The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-18 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS AT
MATLOCK.

An extraordinary occurrence has recently taken
phtes at Nader& A women, named Ellen Gaunt, bad
long resided at Matlock, but being in the last stage of 000-
suniption she came to Derby as the 23th of October, last
year, sad remained with her sister and her husband, Mr.
and Vas. Hadfield, at Pear-tree, till the 24th of January,
1864, when she died. The deceased was nem by no
doctor In Derby, having been told by Mr. Brown, of Mat-
lock, before eDe came here that she could sot recover.
The deceased, after her death, was taken to Matlock,
and was buried there on the 28th of January. An offlcisl
report states that at the burial, "on the sexton filling in
the grave he fancied he heard • noise in the calla, and
he at owe informed the minister, who went out and heard
similar weeds ; another penes was thee called, sad
also eventually Dr. Cash. The body was taken out of the
coffin, and Dr. Cash attempted to bleed it and • drop or two
of blood issued from the lamina. The doctor pronounced
her dead, sedate bad been so ter some time. She was
again placed in the Emma and severed up." These /vests
naturally caused great excitement in the town, and
soon as the chief coostable became acquainted with the
cisranistasom he iastitatul aa iandiy. Dr. Brows. who
had attended the deceased, mays ' For some weeks before
her leaving Matlock for Derby I attended her, sad informed
her friends and herself that her ease was hopeless, as she
was suffering from tubercular disease of the liege, sad
would only live some three or four months, as she was
far advanced I. the last stage of consumption. I gave
• cartilage as to the mum of death, as I was informed
that no other medical man had visited her after she
left Matlock. I know loathing about the funeral or the
knocking in the coffin, beyond so much disgusting and
foolish talk which would hardly have been tolerated
four centuries ego." In the course of the inquiry the
ruder of Natio* was applied to, and in his statesseet
be says :—'• Sone after I had left the churchyard the
parish clerk came to the rectory to nay that be bad
heard • strange soles in the grave. I immediately went
with him to the spot, and after listening • short time
heard • peculiar knocking proceeding from the grave,
and appereetly in the coffin. I then went to all Mr
John Flee, one of the churchwardens, who also heard
the knocking. We immediately ordered the coffin to
be uncovered, and while the clerk was doing so I
ran to the hones wham the friends of the deceased
ware, and told them what we tied beard. I also sent for •
policeman and for Dr. Cash, the latter of whom examined
the corpse, and proomumed her to be dead, but declared
that he could not say how lon she had been dead. I
cannot offer say opinion esymilf as to the mese of the poises
—that is and ever will be a mystery—but to Mr. Else, the
parish clerk, and myself, they were more than aerofoil'
to justify us is what we did." No further
exnation of the " noises" has yet been gives, and the
excitement which the event bad originated has subsided.
Derby Mercury.

Tss OALWAT CONTRACT SAID TO BE AT AN ZWD....
The ifaaressier Exesseter of to-day says :—" Ws hays
reason to believe that the tooeromeot have decided to se-
dire so beget ihe sitorteconiags of the °slimy Paebet
Otespsay. and that the oostraat is at an sad."

The catastrophe at Santiago has been narrated
fa a marina form in the Roma mem The Oaserofttort
sewnw of the 10th aanoceass the receipt of a lean from
the print, Doe Freshmen Mortises Gahm, ordering hie
spa he Rom to here a artae amber of mama ode-
heated at the tomb of the Apatite" Peter end Pal, as the
suinermasse alter of the Veda& bullion, for the humid of
the nafortunete victims' souls. The same priest make" an
appal to the piety a the Rana deny of Soma request-
lag them Se apply a memento for the seleation of the victims!
soak daring the aeletenthee of man