The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-05 00:00:00

DREADFUL MURDER.

One of the most cold blooded murders we ever had-
to record in this neighbourhood took place about
twelve o'clock on Saturday night, at Tootal Bridge,
on the Bury road, about a mile and a half from Bol-
ton. The victim is a poor man named J. Schofield, a
weaver, residing at Undershore, and about forty-nine
years of age. He was on his way home from the
Hare and Hounds public-house, on the Bury road,
in a state of intoxication, and when he got to Tootal
Bridge he was attacked by two men, who demanded
his money. He told them he had none. They then
rifled his trousers pockets, but found nothing ; some
copper in his coat pocket having escaped their notice.
The villains, apprehensive that he might create an
alarm in the neigbourhood, then determined to throw
him over the bridge. The battlements are at least four
feet high, and he struggled v.ith the men but in vain.
He begged, however, that they would let him
drop down, so that he might have a chance
of escaping with his life. This they consented
to do, and put him over with his feet first.
When hanging over the bridge, he got hold of the
coping-stone, and kept himself suspended for a second
or two, but the murderers struck his hands with 1

a bludgeon, or something of the sort, until he could
hold no longer, and the unfortunate man fell to the
ground, a distance of fifteen yards. lie fell on the
Bury side of the brook, close to the. water. lie was
nearly killed by the fall, and lay there until five
o'clock on Sunday morning, when he was discovered
by a person passing on the road. He was removed
to a neighbouring house and although in a dying
state was able to give this account of the treatment
he had received. The men, he said, appeared like
" navigators ;" but the only description he could give
of them was, that one was tall and the other rather
short. The unfortunate man lingered until noon on
Saturday, and it is most extraordinary that no in-
telligence was conveyed to the police until after his
death. The murderers, therefore, had ample time
to escape; and any information which the dying
man might have been able to give respecting
these desperate villains was unfortunately lost.
When the deceased was found his pockets were
tinned out, and the back of one of his hands
was much bruised, where be had been struck
when clinging to the parapet of the bridge.
From inquiries that have since been made it appears
that two men, answering the description given of the
murderers by the deceased, were seen upon the road
that night, and that they attempted to !rob three
gentlemen near Bury. It is said that about eleven
o'clock the same night Mr. Robinson, who lives on
the Bury road, near Bury, was driving home, accom-
panivd by two friends, and that two men, apparently
excavators, presented pistols at them, and ordered
them to stop. Mr. Robinson, however, galloped on,
and as the villains did not fire, he and his friends
escaped, and reached Mr. Robinson's house in safety.
The other person who is said to have seen them is a
collier named Slater. About one o'clock on Sunday
morning he was passing the Tonge Fold toll bar,
which is about half a mile distant from Tootal Bridge,
in the direction of Bolton, when he was stopped by
two men, answering the description of the murdered
man. They asked him how they could get into the
toll-bar, and Slater, not liking their appearance,
went round the house on pretence of seeing if the
inmates were up, and took the opportunity of escaping
over the fields.—Manchester Guardian.

OUTRAGE OF THE JESUITS IN

THE SOUTHERN HEMiSPITIERI—
French ship Arche d'Alliance, which, with its
band of Jesuit missionaries, had been lying in Port
Jackson for several weeks, suddenly sailed on Good
Friday, the 21st inst., having taken on board about
thirty of the South Sea Islanders who, for the last
ten or twelve months, have been in the service of Mr.
Boyd, by whom, as it is well known, they were
brought from the Loyalties, and who had succeeded,
beyond his expectations, in training them to habits of
usefulness and industry. By various arts, and the aid
of a plentiful supply of cocoa nuts, they were kid-
napped by the Arche d'Alliance's company of Jesuits,
at whose instigation they took from Mr. Boyd's stores,
the bedding clothes, cooking utensils, and various
other necessaries, with which they had been supplied
by him. Upon being apprised of this audacious act
of the French mission, Mr. Boyd, through Mr. J. P.
Robinson, requested the interference of Archbishop
Folding, representing to his Grace that the men were
useful servants, and that they were under engagements
to Mr. Boyd, who would, however, have no objection
to allow two or three to proceed with the Arche
d'Alliance if their services as interpreters were de-
sired by the mission. Mr. Robinson further ex-
plained, that this " island labour experiment" had
every prospect of success; that many of the Sydney
householders had engaged, and been much satisfied,
with the services of the men ; and that, as a very im-
portant step in the difficult problem of colonization, it
was desirable that the attempt to interfere with, and
kidnap the people in Mr. Boyd's employ should be
abandoned. Dr. Folding declined to interfere in the
matter, on the ground " that he had no control over the
French Mission ;" and Mr. Robinson thereupon ob-
tained, from the magistrate of the water police, war-
rants for the apprehension of the men who had been
enticed on board the ship, then on the eve of sailing.
Before these warrants could be executed, Captain
Marceau set sail, waiving the usual form of' clearance,
defying the authorities of the port. This officer's con-
duct will of course be represented in the proper quarters
and, in so far as he is concerned, full redress will
doubtless be obtained ; but as regards the audacious
outrage by the Jesuit missionaries, it may be ad-
visable to consider the matter in some other form than
a tedious and; but too probably, unsatisfactory official
correspondence.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, gar. 4.
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STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a dull and languid
demand at our market for shares this morning, Without,
however, producing any change in prices. The sales are—
Caledonian, Preference, dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
Fifths, 41 dis.—Ditto (late West Riding Union), Fifths,
5%2 dis.—London and North-Western, 1091,4 c.—Ditto, New
Quarters, 18s. 9d. c. dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire, Quarters, No. 1,9% c. dis. Ditto, Eighths, 71,4 dis.-.
Ditto, 101. Preference, 91. 16s. 3d.—Dlidland Stock, 83._
Ditto, New Halves, 101. 8s: 9d. c. dis.—North Union (A),
1971/—South-Eastern and Dover, 231/2 c.—Ditto, No. 4,
Thirds, 6/. 16s. 3d. c.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G.
N. E. Purchase), 1% dis.

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MANCHESTER, Ocr. 4.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 95,& dis.—Caledonian, Pre-
ference, % dis.—East Lancashire, Preference Quarters, par—
P• —Man-
London and North-Western, Quarters ( C), 14
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 10t. Preference, 934
Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 1334 dis.— North Stafford-
shire, 6 13-16 dis.—Shropshire
Eastern and Dover, No.
BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. 4.
13ir-el6 Union,dis. 3721 dis.—South-
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been prostrate
the last few days. The salesaret—a Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham (A), 71. 3s. 9d.—N
ULLorth S
O Staffordshire 61.25. 6d. dis.
H, m 4.
Half
STOShares, 48—London and BriCK Excrtaxam—The sales are—Hull and Selby,
h
Extension (scrip), 3s. 9d.—Ditto, ton, 27—North British, Thirds,
Wales, 20s. 975.--North

NOT A BAD REASON FOR ABJURING CHARTISM.
—A Rev. Gentleman of this town, while in conversation
the other day with an individual who formerly figured
as a red- hot stickler for the six points, being struck with
the subdued language in which his political ideas were
now clothed, remarked, " Why„ I thought you were
a Chartist." "So I was, sir," rejoined the other; " but "
b—uialntdtwtohecoattnasgweesrv,is deeply significant—" I have lately
Comment would be misplaced.—
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