And your petitioners will ever pray.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 347, 15 February 1861, Page 3

And your petitioners will ever pray.

Inquest.—An inquest was held at Dyett's hotel, Clive, on Saturday last, before Dr. Hitchings. coroner, and a jury, upon the body of William Mudgeway. The inquest was, after some examination, adjourned till Monday. Deceased, who was in the employ of Mr. Gordon, had, it appears, been engaged with others, on the previous Wednesday, killing a whale upon the beach. The same night he broached the stores of his employer, got very drunk, and lay out all night. The deceased being in wet clothes and the night a most inclement one, the consequence was that, in the morning he was suffering from serious illness. Medical aid could not, owing to the height of the rivers, be promptly obtained, deceased never rallied, and death speedily ensued. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased died from drinking to excess and exposure to the inclemency of the weather. The body was brought into town on Sunday for interment.

Crops.—We are glad to find that on inquiry that the crops have not suffered nearly so much by the late gale as appearances indicated ; although some of our farmers are considerable losers. Fortunately, labor was more readily available than for some seasons back, and no time was lost after the cessation of the storm, in getting in what the elements had left.. We have heard of a curious instance in which the boisterous weather acted beneficially—viz., in sweep^ing a field of oats of a caterpillar which was rapidly destroying it. The weather, though dry, healthful, and bracing, is anything but characteristic of mid-summer. The wind has held at south during the whole weekone day excepted; and the temperature has been that of March or April, instead of January.