The Sun. — 1846-04-21 (London, England)

STODDART AND CONOLLY.—Dr. Wolff last night, at •fit the 'Mechanics' Institution, Southampten.buildings, gave a very interesting and graphic account of his adventures and hair-breadth 'scapes, in his endeavours to ascertain the precise fate of the above unfortunate officers at the court of the perfidious and cruel Ammer of Bokhara. This Prince Dr. Wolff stated to be universally feared and hated by his subjects of all creeds, for his tyranny, in which he in aided and imitated by his minister, Abdul Samad Khan, who is even a greater villain than his master. As has been before stated, Dr. Wolff expressed his decided opinion that not only had Stoddart and Conolly been murdered by order of the Ameer, but that no less than five other Englishmen, including Lieutenant Wyburd, had fallen victims to the treachery of the ruler of Bokhara. Dr. • IVolff's touching narration of the circumstances attending the execution of the two gallant officers, as related to him by Nathan, the Jew, in the Toorkoman's tent, was listened to with breathless attention; and while a simultaneous burst of applause greeted the decla. ration of the two soldiers, that they would die like Englishmen and Christians, a murmur of pity was heard for their cruel and untimely end. The lecture was the last of a series of three delivered gratuitously by Dr. Wolff, in aid of the Widows amid Orphans' Fund of the North London District; we were, therefore, glad to see it well . attended.  THE LATE DEATH OF A MlSER.—Yesterday afternoon. Mr. W. Baker resumed and concluded an adjourned inquiry, at the King's Arms, Charles-street, City-road, respecting the death of Mr. John Jacob, aged 75, some particulars of which appeared in The Sun of Tuesday last ; from which it will be recollected that the deceased had been living in a room at No. 6, Powell's-place, in a very parsimonious manner, from which he was removed to St. Luke's found Workhouse on the afternoon of last Sunday week, haailvit7 bteheenneeesin an exhausted and dying state, induced by pounds,ian and ssapraiensisohf 11,I0fen,dsthaoluidghseacturthiteiestimtoe I nine w which it was thought When found, he was suffused with ollee.ol , cravings of hunger, though. attoulicihslrefoard mananYd NedaatYeer.. i d i the room in profusion, but bread, butter, was done for the purpose rdasspoofsstelisesedwtholounsoanrfazdil ,thwia:ie bathed his body in olive-oil to was poisoned, and that He ir from toldm theirt the e appearance policemante 8' In consequence of the report of the proceedcounteract its o e tre itise.public press, several of the relations of the dewhoe fhofa:clnmd not ii i m been that h ings appearing in the public l)r, several of the relations of the . ceased hd seen and identified the body. Yesterday Mr. ceased had seen a' surrey, was present to watch the proceedings Cole,. solicitor, of Chertsey, was formerly a gentleman f thatthethdeecdeeaSceetasi .ii d Mr. j4e4b Jacob, au deceased, residing at Winchester Was nephew of the of allayinuhgPetw7l:l2e' , examined, and from the evidence 1 i t at Box ' k ari leman limner, resid ng n, near Andover, Banta, but for some years past he was an attendant 'upon the tock Exchange, where he Is as well known from his cautious speculations as well as behalf of the next it aofvelcianre. his penurious habits. HO had not been seen by any of his relatives , and they were in entire ignorance of where he er v,a,al se length oinformed bty the newspapers. Mr. Courtney, the workhouse surgeon, stated that since the adjournment of the inquest he had made a post inortem examination of the deceased's body, and found the cause of death to have arisen from effusion into the pericardium, the result of inflammation ; there was also long stead. ing disease of the brain, kidneys, and gall bladder, which WSW account for his eccentricities. Verdict—" Died from natural causes.' The Rev. Mr. Williams, the young clergyman who was mulct in 100/. damages at last Carmarthen assizes for the &Que. tloa-ofa young woman, whom he had promised to marry, has sines satisfactorily muffled his engagement to her, ana they won nurrie4 al St. DATIOKIOI7'