The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-25 00:00:00

THE NORFOLK MURDER.

The inquest on the body of Lorenzo Beha, who was
murdered near Tittleshall, on Friday last, was held at
the Griffin Inn, Tittleshall, before W. Pilgrim, Esq.,
Coroner, on Monday.
The jury, without hesitation, found a verdict of Wilful
Murder against William Thompson, the prisoner.
He was brought before the magistrates at Litcham on
Tuesday, and upwards of twenty witnesses deposed to
the various facts which have been related. The pro-
ceedings did not conclude until nearly nine o'clock at
night.
One of the witnesses was a young policeman, to whom
the prisoner was handcuffed for safe keeping directly
after being apprehended. He stated that whilst he was
reading the Bible aloud, the prisoner, without anything
being said to him, admitted that he was guilty ; that he
was very sorry for it ; and hoped he should have time to
repent ; but on other persons entering the room, the
prisoner denied having made any such confession.
The property found at the prisoner's residence was all
positively identified as belonging to the deceased.
At the close of the evidence, the prisoner declined
making any statement, observing that be could say a
great deal, but should reserve it for a future occasion.
He has displayed throughout a sullen and hardened
demeanour. He is fully committed for trial at the next
Norwich assizes.

THE GUIDING STAR EMIGRANT SHlP.—This emi-
grant vessel returned recently to Liverpool with cholera
on board. On Monday, the captain (Robertson) was sum-
moned before the magistrates there charged with infrac-
tions of the Emigration Act, the main charges being that
he had pulled down the hospital, several water-closets, the
bulk-heads which divided the male from the female
compartments, and that sufficient food had not been
given to the emigrants. The case was entered into
fully, and evidence adduced to show that the treatment
of the emigrants had, upon the whole been good. With
regard to the water-closets, it was shown that those
which the captain had directed to be pulled down were
only temporary erections, and that their removal was
deemed necessary by the medical officer on board. The
bulk-heads were taken away because the German pas-
sengers on one side would insist upon hanging wet
clothes over them, thus preventing the free passage of
air below. Mr. Mansfield (the stipendiary) said that
the evidence showed kind treatment on the part of the
captain and authorities of the vessel, but that the law
was imperative. He should, therefore, inflict only the
small penalty of 151. for the infringements, arising, as
they did, rather out of the necessities of the case than
from any wilful act of negligence or cruelty.
THE FOG AND PRINCE ALBERT.—Among the contre-
temps of the fog on Tuesday, we may reckon the embar-
rassment of royalty. His Royal Highness Prince Albert,
who left Cambridge at 4 o'clock p.m., arrived at the
Eastern Counties Terminus, Shoreditch, in a "special,"
consisting of two carriages and a break, at 25 minutes to
six, in the very thick of one of the most remarkable
" London November particulars" of which we have any
remembrance. As his Royal Highness was desirious to
reach Paddington en route to Windsor, the officials were
loyally anxious to give effect to that wish. Accordingly,
Mr. Church, the head clerk, issued orders to certain sub-
ordinates, who formed a sort of procession with flam-
beaux ; which, on its arrival at Worship-street, having
been previously espied by the police, despite the pea-
soup opacity of the atmosphere, was augmented by an
inspector and superintendent of police, ar.d ten men.
Of course the benighted public was astonished for the
space of three yards, that being the field of vision on that
pFblind occasion, with the passage of a brilliant proces-
sion, speedily disappearing in the ambient gloom. As
before seven.
there were no omnibuses in the route, except a few empty
ones befogged, and standing by the wayside, the car-
which being done,
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—An occurrence which has
supposed, a stranger to the neighbourhood, a foreigner, and, it is
week.too took uhp his
residence at the Crown Inn, taken some
refreshment, etired to rest at' an early
morning he got up, partook of breakfast,
hour.
afterwards " walked off," without paying asnbill. T The
landlord (Mr. Price), not liking to be done 'in this coole
manner, went after his strange visitor, whom he overtoo
at Agden, about two miles. from Malpas, on the road to
Whitchurch. The foreigner, en seeing the worthy
Boniface so close upon him, ran across a field, but the
former,
being quicker in his movements, soon caught
his strange visitor, when he deliberately pulled a pistol
from his pocket,
and,placing the muzzle to his mouth,
fired it off ! The poor fellow immediately dropped, as
if dead, and Mr. Price, having given the alarm, procured
assistance and had him removed. He,
i however, accord-
ing to our accounts, still survives, but s severely injured
by his rash act, the roof of his mouth being completely
destroyed. The unfortunate man refuses to give any ac
count of himself, and, his person and habiliments offering
no clue to his connexion and whereabouts, he still re-
mains unknown. Every assistance which medical skill.
could devise was rendered to him.—Chester Courant.
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GRISI AND MARIO IN AMERICA.—Madame Gns
Signor Mario are not to set sail for America until the
close of next summer. Their first appearance America
will be on the let of Septembet next,