The Sun.
London, England, 1813-11-20 00:00:00

MURDER.

On Friday morning last, the,hody of Thomas ,
'Downing, son to Mr. Downing, who isWgardener
to Lord Whitworth; was discovered murdered itr
the corner,of a field at Merrion View, adjacent to
Mr. Simpson's nursery. The news having reached
Duke-street Police Office, Mr. Magrath, one of.
the Magiitrates, accompanied by Alderman- !Molt-
ham, proceeded to the place, when a Coroner's
Jury were collected, and an investigation took
place as to the circumstances attending the mur-
der ; whcn,, after examining several witnesses,
• such matters transpired as ioduced the Magis:rates
to commit Patrick Dunn, foreman to Mr:Simp-
son, and two others in his employment, to New-
gate, h.ar further, examination. The Jury ad-
journed to Duke-street Office, and on Saturday
mooting resumed the inquiry, when, after a long
chain of depoSitions taken before the Coroner, it
appeared, that on Thursday evening a ‘vedding
had taken place in the neighbourhood of Merriun-
square', at which the deceased, Patrick DiAnti, the
prisoner, and several others, were present; that
they drank' pretty freely until about one o'clock,
when Dunn invited the deceased to go borne with
him to •Mr: Simpson's nursery, -where he had a
lodge : the deceased consented, and %VAS- pat' into
an inside car with one Ennis, a boy, who was
likewise in the employment of Mr. Simpson, and
who had bronght it to convey 'Dunn home ; at
this time the deceased and Ennis •were much
toxicated, and Dunn had the appearance of li-
Auor, but sufficiently sober to undertake driving
the car ; they adeordhigly departed, and about two
o'clock Dunn rapped up Mr. Sinipsoit's stable-
boy, desiring him to put up the horse, and to take
ail' his boots, after which, iirtead of proceed-
ing to his own bed, he lay down in the stable boy's
I bed, asking, at the same time where is Downing
meaning the deceaed, and saying he hail lost his
hat : the stable-boy then removed Ennis from the
car, where belay insensibly drunk, and placed him
in bed with Dunn, and after putting up the horse-
. went as far ns the entrance gate, brit did not see
the deceased, nor did not find Dunn's hat ; he
then went to het ,-andin the morning a servant of,
Captain Foss's discovered the body, with marks of.
violence round his, neck, and his neck liandker-'
chief nearly torn off, as if lie bad died by strangn-;
lation ; beside him was his hat, and a few feet dis-
tant a socond hat, which Amu eghied to be his,
but which was clearly braved, to be his by the
hatter Who said it to him. Under all those cir-
cumstances the Jury returned a verdict of !:atirder
against Dunn, who stands fully committed to abide
I►i3 trial.

Yesterday morning the man concerned in the
murder of Mr. Massey and- his wife, of Temple Cor-
nick, in the county of Wicklow, was taken by the.
exertions of the Police. Justice will now he fully
satisfied respecting this horrid transaction—his as-
sociate having been already 11,-.Hged., The monster
eluded all seanh, hitherto, and would probably
have escaped for ever, had he not been taken. yes-
terday, as lie was 'on the point of setting out (or
England. Ile went by so many names„ that it
considerably increased the difficulty of tracing
him ; and until its real name be ascertained, we
think it useless to mention any of those which.
he assumed. lie had enlisted in the Oth dragoons
anri pot when the officers came to
arresttvabsi tilled%ev
as.
.
preparing to join his r%i-
ment in 1I I

At it numerous and reslicetable vestry-meeting
of the inhabitants of. Bathwick, held on Tuesday
last, it Was resolved that n handsome new church,
capable of containing 1.21)0 per-sons, be. in:tine:li=
utely erected in an eligible 'situation near New
Sydney'-phiee..

,
Wednesday rn'night, a young man, of rather a
genteel appearance, went into a hardware shop in
the'Trougate, alasgoiv, and purchased Some small
articles to the amount of 30. for Which he tender-
ed in payment a ss. till. dollar having reccirel:
change, he then pretended that be wanted
hack his dollar; and be would give them 3d. in
copper, Fie was accordingly. accommodated in
the cvay he wished, when be returned five bad
shiniagi,-11e, was taken to the Police Office, and
on belisearched, the five good ihillings were
found concealer}
cnuecaled one of this boots.