The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-16 00:00:00

IVIONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10,
_1826.

No. 10,039.

PUBLIC MgETING AT BOMBAY ON THE

bEATH OF BISHOP HEBER.

The following account Of the proceedings at a public
meeting at Bombay shortly after the death of Bishop
Heber, is extracted from the Romp! Courier, and we
think it will be deeply interesting to our readers :
Pursuant to the public notice inserted in this paper, a
very numerous and respectable meeting of the society of
Bombay was assembled in St. Thomas's Church, on Sa-
turday last, for the purpose of considering the most appro-
priate mode of evincing their respect and esteem for the
late Right Reverend Reginald Heber, Lord Bishop of
Calcutta.

The Hon. the GOVERNOR addressed•the meeting to the
following effect :—The purpose for which we are met is I
•to consider of a tribute to the memory of one of the most
enlightened "and amiable prelates that ever adorned the
Church. His extensive learning, his rare accomplishments,
his universal benevolence, his unaffected piety, the sim-
plicity' and kindneis of his manners, but lately attracted
your admiration, and must still be fresh in your memory.
,The Hon. the CHIEF JUSTICE, ill proposing the first
Resolution, said—Sir, I have the honour to propose a Re-:
solution expressive of our deep regret and grief at the
mournful event which has occasioned this meeting, a re-
solution which requires not a word from me to recommend
it. But a few months have elapsed' since he was in the,
midst of us,, urging us by precept (and never was precept
enforced with more glowing eloquence), animating us by
example (and never was example more bright or, aurae-,
tive), engaging us by converse (and never was converse
more winning or persuasive), to that great work to which
he had devoted his life. Not a short yearhas yet passed over
us since, from that very seat which you, Sir, now occupy,
he recommended to us, in a manner and with language ir-
resistible, one of those institutions of charity and of religion,
which, though not • reared by him, was daily strengthen-
ing and expanding under his fostering hand.
iTo dwell upon his virtues, upon the charity of his heart
the sweetness of his disposition, the amenity and simplicity
of his manners, or the delights of his conversation, were
superfluous, recently as we have all been witnesses to them.
—No man perhaps was ever more calculated, from the
reputation of his name, the splendour of his talents, the
depth of his erudition, the purity of his life, the sanctity of
his office, and the eminence of his station, to inspire us
with' „respect and veneration ; but on the slightest inter-
course, on the shortest acquaintance or converse with him,
these feelings were absorbed and lost in a still deeper feel-
ing of affection and of love.
To his zeal in the cause of humanity and Christianity,
we want no testimony. He sacrificed all the endearments
of his home, hi; expatriated himself from the land of his
fathers, he tore himself from the nearest and dearest rela-
tives, and from the. most devoted friends, .he• abandoned
the most brilliant worldly prospeeti, for' this' istant and
fatal clime. A very few years must have seen him in as
exalted a situation in his native country as he filled in
India.—Never, however, even in Britain, could he have
occupied a more exalted station in the admiration, the
esteem, and affection of his conntrymen.

lr beg to propose the follosying resolution :
That this Meeting is penetrated with feelings of the deepest
sorrow for the sudden and untiintly death of the Right,l4w. Regi-
44fijfelvr turd. UiAl4,4'Coslouts ; and wisii.S44,,onunestio-
rate, with the highest regard, the goodness, the candour, 7tilti • th,,
charity, which adorned his private character, they reflect with no
• less admiration on the lustre of his public life, distinguished, as it
has been, by uncommon talents and extensive learning, and
cnnse-
crated to the unwearied labours of his high and important station,"

In moving the second Resolution, Sir Charles Cham-
bers expressed himself nearly in the following terms :--
" Sir-,-After the eloquent eulogium to which we have
just been listening, from the Hon'. Mover of the first reso-
lution, I could have been well content to, sit down in
silence after having read to the meeting the resolution
which I have the honour to hold in 'my hand; but having
been active in promoting this public' testimony of our re-
gard for the Memory of Bishop Heber, I feel that I should
be guilty' of great remissness, if I did not exert my utmost
endeavour upon this occasion to do honour to his niernory.
By the public notice, 'we have been called upon in the first
place' to express our regard for the private virtues of our
lamented Diocesan. It is so 'short. a time since he was
amongst us, and he spent so much larger a portion of time
here than we could reasonably have anticipated, that every
one who hears me must have had ample opportunity of
forming an estimate of his private character. Indeed,
openness and ingenuousness, with humility deep and un-
affected, were so much the characteristics of his whole
life, that it was impossible to be long in his society with-
out easily discovering the beauty of -his character.

" It would be a presumptuous undertaking in me to at-
tempt to pourtrat to you the pattern of a•Christian Bishop.
But With reference to the occasion on which we are as-
sembled, it may be permitted me to make one or two re-
marks, which have been suggested by my personal know-
ledge. of Bishop Heber. In looking at the peculiar dl b it'
of a Bishop of the Indian diocese, it must have often (Ty-.
curred to every one that the contemplation of its countless
inhabitants, immersed in darkness and ignorance, and the
desire Of elevating them tea higher state of existence by
the benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion, has
a tendency to mite the mind above its sober level ; while
on the other hand, the consideration of the innumerable
and 'blast inatirmountable obstacles which present them-
selves to the progress of improvement, is apt to depress the
holies of the most sanguine, and to give to all our schemes
of melioration the appearance of being visionary. The
views of Bishop Heber, carried into action with his cha-
racteristic promptitude and energy, and animated by a zeal
which some might deem enthusiastic, never appear to have
misled his judgment. Carrying into the, investigation of',
the situation of his vast diocese all the lights which human
learning could afford,' with the firm conviction of the
truths which his high office called upon him to inculcate,
his moderation turd temperance were conspicuous to all.
In rea eat to the, great point of improving the condition
p
of the natives by- education, he earnestly andzealously
greatpredeceisor Bishop Middleton,
i
followed the Steps ef h'
His tongue and. his heart were ever employed in giving
effect to that institution which will immortalise .the
mune of his predecessor, redeeessorOmil doubtlesi this meeting pan.
not. be more appropriatelyemployed, than by making this
1111 Occasion of promoting the welfare of Bishop's College,
'which " the almbit boundless liberality of . Bishop Heber,
vt'hen living, contributed to cherish, •
I must toueli on one more point of his Epiacop.al cha-
racter and exertions, and that part which at first view we
might be disposed to consider of inferior maplitude, but
which rightly appreciated must alway
td be of the first iniportance—l mean the demeanour and
conduct of Bishop Heber'to the European inhabitants of
s be acknowledged
India. It cannot, I think, he a moment doubted that the
first important step which will tend to enlighten the na-
tive population, will proceed from a gradual approximation
between the two classes; more kindliness and considera-
tion on the side of thaformer, more knowledge and less
prejudice an the,eitle of the latter. When this effect will
take place, in the revolution of ages, it is impossible, .even
in idea to anticipate. It cannot reasonably be conceived pro-
beide until the European population, shall numerically pre-
ponderate to a greater extent than it does it present : but
this we may confidently affirm, that if the approximation

of the two classes, by education and tetanal good-will, is to
be hailed as the forerunner of a new era, nothing can well
he considered as of greater effect to retard such a blessed
event, than the neglect of the European population to act
up to their own light and information, and to make their
lives consistent with the precepts of our holy faith. It
seemed to'be natural inclination, as: well as the sense of
duty, which induced Bishop Heber so . to 'deport hith-
self as, to 'allure men to his society and converse-
sation, by candour, by fsiroess and urbanity ; while
at the same time his fervent and genuine piety, and
his earnest and patient discharge of the ministerial
parts of his sacred office, ensured the respect of all, both
to his own character and the service in which he was en-
eged. Through his long progress in the Upper Pro-
vinces he seems to have fascinated
all classes, nor do I
think upon examination there wonld, be found a single die-
,
sentient voice upon this point of his character. Had he
lived to continue his indefatigable
`labour*, and to have
studied the various
.parts of his metemiive flock more .at
leisure, his maturer
.judgment might have-led him t°l"--
dify his intercourse in some points : but the broad outline
of his character would have :remained the same, and he
would always'have appeared to be actuated by the same
ruling principle—a simple desire to draw men to a holy
and religious life, by the 'representation of it under the most
gentle and unassuming aspect.
" I hare thus endeavoured, to the best of my ability, to
do its merited honours to the character of our illustrious
friend. From the earliest period which I can recollect, his
character and endowments have been familiar to me, and
the intimacy which has for along period existed between
our mutual friends and connections---an intimacy which
has now, survived more than one generation,—has render-
ed me equally familiar with the general outline of his in-
teresting and eventful life. The Learned Chief Justice
has told you of the splendour of his academical career.
After having exhausted the stores of ancient learning, he
travelled over a great part ofthe continent, and was fami-
liarly acquainted, I believe, with all its languages. When
he returned home, he devoted himself to the sacred office,
and became as deeply ;Entitled with sacred lore as he had
previously been with profane literature. For nearly twenty
years before his undertaking the Episcopal office, he en-
toyed in England all the benefits which the most refined
society of the most relined country in the world could
afford, and all the blessings of domestic life, which he knew
so well how to appreciate :were abundantly showered down
,
upon him. In the midst Of happiness, almost without alloy,
and of society, which hew o well calculatedreciprocally to
1 N
enjoy and to adorn, the opp ' ity presented itselfof visiting
India in the character of i ' Bi top. Lot it not be thought
z
that he eagerly and uniulvi lysnatehedat its- elevation to
gratify worldly pride and mbition. 1 : well remember
tiol
hearing front those most intimate with him the circum+
stances under which he was induced to accept its respon-
sibility. , It was pressed much upon him by his friend and,
connection Mr. Wynne : but natural affection to an aged
relative, and those ties which, at a mature time of life, ac-
;quire the strongest claims upon the, mind, both from duty
and inclination, made him recoil from the thought:: :He
declined the office, but after the lapse of abent a week,
after, I was assured, devout tiellitation, and not witkput
'fervent prayer to that Being, ", who is the source of all
utterance and knowledge, who sendeth the seraphim with
'the hallowed fire of his 41tac to tionillaweil piisify,-thetlips of
1.1434,11, lii .preJi*drapit'hi. Aosiito4 ti4,...this high 4tistwity, Jr
f„,, already disposed of! shoold.be eiitrustod to. him. Jt,
~
'accepted the great work from fife hoperious bout, of duty 1
;alone, and from duty alone columned to encounter those
thousand deaths, which we art, called upon, even when
living, .to endure in the sepanttion, perhaps, ,for ever,
front those whom we most ' love and honour. Upon
his arrival on those shores we have seen how cheerfully
and zealously he entered %ion his pastoral duties—how:
promptly and energetically he pursued his apostolic mission
.up to that melancholy period which has beheld at once
the extinction of. his labours and of our hopes. I
:shall
'conclude by reading the second resolution to be proposed
for your consideration, namely,
,i That a subscription be entered into for the purpose of raising
la fund to endow one or more scholarships at Bishop's College,
Calcutta, for the benefit of this Presidency, to be called, 'Bishop
Ileber's .fiombay Scholarships."'

This resolution was carried, and sr Committee a)poiuted to
,ake into consideration the best mode of effecting its object.

A fish called the Bottle Fish, of extraordinary size,
was last week cast ashore at Skegness; it measured
13 feet and a half in length, and eight feet in'eircum-
ferenee : it was boiled for the blubber.—Lincoln
Mercury.
William Donohoe's house, near Ballingarry, was
broken into on the night of the 2d inst. by a party of
armed men, who called him out, and gave him a
dreadful beating, and forcibly carried away, from a
neighbouring house, the daughter of Ellett Burnes,
to the county of Cork.----Freeman's Joumul.
The Church of Ireland Magazine for October, after
mmmenting on the usefulness of Bishop Luscombe's
inistration in France and the Netherlands, particu-
larly recommends another Protestant Prelate being
se
,nt to tne Continent
for Germany and Switzerland,
which it is thought would be of great benefit.--Bath
Chronicle.

STEAM NAVICIATION ON THE CANALS.--There
are now steam-boats building in Liverpool, to be em-
ployed in place' of the present boats in navigating the
Irish Canals. They are to be propelled by a wheel
head," and not in the usual manner.—Dublin
Patriot.

AN UNFORTUNATE INVENTOR.—A barber of
Philadelphia, who, to the age of 62 years, bad only
exercised his profession, has invented a most curious
marine clock. It is in the form of a hii.4l tower, and
marks the hours by cannon shots, equal in sound to
those of a forty-eight pounder. Steam alone has been
employed in this machine. Unfortunately, in trying
it, by the twelfth stroke, there was not a whole square
Of glass in the town ! He was condemned to pay the
damages, but not being able, he has been committed
to jail provisorily._Dorset Chronicle.
, prinGßEEs,sorue of the French writers display
their national vanity in tracing their descent to the
Trojans. They say that Fraueus, son of Hector,
landed in Gaul,
and having conquered the inhabitants,
gave the name of Franks to, the empire they establish-
ed. This, however, other nations have also claimed.
Jeffrey, of Monmouth, asserted that Brutus, grandson
Of Aneas, sailed to England, landed at Totness, and
curled the country Britain, from his own name. The
Welch say they are descended from Camber, a Tro-
jan Prince ; the Cornishmen trace their genealogy to
Corinceus, who came with Brutus, and called the
country Corn Wall • and, lastly, the Italians claim re
4601144 with ignoll32 a Trojao. This ambition is
for the Trojans drew their swords
itidtaiefrielnycesingofuralarpe,
and adultery.

PRICE 70.

THE MURDER NEAR LEATHERHEAD.,

On Saturday evening, at five o'clock, a Jury was em-,
paunched at the Bell public-house, at Fetcham, two miles'
from :Leatherhead, for the purpose of investigating th 6
cause of the deaths of John Akehurs4aged 96, and Eliza-
beth Haines, his housekeeper, aged 74, who had been bar-'
harously murdered by some person or persons unknown.
The Jury, accompanied by the Coroner and several Ma-!
gistmtes, went to the cottage of the deceased persons to
view the bodies. The house stands surrounded by fruit
trees, and is so much concealed thereby, that only the
chimney-top could be discerned by those who passed down,
the lane adjoining. The Jury examined the bodies very.
minutely, and it was their opinion that 'a hammer had
been used by' the murderer when he dealt upon the poor
unfiirtunate creatures. The old man, though nearly 100
years of age, and so debilitated from decay of nature tispoL,
to be able to raise himself from his bed, was in possession
of his mental' faculties to the last. He was constantly
visited by:the clergyman of the parish, who read to him:
and prayed ivith him. He would at times converse freely'
upon- public events, and his memory was so good, that he
was a living historian, and could narrate the battles which'
had occurred from the time when the country was thrown
into such a state of alarm by the Pretender, in 1745 ; he
was then a fine 'young man, near 20 years of age. The
poor old woman, who had been: faithful to him even unto.
death, was of short stature, but her form was most deli-
cate, and in her youth she must have been a very pretty
little woman. She had a remarkable small foot and hand.
The deceitied persons had lost all their, teeth;' and very
'slight force would have been sufficient to destroy such
feeble creatures. The Jury having inspected the bodies,
house and grounds, returned to the jury-room, and the fol-
lowing evidence was taken:—
. Mr. WOODS (of Godalming), the Coroner for that di-
vision of the county, having sworn the jury, stated to them
that they were assembled on this melancholy occasion for
the purpose of discharging a most important duty. It was
necessary that they should be particular when viewing the
bodies, to ascertain if any marks of violence were thereon.
It was not for him to anticipate facts which would most
likely come out in evidence before them, and he knew they
would discharge their duty•to their country conscientious-
ly, and consonant with the ends of justice.
Thomas Brown—l live at Feteham, am a labourer, and
am 21 years of age; I have known the deceased persons
from my 'infancy, having lived in a cottage with my mother
not 150. yards from the deceased ; I saw Akehurst on
Wednesday last, the llth instant, about. eleven o'clock in
the morning; I had finished gathering apples for him in
his orchard, Akehurst was in bed ; he was very infirm ;
I went to him, and told him I had finished gathering the
lapplea; the house-keeper assisted me in getting the fruit ;
he Said, that the housekeeper and myself might have the
swan-egg pears from one tree as a compensation for our
trouble ; I saw the housekeeper on ThurOday morning,
about nine o'clock ; she came into Mrs. Sherlock's to
borrow a tub ; I never said that the deceased had money;
I received four shillings from the housekeeper on Fri-
day week, for work; she brought the money down stairs
in her hand ;. on Friday morning last, about a quarter
past six, I went to the deceased's cottage, to borrow
a basket. of die housekeeper; on arriving at the door,
1- saw it Altßall. partly - opened; I pnsited it open and
entered; seeing no one inside, I called to the ho es
but received no WIN Wei' on going Out Or the
front door, 1 'saw that the wash-house window was optti,
and that a pane of glass in the centre of the window had
been taken out, and also an iron bar, which fastened the
window-frame from the top to the bottom of it. The
waslr-house communicates with the kitehen' by a door ;
picked up the Iron bar or stanchion a few yards from the
window, round the corner of the house ; I saw no foet-
marks that. I particularly noticed; after I obserVed what 1
have stated, I went to my mother, Elizabeth Brown, and
told her; she came Nl' the deceased's cottage instantly, and
went up stairs. I heard her: scream out, and she exclaimed,
" Mrs. Haines, the. house-keeper, is murdered." I was
standing about three steps up stairs; I had not so much
courage as my mother; 1 ran to Mrs. Sherlock, and in-
formed her of what my mother had said; and thinking that
more assistance was necessary, I went to 4 neighbouring
farmer, named Gibbs, and told him of what had happened,
I said to Gibbs,' " that Master Akehurst and his house-
keeper were murdered;" my mother did not tell me that
Akehurst was murdered; but in my burry I said so; I re-
turned With three men to the cottage, who were sent by
Mr. Gibbs; I was absent nearly en.hour, and went up
stairs with the men ; I saw the old woman lying on her
back in a heap of blood, in her master's room, by the left
side of his bed, with her head beaten to pieces • I went
round the bottom of the bed, to the right side, and saw the
old man lying in bed covered with clothes; I instantly
turned out of the room, and went dOwn stairs, being satis-
fied they were both dead ; I observed the throat of the
housekeeper, which appeared to have been pinched by some
perym's fingers, and bore bleak marks; there was a good
deal of blood on the sheets on Master Akehurst's bed.

Elizabeth 'Bennett deposed-4 am the mother of the
last witness, and have knOwn the deceased persons 25
yeari. I saw the housekeeper the last time, on Thunulay
evening, about five o'clock; she was carrying some wet
linen from the garden into the house. 1 did not speak to
her, Oh Friday morning last, about half-past six, my ion
called the, and told me that he wai afraid something had
happened at Akehurst's cottage, because the• window was
broken, and the door open. i said, " Lord have mercy,
Tom, you don't say so'?" 'I went with hiM to the door of
the cottage, and called the housekeeper by her name, aod
afterwards I called " John Akehur*t," I called at the
door for ' some time before I entered,and on receiving no
answer, I walked up the stairs, and sill", the housekeeper
lying on the farthest bed-room floor, by the side of her
master's bed; the room door was wide open; I did not
observe the window ; 1 went down stairs and fetched
Mrs. Sherlock and another woman. On entaing the room
with Mrs. Sherlock, we saw the housekeeper quite nuked
on the floor; 'the bed in the first room, . in which the
hOusekeeper slept, had been lain in, and the clothes were
much disordered. 1 did not see the old man till Mr.Gibbg
hid arrived; hii bed-eurteins were drawn on the side
Where I stood, and intercepted my view. When Mr.
Gibbs mired; I went up stairs again with. Mrs. Sher-
.l saw the old man in bed, and from ' the
lock,an
horrible(sitate in which I Saw him and, his house-
keeper covered with blood, and motionless, I was sa-
tisfied they Were dead. I left the room, but did not touch
own.. I. saw. some of the drawers and .boxes 'open. The
housekeepei generally purchased the necessaries for the
fa I never saw the old man with money, and I de
not think he had Much: The old man h
rned Ayres, and three grandsons: ne . They reside at O
ago, I heard the old man say he had made a will, Ana
shot, near Esher. One of the
to raise
visited the old man about a month ago. Aboutln
grandsons, Jol
..as
a daughter
Ayres,
hh i si
hdatt(tii gn:titerne, shouldTid,
th hata vi inh heisl
ipvreodp
telr‘t,
eyi
y‘a,
es
wong u she lived ;
monthsi ). 0 I) gid:r°t,94lll: tel
he said nothing about having money h
" ; he often strict
money to subsist
Must mortgage some property
upon. If I speak the truth, 1 roust
lire the old gentleman when he shidsaiYe'thhl I did
not
l'el
thought, and SO did many others, thatl hea(ll ytTY4;
I was of opinion that he wished to, o eeltheia raciPoef his
having property ; I remember, "lc
ago,
about 15 years the

deeesied (Akehurst)eailed to me ty my fist bushandfo
name (Brown), when he was taken ill in the orchard ; I
went to his assistance, and helped him into his house,
when he told me that he had one hundred guineas.
Mr. James Bright, sworn.—l am an imistant to Mr.
Baker, surgeon, of Leatherhead ; I was called from my
bed on 'Way morning, between eight and nine &amity
by a servant of Mr. Baker's, who informed me that two
persons were reported to have been murdered in the neigh-
bourhood of Ketcham-common; I made the best of my way
to the cottage of the deceased, and saw the bodies; I saw
three or four women in the kitchen, and announced that 1
was a medical man; I went throug4 a bad-room on the
top of the staircase, (which I was informed was the house-
keeper's bedehamber,) through a door leading into another
bed-room on the same floor I. I saw an aged female lying
on her back, her feet towards tbe door at which T. entered,
and her head near the foot of the bedstead ; having ascot-
that she was dead, I proceeded to examine into the
cause, being directed to it by the blood which had accu-
mulated upon the floor round her head. I examined the
posterior part of her head, and there found a lacerated
wound, with partial depression of the occipital bone, which
must necessarily have been the cam of her death. There
were also marks round the neck of violent pressure by
hand.

Coroner.—Do you think the marks were caused by au
attempt to strangle the woman, by pressing her tightly
round the neck ?
Witness-7lthink the marks were caused by some oats
holding her down with their hands tound her eeek,,..*.hile -,
strikieg her. Upon critical e.samination of, they breisec ire
her head, I think that the iajniry Was not eaused by a sharp
weapon, but by some blunt instrument, the lap of which
urns of the size of a crown-pie;' such eniTtistrurilitit as a.
small mallet, or a hammer; I then tinned my attentkonto,;
the old man, whom I found lying:onthe bea, ...hi*Hlsek.
with his hand a little raised; he was inside., the bed,'end
his body was partially covered with the clothes; :. 1 saw
blood on the pillow, and a severe lacerated wont:on the
right temple, and, on closer bxamination, I found%a di vjkliou
of temporal artery, with depression of hone, whiell'had
caused his death. There were other parks of violence
about the neck, hands, end other parts of, the body ;. it
appeared that the same kind_
_of instrument had 'been
used to inflict the NVOUndA on the deceased's person.
I think they must have been dead,. when I saw them,
five or six hours ; I have no doubt the murder was com-
mitted on the preceding night. The lower jaw of the
old man was fractured on the right side, and one of his
hands was severely injured in struggling with his murderer
The Coroner ordered proclamation to he made for any
other person who could give evidence touching this inquiry
to come forward. No person answered.. ,
.
The Foreman of the Jury, 3.ll..lrankey,Esq.aid, that
he and his brother Magistrates had used every exertion
to discover the murderer, but be was sorry to say with-
out success, for so secretly had the crime beau contrived
and vomited, that they had not been able at present to oh-
tain slily thing in the shape of legal evidence against any
individual. ~
The Rev. Mr. Rolland,inint, that no.person of a suspici-
ous character had been suet, in the neighbourhood Oleo
the deceased persons resident, except one man, who was
observed to be lurking about there it fortnight, ago.
Mr. Wimps, the Coroner, said, if there was a likeli-
hood than other evidence, tending to bring the author of
this crime to justice, would be brought forward, in a day
or two, he should feel himself bound to adjourn the ire.
quiry; but when hug was informed by the magistrates.pra-J
sent, that they entertained 'little hope of bringing forweer4
further eVidence, he thought it would be a. waste, Of the,
time of the Jury to bring them from their homes on a (Ise
inn day, when, in all probability, no further evidence
would• then he brought before them. It was manifest,
fmm the evidence given, that a murder, as cold-blooded,
cowardly, and inhuman, as ever stained the annals of this,
and he might say with truth, of any other conntry,:bad
been perpetrated by Some person or persons unknown.
The 4itty, without,ecou)Ong it gument, returned .a., vet*
diet 444, Wilful murder against some person or persons un-
-;, loWwth.!!

rortritaa' pairricti essts.
It: will he recollected that in our former ticosont Of
:-hest most savag,e and atrocious minders, it was st.sted
that Hall, the chief officer of Union-flail, in the course
of his examination of the premises, on the morning
that the murders were perpetrated, discovered the old
man's will in the drawer of a chest which was in his
bed-room. This wilt was executed in the year NOS, by
which it appeared that the cottage end grounds optics'-
taining to it were to remain in the occupation of Elizabeth
Haines, his housekeeper, for one year after the testator's
death and at the expiration of that period, she was to re,
isitcu all claim to the property, which then devolved to his
daughter. There was a codicil to this will bequetithitig
several articles of furniture to his housekeeper on her re.
signing' the oceupation of the cottage, which were to be
selected by herself from the stock on the premises. And
in the event of his daughter's death, it expressed. that hie
little copyhold estate should be sold tbf the benefit of her
surviving children. The daughter is a unirried woman up-
wards of 60 years of age, and resides with her husband, an
aged man, about eight: miles from her father'S cottage. On
being made acquainted with the murder of her parent and
hie housekeeper; the daughter and her husband immediately
proceeded to the cottage, and took poSsessimi of it ; and
it was remarked by several persons who were present on
the occasion, that neither of them exhibited the slightest
horror on witnessing the murdered bodies of the deceased
persons, but that strangers,. to whom the unfortunate pour
creatures were unknown, manifeited greater feelings of
sorrow on beholding the horrid Spectacle. The Rev. Mr.
Rolland, (who has been indefatigable in his exertions to
find out some clue to the discovery of this shocking mur-
der,) on perusing the,•will, and also on being made ec.
quainted with the apathy of feeling displayed by, the
daughter of the deceased on the occasion, thought proper
to examine her very minutely With .respect to her Own
family.. in the course of the questions .put by that gen,
tleman after considerable teluetenee, she eclinowledged ,
that she had a daughter, Who had cohabited .with a
ownerset heheie*rikeedl
checked
f t ;
man of very bad charaeter, She did not ,know how they
gained their livelihood, bet knew they were in the habit
herself to say whether they had not been lying about
) tltd
loYnalfatt late eittLiah'eoneatitat:taihirenhraheoel
tall'ut:thlnaitn fair,n the
tot either
rlue
eply LYtni 1)b.11 ey°tiull li:et hohl;:°1 Macddobril.hol dfelleo:nVfl:qatavtiecictedhailatilleililuei:stu
also
s
t hecu
her
father recently. During the time occupied by these.mter.
rogetories, the husband sat by the side of the fire and 're-
maiued
the gpitliterftriestelyemsiel
dento.n examinant►n dos
lelly anxious ialexobtcoot 11.11i1d1knowing
,10:* that it had been taken
ern
,totgleibenet‘i,irenmiTimi h
im ollite)ebrefailiolgildihg s
to
the; j
4,41,the. t of the
rightful
the property is mine nose." Mr. Bonand
by the woman, whose whole thoughts iippatitet to be ab-
sorbed on the subjeet of the litao ptoperty which came
into her immediate possession in Onseqntisee of
the unit-
der of her father and his hous:46,Vcr*
Mr. Rolland' having obtOed " information where it
was likely the two characters
I b
'Win 5
gave immediate directions that every exer
wesesPlei" being rr-lits- ft th
man mimed Jones, .was taken
alluded to *slum tie Mune,
hyone'o'f.t,."4!lt"r-nmllwa,in the murder:.—
ni:o:eiciutoSsrtaottanhid4uar7o:::"g,
or. the King notch
It
d that Jones had just fi/ e country,
and Wa g
rAtti spo;
he entered ill 111 COnversntion on
I,eaujikyl,tiwitahiroutit the Boreta.TVmet with a young
ram
the 50i,43 of the inurthlt. Thtry Pm-veiled together
towards the King's Bench Prison, and on their way,
Jones ,said that the old people, meaning Akeliiirst atti
his-housekeeper, had been 'murdered by " Itneeking
on the head-,with'it haminer; and 'the pets:Ott Whti"Cniii-
mitted the crime, be said, only got It. Zoi. in the house.—
The person to whom this conversation was addressed,
surprised that the stranger shoidd know 00 much respect,.