The Sun.
London, England, 1831-03-07 00:00:00

Shortly after the inquiry at the Red Lion had termi-
nated, Mr. Wooler communicated to Miss Jane Clarke the
verdict of the Jury ; but notwithstanding the awful Situa-
tion in which she was placed was depicted to her in the
most imressive terms, she did not appear in the least al.:
fected, but maintained the same sullen and indifferent de-
meanour which had marked her conduct for some time
previous. Miss Elizabeth Clarke was *imbed in grie!;
and on the time arriving for her sister to be conveyed to.
gaol, she asked her if she was not sorry for it, to which
qtaa ation the prisoner replied in the most indifferent man-
ner
in the negative. About six o'clock the Coroner's
as, arrant was placed in the hands of Mr. Carpenter, the.
assistant overseer, who, having procured a glass roach,
took the young lady under his charge. On their arrival
at Horsemongt r-lane, Mr. Carpenter related to the Go-
vernor the fact that the prisoner had twice attempted to
destroy het self, and observed that it.would be exceedingly
necessary to watch her conduct closely. She was in-
stantly searched by the female attendants, and conveyed
ro a room in the Infirmary, where she is constantly and
narrowly watclitd by two women appointed for the purpose.
The body of Mrs. Clarke was interred in Putney
church-yard on Tuesday.
Mr. Clarke, accompanied by Miss Elizabeth Clarke, and
Mr. Wade, the surgeon who attended tilts family', visited
his daughter in prison on Wednesday, when she still ap-
peared to feel completely unconscious of her awful situa-
tion, notwithstanding her father and sister stood before her
in the utmost state of grief. It would appear, from the
conversation which we have been informed took place en'
the visit of the above individuals, that the prisoner ac-
knowledged having placed the arsenic in the flour-tub on
the day previous to the pudding being made, but that no
person whatever had prevailed upon her to act in such a
manner. It is also stated that she promised, on a future
day, to communicate every particular relating to the sub-
ject.
The sanity of the prisoner is exceedingly doubtful.
and a variety of circumstances have come to our know-
ledge which tend to confirm the prevalent opinion that
she is labouring under a similar malady to that with which
her unfortunate mother was afflicted. A few days pre-
♦ious to her mother's death, she rrocnred a deleterious
ah•ug, and putting it in some jelly, presented it to her sister,
who after partaking of a small portion of it, became vio-
lently affected with the bead-ache. In order to induce her
sister to take it, she pretended to eat some herself, but it .
would appear that she only placed or rubbed a portion
over her lips, which it is said caused them to swell, and
which accounts for the remarkable disfigurement of
her face on the day of the inquest. She also destroyed
a new gown by throwing some vitriol over it which
had been purchased to clean the copper. Her wardrobe
was in great disorder when examined, anal for the last
three months her manners have been decidedly changed,
frequent quarrels having taken place between her and
her elder sister, without apparently any' just cause. She
became latterly exceeding fretful if her sister appeared in
any dress and she had not a similar one; and it would seem
as if she looked upon her sister Elizabeth as a rival in the
affections of her parent.. In ',searching her dean era, a `
small quantity of sugar of lead, wrapped up i n a blue
paper, was discovered ; and among some scraps of paper
was a small piece, with the following words in her hand-
writing •—" I am sick of life now my poor mother ie
'lead." On Thursday morning the village was again
thrown into a state of extraordinary excitement, by a re
port that Mr. Bennison, chymist and druggist, residing at
Wandsworth, who it will be recollected served Miss Jane
Clarke with the ounce of arsenic, had attempted to termi-
nate his existence by taking poison. It appeared that the
circumstance of his having allowed the young lady to bare
the poison preyed so much upon his mind that he became
dreadfully affected, anal on the morning above-named be.
took about half an ounce of arsenic, in a dry state. He
was not considered out of danger till Saturday morning,
when he 'ermined in a very weak condition.
Mr. Clarke and his -eldest daughter still occupy the
cottage in the Richmond-road. Miss Jane Clarke, who
will take her trial for matricide at the next Kingston
Assizes, which commence on the 28th instant, is only 17
years of age : her sister is two years older ; and such has
been the retirement of Mr. Clarke for the last twenty
years, that the family hare scarcely mixed in any other
society than their own domestic circle during that period.

NEW MATERIAL FOR PAPER.-M. .JU-
LIA FONTENELLE is said to have established a manufac-
ture of paper from liquorice root. It is said to be very
white, to require no sizing, and to be made at a less ex-
pense than from that of rags.
RUMOURED MURDER OF THE REV. MR.
LEE, IN THE COUNTY OF TIFYIRAR.Y.—A letter was is -
ceived in town yesterday, from Thurles, announcing the
melancholy intelligence of the murder of the Rev. Mr.
Lee, Rector of Moyaliff, in the county of Tipperary.-.,.
This murder, it is said, was perpetrated on Saturday night.
The predecessor of Mr. Lee in the rectory of Moyaliff was
the Rev. Mr. Gonia, who, our readers may recollect, was
attacked and murdered more than a year since, on his re-
turn from the sessions of Thurles, where he had been en-
gaged in the prosecution of sonic of his parishioners, for
non-payment of tithe. We have given the above rumour
as we received it, not at all pledging ourselves for its
accuracy. Indeed this caution is the more necessary at
present, in consequence of the prevalent proneness to ex-
treme exaggeration regarding the state of various parts of
the country.—Dublin Morning Register of Tuesday.

The New Monthly Magazine for March is
embellished with a striking likeness of the Author of "Paul
Pry," with " Notes for a Memoir," in a confidential letter
to the Publisher, being No. 111. of the Series of Papers
entitled " Living Literary Characters," which forms a new
and striking feature in this periodical. Among many other
able papers in the present Number may be particularly nu,
ticed the article on the present " Politics) Inspect of Ire-
land"—the Continuation of " Speakers and Speeches in
Parliament," including notices of Mr. Hurcr, Mr. O'CON-
NELL, Mr. G'GortaraN Mairox, Lord ALTIIORE, Sir
11. PANNELL, Sir ROPER.T PEEL, Sir J. GRAHAM, &c.,
the particulars relative to the present Insurrection in
Poland. A continuation of the masterly sketches which
have of late attracted so much attention under the title of
" Conversations of an Ambitious Student."—A Tale by
Mr. GALT, called " Marovitch, the Pole"—And " Some
Passages from the Diary of a late Fashionable Apothecary."
IRISH WAKING.—The knowledge that his
wake will be well attended, and the guests well provided
for, comforts the Irishman even in the hour of death ! A
few days ago, one Mr. Pannr 0 LYNCH, of St. Giles's,
having had the " misfortin' " to fall from a scaffold, where-
by his back was broken, and all hope of life despaired of,
gave his wife the money to provide his wake candles with,
articles of much importance on such an occasion. She
brought three pounds of fine moulds—Paddy's race was
almost run—a smile for a moment played upon his pallid
countenance as he saw and admired them—"By Jasus!
honey'!" he said, " they'd do to wake an Emperor !"
Again he smiled : then groaned—then died !

NEW PUBLICATIONS.—Among other works
recently published are the following :—A Second Edition
of Mr. LLovn's Field Sports of the North, which has
been denominated " one of the most interesting produc-
tions ever given to the Sporting World."-2. The Eng-
lish Army in France, which includes a most animated
description of the Field of Waterloo.-3. Mr. EMERSON'S
History of Modern Greece, a country dear to the aca-
demic student as the cradle of the fine arts—the parent of
heroes, statesmen, and legislators. The work of course
embraces a narrative of the late revolution in that country.
—4. The Literary Correspondence of Joust PINKERTON,
Esq., comprising letters from HORACE Wst.rout, Lord
Buctiax, Lord HAILES, GIBBON, Sir JOMNNct.ars,
Sir JOSEPH BANKS, Dr. BEATTIE, and other distinguished
characters.

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