The Sun. — London, England, 1825-12-29 00:00:00

rt : i ttee on th e E xpen di ture o f th e C o unty Ratea• h e 3 e Gentlemen will find ample amusement from t he Perusal of this work, and moreover it will furnish food for deep and serious meditation dur ing the Christmas holidays. They will 5 " to its Pages the gradual increase of this tax, from the year 1792 to the year 1823; but in order t hat this monitory volume may produce the best ' f rect, We would advise them to look to the total re e 6 pts of the year 179' 3 , and, passing over all the interveninm years, look at the receipt for "It year 1823, and we believe then they will scaredy credit the fact. There, however, it t ' lt 'ds recorded before them, and credible or "ti they must make the best of the statement. aut with the County Rate generally it is not eur intention to deal, we shall simp4 refer to one branch of its expenditure—a branch, however, of flinch more importance to the country than "" the expenditure of the immense sum it oc ""us—we mean the prosecution of offenders. — /34 this subject the short report which pre ctdes the very valuable evidence, and appendix 6 f Returns, in this volume, has these remarks : They observe, with regret, from the accounts of the Tree s:rats of C ount i es from 1792,. to 1823, that a gradual increass ar occurred in the expence of prosecutions, both from the number o f prosecutions and the increased expence of each. hey refer the house to the whole of the printed returns they have stated the amount in 1792, "r'd 1123' as keing the first and last years, and the years 1816 and 1017, 'w‘ere taken to spew the increase in two successive years. rout 17 counties no accounts have been returned; in 1792 tr::1 1016 an d 1 817, four counties are deficient in their returns . 11 Ith these allowancris, the totals for those years appear as , 17 `• 2 • 14C3,117 1817 -- 1430 4 7 1-810 2g,678 1023 -- 70,647 Thus then we have the expellee of public pro secutions in 1792 at 83,977, anti 1823, f 76,647, 'nighty difference, and withal, totally inexpli :able. But to proceed, another part of this vo "lrne gives a scale of allowances for prosecutions IN the County of Sussex; and it seems thereby, that Olt the prosecution of John Gower, for stealing cdrPenters' tools, value 25., the expences of his 'votlyiction at the Assizes reached the sum of 1 ; 41 ' 1 83. 6d., anti if the conviction had been be the Quarter Sessions, they would have been 61 ' 7 s. 6d. only. The use the Committee make , r this first fact is to bring forward their proposal, t hat the expence of prosecutions at the Assizes 44 11 b e defrayed out of the general funds of the Country —in plainer terms, by the Govern- n~~ i ~ t. In recommending this proposition to the House, the Committ ee h a s failed to make use of the last fact and set forth only the first, which we believe, 81 ', 11 he tho ug h t by many in common with our- L _ hardly sufficient to support the proposal. It is trot contended that a shifting of the burden from °lt ' hand to another would diminish the -Penc e, but it is assumed that because the ex -1'"11c so large it is at all events desirable to 1, -e , oey, the County rate of such payment. An "gumption resting on no foundation, were it Qt for the second fact, which we have above itxhihited.—Not that we imagine that even t his fact is at all conclusive on the point, for we ac "°wledge we can see no rea son why the c utsnty should not pay the expences of pro secutions before the Judges of Assize, as well RI those before the Quarter Sessions. In truth, howev er , t h e expence must eve ntually b Paid by the State ; and in this point of view, is matter of small importance whether the ; 1 ; ulley is o b ta i ne d by direct or i ndirect taxat i on . 14 this is not th e question, for the Committee k "uw that by a t rans f er o f t h e ex p ence f ro m the _ Q uilty to the Government the trade of the t:woluntry would be m a d e to pay that expence I tch had hitherto fallen on the land alone. °l v far this is just and reasonable we will not eter tnint, but we will t a k e upon ourselves to sa g that their observation " that the greater "mber of offences committed are aggressions '4 ; the increased and increasing chattel property t' tr tl ul kingdom,. the charge of prosecuting which . e.u ces filti:" - exclusively on the poor-rate," IS : fr tli" : a nd " entitled to little weight. Crim inal I -"lc " are io their very nature mostly confi ned I : c hattel p roperty, as i t i s h ere called, and we I ' f} l°4ld obliged to any person to point out any : -etic e against the land which may not be the üb lict of summary conviction before a single or ' s " M agistrates, except one or two capita l felo- I 1 1 1"• So th at if t h e di st i nct i on attempted to be 1. hetweeu offences against personal property ; 1 1 41 offences against real property, were worth any , "Ig a t all, the expence of prosecution s, whether ` t he Assi zes or t h e Q uarter S e ssions should be def rayed by the State at large , and not by a di strict of that State. Moreover crimi nal offences " a y b e committed against the person,and what then bec omes of thi s di st i nc ti on ? or are we to supp ose t i la t a Gentleman of landed property is less tote rtlted in the protection of his person than a trader mer chant, and therefore ex in termini entitled to exemption from contributing to defray the ex pence of prosecuting the offender. The charge upon the county is already suffi ciently large in carrying into execution those sentences w hich both the Courts of Oyer, &c. and Quarter Sessions have pronounced, and it is far better to leave the expellees of prosecution on the Counties. We desire to see private persons in all cases exempted from the charge of a public pro secution, and happy should we have been if the Committee had found no " difficulty in suggest ing by what means the expellees of prosecutions may be diminished," for we think that 15/. for the prosecution of a man for stealing to the value of is far more than enough. The following article, dated Vienna, Dec. 10, appears in the Augsburgh Gazette. The pre sence of Sir Hudson Lowe in this capital excites very great curiosity. Crowds go to the apart ments of Prince Metternich, and to the French and English embassies, to get a sight of hint ; but however great may be the services he has ren dered the Holy Alliance, it is felt as an incon venience that he should present himself in a Ca pital which is the residence of the son of Napo leon, who lives in the bosom of the reigning fa mily, who justly regard him with the most utiec : tionate solicitude. The Protestant Religion is making progress in Italy. Churches are now erected in Rome, Leg horn, Venice, Bergamo, and other parts. A letter from Liverpool mentions the arrival at that port of Dr. FlAttels, from North America. This gentleman was sent out by Government to assist in arranging the boundary line between the United States and the British possessions in Upper Canada, particularly as to the territory in the vicinity of the lake in the woods. The letter mentions also that authentic accounts had been received (by the return of the canoes be longing to the Hudson's Bay Company), of the safe arrival of the North West expedition, under Capt. Franklin, at Athabasca, *here they had fixed their winter quarters. The party were all in good health and in high spirits. LOCAL NOTts.—Yesterday week a meeting was held in the Exchange Coffee-room, Preston, to consider of the best means of clearing the town of every description of provincial notes, that the circulating medium might he confined to the coin of the realm and Bank of England notes. A considerable number of manufacturers,merchants, tradesmen, and others, being assembled, Mr. GILBERTSON was requested to take the chair ; and having ()pealed the business, Mr. I'. GLA Ran stated, that the main object of the present meet ing was to find out some mode of getting rid of the provincial notes now in the town. They had long been a nuisance and a clog to trade, and the sooner they were sent to their proper homes the better. It had been men tioned, and he considered the plan a good one, that a depot should be appointed where the notes night be taken, and forwarded to their respective issuers, making a charge upon each note to cover the expellee of trnnsmission This would at all events clear the town for a time : as to putting a stop to them altogether, he was afraid that cou ld not be accomplished.— After a desultory conversation, chiefly as to whe ther a temporary or more permanent depot should be established, it was finally agreed that the ope rations of the plan should be limited to the next Monday.—( Manchester Mercury.) - We have been informed of the conduct of a Clergyman, who resides in a village in the vi cinity of this city, which forms an example worthy of imitation at this peculiar crisis. This gentle man has been making inquiry amongst his poor neighbours for the holders of those notes which have ceased to become payable, owing to the failure of a bank in this city, and has generously given good notes or cash in exchange for them, taking upon himself that inconvenience which n temporary delay in the payment of their full amount must have caused to fall with distressful presure upon their needy possessors.--(I ork Courant.) Mr. HENRY BENGOUOII, the Actor, whose death we reported on Tuesday last, has been in the profession 30 years, holding respectable si tuations in Liverpool, Bath, Bristol, and the London Theatres. In private life he was a most amiable character, and generally admired for his affability and good nature. Ile was in his bOth year, leaving a widow and three sons to lament his loss. We understand his brother Managers at the Coborg will render ie very facility in their power, by a Benefit for the Fa mily, which we make no doubt will be supported by every admirer of real merit, and that the public will give their unsolicited assistance upon an occasion which claims universal sympathy. WoncesTrt, Dc.c. 26.—The veteran INCLE.. DON . is now making a short sojourn in this city. It is truly exhiliarating to notice the firmness and vigour with which this " child of song" bears his years, whilst we are told by those who have been so fortunate as to hear him, that his singing and voice now display, with but little impair, all that fire, energy, and excellence, which in his younger days left him without a rival. THE LASS OF RICHMOND•HILL.—The follow ing narrative of the LASS of RrcitHOND-lIILI. is founded on facts well-known in the neighbourhood of Richmond :—The story is simply as follows—A young lady, equally accomplish. ed in mind and body, the daughter of a merchant of immense wealth, resident on Richmond-bill, had consented to receive the addresses of a young officer, of exemplary character, and respectable parents, but poor. lie belonged to a regiment of cavalry then quartered at Richmond ; but his offers were re. jected by her father on account of that poverty. Apprehensions of a clandestine marriage being entertained, the officer was for bidden the house, and the young lady was strictly confined within its walls. Continued grief and irritation of spirits led her, in a fit of despair, bordering on insanity, to precipitate herself from an upper window of her father's house, and she was dashed to pieces on the stone steps that formed the ascent from the garden into the house. The unfortunate young man afterwards served in America, and was shot at the head of his company. This is the outline ; the rest is embellishment. T. S. CALowELL, Esq., of the Temple, has been appointed one of the Police Magistrates at Union Hall, in the room of L. B. ALLAN, Esq., resigned. TIIEFUNDS. Consols—Yesterda y cloned Ater the Close This morilinz opened ~~~ S 1 ;, SZ 11l 8 A broker, who is known to he the organ of otne tresi end operatort, came into the market yesterday about three, and sold r-20,000 Consols, at 82i. He then retired, hut returein4 in a few minutes made further heavy sales, which dropped the market at the close, to Mn-. After the close Consols were done freely at 51i,82, at which they opened this morning. From that price they advanced to 82k, but afterwards gradually de clined to 81f—the quotation at one o'clock. The business in Consols has not been brisk, but in Reduced, the trati , ,kactions have been numer ous and important. So decidedly is the Money Market, in the House, relieved, that Reduced have been sold at 81i, which, if money be held worth five per cent. is considered above the relative value of Consols, at the current price for account. Bank Stock, 214 T. India Bonds have been done, from par, to 2 prem. Ex chequer Bills hay, been in brisk demand, by the Brokers of different Firm Offices, for payment of duties, whidt has brought them up to almost a premium : Eitc;,:equer Bills, tlfiflO-3die. 1 pm. 1 dia. 2500-3 dill. par. 4:100-2 It it generally understood, that the Malt has given notice to the late borrowers on Consols, that their pledges must be redee►ned, at two payments, on the 15th and 31st of January. The amount advnnced by the Bank on Consols, is estimated nt three millions, the payment of which will be much against the price of Consols in Janu.try. There is also a prevalent opi nion, that when Console open, the private sales will be considerable. From the com mencement of the present Quarter, a sensible defalcation of Reeenne is rumoured. Stamps on Bilis of Exchange, and Country Bankers Not&s especially, have dropped materially. Country Bankers can have had no recent demand for paper, and it remains to be sees, whether public confidence is sufficiently restored, to enable them to put out three millions of private paper to supply the three millions lent by the Bank on Coi,sols, which will be taken out of cir culation in January. The following is the copy of a Circular, ad dressed by the House of MP'S! S. IV tr.r.tAms and Co., Bankers, of urchin-lane, to these customers of the House : BILICIIIX-I.AXit, Dec. "8, urn. DEAR Sin—lt is most gratifyingito us, to be able to Inform you that after a minute investigation of our affairs, it appears that the houce possesses ample funds to meet every demand in full, exclusive of the private fortunes of any of the individuals of the firm. Two of the firm, Mr. William Williams avid Mr. Burgess, being desirous of retiring from business, Mr. Williams and Mr. Charles Mon„ tague Williams have this evening formed a connexion with persons of ;the highest character and known opulence ; we ex pect the minor arrangements will be forthwith completed, and will then inform you of the day on which the business will be resumed. With the conviction that we have never abused the confidence reposed in us, we trust that the temporary suspen sion of our payments, under the most peculiar and unprecedent. ed circumstances, will not induce you to withdraw your account from the new Firm, but that they will be honoured with that countenance and support which our House has received from our friends sod the public fur half a century. We have the honour to be., &e. FOREIGN. In Foreign Securities there is very little 'aria 'ion from yesterday's prices. Russian still maiu min 7Vi. Greek, 17 101. Spanish, 1/1. SHARE.. Anglo-Mexium Real del Monte 4 pm. 176 pm. Quarterpasi Two o'Clock.—Consols 811 sellers. THE ARMY. Four companies of the Battalion of the Duke of York's own Rifle Corps, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Bunbury, proceeded yesterday on the route to Man chester, where they will arrive on the sth of next month. This Regiment only re turned from Canada, a skileton, fourteen months ago, and Is now composed of 6 hundred fine young lads, chiefly English and Scotch (the oldest not more than 22 years of age,) five hundred of which have been raised within the last twelve months, under the immediate auperintendance of this indefatigable Commander. A soldier of Marshal SAYL'S army being dis covered in a theft, was condemned to be hanged. What he had stolen might be worth about five shillings. The Marshal meeting him as he was being led to execution, said to him, " What a miserable fool you were to risk your life for five shillings !"—" General," replied the soldier, " I have risked it every day for five pence." — This repartee saved his life. A respectable fanner, of the name of Parker, who resided at Crook Hall, near Lanchestar, it) the county of Durham, was killed by his own bull, on Friday morning last, in the stack garth. The deceased had been frequently before in the habit of going up to the anituul, without it ever offering any violence ; but, us the morning in question, Mr. Parker having dressed himself in a different suit of clothes, for tho purpose of go ing a journey, than he had ever approached the furious animal in before, it it supposed it had not k w Tyne Mercury.) FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. THE KING. WINDSOR, DEC. 29.—0 n Monday afternoon at half-past two o'clock, his MAJESTY, in his phaeton, followed by his re gular attendants in two single phaetons, left the Royal Lodge to take his usual exercise ; is the course of which he was overtaken by a tremendous shower of hail and rain, but happily his Ma jesty has not experienced any evil effect therefrom.—Yesterday forenoon at half-past eleven o'clock, Mr. Canning, Secretary of State for the Foreign Department arrived at the Royal Lodge. On his arrival he was immediately introduced to his Majesty, with whom he continued closeted in converse, until half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, when Mr. Canning took leave of his Majesty and left the Royal Lodge for Coombe Wood, the seat of the Earl of Liverpool, with whom he dined and passed the night. H is Majesty's attendants and phaetons were ordered, and in attendance at the usual hour, but in consequence of Mr. Canning's long interview, his Majesty declined leaving the Royal Lodge. DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, &c. The Earl of Harrowby, for Sandon Hall, Staffordshire; Lady Selsey, for West Dean, Sussex ; Sir George Wombwell, Bart. from Saxmundam, for Aldborough, Suffolk ; Colonel and Mrs. Waller, from Lyme Regis, for Bath ; General and Mrs. Lied say, from the North. for Cheltenham ; Mr. G. Lind, from a tour, to Cheltenham ; Mr. Baring, for the Grange, Hamp shire ; Colonel and Mrs. Keith, from Sidmouth, for Bath. From Long's Hotel, Bond-street—Capt. Anderson, for Chat ham. From Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street—Mr. and Mrs. Griffin, for Scotland ; C. Lawford, Esq. for Oxford. ARRIVALS IN TOWN. Earl Cowper, from Pansanger, Ilerts ; the Earl of Surrey, from a tour ; Lady Elizabeth Stuart, from Brighton ; William Dickinson, E'q. M.P. from Kingsweston, Sotnersetshire ; Ge neral and Mrs. Rose, from Latimer Park, Herta ; General and Mrs. Grant; Colonel Ellis, from Paris Prints Leopold arrived in town yesterday from his residenc at Claremont. His Royal Highness dined with the Duchess of Kent at her apartments at the King's Palace, Kensington. Mr. Secretary Canning, after having the honour of dining with the King on Tuesday, at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, pro ceeded to the seat of the Earl of 14iverpool o at Coombe Wood.— The Right Hon. Gentleman arrived in town yesterday afternoon from Chombe Wood. The safe arrival in London of Lady Elizabeth Vernon, from Bishopthorpe Palace, York, will, we have no doubt, afford satis faction to many of our, Readers. Lady E. was conveyed without fatigue in the short space of twenty-five hours, in a suspended bed carriage belonging to W. Harman and Son. Lady Churchill has sent sixty blankets to be distributed amongst the industrious poor people of West Lavington. The llon. Captain Wahlegrave is not likely to suffer any bad effects from the accident he met with at Lulworth Castle. Lord Stourton has arrived at his seat, Allerton Park, York shire, from a train Sir John and 14 idy Shelley have arrived at their seat, Mares field Park, Sussex, from a tour. SUCCESSFUL CASE 07 TRANSFUSION 01 BLOOD: —On Wednesday evening last, at the close of Dr. Beumnree's introductory lecture, that gen tleman communicated, to a numerous class, ano ther snccessful case of transfusion of blood into the veins. A woman had lost a large quan tity of blood after labour ; her life was in immi nent danger ; and, in fact, from all the symptoms there was no probability that she could live more than three or four hours. Mr. Doubleday, of the Black friars-road, who attended her, ha:Mg rend in the Lancet of the operation of transfusion, which Dr. Blundell lately performed w'itlt suc cess, determined to make a trial of it. He ac cordingly took a quantity of blood from the arm of her husband, and having made an opening into the median vein of the right arm, proceeded to inject the blood with a syringe, i❑ the manner de scribed by Dr. Blundell, in the late experiment. The operation was performed without the least difficulty ; and ns soon as three charges of the syringe, or six OUIICCS of blood, had been in jected, the woman, who was a native of the sis ter kingdom, exclaimed, " By Jasus ! I feel as strong as a hull 1" The syringe was reple- cished several times ; and upon the whole, four teen ounces of blood were injected. Mr. Double day then very judiciously discontinued the in jection, as the patient began to e xperience a slight pain in the head. The woman shortly after de clared that she felt herself well enough to get up and walk. Not one bad symptom has supervened since the operation.—(G/asgoto Mechanics' Ma- gazine.) Usi of CATS.—About three o'clock on Sunday morning last, the Globe Tavern, Bury, kept by Mr. Holt, was broken open by some persons, who effected an entrance through the tap-room window, after forcing the shutter, and wrenching away some iron bars which were placed on the inside, and were proceeding to plunder the house ; but it so happened, that for some reason, or perhaps for no reason, one of the robbers was accompanied by a dog, who found his way into the kitchen, where he was instantly set upon by a couple of fine cats that were kept in the house. The dog, not being so well aware as his master of the necessity of silence on such an occasion, re sented the attack ; and the trio immediately joined in producing a " concord of sweet sounds," a delightful compound of bass and treble, which speedily arosed the astonished inmates of the ' house, and compelled the robbers to make a hasty retreat, with out having obtained the value of a sixpence to reward them for their labour.—( Manchester Mercury.) The united parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster, have sent to all the pa rishioners a document entitled " The Paro chial Directory," which, on account of its utility, deserve general imitation. It contains a list, with addresses of the curates, church wardens, overseers of the poor, parish clerks, beadles, constables, district surveyor, surveyors of pavement, paviours, scavengers, lamp-lighters, inspector of nuisances, engine keepers, turn cocks and assistants, Officers of the Trus tees of Tothill-fields, and times .of meeting, the different collectors of taxes and rates—their several offices, when and where the governor of the poor, the watch, and paving committees, &c., assemble. (Such a list will not only inform parishioners when and where their oVlrial men may be found, but it will also give them an idea of the number of Boards, Committees, &c. they have in one way or other to pay for.) DituAneur, Accturwr.---This morning, as a little boy, named Wilkins, whose parents reside in Dorey-street, Lambeth, was looking out of the second floor window, which he had contrived to open during his mother's temporary absence for a few moments, and before her return into the room again the child had unfortunately fallen out of the window into time yard. On the little suf ferer being taken up both his alleles were dislo cated, and there was a severe coutuz.ion of the skull ; he was instantly carried for medical as sistance to a surgeon in time neighbourhood, with out any hopes of recovery. Yesterday, the pulling down of the old King's Mews walls, fronting Pall-Mall East, and by Charing-Cross, took place ; and the old houses, saddler's shop, public house, &c., were being levelled with the earth. About half the Mews area, that portion next to St. Martin's lane, has been enclosed within wooden fencing, for the temporary accommodation of the military, &c.— The improvements, preparatory to snaking the grand opening from the Haymarket to St. Mar tin's church, will proceed forthwith. • - • 4,•'it TA , 4...‘4, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN SUBSCRIPTION ROOM . , DEc. 29. LIvERPOOL, DEC. 27.—Wind N. by E.—Arrived the Pur suit, Adie, from Jamaica, sailed from Montego Bay 4th No ♦ember; Jane, Livingston, from Maranham, sailed 20th No vember—the Columbian was to sail 23d November for Liver pool—on Dec. 5, in lat. 25. 7. long. 47. 0., spoke the British Tar, from Liverpool for New Orleans; Grand Turk, I .ll‘ Known, from Virginia, sailed Ist December ; Martin, Martin, from St. Pctersburgli ; Hcnriette, Groat, from Riga. The Leeds . Stoddart, for New York ; Julius Cwsar, French, Philadelphia ; Plutarch, —, Charleston ; Huddersfield, Corsar, Jamaica, went out of Dock, and ai,cliored off the Rock, and will pro ceed to-morrow morning's tide, wind permitting. The Sir Howard, Douglas, from St. John's, N. 8., for Liverpool, a Beerhaven. _ [ FROM LI.OVD'S.I DEAL, DEC. W.N.W.—Arrived the Economy, Fleming, from Memel; Brothers, Blaclett ; Leonidas. scow, and Lord Melville, Robertson, from Quebec; Charles Hamil ton, Dickenson, from New York. Arrived from the River the Arno, Young, for Grenada ; and Resolution, Parker, for the Mauritius. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 28.—Wind N.N. W.—Arrived from the Downs the Clydesdale, Rose, for Madras and Bengal ; Ceasar, Fisher, for Sierra Leone; James Harris, Smith, for Jamaica ; Silver, Mackie, for Rio ; Isis, Mann; Hazard, Walter, and Nestor, Weakner. Arrived the Camden, Pear son, from Riga. Sailed his Majesty's ship Dromedary, for Bermuda ; Sovvreign, and Joseph Green transports, for Cork ; Shipley transport, for London; and Lord St. Helens, Oliver, for ditto. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed the Don caster. Church, for Van Dieman's Land ; Polidore, Fiche, for New Orleans ; Eliza, Ogle, for Messiha, and the Doris, Neil son, for Nantes. FALMOUTH, DEC. 27.--Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Union, Vittery, from Cork. Sailed the Dutch brig of war Brak, for the West Indies ; Harpy Revenue cutter, for Cork ; and the Sarah, Cundy, for Gibraltar. SINGULAR MURDER. [From the Richmond (American) Compiler of Nov. 241 On Monday, the 4th April last, Evelina Cun ningham, a young woman who lived near Charleston, in Cecil County, Maryland, left her home to go to a relation's not far distant, taking with her the child of a relative about four years old. She had to pass a short distance on the port road leadiag from Ilavre de Grace to Elkton. About eleven o'clock in the day, she stopped at a house on that road, where she was invited to wait a while,and the man of the house and his wife told her they intended going the same way, and would walk with her. She re. plied, that the child walked very slow, that she would therefore go on, and they might overtake her. These people were de- layed, and did not leave their house till about 1 o'clock. While on their way, they observed a strange man come out of the wood, near where Miss C. was afterwards found, carrying a s; l o e ' r i bundle, and wearing a dark coloured surtout , who asked a s he passed them, " how far is it to the ferry ?"—(Havre - de - Grace terry.) No uneasiness was entertained by the family wh i ch Miss Cunningham had left, it being supposed she was at the house site intended to visit. On the following Friday morning, the child, in an almost famished state, was discovered stand ing at a branch by a neighbouring woman, who, knowing the whomchild, asked it " it come a,—n c ,u om , t ; , with Why T? did child, pointing I I s , w ot ere (1 00 , m “ come w w t i i l t t i h aunty." "Where is h e t yea Aunty is asleep," it answered, " I could not wake her." Persons went immediately to make search, one of whom tollowing the track which the child had made in going to and from the branch, was led directly to the lifeless body of Miss Cunningham. Of the horrible and blood-chilling spec. tack which it exhibited, we are permitted only to say, that on her body and neck were found 11 wounds, as from the stabbing of a knife; her hands were cut, as if from seizing the weapon, and the blood-vessels on one side of the neck were cut in two. —From the extended position of her arms and hair, she ap peared to have been dragged by the feet from the place where she wag first wounded. She had worn black worsted stock. ings, which were pulled offend taken away : whether they were marked or not, is not known. She was found with one shoe on. The child said it had put on one of aunty's shoes, but could not get on the other. It could give no other information of the murderer, than that " a big ugly man cut aunty with a knife." The little sufferer had continued with the body from Monday till Friday, leaving it only to go to the branch to drink, but often crying, and begging its " minty" to awake and get up. The lower part of a shirt sleeve, evidently torn off, was found at the spot, and is still kept.—One John Connors, a native of Canada, and a shoemaker by trade, was arrested in Virginia on the Ist June, and has been lately tried in Maryland for the above murder. lie was acquitted, on full proof that, at the time the crime was p:rpetrated, he was in Millersburg, ten. tucky. This man's arrest quieted inquiry as to others. On thealey of the murder a stranger crossed the ferry at Havre.de-Orace, who paid the ferryman a striped cotton jacket, with sleeves, for his ferryage. This titan had with him a bundle, and wore a • dark-coloured surtout, supposed to be of bottle-green. A meta in a similar dress, and also having a bendle, was overtaken on the road by a boy in a gig, who asked the boy to let him ride. On being refused, he got into the gig, and continued in it till they saw Miss Cunningham at some distance, and whom they would soon have met, when the man jumped out, anti sat down on the side of the road. On the previous Saturday night two men, a woman, and a child, who said they had come from the Potomac Canal lodged at a house in Cecil county, near the Chesapeake and Delaware canal. About 12 o'cloe'k on Sunday, being a stormy snowy day, they left the house for the canal. Early on Mon day morning one of the men returned, got his breakfast, and took from his bundle several articles of clothing, which be left, saying they belonged to the other man, who returned and . took them the next day. The woman and child did not come, beck with them. The man who returned on Monday morn ing soon left the house, to go back, as he said, to the Potomuc Canal, and passed on the post road from Elkton towards Havre de Grace. He wore a dark-coloured coat, and had with him a bundle.—On or about the 13th of April, a man was arrested in Baltimore, who, on his examination before a Magistrate, stated to the Magistrate and a gentleman present, that he saw the young woman who was murdered at Cecil ; that he was sitting in the wood, on the road side, when she passed by ; that he re mained in the neighbourhood till Friday, when she was found that in passing along the road he was afraid, being a stranger, rhet he might be taken up, and asked a gen tlentsn on the road to let him ride in his carriage orremain in company with hitmthelat. ter of which hedid ; that he saw the funeral,and was sorry to thick that so tine looking a young woman should have ben so cruelly treated ; and finally, that be carne trout Havre-de-Grace to Baltimore by water. This man. when arrested, had a dark surtout and a bundle with him. What is yet mere strange, he told the Magistrate and the other gentleman that be came from Canada, and that his name was John Connors. The boy men fioned above, and another person being sent for, said he wee nut the man they had seen on the road. He was discharged, and asked the Magistrate for a certificate to prevent his being taken up again, which was given him. On Monday night, the 12th inst. about eleven or twelve o'clock, Mr. W. jun. of Wood • Norton, a member of the.FOulshain Associatio t u, was suddenly alarmed by the barking of his yard dog, and immediately suspecting that some thieves were upon his premises, went out with, his servant, ta king his douhle-barrelled-gun. On coming near his fowl-house, he observed a man to issue thence, and immediately discharged both barrels at him. The thief then said he would mur der him, and aimed so violent a Wow at that it broke the barrels of the gun, and injured Mr. Gill's hand. On Mr. Gill calling for another gun, the villain immediately decamped, leaving a hat and five turkies in one sack, and three • empty ones. Mr. Gill then sent to a friends at Little Franshsm, from whence he ex pezted the thieves came. Sorne men Ka W two persons shortly afterwards come to a house in a cart, change horses, and immediately afterwards start; one of them was without a hat. The men were fol lowed and ultimately secured—one at Great Fransham, and the other at A ttlebnrgh ; a third man was afterwards said to have been severe ly wounded, and at the same time these t..vo omen escaped from Mr. Gill':, was lying in a barn near. The two men w,re fully committed lot trial 11 the Rev. D. lloste.—(Burs Gazetl4)