The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-22 00:00:00

.14,' V _l4', 'SING T i ON

MURDER OF MR. MUCKREETIL

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

Between four and five o'clock an iiiursdayrnorning
Mr. Muckreeth (the commercial traveller on whose life
an attempt was made in the Angel Inn at Ludlow),
says be found himself suddenly and violently seized by
some person whilst asleep, and before he could turn
rout d, he was wounded with an instrument •
which he believed to have been a razor, in the throat%;
immediately afterwards the villain hastily retired. This
statement•having been made by the wounded man, sus-
picion was immediately attached to a young man named
Josiah Misters, who slept in a room near to the travel,- •
let's, and who came on the Red Rover coach to Ludlow •
the same night. The prisoner when apprehended de-
nied all knowledge of the bloody transaction, and stated
that he lived at Birmingham. The prisoner's bedroom
was searched to see if any weapon or knife could be
found. Nothing, however, of the kind was to be seei!.
Shortly afterwards a razor with marks of blood upon it
was found in an entry near the Angel, and which entry
directly faces the bed-room which had been occupied 11
the prisoner. There are other circumstances throwing
suspicion on this man. He had no luggage with hint,
and was picked up by the driver of the Red Rover
coach a few miles from Ludlow last night. On the
coach was a Mr. Ludlow, a Birmingham cattle dealer,
with whom the prisoner seemed anxious to scrape ac.
quaintance. Both parties alighted at the Angel, arid
the prisoner having gone into the travellers' room, he
shortly afterwards called for a candle and retired to bed.
It is strongly suspected that the prisoner had " dodged"
the cattle dealer from Birmingham, and that he was the
intended victim. He denies ever having a razor in his
possession ;. and states that he had shaved himself 10
Birmingham. He had no stockings on when appre-
hended, and had only one penny and a farthing in his
pocket, so that be had not even money sufficient to paY
for his bed. He is believed to be a native of Leomin-
ster, Herefordshire ; and was tried at the March assizes •
for that county, on a charge of having robbed a map
named Wooding of 5/.
A police officer was immediately despatched. to
mingham with the particulars of this most villanous at-
tempt to murder, and with a view to ascertain if the
prisoner is known to the police.
Intelligence has since been received that Mr. Mue'
kreeth is dead.

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
(From the Shrewsbury Chronicle of Friday.)
This county has been disgraced by an attempt at min'
der only less atrocious than that of Lord William Rus-
sell, inasmuch as the victim survives the attempt to
destroy him. Wednesday evening a number of cattle-
dealers assembled at Ludlow to do business at the fair,
which was to be held early yesterday morning. Mr'
Ludlow, a IN ell-known butcher from Birmingham, reached
the town over night, and took a bed at the Angel Inn,
where he went to sleep. A person giving his name
as Misters, and stating himself to be a friend of Mr.
Ludlow's, arrived also from Birmingham, and had,
a bed in the same house, near to that occupied
by Mr. Ludlow. About. four o'clock yesterday
morning, Mr. T. Jobson, of this town, who was
asleep in the house, was awoke by a terrific cry of
" fire," in the adjoining bed-room, and, starting, heard
the cry repeated, accompanied with violent scratching
on the glass of the window, as if frantic attempts were
making to throw it open. Mr. Jobson turned towards
the bed-room, which he found empty, and thence went
into the lobby, where he found the other inmates of the
house assembling in the utmost consternation. One 01
them, in running to the place whence the cries pro-
ceeded, stumbled over a body in the passage, and, 00
lights being brought, a man was discovered on the
ground, with his throat cut from ear to car, and
a gash across his face, reaching from the upper part
of the cheek across the mouth to the other side of
the face. He was sensible ; made signs for peer
and ink ; and wrote in a bold, stiff hand,,"
have been murdered by a villain." The lookers-ore
were incredulous, thinking the man, (who is said to be
a traveller in the ironmongery line, from Bristol), bad
committed suicide ; and under that suspicion be wes
carried to his bed-room, where a surgeon was sent for.
who proceeded to sew up the wound. Meanwhile, it
.
was remarked to Mr. Ludlow that his friend was miss'
ing. Mr. Ludlow abjured any acquaintance with as.
person so styled, and the company proceeded to this
person's bed-room, where they found him covered over
the head with clothes, and apparently fast asleep- On
arousing him, and telling him what had occurred, be
appeared very much confused, particularly when Mrt:
Ludlow declared he knew nothing of him ; and it
being deemed prudent to make further search,
drops
a,
drops of blood were traced from the bed-resod
door of the sufferer to that of the prisoner,
marks of feet, with blood-soaked stockings on „int,
were distinctly visible between the two doors. An 1
quiry was immediately made for the prisoner's stockings'
but they were nowhere to be found. Other parties, in
examining the room, discovered marks of blood on the
window-curtains ; and suspicion being aroused, a search
was commenced in the yard underneath, and a razor,
whereon the blood-stains were not yet coagulated, wee
picked up after considerable search. It was manifest
this could not have been thrown there by the suf-
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throat being at same time cut, yet lcavieg no traces of
bleed on the floor. Mr. Ludlow then remarked that he
remembered meeting the prisoner at last Shrewsbury
fair ; and on our making inquiries last night from Mr,
Goodwin, of the Unicorn Inn, in this town, we found
that a person answering the prisoner's description,
stopped two or three days at the Unicorn Inn, in the fair
week, and was turned out, having no money to pay his
bill. The suspicion is therefore aroused that lie hadbeen dodging Mr. Ludlow from place to place, well
knowing he generally carried large sums of moneey
about his person ; and that on Wednesday night b
had gone towards his bed-room in Ludlow, and fit:l,lf
the door locked (which was not Mr. Ludlow's hael'i:
he bad imagined himself mistaken, and entering the
next bed-room, had inflicted the dreadful wounds on tl:e
unhappy sufferer, whose strength was yet sufficient 6°
enable him to cry out, and thus scare the wretch away'
and bring the whole affair to light. The man was ne"
dead yesterday morning.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY•)

LONDON, Avo. 22.—Wind this day at noon, Pleasapt
breeze at W. N. W.
DEAL, AUG. 21.—Wind E. S. E.—Arrived the Janet
from New York; Abeona, Boddel, St. John's, Nell
Brunswick. Sailed the outward hound.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the ...-
l.
tana, Holly, from Laguna; Paragon, Coleman, Jamaica'
Robert Bruce, St. John's, New Brunswick. °aed
Michael, Christophers, Cape Hayti , Planter, Kirk, 17,
,-
Bar
badoes ; Oxford, Rathbone, New York ; Fairfield, l'ir
ditto ; Hannibal, Muraford, ditto ; Sweden, Homan, „e-;
Orleans; Grace, Forrester, ditto ; Henry Luke, '-'-
chaw, ditto; Albion, Donkin, Quebec ; Jaac, Tattler.
ditto; Lanark, Simpson, ditto ; Gentleman, M° p',
Sydney ; Don, Muir, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. `1
port Commerce, Mobile.
PORTSMOUTH, Ana. 21.—Wind E. to E. S. E.—Sailed
the Palmyra, steam packet, Daniels, for Sydney, New 5°114'
\Vales.

FALMOUTH, AUG. 20.—Wind, N. N.B. and light. °I
port, the Clio, Spiers, from Monte Video:; Hope, Quebec.
BRISTOL, AUG. 2l.—Sailed, the British Lady, Her'
vey, from Demerara. Port Glasgow, Frost, Quebec;
Tiger, Parton, do.

i3LOUCBSTER, Aro. 21.—Arrived the Kelley Castle'
Smith, from Quebec.
WHITEHAVEN, Am). 20.—Sailed, the Paragon, Littler
for Jamaica.
DUBLIN, Alio. 19.—Sailed, the Argus, Bulydo, for
Quebec,

Uttocuana, AUG. 19.—Arrived, the Elizabeth, Wrilllln4
mom Quebec.

SHIELDS, AUG. °O.—Arrived, the Theodosia.
Wilson,
Quebec. Sailed the Cumberland, Lisanto, for Quebec'D
SUNDERLAND, AUG. 12.--Arrived, the Jane Lova
►
Dobbs, from Quebec.
HULL, AUG. 21.—Arrived, the Lucy Anne, Slow, fru°
New York; Jessy, Harry, Riga ; Ura, Inglis, do. d
REDCAR, Ave. 18 —The Hope, Owen, of Hull, pant-
herW
anchors this morning during a strong gale at N. —•
and was driven on Coatham Sands, but it is expected will
be e,ct off without much damage.
~DovEa, Atm. 21.—The Elizabeth, Wolff, from Rio
Altoua, remains where she sank yesterday at the n 3491%
of the harbour. Part of her cargo has beer, landed much
damaged.

NOTICE TO MARINERS BOUND TO THE
PORT OF DOVER.
The Elizateth is sunk at the mouth of the harbour
Dover.

The following extract of a letter from Capt. Sainthill'
of the ship Columbus, arrived in the river from Jal33B—:
(sailed from Old Harbour July 11), has been posted
Lloyd's :
" There was a report of pirates in the Gulf of Wri
before !tiff, and the Commodore Grantes and CorwaP
which I intended to join, but found them such slow-sailing
vessels, that I considered the detention would run us so
into the month of August as to give a great chance of 1;
countering a hurricane should any occur this season.
after trying them four hours under the topsails and Me;
sail, I made sail, and lost sight of them in an hour 8,1-;d „a
half. We saw a very suspicious looking brig off 'Jar,:
Antonio, July 15, who was either a slaver or the Pir,11":;
but she wade sail from us, and in the afternoon haulea li—
fer the Colorados Reef. She was not an Engl;.sh vesse"
and sailed very fast; most likely a slaver."

THE PRESENTATION OF THE CORPORAT*TI4,
PLATE TO THE SHERIFFS OF LONDON. The pieces of Pail
voted by the Corporation to the Sheriffs -for their CO'
duct in the memorable case of Hansard and Stockdalei
C$
arc not to be presented on the day appointed for the ce
rnony of presenting the freedom of tine city to Priric
Albert. The Sheriffs Committee haven ppointed the nel/
Common Council day, after the 28tb, for that ceremollP
as they consider that it will be a testimony of greater r!:
spect to his Royal Highness to allow no other businesa. thu
be transacted in that Hall on the occasion. than that whiciA
relates to the Prince alone. The Slieriffs,.it is prOPr„.;
state, uon hweearreinligkethlyo
trocptaokrte, some days ago, that the es-
ceremonies7l
pressed an opinion decidedly adverseplace toonsuthceh sallu;o doasyi.tpic