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LIFE OF AGNES RAE.


Miss Agnes Rae, who assassinated Mr Wilson, on Friday, at his own residence in Bingham, in the county of Kent, was a fine yomng lady of considerable accomplishments, and superior to the generality of her sex in personal charms. Three or four years after Mr Wilson's well-known divorce from his former wife, he addressed Miss Rae with such solicitude that he seduced her. They lived together as man and wife for nearly three years, with every appearance of domestic comfort. About this time, Mr Wilson met in company with a young lady who possessed a large fortune, to whom he transferred his affections, and in a short time married her. Upon this, he informed Miss Rae of the change in his affections, settled on her a sufficient maintainance, and told her he should see her no more. After the first agonies of grief had abated, she sent him the most affectionate remonstrances of his conduct,and