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CHRONICLE. 
[APRIL 8, 
right. The cabman drove towards the wharf, and had 
just reached it when he heard Mr. Busfeild hailing the 
steamer moored opposite, and directly after a splash in 
the water was heard, and cries for help. The cabman im- 
mediately raised an alarm, a boat put off from the Vulcan, 
and drags were procured; but Mr. Busfeild was never 
seen afterwards ; and it is concluded that in stepping from 
the wharf to the barge he fell into the river and was 
drowned. The Commander of the Vulcan gave directions 
to the boatmen in the neighbourhood to continue their 
search for the body, and offered a reward of 102. for its 
recovery, but it is not probable that the body will be 
recovered for several days. The Commander was Mr. 
Busfeild’s intimate friend, and had invited him to join the 
vessel on her intended cruise. It is only a fortnight since 
that intelligence was received of the death of a brother of 
the deceased, in Canada, by drowning. 
The Thames Tunnel.—The‘ curiosity manifested by the 
public to view this interesting work remains undiminished, 
and the number of visitors on Sunday last fully equalled 
that of any day since the thoroughfare has been thrown 
open. The neighbourhood of Wapping has been materi- 
ally affected by the attraction of company to its vicinity, 
and the shops are deriving a large accession of business. 
On Monday the archways presented the appearance of a 
fair—several stalls having been erected in the shafts by 
permission of the directors, where refreshments are sup- 
plied—while the tunnel forms a promenade for the visitors. 
A printing press is also erected in the western arch, where 
a brief account of the undertaking is struck off, 76 feet 
below high-water mark. The average number of visitors 
last week exceeded 11,000 daily, and on Sunday upwards 
of 30,000 paid for admission. 
Greenwich.—On Wednesday morning about one o’clock, 
the inhabitants were aroused by an alarm of fire in the 
extensive range of buildings known as the College brew- 
house. The flames spread with great rapidity, and for a 
long time threatened the destruction of much of the sur- 
rounding property, but a good supply of water being ob- 
tained, their ravages were eventually confined within the 
limits of the building. The alarm occasioned by the con- 
flagration was very great, and the whole of the officers of 
the Hospital with a large number of the pensioners were on 
the spot to render assistance in extinguishing the flames. 
The College brewhouse is detached from the hospital, and 
is a handsome building, seventy feet high, extending to a 
Jength of fifty feet. The fire is supposed to have origi- 
nated through the overheating of flues. The damage is 
estimated at 8,000/., and the whole of the property is 
uninsured. 
Mortality of the Metropolis—The following is the 
number of deaths registered in the week ending Satur- 
day, Mar. 25 :—West districts, 136 ; North districts, 220 ; 
Central districts, 198; st Gistricts, 225; South dis- 
tricts, 207. Total, 986, (512 males, 474 females.) 
Weekly average for the last five years, 903, (males 461, 
females 442,) and for the last five winters, 1004. 
Jsrobincial Mews. 
Derby.—The three men, Bonsal, Bland, and Hulme, 
convicted at the last Assizes for the murder of Miss God- 
dard, were executed on Friday. No less than from 
30,000 to 40,000 persons were present. Bonsall acknow- 
Jedged to the chaplain that he perpetrated the murder. 
He stated that Bland stood outside the murdered lady’s 
door, and that he and Hulme were in the room; that 
while they were engaged ‘‘ rummaging’? the drawers, 
Miss Goddard sprang out of bed, and ran to the door, 
where Bland stopped her, and pushed her back into the 
room, and that Bonsall then killed her with the crow-bar, 
Falmouth—The Famouth Packet states, that by far 
the largest engine ever constructed is now in process of 
manufacture at Hayle. The piston rod, which was forged 
last week, is 19 feet long, 13 inches diameter in the mid- 
dle, and 16 inches in the cone, and weighs 3 tons 16 ewt. 
Jt will work in an 80-inch cylinder, which will stand in 
the middle of another cylinder of 144 inches diameter, 
Five other piston rods will work between the inner and 
the outer cylinders. The 80-inch cylinder was cast last 
week, and the large one will be cast soon. The pumps 
are to be 64 inches in diameter; a measurement which 
may afford some idea of the size and power of the en- 
gine. It is intended for draining the Lake of Haarlem, 
Kingston.—The borough magistrates have been actively 
engaged in an investigation of a charge against Samuel 
Stone, a lawyer’s clerk, and Christopher Wardell, of 
having stolen a quantity of Bank of England notes, gold, 
and silver, the property of Mr. Andrew Dunlop, of the 
Dolphin Inn, in this town. ‘The magistrates were engaged 
nearly nine hours on Tuesday in the investigation of the 
case, and it was then adjourned until Wednesday morning, 
In order that the charge against the prisoners should be 
understood, it may be necessary to explain that the rob- 
bery in question was committed in July last, and the pri- 
Soners were taken up at the time and underwent two 
examinations, and a strong case of suspicion was made 
out against them. The magistrates, however, did not feel 
themselves justified in committing the parties to take 
their trials, and they were set at liberty. Stone imme- 
diately commenced an action against Mr. Dunlop. for 
false imprisonment, to which the defendant pleaded that 
he was justified in giving the plaintiff into custody, inas- 
much as he had really committed the felony; and the 
jury, after a long trial, the point being distinctly put to 
them by the Lord Chiet Justice, confirmed the plea by 
finding for the defendant. Stone and the other man, 
ardell, were immediately taken into custody, and, after 
two examinations, were remanded. It will not be neces- 
Sary to state fully the circumstances under which the 
robbery was committed. A person, described as a tall 
man, with very high shoulders, went into the house of 
the prosecutor, and under pretence of getting a 5/. note 
for silver to the same amount, ascertained where the 
prosecutor kept his money in the bar, and soon afterwards 
two other men went into the bar, and by various pretexts 
succeeded in inducing the prosecutor and his daughter to 
leave them there alone, and they took-the opportunity of 
stealing the money. The prisoners were sworn to posi- 
tively by the daughter of the prosecutor as being the men 
in the bar, and who must have committed the robbery, 
and she identified them the moment she saw them. 
Several other witnesses confirmed her testimony, and also 
proved that the prisoners were in connection with the 
tall man, and that they all went away together after the 
robbery. The defence set up for the prisoners was, that 
they resembled two members of. the swell mob, who had 
committed the robbery, and that they were perfectly in- 
nocent $ and, although it was admitted that they were in 
Kingston on the day of the robbery, that they bad never 
been near the house of the prosecutor. The robbery was 
supposed to have been committed between one and two 
o’clock on the 2ist July. After witnesses had been 
examined on these points, the magistrates, on Wednesday, 
said that, under the circumstances, they felt they had no 
other course to pursue than to commit the prisoners for 
trial. The witnesses were then bound over, and in the 
course of the day the prisoners were conveyed to the 
county gaol. 
Melton Mowbray.—An extensive robbery was com- 
mitted on the night of Sunday last at the residence of the 
Earl of Wilton, at Melton Mowbray, under circumstances 
which at the present moment are enveloped in mystery, 
Among the property stolen are Bank of England notes to 
the amount of about 200/., notes of the Grantham Bank 
to the value of 1007. ; and a box containing a gold watch, 
gold snuff-boxes, and various articles of jewellery. The 
exact circumstances under which the robbery has been, 
committed have not transpired; but the matter has been 
placed in the hands of the detective force. 
Rochester.—The man, named Ellis, who stood re- 
manded on a charge of having threatened to assassinate 
the Queen and Sir Robert Peel, was brought up on Sa- 
turday before the magistrates for further inquiry. The 
Mayor said that he had received a letter from the Secre- 
tary of State respecting him, and that Sir J. Graham ad- 
vised the magistrates to require moderate and reasonable 
bail for the period of 12 months. The prisoner said that 
he had Jast worked as a confectioner at Gravesend, and 
that his father, whose name was Edward Ellis, had been 
a captain in the navy, and had been dead 21 years. The 
Court consulted for some time, when they required the 
prisoner to enter into his own security of £10, and to 
find two sureties of £5 each, to keep the peace toward 
her Majesty and all her subjects. Bail not being forth. 
coming he was committed to prison for one year. 
Southend.—An inquest has been held in this town on 
the body of Capt. Edward Johnson, who was found dead 
in his bedroom, on Thursday week, from the shot of a 
pistol, which was supposed to have been accidentally dis- 
charged. The evidence showed that the unfortunate gen- 
tleman was fourfd deluged in blood, without any apparent 
wound or mark of violence. His lips were closed, and 
when the surgeons arrived they were at a loss to conjec- 
ture from whence the blood had flowed. However, upon 
search being made, the pistol was found, which had re- 
cently been discharged, and upon opening the lips of the 
deceased the upper jaw was found to be completely shat- 
tered, the ball having Jodged in the back of the head, but 
was subsequently extracted. The witnesses were con- 
fident that the deceased never intended to commit suicide, 
but that his death was caused in some way or other by 
accident. He was described as a sensible, gallant officer, 
and the last man in the world that would commit self- 
murder. The jury, after a long inquiry, returned a ver- 
dict that the deceased was accidentally shot. 
Windsor.—In consequence of some recent investiga- 
tions by a medical gentleman at Windsor, in the case o: 
one of the whippers-in to the Royal hunt, who was la- 
bouring under the effects of paralysis, the cause of kennel 
lameness has been found to proceed from the presence of 
lead in the water which is supplied to the kennel at Ascot, 
by means of pipes composed of that metal, through which 
the water is conveyed for a considerable distance, Since 
the discovery of the presumed cause of lameness in the 
Royal pack, the water has been analysed by Dr. Ryan, of 
the Polytechnic School, and by Mr. Phillips, the chymist, 
by order of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. 
The results of Dr. Ryan’s two experiments are as follow: 
—The first examination was made from a sample of wa- 
ter taken from the source or spring-head, before it had 
entered the leaden pipes, when the specific gravity of 60 
deg. was found to be 1,000.18. The imperial pint, on 
evaporation to dryness, yielded 2.37 grains of solid mat- 
ter. The solid contents of an imperial pint were found by 
Dr. Ryan to be—chloride of sodium, 1.54 grains ; chloride 
of magnesium, 0.71 grains ; sulphate of lime, 0,128 grains; 
and a trace of carbonic acid. The second examination 
was made of water taken from the leaden pipes at the 
Royal kennel at Ascot, when the specific gravity was found 
to be 100.42. Upon an imperial pint of this water being, 
as in the former experiment, evaporated to dryness, it 
yielded two grains of solid matter, viz. :—carbonate of 
lead, 164 grains; organic matter, and traces of chlorides 
of sodium and magnesium, and sulphate of lime, .038. It 
has, therefore, been calculated by Dr. Ryan, that every 
imperial gallon of the water used at the Royal kennel, 
after passing through the leaden pipes, contains 1.312 
grains of the carbonate of lead. > 
Railways.—The following are the returns of the prin- 
cipal lines for the past week :—London and Birmingham, 
13,6007.; Great Western, 11,4082; South Western, 
4,946/,; South Eastern, 1,6102.; Eastern Counties, 
1,027/.; North Midland, 3,6202; York and North Mid- 
land, 1,586/.; Greenwich, 762d. ; Croydon 2597. ; Brigh- 
ton, 2,864/.; Blackwall, 6292.; Hull and Selby, 9507. ; 
Grand Junction, 6,506/.; Midland Counties, 2,276/.—It 
appears from the report of the railway department of 
the Board of Trade, that during the year 1842, nearly 
200 miles of railway communication have been opened to 
the public throughout England and Scotland. Among 
the principal lines which have been opened, or only par- 
tially so, may be mentioned the Birmingham and Derby, 
to the extent of 10 miles: the Gosport branch of the 
South Western, 15 miles; the Edinburgh and Glasgow, 
46 miles ; the Manchester and Birmingham, from Stock- 
port to Crewe, 26 miles; the Oldham branch of the Man- 
chester and Leeds, 2 miles; the Bristol and Exeter, from 
Taunton to Bridgewater, 114 miles; The London and 
Dover to Tonbridge, 42 miles; the Sheffield and Man- 
chester, 3 miles; the Northern and Eastern, to Bishop’s 
Stortford, 3 miles; and the Eastern Counties, to Col- 
chester, 31 miles.—The half-yearly meeting of the Bristol 
and Gloucester Company was held last week. It was 
stated that the receipts to the 3lst December had 
amounted to 325,974/., and the expenditure to 222,2652., 
leaving a balance available for the shareholders of 96,5094. 
From this it was intended that a dividend equal to 2/. per 
share should be paid on the joint stock of the Bristol and 
Coalpit-heath Line. It was also resolved that the nego- 
tiation now in progress with the Great Western Company, 
in regard to the construction of the line from Stonehouse 
to Gloucester, and the terms upon which it should be 
leased to the Birmingham and Gloucester Company, should 
be continued under the superintendence of the committee 
of management. This committee was also empowered to 
raise further sums upon loan notes, for the completion of 
the line, not to exceed 260,000/. in the whole, nor at an 
interest beyond five per cent. It was arranged that, for 
the future, the members-of the committee of management 
should be but fourteen in number.—At the half-yearly 
meeting of the Newcastle and Carlisle Company, held at 
the latter town, a dividend, at the rate of four per cent., 
was declared out of the profits for the half-year, amount- 
to 15,0637. : 
IRELAND. 
Dutblin.—The merchants and inhabitants of this city 
have held a meeting, the Lord Mayor in the chair, for the 
purpose of taking steps to have the “remonstrances of the 
citizens of Dublin’? on the subject of the withdrawal 
from Ireland of the mail-coach contracts conveyed in the 
most effective manner to the Lord Lieutenant and the 
Lords of the Treasury. Considerable excitement pre- 
vailed, and it was resolved to petition Government on the 
subject. It appears, however, from a conversation in the 
House of Commons, that the question is already settled, 
and that the contract has been given to a gentleman of 
Glasgow. 
Meath.—The Marquis of Downshire is about to try 
his title with the Crown to present to the large living of 
Ardnuscher, which has been some time vacant, in this 
diocese. For this purpose he has nominated the Rey. 
Graham Crozier, vicar of Rathconnell, to the benefice. 
The Crown has presented for more than 200 years succes- 
sively to the living. Perhaps when the parties have ex- 
pended 20,0002, in voluminous pleadings and trials at the 
bar, and in courts of error, and the House of Lords, a 
clergyman may be instituted. ‘The law expenses in con- 
testing Killucan with Lord Clanricarde cost Bishop Alex- 
ander 12,0002. It is now partly through the same title 
that the Marquis of Downshire is claiming Ardnuscher. 
Cork.—The arrangements for the approaching meeting 
of the British Association are the general topic of atten- 
tion, The Marquis of Northampton has signified his 
intention to be present, and during his stay his lordship 
will be domiciled at Castle Mahon, the seat of Sir Wm. 
Chatterton.—The Barbadves, which put into this port 
in distress, with emigrants, bound for Prince Edward’s 
Island, is to be sold for the support and maintenance of 
the passengers, who were engaged to be landed at their 
destination by a London company, under the name of 
the British American Association, which was lately the 
subject of discussion at the London police courts. 
SCOTLAND. 
Edinburgh.—The Scotch papers state that several 
ministers who had joined the Non-Intrusion party in the 
Church, have signified their intention of withdrawing 
from that body, on the ground that the recent demands 
have not been justified. The ‘‘ Edinburgh Constitutional” 
states that they have seen a letter from the Rev. James 
M‘Farlane, Minister of Muiravonside, requesting them to 
announce that he has “ withdrawn from the Convocation 
because they refuse to accept a settlement on the prin- 
ciple of the Liberum Arbitrium, plainly offered by Pat- 
liament, when their spiritual jurisdiction would be suffi- 
ciently secure.’? 
- Inverness.—The local papers mention another serious 
accident to the works of the Caledonian Canal. About 
eight o’clock on the evening of Friday week, one of the 
stone aqueducts, or culverts, erected in the western dis- 
trict for the purpose of conveying the mountain streams 
under the bottom of the canal, gave way, carrying with it 
a considerable portion of the embankment on both sides 
In the course of a few hours all the water in the reach 
between the Bannavie locks and Gairlochy, six miles in 
length, was poured from the breach into the valley of the 
Lochy. The canal banks, to the eastward of the culvert, 
have been undermined by the action of the water, and the 
material deposited in the bed of the river, to such an ex~ 
tent, that some months must elapse before the damage 
