The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-27 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Brighton Gazette.)
PORTSMOUTII, AUG. 25.—The Formidable, 84, and
Hercules, 72, at Chatham, aro ordered to be prepar.d for
co:nmission.

Rear-Admiral Richard Thomas, C. 8., appointed to the
command in the Pacific, has lett Lonlon for Plymouth,
to embark on board the Dublin, 50, for conveyance to
the Brazils. Mr. James Pinhorn, purser, is to accompany
the Rear-Admiral as secretary. Rear-Admiral Ross,
C. 8., will return to England in the President frigate, and
his arrival may be looked for in December next.
The Wolverine, 16, Captain Tucker, is hourly ex-
pected 6om the west coast of Africa, to be paid off.
The utmost activity now prevails at the several naval
arsenals, the following ships having been commissioned :
—lllustrious, 72, Malabar, 72, Warspite, 50, Isis, 50,
Madagascar, 44, Cambrian, 36, Aigle, 24, and Harle-
quin, 18.
The Bittern, 16, Commander the Hon. B. Cary, has
sailed for the South American station, proceeding in the
first instance to the Cape of Good Hope, to land des-
patches.
The Speedy cutter is commissioned by Lieut. George
Beaufoy.
The corvette Iris, 26, Captain Morse, arrived at As-
cension from England. last from the River Gambia,
on the 4th July, and as soon as refitted was to proceed
to the Cape to join the Andromache, 26, Capt. Baynes.
The Carysfort, 26, is daily expected from the Mediter-
ranean to be paid off.
The Electra corvette, 16, Commander Gesling, is to go
out to Spithead to-morrow, it is reported for the Meui-
terranean.

Captain IL Yates has taken the command of the
Pique, 36, at Sheerness, to convey out to the West
Indies the new Commander-in- Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir
Charles Adam, K.C.B. Captain E. Boxer, C. 8., ap-
pointed to succeed Commodore Douglas at Jamaica, will
also take passage in the Pique.
The Princess Charlotte, 110, has been docked, &c.,
preparatory to leaving the Port Admiral's flag-ship here,
as there is no doubt that the Queen, 110, will go to the
Mediterranean.

The Impregnable three-decker, 110, Captain Forrest,
C. 8., is the only ship at Spithead. She requires a con-
siderable number of hands to complete, and her depart-
ure is very uncertain.
IN lIARBouu.--Queen, Victory, Royal George yacht,
Excellent. Illustrious, Warspite, Madagascar, Electrr,
Rapid, Echo, Samarang, and tenders.

DISCOVERY OF A MURDER COM-

MITTED ELEVEN YEARS AGO.

In the month of June, 1830, considerable excitement
was caused in the neighbourhood of Hutton Rudby, in
the North Riding of York, and in the whole vale of Cle-
veland, by the sudden disappearance of a man of the
name of William Huntley-, who had a considerable sum
of money on him at the time. He had been accustomed
to keep company with a set of men in that neighbour-
hood who were in the habit of poaching, and committing
depredations on the hen-roosts in that part of the county.
On the night of his disappearance he was seen in the
company of two men named Robert Goldsborough and
George Garbutt. On the morning of the following day
a suspicion arose that he had been murdered by those
two men ; and every search was made in the neigh-
bourhood for the body, but without success.
Goldsborough's house was - searched, and very
strong suspicions were 'excited by finding the
watch of the missing man iii' the house, and several
other things well known to haVe:belonged to Huntley.
By some strange and unaccountable neglect, all these
things were looked over, and the man Goldsborough
was left to his own measures, and never brought to
any account, except by the neighbours, to whom he
stated that he had received them as part payment for
a debt which ho wanted of Huntley, and that he had
gone to America. The case was passed over in this
way, although, before the disappearance ;of Huntley-,
he was in the most needy circumstances, and after-
wards was in the possession of a considerable quantity
of bank-notes. He subsequently quitted Hutton Rud-
by, and went into the West Riding of York, where he
took another name. The other man, George Garbutt,
had been concerned iu the robberry of a barn, and was
obliged to quit the neighbourhood: He has since been
at Sunderland, in the occupation of a coal-trimmer.
In the month of June last, men were employed in cut-
ting a new course for a rivulet which runs through the
town of Stokesley, in the direction of Hutton. Rudby,
near a bridge called Tame Bridge, where the water took
a consickna.ble curve. The cut was commenced for the
purpose of making a straight course from the bridge,
which, after cutting for 30 or 40 yards, again crossed the
old course ; when the workmen arrived at this place, on
the opposite side of the water, they found a quantity of
bones, which they at first thought to be those of a cow ;
but they afterwards found the skull of a huinan
A coroner's inquest was held on the remains, when the
Jury came to the decision,' after hearing Mr. Strother,
surgeon, pronounce his opinion that the bones were
those of a male subject, and that he had received a
blow on the back part of the head, by which the skull
was broken in, and also the bones of the nose, " That
the bones were those of some person who had come to
his end by foul means."
Mr. Gernon, the policeman for the district of Cleve-
land, with his accustomed promptness, made every in-
quiry in the neighbourhood. of Hutton Rudby concern-
ing the unfortunate Huntley, and elicited sufficient in-
formation to warrant his going in search of the man.
Goldsborough, whom he found at Barnsley; and upon
going to the house, taking the skull which was found
along with him, and finding him at home, he suddenly
placed it before him, asking.him " If he thought it had
any resemblance of Wm. Huntley ?" Goldsborough
was forcibly agitated, and, with tears in his eyes, after
a considerable pause, declared that he knew nothing of
it. Mr. Gernon again returned to Stokesley, and after
everything was in a proper train, Goldsborough and a
man named Thomas Grundy were brought to Stokesley;
and on Friday and Saturday hist evidence was heard be-
fore Sir William Foulis, E. Turton, Esq., and William
lauleverer, Esq., in the National School-room of that
place.
Several witnesses were examined, including the brother
of the deceased.

Dr. Strother deposed to the cause of death as ful-
lows:—" The skull has not been broken by a sharp in-
strument, but it cannot have fallen into the present state
but through the effects of a blow ; he should say that
the teeth had not been forced out; the lips would pro-
trude a little, occasioned by the tooth ; the person when
living has hadl an indentation in the forehead, and a broad
flat nose; the pelvis belongs to a male person."
The witnesses deposed to a number of suspicious cir-
cumstances, coupling Goldsborough with the death of
the deceased.

Mr. Gernon, the policeman, stated that he had visited
Barnsley, as before stated ; that the prisoner Grundy had
confessed to having been called up on the night of Wed-
nesday ensuing after the murder. He took him to
Wearybank Wood, and there showed him a large parcel,
saying that he had got embarrassed in the world, and
was going to America. He wanted Grundy's assistance
to take the bundle down to Stokesley. Grundy then
took hold of the parcel, and found a man's head in it ;
he was quite frightened, and asked Goldsborough what
he had been doing. He was very much agitated, and it
was about five minutes before he could speak ; at last,
he said that he had shot Huntley by accident, and he
would shoot him if he ever disclosed it. Grundy then
mudo. his escape from him, and left him at the place.
Mt. Gernon also states that Grundy went with him, and
Jdines Berthram, constable, to the place where this had
.happened. •
Thomas Grundy was examined, and admitted the
truth of what Mr. Gernon had said ; also that he had
been afraid to be out at night during the time Golds-
borough had remained at Hutton.
The prisoner was then asked what he had to say in
his defence. lie stated that on the Thursday previou
to the Friday spoken of, Huntley came to him, and
they . went and sat in Wearybank Wood. Huntley
took out his money, and asked prisoner what was the
reason Mr. Garbutt, of Yarm, had not given him the
whole of the money which he had belonging to him.
Huntley was no scholar, and the prisoner told him the
reason ; he then pressed witness to go to America with
him ; which he declined doing, as he had two
children, which he thought it was his duty to
support ; he saw him again on Saturday, and he
went with him to Stokesley. On the Thursday follow-
ing he saw Henley again ; he pressed prisoner to go to
America with him,. but he would not ; Huntley sold his
weaver's loom to George Garneby, and that night pri-
soner shook hands with Huntley, and never saw him
more •, declared his innocence, and had nothing more to
say than that his life was sold.
The Magistrates then committed Goldsborough to take
his trial at the next York assizes, and also the prisoner
Grundy, but would admit bum to bail, in the sum of
3001., if he could procure it. Goldsborough was commit-
ted to the care of the governor of York Castle on Sunday.
Garbutt has not yet been apprehended ; he was seen
in the month of May last, in this town, when he stated
he had -been a trimmer or something of the kind.
Grundy has since committed suicide by hanging him-
self in his cell in York Castle. A coroner's inquest has
been held on the body, and verdict of—"Felo de se" re-
returned.—Sunderland Times of Saturday.

The Aix-la-Chapelle Gazette relates the fol-
lowing melancholy instance of religious fanaticism. A Pro-
testant inhabitant of that city was married many years ago to
a Catholic, by whom he had two children, whe were edu-
cated in the Catholic faith: On the death of his wife he mar-
ried a Protestant, and from that hour endeavoured to convert
his children from the Catholic to the Protestant religion, but
could not succeed, and at length the relations of his wife in-
sisted on removing the children from his house. A few days
since, says this paper, the father went to the house at which
his children were staying, and, after having endeavoured in
vain to induce his son to abandon the Catholic faith, he become
furious, and hanged him. The buy was soon afterwards dis-
covered and cut down, but in such a state, that little hope was
entertained of saving him. The father was arrested, and con-
veyed to prison.