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turbation of mind. She narrated to him very artlessly.
the actual occurrences that gave rise to the alarm alla
confusion of the district. She is a young
woman, re-
siding with her sister near the Abbey ; they both Fos'
seas some claims to beauty. The elder one had gone to
Tothill-street, on Tuesday night, when a gentlemanly
man beckoned h(r. He said he had been watching her
for two hours, and ashed her if she could take him soreFci
where, and she offered him to go to her room ; he said
he had only 4s. 6d. in his pocket, which be gave
her. He had been only two or three minutes
in bed, when he rose and said he must go im-
mediately. She was suprised, and offered to get aPd
and light a candle for him to see to dress ; he said
" No, I can see as well in the dark as the light." Ile
asked her if she knew who he Was: she replied, "No.
He asked her to shake hands, and then said, in 0, tone
that alarmed her, "Do you know what you have done?
She replied, " I have done no harm." He then sold,
"I am the devil: you have sold yourself to me, ancr.irii
four days you shall be in the church-yard, and I "1,
fetch you." He then went eff. The sister told the ts?
to ethers, and it spread abroad with additions, until it
was in every one s mouth, that the bargain was te
consummated at the Abbey at midnight, and the multi'
tude assembled as stated above.
It has been said that the darkest spot in a roemA,:
that directly under the table on which the lamp stand
and oh, Most Reverend Sirs! how truly dark is the 011°
on which the shade of Westminster Abbey rests!

SUSPECTED POISONINGS. NEWPORT, ESSEX, AUG. 19.—The magistrates ec'g
.11
oLoie
for this division of the county, the Right Hon.
Braybroke, chairman, were occupied nearly the
sling e
of yesterday at the gaol of this town, in investigh
charge preferred against a married woman, named Ssrt9,
Chesman, for having attempted to poison the illegial,
mate male child of Sarah Taylor, a resident of 311/11,t
den, a neighbouring village. In consequence of vo e
has transpired since her apprehension for the above
alleged offence, active measures are being adopted o,_l‘,'r
a view of ascertaining whether the deaths of two of 7,
children, which occurred in a very sudden and nliesi
terious nanner, were not also the result of some '°13,1
play. The prisoner is the mother of a large family, a
with her husband lived in the village of Litilebuti;
near Saffron-Walden. The mother of the child, 4'
single woman, while in the service of a farmer'?
Clavering became enciente by him, the result of 0111
was the infant in question, and he was adjudged to p
the usual weekly amount towards its support. 0
weeks after it had been born, and while the parent 11,4,
staying at her mother's residence at Maunden, the 1):;,.
soner, who was a perfect stranger to them, visited Pls' 0
upon a pretence not yet explained. On seeing to
child, she evinced great fondness towards it, took it fg
in her arms and nursed it. Immediately aftersvaru,so
became violently sick, fell into strong convulsions, !hog
has since assumed a wasting appearance. Oil, "„d.
o-...casion it was surmised that the prisoner had 1;0
ministered something poisonous to the infant,
as in most villages there being but little as
s;3.
M'
Muse at hand, she made off. In a few mouths'o
however, the mother weaned the infant,
'io and vietify
service, leaving it in charge of the grandmother, and
day or two the prisoner again made her appearance_,A
inquire after the condition of the child. She expret:7,
the deepest concern respecting it, and apparently ni*Tfd,
fested the greatest kindness towards it. The gli'eti
mother had to leave the house for a few seconds, ,1100
the prisoner instantly took up the infant, and snit'. •
would go too. She then went out, and on proceechnifni
short distance from the house, she turned a corner, log
immediately afterwards she was seen putting son3ete 0
into its mouth, and she was then seen to wipe her finrct
on her gown. The child was almost instantly convulse
o.
and manifested the usual symptoms of being poisoneto
The mouth was besmeared with something similarlig
yellow salve, and the prisoner was accused of hoLa
attempted to destroy it. She however decampedt.,iett
escaped detection until Tuesday week, ''d at
she was apprehended by Mr. Superinten eio
Clarke, of the constabulary force stationed bet
this district. On the child being taken fronl_,,,
she was noticed to throw. something into the hula.
but on being accused of endeavouring to poison therm,
font, she was seen to remove what she had apPareor
thrown there. A little girl spoke to seeing in then of
cus the child had expectorated two yellow pills, 0 0,
which, however, she had unfortunately destrolo
thereby preventing their analysis. At the prisottortS
dwelling a number of galleypots, filled with various ileree
of ointment, were found, which the bench erdtrot
to be forwarded to London to undergo a sefi-
chemical examination. A great mass of or
dence was adduced, and the Chairman,
ut,oo
consulting his brother magistrates, deterplined Abe
committing the prisoner to Chelmsford for trial Lives ig,
next assizes for the attempt. The magistrate
the course of their investigation having received la
death
mation of a most suspicious nature relative to tehrrn in
of two sons of the prisoner, which were
_i_tditwith the
Clavering churchyard, instantly communicated
exbu
county coroner, who as promptly ordereddtonne
tion of their bodies. This was accomplitat prevailed in.
and nothing could exceed the sensation Monday,
teh decomposed,
the village. The bodies, which were ou I
were found in one coffin. The
what was left of the
attendance possessed themselves of nalysig
which will undergo a
contents of their stomachs, the
at one of the London Hospitals. The boys were of
~.
medics, gentlemen in
respective ages of ten and twelve years, and died. _11:.
January, 1845, The eldest is represented to have bee:
well on a Sunday at 2 o'clock, and a corpse late ill the
evening.. The other one died on the Tuesday follow he
They are stated to have been very hearty lads. 1, '-
coroner, at a late period of the day, opened the inquiry'
and after taking evidence identifying the bodies, 8 .
journed it.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Armin 21. er.
STOW EZOlArraz.—The sales are—Birmingham and Gloncieorat
Quarters, 31% —Bristol and South Wales Junction, 6s. 3cl.
British, New, 13% —Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 4—Taff Vale, Se('
MANCHESTER, AUGUST 21. 1
STOCK EXCHANGIL—The sales are—Blackburn Clitheroe, --"•0011
dig. —Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, % dis.,—Buckinghan tiet,
Bletchley, 5-16 dis.— Clitheroe Junction, % dis.—Eastern C°tuytir•
York Extension, 1 9-16 p.—East Lancashire, 7% p•--E"' /3-
colnshire, % dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 dis.
Wax, and Bradford, 2% p.—Huddersfield and Manchester Itt 4:111,
and Canal, 1
• A P. —Lancaster and North Yorkshire, es-
' ct
Dirwsbury, and Manchester, 3% p.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, Bn
ton, 3 dis.—Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Southport. utll-
- Manchester, and Birmigham, 79—Manchester and
ampton, 7-16 dis.—North Eastern, I% dis.—North Wales, 2%
efneli
—.Huddersfield+, way
North Western, % p.—Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 1% dis.-0 eS,
and Lincolnshire Junction, % dis. —Sheffield and Mancilo
ior
Quarters, No. 3, 3-16—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, ~ 4,
shire Union, % dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, Marvell,
P.—West Riding Union, 2 7.16 p.

LEEDS, ApuusT 1.
STOCK EXCIIINGE.—The sales are--Eas2tern Counties, •-r0 lr -derr
tension, gis. 6d. p.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 1% 13.--",,,d
r,
field and Sheffield, 7 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 3U C. Ditlsisk,
Branches, 1% p.—Ditto, Extension, 2s. 6d. p.—Leeds and T 10,0..
4% dis. —Ditto, New, 31. 6s. 6d. dis.—Manchester and Leeds
.El.!'
lc
slons, 2/. 6s. p.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 565. 6,1. sot' and North Midland, East and West Riding, 11
tingham, and Boston, 16s. dis. s.—Clitheroe Junction, 185. 6d.
01.01
Great Eastern and Western, 30s. 6d. dis. —Lancashire and 239.
Yorkshire, 18s. dis.—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North-Eastern, e.
dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 16s. dis.—Leicester arui
ford, 10s. dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3%
chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 18s. p.—Northura,l,.
and Lancashire Junction, 15s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 3,5 1.0-
North Western, 4s. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 20sives,
—South Midland, 12s. 6d. p.—Welsh Midlands, 325. dis•
Riding Union. 474—York. and Carlisle, 435. dis.P*—Arabergate,dis.....

HULL, AUGUST 21.-.
,-, mile BranCh,
STOCK Exclimm.-The sales are-North British, ..,ar..-..„,e4tw00d,
715.-Anffiergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 365. 6d-.
,'`',go. %1......
Presion, and West Riding, 98.-Leicester and Tamwortnives's7ern-: 25.
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3/. Bs. 9d. p.-
1111.ntlannties Union,
p.-North Staffordshire, 2/. 19s. 6d. p. c.-Northern --- ..„.,it OS-
10s.-West Riding Union, 41. 13s 6d..--Leicester and Bedford,
-Leicester and Birmingham, 3s. 6d.-Welsh Midland, 17s. 6d
SHEFFIELD, AUGUST 21,
31x.cpx.t..2Gokrim-sTbyheansdalessheartne
tension, 345.
.....
Lincoln Union and Canal, 19s. dis.-North Western, 23. 6d• P
Quarter Shares, 12s. dis.-South Wedes, 15s. dis.-Manchester *-
eidEEaremnsioCii°,uultiBess.
Sheffield and Lincolnshire, Bs. dis.-West Riding Union, 12s.
YORK. AUGUST 21,
Od•
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Buckinghamshire, IL 14.,5;A,
-Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn)
2/. ls.-Newcastle and Berwick, 2716-Newcastle and Darlington,
.diYs.orkj:,toi
New, 10% -North British, 38%-Ditt Half . , Di," 0, Shares, 13% --- „nog
Carlisle Extension, 3/. lßs. 6/1.-North Western, 11 'r t B'" J A -11 es 0
, 141.-London and 10,,,.
Union, 414 -York and Carlisle, 14s. 6d.-York and North 311 d/
(East and West Riding Extension), 1214.
GLASGOW, AUGUST 20.
4;gh AO
STOCK ExCifiticE. -The sales are-Banffshire, 178.-Brl.--fioa,
Irish Union, 425. 9d.-Caledonian, New, 28s.- Clydesdale Jitney. ii.
241.-Direct Northern, 345.-East of Fife, 215.-East Indian '''"----
way, 148.-Edhiburgh and Northern, 101.-Ditto, Newpoltialas. - Edinburgh and Perth, 655.-Glasgow General Terminus, 6% .0.
gow and Belfast Union, 58.5.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and ArdN'ens.
305.-Great Indian Peninsular, 65.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballynivar-
N.-Manchester and Southampton, 325. 6d.-Newcastle and ale,
lington Junction, New, 1116-North British, Extensions to Caro
82s. (d.-Perth and Inverness, 325.-Scottish Central, 19)4-Scotty
Midland Junction, 71. is.- South Midland. Ms.

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DIFFERENT KINDS OF COALB.—A/1 inquiry of COr
...,ask
siderable interest and great practical value is now in jo°6„ ic
we may mention, in connexion with the Museum of 101:016
Geology, in behalf of the Admiralty, in reference to the,' poV
of coals for the use of the steam navy. It is designeu,fthe
merely to ascertain, by chemical analysis, the constituenoo
..0
coals, but, by an extensive series of comparative experitor,A, to
mode determi
of ne teir heating powers and the most econonno
effecting their combustion. With this objecto, view, we find steam-boilers are now being erected at tbe,..ma
gineering college at Putney ; and we have no doubt, fro
the well-known skill of Sir Henry de la Beche and Dr. AT be
Playfair, under whose direction the examination is to
made, that much information of great importance to 131 tbs,
facturers and engineers will be afforded, in addition t°,....,
object for which the experiments have been instituted'
Athenaeum.

BIRTHS.
After seven days' severe suffering (but under the 11.1.3,,1
mitting care of Mr. Robinson and Dr. Noyes, finally ass's-
by Dr. Lever) the wife of Dr. Mullinder, of Westrovrellel
place, Camberwell, of a daughter, still-born. 0
On the 21st inst., in Soho-square, Mrs. Madiinlen of
daughter.
On the 23d of May last, at Kolapore, the lady of CAP
Paget W. Clarke, 2d Grenadiers, B. N. i., of a daughter•iady
On the 18th inst., at Corston Cottage, near Bath, the °.
of Henry Eden Jones, Esq., of g acr.).
On the 19th inst., the lady of John Marshall Mari Kr
of a daughter.
On the 19th inst., in Clifton-place, Susses-square, tbo
lady of Frederick :rower, Esq., of a son.
On the 19th inst., Mrs. Robinson, of MarYlendig'inty
Stratford, EP,.,ex, of a son.

MARRIED.
On 'ale 19th inst., at York, Edmund Jamas Smith, 135411.:
of Ilarliament-street, Westminster, to Margaret, eldest clang
ter of John Noble, Esq., of York.

DIED. bridge
On the 14th inst.,;' at the Calverle Hotel Tun
the Ist 0
r
.
Wells, John William Spicer, Esq , late Captain .4^ in ..
King's Dragoon Guards, aged 79.. On the 16th inst., at Shelton Rectory, Bedfordshire, garft
wife of the Rev. Daniel Crofts. On the 18th inst., at Southsea, near Portsmouth, liE zs,
the wife of Colonel Edward Parkinson.
On the 18th inst., at Welling, Mrs. Elizabeth Coo ieinp..r•
On the 19th inst., the Rev. Robert Rose Rolfe, o
nal l, Norfolk.

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22, 1846.
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