking 'in
the excellence of ihislnstitui ion, and of expressing his re-
gret, that in crnsequence of the number f necess sty ex-
penses which had been incurred, and of the great falling
off in subscriptions, the funds were in an extremely
hau,ted state, so much so that the Dispensary might
almnst:be considered to be on its last legs, unless some
very t zfraordinary exertions were m ide by the public to
assist it. Under these circumstances, the Gallant Chair-
man called on the partypresent to come forward liberally
to prevent so excellent a charity from going to min;
or, in his own expressive words, he desired them to
thrust their hands to the bottom of their pocket, and
pull them out with something sticking at the end of
heir fingers—in fact, to fork out the blunt at once—an
example which the worthy Chairman did not fail to
set himself, for, as it afterwa,ds appear-A, he accom-
panied his appeal to others with a handsome donation
himself.

The heal,hs of the Patrons, President, Vice Presi-
dentg, and other officers the institution, were then
drank; after which a report on the state of the Dis.
pessary was then read by the Chairman, by which it
appeared that since the found.ti in of the institution, in
1774, 2274°6 patients had been admitted, and that,
notwithstanding the declining state of the funds, 6,171
patients had been a twitted within the last year. 1+
then we. t to state the cireum•tances under whi h the
diminution of the funds had taken place; and in coa-
clu•ion expressed a hope on the part of the Governrir,
and Subscribers that instant aid would be afforded by
the donations of the pahlic, without which, it added, it
would be impossible for the Institution to exist much
longer.

The donation of the Chairman was farmed by many
others from different individuals present, and in the
course of the es ening a handsome subscription was raised.
The party did not break up until a la•it hour.