she arrived at the West India Docks, produced some
striking disclosures as to the Sanitary Condition of the
Vessel. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased
was a butler, in the service of a gentleman at Gambia,
and that in July last he engaged with the master of the
Lady Sale, to allow him to work his passage to England.
When the vessel left the River Gambia the crew
consisted of eleven men, including the master and mate.
The day after her departure it was found impossible to
go below deck, in consequence of the steam and heat
arising from ground cocoa-nuts, and the stench from
undried mahogany. The crew were, therefore, obliged
to remain on deck day and night, and get their berths
where they could. The effect was, that the whole were
more or less attacked with fever. Six of them, among
whom was the deceased, were unable to work the ship.
The corned beef was also so bad as to be unfit for human
food. The crew remained thus exposed three parts of
the passage. There was no surgeon on board, but every
assistance was afforded by the mate and steward, who
gave the invalids sago, arrowroot, gruel, and jalap.
There were only twenty-four bottles of wine in the
ship's stores, of which but ten were appropriated to the
sick. One seaman died on the passage from exhaustion.
When the vessel reached Cork, five sailors were put
ashore, and placed in the hospital. In ten days they
were thought to be sufficiently recovered to be able to
continue the voyage. In two days after the ship left
Cork they were again taken ill. The deceased soon
became delirious, and frequently got on deck nearly
naked. He was attacked with dysentery, and the
forecastle, where his berth was, emitted such an effluvium,
that no one would enter it. When the ship had gone
into the West India Dock Basin, he was found dead in
the forecastle. Had the ship been detained by contrary
winds in the Channel, the mate stated that he had no
doubt but that all the men who were in the hospital at
Cork would have died. The verdict was—"That the
deceased died of an attack of dysentery, and the jury
regret that better accommodation and attention were
not ordered for the deceased on board the ship."

An inquest was held on the 25th and 26th of September,
on two of the persons who perished by The Wreck
of the Superb. Joseph Johnson, the engineer, stated
that that the vessel had never passed so near the rocks
before; he did not know why they took that course on
the present occasion. When the steamer struck, the
cutter Jupiter was six or seven miles distant, and she
bore down to the aid of the Superb. The passengers
and their luggage were taken on board in a boat, a
portion at a time; and at a later period the crew also
quitted the wreck, after saving what they could. Thirty
feet of the stern of the Superb went under water when
she struck. Amy, a sailor, stated that Fleming, the
mate, was at the wheel at the time of the disaster. He
told Amy he was going to pass through the rocks, as he
had done several times in the Camilla. Priaulx, the
master, cried out twice, "Port!" but Fleming took no
heed; Priaulx again shouted "Port!" Fleming then
obeyed, but the vessel struck directly after. Mollet, a
sailor, said he let down the small boat and jumped into
it; numbers followed; the plugs were out and it filled.
It was imprudent to attempt the passage through the
rocks. "We were in the habit of taking three boats out
with us, but we had then only two. Our long-boat was
about nine or ten feet long, and would hold ten or
twelve persons; the other, four or five." Gaudin, the
second mate, stated that he was one of the persons who
got into the other boat; that, too, had no plug, but
Gaudin kept the water out with his foot. When there
were fifteen or eighteen people in the boat, the master,
Priaulx, leapt into it, and caused it to capsize; but for
that, the mate thought all the people in the boat would
have been saved. Thomas Hamon, a fisherman,
detailed how he saved some persons who were struggling
in the water. He has known the rooks for thirty years,
and they are not the least practicable for a steamer.
Priaulx told him he took that unusual course to show
his passengers the wrecked Polka. Several passengers
gave evidence, principally narrating their own adventures.
The jury returned a verdict, ascribing the wreck to
culpable imprudence on the part of Captain Priaulx, and
also charging Fleming the mate with imprudence. In
consequence of this verdict the master and mate were
arrested, and found bail of £100 each for their appearance
when called on to answer the charges to be preferred
against them in the royal court of Jersey.

A boy of about eleven years old, called Joseph Bean,
was brought before the sitting magistrate at the Mansion
House on the 27th of September, upon a charge of
Robbery. The wretched child had been frequently
committed to prison for theft, and been twice whipped by
the direction of the magistrate, and the sentence had
been regularly recorded. The case was the first heard
in the court under the new Juvenile Prisoners Act. The
magistrate said, it was his duty, under the new act, to
ask the prisoner or the person who answered for him,
whether it was wished that a summary sentence should
be passed, or that the case should be sent for trial to the
Central Criminal Court. The father of the boy said his
child was, in his opinion, quite incorrigible, and it
would, therefore, be advisable to send him to be disposed
of at the Old Bailey. The magistrate regretted the
obligation upon him to commit the boy for trial, as
summary conviction presented in such a case much
greater chances of reformation. The prisoner's father
said he had been completely beggared by the boy, and
persevered in his desire to see the case before a jury.
The boy was accordingly committed for trial.

The Rev. Mr. Hollest, Perpetual Curate of Frimley
Grove, was Murdered on the 27th of September, by
robbers, who broke into his house in the dead of night.
Frimley Grove is a small village, about a mile and a
half from the Farnborough Station of the South-Western
Railway. Mr Hollest was in his fifty-fourth year; he
had held the curacy for seventeen years, and was universally
respected. He lived in an old-fashioned brick-house
standing in its own grounds, and distant about
a hundred yards from any other house. On the night
in question, there were in the house Mr. and Mrs.
Hollest, their two sons, youths of fourteen and fifteen, who
were at home from school, a man-servant and two
maidservants. Mr. and Mrs. Hollest slept on the first-floor.
About three o'clock in the morning, they were awakened
by a noise in the room; and saw two masked figures
standing at the foot of the bed, with lights. Mr. Hollest
thought it a trick of his sons, and good-naturedly chided
them for the unseasonable hour they had chosen. Mrs.
Hollest was not so deceived, and screamed in terror.
The men instantly seized them both, and, with pistols
pointed at their heads, declared that if they made the
slightest noise they would blow their brains out. Mrs.
Hollest struggled hard, and at length succeeded in
slipping out of bed and seizing a bell-rope; upon which
her assailant rushed round to the side of the bed, threw
himself upon her with such force as to snap the bell-
rope asunder, and continued to stand over her with his
pistol pointed to her face. Mr. Hollest, who was a
strong and active man, struggled with the villain who
stood over him, and getting out of bed, was in the act of
stooping down to reach the poker from the fireplace,
when his assailant fired, and wounded him in the abdomen.
Mr. Hollest was not aware at first that he had
been struck, and continued to grapple with the robber,
endeavouring to prevent his escape. The report of the
pistol alarmed the miscreant who was standing over
Mrs. Hollest, and he left her for a moment and joined
his companion. Finding herself released, she rushed to
the fireplace, and, seizing a large hand-bell, swung it to
and fro several times. The villains almost immediately
left the apartment; and, descending the staircase,
hastened out of the house by the front-door. Mr. Hollest
seized a loaded gun, ran down stairs, and fired at three
men who were running across a lawn; but, it appears,
without effect. On returning up-stairs, Mr. Hollest first
discovered that he was wounded. He got into bed, and
sent the man-servant for constables and a doctor.
Examination of the premises showed that the robbers had
entered by a scullery-window, and then forced an
entrance into the kitchen. They had set all the doors
open, and fastened them back, so that they might easily
retreat. They carried off much plunder. When Mr.
Davies, the family-surgeon, examined Mr. Hollest, he at
once foresaw a fatal issue. The patient's sufferings were
intense; and at noon on Sunday, the 29th, it was
announced to him that death was approaching. He