THE tend isin 
1316 [Nov. 22, 
uicide. re excitement prevailed in t that Mr. | consent redu r; ——— 
the ap ee of Rochester and Aara on S Cornii he ad een ro bullet turns out to be r- | James Pringle, para TAK ieee fa o g 
Fri iday and Saturday last, i in consequence 0 of a report | rect, but there is little pan rie the story ao ‘te | chester ; 25, Richard Forest, ondon ; 27 Man. 
that another trag place i in —| duel 2 nd the ac ccide nt i untr ue nd that Mr. Pal | Rica `; pt igleton, near Manches = ‘20, Pia an 
rk, very near th d tem- | Richar¢ i Higher Ardwi > > a 
D Mr. Dadd, by bis 30 aaniac son, oes lace ti insanity. : How „the unfortunate man manas ged | N. , Dub biih á 3 47, ened an, ‘ce ; 39, Í 
ago. On Friday m —_ two boys s of the park- to reach | Wool rg Metin, Rach ill; 52, Joshua Major sre 51, . 
keeper, found a brace of pistols, one n which had b loss of sna It | K nowstrop, near Leeds ; and ery lengthened — 2 
dise aoi, the other loaded, and o full cock, och “a been ascertained that he wen f the  Tespective ae and F 
with blood. that ischarged was | pu ablie houses and reported ae a duel ce om paced thee further to three, viz. : Nos. 23, 27, and 52. " ıı F 
lying on n a silk handkerchief, also haw tars with blo sor: in the par rk. 3 A sideration of these aa getacof designs, sia i 
and the leaves and grass about thes spot were covered Fires l tive fires | din tl is thbir character and arrangement, took up z zon Fs 
with blood. There t lis d e past week. On Sunday morning, poniioiro of the time of the committee ; but eventually, | 
at a distance of about 12 paces from each other, and a shortly b re one o'clock, a re attended with loss of | on the motion of the Dean, seconded by J es H > @ 
soda-water bottle was found goen near the pistols, life, courre i in £ the ae building known as the a, Esq., it was resolved unanimously, that the a t 
about bar pem ea what ere b — and | Baths of S ir, s Shore- | sign, No. 52, sent in by Messrs. Joshua Major and z $ 
r, on mak met very, im- | ditch, fi 1 fo l virt f | Knowstrop, near Leeds, receive the first prize of 502. 
mediately Taid | to nih sage are a pee fir: the waters. The ises were full of timber. - They | and that t cond prize be awarded to the set of de. 
ther assistance, so as to scour t The groun nd posse essed a a considerable Ee ac mg piire opiy and the E ar No: 23, ser = by Messrs. H. Bigland and Co., Man 
ty examined, and Aous on aobis f blood | s than rida ms. | „The che ster, The | mmi itte ee are now in correspondence 
n traced some distance, the t: as lost; it was, | Communicatio sand 
howeveryn the direction of the main road. No tidin ngs, was very s slight, the pic protectiou = a thin ding g , as they y are most an xious 
however, were obtained until Sa a: evening, when a doting: of wood, which aided the progress | of the ‘de. that no ti ld be lost pry 
ery deao man, about 40 years of age, who The residents i ifp or: itis he 
one of the mgers on board ‘the Waterman, Wool- | to a sense of their danger, and o n attempting to make | early next che scutes so ter: Guardian 
wich s town, threw himself overboard. The thei ir escape by i the staircase, found it impossible, owing Portsm eneral court-martial assembled on 
ible, r Friday a E Juande preiars s Royal Marines, me 
Peer ere as soon as poss opes 
wn out, and a life-buoy was also flung overboard. 
the building. They immediately hastened to the back 
flun 
The man floated upon his back on the surface 
re their critical 
any of the ropes thrown towards him, Two collier kikiss 
of the e: and other 
erewof the steamer. Ab ont was lowered from one of them, 
an 
He pos 
instal iaoverd cand Fo were desired to wait a 
he cape 
oments val 
ladders which”1 were on “thei way to the Before 
t, ublic, 
5 the late Captain Sir a3 “Dunbar, Bart., 
t in 
satne “First Lieut, nd “Adjutant Tangles officiated 
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as judge-advocate, and Mr. Low, attorney ortsea, 
defended the prisoner. "The procee dings and Sentence 
ill be laid before the 
Lieut. rear bos weds son 
R.N., and has 
the Marine corps sine e March, ae 
result is known to the 
only been 
and two seamen entered it and pulled ds the man, | they reached the scene several of the terrified inmates 
who like a cork on the water, = never dis- | jumped to the ground, but those at the more lofty 
the rd a a over! He indows were persuaded to wait a few moments longer 
again taken on board the ý PẸ when they would be rescued. The ladders wer 
suffer little inconvenience ogre m ver nares ae On is le = brought to the spot, and after several had b 
arrival of the vessel at the oe sr cap tain (Mr. got ou of the burn rning -propa rty, active measures were 
1 
00: 
this alae’ in order to try the 
Smith) gave his passenger in charge to 
the wharf, who said he would not detain “him unless the 
his ile and thei little boy, who were supplicating 
the police sheet. Mr. Smith declined _leaving “the 
as he had a great man sengers on 
roceeding to the Adelphi Pier, and 
smiS , he 
essel pro- 
mg, 
bars to abadek some trifling 
tic 
sie 
up F. 
re threw himself he: window, and fell sense- 
owever 
and 
ret: 
perishe ed a _ The mite mises gh totally Aesirosed, 
Smith had occasio: 
: og when he ree a lege pocket-book | 
te induced him to open it, rea 
thing } a sealed letter, a ddressed « 
the Captain,” and found t the contents to beas follows :— 
a oon Nov. 15, 1845, Two o'clock Sir, —I, 
o | was vate on boar 
d | Taplin, 
watching te effect “be firing had upon the m 
rtar fring 
on steam machinery. The merar chases “for this vi 
= was the Scourge KEE Com po Chads, 
e Excellent, was the manding officer, and the 
ands employ os in as the uns were piar 
the Excelient’s en gunners. Capt. Stevens, R.M.A. 
oe miles outside the ariak in pote p- expe 
pet res ing commenced fro with th 
200 lbs. Shell ‘Toated with sand, ee a coma sor 201bs. ot 
afte r 13 shells had been fir ed with the same 
dea! 
jenar t alarm pre 
o Monda: ay morning about two o'clock t 
vailed amongst the inmates at mes g 
Be edford Hotel, in Covent Garden, by the dise: scovery of | 
ong 5 6-pou under were fired at boats moored two ils 
eg ~ pond, with fia 
reolenn you re this. This is my ony attempt at 
suicide. now suffering with a black asia es and part | 0 
of face ‘ely away through a pistol shot not, i 
m 
now = pong to try water. "Falada. ia a half- “sovereign 
The fire-engines promptly arrived with a strong body 
of brigademen, and succeeded, in extinguishing the 
flames. ae Tue r 
fire broke o 
Little, in Nor 
did not 
wAY-P 
succeed in subduing ike, toes s till 3 o’elock, 
be at in cep the 
inelosed letter to my house, and letting m 
wife know her ir, 
yours ae £ . I say the in- 
closed letter, I mean another ee in i my SS ae 
addressed to my wife. J.P. P.” In thes 
book were man 
other two.” e ack of on 
is very con sikenbia, bo both to the 
machinery and th k of on the premises. 
Cleansing of ie Streets.— da; 
| deputation Ko the Association for 
Improved Paving, Cleansing, and png 
in » 1842, at the head oi 
i a 
e kept clea n by the 
a 
ards apart, and t e practice at t with the 
vane gun commenced, the : full ange of 14 Ibs. of 
powder d with great 
but — striking the boats, the shot pitching ery 
ery fi n both instances the effect of 
re 
sensation ae as felt from the dis- 
uced b; 
them the einai words were 
the three wax s 
to see alive | in 
ac Sait: places : the area nergy ni Bank = { 
Royal E 
readneedle-street, Thr 
an 
ment, it is supposed, to a 
at fe, nne time, in order not to ea 
enga ged to con 
than that l f zel as hou thi 
rush of air, Maia ade those be me ee! he a 
vey i manure, and aged dirt collected during th 
wate s uch deposits as may be pointed out by the 
Pale mer denied 
sd the captain 
on lervi that he hn husband had 
et-book. She | num 
~ Mortality of the Metropolis.—The following H > 
of dea OTE the week ending N 
15 Wes t Distri N 
17 
95 
ern, 149; Ce: 
To 
wee 
vi 
y uch 
a i: 
had be 
the police, and t 
i 
£ was 
Pah 
rn, 
9 452; females, 489. Weekly average for the last 
o 
She —Th loo} 
from Standgete-reck last week, and bare paid € 
hursda; ae Kroo men hav 
’s hulk, 
off at thi 
og a at he had informed Ba re a pts fro yar 963. Births in the week, 1228; males, 599; | with on board in pepe poo 
y acciden ter some delay Mr: 29. I been stripped of her copper essts- 
Smith one the patient’s own vn request, te i “Blac wal iat? eek to be fitted b oa M 7 
delirium : ediately ice seg epee ar Gta, in tow ol ‘or 
er imm Lancaster.—The local as that th h “passed out eee 
gl aging Pal raah sage a iy recognised | cae state that the Duke of x fas com me for Bia Seale PEE E, fitted 
; te and mid nt he had left Erith in the afternoon | Nateby Moss, near Garstang, for the purpose of bein ie the same p trated. on Wi 
& gig, on his way to Woolwich the horse | applied in the construction of drains on ama Ashton | Stafford si A murder was perpen nk in 
t r the i to ostito, 3 as would cover a drain from Lancaster to Pres- | week, at a place called foes the 
i as true he apap ganap Audle in es county, whic the 
with a pistol, and he said -that tile-kiln at Cabus, so that his tenanta can can be supplied | cu mstances connected with it, has reel ies 
k on | with -either turf or pipe tiles, as may | excitement ae en a Cae 49 see 
mu : “ 
be AR ae merous meeting of ~ — respectably perks rg g » oe eee Jei 
arks, &e. minittee was held on Monday morning aj He po wares. The 
u rie the prem th I ger ed an. ` 
chester, the Rev. | stone-mason no went 
Neild, James. Heywood, | about noon on Wednesday Fielding 
orary , | wh here Dean lived, Tt : 
exhibited | and had not | ee 
