The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-26 00:00:00

LATE MYSTERIOUS MURDER AT

DUNDRY.

AswroN, Momper AFTERNOON.—The investigation
by the county justices, the Rev. H. Morehouse, W.
Langton, and J. Shorland, Rags., touching the
murder of Mr. Walsingham Hazen, at Dundry, under
circumstances of a most mysterious character, were
resumed this day, at eleven o'clock. The two
nephews, Benjamin and John Hazell, and Joins
Hall, were again present in custody. The room was
crowded by spectators, anxious to be present at the
proceedings.

Mr. John Shorland, surgeon, of Rattlehouse, near
Dundry, deposed that he was called up on Thursday
morning last to examine the body of the deceased,
which he found lying on the ground, near the dry well,
from which it had been pulled. On examining it he
discovered a very extensive blow over the left eye.
It was a contused wound, and sach as might have
been inflicted with an instrument like the bludgeon
produced. There were various ether wounds on
the head and fractures of the bones of the skull, ex-
tending half-way round it. The wounds could not ill
have been produced by any fall—they were sufficient'
to cause death. Witness thought it probable that the
deceased was first struck (iv* r the ear by some one'.
from behind, and that being felled by the blow, the
other wounds were inflicted afterwards. The face of
the deceased was covered with blood, and adhering to
the blood were some hay seeds and haymotes, similar
to which witness afterwards observed lying under the
manger in the stable. Witness afterwards examined
the stable and hay-loft, in company with Mr. Dow;'
ling, a surgeon, and his servant man. Witness and:
Mr. Dowling examined the loft without discovering
anything suspicious, but as they were descending
again the servant man called attention to = forty:
or fifty spots of blood on the right-hand wall of the
stable, near to the door. Some time afterwards
witness was led to look under the manger of the
stable, and be there found a brick lying in a pool of
blood, and the stones of the wall, for about four.
inches above the ground, covered with blood. There
were also quantities of hayseed and motes there,
similar to what were on the face of deceased. Should
not think that one man could have carried the de-
ceased from the stable to the well without dragging.
him along the ground. Did not discover any marki'
of blood from the stable to the well. When he first
saw the deceased his clott;es were drawn upwards
towards the top of his body, as if he had been dragged
by persons holding him under the arms.
Benjamin Vowles, a farm servant, and the sister of
the deceased and of the prisoners, were examined, but.
their testimony threw but little light on the myste-
rious affair. It was stated that the prisoners assisted
in searching for the deceased, and the only fact being
in the slightest degree against them was, that of James
Ilazell having kept the s'able keys in his pocket on
Monday night, instead of hanging them up on a nail,
as usual.

The magistrates sat till a late hour, and the exami-
nation was then adjourned.

WRECK of HER MAJESTY'S BRIG

SNAKE.

The overland mail brings us the following particu-
lars of the loss of this vessel. Our Bombay corres=
pondent says—Accounts have bees received here of
the loss of her Majesty's brig Snake, Commander
Brown,. on Santiago's Beef, near Mozambique, on-
the night of the 29th of August. The crew were all
saved, and had been conveyed to the Mauritius by
the French brig of war Voltigeur. The Cerneen of
the 3d of November gives the following account of
the disaster :—" The Voltigeur, cruising on the
eastern coast of Africa, arrived at Mozambique en
the 7th of September last, and found the Snake ashore
on a reef near Mocambo, ten miles south of the
island of Mozambique. It learned from the ere*
that was encamped on the shore that the Snake had
been wrecked on the 29th of August The French
captain hastened to offer to Mr. Brown, the Com-
mander of the Snake, his assistance in saving the
materiel of his ship, and a passage for his men. Only
the latter offer was accepted. By the 14th of
September they had sricceded in taking from the
vessel almost all she contained, except the two large
guns. A Portuguese ship, the Progresso, was
chartered to convey to the Cape of Good Hope all
the things saved, and part of the officers and crew,
consisting of the sick. The proximity of the
Portuguese settlement was very favourable to the
security of the shipwrecked, who would otherwise
have inevitably been harrassed and plundered
by the barbarous hordes inhabiting that coast.
As the bad season was coming on, it was
necessary to quit those latitudes. The Voltigeur,
which since the 7th of September had made an ex-
cursion to Pomba-bay, having returned,took on board
76 men, among whom were Captain Brown and six
officers, some casks of water which had become nee
cessary from this increase of men, and set sail for
the Mauritius on the sth of October. The Progress 9
was to leave Mozambique four days later. The Cotii
mander of the Snake and his cfficers having strived
safe and sound nt Mauritius, would not allow the
brave railors of the Voltigeur to return to Bourbon;
where they are expected, before having received a
striking mark of their gratitude and esteem. They
gave them on tho following day a splendid dinner at
the Hotel d'Europe, at which, in warm-hearted toasts,
they took pleasure in expressing to the French sea-
men the noblest and most affectionate feelings. Frank
and cordial replies on the part of the officers of the
Voltigeur to their comrades of the Snake gave to this
brotherly festival a touching charaeter of heartiness
and deep sympathy. On Monday morning the Vol-
tigeur continued her voyage to Bourbon, taking with
her the agreeable recollection of her new friends, and
regret at being so soon separated from them.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
• LIVERPOOL, Jai'. 25. .
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate and East-
ern Juncti,n, dis.—Birkhenhead, Lancashire, and Chef-
shire Junction, 51 die.—Ditto, 221. Shares 5 per cent. in
1547 and 1848, and 6 per cent. in 1849, 7'4 dis.—East Lan-
cashire, New, 34 dis.—Great NVestern, Fifths, 24—Dittn,
Halves, 61—Great Northern, 51. I Is. 3d. dig.—Lancaster and
Carlisle, 54%—Lancashire and Yorkshire, !,ixtectitlis, 6
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southpyrt, die.—Loriden and
North-Western, 153% Ditto, New Quarters, 6% p.—ldark-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, %
land, 1151—Ditto, Halves, I'. dir.—Nortk British, New
Quarters, par—North Staffordshire, A. p.—Shrewsbury,
Oswestry. and Cheshire, 5 dis.—Sc•uth-Eastern and Dover,
No. 4,1% dis.—York, Newcastle, Berwick, No. 1,4 N, p,.....
Ditto, No. 2, 2;4(4 p.
MANCHESTER, JAN. 25.
STOCK ExcirawGr..—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lan-
cashire, and Cheshire Junction, 5 11-16 dis.—Eaat Anglian,
New Preference, 3-16 die.— East Lancashire, 21%—Ditto,
New, 3% dis.—Kendal and Windermere, 12—Lancashire and
Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 2% dis.—London and
North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), 611,4—Ditto,
Quarters (C), 4 p.- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 2%
dis —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and
Lincolnshire), 5% dis.—North Staffordshire, 7-141 p.—Shro
shire Union, 2% dis.—South-Eastem and Dover, N0..4,-1
dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extensions, Iffo.
234 p.

BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 25.
STOCK ExcnANGE.—The sales are—Easter" Counties,
16,4 —Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 214 dia.—Cale-
donian, 36—North Staffordshire, 13s. 9d. p.
HULL, JAN. 25.

STOCK EXCHANGE —The sales are—Blackburn, Darwes,
and Bolton, 81i dis.—East Anglian, Preference, 4a. dis.—
Hull and Selby, Halves, 604—North British, Quarters, IA
die.—Ditto, Thirds, 1,4 p.
BRISTOL, hie. 25.
STOCK EXCHANOE.—The market to-day displayed much
activity, and prices had an upward tendency. The sales are
—Bristol and Exeter, New, 44, dis.—Great Western, Quar-
ters, 2:% p.—South Devon, 1634 dis.—Kennet and Avon, 514.
YORK, J-ax. 24. _

SrocK ExcHlwow.—The sales are—Great Northern,
434 ex int.—North British, Thirds, 2%—Ditto, Quarters, '
4%—Ditto, Extension, lls.— York, Newcastle, and Berwick
No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 121. 188. 9d.—Ditto (G. N. U.
Porch.), 9/. 18a. 9d. ex int.—York and North Midland
(East and West Riding Extension), 35%
EDINBURGH, JAR. 24.

STOCK ExcnaisToE.—The sake are—Caledonian, New, 235.
—Dundee and Northern, 275. 6d.—Edinburgh and Northern
(Newport), B—Great Northern, 945. 6d.—North British,
Quarters, 5/. 93.—Ditto, New Quarters, IL.—Ditto, Thirds,
425. 6d.

'CHB GERMAN HOSPITAL, Dmostost.—ln conse-
quence of the proceedings in connexion with this insti-
tution, at the meeting at the London Tavern on Satur-
day, and which were reported in our columns on Monday,
Dr. Freund, the directing physician, has addressed a
letter to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
K.G., and the other governors of the hospital, tendering
his resignation as directing physician of "the hospital.