The Defiance coach, on its way from London to Exeter,
last week, took fire in the course of the night, in consequence of a passenger drop- ping his cigar. Some damage was done to a few of the parcels, but not to any great extent.—Exeter Times. A few days ago, a poor old woman of Sapeote, upwards of eighty years of age, went into the fields to glean. Not returning, her friends became alarmed, and proceeded to search for her, and at length found her about eight o'clock in the evening. She was lying on the ground, very much bruised and exhausted ; and bad just strength enough to tell them that she had been knocked down and hurt by a ram, which was in the same field, and which had at other times shown its vicious pro- pensities. The old woman was taken home, but never spoke after- wards, and died in a few hours.—Boston Herald.
An inquest was held at Uttoxeter, last week, on the body of Sarah
the wife of Jonathan Mottram, who is a pensioner of many years stand- ing, and has lost his right arm. On the previous evening, Mottram went to the house of the deputy-constable and surrendered himself, saying that he hod killed his wife ; which on inquiry turned out to be too true. Her death appeared to have been effected by repeated blows of an iron bar front the bottom of a grate, and of a brick-end, and there were no less than eleven wounds on her head. The Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against the husk: d; who was com- mitted for trial at the next Assizes.—Stadiffdshire Advertiser.
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