by watching till the heaviest wave has broken.

After exhausting himself in crying for assistance, there seemed to be no alternative but that of being drowned in the cavern, or being starved to death by cold and hunger. He now cut his boots from his feet with his knife, and threw them upon a ledge of rock above the cavern, in the hope that they might meet the eye of some one in passing; and then commenced an attempt to scale the cliff, which he had mastered, a height of above forty feet-when, on taking hold of a stone which was loose, he began to slip, and at the very moment that he fell, and expected to have his brains dashed out on a huge rock immediately below, and on which he must fall, a tremendous sea swept over the rock, and bore him to the mouth of the same cavern to which he had before been cast, and in which he had lain before; and now, with feet and hands dreadfully swollen by climbing and the action of the salt water-battered, bruised, and dreadfully shaken, he lay another night in this awful cavern, with the sea breaking over and drench. ing him.

Sunday morning came, with no possibility of receiving human aid. Once more he nerved himself to try and get out of the cavern. He had prayed most fervently; he thought of his sick wife and his infant family; and he made the attempt, and he found himself most wonderfully strengthened every step he took. After in credible toil, and tearing his hands and feet against the sharp-pointed rocks in a most dreadful way, he ascended very nearly to the sum. mit, where he was so very nearly calling again, that he looked where

abouts he should fall; but most providentially despair nerved him to almost superhuman resolution, which enabled him to seize hold of a projecting pinnacle of rock, upon which he climbed, and was thus enabled to reach the summit with sufficient strength to throw his body over, though his legs were still hanging down the side of the cliff. Here he regained strength to place himself out of danger, and to return thanks to the Almighty for his wonderful preservation.

He was found some time after by a man crawling on the ground, with his feet and hands completely doubled under, from the injuries they had received. He was placed on an ass, and conveyed to the house of Mr. Jones, farmer, Trehill, near St. Bride's, where he was most charitably taken care of.

31. DREADFUL MURDER AT MANSFIELD, NEAR NOTTINGHAM. -This morning the peaceful little town of Mansfield was thrown into a state of consternation by the discovery of a most dreadful and cold-blooded murder. The hapless victim of this atrocious deed was a young woman in her twentieth year, named Mary Hallam, the daughter of a labourer, who has resided in Mansfield for many years, and who has saved a considerable sum of money by his industry. The murderer is a young man named John Jones, alias Samuel Moore, a shoemaker, a native of Market Bosworth. He has resided in Mansfield for four years, and had, until a few months ago, been considered the accepted suitor of the unfortunate deceased.

Moore rented two rooms at the bottom of a yard in Lister Lane, Mansfield, and the deceased lived with her parents in a house at the

top of the yard. A year ago the murderer lodged in the same house with the deceased; but about nine months since, he became rather unsteady, and took to drinking, in consequence of which, the parents of the deceased, thinking that his bad habits would not promote their daughter's happiness, declared against his suit. He then left their house, and went to lodge in the same yard, at the house of a widow named Wragg. At that time he made use of threatening language; but it would imply a degree of malignity unparalleled to suppose, that he formed a resolution, in consequence of what then passed, to perpetrate so savage and diabolical a crime.

He visited at Hallam's as a neighbour, and occasionally went out with the deceased. At Whit suntide, whilst walking in Mans. field Forest, he committed a vio lent assault upon her, and fre quently gave evidence of being a most passionate fellow. On Thursday night the deceased, who had been out on a visit, called at his shop on going out of the yard, and from the evidence there appears not the slightest doubt, but that he fell upon and murdered her, by cutting her throat in the most dreadful manner.

He stayed in the workshop, the scene of this dreadful tragedy, with the body of his victim, for some time, and at length locked up the shop, and went to a public house. He there drank several glasses of ale, and sang a song at the request of the company; after which he went home to bed.

We extract the following from the evidence:

William Hallam, the father of the deceased, deposed, that he last

saw her alive at one o'clock on Thursday. She had just returned from a journey to Worksop, where she had gone on a visit on Christmas-day. Witness returned from his work about nine at night, and found that the deceased had just gone out without bonnet or shawl on. When the deceased did not return home, he became alarmed for her safety, and searched the whole town for her. At eleven he took a lantern, and went to the mill dam, but without finding her. Witness then thought that he would go to the prisoner's shop, and put a table against the wall, and look through the window, which was high up. By the light of a lantern he saw the deceased lying on the floor, weltering in her blood. He did not attempt to get in at the window, but stood and looked for signs of life, but could not perceive any, She lay on her right side, and her clothes were down within an inch or two of her shoes. Witness then took the table and chair away, and, after telling his wife that she was dead, went and fetched Metham the constable. Witness and Metham, with the nephew of the latter, went down to his lodgings and called up the prisoner, who was apprehended and taken to the lockup. Witness then described the wounds on the body to be several large cuts on the throat.

Several other witnesses were examined, and the prisoner being cautioned, was then asked if he had anything to say. He rose from his seat, and said, "I decline for the present," and then resumed his sitting,

In answer to the coroner, he said, "My name is John Jones, and not Samuel Moore. I live at Mrs. Wragg's, Lister Lane. I am

a cordwainer, and twenty-four years of age. I have lived in Mans field four years." He then declined answering any more questions.

The room being cleared, the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of "Wilful murder against John Jones," who was fully committed upon the coroner's warrant, to take his trial at the next Nottingham assizes.

The prisoner maintained a most unmoved demeanour, and stated, that before committing the fear ful deed, he asked the deceased if she would marry him. She replied that her parents would not consent. He then said that he would take care no one else did; and seized her. After he had inflicted the first wound, which it appears was not immediately fatal, she begged for her life; but seeing him resolved, then asked for time to pray, before he killed her; he answered, that he would pray for both of them, and completed his dreadful purpose. He then prayed for "God to have mercy upon two unfortunate lovers," and stayed a considerable time on his knees.

1842.

JANUARY.

4. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. FRAUD ON LORD STANLey. -A middle-aged man, of respectable appearance and plausible manners, called at the Colonial-office in Downing-street, and inquired for the noble Colonial Secretary. He was informed by the messengers in attendance, that Lord and Lady Stanley were at the time on a visit to Her Majesty at Windsor Castle,

and were not expected in town until the following Thursday. The stranger was then asked to leave his name, when he said he was commissioned by the principal officers of the Custom-house to deliver to Lord Stanley the box which he had with him, and which contained a most costly and magnificent chandelier, intended as a Christmas present to Lady Stanley from some of the foreign Courts; and that he was also instructed to say, that thirty-five cases of wine had been received as a present for his Lordship, which would be delivered on the following morning.

Some further conversation followed, in the course of which the stranger gave particular directions that the package he had with him should be carefully attended to. He then pulled out of his pocket some papers, which appeared to be the regular Custom-house_certificates, signed cates, signed "George Lamb," and stated that he was to receive 31. 5s. 4d., the amount of the regular dues.

The office-keeper desired him to write a receipt for the money, which he did in the presence of that gentleman's daughter, the amount was paid over to him, and he left the office. The costly present was removed with all due care, to the mansion of Lord Stanley in St. James's-square; and on the arrival of the noble Lord and Lady from Windsor opened with the greatest caution when its valuable contents were found to consist of a few brick-bats, packed in a manner to prevent them rolling in the case.

Immediately on the fraud being discovered, by the directions of the noble Secretary, information was given at the police-station in Scotland-yard, and also to the City

police, and every exertion, in consequence used to discover the delinquent. The exertions were successful; and the suspected party was apprehended in the neighbourhood of the Custom-house. It is, perhaps, needless to add, that the thirty-five cases of wine have not been heard of.

6. ANECDOTE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.-When his Grace the Duke of Wellington, who is known to be a very early riser, was last at Windsor Castle, upon a visit to Her Majesty, the following incident occurred, affording another proof of the strict military discipline so closely observed and practised upon all occasions by his Grace. One morning, between seven and eight o'clock, the Duke, accompanied by his youngest son Lord Charles Wellesley (who was then in waiting as one of the equerries upon Her Majesty), walked from the castle into the quadrangle, which he was about to leave by the iron gate near the entrance to the state apartments, to proceed on to the North Terrace. The Duke and his son, however, were stopped by the sentry (one of the 72d Highlanders) stationed at this spot, who stated that his instructions were not to suffer any person to pass from out of the quadrangle at that early hour in the morning. Lord Charles Wellesley immediately stepped up to the soldier on guard, and said, "You surely can't know who this is it is the Duke of Wellington, my father." His Grace instantly responded, "Pooh, pooh, nonsense; let the sentry perform his duty;" and returned to the castle until the hour arrived at which the sentry could suffer them to pass out through the gate in question.

7. EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR AT WEXFORD. -Some time ago the daughter of a man named Bolger procured a suit of boy's clothes, and went to "seek her fortune" at Liverpool, as a "dashing young Irishman." She was hired by an English gentleman as groom, and for months rode after him as such. On his leaving the country, he recommended his groom in the strongest terms, and Miss Bolger was hired as inside servant. One of the maids, however, became attached to her, and, to escape her importunity, Miss Bolger joined a twopenny show, where she soon attained the exalted honour of tumbling on the stage, and of describing figuratively the letters of the alphabet. The show booth arrived here, and her brother, by a singular coincidence, was employed in one of the departments connected with the building, and recognised his long-lost sister in the interesting posturemaster. Her father, with the assistance of the police, conveyed her to his house; but she is so pleased with her male attire, that neither threats nor persuasion can prevail on her to assume that befitting her sex.

8. AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.This afternoon as Mr. John Brailsford, one of Lord Chesterfield's keepers, was going his rounds in Stoke-fields, in the county of Nottingham, he observed at a distance about twenty men entering a turnip field, as he supposed to steal turnips. He went to them, and seeing them take up turnips, he began to remonstrate with them on the impropriety of their conduct, when to his surprise, he found that they were a gang of poachers, and that they had about 200 snares with them, hanging

upon their arms, and on other parts of their persons. He observed also that part of the men were in the act of setting snares; others were pulling up turnips to stop holes in the fences; and others were laying marks. He boldly and instantly took one man into custody; the rest threw turnips and large stones at him, swearing that if he did not set their com. panion at liberty, they would murder him.

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He persisted in holding his man; but the party proved too strong, and he let go his hold, knowing the name of the individual. turned off from the poachers to find his father, who, with himself soon mounted and rode on horseback in pursuit. They came up with fifteen of the retreating party, near Colwick-gate, when Mr. Brailsford, the father, dismounted, and attacked with a large stick the whole gang. Supported by his son, they succeeded, although struck upon the head and body with large stones, which were thrown at them almost as thick as hail, in capturing one of the poachers.

8. SUICIDE AND ATTEMPTED MURDER AT SHEFFIELD. The town of Sheffield has been the scene of a very shocking occurrence, the result of intemperance. A young man, aged twenty-five, named Henry Vaughan, a table knife manufacturer,living in Whitecroft, had, it appears, paid attentions to Sarah Poole, who, with her two sisters, lived at Pye-bank, Bridge-houses, and obtained a respectable livelihood by dressmaking; but about eighteen months ago, in consequence of his dissolute conduct and intemperate habits, she refused any longer to keep company with him.

Soon after this period he called upon her, and endeavoured to induce her to revoke her determination to discard him as a lover: but finding his persuasions in vain, he drew out a razor, and attempted her life. She however, with great promptitude and spirit, threw him down, and got the razor from his hand.

In October, he had fired a pistol at the house; and on Monday last he visited her, and uttered such alarming threats, that she applied to the magistrates for protection, and obtained a peace warrant.

The sisters had, in consequence of his violence, been latterly in the habit of fastening the door and window-shutters in the evening; but on yesterday night, unfortunately, forgot or neglected to do SO. At about a quarter before eight o'clock they were sitting at their work, when Vaughan suddenly rushed in at the outer door, closing it after him as he entered, and cried, "Revenge !-revenge this night, if I go out a corpse!" He then drew his hands from his pockets with a pistol in each.

Sarah Poole immediately rushed to the door, followed by her sister Harriet, who, perceiving he was aiming at Sarah, shut the door, but he fired one pistol before it was closed. Sarah escaped down the stairs; but Harriet, by closing the door, shut herself in with the infuriated man; while the third sister, Hannah, escaped out at the front door, and ran over to give an alarm at a public-house opsite. Vaughan essayed to follow Sarah, but Harriet, with great presence of mind and wonderful intrepidity, pushed him backwards, and he fell. At this moment she snatched from him what she supposed to be the other loaded pistol,