The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-02 00:00:00

THE MURDER AT LAMBETH.

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TRT4 MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
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NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.
The :ripply of meat this morning was not to a very great extent ; and
'min% 'to the weather, trade was not lively. Prices as follows :-Beef,
2s• O'd. to 3s. 6d. ; Mutton, Os. 6d. to 3s. Bd. ; Veal, 3s. 6d. to 4s. tid. i
Po' zk, 3,5. ed. to 4s. Bd.; Irish, 3s. to 3s, id. The supply of poultry
Was rather large, and there Was not much act:Evity in trade, The foi-
l...ring are the prices for each of the artiee enumerated :-.Goslings,
3s, 6d, to ss. ; Leverets, Os 6d. to 4s. Id.; absßabits, Is. ; Chickens, la. Gd.
to 2s. 6d.; Fowls, 43. to 75.. Gui%ea Fowls, 55.; Pea.hens, 10a. ;
Pigeons, 6d. ; Dottrells, 25.; F.g, 4s. 6d. to ss. 3d. per 120 ;
Plovers, 3s. per doz.
COVENT rsAIIDEN MARKET.
It is too early yet for this market to shew the effect of the late rain.
The supplies thi.., mornin', good ; grapes in particular were
very fine...prices generally somewhat lower than last week. Goosber.
ries and Prices
vr..ty fine for the season.
lIIINGERFORD MARKET.
Meld to-day was not a brisk trade; prices much as before. Beef Old,
to PAI. ; Mutton 7d. to Bd. ; Veal 71d. to 9d.; Pork 7d. to Bd. and
Bid.; all prime quality. Fish rather dearer:-Turbot 4s. and ss. to2os. ;
Soles Is. to 3s. per pair ; Lobsters Is. to 3s. ; Salmon Is. per lb. for the
good. Vegetables in good supply, and prices rather lower. In Hay and
Clever no variation, prices ranging from 93s to 955., and 115 s, per load,
according to quality.

The recent storms h FISH MARKET.
se The ve diminished the supply of good flsh, and, con-
y, it was dei&rer to day. Turbot, 4s. to 215.; Soles, 6d. and 9d.
to 3s. per pair; S'almon, 10d, to 2s 6d. and 35. per lb., for the very best ;
the
Mackn a god, 4d. and Scl, each ; Whiting and Haddock, of good qua.
lity, i ramie proportion • Red Mullet, 6d. to 2s. each.
HAY MARKETS.
Suppli'es today good, and so was the demand; prices firm. Meadow
Hay, Wis. to 110 s. Clover ditto, 105 s. to 115 s. Straw, 40s. to 455.
per load.

TALLOW MARKET.
455. gd. to
A fair brAiness doing in P.Y.C. and Town Tallow. The former
BRIEF 465. both ways ; the latter, 48s. 6d.
SUMMARY fJF THE COLONIAL MARKETS DURING
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THE WEEK.
o,Pry good business done on the whole, as our daily reports have
ar,vvn. 4,000 hhds. of B.P. sold. Raw Sugar of all kinds has risen
an average 6d, to Is. pon the whole, but not er cwt., Refined 6d. to Is. Coffee has been
'brm
higher. Tea unaltered, and quiet. Rice,
Cotton, and Cocoa have not altered. Rum has risen Id. per gallon.
Indigo has declined 2d. per pound for all sorts. Spices have not varied
In value. The imports have been rather light; the exports tolerably
fair ; the deliveries have been good. A very considerable businert is
already advertised for next week, and it will try the present firmness of
the market.

LIVEIIPOOL CORN MARKET, JUNE I.
The weather continues very favourable.for agricultural purposes, still
It is generally anticipated that the Wheat crop will be short this year.
The imports Once our last have been limited of every article except
Flour, with nvhich we are moderately supplied. Wheat was very dull
at to-day's market, but in consequence of the stocks held here at pre-
sent being light, our last quotations were obtained for the small busi.
ness transacted. Barley was also scarce and difficult to sell, and Flour
likewise met a slow consumption at Tuesday's prices. Oats and Oat-
'rneal were more difficult to part with, and there was a disposition on the
part of holders to accept lower terms. Beans, Malt and Peas, on a Rat
enquiry, had a tendency to recede in value.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JuNc 1.
Cotton was oaring rather more plentifully at this day's market, still
17e have no alteration to report in the ratas. The quantity parted with
amounts to 3,500 bags.
The

. _ tie ;rats steam-packet arrived at Passage (Cork)
last night, at ten, from London, having performed the
passage in 48
hours, which is the shortest run on record. The Sirius proceeds to
:New 'York on Thursday, on her second voyage.—Cork Reporter, Tuesday.
The most curious item of intelligence from Madras
Is the employment on the Red Hill Railway of a wind carriage, which, it
aims, travols at the rate of from nine to twelve miles an hour—Asiatic
Journal.
Yesterday a petition was presented to the House of
Corranons from Knockholt "for imposing a tax upon dogs used in drawing
,tnicks,* &e. •
THE LONDON JOINT STOCK
hl BANK.---YeSterday
a numerous and higy respectable body of the proprietors of the above
Company met at their office, Prince's-street, to receive the report of the
Directors. Among the Company we observed—the Chajrman and De-
puty Chairman, F.,ir Felix Booth, W. N. Christy, W. Curling, J. P.
Darthey, .1. C. Lochner, A. Moore, J. M`Taggart, M.P., Thomas Phil_
Potts, J. M.P., George Scholefield, William Shadbolt, T.
Stooks, r, Taylor, Esq., Alderman Venables, &c.
Lcird Glenlyon has left Fenton's Hotel, on a visit
to her Grace the Duchess of Athol, at Blair Athol, the family scat, near
Ihnikeld, Perthshire.
It is rumoured at the political clubs that Lord Wil-
liam Bentinck, Sir William Somerville, Sir Francis Lumley, and Mr.
Walter Frederick Campbell, Member for Argyllshire, nephew to his
Grace the Lord steward of the Household, will be called up to the House
of Peers at the Coronation; also two Cabinet Ministers, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer and the President of the Board of Control, will receive
the same 'nonour.
Tl',e Earl and Countess Cadogan entertained Prince
Lte'.hazy, Duke and Duchess of Montrose, Marquis and Marchioness
Of Tweeddale, Count and Countess Chorinsky, Lord and Lady Sydney,
*Lord Forester, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Dawson Darner, Hon. Cecil Fo-
rester, Hon. Miss Forester, and a distinguished party, at dinner, on
Thursday evening, at their mansion in Piccadilly. After dinner the
Countess had a select party, which included the Countess of Chester.. Lady Willoughby d'Eresby, Sir Robert Gordon, Lord Powers-
court, Lady Jane Bouverie, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Countess of
Radnor, Lady Stuart de Rothesay, Lord Cantilupe, Lord Jocelyn, Mr.
C. B. Sheridan, Mr. Edward Drummond, Count Pozzo di Borgo, Mr.
Bruce, Mr. Parker, Mr. Bentinck, Lord Robert Grosvenor, arc. The
Noble Earl and Countess have issued cards for parties on the 7th, Sth,
9th, 16th, and 20th instant.
The Duchess of Beaufort was safely delivered, yes.
terday morning, of a daughter, at the family mansion in Park place.
/ler Grace is going on favourably.
Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Thomas Ca el, brother
to
ortsmouth. the Earl of Ls' sex and his lady, arrived in town last evering from
P The Gallant Admiral sailed from St. Helena in the Win-
chester frigate on the I lth of April, returning from his three years'
command of the sliadron on the Fast India station,

' fester-day a singular-looking middle.aged man was brought before
Iseciers. NORTON and HASDWICKIt, at Lambeth-street Police-office, by
police Constable 'George Seaman, 150 H.
It appeared that the prisoner, who gave his name as John Owen,
and, described himself as a jobbing cooper, residing at No. 5, Cottage.
. 'twee, Granby-street, Waterloo-rood, entered the shop of Mr. Clayton,
.. tailor
Wellington-terrace, and made a lengthened
,com and draper, No. 11,
munication relative to the murder of the young woman Grimueood,
next door, on last Friday night; and, on being asked by Mr. Clayton
-why he did not attend before the Coroner and Jury to communicate the
circumstance, his reply was that he had a strong and deeeded objection
to take an oath, which he would be obliged 'to do if I'.e went before the
Coroner. Mr. Clayton (who is one of the J'arors sworn in the
ease
) this on considering the
declaration of the prig finer to be of import-
ance mysterious case, and *MS mannerbeing somewhat suspicious,
gave directions to hia young riv; on his leaving the shop, to follow and
watch his moverneets. re
ne
foung man did so, and the prisoner, in the
midst of the hear y rain, 'proceeded. through various streets until he
reached Rosera.:y.laree, where he purchased a sheet of paper in a sta-
tioner's shop, eald ttien entered a coffee-shop there. The young man
who had follemed him at this time communicateil the circumstance to
Seaman, to -
between ie Pol:iceman, who happened to come up, and it was arranged
, t.hem that the young man should enter the coffee.shop and
watch raeprisoner's manoeuvres. He did so, and, finding that he had
cvrit'.en a letter, and sealed and addressed it, he returned to the police-
meal, and through the window he could perceive the letter he had written
was directed—" To either Mr. Grimwood or Mr. Best, 10, Wellington.
terrace, Waterloo .road, Lambeth." Seaman insteettly entered the house
and demanded the letter from him. The prisoner, after some hesitation,
gave it up, and appearing much confused at the time, the ofEcer told him
he should attend before a magistrate. Tb e letter was handed to the
bench, and was as follows :
" "June I, Half-past 7.;:w0 o'clock in the Afternoon.
Gentlemen—A friend of mine this morning has made to me a dis.
Closure in a particular wa:y that will, e have no doubt, lead to the detec-
tion of the villain. that co mmitted the atrocious murder. The man he
suspects is a gooel-lookir,g man, w'.th dark or large whiskers, thin made,
nearly about six feet. You will excuse me from writing his name or
arty for for many rep
-sons. He is by profession a Baptist, and a member
of abstinr:nce. HA is considered by many a most singular character—a
man flea has he'en 'well educated—formerly, in his first wife's time, in
great 'prosperit,e—is now in great poverty and distress of mind from two
wick ed reber_tious children. I dare not, on any account, give you his
nee ,e, but he lives not far from Granby-street, Waterloo-road. Is by
tr aget a cooper Served his time to Mr. George Davis, cooper, of Lime-
laoult. Was bound at Coopers'-hall in the year 1800. Can talk several
language,. His father was nearly fifty years porter at Lyons Inn in the
Strand. Is well known to--(Here follow the names of several indivi_
duals to whom the writer alleges he is known.) Ho would suffer any
thing, I believe, yea die, sooner than take an oatle',
(Addressed) " To either Mr, Grinewood or Mr... Best, 12, Wellington_
terrace, Waterloo...road, Larebethe.
The prisoner, e.Aer receiving a caution from Mr. Norton, said that
he would tell tele whole truth of the matter as far as he knew, and
added tha't some perrans might consider him insane; but this, he
could aseeire the bench, was not the case, though he would admit that
he was somewhat tEstressed in mind, owing to the conduct of two of
his
on F, d'.ildren. 1.-Tm then proceeded to3ay that on Friclaynieht, or rather
be, at,urday meirning,beingdisturbed in his mind, and unable to sleep,
reot out of bed, and considering that a walk would do him some good
AC dressed
'ased iiimself, got into the street, and proceeded towards Waterloo
-Bridge While passing along Wellington 'terrace he saw a man
stanelinz at a door, with light pantaloons or drawees on, a clean shirt,
wh.h the sleeves tucked up to the elbow; and some blood A 1 he approached the man he saw him
place his hands gether, and
r ais
shalling them up, exclaimed, " Oh: oh: I have
done theto deed; how
I acquit myself of it?" And on his perceiving him (prisoner),
he slipped inside, and shut the door softly. He (the prisoner) at the
time thought it odd; and he, in consequence, went up to the door,
placed his ear close to it for some time, but finding all perfectly still
inside, he, after three or four minutes, proceeded as far as the bridge,
and on his return again listened to the same door, when not the least
noise was perceptible, P.e then let himself in by a string which he had
fastened to a latch and went to bed, and asked his children if they had
heard him go out, and they replied they had not.
Mr. Norton--When did you first hear of the murder of the young
woman ? Poisoner--I am not sure whether it was Sunday or Monday
morning that I read about it, and I heard a great deal of talk about it.
Zdr. Norton—Then did it not at once strike you that the man you
had seen, as you described, with the blood on his hands was the mur.
deter ?—Prisoner : No, Sir, not at first. I bad a
of my own on my mind great deal of trouble
Mr. Norton : ; but I afterwards thought he was the murderer.
found u What have you to say about this extraordinary letter
pon you, and said to have been written by you?—Prisoner : I
acknowledge that it was written by 'me. The fact was I had mentioned
to my neighbours what I 'had seem, and they wanted me to go before
the coroner and jury and state it, but I did not wish to put myself for-
ward for the reason I mentioned before, and that is, that I have a
scruple against taking asi oath, which I must have done before the coro-
file but lat the sam time said I had no objection to come forward
prov Wed I wx calle:t upon to do 80.
In rep
a respectaly t 3 a question from the Magistrate the prisoner said there was
'ole tradesman in the neighbourhood who had known him for
many Ye,.rs, and on being sent for he attended, and corroborated the
prisone r a
that s to his knowing
and aeicled him for many years in the way of business,
be always considered him a steady and sober man.
Tfie prisoner here said he belonged to the Temperance Society, and
was. a Baptist by profession.
Mr. Pelham, the solicitor, who is employed by the relations of the
unfortunate deceased to watch the proceedings before the inquest, hap-
pening to come into the office durin enquiry, exprssed it as s
npinion that the statement of Oweng wasthe of considerable e
importance, a his
it was in evidence before the Coroner that Hubbard had been at the
door without his coat, and he therefore hoped the :Magistrates would
desire that Owen, the pollceman, and the young man belonging to the
shop of Mr. Clayton would attend before the Coroner at the adjourned
inquest on Monday next.
Mr. Norton at once complied with this request, and the parties pro.
rinsed to be in at
,cendan;,.