The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-19 00:00:00

THE TrADSTVOR7'.H MOOR 3113RDER,

The strenuous efforts made on Friday and Satur-
day by Superintendent Spiers, Inspector' Nichol-
son, and the men under them, to apprehend the
perpetrator of this murder, which, for its barbarity
is surpassed only by the Waterloo bridge tragedy,
were unattended with success. But on Saturday ..
night, about a quarter past ten, the supposed mur-
derer
went to the borough police-office, at Halifax,
and was taken into custody. He is a young man,
named Joseph Shepherd, about 22 years of age, and
resident at Holdsworth, about a mile from tag-
gold's Inn, the home of the murdered man, Bethel .
Parkinson. The prisoner was formerly a gentle- '
man's servant, at Halifax, and then he became a
cab-driver ; but for the last three months be has
been following no regular occupation. Parkinson,
ii has been ascertained, went with him into the
neighbourhood of Wadsworth on Wednesday after-
noon, ' the prisoner having informed him, for the
purpose of decoying bird away, that a age of cattle 'i
was about to take place in that locality, and that
he might, perhaps, meet with a beast or two that
would suit him... Since that time the prisoner has
been out of the way ; and the police, believing him _
to be the individual guilty of this crime, have been
scouring the district in pursuit of him. The sum
of money which the unfortunate man bad upon hint
does not appear to have been so much as was at first -
supposed ; for, according to the statement of his wife
and brothers, it %could not amount to more than 3/.
or 41., his intention being to borrow from his father
what he might require to pay for any cattle, he
bought. On presenting himself at the police-office '
Shepherd said he understood the police had been
inquiring for him and he wished to know what it
was about. Superintendent Pearson sent at once to
the West Riding police-office, as this was a county
case ; and in a short time Superintendent Spiers ar-
rived and took Shepherd into custody on the charge
of murdering Bethel Parkinson. The prisoner said ~
he was innocent, and knew nothing about the mat- '
ter. The police however stripped hiin, and Superin-
' tendeut Spiers took pos.ession of his clothes, which
consisted of a black doll co tt, a waistcoat of the
same material, a pair of grey mixture trousers, and 2
shirts. No blood could be detected, except on the
wrists of one of the shirts ; but the inside of the coat
appeared to have been torn and hastily sewn up, and
there was a scratch under the man's right ear, which
had been done apparently a few days t'efore. The
fact cf the prisoner's outer garments being free from
blood is of very little weight, so far as his case is con-
cerned, inasmuch as the murderer has had ample
time since Thursday morning I °procure other clothes
and dispose of those in which the horrid butchery
was done. The police are still on the alert, and al-
, ready they have obtained such information as casts
the stronge,t suspicion upon the prisoner, if it is nut
sufficient to ensure his conviction. He will be
brought before the magistrates to-day and remanded
in all pr.bAbility till at rer the coroner's inquest has
been held. In the neighbom hood ot Halifax in which
he is b at known, the prisoner bears a very bad cha-
racter.
On Saturday the inquest on tha body of the
murdered man was oper.ed at the 'Tire and Hounds
Inn, Wadsworth, by Mr. Geo. Dyson, the district
coroner, and a jury, of whom Mr. John Apple.
yawl was foreman. Aftsr the jury had been sworn,
and halt viewed the body, the inquiry was ad-
journed to Friday next. On Sunday the scene of
the mut der was visited by some thousands of people
from Hebden Bridge, Halitax, and other neigh-
bouring places.—. Manchester Guardian.

THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE.

We are ceriatn that our readers will participate in the
regret with which we yesterday announced the demise
of William Spencer, sixth Duke of Devonshire. The
sta-te of health to wh.ch h s grace had been reduced
difri •g the last four or five years will have prepared
many for this announcement ; but the death of a noble-
man whostilife has been devoted to the works of libe-
rality and the patropage of the arts 41.04-aellimoes sai civi-
lised life cannot be recorded without occasioning a deep
feeling of sympathy in the minds of the community.
The deceased was a son of the fifth duke by his first
marriage with Lady Mary Spencer, daughter of the first
Earl SpencerP one of the moat remarkable women of" her
age. He was born in Paris in 1790; and succeeded to the
honours and princtly estates of his fatuity on the death
of his father, in 1811. Of a retiring disposition, and
unwilling to engage in the turbulent arena of political
strife, the young duke, retaining the traditionary
opinions of his ancestors, assisted the Whig party by
his influence and his votes, but he rarely if ever spoke
in the House of Lords. In 1826 his grace was sent
on a special mission to Russia, on the occasion of the
coronation of the late Emperor Nicholas. This mis-
sion is said to have cost the duke 50,0001. beyond
the allowance made to him by Government, but his
munificence found its reward, the E uperor, in
acknowledgment of his munificence, conferring upon
him the most distinguished Russian orders, and sub•
sequently when in England in 1844 honouring his
grace with a special visit.

The Princely liberality which has ever marked his
grace's career is world famous. While Cbatsworth exists
big memory will require no more enduring monument,
and yet this wai but one of the many estates upon
which lie lavi,hed his abundant fortunes with ungparing
hand.

In the year following his mission to St. Petersburg he
was made a K.G., of which illustrious order he was the
senior member. Ho became a Privy Wm:wilier in
1827, and in May of the same year was appointed Lord
Chamberlain of George IV.'s household, which office he
held up to February, 1828. He was aga►n appointed
Lord Chamberlain of William IV.'s household in No-
vember, 1830, end held that office up to December, 1834.
Th-+ Duke died from the effeots of a paralytic seizure
at Hardwicke Hall, his seat in Derbyshire, en Sunday
The deceased was Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rota-
forum of Derbyshire, and High Steward of Derby, a
D. C. L., and President of the Horticultural Society.
His Grace leaves two surviving sisters, the Countess of
Car (mother of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland),
and the Countess Dowager Granville (motherof the Lord
President of tue Council). His Grace is succeeded in
the family honours and extensive estates in Derbyshire
and Yorkthire, and in Ireland, by his kinsman (tbe
Earl of Burlington), son of William, fourth Duke of
Devonshire.

The Duke possessed a fine collection of pictures, and
in the library of Devonshire House are preserved the
" Kemole Plays," a matchless collection of o:d English
dramas, formed by John Philip Kemble, and bought at
his death by the present duke, who has added largely
to the collection, and annotated the whole with his own
band. The Kemble collection alone cost 2,0001.
The families of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland,
the Duke of Porrand, Sir Augostus and Lady E ztbeth
Clifford, Hon. Mrs. George Lamb, Gen. the Lion. If eriry
Cavendish, the Earl and Countess Granville, the Hon.
and Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Dover, lion. and Rev.
F. R. and Lady Elizabeth Grey, the Right Hon. Henry
and Lady Mary Labouchere, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord
and Lady Begot, the Hoe. George and Lady Louisa
Cavendish, Lord and Lady Rivers, the Hon. Charles Cs.
and Lady Catherine Cavendish, and many
er
placed in mourning by the demise of the nobleotdhukse,
duke.
are
The first peer was son of Sir William Cavendish,
gentleman usher to Cardinal Wolsey, and a faithful
adherenttothat churchman in his fallen fortunes. He was
churchemplo auyeldbds,y Hairy VIII. to take the surrenders of
and received large grants of the same. Sir
William married, for his third wife, Elizabeth Hard-
wicke, of Hardwicke, widow of Mr. Richard Burley,,
whose large estates in the county of Derby were settled
on her heirs.

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