The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-05 00:00:00

THE PEOVER MURDER.

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There is every reason for believing that the murderer
of Mr. and Mrs. Cook, as we have before stated, is
now in custody, having been apprehended in Cavan, a
town in the north of Ireland. The facts that led to his
apprehension are remarkably singular. It appears that
amongst other articles found in the cottage after the
murder was a piece of paper, upon which was sonic
writing. This was, in due course, handed over to
Mr. Roscoe, of Knutsford, the gentleman entrusted
with the prosecution. On inspection it purported to be
part of a character given by a gentleman resident at Ca-
van to a servant leaving his employ. This document
was forwarded to the person whose signature it was
supposed to bear, and in due course arrived at its
destination, accompanied by the particulars of
the dreadful murder committed at Fenster, and
the fact of the paper itself having been found in
the room in which the murder was committed. The
letter was banded over to the Cavan police, and in less
than two hours the party in whose favour it was given
was taken into custody. Of course information of this
circumstance was quickly forwarded to Mr. Roscoe, and
no sooner was the fact known in Knutsford than every-
body recollecteda man llama Blakeley, in whose favour
the character had been given. Last winter he went
about the town selling oranges, and was by all looked
upon as a decent well-behaved lad. It was his boast
that he had a character that would carry him through
the world. On the decline of the orange season he
became a vendor of threads, tapes, small books, and
such wares. This employment carried him on to
the hay harvest, and in the month of July he
obtained three days' work at haymaking on Mr.
Ditchfield's farm, which surrounds the cottage in
which Mr. and Mrs. Cook spent the last twelve years
of their existence. Mr. Cook and Mr. Ditchfield were
on terms of great intimacy, and one of Mr. Cook's bob-
bies was to walk about Mr. Ditebfield's farm, just to
give an eye to the men, and see what was going on.
He did so during the hay-making, and there is evidence
to prove that Blakeley, while at work there, asked
Samuel Ross, a lad in Mr. Ditchfield's employ, " Whe-
ther yonder old folks were rich ?" The latter told him
he should think they were, as they never did "nothing."
On leaving Mr. Ditebfield's employ Blakeley went to
the harvest in Nottinghamshire. He again returned to
Knutsford, went for a few days to Warrington and
Prescot, and came back to Knutsford again on the
afternoon of Sunday, the 23d ultimo, and the
day prior to that upon which the murder was
committed. He lodged at Teddy Riley's, an Irish
lodging house, near the Bowling-green. He was known
to be short of money, and had taken several of his meals
at Riley's table in consequence of having no money
to purchase food for himself. He was out all Mon-
day, and did not return, according to the account given
to our informant by the lodging-house-keeper's wife,
until between ten and twelve o clock at night after the
murder had been committed. The door was unlocked,
and on his entrance Mrs. Riley was sitting by the fire
without a candle. She said, "Is that you, Blakeley ?"
He replied, " Yes." She asked, " How came you
t 3 be so late ?" " I have had to walk six or seven
miles ; I got half a day's work at Goosetrey," was his
reply. She told him to light a candle ; he declined, and
went to bed without one. Before he retired she asked
him if he was going back in the morning. He said, "No ;
they had no more work." On Tuesday morning she was
up between four and five o'clock, and was in the act of
blowing the fire to get the breakfast ready for her hus-
band, when Blakeley came down stairs dressed and
ready to go out. He handed her a shilling, saying,
" Maybe you may want this shilling." She told him
that she certainly wanted money, but if be was out of
work he need not give it. He said he had a little
more money, and said that she need not expect him, as
in the event of his not getting work he should travel on-
ward as far as Manchester. He never returned, and
was apprehended at Cavan on the following Friday.
Mr. Harper, the Deputy High Constable of the
county, and Mr. Burgess, jun., the son of the Governor
of the Knutsford Gaol, have been despatched to Ire-
land, and are shortly expected in Knutsford with their
prisoner.

The parties in custody on Monday have been dis-
charged.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WARWICK RACES.-THURSDAY.

1001. the gift of Lord George Bentinck and W. Collins, Esq.,
added to a Handicap of 15 sm. each, 10 ft., and 5 only if
declared, with 20 added by Lord George Bentinck for the
second. Four miles. (32 Subs., 12 of whom declared. )
Lord Miltown's Ct uiskeen, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b (Marlow) 1
Lord Lichfield's The Corsair, 4 yrs, Bst 41b, •2
Mr. Meiklam's Modesty, 6 yrs, Bst 71b....
Mr. Isaac Day's Tamburini, 4 yrs, 7st 81b 4
Mr. Rush's Sister to Pickwick, 4 yrs, 7st
Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth, 3 yrs, 6st 21b, went to the
post, but did not start. Betting-6 to 4 agst Modesty, 3to 1
agst Cruiskeen (taken), and 4 to 1 agst Corsair. Won
cleverly by a length after an interesting race.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for horses that have been regu-
larly hunted, &c. ; three-year-olds, Bst 10Ib ; four years.
lOst 7lb ; five years, 1 Ist 71b; six years, list 121 b; and
aged, 12st ; winners once this year, 51bs; twice, ilbs ; and
thrice, 101 b. extra; mares, geldings, and horses that never
won allowed 31bs. Heats, two miles. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Weston's b g Spangle, 5 yrs (Calloway) 1
Mr. Parker's d m Duenna, aged
Mr. Robinson's Singlepeeper, 6 yrs 2 3
Won clevery, but objected to as thorough-bred.
St. Leger Betting.—The betting on this race is the same as
bef are, except that Crucifix has been backed repeatedly at 10
to 1, and 30 to 1 laid agst Theon. 25 to 1 was laid agst
Coronation for the Derby, after winning the Two-year's-old
Stakes.

FRIDAY.

The Castle Park Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for three and four-
year's-old. Mile-course. (8 Subs.)
Lord G. Bentink's Rosa-Bianca, 3 yrs, 7st 10Ih (W. Day) 1
Lord Warwick's br c Leporello, 3 yrs, 7st 10Ib 6)
11r. E. Peel's br c Meerut, 3 yrs, ist 10Ib 3

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The Stand Stakes (handicap) of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 30
added. The two-mile course. (10 Subs.)
lion. S. Herbert's Arctic, aged (h. b.), 9st (J. Day) 1
Lord Exeter's Bosphorus, 4 yrs, ist 7tb
Lord G. Bentinck's Dreadnought, 3 yrs, fist
The Queen's Plate of 100 gs. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Collett's b g Tubalcain, 4 yrs, 9st 61b ( Whitehouse) 1 1
Mr. Collins's Isaac, aged, lOst 31b
Mr. Fairlie's Zuhrab, aged, lOst 31b 4 3
Hon. S. Herbert's Clarion, 4 yrs, 9st 61b 2 4
Mr. I. Dav's Tamburini, 4 yrs, 9st 61b 6 5
Lord G. Bentinck's Dreadnought, 3 yrs, Bst 21b.. 5 dis
Mr. Worthington's Northenden, 5 yrs lOst 3 dr
The first heat was won easy by two lengths, and the second
by one length.

ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES.—THURSDAY.
The Maiden Plate of 501., given by the Members for the
Western Division of the county, for horses that never won
a plate or stakes. Mile heats.
Mr. Armstrong's ch g Bonnet Rouge, 3 yrs, ist llb 5 1 1
Captain Canty's Foreign Lass, aged, 9st llb 2 2 2
Mr. Garrard's b m Zuleika, 6 yrs, 9st Ilb 1 3 3
Mr. Stirling's ch g Orange Boy, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b 4 5 4
Mr. Theobald's ch c Forlorn Hope, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 3 4 dr
The first heat was won by a head, the second by two lengths,
and the third by three lengths.
The Rockingham Stakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added from
the fund ; the second to save his stake, and the winner tube
sold for 300 sous, &c. Mile and a half heats. (4 Subs. )
Mr. Coleman's Chemist, 5 yrs, 9st (W. Coleman) 1 1
Colonel Best nd Richard Roe, 5 yrs, 9st ... 2 2
Mr. Shelley's Helespont, 3 yrs, 7st 41b
First heat won by a length. Second heat won by half a
length. Hellespont ran the wrong side of a post.
The Rochester and Chatham Members' Plate of 501. ; three-
yr-olds, 7st 41b; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st; six and aged, fht
411) ; mares, &c., allowed 316 ; winners of plate or stalc2 in
1840, once, 4lbs ; twice, 71bs extra. Heats, two mile..

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Mr. Dockeray's b h Lyster, 4 yrs (F. Butler) 5 1 1
Mr. Duppa's Maid Marian, 6 yrs 1 3 3
Mr. Wickham's Curate, 4 yrs
Mr. Londe's Grimalkin, 4 yrs
Mr. Shelley's Alzdorf, 4 yrs 2 2 dr
Mr. Shacknell's Denham, aged 3 dr

WESTERN MEETING AT AYR.—WEDNESDAY.
The Three yrs old Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 20 ft.
Two miles. (8 Subs. )
Mr. Ramsay's b f Lady Crainshaws, ist 101 b walked over
Match, 50 sovs., Ilst 71b each.
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Mr. Merry's Patriot (owner) beat Mr. Refern's Kathleen
easily.
The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 guineas each; for three yrs old.
7st ; four, Sst 51b ; five, Sst 121 b ; six and aged, 9st 121 b;
21b allowed to untried horses or mares, and 31b to mares and
geldings. (20 Subs. )
Dlr. Ramsay's The Doctor, 6 yrs (Noble) 1
Lord Eglinton's The Potentate, aged ... 2
4to 1 on The Doctor. Won easy.
Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, with 20 added by the Western
Meeting, &c. One mile and a half. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Merry's Patriot, aged, 12st 71b walked over
Plate of 501. for all ages. Two-mile heats.
Mr. Ramsay's The Doctor, 6 yrs, 9st 41b (Noble) 1 1
Sir J. Bo,well's b g Constantine, 5 yrs, 9st I Ilb ........ 4 „,
Lord Eglinton's Opera, A yrs, 9“ I Ilb

GRAND SAILING MATCH.--Toe great sailing match,
announced tor Monday next, creates the most considerable
interest amongst aquatic and other gentlemen in the
sporting circles. The contest is for a cup, value 100
guineas,
given as a symbol of yacht superiority, to be con-
tested
.or annually, and to be won two consecutive seasons
by the same yacht before it becomes the property of her
owner. The match has been got up under the direction
of the nobleman and gentlemen of the Thames Royal
Yacht Club, and all gentlemen's boats under 26 tons bur-
den are eligible to, sail, provided they belong to a Royal
Club. The following are entered to contend :
Yachts. Tons. Owners.
brilliant .... , 8 H. Fowler, Esq.
Fortuna ......... ...
R. HPe
ouye
pnngesegt, I co,
and
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Gasello
d:q.:ws ci.
W.
.Eg a u Esq , .
Ada Jane
Success
Emily lB Barlow Tarsier, Esq.
Sabrina
21 Lora Alfred Paget.
Alarm . . 16 G. Warehill, Esq.
Widgeon .., ..... . ...... 20 T. Snook and J. Cassel, EsclL
fix of these have won public prizes, and are is high
request. The Gazelle is the favourite, and the Alarm and
Sabrina are next in succession. The Widgeon is a pow-
erful boat, and is spoken very highly of;
but the superior
tonnage of the Gazelle puts her first on the list.