Lord Alelbounie, upon a memorial from tli • relatives of
those who istirished on board the Earl of Weinyss smrk, has (fir-acted a must rigid inquiry into the circumstances under which that lamentable affair oc- curred.
A surgeon of Bedford has agreed, in consideration of a sidery of 501. a year, to be paid to him by an association formal fur or ate purpose, to sender his professional assistance to the poor voters in the 'fur y interest,
SO that in the event of another contest t'he other side will not have the opportunity of disfranchising the poor on the ground of their haying received medical parochial reliel.—Nurthamplan Herald.
Thursday, the 19th September, as the household meels of Alr. l'houlas flicks, of Kenilworth, were being removed to another resi- denee, the second son, a Iliad about four years old, tuck a sinall bottle oat of a basket and tasted its cot, tents. The liquor proved to he oil of vitriol, procured to (icon grates; and although the child had aliom but a small qtrultity, its effects threw him into great agonies, and caused his death in a few hours. —1..cmeiayom C,urier.
On Wednesday' week, considerable excitement prevailed in Worsley, in consequence of a report, NVIlieh proVi`ii to be ellrrevi, that ( •apteot 43radshow, R.N., late member for Brickley, had cut his threats It seems that he had left his residence( at. Runcoro rat Monday, os a visit to his father, at Worsley ; where he arrived no Tuesday tifffirtwon, and that driving these two days, in his eonversathm and actions, he had exhibited various symptoms Id mental hallucination. He retired to bed about eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, apparently (mite well ; and as he did not make his appearance next morning at the usual limit, a ser- vant went to call him about ten o'clock, and found the dour of his chamber fastened inside. After some deley it was broken open, and the Captain was finite' lying on the floor, with a razor beside hi,o, and his throat cut in the most determined nmeni r, nearly from ter to ear. fie was about forty-eight years ofage mid has left a widow end four children, two sons and two daughters ; they are at present at Runcorn.
'-rtain Bradshaw had loom for sonic years ,:itioncql in the West India 1' lands, the climate of \Odell had very much direct, al his health, mid of late lie suffered much depression of spirits.—.11s, foss/ Paper.
On Tuesday week, Mr. Robert Gooddy, inni,:ceper, of Stattli I heal- ley, near Barnsley, was at .;`)farket Weieliton lino and feud his packet Fieked of drafts and bills to the amount of 6551. The money taeoisted of four drafts of the Bainsley Banking Company, of 5i 1. each ; of the same Company for IOOI. ; tarty five-pound notes of the Rank of Messrs. Leatham and Co., Doncaster; thirty five-poluel notes of the Barnsley Banking Company; and one five-pound nom of the Whitley Bank. Two women, With whom. Mr. Gooddy had heel) in con viaaa- Con, arc in custody. They are part of a gipsy gang.—Ilall Adver:iser.
The friends of the late Doctor Hennis, the victim in the unfor- tunate duel at Exeter, have applied to the Dean mid Chapter of that Cathedral for permission to erect a monument to his memos), ; but it is reported that that body refuse their acquiescence, on the ground of the deceased having died the challenger in a duel. [A better reason than the authorities at Westminster have been known to giVe for refusing permission.] A fire was discovered on 'Wednesday week, in the stack-yard of Air. John Allen, farmer, of Irthingborough, near Wellingborough ; and before timely assistance could be obtained, the flames had extended to five stacks of corn, all of which were distroyed. Mr. Allen had in- sured to a small amount in the Phoenix Fire-office. It was truly grie- VMS to witness the open exuhations at the burst of every large flame, the populace standing by in large crowds without offering to render as- sistance. This conduct is said to be the result of Air. Allen's unpo- pularity.—Northamptmn Mercury. [Why is Mr. Allen unpopular in his neighbourhood ? Is he a tithe-collector, or a parish overseer?] On Saturday morning, the Royal Sovereign steamer, Captain Grant, Was waiting in Margate harbour, ready to sail with two hundred passen- gers, when the large steam-boiler burst with tremendous violence,—in consequence, it is supposed, of having been overcharged. Fortunately no loss of life took place, and the passengers landed in safety.
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