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

STODDART AND CONOLLY.—Dr. Wolff last night, at the Mechanics' Institution, Southampton•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 Ameer 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 id 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 Madden 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. Wolff'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 declaration 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 and 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 Workhouse on the afternoon of last Sunday week, having beeennteocunad. in an exhausted and dying state, induced by the want of. h pf aonu nadnsd. 'f ninhi h it was thought ssapraiensisohf bolifen,dsthaonudghseacturtihteiestimwe uhpewlavradsspoossesseedgoußsranztdil When found, he was suffused with olive-oil, w c mh en, lifn forhnnprofusion, gni ear'n ytdo aubygusi bread, butter, tea, &C., was totuindotin Mr. Cole, SOll- their appearance they had was done for the purpose of allaying thebe etienr, of the rheipos of the the". proceedcounteract dthedhci:his body in olive-oil to its treks In consequen vtio7c tphreesb.dentYio watch the counteract a • the public press, several of the relations of the dewaS examined, and ,lviaestorlodisotl:icedrlatcnedmatliawthohefoubna proceeding's on behalf of the next of residing at Winchester,Mr. Jacob Jacob, a cater,c.trA ee ginsi ise sOll'Poli of had hti ileciser teeevidence s einrci residing deceased, d gurney,angdpeal ientrienivodoedaxfs that it h'aretinhde,ectdieaseeeaere"edA.nddwraser,°llrmanetrslY but for e i some years past he was an attendant upon the Stock Exchange, where lie vo as well known from his cautious speculations as well as his penurious habits. lie had not been seen by any of his relatives tor a length of time past, and they were in entire ignorance of where he was until informed by the newspapers. r. Courtney, the workhouse surgeon,nuseiadea ossttmo n examinationatedrietthatsitheof the adjournment deceased's of the inquest he found the cause of death to have arisen from effusion Into the pericardium, the result of inflammation; there was also long standing disease of the brain, kidneys, and gall bladder, which would. account tor his eccentricities. Verdict—" Died from natural causes.' was mulct in 1001. damages at last Carmarthea assizes for the SeineIlls Rev. Mr. Williams, the young clergyman who I tion of a young woman. whom he had promised to marry. has since satisfactorily fulfilled his engatelhea to her, 9.11+1 tiley was marries OE Datirts-daZ.,  13ILLS in PARLIAMENT, ItAILWAY