The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-15 00:00:00

APRIL l5, 1852.

man himself, and partly by his unfortunate mother.
Wheeler protested that the man he bad threatened was
about to rob him.

"I am, sir, your most obedient servant,
" A. ROBERTSON, Coief Constable of Herts.
" Hon. G. C. Norton, &c."
The following was the letter referred to :
" Mr. Superint-mdent Dunn,—l happy to inform
you I have arrived safe home. My mother sends
her reipects and thanks, as I do also, to Yr. Dunn, jun.,
and ladies.—Your obedient servant,
TH031.18. C. WHEELER."
In the same letter the following appears in the
handwriting of the deceased :
" Sir,—l feel truly grateful for your kind attention to
my son, for whom I was very anxious.
" ELIZABETH WHEELER.
" Durham-place, Lambeth-road, Aug. 14."

ALLEGED DEATH BY POISON.
EXHUMATION OF THE BODY.
Yesterday an inquiry was commenced before Mr.
W. Carter, the coroner, at the White Lion Inn,
Streatham, as to the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Kirby,
aged forty-seven, the wife of an extensive carrier at
BAlham-hill, whose body had been exhumed by order
of Mr. Carter, under the following singular circum-
stances.

The jury having vie wed it in the churchyard of
Streatham, where it had been interred on the 19th
of February, on their return to the inquest-room,
the following evidence was given :
James Crichton, in the service of Mr. Lote, of 13a1-
ham, the undertaker employed, identified the body
and coffin. The deceased died on the 12th, and was
buried on the 19th of February, in Streatham church-
yard.
Mrs. Sophia Fitch, who resided in the house with
the deceased and her husband, was examined at
great length. The substance of her evidence was
that she was present at her death. Mr. Kirby was
in bed at the time, and apparently asleep. She bad
been in bad health from asthma for some time, but
could get about until the 10th of February, when she
took to her bed. They were intemperate persons, and
she did not live comfortably with her husband. On
the 10th she was sick both before and after she went
to bed. The witness went on to state that a week
before Mrs. Kirby died Mr. Kirby introduced a Mrs.
Ann Barnes as a lodger, very much against the de-
ceased's wish, who was under the impression it was
done to annoy her, and she often refused to take tea
and other thing] that Mrs. Barnes had made for
from, apparently, n great personal dislike. Mrs. Barnes
did not appear to have come to control deceased, and
when she was ill assisted with witness, as from kind-
ness. Mr. Ward, of Balham- hill, surgeon, saw her
on the evening of the 11th February, and medicine
was administered by witness and Barnes. Witness
never saw the medicine tampered with, but when
Mrs. Barnes was out of the room Mrs. Kirby com-
plained of burning heat at the chest and throat. Mrs.
Barnes told Mr. Ward of it. On the morning of the
11th February deceased had left her bed and gone
into the kitchen. Upon witness going to her she
complained of great agony and burning thirst in her
throat and ehest ; the surface was very cold. She
said she had been there since three or four in the
morning, as Mr. Kirby had ill-treated her.
To the CORONER—It was tea that Mrs. Kirby
would not drink on the 11th because Mrs. Barnes
had brought it, but she bad supped some of it, and
witness threw the remainder away. On the 10th
Mrs. Barnes made some arrowroot, which deceased
took. Nothing pernicious bad been found that
witness knew of, and she believed the deceased had
died a natural death. Mrs. Barnes had left for some
situation.
Mrs. Poore, an elegantly-dressed woman, was called
in, and explained that, under advice, she had directed
Dr. Letheby to examine the body, and make the ne-
cessary analysis, hut he had been out of town, and
was unable to do it till the previous day.
The CORONER said, his note had been sent to her
last Saturday, and he was in hopes the inquiry would
have been concluded that day ; as it was, he could not
go on without the medical evidence. Had any in-
quiries been instituted ?
Mrs. Poore (apparently much surprised)—Where
am Ito make inquiries ? I do not know where to
find arsenic or anything else. I thought men were
employed for that purpose. My sister ought not to
have been buried without an inquiry.
The CORONER —There will be one.
Mrs. Poore—Yes, now. She then withdrew
The CORONER said he would not infringe upon the
sanctity of the grave until he had received a written
certificate from Mrs. Poore that she believed the death
of her sister had been caused by unfair means, and he
had understood, if the investigation had been refused
by him, the Home Secretary would have been
applied to.
These extraordinary proceedings, which excite
great interest, were then adjourned until Dr. Letheby
has been able to make the analysis.

ANOTHER MURDER IN NORFOLK.
LYNN, Aran. 14.—This county seems determined
to establish its reputation for holding a prominent po •
sition in the register of horrors, as the dreadful
tragedy which occurred at Castle Rising, about four
miles distant from Lynn, on Sunday last, has been
followed in its excitement by the intelligence (just
arrived here) that a murder of a still stranger descrip-
tion was on the same day committed at Outwell,
village distant about ten miles from Lynn, and mid-
way between Wisbeach and Downham Market.
It appears that on Sunday, three boys, whose
names we have not learned, aged respectively 13, 9,
and 7, were together in a field at some distance from
the village, where they were employed in " crow-
scaring," the eldest boy having a gun in his posses-
sion, to fire occasionally, for the purpose of frighten-
jog the birds from eating the seed wheat. While
in conversation with his two companions this boy
made allusion to something which be had said
in their presence on a former day, adding that,
"if he knew they mentioned it to any one
he would kill them." The youngest boy seems to
have been frightened at this declaration, for,
in tearful mood, he replied, " What shall I do, then ?
I told my mother last night." Upon hearing this
admission the eldest boy raised his gun to the fore-
head of the speaker, pulled the trigger, and by the
explosion shattered his skull and spread his brains
over the field. The gun, it is said, contained no shot,
but the wadding passed completely through the head
of the poor little fellow who made the imprudent con-
fession. Frightened at the act which he had commit-
ted, the murderer prevailed upon his surviving com-
panion to promise secrecy, and to assist him to dis•
pose of the dead body, which was done by dragging it
to a dry ditch, where it was carefully buried. The
two boys then returned to the spot where their com-
panion had been shot, and gathering up his brains and
the shattered fragments of the skull, they threw them
into his cap. After this they kindled a fire of turf
(the field being in the fens), upon which they placed
the cap which they watched until with its contents it
was entirely consumed.
Upon their return home inquiry arose concerning
the murdered child, when the companion of the mur-
derer confessed to the particulars above narrated, and
was with the murderer himself taken into custody.
The body was found as above described, upon which
an inquest will be held.
It is thought possible that the boy who fired the
gun did not suppose the act would prove fatal, owing
to its being loaded with powder only; but more will
probably be known on this point after the inquest.

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RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRIST9L, APRIL 14.

STOCK EXCHEXCHANGE.—The'market WU buoyant to-day,
taraand descriptions u,po737:2l\tieinddiaenned Stc
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1.-dv,sacon York and North Midland, 25 lA—Vale of Neath, 4 die.
_Taff Vale, 159%.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market remains not only
extremely firm, but there is a decided tendency upwards.
The transactions to-day were as follow :—Caledonian, 20—
Easiern Counties, 9 lA—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 73---Ditto,
dis.—Liverpool, Fifths, 1% t Crosby, and Southport, 201,... 1
London and North-Western, LW!, c.—Ditto New Quarters,
51, p.—llitto, Fifths, 414 p,—Midland, 671A—ShrewsLur
and Birmingham, s—South-Eastern and Dover 22:i Y
y9O; liorcaltle, and Boxiirick) LlefaourA Paid•lip• . 23
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dis. York and North Midland, 25 —Dutch Rhenish,
3 5-16 dis.

MANCHESTER. APRIL 14.

STOCK EXCHANGE.-- There was an improved feeling ex-
hibited in the share market to-day, and a good business
has been done at improved prices. The sales reported were--
Blackhurn (No. 1), 514;—Caledonian, 20—Ditto, Preference,
8544—Eastern Counties, 9 7-16 n—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 34:y,—Midland, 661/2—South-Eastern and
Dover, 22A,—North Staffordshire, 7 13-16 dis.—North
British, 8 9.l6—Ambergate, 2N4 dis.—York and Nortla
Midland, 251/8 —West Riding Union, 4 3-16 n. dis.—Great
Northern ( A), 63A—Cheshire Junction, 1134 dis.—Lancashire
and Yorkshire, Fifths, 1 dis.—London and North-Western,
125—Ditto, New Quarters, 59'8 p.—Manchester and Bir-
mingham (C), Quarters, 2 3-16 p.—Leeds Northern, 17',q;
tiIRAIINGHAM, APRIL 14.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was not quite so
good to-day, but prices remain without material alteration.
The only transactions were —London and North-Western,.
124V2—South Staffordshire, dis.—Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham, (A), 7

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
LONDON AND NOATTI-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of
Traffic for the week ending. April 11
PagsPngers, parcels, mails, &c. £25,516 3 0
Merchandise ... *15,776 10 8
Cattle .. ••• ••• 1,028 5 2

Total ... £42,320 18 5
Corresponding week last year ... 42,856 5 4
Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the
traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, North
Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and
Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor-
tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North
Staffordshire Company.
* Good Friday.

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 nllllll
open.)—Traffic for week ending Apr. 11 £17,405 17 10
Corresponding week in last year (260
miles open) .. 7 9
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—(MiIes in work, 241)
—Return of Traffic for the Week ending April 4, 1852 :--
Passengers, parcels, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails ... £5,341 8 7
Merchandise and minerals ... 5,790 11 6 '
Cattle ... 136 14 3

Total .. £11,268 14 4
Corresponding week, 1851 (236 miles) :
Passengers, parcels, &c.
... £4,820 6 2 ,
Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 3,784 9 0

Total ••• ... £8.604 15 2
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--.AMOViIt
Traffic for the week ending April 11 :
Passengers £9,273 13 8i
Goods ... ... 2,360 14 0

Total ... ...Z11,634 7 8i
Corresponding week last year... 9,165 3 81

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. —(Miles 0pen,112.)-•
Return of traffic for the week ending April 4:—
Railway and canal .- £4,946 0 0
Corresponding week last year ... 4,868 0 0
Note. The above is exclusive of the receipts availallie
under the agreement with the London and North-Wester°
Railway Company.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ending April 11:

MAIN LLNIC.

Passengers ... ...
Parcels, H. C. and D. ...
Goods, cattle, &c.
Mails

....£1,194 2 7
... 66 8 3

Total

MOLD.

Passengers
Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ...
Goods, cattle, &c. ... ...

Total ...

STEAM-BOATS.