The Sun.
London, England, 1805-07-30 00:00:00

112 tri?ne,R.

Early, on N'Vednesday morning !host atrocious
murder Was perpetrated on the-. body. of.:;iir.
Stables; an Clninent ClothiCr, at Horsfinth,, near'
•
Leeds, a Matt universally .respekqed.
-Mr. Stables and his family, .CollSiSting of a young.
man his. nephew, mid .ah,elderly woman his lincise-
keeper,. rottrAl. to rest on. the evening pelVious to
the murder, between 1 o and t t o'clock, after a fa, -
.
Opting day spent in the hay-held the nephew slept'
in a bed in his Wide's room, and the house-keeper
in an adjoining,chaniber. About.`an hour after Mid-,
night the linter was awakened by tite.grdans of a
person in pain, which she supposed•to proceed from
the nephew, but upon calling upon him he answered,
" It is not I, but My uncle :" he then rose and wenti,
to his uncle's bed, but, receiving no answer to his.
inquiries respeaing his health, .lie..became alarmed,.
and-prOcured a•, light, 'which discovered to him the
horrid sight of his uncle Weltering in his The.
neighbourhood was instantly.alarmed, and a surgetin-
sentfor, who, upon ;ekarruniug the bOdy,, tound
large oat, or rather bruise, on the 'side of the
,apparently made by two blows from a hammer or a
dull axe, the
.SkulP being dreadtitlly fraaured and
beaten in upon the brain; ,Mr. Stables seemed, how-
ever,. in possession or his reason, until the Moment
of his death,' but could give no account of the pen,.
son .whe conunitted the Murder. To a question on
this subjeCti he answered, " l'eannot tell." A short •
• time before his'.deat h he ungessed his concern, at the
thrlorn situation of his nephew, on the . point, of
,losing dne.who had:fulfilled towards Wm 'the eitice
of a Other, by this short exclamation, " Poor ToM!"
About five o'clock in the. niorniiig he expired, 'ear-
ing his friends and neighbours deeply affected at, the
dreadfill etrenL' • • .
it is stippbsed thatthe'person or persons.who corn,
mitted the.,murder'enWi't:d• the house by the cellar
window,' which was tilled up .with straw,. and,which
• ,
hi the Morning was found to •have'been removed. It
is also worthy of particular observation, that no ar,
ticie of property in the .house appeared to be inissinK;
and this 'circurnstmee sewitS for afford a clue ,which
may, lead to the deteation of the wretcheS impheated
either dire&lv or indireatly in this diabolical' transac-
tion.' Ott Wednesday three 'persons: were appre
hended on suspicion..of concerned. in the jut:v-
-.(ler arid -Thiirsday Mr. Edward Brooke, "of
Wakefield, assembled..a.very respeetable "JUry, in-
• eluding two PrefeSSional 6-entlemen,• when, after an
investiiration continued for eleven hours, a verdia of
Wii/11/7".aturder was returned against James ToWn-
-end, Horsforth, shoe-Maker, who was On' Friday
morning committed to York,Castle, to take his trial
at the present asSiies. • The Jury, We understand,
adjourned to Saturday, when. they were ;again.. to
. meet and resume the investigation of this fatal,myst
.tery.---:(York •

. ..On the eoth inst. as • a shepherd Was passing the
'foot Of one of thepreeipices of the stupendous rocky
:mountains of Kelwellyn, he discOvered•thebody of
i man dreadfully mangled. It appeared that this
unfortunate travelleri who was known to be a fre,
• quest visitor to the hikes, had fallen from the sum-
mit about three mouths before. A terrier bitch Which
accompanied Inin was found sitting beside,hirn with
-a pnp,py she had whelped, and which was about Six.
;weeks old. His head, hands, and feet,'were clean
'away, and it was supposed they had been preyed
upon by the 'bitch to support lwrself and her puppy.
',:tVpaper- was tOund in the' pocket of the deceased,
•Wheli proved him to be a Mr. Gough, of Manches-
ter. ife' Was one of the people called Quakers, but
-had recently been expelled the Society of the Friends
for haVing entered into a Volunteet.Corpi. Some of
the skin of his liead.and a part of his hair were found
sticking to the sharp edges of the racks over which
he had fallen. It is cOnjefttred:that he had been in-
volved in one of those thick mists which are so com-
mon among these mountains, and had Jost his way.
'lt was. a bold attempt tee' endeavour to traverse those
intricate and alnioSt. inipassable precipices with* a
guide, and this unfortunate 'Gentleman has been se-
verely punished for his temerity. The dog and the,
whelp 'were ta,ken, to Patterdale Hall:
Late on Sattirday.'nigiit the I atir inst. a yoting
man, who is clerk; a-himise in London, walking
on the high road over 'Hook Common, Hampshire,
on his way to visit his Mettler, at Andover,' he was
suddenly siezed by two footpads, who blinded him
with an handkerchief, 'dragged him into a thicket,
and there robbed, and: stripped him .of all- but his
shirt,, adding: horrid threats 'of instant Murder if he
resisted or made anyoutcry. Atter this-they made
off. 'Thee youth wandered about In heavy rains.and
darkness until past three in the merniq,. when he
fortunately ',carp6 to, an hospitable public-hOtise; at
Water End, where he •wfis provided-with`a good bed,
and every comfort requisite.
An Inquisition was taken ,on • Saturday se'imight at
Carnforth, , near Lancaster, ,before 'John Gardner,
Esq acre of Ilk Majesty's .Coroners for that county,
ott the body Of a boy apoiat nine years of age, named
'Thumps ProCter;•who,:it appearelj, had bah playing
with Sallie' ()tiler lxijrs, on Sunday the 2.3 d of June,
at duck-stUlle, when beAvas unfortunatelY hit with
a stone On the upper part;ohia.: thigh, ,as he inad4
vertentlk passed before , the 4uck-stone ; he com-
plained of the'wouhd ::tairgical: assistance Was pro-.
cured, Out without' eff.:6ti, as a „mortification took
place, and he died on the teth inst. Verdi4t "Jeri-
delital Death.: . , . •
Yesterday an Inquisition was taken at the Brick-
layer's Arms, Mount-street, before A. GELii Esq.
Coroner for Mi (Wiese x,en.,t he nerdy of James Knight,
Whoryas drowned ‘,l,;hile_ahathing in the Serpentine
• River on Saturday.' It appeared by the evidence
addtieed,- that the deceased was an Excise Officer at
WellS, iri- Samersetshire, and rats can a visit to a
'friend 'in Sloane-Street: Some boys Who were good
sWitninerS.went_,to his, assistance, but before they
coold'extrieate him, be st'iii to rise no more. The_
life-b'oat was lainiChed fOr his assistanGe, but too
Nerditt—Aecidental Death; .

RICE OF STOCKS.

lasTfiipAY.
Stack, Ithiiit Stock;
tv.pw 5 per Ct. P 9 94 89i I ltdhl Haititt;, :S. a 2S. dig.
3S_ er t e alt, 1797, I )3Xcltetitwr 13111$, is. dig, is.
rer, Cetit. /7 kt• pretn. 7 • '
per Cent. tied . 1* ()minim!,
per Ct -I mporisi 3 Rer Cent. SS it..,
kitak L. Alin. $7 k t-tGlin; t)iitp Aim. 9 k
3: 114 Aug. 3„ ;;