The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-17 00:00:00

MURDER AT RUTIHN.

We stated - in our paper of Monday last, on the au-
thority of the Carnarvon Herald, that a gamekeeper, in
the service of Mr. Edward Lloyd, of Rhuggatt, named
Evan Evans, had. disappeared, and was supposed to have
been murdered by a tailor, named Edward Chubb. In
searching the house of Chubb clothes were found with
blood upon them, which corresponded with the descrip-
tion given by the wife of Evans of the clothes he wore
at the time of his disappearance. But there being no
evidence on which to charge him with the murder, he
was committed on a charge of sheep stealing, a quantity
sheep skins having been found in his house.
It appears that the wife of the prisoner has subse-
quently stated, that on his return home on the evening
of the keeper's disappearance, ho told her that 'he, had
" settled Evans," that he.had called him out on the Sa-
turday night in the way before spoken of, and had led
him about two miles from his house, pretending to show
him some snares that had been set ; that during the
walk he bad tried to shoot him from behind no less than
three times, but that each time his pistol had missed
.fire, and that the gamekeeper, being deaf, did not tear
the noise, and mistook the flashing in the pan for a
gleam of lightning ; that having failed in these attempts
he led him to the bank of a certain slate quarry, which
be described, and having told him to look about for the
wires, struck him with the pistol from behind, and thrust
him over into the water; that there was a fall of 25 yards
to the water, and that the pool was six yards deep.
In consequence of this statement the pool referred to
was submitted to a rigorous search, and several men
were employed for four hours breaking up the ice, which
had accumulated over it. A small boat used for fish-
ing (a coricle) was then let down, by which means the
body was soon discovered, but the boat not being strong
enough to raise it, another man was let down by ropes,
who succeeded in bringing the body up.
An inquest was held on the body on Monday and
Tuesday, at which the evidence of 35 witnesses was re-
ceived ; but beyond the statement of the wife of the
prisoner regarding what he had said to her, there was
nothing elicited, except. evidence of a circumstantial
character. The testimony of these witnesses, although
far from conclusive as to the guilt of the prisoner, was
quite sufficient in the minds of the jurors to justify their
verdict of " Wilful Murder against Edward Chubb,"
which they returned accordingly.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Countess
of Sheffield, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
yesterday, at Ingestrie House.
We are very, much gratified to learn that the
usual Lent performances of the Sacred Harmonic Society, in
Exeter Hall will commence to-morrow with Handel's favourite
Oratorio, Judas Maccabesus.

THE KNOCKANDO MURDER.—Cameron, the
supposed murderer of Mr. Tuned', has been apprehended. On
Saturday morning he was found concealed at Aultnachoch, but
no sooner was,hishiding place disisovered than he emerged from
it, and bounded off with the speed of a racehorse. At length,
however, he was taken. The pursuit appears to have been
almost unprecedented. It was about nine o'clock A.k. when
Cameron was first started from his hiding place, and it was not
till one o'clock P.M. that he was secured, and that too after a
hard run of fully fifteen miles over a mountainous, and, at ',re-
sent, almost impassable tract. Cameron underwent an exami.
nation before the Sheriff immediately on his arrival here, the
result of which is very properly kept secret ; but it' is gener-
ally understood that he admits his guilt. Indeed he did so to
the officers on his capture. It is reported that he had stated to
some of his friends that it was not his intention to murder Mr.
Tulloch, but merely to inflict such an injury as would disable
him from visiting the female to whom he was about to be mar-
ried. Finding, however, that Tulloch was likely to get the
better of him, he struck the fatal blow, and then dragged him
to a burn, where he left the body, in the hope that it would be
carried into the Spey.—Elgin Paper.
ELOPEMENT.—WINDSOR, FEB. 14.—The
wife of a respectable tradesman of this town has, within the
last few days, eloped from her home, under the " protection "
of a bookseller, well known for his connexion with " the un-
stamped" and other publications of that class, residing in the
neighbourhood of Compton-street, Soho. It appears that the
gay Lothario has been on terms of intimacy and friendship
with the husband for several years. The wife possessed consi-
derable personal attractions. Proceedings against the seducer
have been instituted in the Court of Queen's Bench.
The Duke of Cleveland has had the whole of
is valuable stud removed to the extensive stabling attached to
Raby Castle, Durham, where the Noble Duke intends in future
to have all his horses trained. His Grace's fine pack of hounds
have been disposed of.
LORD STANLEY'S BILL.—Mr. O'Connell
has addressed a letter on this subject to Mr. Ray, which is pub-
lished in the Pilot of last Monday. Its principal purpose
appears to be the procuring petitions against
.Lord Stanley's,
and in favour of Lord Morpeth's Irish Registration Bill. The
allegation of want of sympathy with Ireland
,is again urged
against the English :—" There is not (writes Mr. O'Connell)
the least possibility of our obtaining assistance or sympathy in
this country." Mr. RoAtick is incidentally rebuked, and cited
as a sort of proof of the Learned Gentleman's assertion—that
England cat es but little for the Irish. Colonel Fitzgibbon,
too, is arraigned on the charge of being absent without a pair,
" The enemy is advancing. The barrier that stood between
us and rank Toryism is daily crumbling. The Tories are pre-
paring for office; they are panting to restore in Ireland the
sanguinary ascendancy of Orange domination ; they are about
to set to work the Orange shedders of blood. The worst of the
Tories are preparing to place upon the bench of justice the
most virulent of the political and religious bigots of the bar—
men who have raised themselves into notoriety by the activity
of their malignant hatred to the religion and to the people of
Ireland."