The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-09 00:00:00

THE LATE DREADFUL MURDERS AT

LAN Gli UR NE .

A good deal cf excitement has prevailed during
the past week in the neighbourhood of Carmar-
then, in consequence of its having been currently
rumours d that Elizabeth Gibbs, who was recently
committed upon a charge of murdering, by poison,
her mistress, the lady of T. 11. Severne, E•q., of
Brixton, and a fellow-servant, named Rebecca Uphill,
had made a full confession of her guilt. In conse-
quence of this rumour, and of some official commu-
nications made to them, the magistrates deemed
it to be their duty to commence an iiquiry into all
the circumstances of the murder, so as to bind over
all the necessary witnesses ; and three days were
devoted to this purpose, during which some facts, not
disclosed before the coroner, were elicited. Among
the new witnesses examined was a girl named
Mary Jones, who had lived in the service of the
Governor of Carmarthen gaol. She deposed that
she remembered the prisoner Elizabeth Gibbs being
brought into the gaol. One day in conversation
she told witness that her master directed her to go up
to her mistress, and when she went to her, her mis-
tress said to her, " 0, Betsy, wby have you given
me something ? I wish 1 bad not taken it now."
She also told her on one occasion, that
Peggy brought her the arsenic, and that when
she asked her where she got it from, she
replied from a chemist's shop in Langharne•street;
she went from the house to get it. On another
occasion she said to witness, "I could not sleep,
night or day, till this was done to my mistress,
or my fellow-servants." She also said that
she had seen lights passing her window, and that
it was the devil who told her to do it, and who kept
her from sleeping. On another occasion the prisoner
told witness, that one Sunday morning she had to give
her master some camomile tea, and that she put some
arsenic into it.

The prisoner, who was present during the investi-
gation, contradicted the truth of the girl Jones's
tes►imony, and said there were other witnesses in the
gaol, who could, if they would, prove what the truth
was.

The Magistrates said they considered the evidence
against her sufficient to send her for trial, and they
lodged a commitment against her.

THE ARCHBISHOP or CANTERBURY IN AID OF THE
SOUTHWARK .I'u/cp.—Yesterday morning his Grace the
Archbishop of Canterbury preached a sermon in the parish
church of Streatham, in aid of the Southwark Fund. The
text was taken from John xii. 32 :—" And I, if I be lifted up,
will draw all men unto me. The Archbishop, in enforcing
the duty of liberality on the congregation, strengthened his
appeal by adverting to the recent attempt of the Pope to
regain his ancient supremacy over this country. "Our ad-
versaries," said his Grace, "had lately shown a bold front
in assuming a jurisdiction to which they had no claim. They
had usurped the right of assigning certain districts of
England to their priests, where they might practise a super-
stitious worship,an inculcate doctrines which had no warranty
of Scripture. They were the children of darkness, but they
were wiser in their generation than the children of light,
who neglected to employ those means by which alone their
(the Romanists') designs might be counteracted. In the
faith of the Romish.Church, which was now again attempt-
ing to supplant our true religion, there was much that
found but a too-ready acceptance in the human heart, not to
speak of a form of worsbip which was addressed to the out-
ward senses, designed to catch the eye and captivate the ear.
We know how effectively many of their practices had mis-
led mankind in past ages. It was very alluring to be told
that a nun of like passions with ourselves had the power to
forgive sins--that when a true confession is made to him
with a profession of repentance, absolution is procured, and
the sinner departs in peace. Such a doctrine was not un-
likely to gain success among a population, many of whom
were as uninstructed in the knowledge of God as the natives
of a heathen land. Such were the effects of human weak-
ness on the one hand, and of Romish plausibility on the
other, that many who had known the Scriptures from their
youth had been ensnared by the pernicious tenets of Ro-
inanisrc. What then might be expected from those who
were as ignorant of their spiritbal condition as heathens ?
He trusted, in conclusion, that Christian benevolence would
be largely displayed to provide religious instruction for a
district in which there was one clergyman to 1,000 persons.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are
entertaining company at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland.

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The youthful Marquis of Lothian, we bear, has
succeeded to the bulk of the fortune and estates in Norfolk of
the late Dowager Lady Suffield.
FESTIVITIES AT WoBURN ARUM—The Duke and
Duchess of Bedford are surrounded by a numerous and dis-
tinguished circle of friends at their princely seat in Bedford-
shire. Among the visitors are the Marquis of Northampton,
the Earl and Countess of Hardwicke, the Earl of Strafford,
the Earl and Countess of Sefton, the Earl Fitzwilliam and
Ladies Fitzwilliam (3), the Earl and Countess Spencer, the
Countess of Kerry and the Hon. C. Gore, Lord de Manley,
Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Lord Sidney Osborne, Viscount and
Viscountess Enfield, Mr. and Mrs. Morier and the Misses
Morier, Mr. and Miss Dawson Darner, &c. The Countess
(Dowager) of Sefton and Ladies Molyneux, the Earl and
Countess of Mount Edgecumbe,and Viscount and Viscountess
Ebrington are among the recent departures from the abbey.
BURSTING OF A PORTER VAT.—On Thursday
morning one of the large vats of Messrs. Beamish and Craw-
ford's brewery bust with a loud crash, throwing down a
large portion of the adjacent wall The porter which it con-
tained rushed in a torrent through the vat room, and thence
escaped to the river, with whose waters it mingled. The
vat is said to have contained 500 hogsheads, and the damage
done is estimated at nearly 2,0001. -- Cork Examiner
ARREST OF THE ALLEGED MURDERER OF MR.
NORTH, J.P. A man named Walsh, the alleged murderer
of Mr. North, some few week, since, and who had absconded
from that period, was arrested by the Wolf-hill police near
Timahoe, Queen's t ounty, on the morning of Wednesday
last, after a sharp chase. The prisoner was transmitted to
Maryborough gaol, preparatory to his removal to the county
in which the murder was committed.—Carlow Sentinel

COUNTY OF LIMERICK ELECTION.—The nomina-

tion takes place on Tuesday next. v The Nation of Saturday
states that " the canvas:i of the League has been everywhere
successful ;" but observes that " the landlord i,,fluence is
gradually rallying to Dickson's tally-rooms." The struggle
will be between Captain Dickson and Mr. Michael Ryan, the
tenant-leaguer; and if Mr. Gould do not resign, Captain
Dickson is likely to be the sitting member.
AN AMERICAN EDITOR'S FIRST CITULD.—The New
_Englander gives a rhapsody proceeding from a western
editor, on the birth of his first child—" I am this day multi-
plied by two—l am a duplicate—I am number one of an in-
definite series, and there is my continuation ! And you
observe, it is not a block, nor a block-head, nor a painting,
nor a bust, nor a fragment of anything, however beautiful,
but a combination of all the arts and sciences in one—paint-
ing, sculpture, music (hear him cry!), mineralogy, chemis-
try, mechanics (see him kick !), geography, and the use of
the globes (see him nurse!). And withal, he is a perpetual
motion—a time- piece that will never run down! And who
wound him up?"

OLYMPIC THEATRE.—Aniong the recent visitors
to this attractive theatre were the following: —The Duke of
Somerset and party, Earl of Durham and party, Earl Fitz-
hardinge, Earl of Hardwicke, Earl Stanhope, Marquis of
Clanricarde and party, Lord Gardner, Lord Exmouth, Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Louthberry. Lord Chesterfield,
Lord Seaham, Lady Talbot and party, Lady Conroy, Miss
Burdett Coutts and party, Sir Wm. Anstruther, &c.
THE COURT.—The first of the proposed dramatic
entertainments to be given this winter at Windsor Castle by
her Majesty, is appointed to take place on Thursday next.
A select party of about 100 distinguished personages have,
by her Majesty's command, been invited by the Lord Cham-
berlain, and several of the Cabinet Ministers are among the
number invited.

RUTLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETT.—The annual
meeting of this society for the show of stock was held at
Oakham on Wednesday. The Marquis of Exeter took the
first prize in the all England class for sheep and oxen. About
80 gentlemen afterwards sat down to dinner, Mr. Talbot
Clifton presiding.

DISCOVERY OF COAL NEAR CHELTENHAM.—A (Hs..
covery has just been made which is likely to be of immense
importance to the town of Cheltenham and neighbourhood.
Last week some men were sinking for water at Hatherly, on
one of the estates recently purchased of the Rev. Dr. Roy
by Mr. Thomas Pickernell, when they came upon appear-
ances which gave evident indications of the existence of coal.
An engineer was called in, who examined the strata, and,
hie report being highly favourable, arrangements are now
being made for sinking a shaft.
THE ROMISH ARCHBISHOP or DUBLIN.—Tbe
statement which appears in the daily papers to the effect
that the Right Rev. Dr. Murray, Roman Catholic Arch-
bishop of Dublin, had been a cardinal for some years, is
wholly incorrect. No such appointment could take place
privately, nor without the fiat of a convocation of cardinals.
It is understood, however, that the archbishop could have
had the distinction conferred on him some years ago had he
chosen to accept it.
DISMISSAL OF THE SECRETARY BY THE BOARD OF
GUARDIANS OF ST. MARYLRBONE.—On Friday a very large
meeting of the directors and guardians of the poor of St.
Marylebone took place at the board-room of the workhouse.
for the purpose of considering a motion, of which notice
had been given by Mr. Machie, " That the board, at their
next meeting, do proceed to act upon the resolution passed
unanimously on the 22d ult., and confirmed this day, that
the office of secretary to this board be declared vacant."
Sir James Hamilton moved, out of delicacy to the feelings of
the secretary, that he be permitted the option of retiring, if
he thought proper, during this discussion. Mr. Thorne
said he would rather remain. Mr. Mechie then brought
forward his motion for the dismissal of the secretary,
stating his reasons. He was in hopes that the secretary
would have saved him (Mr. Mechie) the trouble, and the
board the pain, of hearing him, by going out of office volun-
tarily, and he would have advised him to have resigned his
office. Mr. Powell seconded the resolution. Mr. Thompson
said, under all the circumstances, it was impossible that the
conduct of the secretary, notwithstanding his length of
service, could be justified. Sir James Hamilton said, how-
ever much he deeply regretted and sympathised with Mr.
Thorne in his present position, he must confess there were
some parts of his conduct which deserved censure; and when
he (Sir J. Hamilton) remembered his past services, he more
deeply regretted that he was compelled to acquiesce in that
censure. After Mr. Thorne had been heard in defence,
in the coupe of which he said his services of seventeen years
had been referred to. and till this unfortunate occurrence he
had never had even the whisper of an accusation against
him; but the proceedings of the board put him in mind of
the
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htoehrernsti, ENT. —The governors of Bet hien
Hospital have estates in Lincolnshire producing a rental of
6,0001. a year, and (with Lord Yarborough and other land-
lords) they have returned to the tenants 15 per cent. upon
the last half-year's rent, on account of the depression in the
price of agricultural produce.
A very sudden death occurred at Caine yesterday
morning. Mr. JallleS Bewley, of the iqkirsli,
retired to bed
on, Tuesday, night -in his-usual health, •and when Mrs.
Bewley rose in the morning, be observed no change in him.
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