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A DRUNKARD'S DEATH. TjEte Hon. Bertram. ...
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A DRUNKARD'S DEATH . TjEte Hon . Bertram . " Wodehouse , uncle of the present Lord TVodehouse , our ambassador at the Court of St . Petersburg , has died at Exeter , under painful and disgraceful circumstances . lie arrived in that city on the evening of Thursday fortnight ( the 2 nd inst ;) , and went to the ! S"e ; v London Inn . He was then intoxicated , and he continued in that state for several days . The landlord suggested the propriety of his 'taking private lodgings , which lie ultimately agreed to , and hired- ' some rooms at the house of John Richards , one of tlic porters at the hotel . On the evening of Sunday week , October otb , during his stay at the New London Inn , lie entered the Free Church in a state of intoxication , and wns
turned out i > y the sexton . On taking up his abode In Kichards ' s house , which he did on Tuesday week , the same intemperate habits were continued . He consumed so large a quantity of brandy that Richards , fearing lie .-was-killing himself , took away the spirit , and put it in a drawer . At this , he was angry , and . insisted on . having it again . He drank more that night , and the next day he ordered six bottles ( quarts ) of bitter ale , the avhole of which lie drank , together with the brandy left from the day before , and a small quantity more which he desired to be fetched . On each evening he took ' composing draughts , ' made of effervescing powders . He scarcely ate anything , having only taken , during the time he was at Richards's , two basins of soup and some arrowroot . The effect of
this mode of life was soon visible ; for , on tlie morning of Friday week , Kiehards , on going into Mr . Wodehouse ' s room to call him , saw him stagger from the door and roll over .. He immediately got up again , and said he was " all right-, " and about an hour and a half afterwards he-was supplied , at his own request , with some tea , on drmking which he began retching . Being asked if he would have a doctor , he replied , > No , I dou't like doctors ; anything but that . " Subsequently , lie had some more tea , and then sent for half a dozeii bottles of bitter ale , iind drank a portion of one of them . In about ten minutes after this , Sirs . Richards found hini . very faint . He asked for carbonate of soda , and , as the landlady vras getting it , he fell back on the pillow < he was in bed at the time ) , cast up his eyes , and opened his mouth . Mrs . Richards then sent for Mr . Hunt , a
surgeon , who , at the inquest , gave the following terrible account of the drunkard ' s last moments :- — " He was in bed , with a bottle of ale , partly drunk , in his hand , of which he occasionally rnirtook . I attempted to take the bottle from him , hut he would not give it up . He was pulseless ; his legs and arms were quite cold , and he was evidently in a dying state . When I told him he would in all probability die , he exclaimed , ' Oh , no , not so had as that ! ' I applied a mustard poultice over the heart , and tried other means , but the patient never rallied . He continually asked for bitter beer and brandy and soda . I succeeded in taking the bottle from him , and the last thing he did was to raise himself on his ell ) ow and ask for cold'water . I gave him a Hi tie , and he then fell l ) ack and died . I considered that he expired from exliaustion , consequent on excessive drinking and on his not taking any animal food . "
From a document found in the clothes of the dead l ) ody , it appeared that Mr . Wodehouse v / ns in receipt of a half yearly allowance from Lord Wodehouse , his ¦ nephew . The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the facts . Mr . Wodehouso was only fortv- three .
Na.Val And Mlutalty. Smppora- Casualties...
NA . VAL AND MlUTAltY . Smppora- Casualties on the Norfolk and Suffolk Coast . —JLaat week was n , disastrous one to the shipping on the eastern coast . The Sardinian ship Trenton , Vicini master , came in collision -with a brigantine schooner in Hasborough gateway . The schooner immediately foundered , and all hands were lost , notwithstanding that strenuous exertions -were mado to save them . The name of the schooner is not known . The Elcctra , Tumbull master , of Whitby , was ran into a few miles north of Great Yarmouth by a schooner , name unknown . The Electra sustained great damage , and ¦ went ashore at Palling ; crew saved . Tho schooner Chariotte , Hardy master , from Hartlcpo-ol , of and for
Weymeuth , struck on tho Newcomo sand off Lowestoft . She struck so heavily that she soon began to fill , nnd tho crew , who -were compelled to abandon her , were landed at Lowotoft in a yawl . The Palmyra , Kcslnko master , of Toignmouth , from Newcastle to Torquay , came in collision with a brig , name unknown , and a terrific crash took place , the , stern of tho Palmyra being driven , completely hi . The brig took no notice , and left Captain Jieslako and his crew to their fato . They were afterwards picked up by tho Boll , of Mnldon , and landed at ftSSS I" ^ ? , iroly destitute condition . They wcro ShSSLS 8 " 2 ° ^ »« n ° rary agents of tho ^ EtS ^ S 0 CiCt 3 r - Other ^ nin or accidents Tmn Ripp PmATEs . —The Emperor of Morocco , at the
instance of Mr . Diunimoml Hay , her Majesty's Charge d'Aftaires , has consented to pay" . the owner and oilier persons interested in the British bark Hymen , which vessel was captured in . ' May last by the pirates on tlio coast of Riff , the sum of 16 , 000 dollars , as fin'indemnity for the plunder of that ship and her cargo . IILs MajestV has also agreed to-pay the 7000 dollars lately claimed by the French Government on account of a v « .-sel of their nation- ' which was taken by the Riff pirates in the spring of 1 S 55 . . Sini'WHECKS . —The brig Araby , of Suriderlanil , lias been lost near the Sables on the French coast , during tlio gale that prevailed at the close of last month . Captain Phillips , the cook , and two lads , were drowned . The cargo , and the clothes and other property of the men , were lost . The survivors -were kindly treated by the
people of the Sables . The vessel was insured at Lloyd ' s . — The Serenus , of Sunderlnml , has nlso been lost in flic Atlantic in the recent gale . She foundered on the morning of the 2 Sth September , in lat . 4 O 19 N ., long . 10-30 W ., about 3 : 20 miles from the Lizard . She -yvas on her -passage from Tagaurogy . laden with wheat for Cork . The crew , fourteen hands , got into the longboat , and were tossed about on the open sen twenty-four hours , when they fell in with tlie-Meteor , 'from lh-istul for . Bombay . She was in distress , having lost her masts on the 27 th . She was tight , however , and the two crews managed to rig jury-masts , antV-they ran the vessel for Brest ; but she ran ashore at a place called Lockttule . The two crews , ' ¦ forty-one .- ' hands , were fortunately landed without injury , and ' are now on their way to England . : :
COLUSIOJI AND LOSS OF A "V ESSEL AND TnillTY-IAVO Lives . —The 'Raven ,- an American ship , Captain Croker , on her voyage from New York for Sumatra , put iuto Rio de Janeiro on the Gth of September , with damage , having been in contact with the Brazilian brig Catao , which siink immediately afterwards . The master and part of the crew were saved ; but two hands and thirty negro passengers have been drowned . Athletic Spouts fob the Ahmy . —Extensive preparations are being made by the o ( li « ers and troops belonging to Chatham garrison in consequence of permission having been accorded them by the authorities to have a variety of athletic sports , games , and foot races on ' Chatham lines , for various prizes , which are to be contended for exclusively by the officers and soldiers stationed at Chatlinm . : ' '
An OFFiCEn-PiuvA'ri :. —A young ensign of the 'iCth Regiment was discovered a few days ayo , at Chatham Barracks , among the privates of the Sth Foot . The young man was required to give an account of himself , when "it appeared , " says the South-Eastern Gazette , " that he was in the Crimea with his regiment , and he with some other young officers proceeded over the boundary line to take a survey of the country . On bis return , after two clays' absence , he found the 4 Gth had embarked at TJalaklava and sailed for England . He procured a free passage in a Russian prize ship and landed a * , Cardiff , but , having no friends in that part of the country , and supposing that bis name Iind been erased from the list of officers , in consequence of his absence , he enlisted in the Sth Foot , and came to Chatham from Cardiff as a recruit . He is only nineteen years of age , and had been in the service about twelve months . There
can be no doubt that the authorities at the Horse Guards ¦ w ill restore him to his rank , considering his youth and inexperience of military lifo . " lie is a son of ]\ Iajor-Gencral George Cobb , of the Royal ¦ Horse Artillery . The Fleet in the Black Ska . —Letters from the Royal Albert , bearing the flag- of Admiral Lord Lyons , to as late a date as the 2 nd of October , announce that she was malting preparations to winter above the South Bridge within the Golden Horn , and that , in consequence of the non-execution of the Treaty of Paris by IJu . ssiu ,
her . Majesty's steam-frigate Magicieinie , tho Lynx , steam-corvette , and the Weser , steam-gunboat , had reentered the Black Sea , to be followed forthwith by the Vulture steam-frigate . Her Majesty ' s ship , . Hannibal , bearing the flag of Uenr-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart , K . C . B ., which has completed her repairs in the dry dock at Malta , was to leave on the 11 th of October foi' lingland ; but Lady Stewart has burst a blood vessel , and , as her ladyship still lies in a precarious state , it is not improbable the departure of Sir Houston Stewart may be delayed for a fow days .
Lord Cakimoan has put forth an answer to the strictures of Col . Buck quoted by us last week . He accuses that gentleman of "ignorance , " " presumption , " " disgusting slander , " and Btutes that ho has identified himself -with a " low Blunderer "—iu wit , Mr . Ilymi , who has cast doubts upon his Lordship ' s courage in the LJnluklava cavalry charge . His sleeping on buurd-lii » yacht ho justifies on the ground of ill-health . Entering onco more into various particulars with respect to tho cavalry action , Lord Cardigan at length touches upon tlic main point at issue , as to how he got out of the charge . He says : —" For myself , having to retire from the position which I have described , I considered it my duty to retreat at a alow pace , and I have fortunately two witnesses to prove that this was tho case—viz ., Mujor-Gonornl Sir James Scarlett , and his orderly , who , being in advance of the Heavy Brigade clown tho hill , would testify to the truth of my statement , It is fortuuuto
that I should have two witnesses , if necessary , to protect mo against ' the malignant sinndcrs of Messrs . Buck and Ryan . " Alludin- to Col . Buck ' s observations on the case of Lord Cardigan and Captain YTathcn , his Lord ^ iii says that , considering the House of Commons assoifcd him , -and that he has since' commanded the 11 th LiM t Dragoons ( afterwards Hussars ) for eighteen years ' < \\ ih a reference can only be designated as mean , paltry and despicable . " . Xoi a word about the purchase of the com mission for 40 , UQOl . .
Mutin y tuk Italian- ' Legiost . — -Part . of the Italian Legion , in its voyage from Malta to England in the Tudor , mutinied ' under . , the instigation of Lieutenant Anghora , but were speedily suppressed , though not without its being found necessary to make a gre . it show of resistance . The ' project seems ' to have been to murder the English ofli . ccrs , and then to proceed to Sicily , there to raise the standard of revolt . Such , at least , "' the substance . of a statement made by the writer of a letter to the 31 < iUa 'ZVw / es .-
_ 1 ' iitAcY . and MiiKDEB . —An act of piracy , accompanied . by bloodshed ,- " has been comuuttud oa board the British bark-Globe , of Alloa , by live Italians , three of whom ' arc now in custody at Portsmouth / - The vessel was on its way from the Uospliovus to liulakhiva , when the Italians rose , murdered one of the crew , and wounded three others ' - ( one- so . severely that he lias since died ) , overpowered ' - the : captain and the rest of the crew plundered them , and then left ' . ' ship'in , i boat . The master , put back to the Ijospliorus , iiiid three of the
mutineers were apprehended . A fourth it is supposed they themselves murdered in the boat , ami threw overboard ; the fifth has escaped .- The others ' were sent to England"in ' her-Majesty ' s storcshhjMc'lanipus .
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OUR CIYILIZiVTIOK . . . ; . -. . - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . - ¦ - , ? .. - . - ¦ . - ... - . ¦¦" . ¦ ; . . - ' ; THE CRYSTAL PALACE FRAUDS . ; Sojie of the statements with respect to liobson contained in our lust week ' s Posteript were incorrect . It appears from evidence given before the Lambeth magistrate that the culprit had a passport , which was made out in the name of Edward Smith . His purse contained thirty-five Danish dollars : he had also some silver forks and spoons , a gold watch , a passport book , and other articles . The sergeant who went out to look after Kobson asked him if ho was willing to go back to London ( there being no law , as we stated last week ,-by which the officer could arrest . him )'; and to this question the fugitive replied , l have no objection ; P shall bo glad to go back . " His sister-. ' was with him , travelling in the name of Agnes Smith ; and she followed him to London . On aniviiig there , Eobson , in answer to a remark ' made ' by . Mr . Inspector Lund , said ,- *' I am miserably guilty , and I will make all the reparation I can before I go . 1 hope they ¦ will not'confine'me for life . solitarily , but I don ' t mind being transported , for I deceive it . I carried a ring about me with pi-ussie acid in it for the last three months , and I intended to destroy myself , but something came across my mind . as though it was fxom the Almighty , and the reason I did not do it was that I did not wish to make my unhappy wife miserable during the last days of her life . 1 threw the ring into the sea . " l ' rom the statement of Mr . Hawkins , counsel for the prosecution , it appeared that in ltfoi ) , Uobson was principal clerk in the transfer office , and had charge of the scrip certificates of persons who had left them for security at the oftice . lie continued in the company ' s service till September 19 th , when ho absconded . On that day , some irregularities were brought to his notice , which lie said were more imaginary than real . The immediate charge preferred against Kobson- was in reference to eight preference shares , -which were the property of Mr . Robert Hubert . son , to whom were allotted . fifty or fifty-one preference shares in the early part of Hie present year . Mr .. Itobcrhsoii bad never tnkon these shares from the custody of the company , ' but they had been left , with a variety of other sh ; ire « , with the accused who had charge of thuni . In August last , Kobson made application to Mr . Clement , a stockbroker , to dispose ot some Cry still Palace shares ; and , amongst others , lie handed him eight scrip certificates * , beini ; - oiglit of tlio shares which had btcn allotted to Mr . Jloberiaun , » nd had been left in llobsoai's custody . Mr . Clumcnt was instructed to sell on the part of Hie latter , who , in order to complete the negotiation , handed to IVIr . Clement a transfer which purported to bo executed by a Mr . Arthur hicott , a person who probably has never existed at all-It was pretended by llobson that these shares were the property of a gentleman bearing- that iminc , and the transfer was bunded to Mr . Cleniunt to complete the sale . These- fact 3 having buen formally provod in evidence at tlio adjourned cxumiiiatiou uu Monday , the culprit whs committed for trial . On both occasions , ho a ppeared very depressed , mid held a white handkerchief before Ins fiicc . To the question whether he had anything to say before being committed , ho replied in n low tone of voieo that he hud nothing . lie was not defended by any I * " fcasional adviser . Among tho spectators in tlio giulerna ou Monday were several of his former ihxnh coinpunions .
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 18, 1856, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18101856/page/6/
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