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the farm he occupied aftei- another 

 man had been dispossessed of it. 



7. The transport which sailed 

 from Cork, and was supposed to 

 have been lost in her passage to 

 Quebec, with four hundred and 

 eighty-seven soldiers, and two hun- 

 dred and forty-eight women and 

 children on board, has been heard 

 of. The Crocodile frigate, on ap- 

 proaching the desolate island of 

 Anticosta, observed a part of the 

 crew of the transport on shore, 

 where she had been wrecked ; and 

 succeeded in bringingaway thesur- 

 vivors, who had been on the island 

 thirty-seven days. 



An inquisition was held last 

 week at Ashton-u})on-Mersey, up- 

 on the bodies of a young woman 

 and her infant child, found drown- 

 ed in the Mersey. The deceased 

 had been courted by a young man, 

 by whom she had the child, and 

 was afterwards slighted by him, 

 and resolved to drown herself and 

 the infant. The juiy broiight in a 

 verdict — Lunacy. 



The Mayor of Oxford has re- 

 quested the inhabitants of that city 

 to abstain from giving alms to beg- 

 gars ; an office having been estab- 

 lished in the Town Hail for inves- 

 tigating the cases of persons asking 

 alms, and affording relief to such 

 as really want it. Professional beg- 

 gars are dealt with according to 

 law. 



8. An inquest was held at the 

 Crown, Westminister Bridge, on the 

 body of John Stevenson, late a sad- 

 dler in Westminster Road, who 

 was killed on Tuesday by Zephyr, 

 the stag at Astley's theatre. Mr. 

 Parker, one of the proprietors of 

 the theatre, stated, that he had the 

 care of the stag, wh'ch belongs to 

 « foreigner named Gamier, now in 



France. Gamier had been appllec^ 

 to several times to take the animal 

 away, but neglected to do so : it 

 was kept in a stall near the stables. 

 On Tuesday last witness was pre- 

 paring to feed it with turnips, when 

 he saw the deceased, who had 

 been employed last summer to 

 make a collar or halter for the 

 stag. Finding it was tight, the 

 animal having grown fat, he called 

 to Stevenson, and asked if it could 

 not be altered. Deceased said it 

 could. After a few minutes con- 

 versation, they went towards the 

 stall, and on the approach of Mr. 

 Stevenson, the stag made a dart at 

 him, fixed him with his horns 

 against the wall, and gored him. 

 The witness having a stick, beat 

 the stag, and forced him to quit 

 the deceased. Stevenson then ap- 

 peared with his body bent to the 

 ground, a profusion of blood issued 

 from tlie wound, and in a short 

 time after the accident he expired. 

 Witness had, previous to the acci- 

 dent, told him the animal was dan- 

 gerous. Rlr. Cook, surgeon, West- 

 minster Road, deposed, that he 

 was required by a messenger, about 

 one o'clock on Tuesday, to go to 

 Astley's, a serious accident having 

 taken place. He found Mr. Ste- 

 venson lying on a shutter ; he had 

 received a wound on the superior 

 and anterior part of the thigh, 

 in the direction of the femoral ar- 

 tery, two inches and a half in depth, 

 and no doubt there was a divi- 

 sion of the femoral artery and fe- 

 moral vein. Arterial action had 

 ceased, and from the nature of the 

 injury, he considered the wound 

 mortal ; deceased was placed in a 

 warm bath, but not by the direc- 

 tion of Mr. Cook. Verdict, Acci- 

 dental dentil. The stag is forfeited 



