all. I have seen the three women at the bar frequently
receive money from him; in fact, they 'would
not leave him without dragging money from him.
Sometimes the beggars abuse him in the most
shocking manner, so that the ladies in the street are
quite ashamed at the scene. Sometimes they fight
among themselves, and accuse each other of getting all
from the old——. People would suppose that the
newspapers would frighten them off: quite the other
way. Ever since the account of my master and his
beggars was published, he has been ten times more
solicited. I am now obliged to take up his letters on
the largest-sized waiter; and the crowds of fashionable
beggars that apply to him would astonish any one in his
senses." The Lord Mayor observed—"Surely the
representation of the very great impediment Mr. Solly causes
in the city must have some effect in giving a better
direction to his charity. It is quite impossible that such
a nuisance can be endured in our crowded and busy
streets. I sentence each of these defendants to hard
labour in prison for one month."

A remarkable instance of evident Imposture and
Credulity has occured in the county of Suffolk. Near
Ipswich there is a village called Shottisham, in which
there lives a family named Squirrell. One of the
Squirrells—Elizabeth—has turned out a prodigy. At
school, says the local journalist, she showed "great
natural ability," and remarkable aptitude for study.
At the age of twelve in June 1850, she went home in
consequence of illness, caused by over-work at school.
She had the best medical advice, but grew worse, and
at length lock-jaw set in. She continued to live by
suction for some time. In Midsummer, 1851, she
recovered from lock-jaw, but remained deaf and blind;
yet in this state continued to exist by suction alone.
And now her fame began to spread—for numbers bad
visited her; and her talk and her writings were
reported to be so eloquent and so touching, especially on
religious subjects, that she was regarded as little less
than one inspired. The marvel increased. For the
last three months she is said to have lived without
food. In this state she declared that she had seen a
vision of angels, one of whom had consented to become
her constant guardian; and that she was the especial
object of God's favour; as heavenly music (sounding
very much like the ringing of glass) testified, for it was
swept by the wing of the invisible angel. The Ipswich
Express says that the excitement among the people
of Suffolk has been very great.—"Medical men,
clergymen, Dissenting ministers, carriage aristocracy, gig,
cart, and foot folk, alike shared in the intense desire to
gaze on this extraordinary child, and to listen to the
words which fell from her with as much weight as
if she really had indisputable credentials that she was
an oracle from Heaven. On being asked when and
how this mystic 'scene would end, she replied, 'Oh!
in my triumphant entrance into glory.' "As a matter
of course there were sceptics among the visitors,
who desired to test the miracle. A watch was organised
and kept upon the girl. Nothing could be discovered,
until a Reverend Mr. Webb thought he detected
certain indications anything but miraculous, implying
that Elizabeth Squirrel did not differ from other mortals
in her subjection to physical laws. The report of these
watchers however does not seem to have been accepted
as conclusive; and the miraculous nature of the case is
still insisted on by many of Miss Squirrell's partisans.

A melancholy case has occurred of Attempted Suicide
by Voluntary Starvation. Two maiden ladies, who had
seen better days, went to lodge in the neighbourhood
of the Edgeware Road. Lately they locked themselves
in, and so aroused the suspicions of the landlady. By
a device she obtained admission, and found them
starving. She offered food; they refused it; and
on her departure they again locked the door. But
moans were beard; the door was forced, and the
authorities interfered just in time to save them from
death by starvation. They were taken to the
Marylebone Infirmary, cared for, and are recovering. It
appears they had come to London to seek a livelihood
by the needle: and failing in that, had resolved rather
to die than "bring disgrace on their family by applying
for relief."

An atrocious Murder has been committed in Clare.
The victim, Mr. Thomas Stackpoole, was a young man
under 20; the reported murderer was his uncle, who
bore the same name. The young man was to have come
into possession of property to the extent of £60 or £70
per annum on attaining his majority, and in the event
of his death this annuity would revert to the uncle,
Thomas Stackpoole, as next of kin. On the night of
Saturday, the 18th inst, the young man arrived at his
uncle's house at Bleanalega, near Miltown Malbay,
having been previously invited to spend the following
Sunday with him, and shortly after his arrival, it would
appear, the diabolical act was committed. His mutilated
remains were found on Sunday afternoon, some distance
from his uncle's house, at a place near the Sand-hills,
the skull dreadfully battered, his cap on his head,
nearly clean, and having the appearance of being put
on after the murder, and his boots lying near his
head, also clean, and just as if they had been
deliberately placed there. In consequencle of the
uncle having absented himself on Sunday, suspicion
was aroused, and lie and his family were arrested
soon after the body was found. A little child of his
becoming alarmed, afterwards began to cry out, said
it was not she did it, and named some persons who
she said had committed the foul deed in the house on
Saturday night, while the deceased was in bed. When
the inquest was held, a man named Richard Stackpoole,
a distant relative of the deceased, surrendered
himself, and intimated his readiness to reveal the
entire circumstances. His account is similar to the
child's but more detailed, and implicates the uncle
and aunt of deceased, Richard Stackpoole (the informer),
himself and wife, and the servant boy of Thomas
Stackpoole (the uncle.) It appears that deceased made
great resistance, and there is a cut between the
forefinger and thumb of one hand, as if received in
warding off the murderous blows of his cruel assailant;
and the same arm is also cut in several places. After
the murder was committed, it is said one of the
women carried him on her back to the spot in which
the body was found. The coroner's jury returned a
verdict in accordance with the circumstances, and the
accused parties will be tried at the next assizes.

At the Middlesex Sessions, on the 20th, Thomas
Scott, butler to Matthew Forster, Esq., M.P., pleaded
guilty to an indictment, in which he was charged with
having Stolen many articles of silver plate, value £200,
the property of his master. The prisoner had been
fifteen or sixteen years in Mr. Forster's service. On the
27th of August, a Highland dirk was missed from the
drawing-room, and in consequence a constable was sent
for; and on his arrival an examination was made of the
contents of the plate-chest. It was then ascertained that the
property mentioned in the indictment had been abstracted.
The prisoner was given into custody; and afterwards
he admitted having made away with the property. At
the police-court he made this statement: — "I pawned
all the plate myself, not with the intention of not
redeeming it. I fell into misfortunes; and if I had a
few days I should have redeemed it. Horse-racing
brought me to it. Sometimes I bad a thousand pounds
in hand, and at other times I have been without a
penny." A good deal of the property had been recovered
from various pawnbrokers, with whom it had been
pledged at different periods during the last three months,
and in one instance he had represented that he was
Mr. Forster's confidential servant, and was pawning the
plate for the use of the family, who did not want such
a circumstance to be known. Mr. Forster, addressing
the court, said he wished to recommend the prisoner to
its indulgence, on account of the length of time he had
been in the service of the family, but more particularly
because it appeared that he owed his present position
to the mischievous "betting-office" system. There were
not at present any means for putting down these
nurseries of crime, and until there were, he thought their
unfortunate victims ought scarcely to be visited with
severity. Mr. Witham,' the magistrate, said this was
an extremely kind recommendation, and had saved
the prisoner from a sentence of transportation; not
because it appeared that he had been a victim to betting-
offices, but because he had for many years been a