The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-25 00:00:00

NEWCASTLE MURDER.

LATEST PARTICULARS.
This week some additional circumstances have transpired,
which we proceed to lay before our readers. It has already
been stated that from the day on which the murder was
discovered, rumours have prevailed that Mary Walker, the
housekeeper of Bolam, had given false testimony, and that
she now contradicts flatly her own previous deposition, and
states that she was surprised at finding her master at
home, instead of being at the bank ; that it was be himself
who broke the window ; that she, on entering the house,
saw some person busily engaged at the fire—who whispered
—(and then she recognized that it was her master)--
" Hush ! hush ! Mary ! it is me ! I have come for a key."
She lighted a candle, and he went into the parlour, where
he continued engaged at the bureau several minutes. The
police, it appears, on prosecuting their search in Bolam's
house, found upwards of 401. in gold—nearly half of the
sum being in guineas—hid in the parlour behind some
books ; and they discovered also the key of the safe, which,
according to his statement, he had placed in his desk at the
bank.

The Gateshead Observer—from which paper, as well as
from the Carlisle Journal and the Newcastle Courant, the
following particulars are obtained—states that when it was
mentioned to Bolam that the absence of the key from his
desk in the bank, in connection with his statement that he
had deposited it therein, had given rise to considerable dis-
cussion, he at once said that he could explain the matter.
The key, he stated, was usually hung on a nail, in a recess
of the desk, and would not be readily found, except by
those who knew its wonted place. He then described the
position of the key ; and on proceeding to the bank, the
police found it in the place to which Bolam referred.
The effect of the housekeeper's evidence (observes the
Courant) will be at once apparent, though it is not, per-
haps, so pointedly against the accused as was originally be-
lieved. It is observable, that it does not directly contra-
dict any statement made by Bolam, for he said nothing
about a pane of glass, nor did he positively assert that he
found his housekeeper at home when he got there ; but
the impression made by his evidence on this point certainly
is, that lie found her in the house ; for immediately
after stating that he went home, he details the conver-
sation which he had there with his servant, without say-
ing one word about her being absent at first, or about his
experiencing any difficulty in getting into the house. The
circumstances deposed to by the girl occurred, too, at a
period of time when no asserted insensibility on his part, nor
anything else, could make him doubtful as to what had
taken place. And notwithstanding the girl's declaration
that no person had advised her to depart from the truth in
her first statement, it is absolutely incredible. The account
sbe gave to Mould, before she saw Bolam at Mr. Glen-
ton's, privately, was correct, as she now admits ; and is it
likely that she would vary that account, unless she bad
been instigated to do so ? She concealed facts before the
Coroner, the revelation of which would have gone far to
implicate Bolam ; and it only required one such act of ad-
mitted concealment and departure from the truth to throw
discredit on the whole of his story.
Three ledgers, of the most recent dutes, have been taken
from amongst the bank books, and have no doubt been con-
sumed in the fire. They contain the recent entries of the
deposits, with the dates of each. It so happens, however,
there remains an abstract of the gross sum due to each de-
positor, consequently the business of the bank is not at all
impeded, although it may be difficult to ascertain at present
the precise amount of interest due to each.
Another account which has been discovered is this. On
the morning of the fire one of the officers of police picked
up three memorandum books from amongst the rubbish off
the fire, tied together with string, which were partially
burnt, and, on examination, marks of blood were found.
On a careful examination of their contents, they appear
to have belonged to a man named Rigge, once a clerk in the
bank, but at his death Mr. Belem was made sole executor,
and received possession of his books and papers.

An adjourned meeting of the parishioners of Ham-
mersmith, was held on Tuesday, when, after much discus-
sion, a poor-rate was for the present refused under circum-
stances which will be understood from the following resolu-
tion, which was passed unanimously :—" That this vestry
has heard with regret the statements made by the
overseers relative to the present position of the poor-
rate collection, and deplores the necessity which exists
for calling this year for a larger amount of rate than
has been levied for the two previous years, the rate
gradually increasing as the Kensington Union acquires
age. That this vestry is of opinion that prompt and de-
cisive measures are required to be taken by the Board of
Guardians of the Kensington Union with regard to the
collection of the rate applied for this day, as well as of the
arrears of rates previously granted, in order to prevent
farther loss to the parish, and that this vestry be adjourned
to Friday, the 28th inst., to receive the auditors' report
on the collector's accounts, and to make a rate ; and that
the overseers be requestedAp represent to the Board of
Guardians the state of the 'Proceedings, and of the cir-
cumstances which have taken- place, and on the part of the
parish to request the suspension of any further call until
after the day above stated."

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B IR THS.
On the 20th inst., at Tunbridge Wells, the Lady Sarah Taylor?
ofa son.
On the 21st inst., in Great Coram-street, Mrs. Charles Weston,
ofa son, which died soon after.

MARIE
At Calcutta, on the 18th of OctoberD.,
Albert J. de noebePied Larpent, Esq., eldest son of G. G. de H. Larpent, Esq.! of 11°e-
hampton, Surrey, to Catherine Lydia, daughter of the late car
tain L. Shaw, of the Bengal Army.
es On the 20th inst., at St. Mary's, Bryanston-square, Mr. Jar„,,,
Orchard, of Amwell-street, Claremont-square, and of LaunOries,7,-;
Cornwall, to Mary Louisa, daughter of N. Levien, Esq., 0f e
Montagu-street, Montagu-square.
Jofill
On the 20th inst., at *fr St. Mary's, Bryanston-square, Fos.
Hullat, of Berners-street, to Caroline, only daughter of
ter, of Wigmore-street.
Upper
Elizab r
On the '2oth inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square,
Mary, only daughter of the late J. Robinson, Esq., of e
Met-
Eaton-street,
Pimlico, to E. C. Metcalf, Esq., son of
calfe, Esq., of Camberwell.
On the 18th inst., at St. Pancras New Church, Mr' William
Holderness, of Camden-town, to Elizabeth, daughter of
Calvert, Esq., of Kentish-town.

DIED.
On the 17th inst., at Brighton, Mrs. Bevan, aged 91. On the 17th inst., at George's-street, Edinburgh, Elimbeth
eldest daughter of the late Mr. Wallace, of Parliament-street,
Westminster.
On the 19th inst., at Denmark-hill, Camberwell, John Mann'
Esq., late of the Stock Exchange, aged 88.
On the 19th inst.; at the Terrace, Putney, late of Curzon-
street, Francis Laking, Esq., aged 73.
On the 19th inst., in Devonshire-place, Edgeware-road, Mrs'
Helen Hunter, widow of the late Mr, Andrew Hunter, of the
Haymarket.
On the 20th inst., in London, George Gwynne, Esq., of Brigli•
tan, aged 57.
On the 21st inst., Mr. Edwin Alderman, of Barbican, aged 43'
many years a Member of the Corporation of the City of London.
On the 21st inst., Mary Ann, eldest daughter
of Mr. Henry
Bevington, of Surrey-square, aged 28.
On the 21st inst., at Islington, Ann Elizabeth, second daughter
i aged 27.
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e Jodhn;Wainewright, Esq.inst.,
Martha, the wife of John Simpson, Esq.,
Carlisle-street, Soho, aged 66.
On the 19th inst., aged 70, Marv, the wife of Mr. Henri
Crawter, sen., of Cheshunt, Herts, suiveyor.
On the 19th inst the infant son of George Bridge, Esq., of
Wood House, Shepher'd's Bush.
On the 20th inst, at Old Field Lodge, near Maidenhead!
Berks, aged 94, Sir William Herne, Knight, a Magistrate and
Deputy-Lieutenant of the county, formerly Alderman of Castle
Baynard Ward, and in 1794 Sheriff of London and Middlesex.
On the 20th inst., Ann Adams, second daughter of Mr. Joh°
Dewey, of Holles-street, Cavendish-square, aged 7.
On the 20th inst., at Coburg. place, Kennington, Mary, the
wife of John Davies, of Woodford Wells, Essex, aged 57.
On the 21st inst., at St. John's-wood, Sarah, the wife of Cap-
tain Richard Drew.

L.poidon: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No.
112, Strand, at The Sun Offiee No. 112, IStalutd, in the come/
of Middlesex.—Tuesday, Deoetaer 25, 1836.

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