The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-18 00:00:00

THE MURDER AT ERITU.

On Saturday, we gave the particulars of the supposed highway
robbery and murder of Mr. George Carter, the son of a highly
respectable floriculturist in the Surrey suburbs of London, at
Erith. At that time there was a doubt, as no post mortem
examination had been made, and froth some peculiarities in
connection with the wounds on the body of the deceased,
whether he had met his death at the hands of assassins, or
whether he had himself caused it. It was incidentally men-
tioned that when the body of the deceased was found he was
lying upon the grass, some considerable distance from the
beach, where it was originally stated that the body was dis-
covered. From the fact that, in additional to the four mortal
wounds in the breast, one in the right auricle, and three in the
left ventricle, the centre one of the latter being three inches
deep, there has been discovered, at a subsequent examination of
the body, an extensive fracture at the back of the skull nearly
as large as an egg, and this has induced the medical men to
assert that it was impossible the case could have baen ono of
suicide. That there is no doubt on the subject now appears
from the fact, that the Secretary of State for the Home
Department has issued a notice, offering, a reward of £lOO
for the apprehension of the person or persons implicated in
this murder; and the right hon. baronet has also advised her
Majesty to grant her most gracious pardon to any person not
being the actual murderer, who would give such information
as may lead to the same results. In addition to this, the
society for the Prosecution of Felons, in the district, has
offered a reward of £5O, and the friends of the deceased
£lOO, for the apprehension of any person implicated in this
brutal outrage. There can be little doubt but that with these
rewards, if there was more than one person engaged in the
transaction, and all the circumstances that have as yet tran-
spired tend to that end, that the murderer will be speedily
apprehended. A more diabolical transaction has not probably
occurred for many years. That the murderers had their
scheme deeply laid is apparent, but that they made a great
mistake in carrying it out is evident from this circumstance,
that when the body was found a largo pie,;e of the skull was
battered in, which could not have been dono by accidentally
falling, and also that the carpenter's gouge, which was found in
the hand of deceased when the body was discovered, would
have made the wounds in a reverse d:rection to those indicated
on the body.

FREE TRADE CONGRESS AT GENOA.—Genoese papers
announce that the Industrial Congress—which has recently
been in session at Brussels—will meet next year at Genoa.
The place is well chosen, not less for its Wauty than for its
utility ; for Genoa the Superb is not more remarkable for
the grandeur of its site, which is altogether Italian, than for
its vigorous and enterprising genius, which is altogether
English.—Athenteum.
THE BRITISH WEST INDIA SQUADRON.—The Arachne, at
the latest dates received, was off Barbadoes on the 27th of
October. The Termegant, Amph;on, and Falcon, were at
Jamaica, all ready for sea, at the same date. The Euryalus
was spoken by the packet off Jacmel, on the 28th ulto., all
well on board. The Mariner wasat Belize on the 17th. At
Greytown her Majesty's ships Orion, Imperieuse, Arrogant,
Intrepid, and Pioneer. The Victor was expected from
Jamaica. The Archer had sailed for Honduras. The
Imperieuse was about to sail with the King of Mosquito on
board, who was daily expected from Colon.