The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-13 00:00:00

To the MEMBERS of the SENATE of the UNIVERSITY
of CAMBRIDGE.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
THE death of our munificent and venerable
CHANCELLOR imposes upon you the duty of select-
ing a fit and proper person to succeed him in his high office—
a duty important at all times, but peculiarly so in these days of
acknowledged difficulty and danger.
In raising me to the second office of honour in your Univer-
sity I am conscious that you kindly overlooked my many defici-
encies, and were pleased most favourably to consider my long
connexion with you, and my, I trust, admitted attachment to
our Academic Institutions, and to the National Church, with
which they are essentially united.
During the perisd which has since intervened, I cannot
pretend to have established any new claims to your, notice ; but
if on the present occasion you should think it nigh tonce more
to extend your indulgence and to select me as the successor of
my noble and lamented friend Lord Camden, you will gratify
at once my affection and my smbition, and by laying me under
fresh obligations you will, if po,-sible, augment. my zeal for
your service, and for the maintenance of the chLracter, the
honour, and the privily; es of
your ancient and distinguished
University.
I have the honour to be, my Lords and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
NORTHUMBERLAND.
Alnwick Castle, Oct. 10, 1840.

This day is published, royal ISmoi, with Illustrations,
7s. cloth,
.CEMETERY INTERMENT ; containing
Descriptions of Pere la Chaise, the Eastern Cemete-
ries, and those of America ; the London and Provincial Ceme-
teries, and more particularly of
THE ABNEY PARK CEMETERY at Stoke Newington,
With a detailed Catalogue of its Plants and Arboretum.
By GEORGE COLLISON, Solicitor.
London : Longman, Orme, and Co.

ANNUAL DIVISION OF PROFITS.
UNIVERSAL LIFE ASSURANCE SO-
CIETY, I, King William-street, London.
Established 1834.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
One-fifth of the ascertained profits of the five preceding
years is divided between the policy-holders and shareholders ;
three-fourths to the former, and one-fourth to the latter. The
remaining four-fifths are set apart to enter into the average of
the succeeding years, and thus to provide against unforeseen
contingencies.
The first division of Profits took place on the 13th of May,
1840, when a reduction of 60 per. eetit was tiaciarell!eu the
annual premiums of all those policies entitled to participation. '
The following table will show the operation of the redaction
made by the Society :

Age
Annual
when ,
. Date of Sum- Original Premium
p°llc, Policy. Assured. Premium. 11.9duction payaiiiii in
was
1840.
issued.
-. -
20 May 1835. £l,OOO IXI9 0 8 ~.-Cll 12 0 £7 14 S
30
... ... 1,000 24 8 4 14 13 9 15 4
40 1,000 31 10 0 18 18 0 12 12 0
... ...
50 I ... ... 1,000 42 15 0 2.5 13 o 17 2 0
GO i ... ... 1,000 I 66 11 8 39 19 0 '2O 12 8

This system of reduction in the premiums affords immediate
benefit to the Assured, or enables them to secure a considerable
bonus by effecting a new policy.
Policies are granted in London and by. resident Committees
at Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay, on Indian risks, at very ad-
vantageous rates, calculated from e'tensive data and tables,
exclusively in the possession of this Society, to show the true
risk of life during residence in India, and after retirement from
foreign service.

By Order of the Board,
DAVID JONES, ActuarT.

MURDER AT NORTHAMPTON.

CONFESSION OF THE MURDERERS.
FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
This brutal and cold-blooded murder has caused a
greater sensation through the entire of the county than
any circumstance that has occurred for a series of years,
and it was confidently expected from the vigilance exer-
cised by the local police since the melancholy occurrence,
that the perpetrators would speedily be brought to
justice.

In consequence of further information obtained by
Goddard, chief constable of the county, he was induced
to suspect three men named Joseph Bedford, Williant
Downing, and James Underwood, and having understood
that they were at work at a thrashing machine in Yard-
ley Hastings, he proceeded thither on Friday morning
and having apprehended them he placed them in the
care of Superintendent Young and three other constables
of the county police, directing them to convey the pri-
soners forthwith, in the police cart, to Castle Ashby,
the scat of the Marquis, at the same time strictly or-
dering them that they should not be allowed to hold
any communication with each other until he arrived, as
he was obliged to go in another direction to makefur-
ther inquiries, and search their lodgings. On arriving
at Bedford's residence he found a pair of corduroy
breeches, saturated with several fresh stains of blood ;
and at the residence of Downing a fustian shooting-
coat, with a quantity of blood smeared over the
left arm and shoulder. Having secured them he
proceeded to Castle Ashby, and having had a
long interview with the prisoner Bedford in the room
where he was confined, he desired that he would take
off the jacket and shirt which he then had on, when he
discovered upwards of thirty gun shot wounds in his
back, several of which penetrated no deeper then the
skin, and after cautioning him what explanation he
could give of the manner in rhich he received such
marks (for he appeared anxious to make some commu-
nication), as it might be used against him at his trial,
he made a full and voluntary disclosure to the following
effect :
He stated that he and the other prisoners were
poaching in the wood, near Yardley, on the Tuesday
night previous, and having levelled his piece and fired
at the deceased, he immediately returned the lire, and
shot his back all to morsels. A desperate struggle
ensued, and the prisoner Downing coming up at the mo-
ment, ee lodged the contents of his towling-piece in
the neck of the deceased under the car, which caused
him to tumble forward, and then Underwood rushed
forward, kicked him violently on the head and beat him
with the butt end of his gun until he broke it to pieces
upon him. They then dragged the body of the deceased
about twenty yards into the wood, where they left it,
and went together to a public-house at the village of
Olney, about four miles from the place where they coin-
mitted the murder, where they drank a quantity of beer
and other liquors,and ultimately returned to their homes
about ten o'clock at night.
The Chief Constable having left the wretched man,
proceeded to the apartments where the other prisoners
were confined, to ascertain if they were disposed to
give any account where they were on the night the
murder was committed, in order that he might be en-
abled to lay all the information he could collect upon
the subject before the Bench of Magistrates on Sa-
turday morning. The prisoners, however, did not enter
into such minute details as Bedford, but they acknow-
ledged in general terms that the account given by him
was correct ; and on being brought before the Magis-
trates, they repeated their confession.
The investigation lasted the entire of Saturday, and
after the whole of the depositions had been completed,
the prisoners were fully committed to take their trial for
the wilful murder of the deceased, at the next Assizes.
The promptness of chief constable Goddard and his
men to apprehend the perpetrators of this horrid deed,
and their success in such a short time, reflects great
credit upon them, and they are deservedly the subjects
of general conversation, as it is to be hoped that, by
making such an example, it will in a great measure
help to prevent others following such a course of life as
the prisoners have done, which must ultimately end in
their ruin and that of their families, where an efficient
and active body of police is established.