The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-01 00:00:00

RACES.

NORTHAMPTON, SUNDAY NIGHT, NINE O'CLOCK.—
Collingwood, Iron Rail, Bastinado, Dover, Watchdog,
Olivia, Impression, Give and Take, Hind of the Forest,
and The Recluse.—Kent's and John Day's lots are ex-
pected to•morror..

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OBJECTS FOR THE BRITISH Muszum.--The trus-
tees of the British Museum, having received information of a
shipment from Boston, United States of America, on board
the British vessel Amelia, Captain S. E. Came, of two cases
containing casts of the head and lower jaw of the
Mastodon, intended to be deposited in the collection of the
British Museum, Mr. Hayter, the Secretary to the Lords of
the Treasury, has communicated to the authorities of the re-
venue the desire of their Lordships that as these objects are
of a fragile nature they will give directions to permit their
removal, on arrival, under official seals, and without being
disturbed, to the British Museum, there to be opened for ex •
amination in the presence of the proper authorities, and then
delivered for deposit in that establishment, and directions have
therefore been given to the proper officers tb take care that
their Lordships' wishes be duly observed.

MOORFIBLDS CnerEL.—On Thursday evening
last this well-known place of Roman Catholic worship nar-
rowly escaped being destroyed by ire, some artificial flowers
used in the decoration of the " altar repose" having acci-
dentally caught fire from the candles with which it was al-
most surrounded, in consequence of the draught from an
adjacent door. Owing to the presence of mind, however, of
the officiating clergymen, the fire was extinguished without
any material injury being done.

THE POISONING AT CASTLE CAMPS.--All doubt as
to the propriety of the verdict and the guilt of the two
wretched prisoners now awaiting execution in Cambridge
county gaol upon this charge, has been set at rest by the
confession of the female prisoner, Mary Reeder. Imme-
diately after leaving the dock this criminal became appa-
rently resigned and penitent, and on one or two occasions
gave vent to observations indicative of a desire to unburden
ber mind of the load that oppressed it. On Tuesday evening
she expressed a wish to see her father, and he accordingly at-
tended on Wednesday morning, and was admitted to an in-
terview with her in the presence of the rev. chaplain and the
matron of the gaol. The presence of the chaplain appeared
to act somewhat as a restraint upon her freedom of speech,
and so he withdrew, leaving her alone with her father and
the matron; and then she acknowledged to her father that
it was her band that put the poison in her sister's mess, and
attributed the desire to be rid of her to an illicit connexion
that existed between herself and the male prisoner Lucas.
This connexion, she said, had not taken place since Christ-
mas last, and she most strenuously denied that she was in
the family way. She has not in terms accused her partner
in crime of inciting her to the commission of the deed, but
she has done so by implication. She is now quite resigned
to the fate that awaits her, and appears fully cogniaant of
the enormity of her offence. She states that she made up
her mind to commit the crime only a few minutes before its
tosecution, and that she has not the slightest wish to live.
The male prisoner still denies that he was aware of the in-
tention of Mary Reeder to poison his wife. He admits that
an improper intercourse had taken place between himself and
his fellow-prisoner, and states that it subsisted up to within
about six weeks of his being taken into custody. He adds
that he had become disgusted with Mary Reeder, and he was
determined to be rid of her; and if he could but have suc-
ceeded in effecting that, he should have lived happier with
his wife for the future.— Weekly Dispatch.

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CREDULITY.—At the magistrates' office, Spilsby,
on the 18th inst., William Martin, of Bratofr, was
charged
with imposing on TobiasDavison, by giving him a pretended
charm to cure his wife of a certain complaint, and receiving
for the same the sum of 10s. Mr. Robinson appeared for
Martin, who is an old man, 85 years of age. and has long
enjoyed the reputation of being a "wise man," and by the
exercise of his art levied many a contribution on the credu-
lous. Davison stated that about eight weeks ago he went
to the prisoner's house and told him that bis wife was ill,
and he was to come and see if he could cure her; he told
the prisoner that he had only 10s.,and he said, " Well, I
'
cannot help it, if you have no more;, he took the money,
and went to another part of the room, and shortly after
r'eehihitjinsws neck, and it would do her
awife paper parcel which he said was
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direction, but did not receive any benefit. The bench
ordered
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the
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sticks and a piece of writing-
paper,e word "Abracadabra," the
pi
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lowing
lines
By Saint Peter and Saint Paul,
God is the maker of us all;
What he gave to me I give to thee,
And that is nought to nobody."
Mr. Robinson recommended the prisoner to the merciful
consideration of the bench on account of his great age and
infirmities. Ordered to be committed for fourteen days, to
pay all expenses, and the cost of maintenance in prison. The
chairman said that but fur his great age and many infir-
miths, the full punishment would have been inflicted, and
the prisoner would have been committed for three months,
with hard labour on the treadmill.—Boston Herald.
MARLBOROUG HOUSE.—The Commissioners of
her Majesty's Woods and Forests took possession, on the
part of the Crown, of this royal residence on Monday last,
from the officers of the late Queen Dowager's household.
The Commissioners have, it is understood, arranged that
soon after Easter the Vernon Collection of Pictures shall be
removed from the National Gallery to Marlborough House,
which, in addition to two suites of rooms on the ground and
first floors, contains a very tine grand hall.