MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1443, 3 August 1860, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS EXTRACTS.

Forty Needles in a Woman's Body. At Weduesbury, a young woman named Mary Ann Rodgers, domestic servant at Mr. Andrew Dawes's, chemist expired, having been somewhat unwell. An inquest resulted in a verdict of died from, natural causes ; but it transpired that during the past mouth or six weeks a great number of needles bad been taken from deceased's side bv Mr. Howitt and Mr. Dawes. flow the needles got into her system did not appear, as the woman, when questioned, refused to tell. Upwards of forty have been extracted from her body, and this has caused considerable gossip in the town, and a great deal of speculation as to the cause of deceased's strange conduct.

A Ship Borned at Sea. — The largo ship seen on fire offScilly has been ascertained to have been the Yrea, of Greouock, bound to Bombay from Liverpool, which port she left on the 26th tilt. She was a large timber built ship of 1*262 tons. She was commanded by Capt. D. Taylor, and bad a crew of 36 hands. She was laden with steam coal for the steamers on the Indian station. She had encountered heavy gales, and had sprung a leak, and the men wore exhausted at the putr ps. In the midst of this trouble a strong smell of sulphur was noticed, and to the horror of every one, on liftiug up the hatchway it was found the coals were on fire. The flames soon spread, and the boats were lowered, but not till the vessel was on fire from stem to stern. The captain jud the crew were shortly after picked up by the Empress, of Shoreham, which remained near the burning ship till she disappeared. The Yrea's loss is estimated at £15,000.

A Militia Corporal Shot by a Volunteer. — On good Friday, some of tho members of the Hull buttaliou of arlillejy volunteer corps met to practice shooting at a turget in the citadel, John Kirke. Thomas Carr, and John Cameron, all in the 'employ of Messrs. Samuelson and Co., shipbuilders, were shooting wilh the Rnfield rifle, with ball at a target about 150 yds distant, in company with Corporal Richardson, who was noticing where the baits struck tl'e target, and when standing about 20 yards distaut from it, a ball, shut by Kirke, hit the ground, rebounded, and struck Richardson on the right side of the chest. He fell and was conveyed to the barracks suffering very great pain. Dr. Munroe was sent for, and, with his assistant, promptly a. tended, and was followed shortly aftev by Mr, Hardey, surgeon. Upon examination it was found that the ball had made a large gash at at the lowest portion of the chest on the rigtvt side, breaking through the sevonth rib, which was partially torn away ; pussing through rt small portion of the right lung, and traversing along the inside of the ribs, passed out of the chest again, and lodged itself in the muscles just beneath tho shoulder blade bone. Every attention was paid by the medicul rnou in attendance, by dressing his wounds and bandaging his chest, &c, and after tho suffeier had been relieved aud properly made ready for his removal, he wjs accompanied by ihem in a cab to the Infirmary, where he now lays in a very dangerous state. During the afternoon the bull was extracted, and wilh it also a portion of the man's jacket aud brace, which hod been forced into the wound bv the ball.

Fearful Fall — A private of a detuchment of the 45th Regiment, now sia tioned at ihe Castle, Scarborough, while walking near the edge of the cliff in the caslle yard, was either blown or fell over into shallow water among the rocl^s, Iho cliff rising here to the height of 303 feet. The poor fellow's moans were hear. l by the crew of a fishing boat, who pulled in and found him in a sad state. £Ie was removed lo the barracks, whe>o it was (ban d he had received fractures of the .ibs an I dislocation of the hip.