The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-05 00:00:00

THE FRIMLEY MURDER.

GUILDFORD, FRIDAY.—This day was appointed for
the examination at Guildford of the prisoners Smith,
Harwood, and Jones, who were charged with the
murder of the Rev. Mr. Holiest, at Frimley-grove,
on the night of Friday last. Since the last exami-
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at Frimley, stood adjourned over till two o'clock to-
day at Guildford, but from some unexplained cause
the local magistrates did not arrive in the town till
three. A short time previous to that hour two of the
prisoners were brought through the main streets
handcuffed, to the police station in the centre of the
town, and in the course of half an hour after wards
the other two were brought in the same manner.
They were low set men, not at all remarkable for
muscular power or wearing the look of assassins,
though it was easy:to be seen from their physiognomy
that their lives had been spent in restless ruffianism.
They were dressed WI light cord jackets and trowsers,
and they all wore caps. The appearance of the pri-
soners in the streets of Guildford caused an extra-
ordinary commotion in the little town ; the shops and
houses were deserted, and a great crowd gathered in
front of the police-station and the Town-hall, among
whom the one theme of conversation was the crime
with which the prisoners stood charged, and the pro-
bability of it being brought home to them.
Soon after three o'clock, Mr. George Best, ofFast-
bury House, Compton • Mr. J. Moore Molyneux, of
Loseley-park, Guildford; and Mr. George Gibson, of
Bradston Brook, also near Guildford, arrived. Ap-
plication was made by the representatives of the press
for admission to report the proceedings, when Mr.
Best informed them that the examination for that day
was to be merely formal ; that all that would be done
would be to receive the deposition of Mr. Hollington,
the superintendent of the Guildford police as to the
fact of the murder and burglary having been com-
mitted, and to receive his request for a further remand
till additional evidence could be procured. Under
these circumstances, he did not see that there was
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called into a small closet of the magistrates' office,
where so small was the accommodation, that the pri-
soners, the magistrates, the constables, and the re-
porters, were all huddled together, with scarcely the
possibility of standing room being found for each ;
when the deposition of Superintendent Hollington
was read over to the effect we have already stated,
and the examination was adjourned till Saturday, the
12th inst., when it is to be hoped that more accom-
modation for all parties will be provided. The pri-
soners were accordingly remanded till that day.
We understand the reason of the examination being
adjourned was the serious illness of Mrs. Holiest,
whose evidence must of course be of the utmost im-
portance in the case, but who hat received so severe
a shock from the occurrence that she was unable to
attend. We have already mentioned that a fourth
person, Samuel Harwood, is in custody. In the ab-
sence of any authentic information, we can only
give the rumours that are floating about as the
probable cause for this step having been taken. It

appears that on Thursday forenoon, a keeper in
the employment of Mr. Russell, a gentleman of
property resident near Frimley, on going his rounds
round two masks in a plantation very near the
place where the half-emptied bottles of wine with
broken bread and meat were found on a former, day.
Not far from there the top of the pocket commu-
nion cup which the Rev. Gentleman was in the habit
of using was discovered. The masks were merely-
pieces of green baize, with holes cut for the eyes and
mouth, and strings of narrow white riband to fasten
them round the head. Now it happened that war-
rants had been issued to search the houses of the re-
lations of the prisoners; and in the house of Samuel
Harwood a piece of green baize was found, which it
is said corresponds with the masks. In consequence
of this and some other suspicions circumstances,
Samuel Harwood was lodged in custody. on Thurs•
day night. A fifth person connected with the
prisoners bad also been apprehended, though not on
this charge—a girl named Mary Ann Croucher,
with whom Levi Harwood cohabited. Her
lodgings were searched about the same time
as Samuel Har wood's, and several duplicates
of pawned property were found in her posses-
sion. Suspicion was raised that this property
had been stolen from a house at Chichester, where
a robbery took place a short time ago, and a corre-
spondence took place with the authorities of that city
on the subject. The girl called at the lock-up this
morning to see Harwood, just as Superintendent
Hollington was in the act of reading a letter which
had arrived from Chichester, requesting that the party
might be detained. She was, of course, at once given
into custody.
What additional evidence has been suffered to trans-
pire is of a very slight character. It may be remem-
bered that Mrs. Holiest, when examined before the
coroner on Tuesday last, stated that the burglars
were dressed in light clothes, and that they appeared
to be in the attire of mountebanks at a fair. It was
also mentioned on that occasion that at the door of
the garden there was a mark as if a man had fallen
down in a wet slippery part. Now it appears that on
the right sleeve of Levi Harwood's shirt are marks of
wet gravel, which has led to the supposition that if he
was the party he must have either had off his coat, or
more probably that all the parties had their shirts
over their ordinary dresses, which would bear out
Mrs. Hollest's impression of the burglars being dressed
like mountebanks. It is also said that one of Har-
wood's great toes is severely lacerated, as if it had
come in violent collision with some hard substance.
Another scintilla of evidence is-that a fustian jacket
found in Samuel Harwood's cottage is known to have
been worn by Levi Harwood when he left home on.
Friday evening, but when he returned on Saturday
he wore another coat. Facts like these are so trivial
in themselves as to seem scarcely worth recording ;
but they may come, when connected with other mat-
ters, to draw with them important consequences.
All four prisoners reside at Guildford, and the im-
mediate ground of their apprehension was the fact
that they were all absent from their homes on Friday
night. Suspected before from their notorious cha-
racters, this circumstance naturally increased the sus-
picion, and their apprehension was at once decided
on. Since they have been ini prison they have all
conducted themselves with propriety, except Smith,
who manifests considerable impatience at his confine-
ment. The following is a more accurate account
of the manner in which the three prisoners ac-
counted for their absence from home on Friday
night than has yet been published. Harwood
said be left Guildford on Friday afternoon at five
o'clock, and, after walking as far as Ripley, got a lift
on a tilted cart into London, end was set down at
Vauxhall at midnight ; that he then walked to a
coffee-shop in the Waterloo-road, where he sat for
some hours, and then went to London-bridge to see
if he could obtain work. Failing in this, and also in
his endeavours to discover a sister, to see whom he
states that be had come to London, be returned to
Guildford by the half-past five o'clock train from Lon-
don-bridge. Smith states that he went to Kingston
in a fish cart on Friday afternoon, and tried to get
work at laying water pipes; but not succeeding, he
met a friend, with whom he went to London, and
visited the Surrey Theatre at half price. Jones says
that he was out on the Downs, near Guilford, all the
Friday night, watching some snares which he had set
for rabbits. It will be remembered that the priso-
ners were locked up together in Farnham on Sunday
night, which afforded them an opportunity, if they
wished it, for concocting a consistent line of defence;
but, notwithstanding this, it is said that all these
stories will be more or less disproved on the next
examination.

The funeral of Mr. Holiest is appointed to take
place on Monday.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
WAKEFIELD, OCT. 4.—The arrivals continue on a
liberal scale, and the business in most articles is conse-
quently limited. Wheat is is to 2s per quarter cheaper.
oats id per stone, and shelling is per load lower. Barley
of inferior quality difficult to sell, whilst fine samples
are in demand at last we.:lt's prices. No change in beans
or other articles.

New.
8. S.
43 to 45
48 50
42 44
46 4-3
36 42
40 45
36 42
40 ..... 45

Old-
WHEAT, tier qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. s.
Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red ... 43 to 45
Ditto, white 48 50
Norfolk and Hunts., red ... ... 42 —44
Ditto, white ... 46 48
Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 40 43
Ditto, white ... 43 45
Yorkshire, red ... 40 42
Ditto, white ... 43 46
Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. 42 45
Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red... 38 43
Mediterranean, red ... •-• 36 40
BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels :
Norfolk and Suffolk— _
Lincolnshire and Yorkshire
Scotch ••• ••• ••• •••
Grinding per 30 stone ... ... 20 22
Foreign ... ... 22 25
BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b :
Small, fine ... ... 28 —3l
Ticks
Foreign ... ... 26 28
OATS, per stone :
Mealing . Oil to 10id 94 to 101
Feeding 9d to 10d 8d to 91
Foreign ... ... 8d to 91 Od to Od
SHELLING, per load of 2611 b ... 23 —24 21 —25
MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 36 38
PEAS, per Imperial Quarter
Blue and white boilers
Grey and Feed

AR,RI
Qrs.
Wheat ... ... 19,382
Barley 1,534
Oats ... ... 405
Beans... ... 1,171

Peas ... ... ... ...

Tares... ...

28 - 30
24 - 27
25 - 27

... 28 - 30
... 27 - 29 - -
'ALS.

Qrs.
Rapeseed ... ... 504
Shelling ... ... 364
Linseed. ...
Malt ... ... • • ...
Flour ... ... ... ...

BRISTOL ►SUGAR MARKET, OCT. 4.—The demand
for raw sugar, suitable for the scale, continues good; but
for pan descriptions there is not so much inquiry, the
refiners being still in stock from their cheap purchases
of foreign; the offices are still very badly supplied with
samples. The refined market is steady, but scarcely so
active as of late. Raw only in moderate demand.—
Bristol Mercury.

EXETER, OCT. 4.—Cattle—The market to-day has
been inanimate, and last week's prices have not been
exceeded, although the supply has been but moderate.
Fat beef can hardly be quoted above 81 per score for the
best; the current figure has been 7s 61 to 8s per score.
Pannier—Turkeys, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; geese, 4s 6d to 6s
each; ducks, 3s 6d to .ss; fowls, 2i 6d to 34 9d per
couple; pheasants, 5s 6d; partridges, 2s 9d to 3s per
brace; hares, 2s 6d to 3s; roasters, 4s 6d to 5s 6d each;
rabbits, is to 2s per coupl; eggs, 16 to 18 for Is; butter,
lld per lb. Corn Exchange—There have been a good
many samples shown, but up to this hour but little busi-
ness has been transacted, the growers refusing to sell at
a lower rate than last week, which the millers, unless
much in want, refuse to give. Prices under these cir-
cumstances, will probably range from 5s to 5s 6d for
good samples of new wheat, and from 5s 4d to 5s 9,1 for
old. In foreign wheat there is no alteration, and but
very little doing; red French is quoted 41s to 425, and
white Belgian, 46s per quarter. in new barley scarcely
anything is doing, old for malting is worth from 3s 3d
to 3s 6d per bushel. New oats is 9d to 2s ditto; old
ditto 2s 3d to 2s sd. Fine flour 30s to 32s per sack of
2801bs.

NEWBURY, OCT. 3.—The quantity of wheat pitched
in our market is extraordinarily large, of which only a
small portion consists of the old crop. The new is not
so good as of late, and a good deal is extremely thin and
blighted; besides, the condition is very greatly deterio-
rated by the late rains. The demand to-day for any but
fine old and selected new is extremely languid, at
slightly reduced rates; whilst other descriptions are al-
most unsaleable, although offering at a decline of 2s to
3s per quarter. We have some new barley in offer, the
quality of which is mostly indifferent, and unfit for
malting purposes. The rates obtainable are is to 2s per
quarter lower than last week. In beans, oats, and peas,
with a small supply, we have but little passing, at un-
altered rates.

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LIVERPOOL, OCT. 4.—There was a better feeling in
our grain market this morning. The business in wheat
was not large, but very full prices were obtained. Some
extensive sales of the recently arrived American flour
transpired, at about the following rates.—For Western
Canal, warm, and with all faults, 19s 3d up to 21s, sour
18s, and coarse quality at 16s per barrel; perfectly
sweet Western Canal flour brought 22s to 22s 6d, and
Philadelphia 23s 64 to 24s per barrel. There was not
the least change in the value of oats, barley, beans, and
peas. Indian corn fully supported the price of Tuesday.
BANGOR, OCT. 4.—Our market to-day was but thinly
attended. There was a good supply of grain samples.
Wheat (very dull of sale), best home growth, was offered
at 39s to 41s; barley, 19a to 21s; oats, 13s to 15s. Oat-
meal, 23s per 2401b5.
DENBIGH, OCT. 2.—The market this day was small,
and very little business is said to have been transacted.
Wheat from 12s to 13s per 1681bs; barley was more in
demand, from 7s to 8s per 1471b5; oats from 4s 6d to 68
per 1051 be.
MOLD, OcT. 2.—Wheat, 12s; barley, 8s per quarter;
potatoes, 31n for 11b. Little business doing.
NORTHALLERTON, OCT. 2.—White wheat, 5s Od to
6d, red ditto 4s 6d to 53 3d, ; oats 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; beans
3s 6d to 4s 3d; barley 2s 9d to 3s 3d per bushel.
WETHERBY, OCT. 3.—White wheat 16s 64 to 18s 6d. red
ditto 14s 6d to Fs 6d per load ; barley 24s to 28s per qr. ;
beans llsOd to 14s Od per load ; oats 8d to l 06d per atone.
RIPON, OCT. 3.—White wheat 5s 6d: to Gs, red ditto 5s Od
to 5s 9d ; beans, 3s 9d to 4s 3d per bushel; barley 24s to 295;
oats 18s Cd to 22s per qr.
KNARESBOROUGH, OCT. 2.—Wheat, new 5s to 53 6d;
old 5s 6d to 61; beans 4s Od to 4s 3d per bushel ; barley 22s to
265; oats, 18s to 21s per qr.
SCARBOROUGH. OCT. 3.—Red wheat 5s 9d to 6s Od, white
ditto 6s 3d to 6s 6d per 5 stones ; black oats Efid to 9d, white
ditto 9d to 9id per stone ; barley 19s to 22s per qr. of 32
stones; superfine flour 37s to 38s, seconds ditto, 30s to 33s per
sack of 20 stones.

Invannass, Ocv. I.—Wheat, new, per qr, weighing 621 b
per bushel, 38s to 39s Od ; ditto, old, weighing 621 b per
bushel, 39s Od to 40s Od; barley, per quarter, weighing
541 b per bushel, 20s to 21s Od; old oats, per quarter, weighing
421 b per bushel, 20s Od to 21s Od ; new oats, weighing 421 b
per bushel, les Od to 19s Od. Oatmeal, per imperial
boll, 16s Od to Os Od ; ditto second, 15s Od to Os Od; barley-
meal, 12, Bcl to Os Od ; peasemeal, 146 Od to Os Od ; bran, per
stone, Os 6d to Os Od ; first flour, per 2801 b., 345 Od to 36s od ;
second ditto, 26s Od to 28s Od ; oatmeal, best, per stone of 14Ib
imperial, is 8d to Os Od; ditto second, Is 6d to Os Od; barley.
meal, Is 2d to Os 01 ; peasemeal, Is 4d to Os Od ; first flour,
26 4d cash, 2s 8d credit ; second ditto, 2s Od cash, 2s 3d cre-
dit. Potatoes, per stone, 4d to Od ; beef, per pound, 4d
to 6d; veal, 4d to sd; mutton, 4d to 6d; pork, 3d to 4d ;
fowls, each, 12d to 14d; chickens, per pair, 10d to 12d ; ducks,
each, Od to Od; eggs, per dozen, 7d to Od; butter, fresh,
per lb, 10d to Od; ditto, salt, 9d to 10d ; croudie (curds), 2d to
lid ; four-pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6d ; ditto, credit, shd to bid;
ooals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, per stone, 7d to Bd.
GLOUCESTER GREAT ANNUAL FAIR.-- The great
Barton fair has been held during the present week at
Gloucester, but has proved rather a flit affair. The
cattle market on the first day
most was
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and there was a fair supply of
but particularly of sheep; indeed there were Consider-
ably more sheep penned than at any previous fair at
Gloucester. Trade, however, appeared to rule dull, and
late prices were barely maintained. Down ewes from
233 to 28s; lambs, 15s to 18s per head. In store cattle
but little business was transacted, and that at a consider-
able reduction in price. Fat beef was worth from 41 to
sd, according to size and quality; and mutton from 5d to
54d. Fat pigs of from 10 to 12 score each, 7s 6ct per
score; larger ones could not be sold, as the importations
from America render fat English bacon unsaleable. In
the horse fair there were but tew prime animals either of
the nag or cart kind, but those shown obtained good
prices. There were a great number of Welsh colts, and
many of them were sold. The pleasure fair has been
well kept up throughout the week, and the mop or sta-
tute fair for hiring agricultural servants was very nu-
merously attended by aervants " out of place." This,
however, can hardly be regarded as a sign of the times,
seeing that most of the farm servants will only hire from
year to year, in order that they may not be debarred
from the pleasure of these meetings.