The Bee-Hive : — 1869-06-26 (London, England)

SILVERSMITH. On Monday, Dr. , Laukester held an inquest at No. 40, Kirbysuing its course, he came to the confluence of the ', MEANT, the Fenian. lectured in the Cork Athenmum i street, Hatton-garden, on the body of William nigDarling with it, and finally to its own discharge into ai on Monday night. The lecture consisted chiefly of . gins, aged 32, who resided at that address, and great lake, which received the name of Alexandrine, seditious poetry, and was accompanied by the usual , was found dead there last Thursday night. It apgazing from its southern shore upon the ocean at Fenian demonstrations. Meany made an indignant i peered from the evidence that deceased was assisting Encounter Bay. By this descent of a very tortuous reply to a local journal which had denounced him as a his father in the business of a silversmith. For sown channel, in the course of which about 2.000 miles were swindler, and threatened legal proceedings, appealing time past he had complained of his head, but none of traversed and great dangers encountered- the traveller to his past services, and declaring his readiness to die the family noticed any indications of mental derangeascertained the discharge of the westerly flowing waters for Ireland. moot. The following letter was found in the deceased's of the colony. In 1844-45, under the auspices of the i COURT MARTIAL ON AN ENGLISH Zoneve.—A room, sealed, and addressed to his father :—" My dear Government, an attempt was made to raise the veil Roman correspondent writes :—" An English Zouave, Father,—l cannot drac, you down any longer. I have from the mysterious central region of Australia. a volunteer of very high connections and abicient family, had this idea in my head for these last seven months. Captain Sturt was appointed to the command of a party has been tried by court-martial for insubordination, and It is the best thing I can do. Do remember the to my of 17 assistants and followers. Starting from Adelaide, condemned to five years' imprisonment with hard la- kind friends, Mr. Hall and Mr. Fitkin. Good bye, his object Was IO cut through the country from south hour. lam informed that his offence was that of hay- kind and affectionate father. God bless you all. It to north; and though he did not ac-omplisb half the ing, in a moment of excitement or provocation, assaulted appeared that deceased was under the impression that distance during an absence of 18 months, the jeurneY his sergeant with great violence—so much so that the he did not render sufficient assistance to his father in threw great light upon the condition of the interior, and latter was confined to his bed for three days afterwards. the business, and was depressed in consequence of the is one of the most remarkable on record. Sturt ad- The sentence was doubtless awarded out of deference premises which he had taken much pride in fitting up vanced to within two degrees of the tropic of Capri- for the requirements of military discipline; but I pre- being about to be pulled down. The medical evidence corn; but no rain falling from July 17 to Sept. 9, with sume that it will not be strictly carried out towards a showed that death was caused by deceased taking another summer setting in, he wisely reurrned, and member of one of the most influential Catholic families cyanide of potassium. Verdict, `! Suicide whilst in a entered Adelaide Jan. 19, 1846. Of all the numerous in England." state of unsound mind." Australian travellers, the services of Captain Sturt as