10 JANUARY 1852, Page 9

The Secretary of State has sent down a respite for

a week for Sarah Ann Hill. Mr. Milner, M.P., and Mr. Alderman Leeman, of York, came up to town yesterday, and had an interview with the Home Secretary on the sub- ject, and a Queen's messenger started last night with the respite.—Daily Hews.

Mr. Barlow, the Lunacy Commissioner, and a Special Jury, have been holding an inquiry for some days this week, and are still continuing their invastigationa, concerning the state of mind of Mrs. Catherine Cumming, a widow lady, residing at Gothic Villa'St. John's Road ; whose eccentric con- duct was once before the subject of similar inquiries, which did not result in her formal confinement.