The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-22 00:00:00

repayment of the 200 francs by instalments of 50 francs
ermonth.
Cretecorps (on taking► his departure)—l wil never
again believe the death of your uncle till I hear his mass
celebrated at the end of the year.--( Laughter.)

MURDER AT TOCKINGTON,
GLOUCESTER.
Twantietrax, MoNDA-a-.—The village of Tockington
was on Saturday thrown into a state of the utmost con-
sternation and alarm, by the murder of a respectable
farmer of the neighbourhood. The daring and cold-
blooded crime was committed in a beer-house, kept by
a person named Thomas, by a man named William
Weyman, who served, I am informed, in the army for
about twenty years, and has latterly been subsisting on
the produce of a pension granted him tor servitude, and
which he has eked out with small sums earned by him
as a messenger, for carrying parcels, attending the port,
and Gleaning the accoutrements of such farmers as are
members of the Duke of Beaufort's regiment of Yeo-
manry Cavalry.
The unfortunate deceased, Mr. William Fisher, was
fifty-four years of age, and has for many years farmed
his own freehold at Awkley, a hamlet, nearly adjoining
the village in which his murder was perpetrated. Sa-
turday morning, about ten, Mr. Fisher, while on his way
to Bristol, where Le was proceeding on business, called
at the house of Thomas, where he had same cider.
The assassin, Weyman, was also there, and two men
named Knapp and Cullimore. The accused also called
for some cider, which he drank, after which he began
boasting about his having received a penny letter from
the Post office, in which was a note for 501. The de-
ceased denied the truth of this assertion, and said he was
telling a lie. The accused replied, "If you had said that
outside of the house, you should never have kicked
again." The deceased repeated the observation, and
shortly afterwards the accusedl eft the room, and in the
course of a minute returned, holding a large cavalry
pistol (which the landlady had before observed in his
coat pocket) in his band. He then placed the muzzle
of it close to the face of the deceased, and fired. The
pistol burst, and the lower part of the face of Fisher
was shattered in a frightful manner, and he fell on the
floor. The murderer made no attempt to escape ; and
on a surgeon, who was passing the house at the time,
and was called in, entering the house, he said to him,
" That's a dead shot, I'll warrant it." The deceased
lingered for about 20 minutes, when he expired. In the
meantime the constable of the eil'age, who had been
sent for immediately upon the commission of the
crime, arrived and took the accused into custody,
As they were proceeding along the road towards
'l'hornbury, in order to go before the Magistrates, who
were then sitting, the prisoner admitted the murder.
He said he bad had the pistol a month, and for the last
four days had had it loaded with powder and marbles
(used in this part of the country as a substitute for bul-
lets by the butchers, who are in the habit of shooting
beasts in the head before slaughtering them). He also
said he had been looking for the deceased the previous
clay, and had he found him, would have shot him ; but
he could not do so, and seeing him that morning at
Thomas's he thought it was a good opportunity to do
it. The constable cautioned him to be careful what he
said, but he went on to say, " I shall be hanged for it,
but I shall die happy, because it is oo account of that
woman." He also added that he had harboured the
thought of killing him in his bosom long before he went
for a soldier, and that it was about that woman.
The inquest on the body was held this day before
J. W. Ellis, Esq., Coroner, and a respectable jury em-
pannellecl at the Swan Inn, nearly adjoining the scene
of the murder.
The facts as before stated, were proved, and wit-
; nesses called of whom the prisoner had purchased pow-
der and marbles, and also a woman, to whom he had
said on the day before that he was looking for William
Fisher, and if he could find him he would butcher him.
It is thought here that the female referred to by the
prisoner is the wife of the deceased, to whom an old
man in the village says the prisoner, before he went for
a soldier twenty-nine years since (she being then a
mere child of about eleven years old, and he about 19)
was attached. It. is presumed that he was angered with
the prisoner on account of his marriage with this female,
and that it was jealousy which led him to the perpe-
tration of the fatal deed. The prisoner bears an in-
different character, but the deceased was highly re-
spected.
The Jury, after a lengthened and patent investiga-
tion of the testimony adduced, returned a verdict of
wilful murder against William Weyman.
The prisoner, who seemed quite unconcerned, was
removed to the county jail to await his trial., It is said
he had been drinking hard for two or three days, but
was not much the worse for liquor at the time.

DARING MURDER near BRISTOL.

BRISTOL, APRIL 19.—One of the most atrocious murders
ever recorded was perpetrated on Saturday morning last at the
quiet village of Focklington, about eight miles from Bristol,
under the following circumstances :—The unfortunate deceased,
Mr. William Fisher, was 54 years of age, and a farmer,
living on his own" freehold. On Saturday morning he was
drinking some cyder at a roadside public house. The pri-
soner was there, and entered into conversation with the per-
sons in the house, to whom he was well known, and said
that he had been to the post-office, where he had got a
penny letter containing 50/. The farmers present, knowing
the prisoner's habitual mendacity, joked him upon this, and
the deceased Mr. Fisher said, " That's a lie, I know." The
prisoner immediately answered, " If you had said that outside,
fisher, you should never have kicked more." The deceased,
being a man of jocular habits, said, " Pshaw," and repeated
the observation. The prisoner then got up from his seat and
went into the back kitchen for a minute or two, and on his re-
turn clapped his pistol against the cheek of the deceased, and
before either of the persons in the house had time to interfere,
discharged its contents through the head of Fisher, who fell
instantly on the floor, the pistol falling beside him. A medical
gentleman, who happened to be riding by at the moment, hear-
i:ig the report of the pistol, came into the house and examined
the deceased, who was, however, quite dead, his tongue being
shot off and the lower part of his cheek very much shattered.
While the surgeon Was examining the body, the prisoner, with
the greatest coolness, said, " I know that's a dead shot."
The Coroner's inquest was held this day before Mr. Ellis,
and from the evidence adduced, and the statements made by
the prisoner after his apprehension, it appeared that the pri-
soner had been contemplating the commission of this atrocious
act for some days. It was proved that on Friday last he pur-
chased some gunpowder and two marbles at 'a shop in the neigh-
bourhood, and that iii the afternoon of Friday he told a man
named Cook that he had been looking about for Mr. Fisher all
the day, and that if he had found him he -would have shot him.
The constable also deposed to the prisoner's hating said to him
when apprehended, " I will go anywhere with you, for I know
I shall be hanged for it ; but I shall die happy, as it was all for
that woman." 'I he prisoner did not mention the woman's name,
but having also said that "he had had it harbouring in his
breast before he went into the army," it was understood to be
an allusion to the wife of the fletsased, for whom it was said
that. about nine arid twenty years ago he professed an attach-
ment, although she was then only about l yolks of age. The
prisoner having committed a robbery at tliat to avoid
apprehension entered the army, and w.ts present at the battle
of Waterloo. During his absence Mr. Fisher married the
young woman, and lived happily with her until the periu:lwhen
his existence was thus awfully terminated. The prisoner also
said he had kept the pistol loaded for four days, but that he
could not find Fisher before that morning, when, thinking it a
convenient opportunity, he shot him.
The Jury, after hearing tile whole of the evidence, returned
a verdict of " Wilful Murder ae.ainst William Weyman," who
was committed to Gloucester daol for trial.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NLWPOItTPAGNEL STEEPLE CHASES—YESTERDAY.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 50 added,
21 subs.
Mr. Mason's Lottery, I2st 81b ...........• (Mr. J. Mason) 1
Mr. Davy's Gay Lad, 12st 121 b
Mr. Wesley's Jessie, lOst 101 b
Mr. Stevenson's True Blue, Ilst 81b
Lord Cassilis nd Harkaway, 10st 121 h, dead.
The second chase, 3 sovs. each, list 71b, was won by Mr.
Higgin's Pretty Jane.

LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.
TITESDAY.—The attendance was highly respectable and nu-
merous this forenoon. The prices, as near as we could ob-
tain them, left off thus 1—
Titrl 2,000 Gittistias' STAxEs.-3 to 1 offered on the
field. Parties open to take 7 to 2 on Eringo, or 9to 2
on Ralph ; 5 to 4 was offered on three against the field.
THE CHESTER Cur.—There is scarcely a chance left to
the most Minute observer to glean the absolute odds, inasmuch
as they vary hourly, and tto two houses have the same. We
subjoin these at noon, upon the breaking up of the room, at
the Post-office Hotel :-
10 to I agst Colonel Cradock's Gallipot-11 to 1 taken
IS to 1 eget Mr. Collet's Tubalcain—offered
12 to 1 agst 31r. Flintoff's The Plover
13 to I agst Mr. Orde's Queen Be©
lb to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen
15 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's Bedford
18 to 1 agst Mr. Price's Tilly—take 20 to
18 to 1 agst Mr. Hornhy's Champaigne—take 20 to 1
18 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's Ernest the First—take 22 to I
20 to 1 agst Sir T. Stanley's Cowboy
22 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Calypso—take 25 to 1
2.5 to 1 agst Major Hay's Retriever—takm
25 to 1 agst Mr. W'hittle's Humming Bird
33 to 1 agst Lo,•il Stanley's Rbodanthe—take 40 1
33 to 1 agst Rough Robin—take 40 to 1.
The field v. seven, was offered at the close.
THE DERRY.—There was nothing said about the crack at
noon. We imagine Bto 1 would have been willingly taken OH
Coronation ; 11 to 1 waS taken on Van Arnliurgh, backed to a
considerable sum, last night, as welt as the Knight of the Whis-
tle, and heavy sums were laid between the two at evens. No-
thing was done on the outsiders ; 20 to 1 was taken on Marshal
Soutt.
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