The Sun.
London, England, 1830-02-02 00:00:00

EX OFFICIOS.

The Attorney-General has filed two ex-officio in-
formations against the proprietor and printer of the
Freeman's Journal—one for an alleged libel pub-
lished in connection with (he Borris-o-kane trials—
the other upon the subject of the Sub-letting Act.

Last week, as some workmen were employed
in draining at Colby Laithes, near Appleby, they found the
bones of a human skeleton, also the skull of a second, but
uo other bones to correspond ; they are in a good state
of preservation, but how long they have Lin in the
ground no one can at present conjecture. —Westutore-
land Advertiser.

SUICIDE.-011 'cueslay last It. HOUGHTON,
EN., held an inquest touching the death of THOMAS
BLOWER. The deceased was about forty years of age,
was a shoemaker by trade, and lived in F‘rrest-street.
He was found suspended at an early hour in the morning,
in the attic in which he was in the habit of woiking, and
the mode by which he terminated his existence shows with
what fatal ingeNuity he effected his purpose. A stick like
a broom handle was placed across a trap-door, and over
this was thrown the rope with which he was found sus-
pended. The Jury returned a verdict—" Hanged himself
in a fit of insanity." It was reported that he was to have
been married that morning, and it was stated that the
bride had actually proceeded to church before the melan-
choly intelligenco had reached he r. iverpol Journal,

In our last publication we stated such particulars
as had transpired up to the time of publication, re-
lative to a horrid murder that had been committed
on Grace Andrew, an aged female, at the village
of Calenick, within a mile of this place, on the night
of Wednesday se'nnight. On Thursday afternoon
an inquest was held on the body before Mr. JAMES,
one of the Coroners for the county. After being
sworn, the Juty accompanied the Coroner to view
die body, which lay in an upper room to Which it
had been removed from the lower apartment in
'which the murder had been perpetfated, and pre-
sented en appalling spectacle, the back part of the
head bcing beaten completely in by the blows in-
flicted by the murderer. The leouse is situated a
little beyond the turnpike-gate, being third in a row
of dwellings built near the river, but fronting to-
wards the turnpike-road ; under the same roof dif-
ferent families reside, there being a large passage be-
tween the two parts, and to which there is a door.
The apartments occupied by the deceased and her
husband lie on the left of this passage, into which a
door from them opens; they consist of a front room
and a small back kitchen, with two bed-rooms over.
In this -little hack room the irody of the deceased
was found. In the apartments opposite those of the
deceased, and which correspond with them in num-
her and size, two families, named Bray and May, re-
side, each having a kitchen and bed-room; and a
mall tenement behind is occupied by a woman named
minis, mother of May's wife, and tco unmarried
daughters. The family of Bray consists of himself
and wile, two sons who are grown up, and a
daughter about 15 years of age, who, it appears, all
sleep in the same apartment.
After a long investigation the Jury returned a
verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or
persons unknown."
It will be seen from the above statement of the
evidence adduced on the inquest, that nothing tran-
spired which could lead to the discovery of the per-
petrator of this sanguinary murder. That the de-
ceased had the charge of the money saved from the
wages of the husband, who has been for many years
employed in the smelting-house at Calenick, was
certain from the evidence; but only about 61. was
found in the box, which was minutely examined ; of
the remainder no trace was diecoverable. It appears
probable that, contrary to what was at first sup-
po,;ed, she had carried it about her, and that it was
secured by the murderer. In this state things re-
mained, without any further discovery, until Monday
morning, when the funeral was about to take place.
On this occasion the husband of the deceased wish-

rig. for a pair of black gloves, which he had worn at
the fu►:eral of a relative, and which had remained in

his box for some nears, went up stairs to get them ;
he unlocked the box, and in searching for the gloves,
he at once found at the bottom of the box a small
parcel, wrapped in a piece of silk, and which he at
once knew to be the money the deceased used to
carry about her. It was found to contain a 301.
Bank of England note and thirteen sovereigns,
which were carefully sewed in singly between two
pieces of cloth, the note being in a small pocket in
the same piece. This discovery is the more extra-
ordinary, as it was evident the parcel had been placed
in the box after the inquest had been held, as every

article had been then taken from it separately, and
Else box carefully examined, in order to search for the
money.
As the connexion of the Coroner with the affair
had ceased with the conclusion of the inquest, H.
Willyams, Es+, one of the Magistrates of the
county, proceeded to the place on Tuesday, in order'
to inyes:igate the mysterious affair, when the follow-
Mg facts were elicited :
On Sunday morning, between eleven and twelve
o'clock, Mrs. James, the daughter of the deceased,
an acquaintance of her's, named Williams, and the
old woman Nlnis, before mentioned' with the old
man Andrew (the husband of the deceased), were
together in one of the lower rooms of the house,
when James, wishing to be freed from the presence
of Ninis, desired Mrs. Williams to accompany her
into the inner room, but Minis, as if suspecting that
she or her family were likely to be the subject of
their conversation, immediately followed them ; on
this they proceeded up stairs into the room in which
the box was, the body being in the other room ; but
there they were also followed by Ninis. The old
man also went up stairs, and having unlocked the
box, lie took out a clean shirt, when his (laughter
and Mrs. Williams went down stairs to allow him
to put it on; the woman Ninis remaining in the
room. The old man went from the room to the
lobby, and there put on the shirt, leaving Ni►:is in
the room, the box being unlocked and the key in
the lock. Mrs. 'Williams says she does not know
how long Ninis stayed in the room alone, as she did
not see her again before sine left the house. Ninis
says three females—James, Williams, and her-
self, left the room together ; this, however, is de-
Died by Williams. The old mast Andrew says,
that when preparing to attend the funeral, as is
usual with persons in his rank in life, he re-
collected that a pair of black gloves he had got
some years before, when attending the funeral
of a relative, were in the box, of which he had the
key, and he went up stairs to get them. The young
woman, Bate, mentioned in our report of the in-
quest, and who had been very intimate with the de-
ceased, was in the room, and, as we apprehend, per-
ceiving he was a good deal agitated, and was about
to tumble about the clothes that had belonged to
the deceased in order to seek the gloves, she desired
hint not to do so, saying she would help him, and
went across the room for that purpose. She held
back the clothes whilst the old man searched for the
gloves at the bottom of the box, and in doing so
he found the parcel, which he at once recognized
as that containing the lost money. He does not
conceive or believe tine young woman put any thing
in the box whilst she assisted him, nor could she
have anticipated his being about to look for black

gloves. -
After a protracted investigation, no other facts
tending to throw light on this most mysterious
affair were elicited. Throughout the examination,
the old woman Ninis showed great irritation, a rest-
less anxiety to vindicate herself from a presumed
charge, whilst the young woman Bate manifested
the utmost readiness to answer every question and
explain'every circumstance with which she was con-
nected. How and by whom the money con-
veyed into the box is as yet merely matter of con-
jecture, nor has any article besides been taken from
the house. Immediately on the finding of the
verdict by the Jury, the Coroner bad the depo-
sitions transcribed, and transmitted a copy of then-.
to the office of the Home Secretary, Mr. Peel, who
has returned a reply, stating that a poli!e•officet
should be despatched forthwith, to assist in the in-
quiries making as to this horrid transaction.

Monsieur CIIABERT must recollect that tlh.
Editor does not profess to be a Fire King, or a Fire King',
subject, and feels no inclination, theiefore, to remain in an
oven heated to 600 degree, or to drink oil at 350 degrees.
Nevertheless, he is deeply interested in the subject of poi-
sons and their antidotes, and therefore begs of M. CAA
BERT to name an early day on which he may attend with
the two dogs, and a few gentle doses of prussic acid, M.
CUABERT has forgotten to state whether he will drink ti
tumbler or two of boiling water,•.-Lancet.