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people were collected on the oc- 

 casion, and expressed loud demon- 

 strations of joy. 



John Allen, formerlj' a seaman, 

 and lately employed at a signal 

 post near the Land's End, Corn- 

 wall, was, on Sunday se'nnight 

 last, found murdered in a field, 

 near the road leading to the Land's 

 End, from Penzance. The body 

 was first discovered by two ser- 

 vants belonging to lord De Dun- 

 stanville, and Rose Price, esq. who 

 instantly returned to Kenegie, (the 

 seat of the latter gentleman) to 

 give information of the circum- 

 stance, when lord De Dunstanville 

 and Mr. Price accompanied them 

 in quest of tlie body. The deceased 

 was lying near a hedge : and a 

 great quantity of blood was observ- 

 able in the field, from the entrance 

 from the road to the spot where 

 the body was found. It appears, 

 that the unfortunate man had, on 

 the preceding Wednesda)', formed 

 a hasty acquaintance with a man 

 whom he met in a public-iiouse, a 

 recruit belonging to a party of the 

 artillery, now at Penzance. Allen 

 remained in that town, in the 

 greatest intimacj' with his new ac- 

 quaintance, till late on Saturday 

 night, when he left it to return to 

 his station, and was accompanied 

 by the recruit. On the latter being 

 apprehended on suspicion of the 

 murder, a purse and handkerchief, 

 belonging to the deceased, were 

 found upon him, and of which he 

 could give no account. Several 

 other circumstances, highly unfa- 

 vourable to the prisoner, having 

 also been disclosed during the sit- 

 ting of the coroner's jury, they 

 brought in a verdict of wilful 

 murder against him, and he has 

 ^acc been committed to Bodmin 



gaol. He has not denied being ac- 

 ce.-^sary to the murder, but says that 

 he will criminate several more. He 

 is an Irishman, and has but lately 

 come to this country. 



31. A short time since, as some 

 labourers were grubbing up a hedge 

 that divided a corn-field, near 

 Bletchingly, in Surrey, the pro- 

 perty of Perkins, esq. they 



dug down to a pile of brick-work, 

 within a foot or two of the surface, 

 the regularity of which, after they 

 had destroyed a small portion of it, 

 attracted their attention, and led 

 them to communicate the circum- 

 stance to their employer, who 

 ordered the men to pursue it even- 

 to its foundation ; this they did ac- 

 cordingly, and having exteoded 

 their labour to the depth of about 

 six feet, exposed to view the 

 ancient remains of a Roman bath, 

 of an oblong form, with two cir- 

 cular ends, and in size about 14 by 

 20 feet ; but its pavement having 

 been destroyed, it has none of those 

 beauties which distinguish the 

 baths that are now exhibited at 

 Bignor; Mr. Perkins has, neverthe- 

 less, carefully preserved it, and is 

 prosecuting his researchjin expecta- 

 tion of making similar discoveries. 

 The arch through which the water 

 was conveyed into the bath, from 

 a neighbouring stream, is quite 

 perfect. Fragments of richly or- 

 namented Roman tiles, of which it 

 is now supposed the pavement was 

 formed, have been, and still are, 

 frequently thrown up by the plough 

 in the above field. 



The density of the atmosphere 

 during the day, and the heavy fog 

 at night, which prevailed for the 

 whole of the last week in London, 

 and many miles round, has been 

 very remarkable, and has occa- 



