The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON. WI4IDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1840,

:tier wealth and inorc continually violate' bf their
praptios the doctrines they teach ; and if by the
term Church .we understand the priesthood, we
shall not err when.we assert that they are responsible
for nine-tenths of the vices and the immorality of
the nation.

The bitterest mortifications overwhelm in relent-
less succession the unfortunate Tory faction. Turn
what way they will they are sure to encounter dis-
grace. It is not quite three weeks since they,
through their venal organs, expressed their detesta-
tion at the conduct of the Government in making
any distinction between the seizure of opium by
means of the imprisonment of British merchants in
Canton, and the seizure of the same drug by
Chinese Custom-house officers in the manner re-
cognised by the law of nations. They abhorred
quibbling equivocations, and the pettifogging trick of
holding men guiltless, 'of whose guilt no moral
_
doubt could .be entertained, merely because they
contrived to have the letter of the statute law in
their favour. Could there be any doubts, they asked,
with an air of-virtuous triumph, as to the intended
dest;nation•of the seized opium? Was there a person
in the kingdom so stupid as. not to know that the
British residents at Canton were cer nizant of the
destination of the opium, and that they would have
profited by its iilicitsala? Was it not, then, an insult
to the high moral and Christian feeling of the
people of England to talk of acquitting. such men
of the guilt of smuggling, because not personally
caught in the fact? Unfortunately for the -Tory
scribes, bet jre half their virtuous indignation was
expended, a Committee of the Hotise of Commons
decided that, in consequence of gross bribery and
corruption, Mr. MANNERS SUTTON, the son of a
Speaker of the House of Commons, and the grand.-
son of an Archbishop, was disqualified to sit as the
Representative of that depot of State piety, Cam-
bridge ! It became all at once incenvenient to say a
word more about the moral sense of the British people,
and the legal screen afforded by the vote of a Com-
mittee of the House of Commons was eagerly
grasped at to shelter the High Tory and High
Church delinquent. The common sense of tire
people of England would easily tell them that
no constituency was ever bribed in favour of
any candidate without hi, knowledge and con-
sent ; but this very obvious fact the sanctimonious
Standard, and the hypocritical Times, and the
canting Herald, did all they could to keep out of
sight. Would they have us believe that two re-
moves from a Bishop is too much to suspect hu-
man nature of such an infraction of divine -and hu-
man laws ? Do they claim for the Church the
undivided glory of having bribed Cambridge to an
extent capable of disgusting the-not over-and-above
delicately moral sense of. a Committee of the House
of Commons ?
Now, bad as may be smuggling, it is a venial
offence when compared with the direful criminality
of deliberate bribery and perjury. To rob the re-
venue by the evasion of a law which twenty in
twenty thousand have never undertaken to fulfil,
may be very pernicious.; but who
.will undertake
to place it in the same category of guilt with the
cold-blooded wickedness of tempting a poor man
to blacken his soul with perjury, and afterwards to
participate with him in the commission Of that
heinous crime? To smoke opium may be morally
and physically very injurious ; but what true Chris-
tian will compare it with the enormity of taking
GOD and the mystery of man's redemption to wit-
ness the truth of that which the perjured wretch
kno ors to be false ? In the case of Cambridge,
the real ctiminal—ohe individual who lent
Ins purse to purchase souls for SA TA N, as if he held
a commission in the service of the great Dragon—
is known to cv2rylrOdy ; and yet with what delicacy
and tenderness the Committee of the House of
Commons dealt with him 1 So tender were the
Members of the- feelings of the real delinquent,
that they only acted under the coinpulsion of the
statute in naming anybody I And yet, neither in
doors nor Out, has this proceeding attracted the
slightest attention of either the Tory Or the saintly.
anti-opium mongers. Lord STANHoPR calls no
meeting to iepudiate it ; JoSEpH STURGE does
not make it ~tbe ~.•suojeet of an • address to
the Christian •people of Great Britain ;
nor have the citizens of Edinburgh given
the slightest indication of a determination
to make it. the subject of petitions to the Legisla-
ture, as they have recently done in the case of the
opium quarrel. Bribery and perjury are regarded
as mere matters of course—disgraceful when found
out, but still vices too common to call for any pars
tictiler reprehension. Again, they are English
vices ; and in the good old' days of rotten borough-
mongering, were part and parcel of our glorious
Constitution, in Church and State. It is even
doubtful but that, at common law, a judgment
might be obtained for their continuance, on the
ground of immemorial usage ! And yet men, with
the Wile in one hand,
,a bribe:in the other, and
.a falsehood upon their. lips, coolly elevate their
eyes in holy horror at the contemplation of
the enormous crime of opium smuggling.
LIN'S anti-opium auxiliaries put us in mind of an
anecdote of an Irish priest, no:orious for his par-
iiality to the bottle, who took it into his head to
preach a sermon against the vice of intemperance.
Having selected a text, which excluded all drunk I
ards fro the kingdom of Hearen, the zealous
divine began his sermon after t!ee following fashion :
" My children, we Cannot too much abhor a vice
which Gon punishes with eternal perdition. To
avoid drunkenness, therefore, you ought all to know
how much you cen drink comfottably. It' a pint of
whisky make any of you tipsy, let that person
drink only half a pint; and if half a pint be too
much; let him content himself with a glass; but for
my part, my children, I con swallow a gal-
lon .1
of it and be all the better for it." Nova the
hypocritical anti-opiumites, like the tippling cede-
tsiastic, see no harm in the Government leaving it
o themselves to regulate their own appetites for
bribery, perjury, oe spirit-drinking, provided the
liberty of so tranBgressing be denied to clic: inex-
perienced inhabitants of China. Hew amiable tl!at
charity which appropriates vice rather than suffer
it to contaminate the innocent ! " Hurrah for
hypocrisy 1 Humbug for ever I"

The news from China, winch is to the 25th of
January, is highly important. The EmPEuort's
entire approbation of the conduct .of LIN; the
praises bestowed by his Celestial MAJESTY upon
the Admiral KwAN and the crews of the war
junks which attacked the Volage and Hyacinth at'
Chumpee in November ; and the confirmation of
the edict proclaiming the English outlaws, and ex-
cluding for ever themselves aed their produce from
the " central flowery land," are suffiCient to satisfy
us that the expulsion of the English from China was
long determined upon by the Chinese Government.
It is clear from the whole proceedings that an ex-
cuse only was wanted, and likewise that the Go-
Verninent at Pekin had calculated the consequences
of its own acts. The promise of the EMPEROR to
raise KWAN and his fellow-warriors six steps in
rant' on condition they obtain five snore victories
over the English (for, as we predicted, the Chum-
pee affair is trumpeted as a glorious victory in all
the Imperial edicts), demonstrates that hostilities
with the English on a more extensive scale were
expected, and that the
.EMPEROR had no idea of
patching up the quarrel. Of course, no English
ships of war but the Hyacinth and Volage were i 4;
the Chinese waters on the 25th of January, and
Captain ELLIOT was then waiting for instructions
from England.
The Supreme Court of Bengal decided on the
17th of last March, that the British Government
was not bound by the contract of Captain ELLIOT
to pay for the seized opium, he being at the time a
prisoner,- and acting- under the constraint of a Fo-
reign Powei. Should an -appeal be made to the
Pricy Council here we have no doubt that the de.•
vision of the Supreme Court will be confirmed. It
is the Chinese Government, and not the British,
that. is responsible for the opium ; and in exact-
ing payment for it Great • Britain will only enforce
the right of her injured subjects. The non-responsi-
bility of England does not in the least weaken the
claim of the merchants, whose opium was de-
livered up, as appears to be the view of the ques-
tion taken by the Bengal Journals. On the con-
trary, Great Britain holds China responsible, and
deservedly so, for every ounce of opium obtained
under a threat of starving a helpless community or
British merchants, and imprisoning the Representae
tive of our gracious Sovereign. TO admit the
principle that Great Britain could be bound by the
act of a coerced Agent would soon open a door fur
a demand upon the Imperial diadem itself. To
obtain one of our colonies it would be only requisite
to compel any one Of, our Consuls to yield it up in
the name of Great Britain. •
Th

.e Morning Post, in a second edition, pub_
.sties the folio•Aing intelligence from Paris, re-
ceived by extraordinary express
TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH.
Bayonne, May 3, Three p.m.
" On the 27th the sth CarliNt battalion of Valencia. was
completely beaten by General Ayerbe, at Alitella.
"Oa the 2firlt General Leon took possession of Mora
del Ebro, from wbenee Cabrera en theeve hati•fled.

1 " BAYONNR, MAY 4.
" I have the hest news from the promicvs. 6uvcral
Carlist bends have been overtaken, and in part dcstroyefl.
The spirit of the population is excellent
The .Moniteur of Tuesday -has the following :—" It
has been already said that the mediation of France had
been accopted by Naples; it is now further k:i97:11 that
the embargo on En4iish vesAels bad been taken off, and
that all acts of hostility on the part of the British squad.
ron had ceased."

The Levant Mail had arrived at Marseilles with dates
from Constantinople of the 17th; AlQxandria, the 16th ;
and Smyrna, the 19th, The Petcha's warlike preparations
were- more active than ever.

FURTHER PARTICULARS:
The Duke of Bedford, and several members of the de-
cease,i's family are at • present at • his late resi-
dence in Norfolk-street, and ';',lr. Maine, one of
the Chief Commissioners of Police, is engved in
instituting. a 'rigorous , and searching inquiry into al;
the circumstances relating to this horrible affair. The in-
vestigation is strictly private, and nothing has as yet been
suffered to transpire. There are many rumours afloat as
to the person supposed to be concerned in the perpetration
of this horrible affair, but we shalt abstain froth noticing them
at present, as such notice might tend to defeat the ends of
justice.

The India mail had arrived at Marseilles.
Letters from Madrid of the 28th announce that General
Clonard, the '.'vlinister of War, was seriously indisposcd,
and the official Gazette reinstates tl a Under Secret:Jy,
General Nezzagary, in that office ad interim.

The - French Journals of Monday contain very
tittle domestic news of interest. The following
from Naples is from the correspondent cf the Se--
Piaphore of Marseilles at that capita! :
" All is finished. The mediation ;:fNFarapnleese, lA'sparciele2p4te.d.
it It is agreed on both sides that the embargo shall be
raised, and the ships taken be released. Mr. Temple has
even otferei at once to give up those taken by the English
squadron.
" Amica'cic relations are restored between the Neapoli-
tan Government and the British Ambassador. The nego-
tiations are speedily to be opened af,Paris.
" The Kit g of Naples hesitated a long time to give his
consent to the mediation of France, but be gave wily et
last to public opinion-
•` It is probable that France, profiting by this circum-
stance, wilt induce the Neapolitan Government to admit,
on the footing of ttse most favoured nation, into the port of
Naples, its Levant steam-packets."
The Courrier de Lyon states that the Austrian
Legation was off;.niled at the ICING for accepting,
..
the mediation of France, as the intervention of
Austria had been promised. The Augsburg Ga-
zette tells us quite another story. According to
er
1 that journal Austria neither offered, nor intended to
-liar
If we want a striking exemplification of the dis- I offer, her tnediation ; and we ore quite sure that
proportion between laborious efforts and then, re- she was equally averse to a rupture with England.
The Duchess of Orleans is so seriously indisposed, that
stilt, We shall pass over the mountain in labour
producing the ridiculous mouse) and quote in future' it has been judged necessary to strew the street of Itisoli Lord .ABERDEEN and his • Noo-intrusion Bill. •d
with sand to eaden the neisit of the carriages as they pass
the pavilienMarsan, id wlrich she reside. 3.
.
Here has the Noble Lord been two blessed months, A cf.urter'who has initialled in six days and a half from
to the neglect of all his other duties and avoca- Petershttrgb to Vienna, has brought word that the Em_ perer Nicholas wilt accompany the Empress to Emr. It
tions, hatching his favourite measure, and cacklina•
about it as if it contained some miraculous t" seent3 that the arrival of their Miijesties will not be long
, power .dei,,,,,d.
or influence, which mould astonish the world by its A'vietory was gained on the 23. h of April, near Boix, by
operations on the minds of .Intitts:bnists and Non- Gerken' Van listen over the Catalonian faction, consisting
intrusionists, and behold, when it pierces the shell, of twenty-one battelions. Ail the positions occupied by
it ie found to be a miserable abortion—a thin which the Cart were carried, but the victory was dearly put-
e;
e.haserl. General Aspiroz, one of the bravest defenders of
is not only a subject of derision itself, but which the Constitutional cause,' was killed. A Carlist des • ter
cannot fail to bring derision upon its author. But effirms thst Segarra was wounded, but Gene:al Van Hiarkn-
. let the Noble. Lord's plan .'neak for itself : in lilt ;report sty. s too much credit must not be given to
" The preamble recited the•varioua acts by which the this account, foie° know by experir nee that deserters are -
right and duty of collation in the hands of the Presbytery apt to make statements which they know will be agreeable
had been recognised e and it showed in what respects it to those whom they address._Jse Commerce.
:,nit. it be advisable to alter those enactments, It then The Semaphore of Marseilles has the following letter
the‘‘ qt.c:tlcdneY Doat rol'a'rs'isclei
went cn to provide, that after p presentee came to a from Constantinoele, April 7:—
parish
on the presentation of an undoubted patron, the
Presbytery should direct such presentee to preach in the
Church ; and that after the presentee's having so to set out for Trebisond to proceed to Persia, where M. I
preached, the Presbytery, or the Committee appointed de Sercy has made the French name beloved ; be has in-
and Siiirez, and endeavours to bring him
for the purpose, should meet; acid after giving
.notice deced the Shah to renounce his cirpeeitien to Isoahan,
capital, ar.d is shortly
oowtfiicuertsh,isat the head of which is
have any objection to
that if any one or more persons in regular communion
derstanding with
with the Church, and of full age,
urge to the presentee, or against the fitness of his settle- consolidate the harmony between the two great Western
wahgicohod,Aiiini-i
mcnt in that parish, they were ready to receive the same Powers.
in writing, in the form and manner in wr:iei such comma- M. Thevenin, a French officer, is sent by the Porte to
nican's might require, should, without delay, orocsed to Bagdad, to organise there a corps of regular troops; .he
the E utensil Governmentt,o
inquire into and dispose of such objections, or refer them
to the Supreme Court for decision'. If it should appear ammunition in that Cay.......Le Constitutionnet.
'has orders to stop some days at Dirtrbekir to examine the
to the Presbytery that there were any reasons u VrEsere, APRIL 25 —We learn from good authority
p on
which they thought the presentee ought. not to be pie.,
that his Majesty, the Emperor, has consented to the pre-
sented to such parish, they . should in titeir report set forth longation of the Hungarian Diet fora fortnight, so that
the grounds upon which they came to that conclusion to it will close en the 16th or 18th of May. Count Figuel-
the Supreme Court. It was also to be in the power of
r) kesch •
the presentee or the patron to appeal against the decision this morniug to return to his post, and B.: on iro ,
of the Presbytery to the .Supretne Ecclesiastical Court. our Ambassador to Greece, leaves this evening.
moat, Austrian Ambassador at Peterscurgh, left_ Vienna
But if the Presbytery, after considering all the. ob-
jections urged against the gifts end qualifications of Conts,,lol.i; Three per Cents, 82i; Bank Snares, .18 Zia.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS. —Five per Cent , 1C19,;
—Allyciveine Zeiiung.
the presentee, or the propriety of his settlement in the Four per
particular parish, should be satisfied that there was no good Tce Illoniteur of Monday announces the
Court of Cassa-
ground for time cbjectioes against his appointment, the M. Jacquinot God.rd to be Judge of the .
!lion, in lieu of M. Trifler. This is the appointment that
should repel the same, subject, of course, to appeal, an3cl7
should appoint the presentee to the church if they thoughtappointment of
proper.
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from
mat
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measure as this
good Dupont de l'Eure was to have bad, and would have had,
, not Godard -presided over several of time political trials since
bit; be- the grave objections to his liberalism. AI. Jacqui-
e ,_ i 1830, and always with a partiality revolting in a Judge.
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reenacting or what necessity can exist for
re•enacting the law of the Church of Scotland. fir:A Highest
pricel4,,!!2t ,La,s,st
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litigation. Where there ' ics now—or vvas—orie case .
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It is reported that when the body was first discovered,
the face was covered with a towel. 'lbis circumstance, if
true, is most important, as it may be the means of affording
a clue to the discovery of the villain who perpetrated this
atrocious crime. Norfolk-street Was crowqed during
the whale morning, and several of the Nobility called
the deceased li‘duleman's re,idence, for the purpose of
making enquiries as to the truth of the rumours current
concerning the murder.

FLOWERS OF PENMANSHIP.

Under this title, Mr. WALTER PATON is about to
publiOi a work which will place his name at the very
head of the profession in this beautiful art. Indeed,
the came of Paton has been long familiar to the
public, for its eXcelicnce in penmanship ; but it has
been reserved for Mr Waiter Paton to take his stand
far above all competitors. For many years past the
City of London has honoured Mr. Paton with its pa-
tronage ; and the number of his works distributed in
the metropolis wiJ best attest the high reputation
which he has so well attained. In . order, how-
ever, to place his acquirements upon a more secure
and lakting foundation, Air. Paton has produced
the present work which may be said to be a combina-
tion of every style of penmanship, in about twenty
pates, which differ from each other, not only in the
beauty of their composition, but in the exquisite taste
of their variety. Surge of them have all the appear-
ance of pictures—the lines of beauty and of grace
blending together in the very richness of tasteful sim-
plicity,'. The eye wanders over the page doubtful of
its purpose, so much is the attention diverted by the
ever-varying combination of light and shade, so delicately
spread over the work. To have produced such a master-
piece of Penmanship must have cost long time and much
Labour, but, once accomplished, the secret exilultation
and honest pride at his achievement must be great in
proportion. Sweet is the labour of one's own hands,"
was never more beautifully realised Hum in the pictur-
esque grouping before us. It is a model for all those
who desire to excel ;—and one which every pro.
lessor of penmanship cannot be long without if he wish
to obtain celebrity or character in the performance of
his duty, by teaching from the most perfect specimen,.
of the art. The engraving seems to he executed in a
very superior style—in a truly congenial spirit with the
writing—and the cost of the work is exceediegly mode-
rate for the admirable manner in which it is finished.
Great Britain has been long celebrated for proficiency
in penmanship, but to perpetuate its fame a work of
this kind was wanting, and Mr. Paton has nobly per-
formed the task.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

From a henry press of Parliamentary and other matters.
we must confine ourselves to-day to a mere brief summary
of the leading articles of the Morning Journals.—The
Morning aro:4We, speaking of Lord Stanley's Irish Re-
gisra'i"u Bill, says :—" there is nothing like a bold stroke
of tyranny, such as this Tory attack on the franchise, tt
gather anti cortibinc the elements of public strength. II
Lord Stanley has but little skill in promoting union among
his friends, he ta quite a master at cstablishiag it among
his enemios "—The Times rerotqks, with reference to Lord
Stanley's Registration Biil, " If this bill be rej:cted,
th
whole world will accuse the Houie. of Commons of a•
amount of profligacy and moral degradation uncx7moleti
by any assembly of 'modern times."—The Morniny Post
contains a lend7ng• article in praise of Lord Stanley's Irish
Registration Biil.—The Morning Advertiser remarks e
follows, in allusion to the cliff ri?nce between Whig an
Tory systems of Government—" The Whig Government reforms, and does rot dragoon. The Tory Government
dragoons, and does not reform."

M dained a minister for a congregation, if they of tleit
congregation can shorn jast cause of excepiion
against hint." Such was, and such is, the law
This morning, about half-past seven o'clock, the in.
of the Church. And what is the practice ? A
presentee (if not already ordained) is ap-
habitants residing in the neighbourhood of Grosvenor-
pointed by the Presbytery to preach in the square were placed in a state of great excitement in
church of the vacant parish. Public noCce is consequence of a rumour that an atrocious murder had
.
been perpetrated this morning on the person of Lord
then given of the day on which the call is to take
place, between which notice mid call ten days must William Russell, uncle to Lord John Rus.seil, at No.
elapse. The call haring been retarded and sus- 1 14, Norfolk-street, Park-lane. The report first ob-
tained circulation from the circumstance of some of the
ob-
tained by the Presbytery, the presentee is taken
domestics of the establiehmebt being seen leaving the
on his ordination trials, and if these have proved
late Noble Lord's m.insion in a very excited manner,
and wbo, to the inquiries made,.etated that such we- the
satisfactory to the Presbytery, notice is again pith-
hely given that the settlement will take place on case. Information was given to the parochial autho-
a certain day, again allowing an interval of ten free risks and the police immediately, upon which Baldwin
days before the settlement. When this latter day and Cmil, officers of the parish of St. George's. Harm-
has arrived, and the Presbytery has met, proclaim- cc;.-square, p!oceeded to the house. Tney were soon
flallowed by M keg, of the C divi-
r. Superintendent Ba
Lion is made at the church door, that if there be any
vas accompanied by Inspector Beresford, and
objection to the presentee, or to his settlement as sion, who
minister of the parish, the objector shall come for- several serjeants and
.men attached to the same division.
B this time a great crowd bad gathered-in front of
it is the province of the Presbytery
ward and state his reasons, of the validity of which the.. mansion, and as the report had become widely
to judg e. From circulated, several Noblemen had called to ascertain the
that judgment there is an appeal by an y of. the truth of e port wth dased's rela-
parties who may think himself aggrieved by the ties hadth alsore arrive,d,hil ane dsome of
who were pletieunged in most
sentence.
poignant grief upon learning the fact.
Now we should like to knoW in what respect The folloWing are the particulars hitherto ascertained
Lord ABERDEEN'S plan &Re's from that already of the horrible transaction:-
established. He may well anticipate that it will
" At a quarter past seven o'clock this morning, on the
housemaid getting up and reaching the passage, she be-
not give satisfaction. It will be scouted by all
came alarmed upon observing several packages there She
parties, and most of all by those whom he is most hastened to the attic, where the valet slept, and called
anxious to conciliate—the Vetoists. him up, as well as her other female servant, W 730 slept in
an adjoining room. The valet instantly arose, and on
discovering that, frog, the appeatance of the packages in
the passage, there had been some thieves in the house, he
instantly went up to the room where his late and
ltmented master slept. Upon his entering the room,
his supicions were then more strongly excited
that there had been thieves in the house,. and he pro.
ceeded towards the bed, where he was horrorstruck
upon finding the lifeless corpse of the Noble Lord. do
hod but a slight view of the body, as his feelings were over. but he observed that there was a most dreadful
gash aci.oss the throat. Lie hurried out of the room, and
acquainted his fellow-servant with what he had witnessed,
who at once ran to the house of Mr. Elsgood,
a medical gentleman residing in the neighbour.
hood,. Two of Mr. ' Elsgood's sons promptly at-
tended. They examined the nature of the wound, which
they found to extend from ear to car. It was evidently
done with a rezer, or some sharp instrument. Immediate
search was made for it, but none could be found. The
decAised, we arc informed, lay upon his back, and the ap
pearance of the position he was in would lead to the in-
ference that when the frightful deed was committed no
struggle took place. The deceased bad been dead-some
hours.

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RUSSELL, AI. P. FOR TAVISTOCK.

Upon the arrival of Superintendent Baker and Inspector
Beresfofd, they instituted the most diligent inquiries, and
made an examination of the premises. They endea-
voured to find the instrument 4ith which the horrid deed
was done, but witheut success. They then searched the
room (the front on the second floor), when a gold watch
was missing. At that time, ten o'clock, they had not dis-
covered that Any property was taken away. They pelt en.
devoured to fiud out by what means au entrance had been
obtained. When they reached the back kitchen they found
that the staple in which a bolt lied been fixed on a door
' had been w renched off by a jemmy ; but there was
doubt- whether that had been done for the purpose of ef-
fectitig an entrance or for making. an escape. There were
marls, of footsteps at that door. It was thought possible
-that the villainy had been in the house previous to the fa.
mily retiring to rest. No noise was heard during the
night, nor can there be any cause assigned for the thieves
leaving the premises in the way they did, unless they had
been disturbed.
No clue is at present obtained of any person being im
plicated in the transaction. Mr. ll,kcr is most unremit-
ting in his exertions, and several policemen were in readi.
-Doss to proceed against any suspected parties. Baldwin
waited upon the Coroner, Mr. Higgs, to acquaint him of
the horrid affeir.
The house continued to be visited throughout the morn-
ing by the noble relatives of the deceased and some of his
most intimate friends.
The Noble Lord was born on the 20th of August,
1767, and was the posthumous son of John, fourth Duke
of Bedford, by Elizabeth, daughter of William, second
Earl of Albemarle. He was brother of Francis the fifth
Duke, and also of John the sixth Duke of Bedford, mar-
ried Charlotte-Anne, daughter of the Earl of Jersey, and
had issue a son, George, and a daughter, Gertrude_
Frances, married to the late Hon. Henry Grey Bennett.
He was, British Minister Er some years at the Court of
Lisboa, and for several sessions represented the Borough
of Tevistock in Parliament. -
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The man servant, on opening the shutters and seeing
some blond upon the pillow, fled in alarm to thestreet, with.
out satisfying liimse!f as to what had reallymccurred, and at
once called in the police. Toe servant states that deceased
retired to rest between twelve and one o'clock, and that he
(the servant), after setting up the rushlight, also went to
be;!. Tee probability is that the murder was committed
is early as two or three o'clock, as a very small portion o!
the rushlight, which had been extinguished, was con.
sumed. His Lordship's jewel-box, which was on tin-
dressing-tablo, had been riflid of all its valuable contents.
Kith the exception of fiv, mourning rings ; and the gold
watch, which els Lordship had, on going to bed, placed
on the same table, was also stolen. No plated good,.
have been , carried off, the sanguinary party having care-
fully selected the more costly articles. A quantity of
plate which was intended to have been removed, wai,
packed up in paper, and it is most likely that the murderer
was disturbed while engaged in the work -of plunder;
there does not appear to have been any -forcible entry
Made; into the premises, and up to the present period of
writing, the affair i 3 involved in the greatest Inyster)
imaginable. •