The Sun. — 1827-04-03 (London, England)

THE WAKEFIELD 8.----Mr. Turner, the father of Miss Turner, intends to bring a summary process in the Ecclesiastical Court to determine the legality of the marriage farce between these parties. The last deei" that marriages on elopement to one, and Gretna-green ita principle sion on Gretna-green marriages is that of Sir William Scott (now Lord Stowell) in the case of " Dalrymple against Dalrymple." The judgment was a most elaborate ne the parties be obtained fairly and without fraud, and the marriage is solemnized according to the forms required by the laws of Scotland." oanmeiapyleb we considered valid if the consent of Mrs. Fry is still on her tour in Ireland, visiting the different gaols and infirmaries. She was at Enniskillen on Tuesday.  Liverpool to the Cheshire shore, nwpwillarpdrsoboafbolnyeb: olotongl.ti. . A tunnel under the river Mersey, from is contemplated. This will far exceed in extent the one now excavating under the Thames ; and if it be eompleted the carriage road from Liverpool to Chester will not exceed sixteen tiles. The expense i2leooin, ago the following ingenious address as attached Carlisle Patriot. to a A, few days c parcel and left at the White Hart Inn, wiii‘ech, to be forwarded by the Norwich and Stamford Union coach: it is supposed to have been written by a most artful and well-meaning young Lady-killer of that place :-w Now Mr. Coachman, I beg you'll attend, Take care of this parcel, 'tie for a friend. 'Tie for Miss L—....... ; without any blarney, Be you sure and leave it, She's now on a visit At Mr. James W-t-n's, of Thorney. Sheridan, being in the country on a visit, an elderly maiden lady, for whose society he had no fancy, set her, heart on being his companion in a walk. He excused himself at first on account of the badness of the weather, but was soon afterwards intercepted in an attempt to escape without her. " Well," it has cleared up, I see. " Why, yes," he answered, it has cleared up enough for one, but not for two."  All act of a most dreadful kind was perpetrated in this town on Wednesday morning by an old man, named John Birch, 74 years of age, who, in a fit of temporary insanity, murdered his housekeeper, Mary Hinton, who had lived with him upwards of 20 years. Birch, who is a man of independent property, residing at No. 25, Milk-street, was sitting at breakfast with his housekeeper, about nine o'clock, when he suddenly got up and went into the yard. He had been on very- good terms with the deceased, and appeared, when he left the room, to be as coinposed as usual. When he returned, Mary Hinton wee sitting with her back towards him, and as he afterward. said, it struck hiet that it was a good opportunity to kill her. He went into the parlour where there was an axe, and coming behind the woman he struck her a violent blow on the head with the edge of the instrument, which felled her to the ground. Having thus despatched her, he proceeded to cut her about the head and arms, and her body exhibited nearly 30 desperate wounds. He cave she never spoke after he struck her the first time. His son-inlaw happening to pass the door, Birch called him in, and said, "Look there," pointing to the body, "I have finished her at last." An alarm being then given, officers from -our police proceeded to the spot. and took Birch into eustody. Ile made no resistance, but said, " there is no occasion to be at any trouble about is me that did it. I had no cause for it, as there never was a better woman. I would give 10,0001. if she 'were alive again." A coroner's inquest was held at the Stag and Pheasant, at ten o'clock on Thursday morning, before Mr. Greenway, (Mr. Whiteley being absent on his duties, as Under-Sheriff, at Warwick), when a verdict of " Wilful Murder" was returned. The depositions were immediately made out, and the prisoner and witnesses were sent off to Warwick on Thursday evening, where Birch will take his trial at the present Assizes. The nnfertnnate woman was about 45 years .of age.—Birseingharn Journal. '