The Welshman

DREADFUL ATTEMPT TO MURDER THREE 1 CHILDREN.—SUICIDE OF THE MOTHER. During the whole of Saturday and Sunday the sireat- est excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of Hampstead-road, in consequence of a report which had been circulated, that a woman had murdered three of her children and afterwards herself. The following are the particulars :-The woman, who has been married for about six years to a stonemason named Chapman, resided at 19, Henry-street, HamptPad-road, and was the mothpr of three children, aged four and a half, t'o and a half, and one year. The mother Mary Chapman, had been in a very weak state for the lat fortnight, owing, it is said, to the want of almost the common necessaries of life, the husband having been out of work, with the exception of last week, since Christmas, and had asked her landlady, Mrs. Davies, to procure her a letter for the hospital; this she was unable to do until Saturday, when a lady called at the house with one for her. This was about nine o'clock, and Mrs. j Davies went up stairs for the purpose of giving Mrs. Chapman the letter. Upon knocking at the door, she obtained no answer, but heard a low groan from within; she knocked several times, but with no better success. She therefore called up a lodger, who resided in the next room, and they succeeded together in forcing open the door. Here a frightful scene pre- sented itself. Stretched on the bed lay the lifeless body ] of the mother, black in thfe face, with her tongue and eyes almost forced out of her bead—two pocket hand- kerchiefs being tied tightly round her neck. Hanging j to her breast was the poor little infant, endeavouring to dra.v sustenance from the lifeless mother, and on the other side of the bed were the two elder children, j almost in the agonies of death, each of them having a pocket-handkerchief tied round their necks. Mrs. | Davies immediately sent for a surgeon, and then relieved the necks of the several parties. One of the children was in such a state that it was found neces- s-?ry to take her to the University Hospital. Upon th- arrival of the surgeon at the house, he found the life of the mother quite extinct. 'I'lle i,,f;,iit a xct towel tied round i;s neck, but the knot having slipped, there was no pressure on the neck. Ike eldest girl, I. after being at the hospital for some lime, was sent home again, as the doctors thought she would recover sooner there, she being of too tender on age for the hospital, The only cause which can be assigned for the commis- sion of the deed is that the family were in great distress. The husbitiid, on the morning in question, went to work at five o'clock, and about twenty minutes after Mrs. King heard one of the children say, "Oh. don't, mother—oh, don't but she took no notice of it at. the time, as she was frequently in the habit of hearing the children cry. The dcceascd's age w,;S 26, and that of her husband 2(3. Had it not been for the providenti.il circumstance of the person bringing the letter for the hospital at the time she did, no doubt both the elder children would have, in a very few minutes i after, been dead. The children had on Monday night almost entirely recovered from the eft-vets of the strangulation by which the mother attempted to put a te; miration to their lives. Thev were dismissed from the hospital on Sun- day, there being no necessity for keeping them there any longer.

DREADFUL TRAGEDY IX LIVERPOOL. (From the Liverpool A.uicn.J On Fridav afternoon a sad scene was presented to a number of persons who t)ur;t into a house in No. 1 Court, Oriel-street, Vauxhall-rcad, in this town. Two children, aged, respectively, one aru. nine years, were found dead in bed with their tl,, ats cut from ear to i ear; and there lay stretched ii r. the same palliasse two other corpses, and a mar- \;h his windpipe par- .a murderer of his two tiasly severed, the suspee' children. The following are melancholy particulars of t' ,e affair 'I'lie li olls,- i:. q s:i..n was occupied by a man named Patrick Joseph Co:in, who comes, we believe, He was a schoolmaster, in hum- I ble stvi.. '•••3 school being situated in one of the dense p s the neighbourhood of the Custom-house, i Ills family oim-dsted of himself, wife, and three ehildrm. | Mary Ann C, ikii,, his wife, was under 30. The:eldest J-.ii-ne. Colkia, was nine years of age Sarah Colkin, I their daughter, seen years; and there was an infant Colkiu himi-oif, who is said to be a man of superior attainments, and to have seen better days, was sober and peaceable, and the family bore a high cha-acter in the neighbourhood. Cholera, however, visited the domicile, and on Wednes- day the daughter Sarah '"ell a victim to the disease, The evil did not end 1 :.e, for Mrs. Colkin herself j was attacked, and expir^i <>f the sain | Thursday morning. The heads of the family bad been noted in the neighbourhood for their e-ident attach- ment, and, after the death of his wife, Colkin sank into despondency, which assumed a frantic character. A woman, named Jane Kane, who resides in Paul-street, was a familiar of the family, and volunteered her services as nurse to the two deceased. The corpses were laid out, nod s he was struck on Thursday with the melancholy attitude that the man Colkin had assumed. He bewailed the loss of his wife, and declared that he would never eat again. We ought, perhaps, here to state that on the morning of his wife's death Colkin called at the house of a friend in Whitechapel, shaking hands with the inmates, and declaring that they would never see him more. The woman Kane left the house about 10 o'clock on Friday morning. About half-past 2 o'clock she called again, but found that the dnor was fast. The fact created suspicion, and she alarmed the neighbourhood. Entrance wis effected through the window, and a horrid scene presented itself. The bodies of Colkin's two children were found lying at the foot of a bed, quite dead, wit;i their threats cut from ear to ear. Oil the same mattress lay stretched the two cholera corpses1 and by the side of his wife Colkin himself was found* • with his throat cut, but still alive. With both arms he embraced his dearl wife. The bed clothes, of course, 1 were deluged with blood, and further details would onlyi disgust. A razor, the instrument of the mischief, was lying on the floor. i tie alarm was promptly given, and it so happened that Mr. Kilner, one of the indefatigable Dispensary surgeons, was passing up te street at the time. He was called in, and orders for the immediate re- ii,oval Of Colkin to the Northern Hospital. This was done under the superintendence of the poliee. As tltey lav in a dark corner of the bed, the to mur- u, cred children were not at first (Uscc-ycred they were cold and lifdes8 when found, and it is the opinion of the surgeon, that they must have been dead for several hours. Nv e have heard, but cannot vouch for the fact, that uhiiOiigh the outer shutters had not been closed, the winnow had been fastened down inside. Culkin, as we bne stated, was removed on a stretcher to the hospital, where the usual remedies were applied, lie appeared collected and sensible; and, when refer- cnee was iiialc to the tragic occurrence, said simply that grief for the death of his wife, who w as always especially j dear to mm, had diheu him mad. Although a frightful sash had been inflicted, he was not on reception con- Sidered in a dangerous state, and he showed considerable symptoms of recovery on Saturday afternoon.

SHOCKING SUICIDE BY AN ARMY Cii-rlcrR. CHELTENHAM, TUESDAY.—A melancholy case of self- destruction has occurred in this town, and caused much excitement. The deceased is Captain Robert John Colville, an Assistant Commissary-General of nor Majesty's forces, and was in his 71st year. Latterly he had betrayed symptoms of aberration of mind. Miss Johnson, a relative of the deceased by marriaae, kept his houne, at No. 2, Paragon-terrace, Cheltenham, and last saw him ailve when she went to church in the morn- ing. II was unusually solemn in his manner at break- fast, but otherwise appeawd in good health. Oil Miss Johnson's return from church, about otie (,'clock, slie missed the deceased, but at last discovered him in the water-closet with his throat cot from ear to car, and a bloody razor lying by his side. A surgeon was sent for, but although not dead, he was beyond all human aid, and died in half an hour after he was discovered. He appeared sensible, and after SC\ cral attempts to speak, was heard to say I am dying." i inquest has been held on the body, and a verdict c. Temporary Insanity eni p crar y Insanity returned. THE Cnor.KUA IN Sr. Lout-, AMERICA.—A corres- pondent of the Buffalo Express, I ihng from St. Louif, July 5, Rays :-YOl1 can have n: proper idea of the ravages of the fell disease or iiy e:. 'ts. The city, from a population of neatly 70,0GO, i-. iw reduced to not over 150,000. Everybody has fir;: those too poor to leave, or whose business coe d them to i-erniiii. The streets arc deserted, c..11 pi 1 y the hearse and th? mournful procession mor. *> the gloated cemeteries. I The blackened ruins, ,f being removed and giving way to ncwptactsct -ess,as!hey would but f,:r the pestilence, now presc, a sad spectacle of deso- lation. Few steam boats ale running, and those go awa >aded with the affrighted population, but bring bac,. o passengers. The deaths,as reported for several weeks, >.ve been from 100 to 100 per day, while il i< concede- by all who know, from one-qnarter to onc- thiul are not reported, so that the actual number of deaths, for some time past, has not been much less than 200 per (I:tv-c, s,?- 1,?-?00 a that, too, in a population of from 30,000 to ::5,000. Of cours'. lic-rseas arc constantiy to be scen ic the streets, and the entire night is spent in burying me dead. It is, hower, an indisputable truta, that at least three fouiths of all the mortality is among t. or recently arrived from Europe. e.verv boat from New Orleans brings us from 100 te of these creatures, just landed from the steerage ofsin is, filthy and in evei-r i-esrcct prepared to take the eisease. They are crowded like I ewine on the boats, and frequently tyiatiy a.-e dead before arriving at f;, Louts

MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. I The Queen has commuted the sentence of death passed upon private J. Walsh of the 47th regt. to transportation for life, for having shot at Lieut. Rooke. Mr. Hugh Dixon, a Liverpool shipowner, has been fined in a penalty of one-third of £100 for allowing a vessel with emigrants to sail without a surgeon. The Jersey Times mentions that the Mormonites have opened a place of worship in St. Holier. The cholera has re-appeared at Worcester, though mildly. Carlo Alberto, ex-King of Sardinia, died at Oporto, on the 25th of July. The three government colleges in Ireland will be opened in October. The battle-painter, Lnlleman, has been killed at Co- morn by a cannon bal!, whilst engaged in taking a sketch of the fiijht which was going on. ) At the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society at Norwich, a prize for the best thrashing machine was given to an Irishman named Hitweli," A new strawberry has la'ph' been cultivated in the neighbourhood of London. It arrives at perfection after the earlier varieties are over, is of an amber colour when ripe, and of a most delicious flavour. Captain Pelham, Whiar, has been returned M.F. for Boston, vice Sir James Duke, who now sits for Lond .n. The numbers were—Captain Pelham, 422 Mr. Wire, j 321; majority, 101. The pleasure of doing good is the olily one that dues not wear out. The Recordership of Banbury is vacant by the eleva- lion of Mr. Sergeant Talfourd to the bench. The suspension-hi icige over the Danube at Pesth, has just been completed at a cost of £ 0-50,000. A movement is oil foot for the purpose of obtain- j ing a charter of incorporation for the borough of Rochdale. Five of the great capitals of Europe are now under military law, namely, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Rome, and Naples The Marquis of Waterford has resolved to dispose of the Ford Castle estate. Northumberland, which is valued at £ 300,000. j The best conversation is that in which the heart has a p eater share than the h('d, T3.< that which is right. The respect of mankind j ?iti fono'.T or, it do tiot, you ?iu be able to 10 ■ without it. Too mich negligence, ar weB as too much iicetv in desing, multiplies old men's wrinkles and expo..cs their set., iii',i A gentleman asked a divine which was the best way of living. That which will teach you the Lest way of dying," was the reply. There is a society in Glasgow that distribute:, pr:zes to those housewives who, for three months, keep the cleanest houses in dirty localities. We ha\e authority to state, with reference to the case of the Rev. Charles Rookes, that the Lord Bishop j of the diocese has commenced proceedings, under the for the better enforcing church discipline, and that Mr. Rookes has already been sei ved with notice thereof.— Exeter Flying Madame Castellan will be prima donna at the Here- ford Mut-ieat Festival. Among the petitions lately presented to the House of Commons was one from a person living in Finsburv, who prayed that every man able to work a sum bv the Rule of Three should be entitled to the electoral j At a meeting on the suh;cct of gas in the metropolis, Mr. Bovill explained a schcme for distilling the coal at I the collieries, and conducting the cas to London by a great pipe, instead of carrying the grosser material of coal bv shiíiS and railways. By thus moving a light weight, instead of a heavy one, Mr. Daviil calculated that gas might be supplied in London at 3s. l'd 1,000 feet, instead of the present price of 6s. Potatoes were selling in Liverpool on Saturday last, at 6d. the score lbs., or 2s. a strike. Between 60 and 70 Utters have recently failed in reaching their destination, through Maidstone post- 0;:1, A clerk named Bcntiff is in custody for being concerned in the Mr. Wm. Sturgeon, of Manchester, distinguished for his researches in electricity and magnetism, has been placed on the ci; il list by Lord J. Russell, for the peu- sion of £50 per annum. It is asserted that one-fourth of the deaths in London spring consumption, and one-eighth from the drinking of spirituous liquors. Jenny Lind has been offered verpool Musical Festival, in August, but in Teply she stated that it v.as not her intention to revisit England at present. A vessel arrived in London fiom Rotterdam has brought a cargo composed of 13,1-50 gun stocks, and 350 1 pistol stocks. It was announced, on Thursday, by the Council that the Reverend Dr. Warneford, h-t-, giveii another £ 1,000, making the third, to Queen's College, Birmiog- ham, in aid of the endowment of the Professorship of Pastoral Theology. The Hungarian Refugees left England by the Penin- sular and Oriental Company's steamer Sultan, which sailed from Southampton for the Black Sea. I An address of deep respect and attachment," has been presented by his tenants to the Duke of Bedford I they state that they enjoy the free expression of poli- tical opinions, unfettered by any expression on the part of his grace. John O:iver IIan1an, Esq., has been recommended by the court of directors of the Bunk of England to fiil the vacancy in the direction occasioned Ly the decease of Jas. ¡ 1'.1Pis:¡n, E";¡q. Lady B1('s¡ngton, according to Mr. P?dmore (Be.??- ? ?e's ?/?ce?M:y? wa-? the first to introJuce the beau- tifully simple fashion of wearing the hair in hands, but, was not imitated ia it till she had persevered for at least se?cn years. The C'cr?s of Friday evening contains two proc'a- tnations—the first, crdprn]? a new distribution of all j?ze-m''ncy to the royal navy the 'eolJd, comn?ndin? the Master of the Mint to coin new silver pieces, to be called" fbrins," of the value of 2s. each—that is, the tenth part of a pound sterling. The Archceolngical Institute, which has jllst LEÙ ittl I annual congress at Salisbury, wili meet next year at Oxford. Cricket balls are now made of gutta percha. These i balls are perfectly impervious to wet, and may be played wil;i on icet grass without being sokened in the slightest i; de.rree. As they are made without any they are not liable to rot like leather ones. At the moment when tiie Rev. Mr. Jones was con- I j cliKting his sermon in All Saints' Church, Newcastle- on-Tyne, on Sunday evening week, his surplice was j accidentally ignited hf the canuic, and immed-atcly burst, into a (lame, to the horror of the congregation. A f-entleman sitting near the pulpit, instantly hastened up the stairs, and, with his assistance, the rev. gentle- man succeeded iu exihigmshing the flame, without sus- j tabling anv personal injury.. The Ulster Gazette says; "The only British sove- j reigns that visited Irolrtnd ;n pcacf or war, were ITpiiry IT., John, Richard II., James II '\?i?in.n III., and Georse IV. H'r Majesty is the first British Queen that | will have visited tins country." Mr. George Young, a farmer, living Beverly, has been attacked in a murderous manner by his bre- 1 ther Robert. The latter lived at the farm for the last ten years he had suffered from mental depression, but lie was not considered dangerous in his disposition. The other day, while in the field- Robert assailed his brother with an axe, wounding him on the head in a way that it was feared would be fatal. He cooiiy ob- served the removal of his brother !o the house, and then worked on the farm as usual till he was arrestEd. Fifty-two thousand Jews," says the Jewish Vhroni- ■ cle are now fighting in the ranks of the brave Hun- garian army for liberty and civilisation, and not one Jety is to be fonnd serving under the Austrians (though there are myriads of Jews in Austria Prap2r, Ga!!icia, Ea- hernia, Moravia,and Transylvania)." The Liverpool Merc -y gives a go^d hjnt: "The public have evinced a large amount of favour to the post-office envelopes beating the penny stamp, fur- nished at the rate of eight for a penny (2s. 3d. per 24 stimps) but they would bccome vastly popular if they could be supplied gummed at the same charge." The Sun, of Thursday, described a new portable | machine, called a ifre annihilator. It may be carricd about by one man, at.d is described as possessing powers to beat dorrn th.1 most fierce flames, and to ex- I j tinguish the most glowing fire in a few minutes. j At the distribution of prizes at IC:qg's C?Iicsc, L"n- ) c?n, cons.dfrab?e praise was awarded to the :sr:n c?f I Guizot, who had, it appears, exhibited great skill in the pursuit of his stuoics, notwithstanding the difficulties to be overcome as a foreigner. j The Jews abftain from trading during GG davs of the ] Year as fo!!ow, \:z. -5'2 Sa'?rdays 2 days, n¡w \,par' 4 days, Passer: Idy, B1ck Fast; 2 J:tF, Pcitc- cost; 4 days, Tabernacle; 1 day, V> into Fast. j Married soldiers, to the number of six for each corn- panv, have since July, 1818, been granted Id. a and permitted, as an indulgence, to find their own lodgings when their corps is in quarter1;. The privi- lege has now been extended to the troops abroad as well a a at home. Sir Herbert Jenner Fust gave judgment on Thursday in the case of Gcrhrtm v. the Bishop of Exiter. The learned jllne decided that it was clear from Mr, Gorham's statement that he was opposed to the doctrine of baptismal regeneration, a doctrine which the Church of England (d the consequence was that the Bishop j of Exeter wns jtttified in refusing institution, and the I casp must he disrobed w ith costs. Tiie proctor for; Mr. Gorham gai* imir.editte i.otic» of appeal to !.hp court «bove j Douglas JerrolVs Newspaper says that :—" Some persons have a fine perceptive (not to say intuitive) sense of the immoral ?<-y can see it as plainly as the pig sees the wind. Miss Martineau's book of Eastern Travel has been excluded from the Derby library, be- cause of its immoral tendency A grand morning concert took place on Wednesday in the Great Concert-room of her Majesty's Theatre, which was filled by a fashionable audience. The chief attraction lay in its affording an occasion for displaying the versatility of Madame Sontag, who sane pieces in four different languages, and in different styles. Her first aria La Zingars," was composed expressly for her by Donizetti. The next piece was the difficult scena from Don F_ _,i"h Al-ie nachte mir der Schlummer;" then Haydn's With verdure clad and the fourth piece allotted to her was the Robert, toi que j'aime, from Robert le Diable. Her success was decisive in all. The Berkshire Chronicle statcs that in some circulars sent round by the Bishop of Oxford to different parishes was this inquiry Does your officiating clergymen preach the gospel, and are his conversation and carriage con- sistent therewith? To which a churchwarden, about four miles from "al:ingford, wrote in answer He preaches the gospel, but does not keep a carriage'" Jealousy is said to be the offspring of love. Yet un- less the parent mClke haste to strangle the child, the ctiild will not rest till it has poisoned the parent. In all waters there are some fish which have to swim against the stream; and in every community persons are to be found who delight in being opposed to everybody dse. James Galwey, Esq, of Dnngarvan, his been ap- pointed Inspector-General of Prisons in Ireland, it) the room of Sir Nicholas Fitzsimon.

DEATH OF MR. DENISON, MB., FOR WEST SloR- J KEY.—William Joseph Denison, Esq member for West | Surrey, died at five minutes past two on Thursday morning, at his residence, 90, Pall-mall. Deceased represented the county of Surrey for thirty years, and ) toted ill favour of short parliaments, and of the repeal of assessed taxes, and the substitution of a F,-adualed property-tax. lie was in his Slst year. ) DEATH OF MR. GODSON, M.P., ion ELiunr.nMtN- STER-Ire regret to announce the death of Mr. God- son, Queen's Counsel, and memh. r for Kidderminster. Mr. Godson was one of the leading members of the Oxford circuit, lie was horn in 17e7, and in ISIS was a Wrangler, and took the degree of M.A., at Cambridge. In 1S21 he was called to the bar, and shortly after assumed a distinguished position at the Worcester and Staiford sessions. In 1831 he was elected member for St. Albans, aud in 1832 vns eiecteci for Ividderminsier, which borough he contested unsuccessfully in 1825, but was returned in 1337. and held the seut to his death. In ISil. he was appointed Queen's Counsel by Lord Cotter.iiam. and in 1844 received the appointment of Counsel to the Aoiniraity and Navy. In he was conservative, and took an active part, i1 1833, on the Jamaica Assembly question, and in j,6,H and 1S44, on the sugar duties debate. Mr. Godson has left a widow and tinee sons to deplore their loss. His death was occasioned by disease t-f the heart, and took place at bis seat, Springfield-had, Lancashire, to which place he had retired from the Oxford circuit on being attacked with slight illness at V. orcester. So lightly did he think of his indisposition, that it was his intention to have Tejoined the circuit at Ghtiffster. DEATH OF SEI'.GEANT BUSIIMAX.—Mr. Bushman (formerly sergeant in the Queen's Bvys), one of the best swordsmen in England. and who performed the clever and dexterous feats of cutting a bar of lead in two at one sweep of a ship s cutlns, and also Salauin'a feat on a silk handkerchief, died on Wednesday last from an attack of cholera, at the early age of 42. He resided in Jane-street, Cnelsea, and has left three orphan children. DEATH or Pircr.CE EGAN.—Death, the irrespective leveller d all classes and conditions of luen, iia-, at length struck do«• n I'icrce Egan, the veteran histotian of the ring and sportrng journalist, who expired last Friday eveiiins, at his residence, at the full age of 77. DEATH OF SIR NICHOLAS Fnzs-MON, —The Mail of Wednesday night announces the death ()f Sir Nicholas Fitzsimon, lnspector-Genv:«! of P.-Nans, and formerly member for the He exnired at his I sea: Broughaii Castle, on the an illness of eight days, most deeply and universally regretted, The salary of the o:Ti?c of Inspector Gener4 of Piisons is £ !,200 per annum. rl!- A -r I] ( f DR. REID, or Sr. AN cur.—We re- gret to dea:I,i John R-id. Professor of Ar itouiv and I' -coicinc in the United College of St. Andrew's. Dr Petri's death took place on Tuetdav j nirrht. He had iortg been afHictrd with a severe and painful disease,.against which he bote himself op with the most Christian fortitude. Dr. lieid was a native of Bathgate. i 1 "ill he was appointed by ihs Uui- versity to the Chair of Anatomy and Medicine in the United College, in which he also filled the office of clerk. He is favo iialjlv known to the profession by his Anatomical, and Pathological Re- searches," a work of great ability, and displaying ex- tensive medical k, ng. Dr. Reid's skill :n Lis pro- fession, his etninei:  a lecturer and teacher, and the care which he bestowed in the examination of students care which he bestowed in the examln-?'icn of students while his amiable character in private life endeared him to all his acquaintances. — Fifeshire Journal. SALARIES AND PAYMENTS UNDER THE MANAGE- MENT OR CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT: — Expended in both houses (salaries) £ 90,00-0 Salaries of occupants on the Treasur" y benches 57,000 Home Secretary's department 2-5,000 Foreign Secretary's department 7",000 Colonial Secretary's department 36,000 Privy Council department 43 000 Paymaster-General's department 31,000 Poor-law Commission Board 24^,000 Mint 45,0,)0 Army, Navy, Ordnance 18,000,000 GORHAM V. THE Bmior OF EXSTKR.—In this ca«e> the arguments in which occupied the Court of Arches | six days during the 12asteri term. Sir II. J. Fust gave judgment on Thursday last. The Bishop of Eseter, it will be remembered, refascd to institute Mr. Gorham in a living to bich lie had been presented, upon the ground tiiat he held doctrines opposed to those of the Church of Eial-iiid thereupon Mr Gorham took pro- ceedings, and applied to the Court of Arche: to iL3i- ute him in the Hving. The charge made by >he Bishop a??ius!. Hr. Gorham was, Ih?t he dcnifj baptism"l regeneration. Sir Jenner Fust delivered a long and j elaborate judgment, which, he concluded by observing that the point to bo determined was, did r did not the Cnurch of England hold the doctrine of 1- otismal rege- I iteration ? Undoubtedly it did. Did Mr. Gorham deny the truth of that doctrine ? It was clear, from the whole tenor of his examination, that such was the ease. bishop, therefore, had shown sufficient cause for not instituting ?»ir. Gorha:;) to liampfoi d Speke and the case must, consequentlv, be dismissed with costs. The Proctor, for Mr. Gorham, having asserted an appeal, the learned Judge said, that he should be very sorry if so important a question rested on his sole authority. | The question might have all important bearing on the Church generally. EXTF AORHIN ARY AND MYSTERIOUS CASE. — Or. Wednesday the inhabitants of Lower Marsh, New Cut London, were kept in a state of excitement and terror from the discovery of two persons a man and hi- wife of the name of Iloppey, residing in tiie front room of No. 1, Johanna-street, New-cot, being found dead in their room, ur.der the following mysterious rircum- stancer. The deceased persons, who were about the middle-age, bad for the last fifteen months occupied the room in question, the husband f.¡llow;ng the oecu- ];-aiion of a taiior, working for a house in Bond-street. They arc described as having been in the habit of get- ting drunk and quarrelling. On Monday evening the deceased female went into the Spanish Patriot, opposite to where sbe residpd, a¡¡d 1:aõ some Uffr. L'lIing the whole of Tuesday neither of the parties was seen nar heard. On Wednesday morning the same stillness reigned, when the oceapier of the bark room became aia-med, and Sergeant Short, of the L division, passing at the time, was requested to break open the door. On entering the room they were horrified at seeing the man and woman dead. Mr. Sewell, surgeon, cf the New- cot, was sent for, and was promptly in attendance, when an examination took place. The room possessed but few .irt'des of furniture—no bedstead or bed: for j the former a broker, sofa, and for the latter an old mat- trpss. the wall was the deceased man, in a sitting posture, with his arms across his stomach, having only his hirt on, end this was drawn uo to his neck. Close by him, lyiosr or. her back, was the female the whole of her clothes were a'so drawn up they were both dead, and had hcpn for some hours. Between then-! was a small red pan containing the contents of stomach. The different parts of the room wheie e bodies were found were soiled with feces. On the fioor was some copper money. On a chair, by the head of the female, a shhiing. In n nlug wore found the remains of soii,e in a uottle a small portion of brandy. In the cupboard son- cheese, and meat. By this time Mr. Sewell was joined by some other medical gentlemen, and after a mot diligent search nothing cf a poisonous nature was fotir.d. The hands and ,fingers of both were contracted; and! fi-crii the absence of all other caoc, =i jt ,Y-g ,ile opinion of the medical men that they 1.( 1;;)1]¡ t■ :1 sci'ed ,h cholera; that collapse had t.ikm place, and thev were :li-' ,Cll other or call for assistance. In the I!;atr(; \,1 c:/t!J' ::r k: ¡:lj in)!J;, fo?'?douta is,rr of the deceased ::?n:butshc\Tas labouring unra r the same ms'i .dy. and was notes-! pcted 'o It Ivas :A, h .<l • b;,t had the fcr.nlc lived » -other ccrric jRTo possession «.f under f.e wH of Colonel Aubrey, formerly of the Royal Horse Guards Blue, whose name has of late been so much before the public in connexion with the Sicilian insurrection, has just been nominated a colonel of cavalry in the service of His Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies, and ap- pointed to the command of the regiment of Hussars at Naples.—Globe. TilE ROYAL RAILWAY CARRIAGE IN IRELAND.— This vehicle, intended for the royal party to travel over the Irish railways, has just been finished. It is a grand saloon, filled with sofas, flower stands, mirrors, and gilt mouldings within, the panels being of a rich blue, striper} in white without. It is of all Irish manufacture, and .ie d wtli I I lined with light blue Irish tabinet. There are ante- rooms at both ends, with the royal and Irish arms in juxta-position. It is said to have cost INVITATION OF THE LOkD MAYOR OF DTHLIN TO- THE LORD Lüop. OF LONDON.—It is stated that the Lord Mayor (,f Dublin has invited Sir James Duke to Dublin, upon the occasion of her Majesty's visit to the capital of Ireland, with the double motive of pa)ir;z respect to the Queen and increasing the confidence of the Irish people in the determination of the sister kingdom to make the most strenuous effort? for the service of Ireland. Piif.rEBMENTs.—Rev. C. Dudley, to Leamington P.C., Glouc., dio. G. and B., £ 45 Rev. J Scott, to Trinity Church, Tewkesbury, P C., Giouc. Rev. A. Fitch, tc- Thornton Steward V., Yorkshire, dio. R'p.. i2.4, with residence Rev. E. Greatorex, and the Rev. J. B D) le,, to he minor canons of Durham Cathedral; Rev. H. E. B Ffolkes, to St. Martin's at Palace P.C., Norwich, dio. Nor., £70; Rev. H. Hill, to Berd. sley P C., Warwick, dio. Wur., £ 1 SO; Rev. II 1. Newcornoe, to Sheoley R., Herts., dio. Ruch., £1,100 with residence: Rev. Harness, to the incumbency cf the new church, Knightsbridge Rev. A. Williams to Cerne Abbas V.. Dorset, dio. Saru., £31, with residence; Rev. R. S. Eaton, to Compton Abbas, West., Dorset, dio. Saru W. Elwin, to Booton R., Norfolk, dio. Nor., £ 22S Rev. J. to Charlton (bv Dover) R., Kent., dio. Cant, £ 99; Rev. H. Herring, to the stipendiary curacy of Waterden, Norfolk; Rev. John Vi". M'Kinley Millman, to tiie stipendiary curacy of Narbu>gh-w'ith-Narr>rd. Norfolk Rev. W. Wheeler, to St. Ann's P.C., Liverpool, dio. Man., £ 99. ACCOUNTS or THE MUNICIPAL IkJROCGHS or ENG- LAND AND WA,Es.A, return presented to Parliament,, pursuant to the Acts Grh and iu William lY., chap. 104, and the 1st Victoria, chap. 78, shows that the gross total teceipts of the municipal boroughs of Eng- land and \iI[e8 dud¡;g the year ended the Sist of August, 1848, amounted to the total expenditure to £ 1,170, 441. APPALLING ACCIDENT AT Sr. VINCENTS ROCKS, CLIFTON.—Ar. accident of a shocking kind happened on Fsi jay afternoon to the Rev. George Hickes. curate of i.. _CS. --ate (, f Devonport, who has recently been staying for the benefit of his health at C-un.heiland-house, Abcmar:c- place, Hotwells, and who, while taking an airing o: the Down, accidentally fell from the summit of the rock, knowr. as the Lion's Head-cliff," to the road below, and was killed. An inquest was held on the body at the Genera] Draper tavern, Hotwell8, before J. R. Grindon, E-q, coroner, and a respectable jurv, when a verdict of Accidcnt-al Death was returned. READING ELP,CTI;>S.—Of the five candidates who successively issued their addresses to th" electors of Readmg. two re.hed, Mr. Gaidnor and Mr. GtiSSths. Those then in the field were Mr. Bowyer and Sir Jullii Ham on the Liberal interest, and Mr. Stanford as a Conservative. The division of the otl.tr party mateiially improves the Stanford f iances 0; success which ato said to amount to certainty. Monday was fixed for the nomination, and Tuesday for the poll. BOSTON ELECTION.—The nomination took plac on Wednesday, when Mr. Wire and Captain Pelham weto the only candidates. Mr. Freshfield, the Conservative, had retired, in consequence, it is alleged, of an agree- ment with the Pelham party, by which the cection of their candidate was secured at present, on the under- standing that their 5nterr:.t shall be given to Mr. Fresh- field l1:)Qi1 the next election. The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Wire, but the result of the poll, which was completed on the fullowltig day, show d Captain Pc-"h,ini y in ti-,E, 'I i ? c 1, a r.tim- ;c(¡shae:i;l\ ir; i;f' ,i,:¡ 1 5!;1, 10' Captain Polham got amongst the crowd during the è,y, when he fell in with seme woikr.ien fron the railways in the iieighbouihoud, who got round the gallant captain,, ijustifd, and struck him seveic blo?s b- lore he could, effect h's escape. A::C:EOLOGY. — Toe Societies have been er-lcbra<ing iheir ;niv;series during the i,? st w(; k. The old, or British Archaeological Asso- ciation, he-Id their eongt ess at Chester, s.nd spent se- '.era days in tile ol ?ha* t7im(l- honoured city, extending their travels to rlint ami Conway Cai-iles; and on Thursday, by invitation of the Mayor of Liverpool, went to Stfton Church and Spike Iiall. Papers by Messrs. Wright, Halloweil, Planci,e, and others were read in the forenoons and evenings, and the dry studies cf antiquity were at intervals en. livened by entertainments given by the Mayor and Bi-i.op of Chester—The younger society, entitled the Archaeological Institute, have spent their time very agreeably and usefully at Salisbury, where, from the character of the locality, the researches of the mem- bers were directed chiefly into ecclesiastical channels. More than 200 r.ew members were announced as having joined the society since the previous anniversary. DRAINAGE OF LONDON.—Mr. Pidliips, a civil engi- neer, has furnished the metropolitan commissioners of sewers with a grand scheme for the drainage of the metropolis. His plan has fcr its object the diversion of the entire area of the metropolis, extending from Plum- stead Marshes to Twickenham, by means of a tunnel sewer, constructed 100 feet below the bed of the river, into which the whole house drainage should be dis- charged, instead of at present into the Thames. By a slight curve this tunnel would pass under the river eleven times between Twickenham and the marshes, thereby affording accommodation to the entire metro- politan district. The sewage water to be filtered as it flo.vs. and then discharged into the Thames. Estimated cost for 19i miles of tunnel, machinery, &c., £G44,999. The rated vaiue of the property draining mto this tunnel sewer wo;:Ll he little short of ten millions, and an an- nual rate for 22 years of about Id. in the pound would pay the principal and interest in that period. But it is that the income arising from the disposal of the refuse -;o;ot:lc1 at least ccver the annual charge, and render such a rate unnecessary. THE IVAT, MEDAL.—We have hrard from a quartet upon which we are accustomed to place reliance, that th-: vernment have consented to give further retro- spective effect to the grant of a mcua., and that this new arrangement will include the campaign in Egypt. We since: cly hope that the report may prove well founded.— I niied Service Gazette. STATISTICS OF RAILWAYS.—A parliamentary return of considerable interest has recently been ptiuted. from which we have subjoined the following particulars:- The number of railways in the United KingQonJ, at tho close of 1848, was 213. The total length for which these companies had obtained powers, was 12,033 miles 0.. this jeng'h 51i miles had been opened for traffic (viz., 571 miles of single and 4376 miles of double lines) 2111 rciles were in course of construction, and i.fco nmes were authorised but had not been mm. mer.ced. Tne amount of share capital actually paid up on 31st. Dec., 1848, was £ 156,.508,578 6s. lid.; raised by loans, £ 43,6G4,4S0 13s. Id. making a total of £ 200,1.3,059. Of this sum tiiere was raised in 1848, £33,234,&lt:; viz., by capital, £ 30,359,102 6s. lid. j anJ by loan. £.2,875,715 13s. id. The unexhausted powers to raise capital granted in 1S4S, were £ 17,680, 101; previously to IS,H" £126.137,612 5s. id. mak- ing the total of unpaid capital £ 143,717,773 5s. Id., and the grand total of authorised capital for the 213 5s. Id. WHICH IS THE MONKEY ?"—The Ute Dr. James Hamilton was once sent for by a lady of fashion to see her favourite monkey, which had gorged itself at break- fast. On entering the room, he observed her ladyship's only son most absurdly dressed, and looking first at the child and then at the monkey, cooiiy inquired, "My lady, which is ihe monkey 1" PHYSICAL VERSUS MORAL.—Whether the physical wants should be remedied thiough the moral or the moral through the physical, hns been a question which has occupied the attention of philosophers and philan- thropists for centuries. Without aturnpting to deciSe the question, there can be no doubt that when the physical condition is impaired it demands the first at- tention. For instance, a person whilst suffering from an acute attack of Gout would be unuble to rn* p'rec'a'e the sublimest 1,-sr-0ns 0f philosophy, even though enunciated by the divine Plato. How much more wel- come to the rufierer would be a box of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pil1, so eiffcacious in eradicating this dis- tressing malady. UXTIR.3TST.VNI>ING TIDt TOO L--i:i,-ALi-Y.-ATi n,ed minister was officiating for the first time at a public service of a congregation who had beer, accustomed to have Ue hymns lined," as i; is termed. The venera- ble ala man could not see distinctly, and designed to dis- pense with singing. To nnounee Lis purpose, he arose and said— My eyes are dim, I cannot see,- and immediately the choristers commpne.d sincring the line to the tone of Old Hundred." Surprise and mor- tification rendered the minister almost speechless, but he managed to stammer out— I meant btft an apology." This line was immediately sung by the congregation and the minister, now quite excited, exclaimed — "Forbear, I pray—c.y sight is dim but the singing proceeded, and the couplet was finished by his troubled and beseeching explanation— I do not mean to read a ¡¡\,mn." Strange as it. ir,av seem, this was also sung with much energy, a.nd the worthy old gentleman s.1 down in ale- ►pair.— Souther-n l. tw^iry (I .>