The William iluskisson, a steamer belonging to the City of
Dule'n
Company, of Liverpool, foundered on Sunday morning, when about mid-way between Dublin and Liverpool, in consequence of a leak, which it was impossible to stop up. The Huddersfield, a vessel bound to Africa, fortunately fell in with her, and rescued ninety-four of the crew and passengers ; but some had leaped overboard and were drowned, and six deck-passengers were left on board—the Captain of the Hud- dersfield not venturting to remain long enough to take them off. Half an hour afterwards the William Huskisson had disappeared.
Accounts were received in town on Monday morning of a murder near Worcester, committed on the person of a stranger who was known to have a considerable sum of money about him. He was travelling by a stage-coach, and left at a particular part of the road to walk to town at some distance ; and he was soon afterwards found robbed of his gold and notes, with pistol-balls in his head and body. A young man who was on the coach, and who quitted at nearly the same time, is suspected, and had not been found when the letters were sent off with the intelligence.
Sheep-stealiug is carried on to such an extent in the neighbourhood of Iluegerford, that it is considered useless to offer any reward with a view to discover the offenders.—Reuding Mercury.
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