The Sun.
London, England, 1830-11-06 00:00:00

UNNATURAL MURDER.

(From the Plymouth Journal)

An inquest was held at-the workhouse last Monday, be-
fore Mr. A. Bone, Coroner, on view of the bodies of
John Powell, aged six, and William Powell, aged nine
years,-who; it was strongly suspected, bad been murdered
by their mother, Mary Powell, wife of a sawyer in the
Dock-yard, who resides in William-street, Morice-town.

Wm. Morrish, a child of the age of ten years and six
months, was the first witness examined. He lived with
his father, in the same house with Mrs. Powell. On Fri.
day evening last, deponent went into Mrs. Fowell'i room,
to play cards with the deceased. Their mother was in
the room at the time. She was occupied in reading the
Bible, and at intervals talked to herself. At the time they
were at cards, drpotient's brother and two little boys came.
into the room. Mrs. Fowell went to a cupboard, and,
taking out a hatchet, threatened to chop them down if
they did not go out. When he left the room to go home.
Mrs. Fowell desired her children to bid him "good night,"
or " good by," a circumstance which, to his recollection,_
never occurred before. •

William Honeycomb is a sawyer in his Majesty's Dock-
yard, and works with the father 6f the deceased. One of
the two children used generally to bring their father his
breakfast, but on the Saturday morning Mrs: Fowell,
whom deponent had nut seen in,the yard for months, came
in with it herself. After exchanging a few words, Mrs.
Fowell sail that both her children were dead. Her hus-
band asked what nonsense she was talking about? She
again repeated they were. If they were, Mr. Fowell said,
she must have killed them: She replied that never a wo-
man killed children. During all this time Mrs. Powell's
countenance kept altering; her lips chsaged from a pale
to a " besotn " colour ; she seemed extremely agitated.
On Friday night Fowell kept watch with the deponent in
the Dock-yard.
Mary Willcocka lives in the same house with Mrs.
Fowell. Saw her on Friday morning, as well as the
children, who appeared in good health. Dues not think
that Mrs. Fowell has been in her right mind during the
time she has known her. On Saturday morning Mr. and
Mrs. Powell called at I.er shop. Mr. Fowell asked her
whether she had seen the children ; stie replying in the
negative, he desired her to go up stairs with him. Mrs.
Fowell did not say any thing until she was asked to go up
first ; she then said, in a perfectly unconcerned manner,
" Well, I'll go with you." On entering the room did not
see the sheet (described by William Morrish) on the large
bed; the usual bedding was on it. When the covering of
the bed was taken down, deponent saw the two children
lying dead, on their backs, with their heads on different
pillows. They seemed to have been dead for hours. She
saw no other signs of violence upon them but the mark of
a finger-nail on John Fowell'e neck ; she was however too
much " hurried" at the sight to take exact notice. All
seemed regular in the room. She asked Mrs. Fowell why
she did not call her when the children were about to die?
Mrs. Fowell replied that it would have been of no use.
Deponent then inquired when they died ? and Mrs.
Fowell answered " at four o'clock." She added that
thye had groaned almost all night, and at four o'clock the
Almighty had taken the breath out of them. The room,
she said, had been surrounded by angels all night. In her
treatment of the children, Mrs. Fowell was sometimes
kind, and sometimes, without any assignable cause, the
contrary.

Thomas Crossing, surgeon, was next sworn, and de•
tailed, at considerable length, the external app, arance of
the children, and the corroborative conclusions drawn
from the dissection of the bodies. He had no doubt that
John Fowell died from suffocation. We then described
the symptoms presented by William, who must have suf-
fered a severe and cruel struggle. He had no doubt that
William Fowell also died from suffocation by strangling.
Ambrose Nosworthy, constable, went to Mrs. Fowell's
house; saw her on a chest talking about measuring the
children for coffins : she appesred to him out of her mind.
Here the examination of witnesses closed ; the Coro.
tier then summed up, and the Jury, after a short delibe-
ration, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against
Mary Fowell." The inquisition lasted nearly eight hours.
The unfortunate woman has been conveyed to the
county gaol.

THE WATER WITCH, BY MR: COOPER.--.-
An eminent writer has asserted that " men who inhabit
ships, and whose home is on the world of waters, claim an
interest and an attention apart from any other race of
beings, because their perils are so manifold, and their ways
of life so eccentric." Never was the force of an observa-
tions more apparent than this, as applied to the writings of
Coors'', who, whether 11.1 magic pen describes the moun-
tain billow, with its crest of foam,—the hoarse warnings
of' the coming storm, or its more fearful reality—the
horrors of shipwreck, the anlieties of the chase—or the
shock of battle,-.,exhibits the power of a water in all his
delineations. His last production,
.under the above title,
only confirms what has been alieirly said of him, namely,
" that Omega, the American novelist, hi. no living
superior."

Lady AUGUSTA•ELIZABETH HAWKE CEEIC
before the Insolvent Debtors' Court on Thursday, on her pe-
tition to be discharged. She described herself is her sche-
dule as late of Knightsbridge green, 13rompton, relict of
Lord HAWKE: She was opposed by Mr. Cooler; on be-
half of Woon and Co., Messrs. Swittes and
Wenn.. and Messrs. flimsies and Hoeirsts upholsterers,
ornamental painters, Ice. Mr. BARRY, wile appeared as
her Ladyship's Counsel, said be would recommend a post-
ponement of the ease, in order that some arrangement
might he made with the creditors. He added, that an
offer of 604 a year had been mole to the creditors until
their claims were satisfied. Mr. Commissioner Bowes
also advised the case to be postponed if an arrangement
could be made. The case was then ordered to steed over
forfora few &Is. Mr. Cotninissvioner Bowe* advised her
Ladyship nut to take the benefit of the Act, hut arrange
with her creditors. Lady Ilawica said, she proposed to
arrange with her creditors two years ago, but her offers
were, not then accepted. We understand that her Lady.
ship's debts amount to 1,0001., and Abet. she is in the
receipt of two annuities, producing. 300/. a year. She has
resided within the Rules of the King's Bench Prison for
mime time, having obtained an order froni the Court on the
ground of ill health.

It is admirable touchstone to find by one's
self a treasure, and to know the right owner ; or to see
a beautiful woman in a lonely apartment ; or to hear the
cries of an enemy who must perish without our assistance.
ST. PETERSBURG/I, OCT. 18.—A comma-
nicatien from Moscow gives an account of a meeting, called
the 30th of September by Prince GAGATZIN, Governor of
Moscow, for the purpose of acquainting the persons in-
vited with the measures taken by him on account of the
approach of the cholera morbus. With respect t the
sanitary state of the 'city, it is remarkable that, compared
with the most favourable periods, it his never been in satis-
factory as at present. The usual average number of deaths
is thirty daily, but in the six last days the average had been
only fifteen deaths daily. Favourable accounts had been
received from, some Governments. At Perm only one or
two death occurred daily. The Gazette of the Academy
contains an official bulletin of the number of the inhabitants
of Moscow attacked by the cholera tnorbus, or by a dis-
order supposed to be cholera minims, from the 28th of
September, on which day it was first discovered in that
city, to the 11th of October. The number of sick was
916 (138 men and 78 women)--:of whom 18 are cured (11
men and 7 women)--78 died 50 men and 26 women),
and 122 (77 men and 41 women) were still sick.. The
cholera has not appeared in any part of the government of
Moscow except in the city, nor in those of liver and
Novogorod.

AN UNEXPECTED UNION. —The common
adage, that " marriages are made in heaven," never met
with firmer support than in the subsequent fact. A
young woman, belonging to Douglas, who hail been be-
trothed to a baker there, in the general mania fur emigra-
tion, bad bid her lover farewell, and joined r ratty destined
fur the shore, of Canaria, under the expreas stipulation
.that
she should first tempt the dangerous deep and take posses
rim of the soil, afterwards, looking out for a situation
where her bread-maker alight be secure upon his arrival
in spring, when the hymeneal knot was to be tied. Say,
ye male bipeds, if many of you would have done so :oel.?
But how mysterious are the ways of Providence ! Afar
the vessel bad proceeded about 500 miles on her voyage,
one of those numerous and unavoidable disast, re which toe
often cross the path of life, overtook the ship, and it was
fouti:l impracticable to move westward. A thouand
agitations now convulsed the fair maid's bOsOm, 30 all
was given up fir lost. In this rad dilemma the Captain
thought of running the vessel homeward to refit, which,
after much hard labour and dexterous tuatueuvring, he
Judge of her feel.
togs now?--..ones, length,w e
on,ct,"lhniovdre., : aafeNuopmol:ilisther.ra firma, and in her
own country too,. collecting all her luggage and atlantic
store, she lost no time in retracing her steps; and, to the
unutterableloy of her lover, again appeared before him in
the good town of Douglas. Last Friday saw them hound
in holy union, and the village rang with acclamations long
and loud; while a woman, who had seen three secure and
ten suns, excisims.de.." Will any body say non 'at MU.'
riageii are nu' suede in heevitt ?"....0/ospie Free Press.