The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-10 00:00:00

THE IRISH CIRCUITS.

NORTH WEST.
Before Justices Mooaz and TORRENS.
Longford July 26 Omagk ........ .... Aug. 6
Cavan 2B Lifford ..., ll
Enniskillen Aug. 2 Derry
NORTH EAST.
Before Justices 1114CLEV.,AND and JOHNSON.
Drogheda
Dundalk
Monaghan .. 30 Downpatrick l3
HOME CIRCUIT.
Before Chief Justice, LORD PLUNKETT.
Carlow
Athy
Maryborough 2B Trim ,,0

IMPORTANT NATIONAL [NTtLLIGENCE.—
Mr. BRA HAM arrived in town yesterday, in good
health and spirits.—Dublin Freeman's Journal.

There is a small species of gnat now swarming
on the banks of our meadow streams, which is
very short lived, and frequently changes its stn. n,
The mode in which the little insect performs
this
operation is particularly curious.
it-
self firmly to some object—p taching
ereb:
dress, it actually crawls out ance an idler's
of its own mouth,
leaving every particle
P.!: its old skin, even of tie
spreads almost invisible
kgs, as a cast-off garment. It
then spea
*its wings and flies away with re-
newed
tie and beauty, obtained in the struggle
°f about five minutes. This may be seen ever
sunny hour of every day.—Hants Telegraph.
SUBTERRANEAN FIRE.--For some weelo
past, indications of a fire beneath the surface of
the ground have been observed in St. Peter's-
square, in this town, near the Sir John Falstaff
public-house. These appearances continued to
increase until Wednesday, when the smoke
issued in such quantities as to create consider.
able alarm in the neighbourhood. An excava-
tion being made to discover the cause of this
extraordinary phenomenon, a large body of fire
was discovered, which, on the accession of air,
burst into a vivid flame. Engines were imme-
diately procured, and a large quantity of water
was thrown into the excavation, which for the
time appeared to have extinguished the fire, but
in the course of a few hours it was evident that
the fire was deeper seated than had been antici-
pated, and on Thursday the smoke was seen to
issue in various places, in very considerable
quantities, and yesterday a number of excavator;
were employed to remove the earth and ascer-
tain the cause and extent of this internal com-
bustion, which was discovered to proceed from
the ignition of a bed of coal about two feet in
thickness, and only five feet beneath the surface ,
of the ground ; a considerable portion of whicf I
was reduced to ashes. It is intended to exca-
vate the coal in the neighbourhood of the con-
tiguous buildings, by which measure, it
hoped, that all further danger will be prevented
accomplisher,
this had not been completely accomplishe
when our Paper went to press, nor had the fin
been entirely got under. The ignition of th,
coal was produced by the furnace of a pipe
maker which had been erected immediately oven
it.—Leeds .Mercury.

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An Inquest has hos': !- -I'l at Wantiot valn
East Grinsted, on view of the body of Mrs. Sa-
rah Johnson, widow, who, on Monday last, was
discovered in her bed-room with her throat cut
in a most dreadful manner. It appeared in evi-
dence, that the deceased kept a school in West-
hothly, and was considered as very respectable
in her situation ; she had a lady who boarded
and lodged in her house, and also a young lady,
with the care of whom she was entrusted, and
who was rather deficient in intellect. It was
stated by Mrs. Johnson's servant maid, a girl
about thirteen years old, that the deceased, on
Monday last, arose from her bed between five
and six o'clock in the morning, and attended to
her household affairs ; and observed to her ser-
vant, that Mrs. Fuller (meaning her daughter,
who had been married only a few months, and
was also in the house) was ill in bed with a sick
head-ache, and that she herself also felt a pain
in her head, and therefore should not teach in
the school on that day, that if the children came
to school, the servant was to tell them she was
ill in bed, and should not teach during the whole
of the week. The deceased afterwards pre-
pared breakfast, which she carried up to her
daughter, as well as to the lady who lodged
with her, but she partook of none herself, and
during the whole of the day the deceased was
continually going up and down stairs to and from
her bed-room, without her shoes, which it was
very unusual for her to do ; that she also looked
extremely red in the face, so much so that it parti-
cularly attracted the notice of the witness ; that
at about half-past three o'clock the same after,
afternoon, the deceased came down stairs, with-
out her shoes, and standing upon the bottom.
stair leading to the room in which witness was,
desired her to take a piece of pa-per from the
writing desk which was standing in the room.
The witness said it was locked, and that she
could not get at it. The deceased then told her
to look in the work drawer, and she would find
a piece in her writing book, which she did, and
gave it to the deceased ; the latter, whose face
was still much, flushed, then went up stairs, first
having bolted the door which was at thehottom,
leading into the room where the witness was ;
and this the deceased invariably did, every time
she went up stairs during the day, stating as a
reason for doing so, that the latch was defective,
and would not keep the door shut ; this, how-
ever, was not the case. At about five or six
o'clock in the evening a gentleman, who resides
in the neighbourhood, called at the house, to in-
quire for his sister, the lady who was lodging
with the deceased, and on asking the servant for
her mistress, in order that she might inform his
sister he wished to see her, lie was told that,
Mrs. Fuller (the deceased's daughter) was very
ill in bed, and that the deceased was gone to lie
dow.i by her side, having herself a pain in the
head. The gentleman then went away, and
called again in about ten minutes ; and still find-
ing the deceased had not come down stairs, lie
tried the stair foot doer, and finding it fastened
on the inside, recraested the girl to go round the
house, and 0,::11 at the bed-room 'window for her
mistre&t, which she did, but receiving no answer,
tiadder was procured, on ascending which, and
looking in at the window, Mrs. Fuller was dis-
covered lying on the bed with her throat cut.
The stair-foot door was immediately forced, and
on ascending the stairs, the room-door of the
lady who lodged in the house, was found fasten-
ed on the outside, by means of a piece of black
ribbon, which was tied round the handle of the
lock, and twisted round a nail that had been.
driven into the partition at the side of the door.
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deceased,mb
a
ring in her
blood, with her throat tut two inches in length,
and two inches deep,the carotid artery being
ided
; a razor was found near the
body,. The handle of which was covered with
blc-;,d, there were also marks of blood on the
blade, which appeared to have been wiped after
it had been used ; a small half-pint mug was
standing near the body, with two penknives in,
it, which were also bloody, and near to this eras
a hand-bason, nearly full of clotted blood., The
,
unfortunate woman was quite dead.
Mrs. Fuller was lying in the bed,
with her
throat also cut ; but the carotid., artery not hav-
ing been divided, and surgicr2
assistance being at
hand, hopes are entertained of her ultimate reco-
very, although when, recovered, she was in a
roomst at ooffinsensibicarnage,lity
*On the drawers in this
was found the same piece of
paper which the servant girl had previously given
the deceased, on which was inscribed in the de-
ceased's own. handwriting, the following--,, Poor
Mary declared she would never go before a Court
she was not equal to therefore put an end
fr., existence desiring me to follow which I pro-
mised to do hope you will not grieve any of you
but little, god be with you all"—Mrs. Fuller, the
daughter, being somewhat recovered from her
exhausted state, gave the following acr.:ount of
the tragical event :—That she and her mother
had been most falsely accused of a dishonest
transaction, of which they v,ere both innocent,
and that, rather than live under such an accusa-
tion, they had determined on self-destruction
that she first cut her throat with the razor, and
razor ; butN‘itnhotit being
sheine
able
afterwards
her deceased mother, finding she was become
almost insensible from the loss of blood, also
u
samer destruction
knife. It appearing that
the
et
(llie to
throat
used
beene tasredas
accomplish
in id with
aaapes-knife.
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strange w,ee play
rvev,m uasillyd tom much
death,
altered in her mariner, the Jury returned the fol-
lowing verdict--That the deceased destroyed
Ilerself whilst labouring under temporary absence
of reason.—Sussex Advertiser.

Saturday was the anniversary of the death of
Richardßrinsley Sheridan, 1816; and Sunday was
that of Edmund Burke, 1797 ; and Ariosto,
1553 ; and of the birth of Fontaine, 1621.

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FATRS.—At Swansea fair on Monday last,
greater than we ever wit-
the whew of horned cattle and horses was large ;
but scarcely any sales were effected; there being
ibliergor
i nessed; which met with a brisk sale at from Bd,
to 91114. per lb.--Cambrian.
As a young dashing blade who had been play-
yu.gf, eihdwt
tioso dealers
tm aerk:rptyrwetsai present.
sinnt g.
had nothing left of his clothes but a summer
coat, was
neuf walking one ' ' day on the IPont-
, the King winters passing in his carriage seeino. inz
b
in such a state, was much surprised, and de sir
that he should he called to him,
saying, " My
friend, how is it that you walk out on such a
day so lightly clad, whilst with all my trouble of
fur clothing I cannot get warm ?" " Sire," an-
swered the youth, " if your Majesty would do
as I do, you. would never be cold." " And,
how is that ?" inquired the King. " Sire," ra,
plied be, ‘‘ I put all ray clothea on me."