The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-20 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday Michael Hughes, whose case has already been
reported in the pipers, appeared at this office, to get a
copy of the letter he had written to Lord Lichfield. Mr.
l‘lissuoLL ordered the letters containing the money sent
by charitable individuals for Hughes to be brought, and,
after reading them to him, the several sums which they
contained were presented to him.
A letter from the General Post-office was then given to
him. It mentioned that Lord Lichfield had ordered in-
vestigation to be made again into his case in Ireland, and
the result of the inquiry was that the Postmaster-General
considered his dismissal was justified by his conduct.
Hughes then went into an explanation of the charge of
forgery which bad been made against him ; he denied that
he had ever been guilty of such a crime, and stating that
he could prove to the satisfaction of the public that he
was innocent. The total sum received by Hughes was
191. 10s.

HORRID MURDER at WARRINGTON.

The town of Warringtou has, within the last few days,
been thrown into great excitement by the murder of a fe-
male of the name of Minshull, the daughter of Mr. T.
Higginson, of the Leigh Arms public-house, in that town,
who was found lying dead in an outhouse on the morning
of the Bth iest. The case was investigated by the Co-
roner, but no clue arising to excite suspicion against any
individual a verdict was given, " That the deceased came
to her death by violent means, but under what circum-
stances was unl:nown." On Saturday, however, something
transpired which excited the attention of the police, and a
man, named William Hill, a weaver, was apprehended.
The case was heard by the Magistrates in their private roam.
The first witness examined was Mary Prichard, who
usually slept with the deceased. She said on the night
previous to the murder the deceased desired her to go to
bed, and said she would wait up until the company were
gone. The prisoner was then in the house, and the rest
of the family had gone to bed long before. Witness tell
asleep, and did not awake until five o'clock in the morn-
ing, when, finding the deceased not in bed, she became
alarmed and got up, struck a light, and examined the
rooms for her, but could not find her. She then went
down stairs, and found the door open leading to the gate,
and discovered the deceased quite dead, lying on her
back. The yard-gate, which had been fastened the
evening before, was found closed, but unlocked. Mrs.
Thomas, who lives next door to the Leigh Arms, stated
that, as she was going to bed, about one in the morning
of the Bth inst., she heard the scream of a female, as if at
the back of Higgiusen's house. She opened her room-
window, and cried out, as it appeared that some one was
abusing a female. There was a fight in the front of the
house, and she was afraid to go out. By degrees the fe-
male's voice grew weaker, and at length the scream ceased
altogether. Several other witnesses proved the prisoner's
being in the house ; and one stated that the prisoner swore
to him that he would criminally assault the deceased, be-
fore he left the hous. There was a fight in the house, and
the prisoner assisted the deceased to put the persons out,
and he was the only person left in the house. As soon as
the company had left the door was locked, and at that
time the prisoner had no scratches on his face, but on the
following morning he appe :red to have been scratched by
four fingers all down the left side of the face ; and, when
asked to explain the circumstance, he said he had got
them in the row at Rigginson's. He also admitted that he
remained with the deceased a quarter of an hour after
the company lid left the house, and had drunk some ale
with her.

Dr. Davies stated that the deceased had died of stran-
gulation, and the marks of a person's fingers were found
on her neck. .

The prisoner was remanded until Monday, in order to
afford time for further inquiry.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

From the activity of Mr. Jones, the constable of War-
rington, further evilence was procured, which was brought
betore the Magistrates on Monday, which clearly established
the guilt of the accused. This is no less than a confession
made by bim to the overlooker of the factory in which he
worked, that he had crimindly assaulted the deceased—
that he robbed her, and left her, as be supposed, asleep—it
was the sleep of death. There was no doubt of the prisoner
being committed for trial.

At the Marylehone police-office Friday several
drivers and conductors of Paddington omnibuses were brought
up, and convicted on the charge of furious driving and racing
with each other. The pleas set up, either in mitigation or
bar of the charges, afforded considerable, amusement. One
worthy asserted his innocence, because " as how his osses
cou'dn't go more than seven mile an hour," while another, with
a knowing leer, assured the bench that .‘ He didn't know how
it was, but the hanimals he driv was so sagacious as always to
start off into a gallop venever they seed a policernaa, afeard
he was going to take their numbers."

In consequence of a paragraph, which first appeared
in a Ministerial paper, the Globe, and has gone the round of
the Liberal journals, noticing the absence of Lord Douro
from divisions in the House of Commons, and also asserting
that it was not the intention of the Noble Marquis to defend
his seat against the petition of the Norwich Whig- Radicals—
we feel it incumbent on us to state, that the sole cause of Lord
Douro's absence from some recent divisions was (and we men-
tion it with sincere regret) a severe attac►k of fever, from the
effects of which, however, his Lordship is happily fast reco-
vering. As to defending their seats, we have the best au-
thority for assuring our readers, that it has never for a single
instant been a subject of the least doubt or hesitation w►th
either of our Representatives. In fact, the most eminent
Counsel are already engaged on their behalf; their agents
and friends in this city having long been assiduously em-
ployed in making the necess2ry preparations.—Norfol
Chronicle.

IRISH REAPERS.—Lord John Russell, in the
House of Commons last week, whilst speaking on Poor-lans
for Ireland, stated, on the authority of Mr. Stanley, of Dub-
lin,- that from Dublin alone twenty thousand labourers came
over to this country annually, who carry back with them from
Si. to 151. each; and that nut less than five hundred thousand
pounds is earned by these labourers in this country every year.
This amount etas considered too much by Mr. French and
Mr. Lucas, who stated the " average earnings" as low as 31.
each man.