The Sun. — London, England, 1822-11-25 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Pita's, Nov. 21.—The rumours spread abroad yesterday and this morning through Paris have been contradicted in the following manner : " Alarming rumours were yesterday evening spread abroad through Paris. This time the rumour did not relate to the death of the King of Naples—to the abrupt departure of the Sovereigns—nor to the sudden dissolution of the Cogress : no courier had arrived from Italy ; but a commercial courier had arrived from Madrid, and on a fact so simple and so common, extra ordinary news have been founded, of which the 'following is a specimen : " ' It was asserted, that at the departure of the courier on the 14th of November, Madrid was in. a state of great agitation,—that the French Am bassador had been so seriously insulted, that his recal and war seemed inevitable. It was added, that the Ministers had met in an extraordinary sitting on the receipt of this news, and that or ders for war had been immediately given. The names even of three distinguished Generals were given as about to set out immediately for the army.' " These rumours, which arrived too late yes terday to influence the public funds on the Ex change, were carried immediately to the Caffe Tortoni, where it appears not ice alone is taken, and the rentes, which on the usual place of trans acting business had closed at 89f. 20c., fell one franc in this chapel of ease. The fall continued throughout this day, and the very last quotation still felt the impression produced by this ne ws.— We have thought it our duty to investigate the source of these rumours, no less for the interests of truth than for those of many of our readers. " We are able to affirm, that on the departure of the courier,who arrived yesterday from Madrid, that capital enjoyed complete tranquillity. That :neither M. Lagarde, our Ambassador, nor any • foreign Ambassador, had been insulted. It will presently be seen how improbable it is that any thing, of that sort could have happened : it is false that the three Lieutenant-Generals alluded to, or any other, have received any commission for the army : nay more, the rumours of war which are propagated with so much eagerness cannot be founded on any military movement ; for during the last month not a corps has been sent to augment the forces of France on the fron- tier. " Now for the facts brought by this same courier, to whom rumour has given dispatches so alarming. We oppose these facts, of which we guarantee the authenticity, to the reports of yes terday : " A proposition had been made to the Cortes to subject the houses of Embassadors and foreign Ministers, like those of citizens, to domiciliary visits ; but the assembly unanimously adopted an amendment on the resolution, in which they clearly ,and positively excepted the hotels of Ambassadors and foreign Ministers from domi ciliary visits. " The second fact is more important. A Deputy had made a motion to oblige France to explain herself categorically on the question whether she considered herself at peace or war with Spain. This proposition, after being de bated, was rejected during the same sitting. " These two decisions are the more remarkable inasmuch as very few deputies were present ; which manifests the little interest the propositions bad excited. " Equal currency had been given to a rumour that the Army of the Faith had been completely defeated and pursued by Mina to our territory. We have received letters from the frontiers of the 16th, which contain nothing like such news. • " P.S. A rumour was yesterday circulated • that Seo d'Urgel had been evacuated by the Royalists. This news has not been confirmed."- - (Journal des Debats.)- The Constitutionnel, commenting on the sub jeCt which we have already taken . from the Journal des Debats, says, " that it is evident from the eagerness displayed by the Ministerial . Journal (the Etoile) to contradict the report of war, to which it had the day before given cre dence, that its article must be considered as a solemn avowal that the rumours of war are‘con sidered as calculated to inflict a severe wound on public credit." La Ruche d'Aquitaine of the 17th of Novem ber publishes the following details respecting the Army of Observation of the Pyrennees :—The first division is under the orders of Lieutenant ' General Count d'Autichamp. Camp-Marshal Viscount Valin commands the first brigade. The second brigade is commanded by Viscount de St. Hilaire: The third brigade is commanded by Viscount Bethier de Sauvigny. • T he chief head quarters are at. Bayonne. The head-quarters of the Camp Marshals are as .follows :—The Ist brigade at St. Jean de Luz . ; the 2d brigade at Bayonne ; the 3d brigade at Oleron. The troops. -consist of infantry, cavalry., and artillery. The 'formation of a 4th brigade , is spoken of. PARIS, Nov. 21.—The • Moniteur contains the following Ordinance, dated the 13th instant : " Artiele,l. There shall be formed two corps of marines for our ships of the line and frigates ; the first shall be organized. at Brest, and the second at Toulon. " 2- The corps shall be composed of enrolled volunteers, whose period of service shall be eight years. " 3. Persons liable to the maritime inscription entering the corps of marines shall be exempt, on the expiration of the term of their enlistment, from all calls for service in time of peace. " 4. The enlisted volunteers subject to calls for the land service shall, in terms of the first paragraph of Article 15 of the law of the lOth of March, 1818, be deductedfrom the con tingent to be furnished by their departments. 5. Our Minister of the Marine shall present for our.appro bation a set of rules for the composition, service, advancement, pay, administration, and pecuniary audits of our marine corps.' The Gazette de France gives the following news from the Spanish frontier, which ourreadefs will estimate at its true value : " Letters frOm Urgel of the 12th announce as follows:--' The enemy had at first menaced the entrance of the Conque de Tremp, but fearing to shut himself up there, moved in some force upon Liurana, whence he demanded supplies from the neighbouring villages ; a movement of our troops compelled him to bear upon Pons, and on the 10th Baron d'Eroles, who at first had taken the position of the Puebla de Segur, and had thence returned to Talaru, •set out for Peramosa. His force is augmented by the troops lately tinder Romanillo, amounting to 2,500 men. The translation of the Regency to Puycerdo will, without doubt, disconcert the plans of Mina, but our mi litary operations have undergone no change, and the entrance into thgeL Will bedefended . as vigorously as ever. An attack ;made on the Royalist troops at Mequinenza has been defeated, With the loss to their opponents of 100 prisoners, and a number killed. Accounts from Ripoli of the 3d state that the division of Costa occupies Olot and Esquirol ; and Malavilla, St. Pierre de Torillos with 1,600 men. Plandolit is also at Esquirol With 300 men ; Brigadier Coll is, with 2,000 brave fellows, in the position of St. Hilaire ; Sapere is quartered at Centellas ; at Tonna there is also a corps of 600 men. From the positions thus occupied by the Army of the Faith, 111ilans cannot, with his 1,500 men, abandon Vich, and effect his retreat but by surmounting immense obstacles.' " On Wednesday the Tribunal of the First In stance was occupied with an action brought by M. Fromont, of Nismes, against his Royal High. ness Monsieur, for a sum of 290,000 f., with inte rest for 30 years. This sum is asserted to have been lost by M. Fromont, in consequence of his having, in pursuance of the instructions of Mon. sieur, excited the unsuccessful Royalist insurrec- 1 tion at Nismes, in 1790. On the part of Mon sieur, it was contended that he gave no orders, verbal or other, to M. Frornont, but that the latter acted of his own accord ; and further, that his losses have been amply compensated by his appointment to the place of Honorary Secretary of the King's Cabinet, the income of which (4,000 f.) he still retains, though the place has been suppressed. The' further proceedings were adjourned to Wednesday next. The following are the prices of Stock at Paris, as given in the Bourse or printed list of Thursday :—Five per Cents. opened at 88f. 25 c. rose to 88 f. 45 c. and closed at 87 f. 90 c. ; Bank Shares, 1600 f. ; and Neapolitan Stock, 76. FttoNTIE4S OF CATALONIA, NOY. 12.—Yes terday at noon the Regency arrived at Puycerda ; the members were three in number, viz.—the Marquis of Mataflorida, Baron Ortaffa, and Senor Gispert.. -They were accompanied by three Secretaries. They were all in grand costume-, and were received witti military honours, but not a single viva for . the Regency was heard. The escort consisted of from 300 to 400 men, foot and horse. There were not more than 150 or 200 men for the garrison of Puycerda. The opinion in that town was, that the Regency would leave it on the same or the following day, for Llivia, or for France. The army of Mina, which is said to consist of twenty-five thousand men, is advancing towards the Seo d' Urge], in which Baron Eroles is detained by indisposition. On the 10th a great number of mules left that fortress for Puy cerda, loaded, it is supposed, with ammunition. This convoy was escorted. Some days before, there had been an action near Vich, between the constitutional troops and Baron Eroles, who, was compelled to retreat. if the Regency remove to Llivia, which is enclosed territory, and crossed by the frontier line, it is probable that the Con stitutional Army wil l follow it. Then it will certainly be said that we have violated the neu trality, though it is our enemies who abuse it, and who make it in reality a hostile disguise. THE MURDER NEAR AYLESBURY. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) As soon as the murder was known, intelligence of the event was sent to Aylesbury, and to Ashton Clinton, about a mile and a half further, where Mr. Minshull of Bow street, who has a house there, was immediately called up ; and, on receiving information of the circumstance, lost not a moment in proceeding to the spot, where he was soon joined by an immense numbet of persons from the surrounding coun try. The greater part of these persons he forthwith swore in as special constables, and dispatched them in every direc tion, with instructions to apprehend all suspicious persons whom they might meet. All were zealous in their ellorts to attain the ends of justice, and some on foot, and some on horse back, scoured the neighbourhood for miles around. Messen gers were then sent to the resident magistrates near to the spot, whose co-operation was as promptly afforded. Among others to whom intelligence was thus sent was the Earl of Bridge water, near to Berkhampstead. The Noble Earl happened at the moment to be on a visit to his neighbour, Lord Ire rulam ; but his Secretary, Mr. Atty, who was resident in his Lordship's mansion, at once went to the village of Gaddesden to alarm the villagers ; at the same moment, the constables who had been in pursuit arrived, and they reached the Bridge water Arms together. This was about eight o'clock. Mr. Atty communicated the cause of alarm to Mr. Bennett, the landlord, who, the moment he heard of it, observed that three suspicious persons were then in his taproom—two men and a wonian—whose appearance almost induced him at once to pro nounce them the murderers. Inquiry was instantly com menced, and it turned out that this group had been regaling themselves on • beef-steaks, which they had purchased of a butcher in the village, and for which, it afterwards appeared, they had paid all in halfpence. They had bundles with them, and it was remarked that the woman, on seeing herself closely observed, retired to the privy. [This circumstance has not yet led to any particular search.] The whole three were then se cured, and from their manner,' as well as unsatisfactory ac counts of themselves, they were detained till the arrival of the Magistrates. In the course of the morning the Earl_of Bridge water, the Rev. James Horseman, and 'the Rev. Mr. Jenks, all Magistrates, reached the spot, and diligently and acutely examined the prisoners 'separately, when such contradictions arose in their statements, that the former suspicions were con firmed; and those suspicions received still further confirma tion on the arrival of Mr. James Sheriff, the gaoler of Ayles bury prison, and other witnesses, who recognized the priSoners as having been seen lurking about the country for some days previously. The bundles of the prisoness were searched, and many things of a questionable character were discovered. They stated their names to be James &oleo-, Thomas Randall, and Margaret Barnacle. In the end they were ordered to be confined in se parate apartments, and their' examination was adjourned to Thursday. On interrogating the woman, as well as from testimony ob.- tained, it appeared that she had been acquainted with one of the male prisoners for'nearly a twelvemonth, and with the other she said but for a few days. It further appeared, that on the night of the murder, they had all been seen together on the road, and that the woman had slept at Berkhampstead, where the men left her at eight o'clock, saying, " they must be gone on as job which would fetch them a hundred pounds." -On se parating, she said she exhorted them " not to commit murder." By agreement.they met on the morning of Wednesday, at an ap pointed place. The woman declared, that " she must not tell all she knew, lest she should be murdered herself;" and she has since been as taciturn as possible, although from her manner there is no doubt she will ultimately tell all she knows—a know ledge which, it is feared, will have reference to other murders which have long remained involved in mystery. On Friday •a numerous bench of Maghtrates, among whom we noticed the Earl of Bridgewater,:Lord Clarendon, Mr. Dorine, the Rev. Mr. Horseman,' the Rev. Mr. Jenks, and others, assembled at the King's Arms, Berkhampstead, where they renewed their investigation. Mr. Sheriff was again in at tendance, and produced further conclusive evidence.. Ruthven, from Bow-street; was also present. At four o'clock they were conveyed in separate chaises to Aylesbury, in the custody of Mr. Sheriff, Ruthven, and the local constables. On their way to ptison, they had to pass by the scene of guilt, and Mr. - Sheriff, by direction of the Ma gistrates, took the two men separately into the room where the bodies of the murdered persons lay. Croker first enter ed. The bodies had been placed in separate coffins; the lids of which were then removed. Croker could scarcely' be prevailed upon to look at them, and was perfectly silent. It was a sight, in fact, to appal the heart of the most innocent. The appear ance of the bodies, although washed as they had been from the stains of blood, was most terrific. Randall was next introduced. He exclaimed, " that it was a dreadful spectacle ; and thanked GOD that he had no hand in their death." It is conjectured in fact that Croker inflicted the fatal wounds ; and it further turns out that a horse had been taken from the adjoining field, and brought to the gate, as an inducement for Mrs. Needle to come forth. This she promptly did, and at this moment it is be lieved she was instantly knocked down, and the remaining work of death and plunder was completed. The body of Mrs. Needle, from its muddy state, there is ro doubt was subse quently dragged in, and placed in the room with that of her husband. At 5 o'clock the prisoners reached Aylesbury, and were safely lodged in,the gaol in sparate cells. The curiosity exciled on this occasion was intense, and the crowd assembled beyond calculation. CORONER'S INQUEST. Friday morning, pursuant to adjournment, an Inquest was held at the White Hart tavern, Aylesbury, before John Chers 'ley, Esq. Coroner for the county of Bucks, on the bodies of Rebecca and Edward Needle, above alluded to. The Jury consisted of twelve resptctable farmers, inhabitants of the town of Aylesbury : and the Rev. Messrs. Ashfield and Archer, Magistrates for the county, were present to hear the evidence. Mr. Wm. Hayward being sworn, said he was a surgeon, re siding at Aylesbury. He was called upon to inspect the bodies of the deceased, Edward and Rebecca Needle, at 11 o'clock in the morning, on the '2oth inst., in company with Mr. John Blissett, his assistant. It appeared to witness that the wounds were inflicted with the edge of a blunt or flat instrument or bludgeon. Mr. John Blissett, assistant to last witness, confirmed the above testimony. Joseph Davies was the next witness examined : being sworn, he stated, that at about a quarter after eight o'clock on Wed nesday morning last, he was going to fetch his master's horse, which was in a field near the toll-gate. On passing by the de ceased's house, the gate was open. He usually passed that way every morning at the same hour, and the toll-keeper was al ways there. On passing by he saw the deceased, Rebecca Needle, laying on the f100r... He gave the alarm immediately, because he thought the woman dead. Witness opened the door of the toll-house ; and when Mr. Wyatt, the proprietor of the Aylesbury coach, drove up, he informed him of what he had seen. Witness was frightened, and did not go into the toll-house to see the body of Edward Needle, but he afterwards heard that he was dead. The woman was covered with blood and bruises. _ _ _ Wtlliam Speed, Joseph Hill, and Jams Tame, deposed to the circumsances attending the discovery of the murder. Charles White knew the two deceased persons. He passed through the gate on the evening preceding the murder, and then conversed with Mr. Needle, who was employed by the trustees of the toll. He did not see Mrs. Needle. Charles Finch being sworn, said that he is a labourer. and re sided at Ashton Clinton, Bucks. He was employed on the turnpike-road between Ashton Clinton and Aylesbury. On Monday last, about half past 10 o'cloCk, he was at work some distance from Weston turnpike, where the murdered person s resided. He then saw two men (now in custody) on the road ; they proceeded in the . direction of Mr. Senior's meadow, not far from the toll-house. Their appearance was very suspicious. One of them was a short thick man, and be carried a bundle under his arm ; the other was a tall man, who walked lame, and wore a light coloured fustian frock coat. He walked with a black thorn stick. He was lame of the right leg. He wore ankled shoos, and was a dark-looking man ; and passed by witness three times in the course of the morning. He turned in his toes when he walked. The short man was well made. The bundle was tied up in a light coloured handkerchief, He wore' a light coloured drab cloth coat, with light worsted cord breeches, which came over the calves of his legs. It was a single breasted coat; and he was very pale in the face. Witness did not speak to them when they passed him. When they got about a furlong from the Weston-gate, they turned to the left into a meadow, and moved on towards the back of the toll house. At about five o'clock he saw the same persons walking in the directiOn of 'Weston-gate, from Ashton Clinton, in the same dress • and the short man was carrying the same bundle, and the.talf man had the same stick. The next time he saw them was on Tuesday, at half-past ten, when a woman was in their company, and they still wore the same clothes, and carried the stick and bundle. The woman was in their rear, l and the short man stopped on the road for her. They were then about a mile from Weston-gate, and going along the turnpike-road towards Ashton Clinton. 'Witness thought they looked very ruffianly fellows, and said to his compa nion, " I should not like to meet them on a dark night," meaning that he would be afraid of being robbed. Wit ness had seen the prisoners at Lord Bridgewater's tavern, Gaddesden, when he was examined before his Lordship and a bench of Magistrates. When he beheld them, he im mediately recognized them as the persons he saw on the road near Weston-turnpike. His attention was impressed in con.: sequence of their desperate Appearance. • When he saw them at Gaddesden on Wednesday, they were dressed in differ ent apparel, but he still knew them. He saw them again on Thursday, being examined at the same place, when the men' denied having passed • that way ; but the woman expressed that she saw them at work ; and again, by way of correcting herself, said she never saw them before. A gentlemen asked her why she did not say what she knew about the murder. She answered, that if she was to .tell all she knew about it, they would murder her. He asked the " tall" man whether they had not seen them (witness and his mate) at work on the Mon.; day ; this person would not. answer, but the " short" one de nied it, saying he did not go that way on Monday. A Juryman.—Did you make him understand what part off the road you were alluding to ?—Yes, I mentioned near Mr. Senior's. He also denied having gone into the field. Elisha Horn, labourer.—About a month ago witness saw the same men now in custody; and could swear to their faces ; they passed him on the road on 'Wednesday and Thursday last ; when the short man passed bins a month ago he looked ruddy and well, but the last time he saw him he seemed very ill and distressed. Mrs. Fanny Norris, of Aylesbury, stated, that on Tuesday afternoon, about three o'clock, she went to Weston turnpike toll-house to visit the deceased persons, with whom she had tea. She left them about five o'clock, both well. She attended on Friday to give evidence at Berkharupstead, when two men, who were in custody on suspicion of having committed the murder, were examined. Some property found on the pri soners was produced for her inspection by Mr. Sheriff, the gaoler, by order of the Magistrates. Among the articles so produced she identified a pipe-stopper, as having been the pro perty of Mr. Needle. It was formed f copper, and seemed to be washed or plated with silver-: it. was round at one end, but quite plain, and worn round the edges. The deceased always used this tobacco-stopper for stamping parcels. Witness had not seen it for the last twelve months; but is certain it is the same site had seen with Mr. Needle. She had herself fre quently used it, having lived in' his service, for nearly four years. The shoes and stockings, which formed a part of the articles-found on the prisoners, resembled articles of the same description which she had seen in the possession of the mur dered persons, but she could not' swear decisively that they were the•same. • . . . Dlr. Sheriff, the keeper of Aylesbury gaol, here produced the whole of the property found on the prisoners, of which a pair of leather gloves formed a part. The right hand one was much worn, as if from the wearer having been accustomed to walk with a stick. . _ _ The witness being questioned as to this latter point, said that the neceased, Mr. Needle, generally walked with a stick, and almost always wore only the right band glove. Mr. James Sheriff, keeper of 'Aylesbury prison, was next examined. He was present on Thursday at Little Gaddesden, and on Friday at Berkhampstead, attending the xamination of witnesses against James Uroker and Thomas Randall, the persons accused of having murdered the deceased. In the course of the examination on Friday, the following articles, found on the prisoners, were committed to his care,by the Ma gistrates—viz. a pair of worsted stockings, a pair of leather baces, a large clasp knife, a pair of leather gloves, a pair o f sloes, a tobacco stopper, lffs. 6d. in silver, and 4d. in copper; add numerous other .trilling articles. The prisoners did not confess any thing relative to the murder in presence of the Ma gistrates,.but the result of the examination was, that they were fully committed for trial on the charge of murder. Witness, in the drawer of a desk at the, house of the deceased; found some nails of two sorts, which answered the description of those in the shoes found on the prisoners ; which shoes he believed to have belonged to the deceased Edward Needle. James Wyatt, of AylesbUry, driver of Mr. Hearns' coach, deposed the discovery.of the murder. The Inquest was then adjourned at eight o'clock, to Satur day morning at nine, for which day several fresh witnesses were ordered to be summoned. _ _ Aylesbury, Saturday night. 1 The proceeding before . the Coroner were this 'morning re. I aumed. William Woods examined..—Liles near Ashton Clinton, at the • house which was formerly the Weston-gatehouse ; it is about a mile from the present gatehouse. __Was very intimate with the deceased Edward Needle, and had known hint for 20 years. He frequently visited him, and saw him last on Sunday week. He then shewed witness a pair of shoes, and said he was about to put some hobnails in the heels, to prevent him from slipping. The decased was in the habit of sitting with his shoes down at the heel. On Thursday last witness.saw on a desk in the house of the deceased, some nails similar to those which the deceased said he intended to put in his shoes. Mr. Sheriffagain produced the shoes found in the possession of Croker and Randall. Witness was quite satisfied that the shoes then produced were property of the deceased.--(They were down at the heels, and had each three hobnails in the heel.) —The deceased generally wore a glove on his right hand, and walked with a stick. William Clarke examined.—Lives at Tring, in the county or Herts ; is a constable. On .Tuesday last saw a tall man and a short man going through the town of Tring : the men had since told witness their names were James Croker and Thomas Ran dall. The tall man had a light-coloured fustian jacket on, and the short man a darker coloured cloth jacket, or short coat. On the following morning witness heard of the murders, and went in pursuit of the offenders. He proceeded to Gaddesden, and at about half-past nine arrived at the Bridgewater Arms. He there saw the same men he had seen the day before, in company with a woman, and took them int. custody, with the assistance of another constable. - In an hour afterwards he searched James Croker, and found on his person a pair of stockings, a pair of braces, plated copper tobacco-stopper, a housewife, and various other articles. The tobacco-stopper now produced was the same witness took from Croker ; the white fustian jacket produced , witness took off Croker's back. There were several marks of blood on the elbow and cuffs of the right arm. The jacket- was very wet and dirty when he found it, as if an attempt had been made to obliterate the marks;_ the stains had been covered with clay or dirt ; there were also bloody marks on the back. 'Witness -also saw bloody marks on Croker's shirt. Croker had a large black thorne stick with him. ➢lr. Sheriff was requested to take care of Croker's shirt, which he still wore. William Martin, another constable of Tring, confirmed the testimony of William Clarke, and was with him when Croker and Randall were apprehended. There was a bundle and a bag lying on the table near Randall, which he claimed. Witness searched him in a private room, and took off his coat and neckerchief. The coat was short and straight, and of cloth, with white metal buttons. Witness produced the coat : it bore several marks of blood on the flap, sleeves, and breast ; at tempts had been made to efface these marks. There were also marks of blood on the neckerchief, where it had been tied. There were also matches and,candles found in the prisoner's possession, together with api of white striped satin riband, which was found' iri his pocket : on the bag which , Randall claimed as his, there was a patch of blood. Mr. Sheriff having taken off Croker's shirt, according to the request of the Coroner, now produced it. There were spots of blood on the right ann and breast. Elisha Thorn, the witness who saw two men on the Monday previous to the murder, near Weston-gate, examined the coats now produced by the constable ; and had no doubt the cloth coat produced by Martin and taken from Randall was the same which 'one of the men wore. He also spoke to the coat taken from Croker, and was sure that it was worn by the other man. Maria Allen, living at Ashton Clinton, deposed, that she knew the deceased Needle and his wife for many years.— She liyed with them for three years, and during that time she frequently saw the tobacco-stopper produded by Mr. Sheriff, and found on Croker. Mrs. Needle used to seal the par cels in which slid sent the money collected at the toll with it. She had no doubt it was the same. The piece'of riband found in Randall's pocket was similar to some which Mrs. Needle had worn ; but she could not swear to it. Isabella Allen, sister of the last witness, also knew Needle and his wife, and had lived with them a year and three quar ters. She perfectly recollected the tobacco-stopper produced having been in their possession. Witness was at the toll-house on Tuesday evening before the murder, and Was . asked by Mr.' - and Mrs. Needle to stop with them the night; but having business at home, she could not. Mrs. Norris again examined.—Was acquainted with the de ceased and his wife. He was in the habit of wearing a glove on his right hand similar to that now on the table. The shoes produced were like his. He usually wore them down at the heel of a night. - Joseph Ribble, servant to Mr. Senior, Of Broughton, depos ed, that on Monday last, in the forenoon, he saw a tall man and a short man in his masters grounds, near to the Weston turn pike gate. Joseph White, of Broughton, a farmer, knew the deceased Edward Needle : he was positive the shoes produced belonged to him : he had seen them frequently on his feet, and especially on last Monday. Witness had been bred a shoemaker ; and there was something very peculiar in the form of the deceased's foot. It was short and dubbed. Joseph Itnpey, ostler at the Bridgewater Arms, Little Gad desden, stated, he saw the two men in custody at his master's house on the morning of Wednesday last. They were accom panied by a woman. He saw the pair of shoes produced lying on a bench in the tap-room, after the men came in. They were not there . before, and no other person was in the tap room but the prisoners and the woman. It had been a wet morn ing, and they went to the fire to dry themselves. They asked' if there was any cold meat in the house ? 'Witness said no," but told em there was a butcher's next door; one of them went tothe butcher's, and returned with two pounds of beef steaks. 'When the constables came in, the woman went out to the yard. He heard the men converse together ; and asked them where they come from, but they did not tell him.— They all appeared to be much fatigued. The tall man was lame. . • Charles Finch again examined.—He looked at the coats, the stick, and the bundle produced. The cloth coat he was quite sure was worn by the short man he had described as baying seen•on Monday and Tuesday; and the fustian coat was that worn by the tall man. The blackthorn stick he was likewise satisfied was carried by the tall man, who was lame ; and the bundle was the same as carrried by the short man. The men he saw in the custody of the officers were those he saw on the road. _ _ _ _ John Hingham, of Little Gaddesden, was next called, and stated to the Coroner, that he was appointed to sit up with the woman who was apprehended at Little Gaddensden with the male prisoners. On the morning after her apprehension, she said it was a sad thing to conceal any thing which she knew in such an affair, and then casting her towards a pair of shoes which were under the table, seemed as if she wished to say something, Witness took up the shoes, and said they were very like old Needle's shoes, who had a very particular shaped foot. He asked the woman where she got them ? She said, as she and the two men were coming along by Lord Bridgewater's .Park palling, they sat down by a new lodge which his Lordship is building, and had something to eat. James (the tall man, Croker) took these shoes from his pocket, and handed them to the other man, said "I-fere, Tom, is a pair of shoes that will fit you." Tom took them and put them in his pocket, saying, he would not put them on there. They then all went to the Bridgewater Arms. The Coroner said he could not receive this evidence, which was merely hearsay, unless the woman was accused of the mur der, which was not the case. Whatever evidence was received on this subject must come from the woman herself, who, as she was under commitment, could not be called. The witness then described the woman. She was short, with good face, and very thick legs : he had not seen her with the men. She said she was 25 years of age. Her name was Mar- ' tha Barnacle. He gave the shoes he saw under the woman to Mr. Sheriff; the shoes produced were the same. Thomas Wyatt, of the parish of Tring, labourer, deposed, that on Wednesday morning last, about half-past two o'clock, he saw the two men in custody, charged with the murder of Needle and his wife, going very fast towards Tring, in the di rection from Weston-gate. Witness said " good morning" to them, but they made no answer that he could understand. William Appleton, a constable of Aylesbury, was put in charge of the toll-house at Weston gate as soon as the murders were dis covered, and continued there till . after the prisoners had been apprehended. He did not suffer any thing to be removed from the premises, anti was sure the articles produced, as found on the prisoners, were not in the house - while he was in charge. Other witnesses were called, who proved the fact of the three prisoners having been altogether at Tring, drinking on the night of the murder ; and that at half-past eight o'clock the two men set out towards Ashton Clinton, saying, "if they did not make haste, they would he too late." The inquest was again adjourned at four o'clock, to enable the jury to dine : and on their re-assemblage at six, the Coroner summed up the whole of the evidence with great perspicuity. At half-past nine he closed his arduous labours, and the jury, after a short consideration, returned a verdict of " Wilful , Murder against Thomas Randall and James Croker."—All the witnesses were then bound over to pro'secute, and the inquest adjourned. ' The bodies of the unfortunate people were buried on Satur day at Ashton Clinton. Several of their relatives followed them to the grave ; and a large concourse of spectators were likewise present on the melancholy occasion. The expellee is borne by the trustees of the road. The bodies were in , plain elm coffins, with black plates, containing their names and ages. The constables by whom the prisoners were apprehended be come entitled to the rewards which have been - offered, amount ing to three hundred pounds. The prisoners r from other property found in their possession, it was evident, had been committing depredations in the neigh bourhood for some days before 'the murder, and, among other crimes, broke into a shoemaker's house at Stone, from whence they stole a quantity of leather. Up to the express leaving Aylesbury on Saturday night, neither the men nor the woman had made any direct admission of the murders. • ESCAPE FROM DURANCE.—On Thursday one of the Coventry weavers, who, having, been brought up for judg ment, and sentenced to nine month's imprisonment, was com mitted to the King's Bench Prison, previous to his removal to a county, goal, contrived to disguise himself,so as to elude the vigilance of the turnkey at the lobby, and got clear off. Such an instance has not occurred in the King's Bench since the me morable and still inexplicable escape of Lord COCHRANE. On Monday a fisherman at Selsea caught'some oysters, and returning late, laid them in an out-house. On going thither the next morning, a rat was found to have intro duced his foot between the shells of a large oyster which closed so firmly on it as to prevent his retreat : he paid the forfeit of his life for his_temerity. We are sorry to have to record an accident which proved fatal to the son of the Rev. Mr. Crew of Hawar den. Th e young Gentleman, we believe, had been out with a hunting party on the morning of Friday last, and was return. ing home in the evening, when his horse, which had become very restive, threw him ; a man, going on the Toad between Holywell and Hawarden with his cart, in a shark time after, plaited him up, but life was totally 'extinct. He has left a young widow to lament the loss of an affectionate husband, and the poor of Hawarden, by whom he was greatly beloved, a kind friend.--( Chester Paper.) Bank Stock PRICE 0: THIS DAY AT 3 per Cont. Red. Boq 3 per Cent. Cons. 814 s 3i per Cent _ N ol e d w 101 5 per Cents. 1797 97i 98 per Cent. Imp. 3 per Cents. Bank Long Ann.... 20 9-16ths F O STOCKSIndia o , t Stock"co c. ........... India 80nd5.. . .. .. .. ....... 44; South Sea Stock . .... . . 0••: Old Annuitie5..........: • 5 .... 4F r , Hi 115................. , •.• Ditto Small ................... Bank for Act ............ India for Con. Acct. ...... Cons. for Account ..... 81111 PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON , v • French AT ONE O'CLOCK. Five per Cents. 89i. {Six per Cents. 82. Five per Cents. (Metallic) tl2. Ditto New 86,1. Neapolitan f Five per Cent. Bonds, 76k. ( Scrip, n t i. Austrian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 85. Five per Cent. Bonds, 69i. Spanish New Ditto, 58g. Scrip, 5,1 disc. Prussian f Five per Cent. Bonds, 86g. 1 Ditto New, 87. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 90. Chili 76. {Old Bonds, 00. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 77. Ditto Scrip, 00. Peruvian New Loan, 79. Bank Shares 21 10s. American Six per Cult. 93-98. Five per Cent. 94. Three per Cent. 701. Russian I re: PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, Nov. 21- .. Bank Stock "52 a Grandana Stock, 34 per ct 9 2 7-i Di tto Sto ck .. . ...... . .. . 2 o Gov. Deb. 4 per cent.... -.. fi .Royal Canal Stock .......... ~.., Gov. Deb. 5 per cent.' 7t Wide-street Cert. t$ Per ' ...• —Stock, (5 per cent., - i Do. Deb. with Gov. tiec"r .-- Treasury Bills,. 5 per cent.— Pipe Water Deb. 5 p er ms 31 City Debentures, 5 per Do. c. , cent. 34 Ballast. Office Govt. '` .- DittoC I 3 Lo p : c , e 4 n rct. Gov. Deb. 3i per cent.... 94 Lying in Hospital 4 per et. 5 per cent. ......... ,e . **— Eschinge on Lon on, Nov. 20, 78. HIGH WATER AT LONDOP Morning, 54 minutes after 11. I „BRIDGE TO-310B,ROgro: Evening, U minutes, THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDE.I LONDON, •se MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 18 ---_-. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] 5 to Stock Exchange, Twelve o'Clock.—Bu siPes pose a very large amount has been done in the r 5 Market this morning : several eminent 13r°1e, have purchased largely. Consols opene d at 51,*; and up to this hour they remain steady at 51 t j,j.. 4 By the Express which arrived from ,O. morning, the price of the French Funds IS sil' 55 One o'clock.—There is not much be done up to this hour in the above W arl ' et :ii, New Spanish opened at 60, declined to ! ,1 4 , ov er and are now 58j. Great fear still prev ails the chief Brokers that their PrinciP ais O oh not be able to pay the differences on the t th is inst., which makes them very cautious is important moment. The most that is do in New Spanish. The Foreign Journals received since our The have brought no news of any i m portanc e ' ol d accounts respecting Spain are contradictory, toe, the movements or intentions of 111 10 / s° or' quent to the capture of Balaguer, are eviuenvt unknown to all parties. Time w ill exP l3 ' ll which is at present a subject of The French capital continued to b e agibite warlike rumours. incertitude, d tif FRENCH FUNDA.-NOV• gfl c . Five per Cents. Closed at ........... 88 f. 4 1 Y Bank Stock Neapolitan Five per Cents. ............................ c c: Exchange on London—One Month 25 I.* " 0 .0 Three Months .2 5 1. New York Papers to the 3d instant, an- a • t h° folk to the 31st Oct., have been receive e, 3I morning.—They state from Peru that an elc.Pst ditiou was fitting out there of 7,000 men ag t he Aregina, the only place which remained in ~,.t t" 1 power of the Spaniards.—lt is also rep.- -e Ila • Lord COCH comma has no more any South America. ; E l,s x ,t t s r r a te c N, t gT f imA ran a lonian Isftitile Letter from the regiment, under OLcire.o Lieutenant 7 n P . : ,, r v t i, Y E ° ; , t h li a: arrived from Corfu, as a reinforcement °,'. de , troops tai on this hiland. Previouslt to.thatltrsio _ c unent was embarked on board at 1 l e er Government vessel, to accompany the Chci n:c ,ort and Reel pole sloops of war to 'Maori, a r an j on the coast of Albania, between Varg 3 p it o Prevesa, for the purpose of conducting the 455 f the Suliotes to CephalOnia, Where au asYl aill n try• been Ti. afforded them on quitting their own °then is was in consequence of a treaty betw eell a to and aliow th t e h Turks, by which the latter stipall c o, the ondp ay property tl e i m e ftroeoiqgfuhi freight every i. l ly i . , e s sd v s i ee t s h lcs rfi all io) rt i t o l i t hl e i e i ; r aarrds , f a n ret,b of transP°l-elriv whole, under the guarantee of our Gl ier ) , ment (for neither party would trust the et te j i The final execution of the treaty trusty e j il l a c n c iod t but not without considerable delay, and side of the of violating the latter part on the 51 ta io Turks ; however, on threatening tq o il away with us their hostages to Cephaloni,stea security, the money was paid. Thus terttlerea a war of two years, in which the Turks suiceif an immense loss, and the Suliotes cornParalbarr little. Not more than I,4oo'souls were e ni q e of ed, of which not more than 600 were caPa ° , b ol bearing arms, and not one of these but who.' to , been wounded once or twice. This war O s , o f by the re st it tally distinct from that engaged in for tPe own country. On leaving the shoreso to' the Greeks, the Suliotes fighting solfetibieiroceel linchnir, II tors, they evinced regret Or xne-- !cPr6ssed tl 44e e r o ,i ty 0c c Pti on , ' t ie de termined Ind . A -eu, „ r " I° t'g h . so fF !tl'On g „ t p 1 arks en u 1( 18, 000 am ounts of Ye (Ha, PT I. the tc .Leer sery ; I \V e fre rOnicieh' e 4 inst ` e i t i s n l; ' r 'pr'reo t , i t In eslei may which al i,' 4 14. H AY „ T urks " twerl for the t3I Greek Co e3 ' were lib th o l „ s la at Sc', ..,s aon an d ti le r of Vistadlost to at , ance js e7reek wi, there 1 ci : ea ' from 1, 1 : -14 113t an , e sa i t l o oe In r a PAear e: the Ti but of th atr as. ai abi e cruelt th ? ril entioni the a , us e• of op - acts c tenrl' r eS3iOn are rem