The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-27 00:00:00

NEW ZEALAND

The following is an extract from a private 'letter just re-
ceived by a gentleman at Windsor from the Rev. W. C. Cot-
ton, chaplain to Dr. Selwyn, the Bishop of New Zealand,
who left England in the early part of last year. The letter
is dated from " Waimate, Bay of Islands, New Zealand,
August 18, 1842 :
" Waimate is the central station of the missionaries, and
is situate about 13 miles inland from the Bay of Islands,
which is one of the finest harbours in the world, lying almost
at the north of New Zealand, on the eastern side. The
situation is pleasant, and consists of a large tract of table
land, which was chosen because those at home thought they
might succeed in teaching the natives farming, but there has
been very little done in this respect, the people being too de,
sultory in their habits. They are a fine race, always cheer-
ful and ready to talk with you, and have a wonderful facility
in learning to read. They teach each other, so that everything
one man learns is quickly spread all over the country. The
avidity with which they ask for paha-puka, or books, is very
remarkable, and they not only ask for them as curiosities,
but also read them and learn them by heart.
" I read prayers for the first time in Maowri (the native
language) last Sunday, and got on pretty well. 1 shall soon
have to preach in the same tongue, for the clergyman who
has the charge of this place is going to a new station.
" The church is large and built of wood. There were be-
tween 200 and 300 present yesterday. The dress of some of
the ladies is rather curious. Fancy a fat old woman, with a
coal-skuttle-bonnet on her head, her face inside very much
tattoed, with a bright scarlet shawl, a very fanciful printed
gown, white cotton stockings, and showy sandals. This was
a great chieftainess.
" The way in which the Maowries make the responses is
singular. They all keep exactly together, so that their
voices resemble a heavy surf heard at a distance. They will,
I dare say, chaunt well some day when they are taught, but
at present their singing is the most extraordinary and out-
rageous thing you can possibly imagine. They scream out
at the very top of their voices, and in some of their tunes,
when they go down from one note tp a lower one, they make
a most extraordinary slur, just like the sound produced from
the violin on running the hand up. A great chief, called
William Showe, who acts as leader in Waimate Church, got
down so low when singing a solo, that all that was heard was
an indistinct grumbling, just like what comes from a grinding
organ when a mischievous rascal has flattened a bar or two
of the pegs. The grinder does not turn, turn, wondering
where in the world the sound has got to. Just so was Wil-
liam Showe's organ.
" I must say the blackies are very civil. lamin no great
danger of being eaten, for they are all Christians here, and
know the Prayer-book well ; although I have to inform you
that an old Pagan chief, called Terains, whom I saw on the
river, made a meal off some of his enemies the other day."

LORD CLIVE'S SWORD.—The sword with which Lord
Clive was girded on being elected one of the knights of the
northern division of Shropshire war of the most superb de-
scription. It was worn by Tippoo Saib, and was taken from
that chieftain's person at the storming of Seringapatam. Its
value is estimated at 2,500 guineas.—Salopian Journal.

THE GRAVE OF Sus JOHN MOORE.—A military gentle-
masn, belonging to Glasgow, on visiting Corunna last month,
on his way to the West Indies, writes thus :—" On Monday
we went on shore and visited the hallowed tomb of a warrior,
and, what made it more interesting to me, of a distinguished
and gallant townsman, Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore,
whose honoured remains peacefully rest in the middle of a
small botanic garden, under a plain sarcophagus,with a short
inscription intimating the rank of its once noble occupant,
enclosed by an iron railing. The whole, lam glad to say, in
good order."—Glasgow Chronicle.
GOVERNMENT AND EAST INDIA CorywNy's ORDERS
FOR WOOLLENS.—A government order for urrey clothing has
recently been contracted for in this neighbourhood , the
quantity ordered is 126,000 yards, and the price about Ss. per
yard. Two orders for army clothing for the East India Com-
pany are to be contracted for on the 26th instant—one for
4,000 ends of Oxford mixture, and 300 ends of cavalry grey ;
and the other for 4,000 ends of red cloth, 200 ends of maza-
rine blue, and 500 ends of deep green. The_ qualities are low,.
and the price will be about 3s. per yard. They are likely to
be taken in this neighbourhood. Orders have also been taken
in the neighbourhood of Dewsbury for 80,000 pairs of
blankets, and at Batley and Leeds for 40,000 coverlets.
Another order for 8,000 or 10,000 pairs of blankets has also
been received at Earlsheaton. These orders will afford a sea-
sonable relief to the workmen, but the prices will leave very
little profit to the masters.—Leeds Mercury.

INQUIRY INTO THE AFFGHAN WAR.—We are now told
that the atrocities committed by the army on its retreat are to
be the subject of investigation, and the Governor-General is
to be impeached for ordering the evacuation of Affghanistan.
Be it so. That investigation will readily set all things right.
We shall then not only know why Lord Ellenborough put a
stop to an unjust and ruinous expedition, for war we cannot
call it, btit why it was ever commenced ; and, more than
that, by wheal it was first commanded—whether Lord Auck-
land took upon himself to do this wicked act without any
other authority, or whether Sir John Ilobhouse gave him
the directions, or whether the order came from Lord Pal-
merston, the minister for foreign affairs. It is on this point
that the inquiry must finally resolve itself. It is a mockery
to talk of the British constitution if there is no longer such a
thing as the responsibility of Ministers. We are told "the
King can do no wrong,' but if to this is to be added the
corollary of " the Minister cannot_ be questioned for his

____," then in this nation in the fearful condition of falling an
easy prey to the wild and reckless policy of the first bad man
who may desire to exercise his irresponsible power.—New-
easile Journal.

THE LATE STunm.—We regret to state that the Lily, of
Liverpool, insured by the underwriters at Lloyd's to the ex-
tent of X 20,000, the property of Mr. Maxwell, at Liverpool,
was totally lost during the hurricane of Friday week last, to-
gether with two valuable vessels, the Little Test, of South-
ampton, and another, name unknown, upon the Taunton
Sands, situate about two miles and a half to the north of the

north lighthouse in the Bristol channel. The ship was f
re-
gistered at about 600 tons burden. She had a general cargo
on board, consisting of cotton and silk goods, boxes of copper
ore, gunpowder, muskets, sabres, swords, pieces of ordnance,
&c., and, at the period of the unfortunate catastrophe, was
on ber passage to Old Calabar, on the coast of Africa. Im-
mediately upon the wreck being observed by the coast-guard
service, a strong body of men was stationed along the coast
to protect the cargo that should be washed ashore. How-
fiver, that night passed without any being observed, as the
sbkp held together. Towards morningois the tide rose, the
breakers ,threw ,the ship higher upon the sands, where she
soon broke in ball, and her cargo floated out and was washed
up upon the bead). By six o'clock in the evening very little
of the vessel remainea; sbe,liad broken up entirely, and frag-
ments of the wreck, with spays, pgging, &c., were strewn in
all directions, and for wiles distant along the coast.

THE ASHANTEE PRINCES

rho folldwing extraordinarz statement appears in the ton
Times, of yesterday. ur contemporary indulges ii

's as to the

aintly" educatiou of

the youths, and the " saints"'by whom that education was
imparted. With the exception of the omission of the,e un-
seemly expressions, we give the article as we find it.]
The above-mentioned Princes, who were educated with so
much care under a clergyman in this country, selected by Sir
Fowell Buxton, were lately sent to the Gold Coast, and
thence to the capital of Ashantee, to afford the King an
example of virtue and morality, the result of the purifying
influence of their education. They were accompanied from

Cape Coast Castle by Mr. Freeman' , the Wesleyran mission-
ary, that worthy and excellent man being anxious to have the
countenance and assistance of the youths in the good work he
went upon to the court of the King, viz., to establish a Wes-
leyan branch mission at Coomassie. _ _

_lt was arranged, before they left this country, through the
intercession of Sir Fowell Buxton and Dr. Lushington, that
they :should be allowed £lOO per annum each out of the
British Treasury, which they were to continue to receive,
under the denomination of Her Majesty's Consuls at Ash-
antee. _

Previous to leaving Cape Coast Castle, the Princes had
evinced certain amorous propensities, even while under the
roof of the Governor, which had brought them under his
Excellency's most severe reproof, and who only forgave them
under promise of sincere repentance. His admonitions,
however, were soon forgotten on their arrival at Coomassie.
Prince William Quantamissa quickly inveigled the wife of
one of the Ashantee chiefs into a criminal liaison with him,
which, on being discovered, and the chief complaining to the
King, the poor woman was taken to the door of the Mission-
house, where the Prince was residing with Mr. Freeman,
before whose eyes, and in the presence of the amiable Prince,
she was executed under circumstances of torture and barba-
rity too shocking to describe !
Great apprehensions were entertained at Cape Coast Castle,
when the last advices came away, that the affair would lead
to an interruption of that good understanding between us
and the King of Ashantee which, under the able and judicious
policy of the present Governor, has so long subsisted, and
from which such great results were anticipated.

DEATH OF A, MisERNEAR NOTTINGHAM.—An old man,
aged 68, named William Ashers, residing at the village of
Costock, and well known in the neighbourhood of Notting-
ham as a penurious eccentric character, having gone some
distance from his house on Saturday last to fetch coals in a
barrow, because he got them a halfpenny cheaper than in the
village, became so fatigued, that he fell down and died. The
villagers' !mowing his miserly propensities, got into his house,
searched it, but could find nothing. His nearest relations
employed Mr. Samuel Maples, a solicitor of Nottingham, to
go over the house with them ; and, the result of his more
careful search enabled him to find no less than £1.,300 worth
of property in notes, securities, plate, &c. To describe the
singular spots in which property was secreted would be an
endless task : a silver watch was found in a malt mill mouth
-7-a splendid silver tankard was hid in a beam—plate, jewel-
lery, and money in boles and cannies that would be passed
even by , Bow-street officers. Deeds, showing his title to
land, houses, &c., which he kept most secret, were found to
the value of £2,000.

Logs Or FOUILTEEN LIVES.—I hoped to be able to send
you for next publication a good account of our herring
fishery ; but, alas ! instead of a pleasing one, I am sorry to
tell you that a boat's crew, consisting of ten men, were all
swallowed up in the deep by a heavy sea upsetting their boat.
Many other boats were in great danger, but fortunately
escaped with the greatest difficulty. The night previous to
the loss, the boats all went out and left their nets shot till
next morning, when all went out in hopes of getting plenty
of fish ; but, melancholy to relate, while at the fishing-
ground at Aroonmore a storm arose, and all hands strove to
gain the shore ; one fine young man was swept off his oar by
a huge wave, and was seen no more. Another melancholy
accident happened a few days previous to the loss above-
mentioned. A boat from Aroonmore was returning home
when a storm arose, which upset the boat, and six brave men
were thrown out, three of whom escaped a watery grave. I
am sorry to have to acquaint you of the loss of so many lives,
many of whom have left large families to lament their loss.—
Ballyshannon Herald.

FURTHER Loss OF LlFE.—Friday night, during the
dreadful storm, a Galway wherry, with fishing-tackle for
Killybegs, when entering that harbour, thy night being dark
and the crew not being acquainted with the port, struck on
the Rotten Island and went to pieces, throwing the crew
(seven persons) on the mercy of the waves. Three of the
men sunk to rise no more ; the other four were driven on a
rock, where they remained a few minutes, hoping they had
escaped a watery grave, but they were washed off by another
wave, and one of them, an old man, was drowned. The re-
maining three were once more left on the rock by the waves ;
and the sea falling, they were left to remain in their perilous
situation until next morning, when some fishermen,
oe f Bn,sreuecinkg.
them, went to their assistance, got them into their boat, and
Bruck-
less, conveyed t
hearingh them t
ofo
brought
a doctor to see
them, and we are happy to learn they are doing well. One
of them (the captain) is brother to the owner. The only
article saved was about 200 sovereigns, which the captain
had sewed up in a purse, and tied round his body, with which
he intended to purchase salt and herrings.—Ballyshannon
Herald.

DREADFUL CASE OF STABBING.—On Monday evening
a quarrel ensued between a shoemaker, whose name we have
not been able to ascertain, and his sister, both residing in
Nicholas-street, in consequence of some fault which he
found with a male acquaintance of hers, who stood in the
relation of what is commonly' termed a sweetheart. The
unfortunate pair confined their quarrel to the use of vituper:.
tive language for some time, but at length he took up a last
to strike her, which she seized, and prevented him from ef-
fecting his object. Finding himself frustrated in this way,
he drew a knife, with which he stabbed her in the left side
of the abdomen, and, as if unconscious of having inflicted
any injury upon her, the moment he was able to take the
last from her band, he struck her with it on the temple.
When, however, he saw the blood trickling down her face
he ran for some sticking-plaister to a neighbouring shop, and
on returning and finding the wound inflicted in her side, he
went for a surgeon, but has not since been heard of. The
unfortunate woman was then conveyed to Mercer's Hospital,
where she was attended by Doctors Moss and Richey ; but
little hopes are entertained of her recovery; as nearly three
yards and a half of her intestines protruded through the
- --
wound

an agricultural labourer, aged 37,
FATAL RENCONTRE.—NEWENT, GLOUCESTERSIaIIE.
I am sorry to have to communicate the particulars Iff a dis-
tressing event which occurred in the early part of last Sunday
Bevan. married the mother of
evening, in the sequestered parish of Tibberton, in this
pmheniltev iannc'ustody at the police-station in this
several years ago—that
icsouanttytidsJoinsne
town, charged with having caused the death of his step-son,
James Wilkes. aged 28,
tciliaespuknnfnifret.unsltte
he and his wife have had frequent quarrels for some years
past—that on the evening of Friday last, the 20th instant,
Bevan had words with his wife, which was of but too fre-
adpepceeaarssedt,haatwtdow, se
fre-
quent occurrence, arising, as is stated, from
annexea irritable and
unhappy temper in the woman,. and from essive in-
dulgence in the baneful practice of drinking on the part of
the man—that whilst the man and his wife were engaged in
his pod cet a knife (a large clasuknife),
this unseemly warfare Wilkes took part with his mother,
upon which a scuffle ensued, and several blows passed be-
in the breast and inflicted a deadly woud,
teen Bevan and his soncin-lar. The result was that Bevan,
having b drawns sd ve
rfsraormy
from the effects of which he died almost instantly. An in-
quest was held on the body of Wilkes on Monday, when a
verdict of wilful murder was returned against Joseph Bevan.
MELANOIibLY LOSS OF LIFE.—On last Friday morning,
as the boats belonging to the Roses herring fishery were en-
gaged in hadling their nets on the north side pf the Isle of
Arran, a violent gale of wind suddenly sprung up from the
north, and in a very short space of time it increased to a per-
fect hurricane ; every effort was made by the boatmen to
g yawls—the
reach the shore, but, alas! twelve poor fellows were doomed
to a premature and watery grave, ten of whom formed the
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it entered at one of the gables, which it partially carried
away, and in its progress broke four rafters, and carried a
door off its hinges. No further injury was sustained, al-
though the woman to whom the house belonged, and one of
her sons, were sitting at the fire. The continual storms
which we have had since the 4th, have paralysed the efforts
of our hardy fishermen, and, although there is every reason
to believe that there is a large shoal of het rings off' the Island
of Ronanish, the tempestuouA state of the weather has kept
them from approaching the usual fishing ground. Twenty-
seven,nets
besides train of
anchors,nets, averaging
ropes,B4e., have been lost by the
Portnoo and Ballyhillagh fishermen, on the 'morning of the
4th instant. The losses sustained in the Rosses, on the
mornings of the 4th and 13th instant, in nets, ropes, &c.,
will be severely felt by a vast number of poor fishermen. We
have to state the total loss of the Pladde, from Limerick to
Glassendock, on the coast of Donegal; her cargo was 1,091
barrels of wheat, 569 barrels of oats, 249 barrels of beans—
F. Spaight. And what will also be learned with regret is the
loss of the Lansdowne, a new model of a schooner.—Bally.
shannon Herald.

Proceeding of a very important nature, highly interesting
to the commercial awl shipinng interests, were discussed at
a recent meeting of the, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce,
which arc reported in the Caledonian Mercury. The first
of these related to our trade with China, and the other to
the bill prepared by Captain Fitzroy, for the purpose of sub-
jecting wasters and mates of merchant ships to an examina-
tion and certificate of qualifications before being placed in
their respective commands. The speaker on the first of these
subjects gave a retrospect of the exports to China of British
goods, founded on parliamentary papers from 1803 to 1838,
and of the value of opium imported into China annually.
From 1803 to 1808 it appears that the exports of the East
India Company averaged £1,128,557 per annum for woollens
alone; while the total value of the China trade from 1811 to
1816 averaged only £896,000; from 1817 to 1822, £750,000:
from 1828 to 1828, 4709,000; and from 1834 to 1838, some-
thing more than 41,000,000. By a return from the India
House, it is stated that the value of opium imported into
China in 1817 was £737,000, increasing each successive year,
while in 1827 it amounted to nearly 44,000,000, and since
1834 it has further increased, the value of opium imported
into China from India in 1834-7, being upwards of
19,000,200 of dollars. Mr. Russell infers that the cause of
the decrease of the exports of British manufactures, as
shown by the above figures, coincident with an increase in
the exports of opium from India to China, is to be attributed
to the opium trade. He says, " Now, it becomes an import-
ant question. how can we procure teas, silks, &e., from
China for British manufactures in place of opium ? It will
be admitted that the trade in opium is the principal cause
why we do not get our manufactures sold in that country,
and I would refer you to the testimony of Captain Elliot, the
late plenipotentiary there, who stated that he believed that if
the trade in opium was done away with, it would be attended
with advantageous consequences to the general interests of
British commerce. Commissioner Lin, on the same point,
threefold more of other articles. The partner of an eminent
said that were it not for opioin the Chinese would purchase
Liverpool house, resident at Hong Kong, thus writes on the
subject :—` The mischievous effects of this traffic, in inter-
fering with the importation of British manufactures, as well
as of all descriptions of Indian produce, other than the for-
bidden drug, in absorbing the attention and the capital of
both native and foreign merchants, and in subjecting the
whole foreign commerce to a system of jealous and vexatious
restrictions, can hardly be over-rated, and are most palpable
to any one on the spot whose powers of observation are not
impaired by prejudice oe ipterest.' I may also refer you, as
an illustration of what we might expect from such a change,
to what has lately taken place in Ireland. There the great
sums which were spent on ardent spirits are now applied. in
getting food and clothing. Not only is the manufacturing
industry improved by that circumstance, but the people
themselves are now reaping a benefit from intemperatetheir
habits. It is ten times worse iu regard to opium, for it is
well known to be in the highest degree prejudicial. alike to
the health and morals of the people. It is an thiportant
truth also, that the land which is at present occupied in pro-
ducing opium is of the best description, and might. be em-
ployed advantageously in the production of more important
crops."

ASSASSINATION OF MR. DRUMMOND

ADDITIONAI

(From the Observer.
it appears that M`Naup.iten had resided • for t

•
teen weeks in the house of a very respectabie widow, named
Dutton, residing in Poplar-row, New Kent-road. Ile had
been well known to that lady for a long time previous. It
is nearly three vears since he first came to lodge in her house,
and he occupied at that period the same apartment which he
continued to rent up to the period of his apprehension on
Friday. He was generally considered by Mrs. Dutton to be
of a very quiet turn of mind, and appeared to have no occu-
pation, as he seldom rose before a late hour in the morning,
when he left the house, and returned about ten o'clock in
the evening. He remained ou this occasion three months
with Mrs. Dutton, and her general impression was that he
was in search of employment. The rent he paid for his
apartment was 2s. 6d. per week, and the payments were al-
ways regularly made once a-week. On leaving Mrs. Dut-
ton's house, he stated that he was going to France, and that
lady heard no more of him for many months, when he re-
turned and took the same apartment. He stopped only
three weeks in England on this occasion, and then told Mrs.
Dutton that be was about to leave for Scotland. About the
first week in October lie again returned, and on Mrs. Dutton
opening the door to him he smiled, and said, " I see you
have a bill in your window. Is it for my old room ?" Mrs.
Dutton answered, " Yes, sir • " and M`Naughten replied,
" You see lam come back. I said I should do so." No-
thing particular was remarked in his manner at this time,
but the gloomy temperament which marked his general cha-
racter was considered to be rather increased thtin otherwise.
He seldom spoke to any one in the house, though always
obliging and civil when addressed by any person. He never
took meals at home ; but on one occasion, about three weeks
since, he caught a violent cold, and Mrs. Dutton supplied
him during three days in which he was confined to his bed.
He was never observed to read a newspaper or any other
publication, and during the confinement above alluded to,
Mrs. Dutton lent him a religious volume, which he appeared
to peruse with much interest. Mrs. Dutton says, that her
impression has always been that he had something on his
mind. He was not at all communicative, but on one occa-
sion told Mrs. Dutton that he was in Scotland when her
Majesty paid her recent visit to that country. He always
appeared to be very moderately off, and .on his taking up his
abode at Mrs. Dutton's on the last occasion, had only one
shirt. He had no boxes in his room, or property of any de-
scription. M`Naughten's habits were remarkably sober and
steady. The room he occupied was the back apartment on
the second floor, and he seldom remained in it, if not labour-
ing under indisposition, after nine o'clock in the morning.
It was his habit to get up about that time, clean his shoes in
the back kitchen, and then go out for the day. He seldom
came home after ten o'clock, and sometimes he was earlier.
On Friday morning he went out about nine o'clock as
usual, and, after being absent from the house a short time,
returned and went up stairs fora few minutes. He went out
again soon after, and Mrs. Dutton heard no more of him un-
til she was told that he was taken into custody. Airs. Dut-
ton states, that she never saw much money in his possession,
and her belief was, that he was a young man in canfined cir-
cumstances. She also says, distinctly, that she never heard
him mention Mr. Drummond's name, or allude in any way
to politics. It is very difficult to reconcile the apparent
poverty of M'Naughten, as evidenced by his latidlady, and
borne out by his personal appearance, with the possession of
so large a sum of money as £BOO. There can be very little
doubt of the genuineness of the check or receipt of the Glas-
gow Bank for £750, and that fact proves the sum to have
been deposited by the prisoner in the bank alluded to. His
being in Scotland at that period, too, would strengthen the
probability of his having transacted business there; and the
singular narration of Mrs. Dutton, relative to his mode of
life and habits, attaches a degree of mystery to the motive
which influenced the prisoner to the commission of his deadly
crime, to the solution of which, at present, no clue has been
obtained.

Some papers found upon him led to his connexion with
Glasgow being discovered ; and a messenger from the Home-
Office, accompanied by a police-offieer, left London for that
place at an early hour on Saturday morning, for the purpose
of discovering if he has any family connexions there.
It is the opinion of Mrs. Dutton, that.the sum of money
he was possessed of on Friday must have come to his hand
during the last two or three days ; but this is in a great mea-
sure contradicted by the receipt before alluded to.
The assassin is not at all known as an applicant for relief,
or otherwise, in any public department.

Mr. Drummond entered the public service in 1811, and
has been actively engaged during a period of more than thirty
years. He held the appointment of a chief clerk in the
Treasury.
Mr. Drummond was private Secretary to the Duke of
Wellington during the period of his Administration ; also to
Sir R. Peel in his short Ministry, and held the same office on
his return to power in 1841.
Air. Drummond is the son of the late Mr. Charles Drum-
mond, one of the original partners in the bank carried on
under the family name. He has three brothers : Mr. George
Drummond, the leading active partner of the bank ; the Rev.
Arthur Drummond, Rector of Charlton, near Blackheath,
Kent ; and Berkely Drummond, Colonel in the Fusilier
Guards. He is also a cousin of Mr. Henry Drummond, of
Albury, the head of the bank, although no longer an active
partner.

(From the Times of Tuesday.)
It is with extreme regret we have to announce that ano-
ther unfavourable change has taken place in Mr. Drum-
mond's health. The improving state in which we described
the unfortunate gentleman last evening continued through
the greater part of the night, but towards morning he became
Very restless. It soon became evident that the inflammation
was increasing ; and at ten o'clock a consultation of the
medical gentlemen took place, when it was at once determined
that the patient should be again bled, which operation was
immediately performed by Mr. Guthrie. Tile following an-
nouncement was then made for the information of visitors :
" Mr. Drummond is going on rather favourably than other-
wise."

Throughout the day the unfavourable symptoms did not
in the least decrease, and the most painful anxiety was
manifested by Mr. Drummond's friends as to the result. In
the course of the afternoon it was seen that Mr. Drummond
was not so well, and in consequence another consultation was
held at five o'clock, when it was deemed necessary to take
more blood from the sufferer, which was at once accom-
plished. The medical gentlemen remained in attendance a
considerable time, and subsequently issued the following
announcement :—" Mr. Drummond still continues in a cri-
tical state."

Before separating, however, it was considered necessary
that another consultation should be held in the course of the
evening, and nine o'clock was appointed for that purpose.
Upon their again assembling, Mr. Drummond was found
to be much in the same state, but, if anything, rather im-
proved from the effects of the bleeding. At ten o'clock,
when the surgeons left, the following bulletin was given :
Mr. Drummond is much in the same state, but, if any-
thing has gained a point."

Anotherr-consultation was appointed for an early hour this
morning. The gentlemen who attend the consultation are—
Dr. Flume, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. 13ransby Cooper, and Mr.
Jackson (apothecary).

(From Wednesday's Times)
The last account we published described Mr. Drummond
to be in a very critical state ; and the unfavourable symp-
toms increased so far during the night, that Mr. Guthrie,
jun., who sat up with him, deemed it necessary, about four
o'clock yesterday morning, to call for further assistance, and
accordingly Mr. Guthrie and Mr. Jackson were sent for, and
were promptly in attendance. Without hesitation the suf-
ferer was again bled, which appeared to cause a slight im-
provement. At ten o'clock, a consultation took place, at
which, as usual, all the medical gentlemen attended, and
shortly afterwards the following bulletin was issued :
" Mr. Drummond still continues in a very precarious
state."

Between that period and four o'clock, the visits of one or
other of the medical attendants were frequent, and at the
last mentioned hour another consultation was held, when the
announcement as to the state of the patient was as follows :
" Mr. Drummond is in a very unsatisfactory state, but, if
anything, his symptoms are one shade more favourable."
In the course of the evening it became apparent to those
in attendance upon him, that Mr. Drummond was getting
much worse, and at ten o'clock the medical gentlemen again
met, and remained in consultation some time, at the close of
which the very alarming announcement as follows was made :
" A change, considerably for the worse, has taken place."