The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-16 00:00:00

loom weaver. He seemed rather dejected.
The prisoner was then re-conveyed to the New Bailey.
By Saturday, there is every reason to suppose, that seve-
ral others connected with the Mule Spinners' Union Com-
mittee of Ashton and Stayley-bridge at the period of the
murder, will be also in custody ; but it is not the intention
of the authorities to apprehend one of them until they are
enabled to lay hands upon the whole, as by so doing it
would be the signal for some of the guilty parties to escape.
The inquiries that are progressing are conducted with the
utmost privacy, but it is thought they will be completed
before Saturday. The convict Garside still persists that
Schofield was not the man who paid them the money to
butcher Mr. Ashton, and he has made a communication
of the names of two individuals, whom he says were the
parties that paid them the money, and, consequently, many
think that Schofield is entirely innocent, and that 'William
Mosley has been swearing falsely:. On the other hand,
Joseph Mosley, the murderer, denies all knowledge of the
men whom Garside accuses, and also says that Schofield
had nothing to do with the murder ; therefore, with such
complicated and contradictory statements, we should
imagine that there will be great difficulty in arriving at
the truth. The members of the Trades' Union—that is,
the Consolidated Trades' Union of the kingdom—feel
highly indignant at the Mule Spinners' Union being iden-
tified with theirs ; they say that they are quite separate bo-
dies. A gentleman, who has had some conversation with
several of the consolidated unionists, respecting the recent
horrible disclosures, from what he has gleaned says :
" When Schofield was taken into. custody by Barrett,
the deputy-constable of Stockport, and William Darling,
the superintendent of the fore-engine department, of that
town, lie exclaimed, 4 I know what you are come about.'
Barrett asked him what it was, and he said, Why, it's
about Ashton's murder.' Barrett acknowledged the fact,
and the prisoner, who was in bed at the time, changed
countenance, and seemed to shrink aghast from those
who were about to conduct him to prison, and has
since doggedly refused to answer any questions. He
will now scarcely speak to his fellow-prisoners, so cautiously
reserved has he become. It has generally been under-
stood that the Consolidated Trades' Union was the body
to which allusion has been made in connection with this
horrid affair ; but it is only fair to state that such is not
the fact. The parties suspected of the crime of hiring
assassins on the occasion in question were members of the
Mule Spinners' Union, at Ashton, which body was entirely
distinct from the Union. The members of the Spinners'
Union co-operated with other unions of the same trade all
over the kingdom, and were qualified for admission into
the Consolidated Union ; but with them, as a body, the
union had nothing at all .to do ; and no set of men can
evince more apparent anxiety for the detection of all who
have been concerned in this atrocity than the members of
the Union.' It is conjectured, however, that the insti-
gators are happily not so numerous as many imagined.
The greater number of the contributors to the funds of the
Mule Spinners' Union were ignorant, illiterate men, and
those of them who were better informed, and had the cun-
ning to get the possession and management of those funds,
combined to mystify the accounts in such a way as to defy
the nicest scrutiny in their examination ; and thus they
were enabled to devote secret service money for whatever
purposes they chose."

LATEST PARTICULARS-FRIDAY.

ANOTHER MURDER SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED BY

TILE MURDERERS OF MR. ASHTON.
From accounts received from Chester Castle, it appears
that Garside feels disposed to make a second and last con-
fession of the circumstances attending the barbarous murder
of Mr. Thomas Ashton, of which he was the principal
perpetrator. He has mentioned the names of two men
whom he states positively were the parties that employed
him and his accomplices to commit the deed. One of them
resides at Marple, and the other at Hyde, and they will
probably turn out to be the men he alluded to on Saturday
last, when remarking to the gentleman who visited him,
that there were two nearer home who knew most about the
murder. The one living at Marple whom he accuses is a
spinner, who for a long time had been out of employment,
excepting when making himself conspicuous by carrying the
union flag in their different processions. The other is a
clothes dealer, and we understand, in consequence of the
disclosures, that measures have been taken for their imme-
diate apprehension. The remorse of conscience which
Garside appears now to feel is also likely to lead to the elu-
cidation of other crimes committed by himself and his com-
panions in guilt, and he has gone so far as to charge his
fellow murderer (Joseph Mosley), with the com-
mittal of another murder, hitherto veiled in mystery,
but which, until this time, was not considered to have
been a murder. The facts of this newly-discovered atrocity,
according to Garside's statement, appear to be that a man
named Nadin was murdered about three years ago by the
convict Mosley, near Mellor, in Derbyshire, who waylaid
his victim, and having dispatched him, threw the body into
the canal. He afterwards cohabited with Nadin's widow,
and continued to do so until the period of his apprehension
for the crime for which he is shortly to suffer the extreme
penalty of the law. The circumstance of Nadin having
been found dead in the canal is fresh in the recollection of
the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. A Coroner's inquest
was held on the body at the time, and it appearing to the
jury from the evidence then adduced before them that it
was probable that the deceased might have fallen by ac-
cident into the canal, they returned a verdict of " Found
drowned." A considerable time subsequent to the inquest,
however, a legal gentleman received an anonymous letter,
stating that Nadin had been murdered in the way de-
scribed, by three men, whom the writer named; in conse-
quence of which the men were apprehended and examined
before the Magistrates, but there was no evidence to crimi-
nate them. The writer of the letter was advertised for and
desired to come forward, but as he never made his appear-
ance the men were discharged. The affair caused consi-
derable excitement,, and the gentleman who Deceived the
letter was indefatigable in endeavouring to trace the writing,
but without success.

However, since the apprehension of Garside and Mosley,
the writing has been found to resemble that of an acquaint-
ance of Joseph Mosley's, who is also supposed to be impli-
cated in the murder of Mr. Ashton. If, therefore, it turns
out to be so, the fact is strongly corroborative of the state-
ment of Garside, and leads to the conclusion that Mosley
and his friend had, by sending the anonymous letter, at-
tempted to throw suspicion upon others to avoid being sus-
pected themselves. Nadin, it seems, was a cutting spinner,
employed at Clayton's mills, and an acquaintance of Mos-
ley's. It is, we understand, a fact that Mosley did cohabit
with Nadin's widow, subsequent to his apprehension.
We are in possession of other statements which have
been made by Garside, implicating persons who have hi-
therto been unsuspected ; but, as it might be thwarting
justice at present to give them publicity, it is better to omit
them. Of course the disclosures made are causing great
sensation in the manufacturing districts, and yesterday
(Thursday) a private meeting of the master cotton manu-
facturers was held at Hyde, for the purpose of adopting
means further to investigate all the circumstances contained
in the convicts' catalogue of crime, and to take the best mea-
sures for apprehending the suspected parties now at large.
The dispute between the Sheriffs is not yet amicably ar-
ranged. The term of respite expires on Monday next, and
the theme of general conversation is how they intend to act
on the occasion. It is considered that the recent Act of
Parliament, which does away with the Palatinate, causes
the duty to devolve on the High Sheriff of the county.
The high Sheriff is determined to think otherwise, and
there the matter rests.

THE WEATHER—THE CRO P S.--Every account
we receive from this and the neighbouring counties assures
us that the crops present the most flattering prospects of an
abundant and early harvest. Wheat cutting has commenced
very generally in the vicinity of this city ; a few days ago we
observed some of a very fine description, on the way to Tra-
more, in stook. The weather has been for some time. with
the exception of Thursday, most favourable ; on that day a
slight rain continued the whole day, till about ten o'clock r.m.,
when it came down in very heavy showers, which continued
till about twelve. It has since cleared up, and we are happy
to learn that the crops have sustained no injury in consequence.
Potatoes are very good, and brought to market in great abun-
dance, as are also vegetables of every description. Some new
oats of prime quality, which appeared at market this week,
brought from 9s. to 11 s. per barrel ; and new barley from I Is.
to 12s.—Waterford Chronicle.
We understand that there is a lady residing in this
town who, in consequence of having been “crossed in love,"
has entirely secluded herself from all society, except that of a
female attendant, for many years ; and, what is still more ex-
traordinary, she has shut herself in an apartment in total dark-
ness ; the daylight is never suffered to enter for one moment,
and even on the most pressing occurrences, when it has been
absolutely necessary that he should read a letter, a lapthorn
with a green glass is carried in, by the candle of whickshe is
enabled to read the document ; after which the light is in-
stantly removed, and she is left in primeval darkness. She is
said still to be very beautiful, and is about forty years of age,
The event which she so deeply deplores took place about ten
years ago.-.-Brighton Paper.