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tation, the Jury returned a verdict, 
Wilful murder against some person 
or persons unknown. 
On Monday last an inquisi- 
tion was taken at Piddington, in 
this county, on view of the bodies 
of Robert Cave, and Jane, his 
wife, who were supposed to have 
been wilfully poisoned; when, 
upon an investigation of upwards 
of seven hours, it appeared that 
Robert Cave, who usually worked 
at Horton (about a mile distant) 
was accustomed to have something 
hot provided for him on his return 
home in the evening, generally 
some broth, and a pudding or 
dumpling : that on the preceding 
Wednesday evening he had suet 
dumpling prepared for him by his 
wife, the whole of which he ate, 
and found no ill effects from it: 
that on the next day (Thursday) 
she also prepared another suet 
dumpling for him, taking the 
flour out of the same bowl, and 
the suet from the same place as 
on Wednesday. In eating it he 
complained of its taste, and only 
ate about half of it. His wife 
then ate part of the remainder, 
giving some tohereldest daughter, 
who only took a very small quan- 
tity. They were all very soon 
afterwards taken extremely ill, 
and Jane Cave died in about five 
hours; Robert. Cave lived onl 
about eight hours, and the daugh- 
ter is now very ill, but likely to 
recover. It did not in any way 
appear how or in what manner 
the poison was introduced into, 
or got mixed with the flour or 
suet, both of which were strongly 
impregnated with arsenic; no 
person having been in the house 
since the making of the dumpling 
on the Wednesday, except the 
family of the deceased. Verdict— 
Died by Poison.—( Northampton 
Mercury.) 
Longevity in the Feathered 
Tribe.—On Wednesday, the 4th 
inst. a goose, which formerly be- 
longed to the late Mr. John Miss- 
ing, and lately to R. W. Missing, 
of Posbrook-cottage, Titchfield, 
died at the advanced age of sexty- 
four years: the year before last 
she laid five eggs, and hatched 
five goslings, one of which is pre- 
served. as a curiosity, being the 
offspring of so aged a mother. 
4. Child Stealing—Mary Bulpit, 
a girl about eight or nine years 
of age, residing with her parents 
No. 37, Chandos-street, was en- 
trusted to take out a female in- 
fant, about five or six months 
old, the daughter of Mrs. Tho- 
mas, a lodger in the same house, 
and at the top of St. Martin’s- 
lane she was met by a lusty 
fresh-coloured young woman, 
dressed in a red stuff gown and 
black chip hat, who conversed 
with her respecting the infant, 
pretending to know the parents. 
She asked the girl to go on an er- 
rand for her, which she declined 
doing; she, however, urged her 
to go to No. 21, King-street, 
Soho, to fetch a small bundle, and, 
that she might go with the greater 
speed, she agreed to take care of 
the infant while the other ran for 
the bundle, for which she pro- 
mised to give her two-pence. The 
girl went, but could not find the 
house: she returned to the top of 
St. Martin’s lane, but could not 
find the woman or the infant. 
Sligo, Jan. 7.—John Mulhearn, 
of Annaughearly, within three 
miles of this town, has a small 
float or cot, of a very simple con- 
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