The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-08 00:00:00

THE MURDER NEAR WINDSOR.

The mysteries of this affair seems clearing up, now tha
the police are on the track. Several little things have
been found out serving to point out the murderer. The
excitement in the neighbourhood is very great. Burn-
ham Abbey Farm, the scene of the murder, has been
visited by hundreds. Indeed since the murder committed
by Tawell some eight years ago at Slough, about two
miles from here, nothing approximating to the horror
now entertained has been witnessed, or could have been
anticipated.
Notwithstanding the perfect freedom which Haddo
(the groom) has enjoyed subsequent to the discovery of the
burning body of the deceased, the suspicions
.of the man's
guilt were strong, and as the police silently, yet minutely,
investigated the circumstances attending the awful occur-
rence, they became further fortified. Upon the police
taking Haddo into custody at the farm, he deported him-
self in a manner which, to their experieneed judgement in
criminal matters, betrayed the insolence of a person study-
ing to play the character of one innocent of the crime, yet
betraying, in the boldness of the embodiment, the reverse
of the impression that a consciousness of innocence might
have made. The prisoner was not then aware of the mat-
ter in possession of the police, nor indeed, is he at this
=Aleut, and consequently he preserves the same insolent
bearing in the police station at Eton, where he is now un-
der remand.

The superintendents, acting, upon the information fur-
nished by Mrs. Bunce, wife of the foreman of Mr. Goodwin's
farm, of the deceased's complaint to her a few hours before
the murder, of the offensiveness of Haddo in his language,
gleaned the fact of the young woman having, on the night
prior to her unhappy death, been to Burnham•village to post
some letters, and of her being accompanied a portion of the
distance home by a former fellow servant named John Marsh,
of Mills Farm, at Brittle, who had been paying her some
attention, and whose regards were reciprocated. This it
appears, had considerably augmented the dissatisfaction of
Haddo, who also had been manifesting •an affection for the
deceased, who, so far from encoufaging his passion, repulsed
him, and, indeed, treated his advances as emanating from
one beneath her in station, she, in fact, holdino,o• the position
of housekeeper, while the prisoner, though called a groom,
in point of fact only performed the duties of stable man, and
was of a disposition far from calculated to impress with
favour a young woman of taste, such as undoubtedly. the
deceased was for one in her walk of life—a fact amply testi-
fied by the little matters found in the unfortunate girl's bed
room subsequent to the butchery inflicted upon her.
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contradictions of Haddo's statements, which will be laid
before the coroner's jury at the adjourned inquest. They
have, in abdition, just become masters of grave facts, which
they do not consider themselves at present justified in dis-
closing.

THE PROXIMATE MAYOR.—We understand that
Mr. J. B. Lloyd, who will be elevated to the Mayoralty to-
'mot ruw, deellituS to be made ttn alderman,- -At a -dinner,
which took place on Friday evening last, at the Bee Hotel,
Queen-square, (provided in Mr. Lawton's well-known style)
on the occasion of Mr. Lloyd's re-election for Lime-street
Ward, he expressed himself in very decided terms against
being. raised to the alderraanic dignity, preferring rather to
remain connected with the ward as councilor, which he has
now represented for a period of twelve years.
THE RECENT FATAL EXPLOSION AT CHATHAM.—
The eldest son, William Henniker, remains in a very bad
state, and the youngest, Albert Henniker, if he survives, will
be a cripple for life with both hands. It is intended to raise
a subscription for Mr. Henniker for the serious and lament-
able loss he has sustained.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRES IN LONDON.—OR Sunday
night two very destructive fires broke out almost simultaneous-
ly, one in Lambeth, and the other in what is termed the
Tenter-ground, Whitechapel. The first took place in the
extensive starch factory of Messrs. Coward and Co., situate
in Princes-street, Lambeth. The flames could not be arrested
until they had burnt the building out in which the misfortune
originated. The other fire broke out in a long range of pre-
mises occupied, it was believed, by a Mr. Martin, a wheel-
wright. The total damage, it is expected, will at the least
amount to from 15001. to 20001.

WINDS 0 CASTLE THEATRICALS. —The first of the series
of royal dramatic entertainments, presented for some seasons
past before her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal
Family, at Windsor Castle, will be • given next Thursday
evening, in the Rubens Room, as on former occasions. The
arrangements will, as heretofore, be. under the direction of
Mr. Charles Kean. Mr. Phelps has been selected by her
Majesty to inaugurate the representations this year by the
performance of Shakspere's historical play of " King Henry
the Fifth," as revived by him at his theatre.

SERIOUS ACCIDENTS IN LONDON ON GUY FAUKES
DAY.—Several accidents took place in London on Satur-
day from the discharge of fireworks. In the evening a num-
ber of people were letting off fireworks on Tower Hill, when
one of them shot into the premises of Mr. Callagham, a
dealer in fireworks, and a fearful explosion took place which
blew every window on the ground floor • out, sent the fire-
works, such as rockets. Roman candles, squibs, &c., in a
state of thorough ignition, flying in sundry directions, by
which several persons standing near the window were more
or less injured. The damage done to the, property was ex-
tensive. On Sunday morning a fire broke out in the pre-
mises of Mr. J. Weir, engraver, Cannon street, St. George's
in-the-FieldS. The fire was caused by the remains of a
partially consumed rockets falling amongst a large quantity
ipf shavings and wood. 'other fire, from similar cause,
broke out in Oxford ":„..e,t about four o'clock on Sunday
morning.

MR. ROEBUCK, M.P., ON EDUCATION—Mr. Roebuck,
writing to the Mayor of Sheffield, in reply to an invitation
to attend a soiree of the Mechanics' Institution, says
Education has ever been with me a subject of the greatest
interest. My first efforts as a public man were to promote
it, and my last wishes will be in its favour. All other
subjects in comparison with it appear insignificant, and could
I see the people of this country once impressed with' a due
sense of its importance, I should then have no fear as to our
future. But at present I see sectarian differences, and the
private interests that thrive upon division in the way of
all improvement; and it would seem that to some
minds ignorance of everything appears better than a
creed differing from their own. Those people seem
to forget that morality among the various sects of England
is the same, and that a man may be honest and a good
citizen, no matter to what sect he belongs. But the fact
is, that it is not religious belief that stands in our way so
much as human pride. What is feared, is the top of power,
not error in belief. But whatever may be the cause of
opposition, the opposition itself, to all attempts at legis-
lative aid in support of education, is, at the present time, so
formidable, as really to be a complete obstruction. In this
state of things, I look upon mechanics' institutions as

neutral ground, 'and one of Our chief means of educating the
people. By this means the people will, I hope, be able to
do for themselves what the State ought to do for them, and
they, therefore, have my warmest support. "
LORD MAYOR'S DAY.-The inauguration of the
new Lord Mayor, Alderman Sydney, is to be celebrated to-
morrow. Nothing daunted by the inquiry of the commission
now sitting, the corporation have decided on installing their
new chief magistrate into office with nearly all the ceremony
and pageantry of ancient date. The novel features in the
procession, in place of the traditional men in armour, or
armed knights, will consist of a- car, drawn by six horses,
bearing the figure of Justice ; 18 heralds on horseback, at-
tired in national costume, bearing the standards of France,
Turkey, Prussia, Italy, iussia, South America, China, India,
North America, Spain, Austria, Greece,- Portugal, the
Netherlands, Denmark, Persia, Belgium, and Sweden ; an
Australian trophy, signifying the- auriferous and pastoral
character of the colonies, drawn by two oxen; banner of
Peace and Prosperity ; implements of industry, borne by
artists on horseback, two abreast ; and a car, drawn by nine
horses, three abreast, bearing two figures representing Peace
and Prosperity. • Although Mr. Sheriff Wallis will take part
in, the procession. he will not be present at the banquet ; the
whole expense of the entertainment will therefore fall on the
new Lord Mayor and Alderman Wire.