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

THE FRIMLEY. MURDER.

GUILDFORD, Fareaese—This day was appointed for
the examination at Guildford of the prisoners Smith,
Her wood, 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-
nation a fourth person has been taken into custody, a
man named Samuel Harwood, first cousin to the other
prisoner of that name.
The examination on Tuesday last, which was held
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 in 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
wham 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, Air. George Best, of East-
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.
Rest 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
any use in the representatives of the press being pre-
sent. He and his colleagues retired accordingly ; but
soon afterwards the representatives of the press were
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-
tnodation 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,
wnose evidence must of course be of the utmost im-
portance its the case, but who has 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
found 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, awl 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 suspicious circumstances,
Samuel Harwood was lodged in custody on Thurs•
day night. A fifth person connected with the
prisoners had 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 Harwood'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 bad 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
he'en 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 in' 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 he 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, and 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 he had come to London, he returned to
Guildford by the halt-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 Londor, 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
placc. on Zi,..nby.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.

WAKEFIELD, OCT. 4.—The arriva's continue on a

liberal scale, and the business in most amides is noose•
quently limited. Wheat is is to 2s per quirter cheap( r.
tats ;1,-d per stone, and shelling is per load lower. Barley
of inferior quality difficult to sell, whilst fine samples
are in demand at last we.des prices. No change in buns
or other articles.

Old. New.
WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel : s. s. g, 9.
Sullolk,Essex, and Kent, red ... 43 to 45 43 to 45
Ditto, white ... 48 —5O 48 —5O
Norfolk and Hunts., red ... 42 —4l 42 —4l
Ditto, white ... 46 43 46 49
Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 40 —43 36 42
Ditto, white ... 43 —45 40 45
Yorkshire, red 40 42 36 42
Ditto, white ... 43 —46 40 —45
Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. 42 _45
Lowerßaltic and Hamburgh, red... 38 43
Mediterranean, red ... •.. 36 40
BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:—
Norfolk and Suffolk...
Lincolnshire and 'Yorkshire
Scotch ••• ••• ••• •••
Grinding per 80 stone ... 20 22
Foreign 22 25
BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631b:—
Small, fine ... 28 31
Ticks ••• ••• ••• •.• 28 30
Foreign ... 26 23
OATS, per stone :
Mealing . 9d to 101 d 9d to 103
Feeding 9d to 10a 8d to 91
Foreign 8d to 91 Od to Od
SHELLING, per load of 2611 b 23 —24 2i —23
MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 36 38
PEAS, per Imperial Quarter
Blue and white boilers
Grey and Feed

ARM'
QrB.
Wheat ... ... ... 19,382
Barley ... 1,584

Oats ... ... ... ••• 405
Beans— ••• ... ... 1,171

28 - 30
24 - 27
25 - 27

.• ••• 28 no
... 27 29 -
VAL.% •

Peas ... ... ... ...
Tares— ... ... ...

Qrs.
Rapeseed ... ... ... 5(14
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 cf 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 nut been
exceeded, although the supply has been but moderate.
Fat beef can hardly be quoted above 85 per score for the
best; thy current figure has been 76 6d to 8s per score.
Pannier—Turkeys, 4i 6d t) 64 6d; geese, 4s 6d to 6s
each; ducks, 3s 6cl to ss; fowls, 23 6d to 33 9d per
couple; pheasants, 5s 6d; partridges, 2s 9d to 3s per
brace; hares, 23 6.1 to 3s; roasters, 4s 6d to 5s 6d each;
rabbits, Is to 2+ per couple; 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 Gd 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 305 to 32s per sack of
2801bs.
NEWBURY, OCT. 3.—The quantity of wheat pitched
in our marktt 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. _

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 WeA,ern Canal flour brought 22s to 22. 6d, and
Philadelphia 23s 6d 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 cf grain samples.
Wheat (very dull of sale), best home growth, was offered
at 39s to 41s; barley, I9s 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 16Slbs; barley was more in
demand, from 7s to Ss per 1471b5; oats trona 4: 6d to 6s
per 10.51 b!.
MOLD, OCT. 2.—Wheat, 12s; barley, 83 per quarter;
potatoes, 3ln for 11b. Little business doing.
NORTHALLERTON, OCT. 2.—White wheat, 5s Od to
536(1, red ditto 4s 6d to 5s 3d, ; oats 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; beans
3s Bd to 4s 3d ; barley 2s 9d to 3s 3d per bushel.
IVETHERBY, Ocr. 3.—White wheat 16s 6d to 18s 6d, red
ditto 143 tid to leis 6d per load ; barley 243 to 2Ss per qr. ;
beans lls Od to 14$ Od per load ; oats 80 to 10A per store.
Ittrox, OCT. 3.—White wheat 53 6d to Cs, red ditto 5s Od
to 5s 9d ; beans, 3s 9d to 4s d per bushel; barley 24. s to 295;
oats ISs Pd to 225 per qr.
KNAnESBOROUGH, OCT. 2.—Wheat, new 5s to 5a Cc! ;
old a6d to 6: ; beans 4s Od to 4s 3d per bushel ; barley 22s to
265; oats. IBs to 21s per qr.
SCARBOROUGH. (kr. 3.—Red wheat 5s 9d to 6s Od, white
ditto tis 3d to 6a 6d per 5 stones; black oats Bid to 9d, white
ditto 9d to 94c1 per stone ; barley I9s to 22a per qr. of 32
stones; superfine flour 37s to 38s, seconds ditto, 30s to 33s per
sack of 20 stones.

INVERNESS, OCT. I.—Wheat, new, per qr, weighing 621 b
per bushel, 38s to 39s Od ; ditto, old, weighing 621 b per
bushel, 33s Od to 40s Od; barley, per quarter, weighing
bilb 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, la's Od to 19s Od. Oatmeal, per imperial
boll, 16s Od to Os Od; ditto second, 15s Od to Os Od; barley-
meal, 121 8d to Os Od ; peasemeal, 14s Od to Os Od ; bran, per
stone, Os 6d to Os Od ; first flour, per 2801 b., 34s Od to 36s t ;
second ditto, 26s Od to 28s Od ; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b
imperial, 158 d to Os 04; ditto second, Is 6d to Os Od; barley-
meal, ls 24 to Os Od ; peasemeal, ls 4d to Os Od ; first flour,
2s 4d cash, 2s 8d credit ; second ditto, 2s Od cash, 2s 3d cre-
dit. Potatoes, per stone, 4d to Od ; beef, per pound, 44
to 6d; veal, 44 to sd; mutton, 4d to 6d; pork, 3d to 4d;
fowls, each, 124 to 14d; chickens, per pair, 104 to 12d ; ducks,
each, Od to Od ; eggs, per dozen, 7d to Od ; butter, fresh,
per lb, 10d to Ud ; ditto, salt, 9d to 10d ; croudie (curds), 2d to
; four-pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6d ; ditto, credit, bid to 60;
coals, per cwt, 9cl ; hay, per stone, 7d to Bd.
GLOUCESTER GREAT ANNUAL FAIL—The great
Barton fair has been held during the present week at
Gloucester, but has proved rather a fht affair. The
cattle market on the first day was pretty well attended,
and there was a fair supply of most descriptions of stock,
but pat ticularly 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
23s to 281; 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 4 to
sd, uccording to size and quality; and mutton from 54 to
sid. Fat pigs of from 10 to 12 score each, 7s 6d 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 tea, 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 servants " out of place." This,
however, can hardly be regarded as a sign of the times,
seeing that most of the farm servants Rill only hire from
year to year, in order that they may not be debarred
from the pleasure of these meetings.