The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-22 00:00:00

MORNING, JULY 22, 1846.

L. Alcoa, Esq. to be Major, vice Hilliard, resigned, read T.
St. L. Alcock, Major Unattached, to be Major, vice Hilliard,
resigned.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Carnarvonshire.
The Hon. A. D. Willoughby to be Deputy Lieutenant;
C. G. Wynne, Esq., td be Deputy Lieutenant, -July 13.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Argyllshire.
Argyll and Bute Regiment of Militia—Sir A. Campbell,
Bart., to be Captain ; C. Campbell, Esq., to be Captain ;
M. Campbell, Esq., to be Captain ; D. Campbell, Esq., to be
Captain; A. Kerr, Gent., to be Lieutenant; J. Campbell,
Gent., to be Lieutenant ; D. P. Campbell, Gent., to be
'En iign ; A. Maclaine, Gent., to be Ensign; S. M. Eddington,
Gent., to be Ensign ; G. Macneill, to be Ensign, July 1.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
John Caines, farmer, Chilton Cantelo, Somersetshire.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
David Thomas, corn merchant, Narbeth, Pembrokeshire.
Herman Julius Marcus and John Naylor, sharebrokers,
Leeds.

BANKRUPTS.
Charles Pullman, hosier, Strand, to surrender July 31, at
twelve, and Sept. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornbill ; Reed and
Langford, Friday-street.
Samuel Ward, lasting manufacturer, Lillypot-lane, City,
July 28, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 2, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Smith,
Barnard's Inn.

William Green, boarding-housekeeper, Dorset-place,
Dorset-square, July 31, at eleven, and September 1, at half-
past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official as-
signee, Aldermanbury ; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-
chambers.

Isaac Bryant, licensed-victualler, Kingsland-road, July
31, at twelve, and Sept. 1, at half-past eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
C. J. and A. Jenkinson, Cannon-street.

Alexander Alexander and John Alexander, opticians,
Exeter, Aug. 5 and Sept. 2, at eleven, at the Exeter District
Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Turner, Exeter;
Speer, Broad-street Buildings, City.
John Taylor, rope .manufacturer, Hollingwood, Lancashire,
Aug. 6 and 27, at SleVen, at the Manchester District Court.
Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and.
Weatherall, Temple; Pollard, Manchester.,
John Stendall, baker, Hucknall-under-Hnthwaite, Not-
tinghamshire, July 31, and Aug. 21, at eleven, at the Shef-
field District Court. Freeman, official asSignee, Leeds ; Freeth
awl Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields; Freeth and Co., Nottingham.
William Holdsworth, apothecary, Yorkshire, Aug.
1 and 24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. :Hope,
official assignee, Leeds; Sudlow, Chancery-lane; Stewart,
Ilorbury; Cariss, LeedS.-
William Wood, wine and apirit merchant, Shrewsbury
August 4 and 29, at. twelYe, at the Birmingham 'District
Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Wace,
Shrewsbury ; Smith, Birmingham.

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
J. Denew, auctioneer, Charles. street, Berkeley-square—
a div. of 3s. 4d. in the pound, on Thursday, July 23, and
three following Thursdays, at the office of Mr. Belcher,
King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street.
W. J. Haddan, brewer, Tottenham—a div. of 3s. in the
pound, on Thursday, July 23, and three following Thursdays,
at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-
street.

J. Nicholson, linendraper, Blackburn, Lancashire—first
div. of 4s. 101,d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office
of Mr. Fraser, Manchester.
J. Birkett, tanner, Cockermouth—final div. of 45.10/cl.
in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
J. and J. Brooks, curriers. Glastonbury—first div. of
in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Miller,
Bristol.

G. Robertson, J. Garrow, and J. Alexander, ship chandlers,
Liverpool—final div. of lid. in the pound, on auy Thursday,
at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool.
J. Brooke, cupper, Liverpool—first div. of ls. 4d. in the
pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Cazenove,
Liverpool.

S. Vertue, merchant, Liverpool—first div. of is fid. in the
pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Cazenove,
Liverpool.
J. Wallace, grocer, Sunderland—first div. of 2s. in the
pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, New-
castle-upon-Tyne.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.

IT. M. Godwin and C. Let;, ship owners, Bishopsgate-
street, Within, Aug. 14, at twelve—W. Best and J. Snowden,
printers, Southampton.
In the Country. . _

B. Davies, grocer, Abercarne, Monmouthshire, Aug. 14,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—W. Menzies, draper,
Gloucester, Aug. 13, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court
—T. Gales. W. J. Guest, J. F. Naisby, and M. Kirtley,
ship builners, Aug. 13, at half-past eleven, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court—J. Crabtree and W. Burnley,
woollen manufacturers, Tunstead, Lancashire, Aug. 14, at
one, at the Manchester District Court—J. Prior and H.
Brady. oil- merchants, Hull, Aug. 12, at ten, at the Town-
Marrian, common brewer, Sheffield, Aug. 14,
at eleven, at the Cutler's-hall, Sheffield. _ _

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.

W. and J. Sheffield. grocers, Lower Acton-place, Bagnigge
Wells-road, Aug. 13'—,T. R. Havard, commission agent,
Rhvmney, Breconshire, Aug. 17—S. A. Bull, dyer, Frome
Selwood. Somersetshire, Aug. 17—R. Gatehouse, R. Darcb,
and G. Wilkins, timber merchants, Lisson-street, Aug. 11—
M. Chapman, painter and glazier, Devonport, Aug. IB—W.
Baldock, grocer, Nottingham, Aug. 14—W. Mallet, milliner,
Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, Aug. 13—S. Hill, boiler
make, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, Aug. 12—J. Wilkinson,
grocer, Manchester, Aug. 18—T. Clay, merchant, Hudders-
field, Aug. 11—J. Godfrey, linendraper, Midsomer Norton,
Somersetshire, Aug. 11-0. Brady, commission agent, Aston,
Warwickshire, Aug. 11—G. Whitfield, soda-water manufuc •
turer, Nottingham, Aug. 11—H. Walters, licensed victualler,
Birstol, Aug. 11.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

T. and.J. English, sail makers, Liverpool—G. Birkett and
W. Tinkler, butchers, Toxteth-park. Lancashire—J. Booth
and J. Crosland, fulling millers, Milnhuse—J. J. Hadley
and E. J. Newcomb, surgeons, Birmingham—T. Gilbert and
F. Hand, electro platers, Liverpool—J. Walker, R. 'Walker,
jun., J. S. Walker, IL Smith. and IL Hacking, machine
makers, Bury, Lancashire (so far as regards J. Walker)—
J. Walker, R. Walker, jun., J. S. Walker, and R. Hacking,
ironfounders, Bury Lancashire—J. Sampson and J. Taylor,
drysalters, Birkenhead, Cheshire—M. Brown and B. Buck,
woolstaplers, Bradford, Yorkshire, July 15— C. Neal and J.
Ireland, wire-workers, Birmingham—J. Moore and J. Lister,
surgeons, Doncaster—D. Jones and D. Francis, drapers,
Bristol—E. P. North, G. Austin, and G. Guttery, iron-
founders, Kingswinford, Staffordshire—G. Conway arid W.
llunter, fellmongers, Tiverton, Devonshire.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

David Thomson, manufacturer, Paisley, July 25 and
Aug. 15, at one, at the George Inn, Paisley.
Evan Macpherson, merchant, Kingussie, July 27 and
Aug. 17, at one at the office of Mr. Macßae, Kingusie.
Robert Lockhart, livery stablekeeper, Glasgow, July 27
and Aug. 17, at twelve, at the chambers of Messrs. Btra-
thPrne and Douglas, Glasgow.
Charles M'Cance, ironmonger, Glasgow, July 27 and
Aug. 17, at two, at the chambers of Messrs. C. and R.
Baird, Glasgow.
Thomas Cochrane, laceman, Edinburgh, July 27 and
Aug. 24, at twelve, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house,
Edinburgh.
Andrew Graham, merchant, Ilawick, July 24 and Aug. 14,
at eleven, at the Commercial Inn, Hawick.

PROTESTANTISM IN POLAND.
Count Valerian Krasinski delivered the first of a series of
three lectures on the Rise and Fall of Protestantism in
Poland, on Saturday afternoon, at Willis's Rooms, to a select
assembly of the nobility and gentry. The lecturer, after a
rapid glance at the introduction of Christianity among the
Sclavonian nations, which was finally established in the 9th
century by the labours of Cyrillus and Methudins, concentrated
his attention on Bohemia and Poland, whose close connexion
and sympathy of feeling generally made their struggles for
principle common. He remarked the feeling of nationality
which strongly characterised the Sclavonian tribes generally,
and which in no small degree affected their reception of
Christianity, showing itself so early as the times of Cyrillus
and Methudins, when the Pope felt himself, in that age,
compelled to grant that mass, and the rest of the service of
the church, should be performed in the language of the
country. These same two missionaries translated the Scrip-
tures into the native tongue, and did the inhabitants thereby
additional gratification. In 1341 the predeeessor of John Huss
in the work of reformation was a Polish barrister at Breslau,
who denounced the Pope as Anti-Christ and the Roman
Church as the Whore of Babylon. The fame of Wickliffe,
too, was so great as to elicit from sonic of his admirers a
hymn in praise of his metaphysics, which was written about
1110. Already Huss was before the public mind, and his
followers increasing, not only in Bohemia, but in Poland also.
Tlie Lutheran movement extended into Silesia, and produced
great excitement in Dantzic in 1518. The Hussites and the
Lutherans joined, and formed themselves into a church, con-
stituted with bishops, after the order of the Waldenses, and
were known in Poland as the Episcopal Protestant Church.
Throughout the several struggles that were made, and which
were all but national, the Romish clergy still continued
dominant, and did continue so, very much confirmed by the
revulsion excited by the preaching of the anti-Trinitarian
d ,ctrines that originated in the Genevese Church. This
failure of our attempt to establish Protestantism in Poland
was ascribed by the lecturer to the movement not having
been identified with the national interests. Having brought
down his review of events to the year 1570, the Count con-
cluded his first lecture.

INVERNESS SHEEP AND WOOL FAIR.----0111' annual
market for sheep and wool—the principal products of the
northern counties—commenced on Friday, July 10, and
closed on Saturday evening. The market has been an ex-
cellent one for the sale of sheep. Nearly all our flocks are
disposed of at prices considerably higher than those which
were obtained last year. On Wedders the rise has been from
Is. to 2s. ; on ewes and lambs from Is. to 3s. The brisk-
ness of the demand was highly favourable to the mid-
dling class of sheep, on which the advance was greater
than on the very best description. On all, however, there is
an improvement in price, and the demand for lambs and ewes
has been almost unprecedented. The full employment of the
labouring classes, engaged in railways and other works, and
the revival of trade, with the prospect of still further im-
provement, have, no doubt, tended to produce this result.
In wool there has been very little business dore. Our
farmers looked forward to good prices, owing to the settle-
ment of the American question and the passing of the corn
bill, which must operate in rendering trade more secure and
giving an impulse to manufactures. But the staplers allege
that the market is overstocked with foreign wool—that the
price of Scotch wool has been too high for the last two or
three years—and that the foreign wools are supplanting it in
the estimation am' the use of the manufactures. These
arguments did not convince the fleece-owners, and most of
them have resolved to "hold on," or to consign their stores
to the commission agents.—Ross-shire Advertiser.
WICK, JULY 15, 1846.—The herring fishing has com-
menced here earlier than usual. Several hundred boats were
at sea last week, and had from one to ten crans. Yesterday
morning (Tuesday) there was one boat that had twenty-
eight crans. Several had from ten to fifteen crans.
Average. two and a half. There is a dearth of hired
men. Not one-half of the usual number of Highlanders
have come this year. They are getting from 61. to 81. of
wages, and their meat and lodgings during the seven weeks.
A great many boats are ashore for want of men. The boats
whose period of engagement has not vet commenced, are
selling their fresh fish at fifteen shillings per cran. This
morning (Wednesday) the boats are just returning from sea.
The average will be about two crans. —Ross- shire Advertiser.
RE-APPEARANCE OF THE POTATO DISEASE IN FUR•
NESS AND WEST CUMBERLAND.—Our Ulverton correspon-
dent, writing under Thursday's date, says—" Accounts have
been received here to-day of the potato disease of last year
having made its appearance on some farms in the Furness
district and Millom " (West Cumberland). Lancaster
Guardian.
THE POTATO DISEASE.—We grieve to state that we
have received several reports of the recurrence of the potato
disease, not only in the neighbourhood of this city, but also
in several parts of the county.—Hereford Times.

MILITARY FLOGGING AT

HOUNSLOW.
Oa Monday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held a lengthened investiga-
tion a:, the George the Fourth Inn, Hounslow-heath, touch-
ing the death of Frederick John White, a private in the
7th Hussars, which was alleged to have been caused by
punishment inflicted under the sentence of a court-martial
for insubordination, the principal charge against him being
that he had struck his sergeant across the breast with a poker.
The Coroner formally opened the inquiry some days since,
so that yesterday's was an adjourned inquest On the re-
assembling of the jury, he remarked that he trusted, in the
inquiry they were about to institute, the jury would at once
dismiss from their minds all that had been said and pub-
lished with respect to the painful circumstance. Rumour
had been busy in conveying what was not strictly in ac-
cordance with V truth ; and he trusted, therefore, that they
would maturely and calmly weigh all the evidence which
would be adduced.

Mr. WAiLEy appealed to the brother of the deceased man
as to his age. _

It appeared that he was born in January, 1819, and that
he was consequently in his twenty-seventh year.
The evidence with respect to Vie death of the deceased
was then gone into.
The first witness called was
Henry Potter, who stated that he was hospital sergeant,
and that he remembered the deceased man being admitted
into the regimental hospital on the evening of June 15, for
the purpose of being treated for certain wounds he had re-
ceived while being flogged. The wounds, which were
serious, showed themselves principally on the back, the skin
being severely cut in several places. The deceased was al-
ways considered a man of good health, and had never bees in
the hospital on account of any internal disorders.
George Sparkes, a private in the 7th Hussars (the regiment
to which the deceased belonged), was then called and ex-
amined. He deposed that he was present on the 15th of
June, when the deceased was punished for the crime of which
he had been found guilty, the punishment having taken place
in the riding-school, in the presence of the whole of the re-
giment. The punishment was inflicted by two farriers,
named Grates and Evans, both of them being attached to
the fegiment. Meceased was fastened to a ladder, which was
nailed to the wall of the riding school. The order for punish-
ment wa; publicly given by C,olonel Whyte. the commanding
officer of the regiment, to, the ,kjutant, and by the latter'
to the farriers, who forthwith commenced the number
•'of
stripes ordered. (The adjutant, who had been• present as
far as this' stage of the proceedings, was ordered by the co-
roner to retire )
Colonel Whyte, the commanding officer,. sent in "a bequest
that he might be permitted to attend, but Mr. 'Wakley per
remptorily refused.
The witness, in reply to questions put to him by Mr.-
Wakley and Mr. George Ireland Mills, the Deputy Coroner,
proceeded to say,.that in additiOn
,to the military persons
who were called to witness the punishment, De. Warren, the
regimental surgeon, was present, and stood three or four

yards from the deceased man. The "cat" was first taken
by the senior farrier, who inflicted 25 stripes out of the 150
to which the deceased man was condemned. The second
farrier then took the whip and inflicted the next 25 stripes,
and so it continued until 100 stripes had been inflicted. The
"cats" were them exchanged for new ones, with which the
remaining 50 stripes were given. The stripes followed in
quick succession, the whole number occupying less than half
an hour.

By order of the Coroner the " cats," or whips, used for
flogging in the 7th Hussars, were here produced. There
were five of them, two being tolerably new, the other three
being discoloured with blood.
The witness, on examination by the CORONER, expressed
his belief that the "cats" produced were those used in the
punishment of the prisoner, but he really could not speak
with any confidence on the matter. He agreed with a re-
mark from the Coroner, that the cord of which some of the
"cats" were composed was heavier than the others, and with
these, it appeared from subsequent testimony, the deceased
man White had been beaten. The principal wounds were
received between the shoulders. While he was being flogged
the deceased man maintained perfect silence, except asking
for a drink of water after the first twenty-five stripes had
been administered. This was given to him out of a quart
pot. When he had received 100 stripes, he cried " Lower,
lower ;" but he (the witness) did not perceive that any at-
tention was paid to the entreaty. When the 150 lashes had
been administered, deceased was released from the ladder,
water was thrown on his shirt, which was placed loosely
upon him, and over that a cloak. He then walked delibe
ratelv into the hospital, undressed himself, and went to bed.
To his wounds lukewarm water and rags were applied.
During the course of punishment several of the men fainted,
and were carried off the ground.
The CORONER inquired of the witness whether the colonel
said anything to the deceased after the punishment was in-
flicted ?—Witness replied, that Colonel Whyte said he was
sorry that he should have been compelled to resort to ex-
treme measures, but that the offence of White left him no
alternative; he was determined, as far as he could, to dis-
countenance suet' conduct in his regiment.
Richard Cook, Thomas Pi fig, Thomas Reilly, and other
privates of the regiment, were examined at considerable
len,th. Their evidence went to show that the deceased had
been publicly flogged; that the surgeon did not attend him
until the day after he was sent to the hospital; that he
complained of severe pains in the chest and side, resulting,
as they believed, from the injuries he had received ; and that
at last death relieved him from all bodily suffering. This
evidence was supported by lengthened extracts, which the
Coroner compelled Mr. Sergeant Potter to read from the
Hospital Medical Register.
The CORONER remarked that a large piece of skin had
been cut out of the back of the deceased man, and that
he would like it produced for the satisfaction of the jury.
Mr. Potter produced it. It was contained in a glass
bottle, and had the appearance of a large piece of common
leather.
Mr. Horatio Day, of Isleworth, surgeon, in answer to a
question from the Coroner, said, he had compared the piece of
flesh now produced with the piece cut out of the body, but
that they did not at all correspond.
The respective witnesses were subjected to a like exami-
nation, and said that they had seen the back of White before
he died, and that the piece of flesh bore little resemblance to
the lacerated portion of his back, which was covered with
boils some days before his death.
A private, named Matthewson, who confessed having suf-
fered military flogging, was examined. He expressed his
belief that the punishment of White was too severe. _ _

The CORONZR inquired what he (Matthewson) had been
flogged for?
_ _

Matthewson—Why, Sir, I was in the stable, when a
sergeant looked through a window. Ile said, " who's
there?" I said "Holloa," and he replied, "Is that the way
von speak to a sergeant." I said " I did not know he was a
sergeant, or I would not have done so." He then said,
" Well, if you don't know, I'll teach you better manners."
I was then locked up for a week by the instructions of the
commanding officer, and after that was sentenced to one
hundred lashes. I declare what I said was said in ignorance,
and that it was not intended to be insolent.
Loud cries of shame followed this statement, but they
were immediately checked by Mr. Mills, the Deputy Coroner.
The ConoNEn inquired of Mr. Day, the surgeon, whether
he examined the spinal marrow of the deceased?
Mr. Day replied that he had not, as he did not think it

necessary.
The CORONER said, that although he might be medically
satisfied with Mr. Day's testimony, he was not so judically,
and he would therefore order the body to be exhumed.
An attorney from Brentford, in the course of the proceed-
ings, said he appeared on behalf of the military authorities;
but the Coroner could not allow him to proceed, remarking,
that if he permitted such discussion, his Court would be con-
verted into a bear• garden, a pleasure he had no desire to
witness.—( Laughter.)
The Brentford attorney, who had conducted himself with
considerable hauteur, resumed his seat.
The inquest was adjourned until Monday next.

VAGRANTS, ENGLAND AND WALES.—From a return
just laid upon the table of the House of Commons, relative
to the number of vagrants received into union workhouses
of England and Wales during the years 1841, 1842, 1843,
1844, and 1845, it appears that the total number of unions
in the counties of England and Wales amounts to 480.
In 1841 there were received into them 93,985 men, 24,095
women, 43,577 of the males being between 18 and 40.
In 1842, males 162,163 (78,995 between 18 and 40), and
33,889 females. In 1843, males 241,665 (112,533 between
18 and 40), and 40,831 females. In 1844, males 252,558
(118,280 of whom were between 18 and 40), and 39,837
females. In 1845, males 247,377 (116,725 between 18 and
40), and 39,539 females.
ESCAPE AND RE-CAPTURE.—The only prisoner tried
at Windsor Sessions, on Saturday, was a boy, who had
" broken prison" the night before, and who was found guilty
of picking the pocket of a farmer's wife, and sentenced to
be imprisoned for three months, and privately whipped.
The boy, who is only thirteen years of age, and who belongs
to a London gang of thieves, manifested considerable adroit-
ness in escaping from prison on the night before his trial.
The clothes of the prisoners are invariably taken away from
them before they are locked up for the night. He had
managed, however, to cut out the lining from his trousers,
and seen* in the mattress in his cell. He had also
secreted a knife, with which he loosened the bars of the
ward, and afterwards dropped down into the yard, scaled
the outer wall, and got clear away, with nothing on but his
trousers lining and his shirt. He was, however, appre-
hended after having been at large several hours. just lip
time to take his trial. It appears that he had mistaken n:
road to London, and had to retrace his steps through
Windsor to get to town, when he was captured by the
local police.
SUSPECTED INFANTICIDE.—An inquest was held on
Saturday at the Cumberland Head, City-road, on an infant.
The charge had been already investigated by the magistrate
at Worship-street, who had remanded a woman named
Hughes, in whose possession the child was found. Mrs.
Hughes now stated before the coroner that on Thursday
evening an elderly lady, wearing spectacles, accosted her,
and, after conversation, engaged her at 4s. a week. On ar-
riving at her residence, she took a coffin from under the bed,
and desired her to take it to the sexton's, on arriving at
whose house she found she was too late, and she was unable,
on her return, to discover again the house of the lady. She
then took the coffin home, and placed it in a closet. 'On the
following morning she went to William Pratt, the sexton of
St. Luke's, Old-street, to have it buried, and he, being sus-
picious of the circumstances, gave her into custody. Several
witnesses bore testimony to this statement, and described the
dress of thellady whom they had seen speaking to Hughes.
The surgeon having given his evidence, the jury returned a
verdict of " Natural Death."
DUNNING.—PERTHSHIRE.—This village was thrown
into a state of great excitement on Sabbath evening, by a
report that James M'Lellan, merchant, who had been taken
unwell, and died, notwithstanding every effort to relieve hint
that medical skill could devise, had been poisoned.
Various circumstances led to the apprehension of the
wife of the unfortunate man, while a messenger was
sent off to Perth with the necessary information to
the authorities. Mr. M'Lean, Procurator-fiscal, and
Dr. Malcom, immediately proceeded to Dunning, where
the latter opened the body of M'Lellan, and analysed
the contents of his stomach, among which there is said to
have been detected a considerable quantity of arsenic. An
investigation immediately took place, and the result was the
full committal of Mrs. M'Lellan, charged with the murder of
her husband. From what we have been able to learn
of this tragic affair, it appears that M'Lellan and
his wife had not, for a considerable time past, been
on the best of terms with each other, arising, it is

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alleged, from her partiality for a mason of the name
of Gow, who had been lodging with them for several years.
(It may be here remarked that Gow was also taken into cus-
tody, on suspicion of being connected with the murder; but
there being no evidence to criminate him, Le was liberated on
Monday.) The poison, it is said, was administered to
M'Lellan on Saturday evening, when at his tea, on
a soda scon,' the butter and arsenic being covered
over with currant jelly. The unfortunate man died
the subsequent evening in great agony. The woman
who purchased the arsenic, came voluntarily and gave her
testimony to the authorities, she not having been suspected
as being connected with the affair. It is further alleged that
a previous attempt, in the same way, had been made on the
Friday evening, but not in sufficient quantity to effect the
fatal purpose. As we have already said, the tragedy has
caused a deep sensation in Dunning, as well as throughout
the whole neighbourhood.—Edinburgh Weekly Register.