The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-10-08 00:00:00

BARBAROUS MURDER.

We received the following letter from our correspondent
?t Rochdale, yesterday Morning :
ROCHDALE, OCT. 4.
• A most dreadful murder has lately been committed in our
neighbourhood, the particulars of which I hasten to communleate.
The horrifying sensations produced by its occureence;asesuch as
bare not been experienced by the inhabitants of this part of the
country, sines the memorable murder of Mr. Lirtiestood's house.
keeper. at Pendleton, is 1817. On Saturday eight last, a man
of the name of Cass, and his wife, both upwards of seventy years
of age. were moot Ofhamanly murdered while sitting in their own
dwelling-house, at Birtles-cum.Bamford, situate between Roch.
dale and Bury. Till between ten and eleven o'clock that evening,
a neighbouring female had been sitting with the aged coil*. when
she leg the old man reading his prayer book, and the woman taking
off her stockings. It is conjectured, and not without sufficient
ground, that the murderers must have been on the lookout for a
suitable opportunity to perpetrate the horrid deed, as when it was
discovered about eight o clock on the Sunday morning. the female
was found in the same state (with respect to her dress), as she had
keen left by the neighbour the preceding evening. They were bosh
seated on c:sairs close together, with -her arms clasped round his
peck. Mr. Car's head was nearly clove in two, his lure so far
severed from his face, as merely to hang by the skin, and his chin
iompletely-cut open. Mrs. Cam's skull was also laid open, and
parts of the brain and hair were scattered about the floor; het face
was also Much bruised. This dreadful work seems to have been
awlesplished by means of • common spade and a poker, which
have been found upon the premises" and which were left near the
spot in • bloody state. Various opinions are afloat as to the object
of the wituderers: some supposing that they might have calculated
upon obtaining a hefty, as that day, some of his rents (he being a
landlord) want dos I others imagine that their brutal atrocity may
have been asimaitted from motives mote base and vile, which I for.
bear farther se mention. It would appear, however, that plunder
has not been their immediate object, as a watch lay undisturbed
'upon the table, which could not have escaped the notice of the
ce.:rderers ; but if it has, there is no doubt that their design has
bent frustraisikm Mr. Cam had not received his rents according to
expectation. T e Mat aisive exertions hare been made to dis-
cover the alining,' ilssielasa, and some trace has been found lead.
lug to Illuallumajmaa with what success I have not been able to
11. it
Team.
Ow "pi. oppratooded on suspicion, but he has been
4 iscbarsimi aflet being examined by the Magistrates.
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of " some persoo or persons unknown," has
Leta
oile Mr. Cam lima, living upon his own estate, and he
au
bore as an honest and peaceable man. It is
a matter of "Au rbe,: ihe wife interfered In behalf of her hut.
bah& and oar on the chair beside him, as she was
found ; or w she cold blooded miscreants had placed them
tooth In that silastiaa after the barbarous work was perpetrated.
A report sweissal Leeds late last night, that another man has
born apprehended in the act of tlisposiog of Mrs. Cass's spectacles.
It is said that he has made • conksston of the crime, and has given
such information of his three accomplices, as is likely to lead to
their discovery.—Leeds Istelligrerer.
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A party of Englishmen at Rome have lately introduced
a new species of hunting, which has quite astonished " the
natives. They are equipped in red hunting jackets and
caps. and the object of their sport is a poor mongrel be-
lunging to a butcher in Rome. The animal is carried in a
sack a few miles from the city : when arrived at its des-
tination, on being let loose, and frightened by the hooting
and horns of these new huntsmen, it takes to its heels to
regain the shambles, pursued by all the motley crew, some
of whom cut a worse appearance than ever any poor Cock-
ney did at Epping Hunt.
The Court of Justige of Paris has lately condemned
several jewellers and goldsmiths to a fine of 200 francs, for
ananufscturing jewels of gold inferior to the quality re-
quired by the law, and which was not stamped. The
goods were also condemned to be confiscated.
Tete LATE Fill AT BRIGHTON.—SeveraI examinations
have taken place this week before our Local Magistrates,
with a view of elucidating the mysterious circumstances
in which the origin of the destructive tire at Msjor Rua-
Kira is involved. A young man named Alford, who is a
carpenter, and has been out of employ from the time of
the fire, has undergone two examinations; and in the
absence of positive evidence was remanded to Lewes House
pt Correction. He will be brought up for re-examination
at the Town-hall this day ; but as no new facts have since
transpired, he will, we conclude,• be then discharged.
Another man, to #'hom at first some degree of suspicion
attached, from the equivocation of his statements, has been
also examined on the subject, but he has not been for a
single moment in custody.—Brighton Gazette.
l'ma Dam. IN rum Taa.—A few evenings ago, a
female purchased a quarter of a pound of tea, at the shop
Of Mr. Carter, on Gabriers-hill, Maidstone. The tea
was tied up, paid for, and deposited in the good woman's
pocket, and away she trudged. She had not gone many
steps before she felt the tea move. She fancied that this
/Night be occasioned by her having inadvertently touched
dome external object. On she jogged, and every step ass
took the tea renewed the jumping fit. At last, when she
had reached the shof Mr. Smith, the chymist, she be-
eline alarmed, and began to fancy "the old gentleman"•
was playing her a trie , or that the tea-dealer bad put
something alive in her pocket. She was afraid to put her
hand her pocket, but ran back to the shop in a state of
great agitation, seat cely able to articulate " Tea !"
" Devil I"—" Alive !" On beensning more composed, and
relating the cause of her slarni, it turned out that the per-
son who tied up the tea had forgot to cut the string; and
she had been walking down the bill with the tea-dealer's
twine unrolling itself as she went.
'flee Magistrates of Selborne, Hants, were a few days
ago occupied in the investigation of a complaint made by a
female pauper, named Sutton, an inmate of the parish
poorhouse, against Henry Eade, a guardian of the poor,
and John Neale, the Gaiernor of the poorhouse. It ap-
peared from the statement of the complainant, that when
is an advanced suits of pregnancy and seriously indisposed,
she had, as a punishment for some fault which she had
committed, been chained to a wall on the 9th ult. for
three bouts, and the seat which is sometimes allowed to
paupers so chained, taken from her. The Magistrates re-
commended the defendants to give 3/. to the girl, by way
ef compensation, but having refused to comply with the
recommendation, they were bound over to appear at the
S -whine to take their trial for the assault.

A most melancholy accident happened at Bardney, near
this city, on Monday, the 26th ult. As six men were
crossing the Witham at that place in a small boat, one of
thew began to move or rock the boat about, which caused
onyx water to now over the sides, anti the others perceiv-
ing the boat was filling fart, immediately made their way
to the stern, which caused her as soon to upset, and the
whole of them were precipitated into the water. For-
tunate!y three of them were saved, but not without ilitfi-
wily, and the other three, whole names were Dent, Ken-
nington, and Davison, two of whom were twenty, and the
other only seventeen years of age, were unfortunately
♦rowueil• They had been attending a wedding that morn-
ing, and it is believed were a little merry on the occasion.
lAn inquest was held the next day, by Mr. S. Trotter,
Coroner, and a verdict of accidentally drowned wu re-
wired, with a iderniarad of la. on the boat—Lincoln Mee-
airy

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