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lake. She was always Very singular In her habits; I hale at.
tended het for seventeen yarn; and ahead two Ploy se., abe frae"
tared the sena hone of her kg, and &nog the time she by
ill, her Mind became such affeeted and she was more odd in her
manner than usual; she would sit In her lied and write letter fee
a whole night together, sad these hitters she would send to her
neighbours. (Here. some of the Jury, and several persons in the
rotten said, they had received aims of these letters.] These letters
weir not properly expressed, or written In a coherent style. An
indifferent peewit, ison reading them, would this! they wire
letters of boldness. If she wrote to lee, she would All four pages
with matter that could have bees expressed in a few lines; on
this occasion I remonstrated with her, and said, that she acted
as a crazy person, and that unless she altered her conduct, she must
be treated as a crazy person • this had the effect of stepping her
inking, and as the mother informed me, bad the effect of alter-
ing her conduct. Three month* back, she had an attack In the
head • the mother, in describing it to me mid, that her daughter
seemed' for some minutes to have lest her recollection, and the
power of utterance ; that else gradually recovered those powers.—
Her general health was very much oat of order, and the state of her
bowels warranted the belief that the might have • temporary pres-
sure on the brain. In the enure of a week she became perfectly well.
. Three weeks back I was again called in to attend Mies Spencer; she
wm slightly jaundiced, and very roved depressed In spirits; and while
attending her, her mother asked me if I wanted any money, for she
said she had 43,000 in the house; I expressed my surprise at
this, and she referred me to her daughter for an explanation.—
The explanation her daughter gave was, that her mother had Deem
at considerable ezpetwe in fitting up the premises, and that she (the
daughter) had sold out stock and received money to pay the trades-
people; I then asked the mother what her expencee here bad been?
and she said 1.504 I then expressed my surprise at the daughter,
that she should have sold out 3,00uL when she required a sum of
only ISOt. and she Informed me that she bad other motives for sell.
ing out so much; the stock had been inverted in different names,
and as she knew that she should not live long, in consequeace of
the complaint they upon her, she was desirous of investing the,
whole sum in her mother's name, in order that her mother might.
have no trouble with It at her death. I expressed my uneasiness
at such a sum being in the house, and begged she would send it back
as soon as possible. Le reply, they both instantly said they
would send it back by the errand-cart, but I said ,4 Gosd Heavens,
no; send it by Mr. Cumton, your stoek.broker," which they did.
The last time that I saw them was on Sunday afternoon, when the
daughter's health was much better; the mother then said she was
eery poor, and• would be glad if I would take a quarter load of hay
of her. I thought It was singular she should make such a request,
and I waived the question at first, but she followed me to the door,
pressed me to tale the quarter load of hay, and I said I would take
the hay and send the money back by the tarter. I have observed
these oddities on several occasions, but there did not appear the
least violence between them—on the contrary, they were devoted
to each other; and the daughter oa all occasions manifested a great
attachment fur her mother. Taking all the singular circumstances
that I have observed in Miss Spencer into consideration, and
weighing them attentively, I think she was in a state of derange.
meet. I have nothing more to state, further than to corroborate
the statement or Mr. Morrison. that the wound on Mrs.Speticer's
throat was not inflicted on her while in bed.
One of the Jury here observed, that in May last Mrs. and Miss
Spencer attended a Missionary Meeting in Finsbury, and behaved
in so singular a manner, that the Geetleman who conducted the
Meeting requested them to leave the room. Hr was surprised at
this circumstance, because Mrs. Spencer and her daughter were per.
sons of av -ty serious turn of mind.

Ann Winter said—l lived as servant with the deceased Wks;
I saw them on Monday night,.lisit did not then make any observe-
tic ft upon their conduct. On Tuesday morning, shout eight
• clock, I became alarmed, as I did. not bear my mistress
moving; she was in the habit of calling us about six o'clock; I
wished the housemaid to go up and call them, but she de-
clined, as she thought it seas early. We had been washing no
the previous day, and we thought our anistress did not like
to disturb in, as she might consider we were tired: our rpistress, on
the preceding evening, ►ad told us not to get up early, but to sleep
as long as we pleased. We thought they might have had a bad
sight, and therefore did not awake them; but when the clock struck
nine we went up and knocked at the door, and no one answering,
I opened ,be .101111 of the feed room, and then.discovered they were
not is bed. and that the bed. was Moody. I hastened down stairs
as fast as I could, and called assistance.
Did you hfse any noise in the course of 'the night I—l beard
them walking about she house about half-past four o'clock ;it was
then day-hgbt.
Did you ever see the razor before 7—Never, Sir.
When you got up in the morning were the windows and doors
closed and lessened 7—They were quite fast as when we wain to
bed at night. On Monday evening, when I had finished washing,'
Miss Spencer same out et the parlour to me, and Said. " I dare
say you are tired, fur you hue worked very hard. However,
lam glad you finished the washing to-day, because you could
net have dime it to-morrow." Mrs. Spencer also told me on
Monday, that we should have a holiday on Tuesday, but I believe
that ebeetvAtion had reference to a fete that was to be given by the
Ladies of Medley upon the greets. Mrs.S. had also told me that the
intended she (witness) should sleep in the same room with her and
be daughter, as her daughter was in the habit of getting up many
date in the course of the night, and disturbed her. Mrs. Spencer
Moo said, that on their occasions her daughter looked very wild,and
her conduct had much alarmed her. She seemed to be apprehensive
that something of this kind would occur, and said, " she hoped,
to (ion nothing would ►appen to her poor daughter." The noise
heard in the morning was of no extraordinary kind. I never heard
any quarratiag or discord between them ; but Mrs. Spencer said
her daughter spoke to her very cross sometimes. Ido not knew
et any money bang in the house. Mrs.Spenter always said she
bad no money ; and when she wanted some money to send to her
daughter in Africa, she said she must borrow it.

Janes Haynes, the hoesetnald, stated—On blooday night I at.
tended the deceased Ladies until ten o'clock, at which time they
went to bed good tilted% and I did not ir a r any noise they made
lo the course of the night. On Tuesday T became alarmed, when
I did not hear them move, nee see the shutters opened, and I went
op and knocked at the door. About nine o'clock I again went up
with my fellow servant, and knocked at the door; hot, as no an-
swer was then given. I went into the room. I discovered that net-
ther my mistress nor her daughter was in bed, and that the bed was
bloody, and I hastened out of the room, and called assistance. All
the fastenings in the room were secure, when. I got up in be morn-
ing, as they were when I went to bed • the only persons who slept
in the house were Mrs. and Miss Spencer, myself, and fellow.,
servant ; my mistress had said that she should like to have my fel-
low servant sleep in her room, lest she should be taken 11l ; I have
never seen the razor with which the deed was done before ; but I
have beard MnsSmith say that it belonged to Miss Spencer's brother.
Naga Smith, of Hadley, said.—l attended Miss Spencer as a
nurse for three month., when she bad her leg broken, and I also
attended Mrs. Spencer eleven weeks, when she was unwell; the
first fortnight I attended on Miss Spencer: she was very bad in her
head ; I have not seen her lately ; I have seen the razor with which
the act was committed in the band* of Miss Spencer, for the pur-
pose of cutting her slather 's corns; it was kept in Mrs. Spencer's
dressing-table drawer, which was never locked.

Mr. William Poole Attfield said, that when the circumstances
coseeered with the death of Mis. Spencer and her daughter were
ouninsukated to hints be went ever the premises, and found every
thing correct, and nothing disturbed; bliss Spencer's gold trate.h
was in the foli at the betWiead.
The Hey. Mr. Thackeray, the Clergyman of the parish, said—l
have known Mrs. Spencer and her daughter about eight or nine
yore. In consequence of the very singular conduct of the daughter,
and from the letters I have received 4re.o ber. I have often re-
saarhed that the would become Insane. Her conduct was parti-
cularly strange when she was unwell. I visited her on Saturday,
and having found her very dejected. I made the remark to her, but
she made tue no reply. On all occasions, when I have visited them,
I found Alias Spencer conducted herself as a most kind and affec-
tionate daughter..—Tble wane the whale of the evidence. •
The Coa4ablaa then said, that there could not be a doubt that Miss
Spencer bad caused bee mother's death. In the night a paroxysm
might have come upon her, and than the had committed the dreadful
act, net knowing what she wu about. Any individual might commit
suicide, bat was there any thing to induce this young Ludy to destroy
her parent, who bad always treated her with kindness and affection?
The Jury had beard the evidence of the medical Gentlemen as to'
the manner in which the throat of the unfortunate woman bad beta
cut, anti they most be satisfied that she bad not committed the act
herself. It was also imposeible that the wound could have been
•nflicted upon the throat of the old Lady while she lay in bed,
because if the carotid artery had been then divided, it would have
been impossible that the cousd have come out of her room into the
dreg-ing room where her body was found. There could be no doubt
.hat the old Lady List her life by the bands of her daughter, and ac-
.urding to the evidence, there mild be no doubt that she was insane
The Jury then consulted together, and in a few minutes returnee
be following verdicts :—" We find that the deceased, Mrs. M.r.
Spencer, died in consequence of a cut throat, inflicted by her dau,.i.
ter. she being at the time in a state of temporary derangement."—
" We find that Mary Spent. r, junior, cut her own throat while ia
I State/ of temporary derangement."
f he Inquiry did lot terminate until near ten o'clock at night,

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?Mt 0111111w1C0 Vag Ituitret.
This day the arguments in ti e Abet cause were
concluded.

Mr Sunour who Was with Mr. Holum argued that
there was not the slightest foandat;on for the motion.--
Out of mercy to Mr. Townsend, the tax-gatherer iond
would-be schoolmaster, he begged his Lordship to dis.
miss the motion with costs, for if the information was
prosecuted, the unhappy tar-gatherer would be involved
in endless litigation and expense.—Mr. Ross replied.
The Loan CHANCELLOR was satisfied that he could
not grant this application for an injunction. As to the
information, the parties must follow their own cour►e;
and with respect to the costs, he should at present make,
no order upon the subject.