The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-11 00:00:00

MURDER OF LORI) W. RUSSELL.

iIIARLBOROUGH-STI?EET POLICE
COURT, FOUR O'CLOCK.

Up to this hour no person has brcn brought before the
Magistrate, charged with being concerned in the mur-
der of Lord William Russell, although a report was
very prevalent during the morning that Cour voisicr
would be brought to the office during the course of the day.
I t is reported that certain articles of jewellery, supposed
to have belonged to the ill-fated Nobleman, have been
found in Courvoisicr's posses ion, and that Ellis, the late
valet, has been sent for to ascertain if he can identify
the property. The watch has not yet been discovered.

Norfolk-street was crowded yesterday by persons
anxious to see even the exterior of the house in which
such an atrocious crime had been committed. Even
the heavy rain, which fell at intervals during the day,
seemed to produce but little effect in dispersing the
crowd. The investigation still continues, and the same
secrecy is observed as to everything that has been dis-
covered as heretofore. The police will know nothing,
and the answer to every inquiry is, " I do
not know, Sir." Courvoisier, we understand,
still remains at the residence of his late
master, under the same surveillance as before,
and we have heard it stated that there are
good reasons why be should not be removed from thence
until after the funeral. In this case it is extremely im-
probable that any public investigation into the circum-
stances attending this horrible transaction will take
place until Wednesday, at the curliest.—(lt will be
seen from our Bow-street Report that the examination
has taken place to-day.)
The procee6ing account has been furnished by our
own reporter, and, we believe, it affords all the infor-
mation that has been obtained since Saturday after-
noon. Some of the Sunday papers, however, have pub-
lished long details of rumours, mixed up with pure inven-
tions, to gratify the morbid appetite of their readers for
the wonderful and the horrib.e. We give from the
Oliscrver the following specimen of gossip, or something

worse :

" The result of the post-mortem examination of the
body of his late Lordship, which was performed last
night by Messrs. Nursey and Elsgood, surgeons, of
Cleveland-road and Park-street, who were examined at
the inquest, and the subsequent analyzation of the con-
tents of the stomach, has not bee❑ allowed to transpire.
It is, however, uuderstood that it is the decided opinion
of the surgeons, that no drug or deleterious ingredients
had bee❑ administered to the late unfortunate no-
bleman. It is stated, what led to the supposition
that such might be the case, was, in addition to the
apparently deep sleep in which his Lordship must
hove been buried at the moment he was de-
prived of life by his cruel assassin, that on the night of
the murder, on the cook (Mary Hounell) tasting of the
beer, which the valet, Courvoisier, had fetched for her
from the City of Norwich public-house, after her return
home from Pimlico, she noticed that it had rather an
odd and remarkable taste, and requested that he would
drink some of it. Courvoisier, however, made some ex-
cuse for declining doing so, and she drank it at her sup-
per. What makes the circumstance remarkable is the
fact, that she states that she never before slept so heavy,
and that she had great difficulty in arousing herself
when Sarah Maned knocked at her door in the morning.
" It is a singular circumstance that Young, the butler
to Latham, Esq., residing at No. 23, opposite Lord
William Russell's house, was not called for and exa-
mined at the Coroner's inquest. He states, that about
seven o'clock on Wednesday morning, hearing a loud
ringing at the area bell, he ran to the door, when Sarah
Nlancel, the housemaid, who appeared dreadfully
alarmed, told him that Lord William Russell was mur-
dered, and begged of him to fetch a policeman. He
accordingly ran into the neighbouring streets, but not
being able to find one, returned to Norfolk-street, and
seeing the butler to Mr. Jones Lloyd (No. 22),
sent him to give information at the station-
house of the D division in Alarylebone-lane-
which he did, and brought back with him
Inspector Tedman and a sergeant of that division. In
the meantime Young went over to his Lordship's resi-
dence, and on being admitted, found Courvoisier sitting
in a chair behind the hall door, and on his asking him
to go up stairs with him, as probably his Lordship might
not be quite dead, Courvoisier, who seemed greatly
alarmed and excited, exclaimed—' Oh, no, I cannot ;
no, I cannot ; oh my poor Lord ; he's murdered, he's
murdered.' Young then went up stairs with the fe-
males, and found his Lordship, as has been described
by the witnesses at the inquest, with a napkin or towel
over his face, and on removing it and feeling the face
he found it quite cold. He describes the state of the
rooms similarly to the other witnesses, but says that he
is aware of circumstances of an important character,
which he will divulge only when examined before a Ma-
gistrate.

" The larger cesspool has also been emptied.of its con-
tents, which have been passed through a sieve, but
without any discovery resulting, and it is intended, be-
fore night, to take up the whole of the pantry flooring.
" The property discovered behind the skirting-board in
the pantry, has been described to have been two notes,
a 101. amid a 51., with two or three rings and other arti-
cles. The statement as to the notes is not correct.
There has been only one note found, namely a new 10/.
note, and the other property' consisted of coins
which had not been previously missed."

(LATEST PARTICULARS.
MONDAY MORNINg, Two O'CLOCK.

About twelve o'clock a hackney coach was observed
to draw up at the corner of Green-street and Norfolk-
street. The few persons who had remained opposite
the house assembled round, and in the course of a few
minutes four or five persons left the house of the de-
ceased nobleman and proceeded in the direction of the
place where a hackney coach was standing. Our in-
formant was present, and among these persons he re-
cognised the valet, Courvoiser, led by Inspector Pearce ;
the two other persons accompanying were pre-
sumed to be private constables. The whole
party entered the coach alluded to, and in
a moment it was driven off at a furious speed. Our in-
formant followed in a cab, and noticed that the coach
drew up at Bow-street station-house. Courvoisier was
handed out by Inspector Pearce; he appeared coin
pletely subdued, and had drawn his hat over his eyes.
Inspector Musgrave of the F division, who was on duty,
took the charge against Courvoisicr, which was
that of having feloniously murdered Lord William
Russell. The prisoner, while the charge was being
taken, was downcast and sullen, uttered not a word, and
was taken to a remote cell, where a constable, with a
light, will remain with him until the morning. Oa
Monday (this day) he wiil be examined, either at the
Home-offica, or Bow-street, but it is thought that the
ormer place will be chosen for his examination.

S G INTELLIGENCE.

(LLOYD'S.)

VESSELS !TOKEN ITITIL—..The Kirkman, Finlay, Feb. 3,
lat. 27 S. lon. 66 E.; Charles Eyes, Moss, from Liver-
pool to Valparaiso, March 24, lat 3, lon. 25 ; British
Queen steamer, Lon-.7..0n to New York, 3d inst., lat. 50,
lon. 10, by the Alexander Baring, arrived off the Isle of
Wight. Ellen, of Sunderland, from London, sth inst., lat.
50, 100. 7. by the Frederick Huth, Toby, arrived at Ports-
mouth; Paris, Batavia to New York, March 30, lat. 24,
lon. 53; Victoria, London to Montreal, 25th ult., lat 4,'3,
lon. 16; Active, of Poole, to Newfoundland, 26th ult,
lat. 48, lon. 16, by the Josephine, Scott, arrived at Liver.
pool. Vixen, Leghorn to Liverpool ; Thame, Leghorn
to London, by the Arab, Nash, arrived at Plymouth, Her.
mony, Rotterdam to Batavia, on the 6th ult , by the Sove-
reign, Grant, arrived at Plym ,utli. Tar, from Mauritius'
March 24, lat. 5 , lon. 17 ; Tuscany, from Liverpool,
9th ult., lat. 29, lon. 30 ; Malcolm, Singapore to
London, 16th ult., lat. 37, lon. 34, by the Falcon,
Anstruther, arrived off Portsmouth. Maldon, Odessa
to Plymooth, 17 h ult , off Cain de Gatt ; RAh-
well, Lieator, to Falmouth, 19th ult., off Malaga;
Tantivy, MA-5111a, to London, by the Ann, Stager, arrived
at Falmouth. Crescent, Girgonte, to Neaca tae, 30th
ult., lat. 40, lon. 11, by the Tyro, arrived at Falmouth.
Esperance, Trieste, to London, and D..rndance, An.
cons to Sheerness, 17th ult., 30 miles tv,st of Ancona
Cape ; Bon Resource, of New York ; Bolton, Terra
Nova to Filmouth, Ist inst. off Lisbon; by the Eleven,
arrived off Falmouth. Christian Jane. Jersey to New-
foundland, lat. 49, lon. 10, by the Sophia. arrived at
Falmouth. Charlotte of Alym-deen, from Sardinia, Ist
inst, lat. 50, lon. 11, by the Resolute, arrived at
Falmouth. Charles Kidd, Leslie, Amsterdam to Cape
of Good Hope, 4th inst., lat. 49, lon. 6 ; Donna Maria,
Liverpool to Oporto, lat. 411, lon. 7 ; Freedom, London
to Leghorn, 6-11 inst., lat. 50, lon. 6, by the Wheaton, ar-
rived at Falmouth.

day morning
THE HON. THOMAS KEN Y 0 N.—On Wednes-
thleyFtetofri:i,enEdsqw,eroef.
Mr. Kenyon had arranged to drive a art •of
friendshorn his seat,i the'Pradoe, to Chester races. p‘Amongst
resolved to the widow and daughter of tke late John
they
many years to. their ian,nt.ilittt bneciingghbourhood, the. inha-
bitants_ u manifest their joy at the presence of those
floe before his carriage
as the party 1,,;„(1 ti,,' by 'g.ding bonfires and firing cannon
s_ were well !mown and scarcely a nii-
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the
tireof ‘‘:
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iftri.i
all
sent forth a prodigious blaze,
.andarouhnd, in the midst of which
horses instantly shied.
tile carriage appeared,-
Mr. Kenyon coolly drew them
nulgaectlier, and had got them well
blacksmith'stl anvil charged
in hand, when the explosion
with powder, within a yard or two of
arid the wl.eclers in
the animals' terror, and they burst all in uncontrollablecarrar;''' fury,
of
the
eceßssive violence
complete.!
All
theoot Inn, and
the leachers p!unging in one direction
another, till the off-wheel was driven with
against a huge stone planted at the corner
the carriage fell violently. into the road.rr outsideles pas-
sener 3 were scattered on the ground, almost harmless,
the Hon. .llr. Kenyon himself, who fell heavily onhe lae(l.caePildt
lay motionless. The E j
Rev. Henry Burton, wit() was on the box
wit a Mr. Kenton, seeing his eopardy-, dragged him from the
feet of the frightened animals, which immediately darted off at
the top of their speed, overtiircwing ail in their way, and
seriously injured an aged man, with whose team they came in
contact. Mr. Kenyon has no recollection of what occurred subse-
quent to the horses first starting off; bat in other respects his
memory and judgment are unimpaired. If no symptoms of a
perilous nature should occur, he will be removed to his home,
ysters,
his house.
the Pracioe.— Shrewsbury Cbroi?icle.
A quaker in Philadelphia wanting to buy some
()
at
requested the oyster-man to leave two or three bushels
"Pray, Sir," said the oysterman, " what might
your name be?" "It might.be Beelzebub, replied the friend,
" but it in t."