The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-06 00:00:00

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Yesterday the pleasant little watering-place, Weston-super
and carrying onraishPerPheet
Mare, 21 miles from Bristol, was the scene of as barbarous a;
murder as has been recorded for a lengthened period=viz., the
murder of a wife by- her husband, a man moving in a re-
spectable sphere of life, pessessed of a small 'independente,
withry this horrid. transaction i—The .unfortiinate
Wes-
ton. W o have ascertained the following to be:the particulars
tc-rtnimecteisdMe prosperous
feof _businesstli e murdern
er) oJwol el lolf'ilsllrieesr-,
who keeps a house called the Devonshire Inn, in High-street,
Weston. The deceased, it appears, was formerly married to
a man named Hyatt, who, however, left her with two chil-
dren, and was absent and supposed to be dead for about ten
or twelve years, during which period the deceased was mar-
ried to the man Fisher, with whom, it seems, her life was
anything but a happy one. In consequence of his penurious
disposition there were frequent quarrels between them, and
on more than one occasion she has left him, but has subse-
quently been induced to return. On the everting preceding
the murder her husband and she had a desperate quarrel,
arising from the circumstance of a lodger having left the
house, on account of (as was alleged by Fisher) her conduct
to him. The quarrel continued up to the period of bedtime,
and her husband frequently threatened her, that he would
"do for her." The consequence was, that she refused to
sleep with him, and at about eleven o'clock retired to bed
with a female servant. After she had retired to 'bed her hus-
band was still heard about the house in a state of great ex-
citement, uttering horrid threats, to the effect that he w,ould
murder her, and that that night should be her last. Itylat
the appearance of his bed when examined in the morning',
it was evident that he had not slept in it all night. Shortly
after five o'clock yesterday morning, the servant girl was
alarmed by his bursting open the door of the bed-room
where herself and mistress were sleeping in one bed and two
of his children in another. On seeing him nish into the
room the children, although only of the respective ages of
ten and twelve years, began screaming, and the servant girl
begged him to withdraw. - He was then armed with a square
iron bar, with which he had forced the door, and having
jumped upon the bed, he instantly struck hisunfortunate vic-
tim with it upon the head. The servant and children begging
him to desist, be coolly replied that he would not injure any
of them, and in the most fiendish manner struck the unfortu-
nate woman two or three more blows with the bar,' which_
literally smashed in her skull, after which, as though to
render his'butehery doubly certain, he left the room, but in
less than a minute returned with a carving-knife, with which
he cut her throat in so dreadful a manner as to nearly sever
her head from her body. Being thus satisfied of her death
he immediately went into the bed-room of one of his lodgers
—a young man—whom he informed of what he had done.
The servant in the meantime had alarmed the neighbour-
hood and procured a policeman, who, upon his arrival, was,
coolly shown upstairs to_ the chamber where the corpse lay
by the murderer himself. There is but little tlou that the
first blow caused the death of the unfortunateNoman, as
the servant girl states that her mistress never spoke and
scarcely moved after it was given, but that the man Fisher
jumped upon the deceased and placed her head in such a
position as to be able the more easily to effect his murderous
purpose. On his being arrested by the police he was quite
collected, and accounted for his having cut her throat by
stating that he thought it better to put her out of life as
quickly as possible. The deceased was about fifty years of
age, and her murderer perhaps a year or two older.

• ROWING MATCH.
One of the most spirited wagers ever witnessed, yesterday,
took place between Thomas Cook, of Hungerford Pier, and
Frederick Lett, of Lambeth, for 201. Ot the former but little
is known, save that he was engaged some two or three years
ago in a sculler's contest with Keasley, of Lambeth ; Lett
has been for some time a public favourite, having, when much
younger, distinguished himself in three or four great cutter
races, and last year at the Thames Regatta. 'khe distance
was as usual, from Westminster to Putney, with tide; and
at a little before five in the evening several of the Cambridge
rowers, gentlemen of the Leinder and of the Guy's, Royal
Academy, and other aquatic clubs, were drawing towards'
Westm:nster-bridge to witness the race, Lett being the
favourite at sto 4. The start took place exactly at five -
o'clock, Cook, who had won the toss for choice of stations,,
and had taken the Middlesex shore, dashing off with the lead,
which he was, however, unable to retain above the Horseferry..
here they became scull and scull, and some beautiful rowing-
followed, until nearing Vauxhall-bridge, when Lett gradually
drew himself a length in advance of his opponent, who in a
minute or so afterwards again applied himself to excessive
labour, and came up to his adversary's scull, but had not
again whe
his
st
eamlength
(r so in ad-
overhaull, powerance, toand
pass
his hoipi np
and again came alongside, but, apparently exhausted by the
opponent repeated
effort, -he was unable to go in advance. A little above the
Red-house Lett was showing symptoms of distress; and Cook,
stimulated by the cheers of his friends, again applied himself
to his work, and in a most determined and plucky spirit, came
almost scull and scull with his adversary. Lett hem, by dint
of superior generalship, worked his opponent over into the
bight, and suddenly changing his course shot right away_
,from before his adversary could well retrieve his position.
Cook, however, with game never surpassed, again tried hard
for victory, and came nearly up to his adversary's quarter,
but could not overhaul him, although he continued his exer-
tions until within a quarter of a mile of the winning post.
Lett, after unceasing labour, won the race by three lengths.

MEMOIRS OF A BABYLONIAN PRINCESS.—under
this title a work is on the point of appearance, which is
likely to excite considerable attention. The following
is an extract from the prospectus :—" The authoress of
these memoirs, Mar;a Theresa Asmar, is the daughter
of the late Emir Abdallale Asmar, the head of one of
the noblest and most wealthy families of Bagdad, and a.
Chaldean Christian, whose stern and heroic adherence
to his faith brought him to an untimely death. Since
the eownfal of his house his ill starred daughter has
led a chequered and eventful life. Animated by the
Same holy zeal which cost her parent his existence, she
devoted all her energies to the propagation of the Chris-
tian religion, and the elevation of the female character
in the East. Her narrative embraces her residence at
Mosul and Bagdad, and her travels to Damascus, Pales-
tine, and Syria, in which country she remained for, up-
wards of four years, concluding with her arrival in
Europe, her visit to Rome, her residence in Paris, and
her arrival in England. Independently of the interest
which must necessarily attach to a work written by so
' remarkable a personage—perhaps the cnly Ninevite who
ever trod British soil, and in all probability the only
Chaldean woman,. at least of modern days, who ever
wrote a book—the Memoirs will he found particularly
entertaining from the many interesting particulars in-
t, rspersed concerning Oriental manners, both in cities
and among the wild and lawless desert tribes. Iler Ma-
jesty- the Queen Dowager has graciously permitted the
Memoirs to be dedicated to her Majesty."
TII4SENTENCE ON MR. O'CONNEAL, &c.—The fol-
lowing- is the form in which Mr. T. Buncombe has entered in
the books of the House of Commons his notice respecting.the
judgments against Mr. O'Connell and the other traversers in
the late trials •in Ireland :—" On reading the Order of the
Day for the House resolving itself into a Committee of
Ways and Means, or Supply, to move an address to her.
Majesty, that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to
direct that the further execution of the sentence passed upon
Daniel O'Connell, Esquire, and others, by the Court of
Queen's Bench, Dublin, be suspended until the writ of error
is decided." Thus, it will be seen that no particular day is
Yet fixed for this important matter being brought before the
house ; though, in all probability, the Hon. Member who
has thus taken the subject. in hand will lose no time un-
necessarily in drawing the attention of the representatives
thereto.
A WOMAN' KILLED BY A BEAR.—On Friday • last
the wife of Mr. liesselgrave, of Back-lane, Wakefield, came
to her death in the following manner :—Her husband keeps
a pleasure garden, and amongst other things to be seen
there was a bear, which was confined in a pit, in which
there was a pole. On Friday, Mrs. Hensel grave was near
the bear pit, when the bear climbed the pole, sprang from
it, and reaching the wall of its den, made its escape, ecizing
Mrs. liesselgrave, and mangling her dreadfully with its
teeth and claws, tearing away one of her breast' and other-
wise seriously injuring her. Her screams brought assist-
ance, and the bear was with great difficulty beaten off, and
was shortly afterwards shot. The poor woman lingered in
great agony until Sunday morning, when she died. Her
sister, who came to her aid when attacked, was also bitten,
and she still lies in a dangerous state, but hopes are enter-
tained of her recovery.

As the procession of M. Laffitte was yoiterday pro-
ceeding along the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, a
young Man,
perfectly well dressed, was suddenly seized by the collar by a
strong hand. He was seen to immediately drop something
into the hat of another well-dressed young man, who was
standing near him with his head uncovered. The latter at
once attempted to force a passage through the crowd, but he
was in his turn seized by the skirt of the coat. The two
hands thus effecting those seizures belonged to the same in- •
dividual—a police-agent, and the fashionable_ ys.ing men
were two of the most adroit pickpockets in Weis. They
made the most violent efforts to escape, bet the went being
promptly succoured by the armed force' the delinquents were
led away prisoners. They contrived, however, to throw
awaya number of objects which they had extracted front
the pockets of their neighbours, and amongst the rest a very
hands( me gold snuff-box, which had the moment before been
picked from the pocket of a well-known writer,- Gaggnan
i.
A FAIR WIND FOR THE HOMEWARD-BOUND AT
LAST.—llovEn, JUNE 4 —This morning, about daylight, we
have much pleasure in announcing, the boisterous north-
easterly- winds which have prevailed on this coast for the very
long period of seven weeks, chopped round to westerly, and
continue from that quarter. By these winds the homeward-
boundes
cruisers
want
and coasting vessels have been detained in hundreds,
ay, wemight say thousands, in the Channel and its" chops,"
At an
rs
early
a eef
some of them for the whole of that period. Not to mention.
the loss sustained by the owners of the shipping thus de-
tained wind-bound, the greatest privations have been ea.. instane
dured by the crews in numerous fro
napni tl,iy
nrgoyli,seisosnesl
s n
; atnhde feohra
n Nisl•
ee
le kwsi
tbha
tchke eel:
hour this morning the most busy and interesting scene was
bweaetne
presented by the vessels leaving Dover-road
immense concourse of ships passing from ths, and by the
the westward to
the river. Botchy-head, the West Ba 3. of Dungeness, Dover,
and Margate roads, have sent forth their fleets; and vast
numbers of craft that have for weeks been lying in Dover
and Ramsgate Harbours, are, while we write, hauling out
and getting under way on the
hun-
dreds of vessels have passed here
of the tide. Many
ere to-day up Channel, and if
the wind holds westerly, the throng that will be stirring in
the same direction to-morrow we have no doubt will be
equally great. To a• dd to the magnificence of the spectacle
to•daV, there is • just as much wind as to allow vessels -to
crowd almost every stitch of their-canvass on their poles, andthey may be seen; therefore, dashing and bounding over_
the
slightly agitated waters in their most infrosing aspect.
By the recent gales much loss of property has been sustained,
though we are glad;to say few lives have been lost • and
though much damage has been done to anchors, chains,
spars, sails, and rigging, we have not heard of any vessels
becoming total wrecks. There was a report in 'some of
papers of a schooneK haying sunk off here on Sunday,- the -.
26th ult., and of all hands having perished. hut we are happy
to state that the report was, without foundation in fact.
CHRONOMETRICAL EXPEDITION.—In our Dumber
1,413 we stated that, in the ensuing summer, the objects
of the Russian expedition will. be to determine the ditfet-
once of longitude between Altona and Greenwich. The
transits between :the two observatories, the difference of
whose merid ions ifs to be determined, have now commenced;
and our Goveronient has afforded the expediti,.76 every
facility, by tho.removal of cu,,toms and port delays, &e.
Our former notlee • recorded the triumph of .Brilislt
chronometrical workmanship, in the instance of Mr.
Dent's chronometers, in competition with . otbera
of all nations. Since then the Engrror of
Russia has been pleased to honour Mr. Dent with IL
gold medal, as a reward of merit. We trust that a
similar distinction will attach to him or some other
British chronometer-maker in the present extended ex-
pedition. When completed, the Russian overumen
will have determined with a greatergretiter niniTher of
chrono-
meters than has ever before been simultaneously used,
tbe meridian .distances between kowa, Altona, and
Greenwich.—Literary Gazette,