The Sun.
London, England, 1814-01-20 00:00:00

MURDER.

A murder, doubly shocking to humanity, was
committed on Tuesday week. at No. 9, I'tunket-
street, Dublin. A brother had' his throat cut by
his brother !! A Coroner's inquest t-;as held on
the, body in the course of Wednesday by three Ma-,
gistrates, Alderman DarleV, Dr—Turner, and
Counsellor Walker; when the follov,:ing circum-
stances transpired in evidence.. The first witness
was the unhappy miserable mother; she stated,.
that about seven 'o'clock her two Solis, M. Eaton,
aged about and Janres• Eaton, aged about
eighteen, had an altercation ;• it commenced- in
the street, before the door, and that thei.quarrel
increasing, she went and drove them into the
house, and endeavoured to stop the ill langtkage ,
between them, but it rather increasing., she tnrned
the eldest, Maurice, out of the place, and she
conceived that he had gone home ; 'about hotirGs
after; wanting to get so►ne bread acid butter' for
her supper, she left her son James behind her
in the house, and went to a huckster's adjacent,
where she might have staid aboutls minutes ; on
her return, melancholy to relate, she found her
son James lying in the passage lifeless and in a
gore of blood, his throat being cut from ear to ear.
',Surgeon Rooney was the next witness ; his
evidence went to prove that instant death must
have been the consequence of the wound, as the
windpipe was cut entirely through. Two other
witnesses, a woman and a man, were next exa-
mined ; the woman proved that hearing a noise of
shrieking, she came down stairs, and in-the crowd
observed Maurice Eaton ; he said, " it was done,
and could not be undone." The man also proved
that Maurice said, " he would submit to the laws
of his country, and that it was but manslaughter
in his own defence:"

it might be naturally thought that the detesta-
tion of the horrid crime, and the confession of
the fratricide would have aroused the fury and
indignation of the persons assembled to some act
of outrage—but no such thing ; and to the eter-
nal, shame 'of that neighbourhood, they. permitted
the murderer to make his 'escape, without the
slightest endeavour to detain him-. The Coroner's
inquest brought in a verdict that James Eaton
came by..hiS death by a wound given him
some. sharp instrument by Maurice Eaton.—Thu
murderer is still at large, but no doubt a reward
Will,be offered for his apprehension.

A MOTHER ATTEMPTING TO MURDER HER CHILD.

ICING'S INN POLICE-OFFICE.—ilan Bowen was
'brought to the Office by several persons, charged
wi,th„ll attempt to suffocate her infant daughter,
•of abotit tour years old, in the snow, in Charles-
street. She had thrown her down, and .was
pressing' her into the snow, when taken np
by the persons who brought her to the Office.
WWI she was brought before the Magistrate,
Dr. Turner, it 'Was clearly perceived through
the misery that surrounded her, that she was un-
der the impression of insanity. She talked incohe-
rently, and avowed that her intention was to de
stroy the little innocent. She made no display o.l'
poverty although it was evident that. she had
drank of its bitter cup to the very dregs. Two,
persOns.appeared, who seemed much interested in
her behalf, and gave that history of her, which she
.was either unwilling or unable to give herself :
she had seen better days, but her husband had
gone abroad, and left her unable to get a livelihood;
she had been a long time in the House of Industry,
but, not thinking herself well treated, she quitted
it, and had been nearly in a state of starvation
ever since ; one of the persons, who was a fe-
male, and had the child in her arms, knew that
she loved the child affectionately, and believed
the act she was about to commit proceeded from
the distraction of the idea of seeing it die in her
arms for want. She concluded her melancholy
recital by saying, that she was sure the half a loaf
was all they had to live On for • three .days. The
worthy Magistrate instantly ordered some refresh-
ment for the mother and child, and that they
should be kept until some asylum would be found
for them.

At an annual dinner and ball given by Sir
JOHN' WILLIAMS, Bart. of Bodlewyddan, near
St. Asaph, in honour of bis son, Mr. WILLIAMS'S
Birth-day, on the 10th instant, that most loyal
and hospilable Bart.igave as a toast after dinner,
" A Head to France, and Buoaaparte without one."
Mr. WILLIAM M`KENLIE, and Mrs. M‘l.4N-
ZIE, his wife, are now living in Senhonse itreet,,
Maryport, whose united ages make 180 years ;
Mr. MiKENZIE 93 and his wife 87. They have
lived in matrimonial connexion 67 years. 'He
followed a sea-faring life 66, as seaman, mate,
,and captain, and has crossed the,Atlantie 24 tithes.
He has not lost a tooth, can thread a.smallimedie
without spectacles, and speaks the Crielie lan-
guage fluently.

LAW
INTELLIGENCE;

COURT .OF Wi;DNEIDA4I, JAN. 39, 181,1.

nEyOtt IIIS IiONOUit THE VICE-CHANCELLOt.

LA,nt Filistes VAT.:E TLlcaPtsT V. LADY, ANTRiNi.
In this cast Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, on the part
•of the infant plaintiff; heiress of her late father,
Sir Hetiry Vane TeMpest, produced a fresh affi-
davit, as cin a former day promised, frdm Mr.
nowbrav, the manager and receiver of the
liery, which constiitites a piincipal part of the
estates of, the plaintiff, stating that a Stint Of
.13,0001, a year was made from thiS colliery in the
life-time of the deceased, while the landed other
estates yielded only between seven and eight
thousand R year.
It was stated that a surd of five thousand pounds
woidd be required in advance, in the ensuing
month of February, to keep up .the colliery, and
70001. in the month following, as a loan on the
estates, the frost at present prevented the sale of
any part of the product, and the machinery, &c.
belonging to the works, being valued at ,46,0001.
and a-fraction, being pledged to Messrs 'Everett'
aad Co, bankers, for advances heretofore .made by
them, which must be discharged before any other
bankers could be applied to to-make necessary ad-
vances, it being, absolutely necessary to keep the
works in constant order. These circumstances
further increased the necessity of removing Mr.
• intitton front the receivership of the rents, and.
.to hOve only one receiver for both, who would
husband the monies for the best interests of all
the concerns.
.• Mr. HART, for the defendant, opposed this
statement, adding, that if correct, Mr. Mow-
bray would be indebted to the estate, during his
Receivership and Management of the• Colliery,
in a sum of 100,0001. and upwards,;
Whitton, instead of - having any balance in his
hands, was in ad Vance a sum of 50001.
Mr. BELL followed for the defendants, and
stated, that this was a marvellous- statement, after
Lord Etoom, the pith of whose genius, he may
almost say, was centeret; in collieries, had mace:
8.11 order referring it to a.M4ster • to inquire and
report whether it would be for the interest of the
heiress or not, to have the working of the colliery

continued.
After a reply for the plaintiff from Sir SAMUEL
. ROMILLY, his Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR Ob,
served, that, this-ruost importanti.c,ature of this
• interesting cause now,' for the first time, was
made apparent, since the sole object of this Court
was and ought to be the interests of the infant
heiress, which he should take some short time to
consider, and then give judgment. •

The Judges of. the Court of King's Bench sat
yesterday in Serjeant's Inn, and heard aigunients
in reserved points of Law. Tim- jndgnlentS. on the
cases thus heard they will deliver in. Court the
next Term, as by this mode, they case the busi-
ness of the Term.