The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-29 00:00:00

'SINGULAR DISCOVERY OF A SUSPECTED MURDER

—Some few weeks ago, as a man, assisted by his son,
was digging turf in a lonely part of Longton Moss,
near Preston, he discovered the remains of a human
body under the following circumstances :—ln the
course of his labours, he came to a spot of ground
which had long been called the " grave," from the
peculiar form and appearance of the grass growing
over it being in the shape of a grave, and the sods'
upon it much more verdant than the surrounding
vegetation. When he had put his spade down among
the turf, and was working it about to loosen the mass
of soil which he wished to dislodge, he encountered
something that obstructed his operations, which he
thought was an accumulation of matted sticks, frequently
found in turbaries. It proved, however, to be hair, and
a human skull which he had just thrown out was
covered with long tresses. lie then became aware that
he had opened the resting-place of a fellow-creature,
and in the breast of the earth which his labours
had cleared the traces of a body were apparent. All
was decomposed, except some of the larg,er bones ;
but where the head and neck had lain the earth was
of a different colour, as though it had been soaked
with blood. The remains were most of them collected,
and removed to a neighbouring house, where the
hair was washed, and found to be of a very dark colour.
The singularity of the occurrence caused no small
talk in the district, and various were the surmises offered
to account for it, in the course of which the fol-
lowing statement was gathered, which appears the most
probable one, and which is submitted in hopes that it
may, perhaps, lead to a discovery of the individual
by whom the crime has been perpetrated : About
twenty-two years ago, during the summer months, a
man and a woman, both of whom were strangers, were
seen one Sunday on the Moss, in company together ;
and, by their appearances and behaviour, attracted the
attention of the country people, who thought they were
" courting." The evening was calm, and at midnight a
respectable inmate of Sod-hall, which was the nearest
house to the spot, was awoke from her sleep, by loud
and piercing shrieks at some distance. She opened the
window to listen, and heard a woman screaming, in an
agonised manner, " Spare my life ; do not murder me !"
All then was hushed, nor did she hear anything further.
A few days afterwards a red shawl was found near
the place, which was recognised as being the one
worn by the woman who was seen on the previous
Sunday, and some one remarked an appearance on
the moss as though the sods had been removed. Some
slight inquiry was made by the constable, but the place
was unopemed, nor was further notice taken of it until
some years after, when the grass had grown so verdantly
over it, and it was so singularly formed, as to acquire
the name of " the grave !" and sods were frequently cut
from it on account of their being better than any near
it. Ties ground, when dug into, was still looser than the
surrounding earth, as moss soil, when once disturbed, is
a lung time before it again becomes firmly bound toga-
ther.—Prestcrit Chronicle.
ART-UNIONS BILL.—Lord Monteagle's Bill, en-
titled "Art Act for Legalizing Art-Unions," has been
brought d own from the House of Lords, for the
consideratcani of the lower branch of the Legis-
lature. It. enacts that all art-unions, and all mem-
bers, con tributors, subscibers, and officers thereof,
and per, ions acting for them, or on their be-
half, shald be discharged and freed from all suits and
prosecuti.ons, liabilities, pains, and penalties to which
by law- they might be liable, as being con-
cerned in lotteries, little goes, or unlawful games,
for any thing done, or which may be done by them
herebefore, or before the Ist day of January next, touch-
ing the purchase of any such or other works of art, or
the sale or distribution thereof by chance or lot. Pro-
vision is made by the second clause for the regular es-
tablishment and regulation of such associations by royal
charter, t;o be granted on the approval of the Board of
Trade at id Plantations.

FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL.
BRUSSELS, JULY 25.—The Moniteur of this day
publishes-
-Ist. The law relative to the differential duties.

2d. A Royal resolution, fixing the tariff on tobacco.
3d. A Royal decree for the general execution of the
law and the differential duties.

4th. A Royal decree relative to the assimilating
of the flag of the United States to the Belgian flag.
sth. A Ministerial order relative to the restitution
of duties on certain kinds of wood.

The Government in publishing the law on the dif-
ferential duties has immediately made use of the pre-
rogative given to it by an article of that law. The
6th article empowers to assimilate, by a Royal de-
cree, to the national flag, the flags of those nations
which import direct from the countries to which
they belong the productions of Asia, Africa,
and America. The flag of the United States
is now placed on an equality with that of Belgium
in regard to tonnage, pilotage, and- all other port
duties and charges whatsoever. The decree declared
that cedar and ebony wood, cotton, wool, tobacco of
Virginia, Maryland, and other parts of the United
States, rum, pearl ash, Mash, rice, whale and seal
oil, shall be considered as productions of the
United States. With respect to other articles, which
shall be represented as productions of the United
States, proof must be given of their origin in the
form fixed by the decree which regulates the execu-
tion of the law on the differential duties.

The King and Queen will leave Neuilly on the
27th, and are expected at the palace of Lacken on the
28th of this month.

The improvement of the communication with Eng-
land is on the point of being realised. We are in-
formed from Ostend, that the new line of
steamers between Dover and Ostend will com-
mence their service on Monday, 29th instant. The
steamers will be provided by the English South-
Eastern Railway Company, but our Government, as
it seems, is to bear the expense. The news is every
moment expected from London that the postal con-
vention with England is signed. M. Bared brought
the negotiations as near as possible to a conclusion.
The requisite full powers have been sent to M. Van
de Weyer to terminate them. 'We forgot to mention,
when we first spoke of this convention, that the transit
of letters from England to Germany, and vice versa
through our territory, was fixed at a rate sufficiently
advantageous to our office, that this line might be
adopted for the conveyance of the overland Indian
mail, which now passes through France bey way of
Marseilles, but would then pass by way of Trieste.
AMSTERDAM, JULY 24.—His Majesty the King has
returned direct from Luxembourg to Holland. An
indisposition, which happily has proved but slight,
prevented his Majesty from visiting Maestricht.
The accounts from Luxembourg continue to relate
in detail the proofs of loyalty and affection with
which his Majesty has been welcomed in all parts of
the Grand Duchy through which he passed.
THE HAGUE, JULY 24. We learn that the King
has gone from Luxembourg to Coblentz, and intends
to come by the steam-boat to Rotterdam. His Ma-
jesty is expected at the Hague to-morrow or the next
dtv.
111 E HAGUE, JULY 2.6.—His Majesty the King
arrived here from Luxembourg yesterday afternoon.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussELs, JUDY 25.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent., ioßothschild's Loan, Five per Cent.... ... . ... ..... 103%
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent :08%
Three per Cent —
-- Thirty-seven Millh.ns, ditto ....... 77%
(1840)..„........... 104 A
Loan of City, 18.12, Four per Cent. 102%
1843 103%
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent —
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 64
Issue of 1841
—Brussels Papers, July 26
DUTCH FUND3.—ANSTERDAtd, JULY 26.
Money. Bills.
Aetual Debt, 2% per Cent 6l%:— 61 '
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent;
Amort Syndic,4% per cent 1:9,4 5.49
Ditto, ditto, 83G per cent 87% 87
Commercial Company, 4% per cent 144% .4.5
Loan 1837, 5 per cent. —
Exchange on Londen, Onemoath .. 12 02%
Two months
Hamburgh, One mFnth 35 6274
Two monthii ...... 34 37

Dutch Papers, July 27.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS......BERLIN, JULY 23.
Bills. Money
St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent.
Prussian English Bonds, 1830, 4 per cent —
Exchange on London.... 6 223( 6 22%
Prussian State Gazette. July 24.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JULY SO.
Five per Cents. Metalhques • ... 110
Four per Cents. lOO,
Three per Cents „. 77
Bank Shares ....................•.. 1606
411gemeine Zeitung, July 2.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
LATEST BETTING IN TOWN.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Franchise.
6 to 1 agst Croton Oil—taken.
8 to 1 agst The /Era—taken.
10 to 1 agst Parthian—taken.
11 to 1 agst Canton—taken.
12 to 1 agst Pride of Kildare—taken.
14 to 1 agst Elegance filly.
15 to 1 agst Murton Lordship—taken.
16 to 1 agst Lucy Banks.
20 to 1 agst Johnny and Mania—taken.
30 to 1 agst Subduer.
CEP.
Even on Alice Hawthorn.
6 to 1 agst Prizefighter—taken
ST. LEGER.

4 to 1 agst Ithuriel
4 to 1 agst The Cure
7 to I agst Bay Momus
8 to 1 agst The Princess.
Very little doing.
Robert de Gorham does not run at Goodwood.
GOODWOOD RACES.
The following horses are either in preparation at
Goodwood for the ensuing week, or are on the road:—
Cotherstone —Princess —lthuriel Larry M'Halo—
Prizefighter—Joe Lovell—Parthian—Mechanic—Jezail,
2 yrs—As-you-like-it, 2 yrs—Knight-of-the-whistle—
Poor Soldier—Marquise—Cockfighter—f by Itornsea,
out of Industry, 2 yrs—f by ilornsea, out of Dirce,
2. yrs—Johnny—Maria—Walpole—Queen Mab (late
Eliza— Redskin Almack filly—Pompey—Aristides—
Bretwalda, 2 yrs—Britannia, 2 yrs—Plaudit, 2 yrs—
Quebec—Devil-among-the-Tailors—Lufra—Devil's Dust
—Robert de Gorham—f by:Economist, out of Corumba
Jamal—Arethusa—Sting—Discount—llashed Vension
—Auld-lang• syne—Dalesman—Five-times-five—Pride of
Kildare—Porto Bello—Garry Owen—Canton—Zenobia
—Seaweed—Hersey, 2 yrs—c by Slane, out of Cob webb. 2
yrs—Corranna—the Golden Rule—Lucy Banks—Need-
ful—c by Velocipede, out of Fair Jane—Stomacher—The
Ashstead Pet—c by Slane, out of Frederica, 2 yrs--a by
Slane, out of Margravine, 2 yrs—c by Mus, out of
Carlotta, 2 yrs—Claude Frollo, Tisiphone, 2 yrs—Alex-
andria, 2 yrs—Prologue, 2 yrs—Fullsail, 2 yrs—
Mosque—Rowland—Example—Elemi—John Davis—f
by Muley Moloch, out of Dryad, 21yrs—Epaulette—Mous-
tache--Nat—Physalis—Murton Lordship—Tom Thumb
—f by Pincher, dam by Rowtou—Khorassan—Akbar
—Antler—Orion—Ajax—Sister. to Queen Charlotte,
2 yrs—Escrick—Secutor, 2 yrs—Ben-y-Ghlo—Zelia
Wiseacre—Franchise—b g by Camel, out of Mar-
zellina—Nutbourne, 2 yrs—Maid of Orleans, 2 yrs—
c by Camel, out of Mouche, 2 yrs—f by Sultan Junior,
out of Wapiti, 2 yrs—Wedding Day, 2 yrs—Giantess,
2 yrs—The Currier—African—Lothario—Elysium—
Cornopean—Fisticuff—Black G entleman—Naworth—
Gaper—Devil-to-pay—Emma—Red Deer—Croton Oil
—Best Bower—Alva—All-round-my-Hat—Pastoral—
Prince of Wales—Laird o' Cockpen—Plenitude—Pulec
—Refraction—f by Glaucus, out of Estelle, 2 yrs—Pug
—Miss Ellis—Jew Buy—c by Mus, out of Belvidere, 2
yrs—Clumsy—Nereus—Ape—Sister to Gaper—Olive
Oil--f by Bay Middleton, out of Chapeau d'Lspagne, 2
yrs—Rose of Cashmere, 2 yrs—Longitude, 2 yrs—
Duke of Cornwall, 2 yrs—Sister to Farintosh, 2 yrs—
Phlegon—Algernon—Pergularia—Elegance filly—Best
of 'Three—Poussin—Alice Hawthorn—Subduer—The
Canada and Purity fillies—Bastion—Astarte, 2 yrs—
Capt. Phoebus, 2 yrs, Captain Cook, Tho Altered One
and several others.
GOODWOOD C
Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs, 9st 51b
Robert deGorharn, syrs, 9st 41b
Attila, 5 yrs, 9st 41b
Lothario, 4 yrs, 9st 41b
Cotherstone, 4 yrs, 9st 31b
Una, 6 yrs, 9st 31b
William-le-Gros, 5 yrs, 9st 21b '
Scalteen, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b
Aristotle, 5 yrs, Sat Illb
Orion 4 yrs, Bst 101 b
Parthian, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b
Phlegon, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b
Sirikol, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b
Bishop of Romford's Cob, 41
yrs, Bst 101 b
Vibration, 5 yrs, Bst 91b
The Era, 4 yrs, Bst 81b
Bramble, 4 yrs, Bst 71b
The Altered One (late Ca-
brera), 5 yrs, Bst 61b
Semiseria, 4 yrs, Sat 61b
Whistle Binkie, 5 yrs, Bst 61b
Prizefighter, 4 yrs, Bst 51b
The Squire, 6 yrs, Bst 51b
Pompey, 4 yrs, Bst 51b
British Yeoman, 4 yrs, Bst 51b
Somerset, 4 yrs, Bst 31b
Wiseacre, 5 yrs, Bst llb

UP WEIGHTS.
Revel, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b
lihondeoz,, 4 yrs, 7st I Ilb
Aristides, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b
Arundo, 4 yrs, 7st 81b
B g by llindoo, out of Sister
to ./Eolus, 5 yrs, 7st 71b
The Princess, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
Messalina, 5 yrs, ist 6lb
lonian, 3 yrs, 7st 41b
Antler, 3 yrs, 7st 41b
Discount, 6 yrs, 7st Olb
Brunel, 3 yrs, Bst 131 b
Red Deer, 3 yrs 6st 131 b
Milton, 3 yrs, Est 131 b
Little Vivian, aged, 6st 131 b
Giges (bred in France), aged,
6st 121 b
Cameleon (bred on the Conti-
• nent), aged, Est 121 b
Lightning, aged, 6st 101 b
Stomacher (the Casterfilly), 3
yrs, Est 61b
The Ashtead Pet,3 yrs, Est 31b
Rowena, 3 yrs, Est 11b
Broken Down, aged, paid.
Daddy Longlegs, 5 yrs, paid
The Ugly Buck, 3 yrs, paid
13eleour, 5 yrs, paid

_ol%lTrhLeEsTelomNagnoirficeSnTtOeNhna•BblUerlsLDbluNiGltS,by IglirNCßO:b.Ner'St
or'tland stone, being at
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are (some details excepted) by all persons, except
those who originate or follow the bad criticism of the
day, much to be commended : as seen from the ex-
treme length of Lincoln's Inn-fields (over the beautiful
terrace now cut up for the erection of the new Hall and
other buildings, and the wall of which is celebrated for
containing some workmanship from the very hand of
Rare Ben Jonson"), the pearl-like effect of. their
beautiful stone throws into shade every competing ob-
ject ; their simple, plain continuity, surmounted by
the richer, though still plain, entablature of the order,
shows how superior an effect plain, bleached, enduring
masonry has to frippery, falsely called architecture. A.
little further on may also be seen the equisite Portland
stone masonry of the upper part of the great gable of
Lincoln's Inn Chapel ; which, contrasting with the
wretched clay-coloured stucco, with which nearly all the
remainder of that building was some years since 'evaded,
puts the right-minded in an almost fixed humour to for-
swear the use of all other materials.—Builder.

IRELAND.
ARRIVAL OF LORD HEYTESBURY.
DUBLIN, JULY 26.—The weather, which had been all yes.. N:
terday and last night wet and cheerless, cleared up szpster. '• sass,
day, alas!, at an early hour the leading thoroughfares ,-to they --i— ----biers.'
Castle were well filled by crowds of reepecta,e_ persons • 'l. '-----.P-..>\ ,
anxious to witness the entrance and reception f4te sue-. 7-,--\"',
cessor of Lord de Grey. At half-past ten the *Wets were. -' ?, ;'-----a i'l,
lined by the troops in garrison, extending from ark-hill tw ;'2' 2 ...'='''. 1
the railway station at Westland-row.\ The scene this dries. '''' ---•:- ;fr,tr4.,
was rather animated, aided in some measure by _ epusic of -, ' ^-` :e --`:
the respective} military bands and peals of joy bell rom the 4 1_,....--,----)..,./
cathedrals of hrist Church and St. Patrick's. The...pasaises----- ,
nade jetty at Kingstown, which was selected as the V114,4*, kt. t I t.:O M.'S :‘
debarcation, was thronged from an early hour with nu era
of the most respectable of our citizens. The harbour itself
presented a most animated appearance, the revenue cruisers
having all their flags flying and their yards manned: A pas-
sage, enclosed by ropes and lined by a detachment of the
Royal Marines, was formed front the jetty to the railway ter-
minus, to ensure an unobstructed passage_ for his Lordship
and suite, who, it was arranged, should-proceed to town by
the Dublin and Kingstown Rail MN. Arguard 6f hemour, consist-
ing of the light company oftlael6l,llllegimentsand the band of
the same corps were in attendance for the purpose .of assisting
iii the ceremonial of hisLordship,'Arl,eception. About ten o'clock
the Merlin, Adniiraltv stearnesasthe vessel chosen for the
conveyance of Lord IfeyteslatrY 10 our shores, arrived at the
entrance to the harbour; but the ,hour fixed for the recep-
tion of his Lordship at Kingstowa by the authorities being
eleven o'clock, the interval was occupied in cruising about
the bay, thus affording to his Lordship an opportunity of
viewing its almost unrivalled scenery under extremely fa-
vourable circumstances. Shortly before eleven o'clock the
Merlin entered the harbour undena salute from the -guns of
the Shamrock and Kite revenue cruisers, and immediately
came to her moorings alongside the jetty, amid the enthusi-
astic cheering of the assembled multitude. The Earl of
Donoughmore and Mr. Frederick Shaw, the two Privy Coun-
cillors appointed to receive his Lordship, immediately pro-
ceeded on board.' They were accompanied by the Solicitor-
General, the Dean of Ossory, Colonel Bowlas, and several of
the aides-de-camp and officers of the household, and, having
congratulated Lord Ileytesbury on his safe arrival, signified
to his Lordship that the Lords Justices were ready to receive
him at the Castle. Ills Lordship then landed, attended by
the above-mentioned personages ; and, amid the continued
cheering of the vast crowd which had assembled, proceeded
to the railway station, where a special train was in waiting
to convey him and the cortege by which he was accompanied,
to Dublin. His Lordship appeared to be in the enjoyment
of most excellent health, and acknowledged, in the most
courteous and most dignified manner, the cordial
greetings which were tendered to him as ho passed
along. At a quarter past eleven o'clock the train
started from Kingstown, and reached Westland-row in
nine minutes. At the various points aloilg the line where a
glimpse of the train could be caught, groups of the country
people had assembled, loudly cheering as it passed. Upon
his arrival at Westland-row, his Lordship was received with
repeated acclamation by a numerous body of nobility, gentry,
and citizens, and was met by the Lord Mayor, accompanied
by the Aldermen and Town-Councillors of the borough, who
congratulated his Lordship upon his appointment and safe
arrival, and tendered the keys of the city to him, which
were graciously returned. In Westland-row a detachment of
the Ist Royal Dragoons was stationed, who received his
Lordship with the usual military honours, and formed his
escort to the Castle. His Lordship having entered his car-
riage, accompanied by the Earl of Donoughmore and Mr.
Frederick Shaw, proceeded to the Castle by Leinster-street,
Nassau-street, Grafton-street, College-green, Dame-street,
&c., which were lined with the troops lying in garrison, who
presented arms, the bands playing " God save the Queen," as
his Lordship's carriage passed their respective corps. The
procession was headed by the Commander of the garrison and
staff; and Lord Heytesbury's carriages were followed by a
considerable number of those belonging to the noblemen and
gentlemen subsequently presented to his Lordship at the
Castle. The streets through which the procession passed
were denselY thronged, and the manifestations of applause
from the respectably-dressed portion of the populace were
very frequent, intermingled, however, by counter cheers for
repeal and Mr. O'Connell.
Upon his arrival at the Castle, Lord Heytesbury was re-
ceived by the Gentleman Usher, and conducted to the Pre-
sence: Chamber, where their Excellencies the Lords Justices
received his Lordship, sitting covered under the canopy as
Chief Governors.
After the usual ceremonies, his Lordship was sworn into
oflice, the oaths having been previously administered by the
Archbishop of Dublin and Chief Justice Doherty. During
the progress of this ceremonial, the ordnance at the Park
fired a salute of 21 guns, which, at the conclusion, was an-
swered by three volleys from the infantry drawn up in Dame-
street and College-green.
His Excellency then held an undress levee, when the fol-
lowing personages were presented :—The Earls of Bandon,
Donoughmore, Clonmel, Charleville, Clancarty, and Meath;
the Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishops of Meath and Kildare,
Privy Councillors; Lord Chief Justice Doherty, who came
up from circuit to receive his Excellency, and administer one
of the oaths of office ; Sir Edward Blakeney, the Master of
the Rolls; Lord Downes, Lord Clarina, Lord Tullamore,
Right Hon. Frederick Shaw, Right Hon. T. F. Kennedy,
Major-General Wyndham, the Solicitor-General, the Judge
of the Prerogative Court, the Dean of Ossory, Sir Lucius
O'Brien, Sir R. Shaw, the High Sheriff of the city, Right
lion. Arthur Moore, Sergeant Howley, Archdeacon Mousell,
Mr. Commissioner O'Ferrall, Col. Browne, Col. Spey, Dr. H.
Maunsell, Col. Brereton, Major Savage, Col. Napier, Col.
Thomas White, of Woodlands; Col. Patrickson, Col. Columb,
Rev. 11. E. Prior, Col. Lewis, Town-major White, G. F.
Brooke, Esq., Dr. Hatchell, &c.
At the conclusion of the levee, the procession having been
re-formed, his Excellency retired, and at a few minutes past
one o'clock took his departure from the Castle for the Vice-
regal Lodge, in an open carriage, the same in which he made
his entrance, drawn by four grey horses, and accompanied by
two aides-de-camp, but unattended by any military escort.

FATAL ACCIDENT IN A MILL.

Last evening, at the Manchester Royal Infirmary,
Mr. Chapman held an inquest on the body of a young
woman, named Frances Kenyon, nineteen years of age,
whose death was occasioned by injuries received from
machinery, .in the mill of Messrs. Watkin and Lees,
cotton spinners, Dukintield.
• Robert Wrigley, overlooker in the mill, stated, that
the deceased was a weigher in the blowing-room, and
had been employed in the mill about eighteen months.
On the afternoon of the 17th instant, witness was re.
pairing one of the blowing machines at which the de-
ceased was employed, when, hearing a shriek, ho
looked round, and saw her with her left hand fast be-
tween two cog-wheels attached to the same machine.
He threw the wheels out of geer as soon as possible
and liberated her; after which Mr. Orme, surgeon,
dressed her injured hand, and next day she was con-
veyed to the infirmary. She was the only person
blameable, as she had nothing to do except to weigh the
cotton for the person feeding with it. The wheels were
not boxed off, though they easily might be. There
were none boxed off in the room. Four or five years
ago a female was caught in the same manner, and died
in the infirmary. There had been new machinery put
up since then, and the new was more dangerous than the
old.
Jane Pollitt, a female employed in the same mill,
stated that the deceased was caught whilst cleaning the
machinery, which she had no right to do until it had
stopped. It was nearly tea time when the accident hap-
pened, and the deceased was in a hurry to get to her tea.
Her duty was to clean the machinery when it stopped at
tea time.
Mr. Tomlinson, house surgeon to the Infirmary, stated
that the deceased was admitted on the forenoon of the
18th instant. The fore finger of her left hand had been
amputated, and there was compound fracture of the
middle and laceration of the two other fingers. Lock-
jaw ensued on the 23d, and she died on the morning of
Thursday last. The injuries to the hand were the cause
of death.
The Coroner said, in this case, he conceived the jury
would have to lay a deodand upon the machinery. He
did not know that very large deodands were of any great
service. The main object of imposing deodands was to
make it compulsory upon parties to place their machinery,
in such a state as not to be dangerous to the people em-
ployed about it.
Several of the jurors expressed a strong opinion as to
the impropriety of allowing the machinery to remain un-
• covered ; and eventually a verdict of " Accidental death"
was returned, accompanied with a deodand of 10/. upon
the machinery.—Manchester Guardian of Saturday.

FATAL PRIZE lIGHT.—DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT 02
A FATIIEII.--On Tuesday an in9uest was held at Northamp-
ton, on the body of Frederick Fitzhugh, who lost his life in
a pugilistic encounter with a man named Cumberpatch, com-
monly known in that part of the country as Dan patch. The
tight took place on the day previously, near Merry's Close.
It appeared from the evidence adduced that Mr. Smyth, a
magistrate, interfered to prevent the fight, but without
success, having been pelted away by the mob. The men
fought for an hour ; once they left off, somebody having said
that the police were coming. Fitzhugh at that time went
away, and remained about six or seven minutes. He then
returned, the fight was renewed, and they fought about four
rounds more. In the last round the head of deceased struck
against the ground, and he could not get up. He was
removed and seated against the railings. From thence he
was about to be taken to the infirmary, when a body of men
came up and took him away by force. The father of the de-
ceased was present, but did not interfere; in fact, he scolded
his wife for being in trouble about her son going to fight, and
linked arm-in-arm with others to form the ring. several
of the witnesses swore that the father of the deceased had
said, "that he would bring home his -son a corpse sooner
than he should give in." decFased Was taken to the
Milkmaid public-house, in Kettering-road, after the fight
was over; he was then fastdying, and expired shortly after-
wards. The father, on being called upon by the Coroner to
say what he had to offer in explanation of his disgraceful con-
duct, declared that he lad been against his son's fighting, but
refused to sign the written statement to this effect. It did
not appear that
.the men had had any quarrel, but that
they had fought for lOs. a-side, in order to decide which was
the better man. The Coroner, in summing up, told the jury
that they would have to consider whether the fight had
been a prize-fight or not; if it had been, the' seconders, and
all who were present, would be participating in the offence.
If parties were engaged in an illegal transaction, and death
ensued, the offence 'was murder : if, therefore, they should
find. that the deceased came to his death by blows received
from Cumberpatch in a prize-fight, they would return a
verdict of murder against him, and against the backers and
other defendants, as principals in the second degree. They
accordingly returned a verdict .of " Wilful murder against
Daniel Cuinberpatch, Samuel Braines, William Cooper, and
Joseph Page (who are:not. in custody),'and John Fitzhugh—
the father—Charles Coles, Edward Lenton, and Henry King
(who are in custody.)"—Abridged from the Northamptwa
Mac urq.
Bin roan.---About three months since three
chimney-sweeps sold sixty bushels of soot to a neigh-
bouring farmer for 255., each party being very well satis-
fied with the bargain. Some days after it was discovered
that the gentlemen of the black robe had adulterated the
soot wit!' three sacks of very dry sawdust. The farmer,
however, is convinced that his crop of turnips is greatly
improved by the sawdust, as it materially contributed to
the passing the manure through the drill ; and as the
vegetation of the seed looks most propitious, the circum-
stance promises to prove a valuable trial- of the virtues of
the chimney- and saw-pit.—l Vest Briton.
It is understood that Dadd, who in so shocking a
manner murdered his father in Cubliam-park, will not be
brought from Paris in time to be put on his trial at the pre-
sent assizes for the county of Kent. lie will, therefore, be
confined iu Maidstone Gaol until the next assizes.—Obsereer.
CONTRACT FOR GAS LAMPS FOR lIAMBURGIL--
Mr. J. 11. Clark, ironmonger and tinner, of Beverly, has
been the successful party iu obtaining the contract for
making the whole of the lamps for the intended Rew gas
works in the city of Hamburgh. About 5,000 lamps will
be required.—Leeds Times.