wife to mortgage the cottage, her property, to get money
to emigrate. Baker was arrested. But subsequent
inquiries showed that there were not sufficient grounds
for this proceeding. A surgeon "did" find a shot in the
man's head, on the top of it; there were foot-marks in
the garden, marks where a man had knelt under the
window, and shots in the window frame; and the marks
were in a direction corresponding with Baker's statement
of the position of his wife and himself when shot.
Several shots were taken from the deceased's neck, and
a bit of glass was found in her dress. In the house was a
loaded gun: it had not recently been discharged; the
cap had rusted on the nipple. In consequence of
these facts, Baker was immediately discharged by the
magistrates.

W. T. Chipchase, a porter at one of the City taverns,
was summoned before the Lord Mayor, on the 30th ult.,
for having Illegally detained the Watch of Emma Pack.
The complainant, a young countrywoman, said the
defendant had, whilst paying very great, and, as she
supposed, serious attention to her, taken possession of a
silver watch which she had had for some years. The
acquaintance between them, however, gradually became
weaker, and at last was broken off; but the defendant
forgot to return the watch when they were about to
separate, and as he had given no equivalent during the
whole period of the courtship, the complainant thought
the only course she could take was to apply for restitution
through the Lord Mayor. The Lord Mayor: Had
he been paying his addresses to you? Complainant:
Yes, my lord; for some time. The Lord Mayor: And
why have you come to the determination to part?
Complainant: I want to know from him the cause of his
conduct. I am not to blame. The defendant: My
lord, she has got presents that I made her, and I think
she ought to return them to me before I return her the
watch. Complainant: I never made him a present of
the watch. It's not likely I'd give him a thing of such
value when all he gave to me as presents, as he calls
them, were a horn comb, a pair of odd gloves, and an
old Testament. Defendant: I gave you other presents
besides. You know I gave you a nutmeg grater, a yard
of grand Exhibition ribbon, a whalebone toothpick, and
a pair of socks that I bought at a baby-jumper's. The
Lord Mayor: Well, I dare say she will readily give
back these valuable memorials. I think she ought to
do so in commemoration of the loss of such a lover.
Complainant; Yes, my lord, he shall have them all
back. I assure your lordship that I never gave him the
watch—he took it off the table without my permission.
If I had given it to him, I never would have asked him
for it again. The Lord Mayor: Where is the watch?
Defendant: I have it here my lord, (pulling it out of
his fob). The Lord Mayor: (Handing the watch to
the young woman)—Very well. Take this with you
into the country, and tell your friends that you have
lost your lover and recovered your watch; and that you
have reason to be thankful on both accounts. The girl
made her curtsey, and the swain sneaked away amid
the laughter of everybody in the justice-room.

A grocer named Faucett, residing in Wyndham Road,
Camberwell, has Murdered two of his Children and
Committed Suicide. On the morning of the 30th ult.,
the shop was opened at the usual hour, and his wife,
after she had given her children their breakfast, went
out for a short time. After a quarter of an hour's
absence she returned home, and was surprised to find
the shop door fastened on the inside, and being unable
to obtain admittance by that entrance, she proceeded to
the private door. On knocking, the door, after a short
lapse of time, was opened by the eldest child, (a girl
about nine years of age), from whose throat blood was
at the time copiously streaming from two frightful
gashes. Upon rushing into the house, she discovered
her youngest child, a boy, aged one year and nine
months, lying on a bed in the back room of the first
floor, with his head nearly severed from his body, and
of course quite dead. She then went into the back
parlour, and discovered another of her children, a girl,
between four and five years of age, also lying dead, a
deep wound having been inflicted in her neck,
completely dividing the main arteries. Several persons
having now arrived on the alarm given by Mrs. Faucett,
they proceeded into the back kitchen, where the
murderer was seen leaning over the sink, and on approaching
to apprehend him, it was found he had inflicted
upon himself a wound in the throat, from five to six
inches in length. He was immediately conveyed into
the back garden, and laid upon the ground, but before
surgical aid could be procured, he had expired. The
weapons used by the unfortunate man were a carving
knife, a knife used in his business, and an ordinary table
knife. The eldest girl still survives, and is recovering.
An inquest has been held upon the bodies of the father
and the two children. Among other witnesses, the
widowed mother and surviving child were examined,
and it was proved that the unfortunate man had long
been in an unsound state of mind, and had previously
attempted suicide. He had lately acquired intemperate
habits, and, before the commission of the crime, had
shown much despondency on account of the state of his
business. The jury returned a verdict of "temporary
insanity." His poor widow has since died.

Mr. Ingle Rudge, a stock-broker, committed Suicide,
on the 30th ult. Mr. Rudge was in the habit of
transacting his business at the counting-house of Mr. Routh;
also a member of the Stock Exchange; and on that
gentleman learning, on coming to his business on Tuesday
morning, that Mr. Rudge had been in the private
room about a quarter of an hour, he went thither, and
found him lying on the floor of the water-closet quite
dead. A wine glass was found on the table containing
the remains of prussic acid. A brief examination of the
body sufficed to show that the deceased had perished
from the effects of that poison. On his person was
found a loaded pistol and a knife. Some letters also
were discovered, one of which was nearly to the following
effect, dated Sept. 29, 1851, addressed to a friend:—
"Dear Sir.—When you have received this I shall have
ceased to live. I have never done any good to myself
or any one else about me. I knew this must come a
long while. I hope some one will take pity on my poor
wife and children: do what you can for those helpless
creatures. I dare not think of their unhappy condition.
I have had the means of death in my possession now
more than two weeks." The deceased had for some
time been in a desponding state, and the day in question
being a settling day, he had been unable to meet some
demands upon him. An inquest being held on his
body, the jury found a verdict of "temporary insanity."
The members of the Stock Exchange have subscribed
nearly £1000 for Mr. Rudge's widow and family.

An Inquest was held at Bristol on the 29th ult., on
the body of Mr. Baker, a tradesman, who, a few days
before, committed Suicide by blowing out his brains
with a gun, to the trigger of which he had attached a
string. It appeared that the unfortunate man took to
heart the departure of two sons, his only children, to
New York, and became so depressed in spirits, that the
apprehensions of his friends were excited. The jury
returned a verdict of "temporary insanity."

On Sunday evening the 28th ult., as Mr. Joel Slater,
butcher, of Lower Belgrave-place, Pimlico, was returning
home from Richmond, in a light spring-cart,
accompanied by his housekeeper, when passing Kew-bridge,
one of the Brentford omnibuses which was coming along
at a smart pace, caught the wheel of the cart before Mr.
Slater could pull on one side, and overturning the
vehicle, precipitated both him and his housekeeper a
considerable distance into the road. On being picked
up, it was found that Mr. Slater's neck was dislocated,
and he expired shortly afterwards. The housekeeper
sustained a compound fracture of the leg.

Certain proceedings in the Liverpool County Court
have excited much attention. Mr. Ramshay was lately
appointed judge of that court, by the Earl of Carlisle,
as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancashire; and, in
consequence of complaints made by practitioners before the
court, an enquiry into Mr. Ramshay's judicial conduct
was made by the earl, who did not find reason for
depriving Mr. Ramshay of his office. This decision Mr.
Ramshay celebrated by giving a dinner in his own court,
as a "triumph over his enemies." Some severe
comments had been made on his mode of administering
justice, by the local press, and in particular, by the
Liverpool Journal. A posting bill or placard of that