Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-07-17


2st street bahe and getting deep water, and not
being able TO swim, drowned Verdict, accidental
death.
ATLANTIC STEAM NAvIGATIoN.-Th new compa-
nv has Just been formed with capital of 81, 500 Coo
The plan of operation ls to build or vessels OF from
from 900 to 500 tons, upon the most approved
principle, of the greatest preportionae Steam power,
and fitted in style cembnlng elegance and COM
: fort.
and Liverpool alternately, twice in each month from
London on the first and from Lverpoolin the middle
of the month and on the same dates from New
York. Or twice month from Liverpool and once
from London as may be found expedent.
The first outlay will be TO purchase SIX steam
shps including all expenses of the Company, up TO
the time of the dispatch of the first Vessels, at
ESQ 900 each, equal to $4,000 to raise which sum
no more than $50 per share on the capital Will be
required The present and increasing Of freight
and passage, the Committee confidently believe, Will
return TO the shareholders dividend OF at least ~
per cent.
fusal OF the splendid ship, the al verpoo with
engines of 500 herses wer built by Sir John Tobn,
in Mersey, 10 compete with the Great Western, ana
now nearly ready Tor sea, this Company will be en- .
abled to commence operations at once, ana 10 DIS
patch their first vessel before the British Queen or
any other new vessel of the class can be got ready
for sea. f3 per share, IN addition TO the deposit, Will
more than cover the purchase OF The Liverpool.
CONFERENCE.-The Reputed Saviour--Thc Sc
cond Matthias!
Tue FATAL Rlor AT COMMEMORATIVE have be-
fore given long account Of IN. shocking affair
Canterbury, and i'm which III lives were lost. We
suboin further particulars.
Lieut.. BENEFIT was little in advance of the soldiers
when Ceurtenay ran al him, and Just as Major Arm
strong was saying, Benefit come back, shot him
in the side. Lieutenant BENEFIT fell dead. Courtcnay
was knocked down by man who stood near BENEFIT
and soldier, Immediately as he jumped up, shot
him through the body. As he fe.l, Courenay ex-
Il. LnarI hlatnr AR
strong now gave the word TO fire. voey was
poured In amsng the rioters; by which nine were
killed on the spot, two so badly wounded that one
has since died. and the other is not likely 10 live and
several others were severely wounded. The rioters
dispersed Immediately. Major Armstrong received
some slight contusions from the budgeons, and his
sword was bent in cutting a, the rioters Lieutenant
Prendergast was also hurt, but not dangerously, by
An inquest was held on Friday, on the body of Nj
ehoIas hcars, and verdict of wlliul murder re-
turned against Courenay and five of the rioters Zone
of whom is also dead recognised by the witnesses
The reporter of the Morning Chronicle thus de-
scribes the appearance of the bodies Of the slam:
ain the barn of the Red Lion, at Boulton side by
side with each Other were TO be seen seven bodies IN
the centre was that of Ceurtenay. He must have
been a man of the most extraordinary personal
strength and am told that he used To astonlsh the
vulgar people with his exhibitions IN that way As
well as could Judge from the bloody and broken
forehead, he must have had very fine counenance,
and of which should think mildness the char
acterisuc; bat those who have seen him living say
they could recognise him now as his large wins.
kers and beard which, as well as the hair oil his head
have been shaven oil since yesterday, gave TO his
face quite different appearance 10 that which II now
presents. From his personal prowess and audacity,
he was certainly suited to be the leader eff mob =
and had any success attended his efforts, most for-
mIdable one he must have become, from The ianail'
csm with whlch was able 10 inspire his followers.
Beside the corpses stretched on either side Of him he
appeared as a giant amongst men OF moderate slz'.
The faces of all the dead indicated but htta pam IN
their last agony excepting one, whose eyes were
staring OPEN his nosnls dated, and the hair starting
from his head, and still stifiened with the clotted
blood which had flowed from his wounds. IL was
hideous spectacle 10 see, thus flung together, the sew
en- hnman bodies, all presenting TO the spectator the
CHASTITY wounds which had produced their Deaths
AT the head of one of them remarked an arust ba-
ally engaged in pourlrayng the scene around him.
From the barn proceeded 10 the Red Lion lnn and
there in bedroom the access TO which was careful
Nv guarded, behed the body OF Lieutenant BENEFIT
He was a small, handsome featured, dark haired
young man, apparently little more than twenty i've
years Of age. Except the wounds upon the head OF
the miserable Courtenay, there was none apparent
which could have caused his death so nstantaneousy
as II had taken place. and, therefore, great anxiety
was expressed TO ascertain what were the number Oh
wounds inflicted on him. His forehead was greatly
dsfgured by sabre cu,s which passed along his head,
snd there wounds his legs supposed TO be bay
onet wounds, wound on his back from bayonet;
but the fatal wound, II appeared from the examination
OF III. 1niSuo'ihi .hlS cVchAg, was casseu oy Jun
which entered his left shoulder cut through the spine
and remained in the body. In pursuing the search
fer the course OF the ball. the body had to be cut com
pe,ey open in the region Of the heart"
IL appears that the seuson among the peasaHry is
ne great that they actually erpect him 10 rise agaia as
prophcsied. lie called himself tho Savior of the
world pointed TO punctures in his hands as the marks
of the nails Of the cross, and cicatnce IN his side
out of which the blood and water flowed. A woman
was seen washing his face, and enGeavored to pour
water through his lips, he lay on the ground. She
saia that she had followed him for more than half
mile with a pail OF water, because he had told her
that ne fell and she put water be ween his lips, he
aheuld rise again in a month. One Of the prisoners
told Major Armstrong, that they would have attacked
two thousand soldiers, having been persuaded by
Courteuay that they could Mt beshot The peasant
ryregard the men who fell as martyrs aud Courtenay
himself as n divinity.
When The last accounts left, the country was per
fecily osel Twenty seven prisoners have been cent
a Madstono gaol