The Sun. — 1845-01-18 (London, England)

THE SHAP WICK MURDERS. BRIDGEWATER, THURSDAY MORNING.—Last evening the inquiry into the cause of Mary Dimond's death was gone into. The inquiry terminated in the committal of the prisoner to take her trial at the next assizes for the wilful murder of her mother. She evinced the utmost nonchalance throughout the whole proceedings, and appeared to be as little affected as the most careless ob server. Once or twice during the day little matters occurred which caused a titter in the Court, and no one seemed to enjoy the smile more than the unfortunate woman against whom such serious charges are made. To-morrow inquests will be held at Shapwick on the body of her husband, who died in 1843, and on the body of her child. It will be recollected that both bodies were exhumed, and the stomachs and intestines handed over to Mr. lierapath, who is of opinion that arsenic is to be found in both.  BILLS 'oft -ua ENSUING SESSlON.—Towards the close of the last session a number of Bills were ordered to be printed for consideration, with the view of affording business at an early period of the next session, in order to preclude the objections which have for several years been made, that many measures were delayed until the session had far advanced. There are three Bills in respect to railways, joint stock companies, and lands, which have for their object an uniformity of practice in these matters. The Bills are entitled " Railway Clauses Consolidation,"" Companies Clauses Consolidation," and " Lands Clauses Consolidation." These three Bills are to bring into consolidation the laws relating to the objects mentioned, so that one law may prevail, and those appointed to administer the laws on the several branches have their attention directed to the matters under consideration without, as now exists, being called upon to refer to several statutes having reference to the same subjects. The Medical Bill, which has been so much discussed by the profession, stands for consideration, as also the measure relating to the appointment of clerks and other officers of petty sessions. The other Bills are the Mines Registration and the Field Gardens : the object of the former is to give to the Board of Trade a general power over all mines, which are to be registered and subjected to the superintendence of the Board, in order to prevent the .useless expenditure of fortunes on reckless speculations ; and the purport of the latter to obtain field gardens for labourers, with the view of benefiting their conditton. These Bills, and one. to consolidate parochial settlements, stand for consideration in the House of Commons,. and are expected to be brought forward at an early period of the ensuing session. The mackerel season has commenced under very favourable auspices for cur industrious fishermen. 1 Samuel Andrews, the most lucky of all our fishermen, came on shore here last Friday with 11,000 fish, which fetched 16s. per hundred. All our boats, with the exception of Andrews's, and one other, are engaged off Plymouth, where there is a large fleet of mackerel boats from various places.—Brighten Gazette. ATTACK ON A GAMEKEErra.-011 Sunday evening Henry. Tebby, of Cottesferd, gamekeeper to E. W. Rousbey, Esq., of Cottesford House, was attacked by three men, and so seriously injured that his life is considered to be in great danger. Oa Monday Jesse Willis, a young man of Hethe, was remanded to Oxford gaol by the Bicester magistrates for a.week, charged with being one of the men. The keeper was too ill to attend, and a medical certificate to that effect was put in. It ap. peared that the keeper heard a hare cry, and on his going to the spot ho saw three men. He recognised one of them, and called him by name, Jesse Willis. All attacked him, and beat him till he was insensible. On Tebby somewnat recovering, he went to the Rev. Mr. Msguire's house, Catholic priest of Hethe, where every help was afforded him. Willis was apprehended and identified by the injured man. Where the affair took place, a large quantity of blood and three bludgeons were found. The prisoner's shoes corresponded with foot marks near the spot. Tebby is in a dangerous state, labouring under concussion of the brain.