The Sun.
London, England, 1822-03-15 00:00:00

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MURDER OF MRS: DONAVTY.
ITArrox-GARDEN.—Yesterday morning, at I t o'clock, Mr.
Laing, the Magistrate, who has greatly exerted himself in
the inquiry, resumed the investigation with as much privacy
as was before observed•

The whole of the witnesses summoned for this day were in
attendance; also the girl, Mary Ann Young, and her father-
in-law, James Harrison.

A man, named James Edwards, about 24 years of age, was
brought up from Giltspur-street ; be bad been apprehended
at the Coach and Horses public-house, on Holborn-hill, on a
charge of felony. He was called on to prove where be was at
the time the murder was perpetrated. This be did to the sa-
tisfaction of the Magistrate, and was sent back to the Comp-
ter. A man, named Davis, a reputed horse-dealer, wln- fre-
quented a public-house in Brook's-market, was searched for ;
but it was ascertained that he had left London on Sunday
morning.
Mrs. French, residing in Doughty-mews, near Robert-
street, was called in and examined.—She stated, that a little
before nine o'clock she was passing Robert-street, when she
observed a short stout man, dres.ed in a dark surtout coat
and gaiters, standing on the step of the door of the deceased's
house with a book in his hand, as if taking a sketch of the
premises. On her coming up to him he walked up the street;
she passed him, and he turned back and took his former si-
tuation at the door of the deceased. She at this time had not
the least idea of any thing that was going on, and therefore
took no not ice of the man. In a few moments afterwards she
heard or the murder.

fienry Brooks was not examined yesterday, the Magistrates
being satisfied that he had cleared himself from all suspicion
respecting the murder.

Summonses were granted for several witnesses to attend
the investigation this day.

CONFFASION OF MURDER.
Bow-STuErr.--Wednesday moaning John Gale underwent
a second examination before Sir RICHARD BIRNIE, charged
on suspicion of having murdered Mary Beagle, in the month
of May, 1815; by violently assaulting her, and forcing her
into the basin of the Regent's Canal, which horrid crime he
voluntarily confessed himself guilty of before a Magistrate of
Newport, in the Isle of Wight.

After his confession had been read over by the clerk, he
was asked by Sir Richard Birnie, whether it was a true state-
ment, and correctly given ? The prisoner replied, " No, cer-
tainlynote' that he bad been driven about from pillar to
post to various prisons on charges of desertion ; and that he
trumped up this tale of a.confession to enable him to get
away from the Isle of Wight to London.
Sir RICIIARD 1311iNIE said he should sause the most strict
and particular inquiries to be made respecting the death of
Mary Beagle, and ordered the Prisoner to be committed fur
further examination.

Smith, the officer, recognised the Prisoner to have acted
in a similar way some time since in the town of Dorchester,
for which he received a severe flogging.

Last week, a man of the name of Nairne, re-
siding in a remote and wild part of the parish of
Edinkillie, nearly equidistant from Grantown
and Dulcie, after violently beating and bruising
his wife, stabbed her in six different places with
a large knife.—A surgeon is attending the
wretched woman, but her life is despaired of.—
He is now lodged in Elgin gaol.—(lnverness
Paper.)