The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-27 00:00:00

THE MURDER AT NORWOOD.

It appears that the unfortunate woman who is supposed to
have been brutally murdered at Norwood, as stated in our jour-
nal of yesterday, is named Maria Messsenger, and not t,:liza-
beth Weaks. The mistake arose from the information given
by the police, immediately after the discovery of the horrid
affair.

From further inquiries made respecting the murder, it ap-
pears that she left her father's house on Brixton-hill, about ten
o'clock on Tuesday night, accompanied by her daughter, a girl
about 16 years old; being anxious to reach London as soon as
possitle, the deceased and her daughter went into the Tele.
graph public-house, on the top of Brixton-hill. Here they
stopped a few minutes, during which the deceased left the
house, as she said to look for an omnibus ; she, however, was
not seen afterwards until discovered in a dying slate, near the
pond, as already stated. The meadow is particularly retired,
and the mystery is how the deceased came in such a situation ;
it is surrounded by a hawthorn hedge, no path whatever
going through the meadow. It is at present surmised that the
deceased was enticed to the spot, and after her person was
brutally ill-used, was thrown into the pond ; but, from the
depth being only about two feet, it is conjectured that she
continued to struggle and get out, but her strength failing,
she sunk upon the ground in the situation she was disc,Nered
by the police. Mr. Lawrie, a surgeon residing at Norwood,
has examined the body of the unfortunate woman, and declares
that she has been dreadfully maltreated. A post mortem
examination of the body has been ordered previous to the in-
quest, which takes place this day at twelve o'clock.
The Magistrates of .Streatham and the police have been most
active in pursuit of the suspected parties. The husband of the
deceased, it appears, has some time since left her ; but latterly
some property had come to her, since which period he has en-
deavoured to bring about a reconciliation, which, however,
was rejected by the poor woman. Other parties are also sus-
pected as being concerned in the horrid affair, who are known,
and it is expected they will be shortly in custody. The excite-
ment still prevails to a great extent in the village, and the in-
quest is looked forward to with great anxiety.

BADMINTON, THURSDAY.—There was a
grand lawn mecting yesterday, when the Duke and Duch-
ess of Beaufort gave a splendid dejeuner to the Mayor
and Corporation of Bristol, and a numerous party of the
nobility and gentry of Gloucester. It being the last
' meet of the Duke's hounds at the lawn this season, the
field was unusually brilliant, there being upwards of 1,200
equestrians and forty carriages, the greater number with
four horse?. The breakfast was serred up in princely
style. The Duke was unable to join his friends in the
Chace on account of the injuries he sustained by being
thrown from his horse last week, but was represented by
Mr. Dixon, comptroller of the household. The weather
was remarkably fine, and the bounds had an excellent run
of forty-five minutes, when the fox was run to ground.
There were on the field upwards of 500 red coats, and
altogether it was one of the best meetings ever witnessed
in the country.
EASTERN QUESTION.—We have reason to
believe that the Fiench Government received, on Thurs-
day, intelligence from the East, by which the amicable,
arrangement of the .Turkish and Eastern question is for
the present suspended. We are without precise informa-
tion, and cannot be responsible for more than giving the
concluding words of the despatch submitted to us—" Les
affaires de ►'orient sont de nouveau tout a fait embrouillies."
—Morning Paper. •
Charles Gough, a solicitor's clerk, arrested yes-
terday in Fetter-lane, for assaulting a policeman who
went to the assistance of t'le Prisoner's aalfe, was, in the
course of the day, taken before Mr. Alderman I'. Wood,
at Guildhall. The prisoner in his defence said, he desired
the policeman to leave his room, and cautioned him that
whatever happened he would be to blame; that the police-
man rushed upon him and struck him with his truncheon
before he used the poker ; that it was untrue that his wife
came out of the room, or that he had done more to her
than give her one slap on the check. Mr. Ormerod, the
house surgeon at St. Bartholomew's. stated -that there
were two incised wounds on the head, and cue on the face.
One of the wounds on the head extended two inches, and
penetrated to the bone. The policeman was not in dan-
ger, but from such wounds a state of danger sometimes
,nsued. The prisoner was committed to Newgate,