The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-20 00:00:00

Mr. Cubitt, the engineer of the London and York line,
stated that as the line was now planned, the passage would
be above the grand sluice, where the whole of the traffic of
the county passed. By the alteration sought by this Bill
the crossing would be below, instead of above the sluice,
where, in fact, there is already an iron bridge, and where the
crossing would in no wav interfere with the trade. It was
proposed by the present Bill to carry the railway traffic on
one line, and at one rate. The new works would cost about
3001. more than those originally designed; and those works
were to be executed at the expense of the London and York
Company, and the change would be of great advantage to
the country at large.
Mr. Sergeant CLARK was about to oppose the Bill, when i
some discussion arose as to his right to appear, as the title of
the Bill had been changed.
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SOCIETY OF GUARDIANS FOR
THE PROTECTION OF TRADE.
This society was instituted in 1776, in the city of
Lotldon, for the protection of trade from the frauds of
the swindler, who, by means of its machinery, has been
often thwarted in his nefarious plots, and deprived of
the ill-gotten gains which formerly he was wont con-
fidently to count his own. The members and their
friends of this worthy society, in celebration of their
success, and to cheer each other for the toils of the
future, sat down to dinner to the number of about 70,
in the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, last evening;
Alderman Farebrother, the president of the society, in
the chair.
Of the dinner we need say no more than that it was
most excellent in all that went to make up the comple-
ments of good fare, enjoyment, and hearty conviviality.
The stewards had done so well their part, and the ser-
vants so satisfactorily did theirs, that any fault, if such
existed, must be attributed to the individual knife and
fork. The singing, which was of a very high character,
was conducted with great ability, under the superin-
tendence of Mr. Bruton, by Messrs. Genge, Turner, and
Simmons.
After dinner the " Non Nobis" was sung by Messrs.
Genge, Turner, and Simmons with good effect. The
following toasts and songs were then received with
applause :—" The Queen"—National Anthem; " Queen
Dowager, Prince Albert, Albert, Prince of \Vales, and
the Royal Family"—song, "Here's a health to the Prince
and the Queen ;" " The Navy and Army"—glee, " How
merrily we live that Soldiers be!" " The City of London,
its Trade, and the Corporation," connected with the
name of Mr. Adlard"—song, " The boatie rows."
The CHAIRMAN, in drinking the health of Rowland
Hill, Esq., who sat on his right, paid a high compliment
to that gentleman for the. universal benefit which had
arisen from the scheme of postage which that gentleman
hail originated, and which had very much aided the ob-
iects of the society.
Mr. HILL, in reply, referred to the progress of the
Post•office, and said that the first petition in favour of
reform in that department was taken up and encouraged
by the city of London, and prosecuted by Lord Ashbur-
ton. Till that time no thought of improvement or reform
in the department had
i ever occurred. But reform hav-
ing been adopted, the increase of the letters had been so
great, that while the whole of the letters passing through
the post-office of Belgium was 6,000,000 per annum, the
number of letters for London and its immediate environs
was 75,000,000. That would show that the correspon-
dence of even the metropolis alone, much more of the
country itself, was of importance to the universal world.
The Hon. Gentleman concluded by thanking the com-
pany for the honour they had done him.
The CHAIRMAN gave " The Prosperity of the Society
for the Protection of Trade." He felt it unnecessary to
enlarge on benefits which they all acknowledged, which
they all expected, and which they well knew they had
all enjoyed.
In the course of the evening one of the guests
an officer of the society, stated that one firm had been
saved through the means of the society to the amount
of 3001., another of 1501., and another of 5001.
Song—" The man with the beard," a comic effusion,
by J. H. Dixon, Esq., in which was detailed the adven-
tures of a well-known character, whose portrait had
been lithographed by the society, the original being
celebrated not only for his light fingership, but also for
his unusual beard.
J. H. GASSIOT, Esq , proposed " The health of the
Chairman."
Other toasts followed, and Messrs. Bruton, Genge,
and Simmons enlivened the company throughout the
evening with songs of a comic but appropriate character.
About ten o'clock, when the spirit of hilarity was
high, the Chairman retired, all being in the very best
spirits.

up the door by quiet compulsion was most judicious,
and I think that if you should have, upon any emer-
gency, something of the kind to do, it might be advisable
to charge the defendant with the expenses.—(A laugh.)
GUILDHALL.
Yesterday Sir Peter Laurie attended to learn what
progress the drivers and guards of the late Parcel Post
Company had made in recovering their deposits and
wages from the directors. He presumed some compro•
mice had taken place, as he did not see the same parties
before him now es on the former occasion. He made a
suggestion that, as the directors offered one week's
wages and the men claimed six weeks', the point should
be given up on obtaining the proper amount of four
weeks. He asked Mr. Humphreys if he had seen the
deposit note on which the claim was founded?
Mr. Humphreys said he had, and proceeded to read
one—
" Your testimonials having been submitted to the
board of directors, and you having deposited X— as
security for your integrity, you are elected -- to this
establishment. The deposit of 4:— is returnable to you
any day you leave the company's office.
" J. T. GOUGH, Secretary."
Sir PETER said, this mode of raising the wind was
most disreputable to any concern, and especially to a
company which professed to raise a capital of 30,0001.
A guard stated, that at a grand dinner given at the
Bridge-house Hotel (which was not yet paid for) the
directors bragged a great deal of their means, and of
having paid the tailor and other preliminary expenses.
He would not have ventured to deposit a farthing but
for these glowing accounts, and the assurance that his
101. would not be used by the company, but would rest
at the bankers', and that interest would be allowed
upon it.
" I was told the same !" shouted a man in the crowd.
" And so was I !" cried a third.
Mr. Humphreys read over the list of directors, and
asked which of them was present at that dinner?
Mr. W. Andrews, of Cadogan-plrce, was stated to be,
in the chair, and he was supported by Messrs. Parry,
Ashley, Hill, Hawker, Omen, and Ancram.
A guard said, the catching deposits was not the only
means of raising money adopted. The company sold
stamps, to be affixed like Post-officelabels to the parcels,
and got the persons who received parcels for the com-
pany to purchase a stock of them, which now were of
no value, and which the company were in no hurry to
take back.
A person in the crowd said he had 31. worth of these
stamps.

It was stated by the agent that the Bill had been originally
introduced under one title, but was now prosecuted by the
agency of another, under the sanction of the Committee of
Selection ; but as it was shown that the petition of the land-
owners, for whom the Learned Sergeant appeared, had been
put in against the Bill under its original title, he was allowed
to proceed.
On cross-examination, Mr. Cubitt stated that Mr. Locke
was originally employed as the engineer of the London and
York, but he had himself been engaged in the October of last
year; and although the line designed by Mr. Locke was a
good line, that which he had himself was a better, although
he would not say that there was a better through Boston, for
there was but the property on both sides of the river pre-
vented its adoption.
To the CHAIR3I.4s—Mr. Cubitt described the position of
the loop branch of the London and York lice, of which this
formed a part
To the CHAMMAN—Mr. Cubitt replied that the Act of the
London and York Company was obtained last year, and that
the line of the Ambergate and Boston line had been subse-
quently devised, and the station now designed was to be close
to the station of that company, but in his opinion it would in
no way interfere with the station, although the alteration
would cross the Ambergato station rails.
An objection was here taken that the application required
by the Railways Consolidation Act had not been made to
the Admiralty, but after much discussion it was allowed that
the application had been made, but the answer had not been
received. This, however, in no way invalidated the advisa-
bility of the line, for no objection had been, in reality,
alleged on the part of the Admiralty.
To the CHAir.m.o.)l's suggestion, it was replied that there
was an understanding that, in the event of the Eastern Coun-
ties and the London and York companies receding, either
or both companies might go over the Ambergate lines.
Mr. Cocxeunx, Q.C., wished to know what the proposi-
tion really was, and after some further discussion,
Mr. PASET said that the company had no objection to
withdraw the branch, provided they had an outlet granted
to them, and this they might obtain if either the
.East
Lincolnshire or the Ambergate Company would enter into
arrangements with them. The East Lincolnshire Company
were at the present moment in possession of the ground in
consequence of their Bill being passed previous to the Act of
the Ambergate Company.
After some further discussion between the counsel engaged,
it was arranged that the Bill should be adjourned till to-
morrow (this day).

It was stated, in answer to a question, that one or
other of the directors was always with the secretary
when he received the deposits from the guards and
drivers.

Mr. Humphreys thanked the Alderman for his atten-
tion to the claims of these poor men, and the parties
withdrew.
The room was crammed with drivers, guards, clerks,
porters, and keepers of receiving houses.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Edward Larkin and John Dwyer, two lads, were
charged with having attempted a robbery in the house
of Mr. Edward Simpson, licensed victualler, 231, Ox-
ford-street.

Thomas Agness said, he was in Oxford street last
Saturday afternoon, when he saw the two prisoners to
gather, one of whom carried a long stick, the end of
which was daubed with tar. lie watched the movements
of the prisoners, and followed them into Mr. Simpson's
house, and heard them call for some beer. They were
served and they were left alone in front of the bar. One
of the prisoners then got upon a bench, and with his
stick attempted to reach a sovereign which was placed on
a shelf within the bar; but, in his efforts to fix it to the
stick, by means of the adhesive substance at the end, the
sovereign was knocked off the shelf, and the noise thus
made attracted the attention of the landlady in the bar
parlour, who came out to see what was the matter. Wit-
ness immediately acquainted her with what had taken
place, and on looking on the floor the sovereign was
found with a portion of tar adhering to it, and there was
also some tar on the shelf from which it had been dis-
placed. While the stick holder was busied in his attempt
to get the money his companion held him up, and gave
him all the assistance in his power.
Mrs. Simpson corroborated the testimony of the last
witness as far as related to the attempts of the prisoners
to get the sovereign.
'lnc prisoners were fully committed.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Arnit. 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-There has been a very small business
done to-day. As regards prices we consider them to be
pretty firm, especially when compared with the last few
days. On the part of sellers there is a reluctance to accept
the prices offered. The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, dis.-Eastern Counties, 1834-East
Lancashire New (scrip), % p.-Leeds and Thirsk, New, 2,8
dis.-Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1 p.-London and
North-Western, 17112-Manchester and Leeds, 32/. Shares
(late Extension), 11/2 p.-Ditto, Halves (late Liverpool and
Bury), 3 p.-Ditto, Fifths ( West Riding Union), 7'4 p.-
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 88-Midland
Stock, 11514-Ditto, New, 2/. 6s. 3d. p.-North Stafford-
shire, 2% p.-North-Western, 114 dis.-Preston and tit' re,
341,,'1-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 214 dis.-Shrews-
bury and Birmingham (B), dis. ex int.-South-Eastern,
No. 4, Thirds, 1/i3 p.- York and Newcastle, Preference, 31,3 p.
MANCHESTER, Aran. 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-,The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, Boston, and Eastern Junction, 34-East Lancashire (late
B. and P.), New (scrip), 7-16-Fleetwood, Preston, and
West Riding Junct., 11-16-Huddersfield and Manchester
Railway and Canal, 11,4 -Ditto, Thirds, %-Manchester and
Leeds, Halves, H. and S., 21,6-Ditto, 32/. Shares (late Ex-
tension), 114.-Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), %
-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 1%-
Manchester and Southampton, 19s.- North British, Ex-
tension, I Is. 9d.-North Staffordshire, 214-Oldham Alliance,
14-South-Eastern arid Dover, No. 3, 4-Ditto, No. 4, 1/4
South Staffordshire, 14.
LEEDS, Aram 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 163. dis.-East Lancashire, New, 7s. 60.
p.-Ditto, New Scrip, Bs. p.-East and West Yorkshire, Bs.
6d. dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester. Thirds, 10s. p.-
Leeds and Bradford, 4314 p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 3 p.-
Ditto, Branches (blue), 2% p.-Leeds and Thirsk, dis.
-Ditto, Preference, 16s. p.-London and Brighton and
South Coast, 521/6-Ditto, Fifteenths, 2s. 6d. p.-Malton
and Driffield Junction, Is. 6d. dis.-Manchester and Leeds,
Fifths, 45,;1 p. -Ditto, 32/. Shares (late Extensions), 28s.
6d. p.-Ditto, West Riding Union, 14s. p.-Newcastle and
Berwick, New, 2 1-16 p.-North British, Thirds, 41s. 6d
p.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 9s. 6d. p.-North Stafford
shire, 21/i p.-Northern Counties Union, 214 dis.-North
Western, I%dis.-York and North Midland, Extension,3934
SHEFFIELD, APRIL 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Manchester, Sheffield
and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 6% dis.-Ditto.
201. Shares, 465. dis.-Ditto, 12/. 10s. Shares, 1%
idiand, New, 214 p.-Ditto (Sheffield and Rotherham),
3214-West Riding Union, 3s p,
EDINBURGH, APRII. 17.
STOCK NICILINGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, New,
New,erth, 745.718. 6d.-Ditto, New
455. 61-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, Quarters, 13s. 6d.
6d.-Ditto, New-
port,
-EdinburghsBs.-Ditto, Halves,
Quarters (scrip), 245. 6d.-Ditto, Thirds, 624.-Direct Bona-
,lilrs
andem
Quarters,,
bay and Madras, 3s. 6d.
20 s.
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THE MURDER AT NORWOOD.
The name of the wretched man who committed mur-
der and suicide at Norwood, as reported in our paper
yesterday, was James, not John, Young, and his age
was twenty-seven years. He married the unfortunate
victim of his violence upwards of two years ago; she had
ti4ree children by him, two of whom died shortly after
their birth. For some time past he had behaved in an
eccentric manner, but nothing dangerous was appre-
hended in his conduct until last Christmas, when he
showed evident signs of mental aberration. Mr. Chap-
man, a medical man iu the neighbourhood, was con-
sulted, and prescribed for him, and advised that he
should be looked after, as he considered he might inflict
injury on those around him. His wife, who was greatly
attached to him, objected to his being placed under re-
straint, and expressed her conviction that he would
neither hurt her or himself. It appears that a young
man lodged in the house with him, and slept there on
every night but Saturday night; had he been at home,
he might probably have rescued the victims from the
unhappy maniac. When Young returned home on
Saturday night, he was so unwell that a medical gentle-
man was called in to see him, who gave it as his opinion
that he ought to be closely watched. About three o'clock
on Sunday morning, Young and his wife were heard
quarrelling by their servant-girl: he asked for some-
thing which she said she had not got. He then flew
into a passion, saying he knew she had got what he
asked for, and he was determined to have it. He at
the same time struck her, and she exclaimed, " Ah!
James, you know you ought not to have done this."
The quarrel then ceased. James Pope, a journey-
man shoemaker, in the employment of Mr. Quy, of
No. 7, High-street, Norwood, next door to the house in
which the murder was committed, was awakened about
ten minutes past 6 o'clock on Sunday morning by the
screams of a woman. He immediately got up and, with
Mr. Manshe, who lives at No. 5, knocked at the door of
Young, which was opened by the servant-girl, who, in
answer to their question, " What is the matter?" replied,
she did not know, but thought her master was killing
Mrs. Young. They saw blood dripping down the stairs,
and Mrs. Young lying with her feet on the stairs, and
her head on the landing-place, bleeding from a wound in
the throat; there was a cut on the throat and another at
the back of the neck. His (James Pope's) impression is,
that Young first cut his wife's throat in the bedroom;
that she crawled to the top of the stairs, and screamed
for help until she became exhausted; he recollects the
scream growing fainter until it died away. Upwards of
two minutes elapsed after he heard the first scream be-
fore he got into the house. Whilst Pope and Manshe
were on the landing place, Young came out of the bed-
room; they then ran down stairs and went for a police-
man and a doctor. No person saw Young cut his throat
as he did it before any one returned to the house. It
further appears that shortly before six o'clock on Sun-
day morning Mrs. Young called the servant-girl up and
told her to get breakfast ready; whilst the girl was
lighting the fire she heard Mr. Young ask for something,
to which his wife rcplii-d, " My dear, I have not got
any." He said, " You have;" a scuffle ensued, and her
mistress endeavoured to call her by name, but could not;
fearing that he was ill-using her, she ran out and called
at Mr. quy's house. The scuffle was the fatal repetition
of the quarrel which the girl heard at three o'clock the
same morning.
The inquest will be held this evening.

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tion suddenly attracted by the faint groans of a poor creature
lying on the pavement, near the Coronation public-house, in
the above street, and shivering with cold. On appreaching
her he found her in a very exhausted state, and she appeared
as if on the brink of death from the want of food and
nourishment. She was in tke most filthy plight, being liter-
ally covered with a few dirty rags, and was reduced to such
a state of weakness as scarcely to be able to articulate. She
said she had had no food for several days, and the policeman,
assisted by another constable, conveyed her to the above in-
stitution, when dle was attecded to by Mr. Cadge, the
night-surgeon, who pronounced her to be in a dying state.
She was so exhausted as to be unable to take any nourish-
ment, and notwithstanding all the care and attention paid
her, she expired in an hour and a quarter after her admission.
The deceased appears to have been about 55 years of age, and
has all the appearance of having died from want and des-
titution.

THE ALLEGED MURDER IN STEPNEY.—yesterday,
the adjourned inquiry was resumed and concluded before
Mr. William Baker, coroner, at the Grave Maurice, White-
chapel road, respecting the death of William Bridge, a
painter, aged 61 years, who died in the London Mospital, on
Sunday, the 11th inst., from a rupture in the bladder,
alleged to have been occasioned by a female named Mary
Burns, in the Artichoke beer-shop, Jubilee-street, Stepney,
on Thursday evening, the Ist instant. Mr. Buchanan, a soli-
citor, attended for the accused. It was alleged by three
witnesses, who were present during the affray, that the
woman Burns stamped three times upon the deceased while
he was lying upon the door, and that she wore a pair of
wooden clogs with iron round the soles at the time she did
so. The deceased afterwards complained of severe pains in his
stomach and abdomen, and was removed to the London Hos-
pital, where he expired on Sunday, the 11th inst. Mr. John
Nash, house surgeon to the London Hospital, attributed
death to a rupture of the bladder. It might have been pro-
duced by a kick or a fall against some pointed substance. A
girl,- named Eleanor Holmes, sister to the female Burns,
was examined at great length, and she entirely contradicted
the statements made by the previous witnesses. She stated
that several men were in the tap-room, very much intoxi-
cated, and they commenced abusing the deceased, who was
also drunk. Her sister entered the room and advised him
to leave the house. One man, named Haynes, struck her
sister, and the deceased also struck and kicked her on the
right leg. He was about to kick her again, and he fell side-
ways over a chair with great violence. She did not see her
sister kick the deceased at all, and she was quite certain her
sister did not wear any clog boots that day. Jane Storey, of
No. 3. Henry-street, Jubilee-street, Stepney, stated that she
was present during the altercation between the deceased and
Mary Burns. The deceased was sitting in a chair when
Burns entered the room, and endeavoured to eject the old
man from the house. She kicked him on the leg, and then
dragged him from his chair. He fell upon the floor from her
violence, and she stamped upon the lower part of his sto-
mach. She was desired to desist, and she then left the
room. In answer to questions by the coroner, the witness
said that the female Holmes was not present during the
affray, and that Burns did wear a pair of clog boots on that
day. The Coroner then. summed up at great length, and
the jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of
" Manslaughter against Mary Burns." The witnesses were
then bound over to prosecute. Burns will be brought up
before the magistrates at the Thames Police Court on
Thursday next, when she will be fully committed to take
her trial at the Central Criminal Court, for the manslaughter
of the deceased.

THE
JUDGES
AND CORPORATION AT ST. PAUL'S.—
On Sunday, it being the first in term, the judges and
civic corporation went in state to St. Paul's Cathedral,
where they attended Divine service. There were present
Lord Denman, Sir Thomas Wilde, Lord Chief Justice of the
Court of Common Pleas; Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Al-
derson, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Baron Rolfe, Mr. Justice
Cresswell, Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams, Mr. Sergeant
Wilkins, Mr. Sergeant Chadwick Jones, Mr. Sergean Man-
ning, the Lord Mayor (with his chaplain, the Rev. 11. E. C.
Cobden, M.A.), Alderman Farebrother, Alderman Sir Chap-
man Marshall, Alderman Kelly, Alderman Hughes Hughes,
Alderman Farncombe, Alderman and Sheriff Challis, Mr.
Sheriff Kennard, the Recorder, Mr. Commissioner Bullock,
and a large number of members of the Common Council; the
Lord Bishop of London, the Lord Bishop of Llandaff (Dean
of St. Paul's), the Lord Bishop of Oxford, the Venerable
William Hale Hale, M.A., Archdeacon of London ; the
Venerable Archdeacon It. Wilberforce, the Honourable and
Rev. H. Montague Villiers, M.A., Rector of St. George's,
Bloomsbury, and Canon Residentiary of St. Paul's; the Rev.
James Endell Tyler, 8.D., Rector of St. Giles's and Canon
Residentiary of St. Paul's; the Rev. T. Boyle Murray ; the
Rev. H. Browne ; the Rev. W. J. Hall, and several other
clergymen in their robes. Full choral service was per-
formed, and a sermon preached by the Lord Bishop of Lon-
don, who selected for his text the tenth verse of the second
chapter of the general epistle by St. James--" Whoever
keepeth the whole law, and yet offendeth in one point is
guilty of all." The Right Rev. Prelate dwelt on the nature
of sin, exposed the destination drawn by the Roman Catholic
Church between moral and venial sins, and impressively set
forth the efficacy of true repentance. At the close of the
sermon the procession left the cathedral in the order in
which it had entered

FIRE NEAR- WESTMINSTER ABBEY. Yesterday
morning, at three o'clock a fire, attended with serious de-
struction of property, broke out in a large building known
as the Prince of Wales beer-shop, the property of Mr. E.
Underwood, 10, Princes-street, Westminster, nearly facing
the Abbey. A police-constable of the B division, in passing
the premises, first discovered the fire, by perceiving flames
issuing through the bar shutters. The constable raised an
immediate alarm, and after considerable trouble the inmates
were aroused from their slumbers, but such a firm hold the
flames had obtained, that none of the residents were able
to escape by the staircase. By great perseverance the whole
of the parties succeeded in effecting a safe retreat from the
blazing premises by the back windows. Although the fire-
men exerted themselves to the utmost, they were unable to
get the tire extinguished until the whole of the stock in the
building was destroyed, and the premises nearly gutted.
SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. ARNOTT, OF CHATHAM
DOCKYARD.—Mr. Carter yesterday held an inquiry at the
Clayton Arms, Kennigton-uval, on the body of Mr. Robert
Arnott, aged 70, master carpenter of the dockyard at Chat-
ham. Susan Austen, housemaid to Edward Russell, Esq.,
24, Kennington-oval, stated that the deceased had been
staying with Mr. Russell on a visit, Mrs. Russell being his
daughter. On Friday he had been out in the forenoon, and
was apparently well. In the evening, about seven o'clock,
she was called down stairs, and then found the deceased
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TUE TII3BENFiAIdPOISONINGS.—The uncertainty
and mystery originally attached to these cases seem to be
disappearing, and the real facts
gradually, though slowly,
unfolding themselves;
whole truth may yet be discovered. Though the cause of
death seemed at first uncertain, the chymical tests applied
and there is some probability that the
by Mr. Firth left no doubt of that being poison ; but at the
adjourned inquest, though the strong probability was that
this had been feloniously administered, there might be some
doubt remaining, considering the quantity of poison that was
proved to be about the house for the purpose of destroying
the mice, whether some of this might not accidentally leave
got mixed with the water in the pail or the tea-kittle, and so
have undesignedly caused the deplorable consequences which
followed. Subsequent discoveries, however, have set this at
rest, and it is now placed beyond a doubt that this poison has
been given by design. The jury re-assembled on Thursday
last to inquire by themselves into the new facts the case pre-
sented, but they examined no witnesses, nor was the court
opened. It is not considered prudent at present to say 'who
has fallen under suspicion; but it may be said, that other
poison has been found mixed up and secreted in a bottle and
buried two feet beneath the surface of the soil in a garden.

Every exertion is being made to discover the perpetrator of
these appalling murders, and, it is said, with some probabi-
lity of success, but no one is apprehended. It would be a se-
rious public evil for such a cue to go undetected.

THF, SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1847.