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ti-X' ; \tJ -M' --NBW0ASTLB.'/- . ;',.,.:. - '
i. ?! (-From the J8mj-irtt*':Cqrrapondeni.f/ 'V,
?-?' CoKONBB'a I.NCjb88T^The -inqupsf upon the.
body of Charl«y yorygbpd, -the. Polynesian^
Islanilor, who, was. killed pn: Wednesday last by.
the discharge of ono of tho guns fired in cornnia-;
moration 'of the ' Pall of, Sobistbpol,' was?
concluded this day^Mondayi after two adjourn-'
monts and the osamination of a considerable
numbor of witnesses and a thproagh investigation
into all. tho arrangements entered into upon the
occasion j the details of which are too voluminous
forryour oolumns, and from which it would
appear that -Captain -Livingston-had-undortakon
the management of tho whole affair, and at,the
commencoment had assigned certain'1 duties in
certain -partios. 'as 1 follows. To Captain Lodge,
the duty of' 'serving tho vent,' to Captain Boyle
that of picking tho charge, to Captain Aldrich,
that' of priming,' while ho himself would give the
time and the word to firo, overy half minute that
Johnny on'o of the Islanders was to attend to. his :
commands and supply the heated iron for that
purpose,' while the 'deceased Oharloy, and one of
tho :Maories named Jorry, were to sponge and
lo^d^whh the roan' Harry,1' who was wounoed,
t9[ supply Tlw~cBvgeV'Ktf; ; It' fwthai appqaw
from tr(O eridenco, that every thingj went on well
until about the seventh' gun which Iwm, already : ? ?
}f~f .?*?*' v-\\. Drimed when Captain Lodge appliod
a cigar ha tooK irou, »*.*—£ ,n th0 toubh-holo
.without tho1 command from- Captain Livingsiou, '
and; while ' ;Johnny.' was bringing the heated
iron for that purpose, and the discharge from
which woundod thnMaorio ''Harry.1' Immedi
ately aftor, upon Captain Lodge turning from
that gun to the next, to fulfil tho duty assigned
him of serving or stopping tho vent, whila
' Jerry,' the Maoiie, and tho deceased wera
sponging and. loading thosamo, and just as tho
charge was ' rammed down' its contents spon
taneously exploded wounding tho Maorio anil
killing- the deceased . upon the spot, and tho
general -impression of the, witnesses examined
upon this.point appears tp, havo been; that, tha
result1 was attributable to tbo gun ' hanging fire'
—or that a portion of tho old cartridge romainbd
.behind from' the -previous dischargo'in a state of
ignition, and. wliich upon coming in. contact: with
the new charge, the.coverjng of, which Was can
vass' instead of flannel,' it ^instantaneously 'caught
' fire and went off ; ' at the 'sturio time they wore 'of
opinion that tho. gun: was not properly sponged
previously, to 'the charge^ being put in, and also
that, the; vent was.' not effectually stopped during
that operation, and that tho ': thumb' of a person
ovor' the vent. was. not a , usunl or effleiont means
to bo employed, and' that had a.prqpor V plug'
been 'provided and- included in the arrangements
-the * accident -would not, or at loast might not.
have happonod.; The. jury' after a; protracted :
deliberation came to tho following', yordict—
'That tho deceased Chorley Vbrygood cama'by
his death from the accidental discharge of a:gua
which ho, doeensed, was employed at tho' timo in.
loading,' and;towliich.waa added tho following
ryder :— ??- The jury are 'further of opinion^ that
the accidont 'arose entirely fro^n the mismanago?
rnenf'bf the wholo' arrangements bjr' Captain. Li-
vinRSton, and that tho part taken by Oaptdia .
Lodge .waa . highly .improper, and cannot ;bo
too sovorely 'censured.',',. !..-... :-? v!,:,.-.'T
AcciiJBKTr(FnoM, .LionTNiNO. — Just 'aS;-,tho
Coroner had concliidod his labours in the previous
case lie received notice of tho dealh'of ? a young'
girl said toibo about- 16 years of1 age, who' had
mot with her death from tho oloctrio fluid haviug
passed down the chimney into tho room iu, Which
she was sitting, and. strikinc hor upon tho chest,
killed her upon tlio spot. 'The' ovent occurred ;n
the course of this1 aftornoon, MbnJay^'nt1 Ash
Isl.ind, oh! tho-Uuntor, during a: heavy thunder
storm, which passed, ovor this district at thotimu.
An inquest will bo held to-day, Tuesday. ?
':'December;t7th, 1855;.,1' ''''' '?'?'
' Thb'U8b OFiNiBMPBRVM08Vr^A^,a^'tonipor«
ance : meeting'' 'hold laBtwbok'J at Battery 'Point,
one of tho speakers,' a Mr. Portor in narrating
his oxporionce at Now. Zealand remarkod: — One
?f the : groat : sheopmaslera , said; in. _ my hearing
once,' that 'Th'esp.publi'i-hpusas^. are thb.yery
'salvation' 'of tho colony. ? Ha 'was'on'o pf.jtht* '
richest men in Now Zealand. 'Said I, ??'?Why. do.
you say. that ?','i'.!';\Vhy,' replied ho, '-'If, we had
not the . public-housos to supply, the; moty with
d rink . til I .they have, oxhaus.tod, thoir, money , ; they
would- settle . arid get' land for .tlicmsolves'
(laughter). ''I wont ''to a bbsutiful spot 'called
tho Fronch eottloment, and put up: at tho hotel
there kept by a man ? formerly captain. of.a small
vessel, who is making a. great deal of money by
the' drunkennosa of the pebpla. - I said to hint
'T- hope- you; don't ;',ailulto'rate '' the1Jdrink'.'» *
.'No,' Slid he',' '? I put nothing w6rso-'thahwh'at
;is in^tbo brook— water from tho brbokV (laugh-v'
' ter)..1, ' When a-man,'' 8iid:ho,' comes.in'firBt,
I give him the best. I have ;_ but, when iho..h»s
'taken a.littlei'I^ut^in 1 a little water' (laug'fiter),'
and so I go on puttiug water,' nhd- ho is nothing;
the wis8r.'i;;I; then asked hira^'il he'ehargb'd'him, .-.?.
the same pricb ? L; .'.Oh . jit,' ho «aid,: !' becauw
'yott'Mk'now;-ii*8 far bettor for. him to have half
?water ' in that ! state, ,,'aiidi. hotter, for' mo ' j(a
laugh). 'This was how the man did his customern
good, and robbed them to».' Teaid thoni.' how
do you:manage'-wlipn iha's drunk'; dp:yo'uinira
him out?'. '!,No,5 ho «aid,:!VI put1 him; into
'thb deai-hquseyjivhqre I lot him lay till ho. comes
to1. ?- Tliat is 1 tho'dba'd-hbii'se,' said ho,'' ppppsitd,
'where'thore'isa'sofa',1 and 'every cbnvouianco'; -
inthe' morning:,'1 instendi of: finciinghim' ih'tlm
polico'of&ce, there ;he is sober,, and il' ho likes ho
is at lib'orty, vtb'taket a', glass by way ,of (rqfregu
meai.''~LduncestdhJExdinme'r. . ??.-. ??j, - ,
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