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an enawissionpfearnest and "deepsorrow " For the crime don ^ . by God . S [ a then expressed his-satiBfaction that Either' ^^ yiii ^ lii ^ 'ite ^ pei ^ tt ^' to'W . - 'jrfta .. him , and said that he felt much obliged to ihe sheriffs for the interest they had taken in this matter , and that he was deeply grat ^ fiul t ^ j Eather Gavazzi for the religions con-Bolation ie had taffoirded him . " He then pointed Jto the Bible which wasVlying upon the table , and said / How I wish that you would , get" that book circulated' in my Italy ! " An Lntimation having been given ; to him that he must prepare for the fatal moment , he at once , and with great eatami ^ " resigned himself t 6 bei ^ Gtf 6 TaWd by Calcr 2 ft , 'the executioner , at the same Hime ^ fcseWing , 4
"I ftopel may be the last "manwho will ever sleep in this celL" ' Mr . SBerttr 'Iteuggeridge asked the prisoner whether he'had ^ afiy "Other ; revest to ttiske ; and he said he "desired th'itthe "lefctaMhe' had written to his mother should be ifcrw ^ raeot to * her , and also that a Daguerreotype portrait of Bfinself and a * rmg , which 1 were taken from him wlien "hf \^~ apprehended , should be Bent to' his daughter ; "tod ' TSfc ^ SheTiff Sfuggeridge assuted hinarfliat Ms requests' sho \ iia be ~ < a > feplied with . Theijris 6 ner still appeared to stS&figootf'deal from the' injury-he inflicted tOKm ' mms ^ at thetim ^ of-the mnijder , when , 'it will be
remembered , he discharged a pistol , the ball of which passed through bis iieck and into his- 'face , where it still remained imbedded behind / his nose . Whfle'he was in Kdrgi # aaattwpt ^ msde to extractit ; bit , asthe prisoner < iompiained of the'pairi , the attempt was abandoned . Before be was pinioned , he contintially applied Ids handkerchief'to nis face ; and upon" Mr . ^ Sheriff . Crosley asking "him if the ball gave' him pain , lie said that it did , and that it frequently produced tears . During the whole of these proceedings , the culprit exhibited considerable confidence : but it Was evident that this was
the result of a great effort . Upon arriving on the scaffold , in mounting which he was assisted by Father Gavazzi , he appeared to falter and tremble for a few seconds . The rope Was then adjusted , and the drop felL The sufferings of the culprit seemed fearful ; and certainly such a painful picture of death by hanging has never been witnessed . After the drop fell , he became dreadfully convulsed , and , from the incessant and almost audible breathing and heaving of the chest for several minutes , the impression became general that Calcraft had failed to adjust the noose properly , and the indignation of the mob became furious . Cries of " Shame ! it is murder ! " mingled with groans and hisses , were heard ; and still the wretched man struggled on , his chest rising and falling the whole time . In this horrible state he hung suspended for five minutes before death put an end to bis sufferings . The indignation of the mob continued for some time ; and , upon Calcraft coming forward to cut the body down , he was greeted by a horrible yell , to which he responded by ^ miring a bow . Upon examination , the face presented the appearance of a man in a calm sleep . It has been supposed that the deceased ' s straggles were owing to his being a man of very light weight ; for the rope seemed to be properly tied . A dissection of the head has disclosed the interesting , and in one respect satisfactory , circumstance , that the brain was in a perfectly healthy state .
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INDIA AND CHINA ; Bt the last advices from the East , we have dates from Bombay to April 2 nd ; Calcutta , March 24 th ; Madras , March 28 th ; and Hong-Kong , March 15 th . From the Summary in the Bombay THmea we gather that the north-western frontier still continues in an unsatisfactory state . , Some successful operations have been made against the Bussee Khail men ; but the Hazara country ib represented as being very disturbed . Mr . John Lawrence and Hyder Khan are now engaged in negotiations . In Pegu , a son' of Moung Goung Ghee , the rebel chieftain , has been taken with arms in his hands , and hung . The Bedurs of Deodroog and the adjacent districts recently assigned by the Nizam to the British Government have been creating a great disturbance , in
consequence of some fancied injury . Twelve hundred of them took possession of and plundered , the town of Deodroog , wounded several of the Government servants , made prisoner the Naib or Governor , and threatened to put him to death . Lieut .. Frankland , commanding the Lingsagoor field force , received early intimation of these proceedings , and surprised the insurgents by a well-managed forced march with a strong detachment of cavalry , artillery , and infantry . The Naib was given up , the rebels dispersed , and the chiefs of the Bedurs made prisoners . The opening of the Five per Cent . Loan continue * to be the absorbing subject of discussion in India , and it seems quite clear that the public accounts have got into fluch a state ua to exhibit much that demands explanation .
" In Caahmir , the disagreements between fJholab Singh and his nephew , Juwnhir Singh , are reported to have led to iseveral passages of arms between the parties . Juwahir Singh is at Lahore , for the purpose , it is supposed , of , consulting the British authorities . Reporta . which however require confirmation , had arrfyetf ' at ' Bombay , ' respecting several aevcro shocks of titrttrtjf&Mte in ' Upper ^ Sefnde , at Muttra , Allygnrh , JWernt ^ ' afco Delhi . ' The' account , which will be found lietew , of * a very ' uertmtaettrthrttliake at Japan , se , oma to
render these reporta provable . ' Tra « e"in Bombay was extremely dull . . i- j . The revenue of India is said to have suffered during the fast twelve "teonttis "to the aTn ' ourit br ' oiife imBion sterEngj'lri coiise ^ rierifce bf the dfeprecfirtifcn of the'ojpram market . This result is partly attrtbtited to the'fact of the Chinese beginning" to ' cultivate opium for 'themselves . . Lord Dalhonsiehad arrived on the hills of Obtaeamiffid ; but was Still reported' to be very Unwell . The pro'duce = niarket » of Calcutta were extremely depressed ; bdt the ¦ busfiiess in imports maintained ' a "healthy tone .
"Ream Canton we hear that the blockade instituted by the rebels'lias been put a Stop to by a combined movement of the Imperial soldiers and the people . The rebels , "being taken by surprise , fled precipitately , leaving the Imperialists in possession of the forts and other strongholds . The Imperialists arefsaid to have triumphed by means of buying up" the ringleaders of the rebels . They have' behaved with savage cruelty to the vanquished , hundreds of whom have been put to death .
But a still greater success has been achieved atf-Shsughai , which has been' recaptured by the Imperialists , urider circumstances of great atrocity . The slaughter has been very great ; nearly five hundred prisoners have Been murdered in cold blood ; and the mandarins , in the first madness of their revenge , have inflicted frightful tortures upon their victims before despatching them . Such , at least , is 6 ne account ; but a contrary statement has been made . "Some of the rebel chiefs—but only a small minority— -have succeeded in escaping .
The subscriptions to the Patriotic " . Fund amount at Hong-Kong to l , 800 £ ; at Shanghai and Woo-Sung to 2 , 5007 . ; at Amoy to 200 / . ; and at Swatow to 75 / L Rumour speaks of the recal of Sir John Bowring , who is very unpopular among the mercantile community . The Japanese and United States treaty was ratified on the 21 st of February . On the 23 rd of December , Japan was visited by a most severe earthquake , which appears to have vented itself chiefly on the island of Niphon , and on the cities of Simoda and Ohosaca in that island . The following account , of the calamity is from the letter of an officer of the United States steamer Powhattan , published in the North China / fervid of March 8 th : —
" The city of Ohosaca , one of the largest in the empire , was completely laid waste . Jeddo itself suffered considerably , but has since suffered more seriously from the effects of an extensive conflagration . The town of Simoda , on our arrival , presented a complete scene of desolation and ruin . After the shock of the earthquake the sea commenced bubbling up along the shore , and then receded with great rapidity , and as soon returned with such increased vplume as to flood the whole town to the depth of six or seven feet , sweeping away houses , bridges , and temples , and piling them up in a moss of ruin . Five times during the day did the sea advance and recede in this manner , spreading desolation far and wide . The largest junks in the harbour were driven
from one to two miles above high-water mark , where we saw them lying high and dry . About two hundred of-the poor inhabitants lost their lives by the overflow , the remainder saving themselves by fleeing to the mountains with which the town is surrounded . The Russian frigate , Diana , having Vice-Admiral Pontiatine on board , was lying in the harbour at the time , engaged in finishing the treaty they had made with the Japanese . Immediately after the shock was felt , the water in the harbour became convulsed to such a degree in eddies and whirlpools , that in the space of thirty minutes she swung entirely round forty-three times , twisting her chains up into knots ; and so rapid was the motion , that the people on board could not keep their feet , and all were mode
giddy . When the sea receded , it left the frigate in eight feet of water on her side , when her usual draft was over twenty-one feet . On its return , it is stated , the water rose five fathoms above its ordinary level . On its again receding , four feet only of water remained , so that they saw the stocks of their anchor above the water . The heaving of the bottom of tho bay was then so violent that the frigate—although , oh I said , in only four feet of water—was moved bodily pant her anchor . Tho officers momentarily expected that the bay would become tho outlet of tho subterranean fire , and that they should be engidfed in it . When tho frigate again floated , they saw her keel and rudder , which had beon wrenched off , floating alongside , and tho ship filling with water . By getting sails under her , they managed to keop her afloat ; and the next day , things having got quiet onoo ,
more , 'they hauled her off into deeper water . Occasional shocks of earthquake Btlll continued to be felt ; but none were attended with serious consequences . After repairing damages as well as they could , and having rigged a temporary rodder , and the weather becoming fine , they attempted to take tho ship round to another bay , whore she would be less exposed , and they could complete repairs ( Simoda being badly adapted for « uch a purpose ) ; but , When within seven miles of their harbour , a galo sprang up ; the hundred Japanese boats that were towing thorn abandoned them ( not , however , till they had got out all tho officers and crow ) , and shortly After tho gallant Bhlp sunk in deep water , the officers and mon saving only tho clothes they stood in . Notwithstanding all their misfortunes and tho dangers through which they had passed , they only lost one ' man , and'ho was accidentally I , . t J , . ; ; I ¦ ¦
MECcdV by feeing 'Jainmed by one of the guns which had gone ' adrirt ^ ' .,,- ¦ ,. ,.-.--.. ' A ' TOptur ^ ' ^ WeQivTiri ^ and and ^ Persia is said to'be imminent , ¦ '' Th , e' Shah openly avows hia . preference-for Russia . * MrHH « rray left " Bagdad for Teheran on the 12 th of March .
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AMERICA . No intelligence of primary . importance is to be fonnd in the last advices ' from America , but several miscellaneous details of secondary interest may be gleaned . The New York Shipping List says : —" Within the last few days we have had a variety of rumours from Washington , leading to the conviction that a serious complication of our relations with Spain in reference to Cuba exists ; and the despatch of the home squadron to the Gulf of Mexico to check the boarding of American vessels by Spanish cruisers there would seem to furnish a practical confirmation of those rumours . This circumstance has not been without its effect in financial nnd business circles ; but we are not prepared to anticipate that anything will be done , either in the capital' or in the Gulf , justly provocative of hostilities with Spam . "
Central America remains in a xery distracted and miserable condition . Munoz , the leader of a former revolution , has taken the command of the democratic army in Leon , which consists of 2000 men . He is awaiting an attack by the legitimists under Corval , who , it seems , is capable of mustering 8000 soldiers . It was expected that Munoz would be reinforced by 150 of Colonel Walker ' s emigrants from San Francisco , who are thought to have left there on the 1 . 4 th of March . Monetary matters in California were getting rather firmer . Page and Bacon had advertised that they would resume payment on the 29 th of March . The Kern dippings arc now thought to be very inferior to the first conception of them ; but new mines have been discovered , and the auriferous product of California : seems as yet to be exhaustl ess .
Advices from Mevico report that the successes of the Government troops over General Moreno were mere inventions , and that the Revolutionists were daily paining ground in the south . At Cajores , an entire regiment of Government troops , under Colonel Hires , had been dispersed , and a force under General Orten , while marching from Itcbnean to Tehuantepee , was nearly annihilated by the insurgents . Santa Anna ' s flight from the country was daily looked for . The trial of the Rev . Theodore Parker , for inciting a fugitive slave riot in Boston , has come to nothing ; tho judge of the circuit court of Massachusetts deciding to quash the indictment .
A resolution omendatory of the constitution , allowing negroes the right to vote , had been adopted by the Legislature at Albany by a majority of nearly two to one in the State Senate ; this resolution had been laid on the table . The arrangements of the Kane expedition were nearly completed , and it -was confidently expected that the vessels would be ready to receive their olllccrs and stores by the 15 th of May , and start on the 1 st of June .
Business at New York was still very much depressed . The ship William Larpin , from Xew York to Antwerp , had been totally lost in a hurricane which lasted several days ; and the captain and crew had passed six days and nights on the wreck , with nothing to cat but the leather of their boots , and a rat which was found swimming about the wreck . The potash which was in the ship , dissolving , made a lye which cat into their flesh ; an . I when they were relieved , the toea of one of the nun dropped from him .
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . ( From tlic Registrar-GcneraVs Report . ) In the week that ended on Saturday , the . number of deaths registered in London was 1132 . This is rather more than the number of the previous week ; but the la « t two returns together afford . sufficient proof that the public health in advancing to a more satisfactory state . In tho 3 0 corresponding weeks of tho years 181 . > - >> Hie average number of deaths was 100 ( 5 . That the lu-tun number may be compared with tho average , 100 Mimim be added to the latter , to allow for increased population ; and . the comparison will thwi » l » ow that tho mortality <¦ last week did not much exceed the ordinary mortality ni tho end of April . loss prevalent
Diseases of the roHpiratory organs grow and fatal , and to thin cln .-um « tnnc « chiefly the deereu-e - tho total mortality is owing . Excluding phtln « us ami hooping-cough , that cW of < li *» o «« CH which , when tin weather was cold , caused -11111 deaths in a week , produce . in tho last three weeks 2 H 2 , 222 , and 190 nhowing , steady decrease , i'hthisis was fatal in 17 fi canes la .. week , a number as great an that which -l ) y «« j , in tho depth of winter . Hooping-cough , winch earn off 60 children in . aeh of tho lant two weeks pro n less than it did . Tho mortality from zymotic J « J ~ » •« tho aggregate is near tho u « . i « l amount ; B 0 death , a referral to « mall P ox , K » to measles , 45 to Hcarlath ,. Five from tho la « t-. noutionod dlwiwe occurred in \ A oolwlch , 0 in Pcckhain , and 3 In Kensington . La « t week , " the births of 802 1 , oy « and 801 gi . « , > all 1766 children , were restored in I-jndon . ' » JJj ^ , correspon < Hnff weokfl of tho ycatB 1845-54 , tho avwaff number was 1496 .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 5, 1855, page 418, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2089/page/10/
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