The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-07 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL.

FRIDAY, JAN. 4.—High water 28 minutes past
twelve o'clock.— Wind S. S.W..—Arrived the William
Mabb, Hubbuck, from Trinidad, with cotton, sugar, &c.—
Prince Leopold, Wilson, from Pernambuco, with ditto—
Delaware, Hamilton, from Savannah, with cotton—Lune,
Prawse, from Dublin, with sundries—Peter and Elizabeth,
M'Cartan, from Strangford, with oats—President, Pearson,
from Londonderry, with ditto—Richard Cox, from Clare,
with wheat—Liberty, Store, from Westport, with oats—
Britannia, Harper, from Dublin, with sundries—Eliza,
Delany, from Isle of Alan, with oats—Caledonia, Simonds,
from ditto, with wheat—Aons, Waterson, from ditto, with
ditto—Commerce (steamer), - Bibby, from Dublin, with
wine, &c.

CLEARED OuTwAuns.7-Dale, Hobson for New York.

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SATURDAY, JAN. s.—High water 59 minutes past 12.
Wind E.N.E,—Arrived the Derwent, Harrison, from St.
Andrews, N. 8., with timber—Jane, Howard, from Mar-
seilles, with madder ; Eleanor, Peel, from Dublin, with
wheat and oats; City of Dublin (steamer), Mulholland,
from ditto, with sundries; Margaret and Betty, Hughes,
from Newport, with iron ; Transit, Potts, from ditto, with
ditto ; Etna (steamer), Emerson, from Dublin, with the
mail ; Scipio, ____.--, from Miramichi, off--1 ship, 1 brig,
1 snow, off at ten o'clock.
CLEARED OUTWARDS—The Washington, Robinson, for
New York; Waterloo, Cornish, for Maranham ; Fredo-
Scotland, for Bilboa;
Manchester,unt ; Gem,
for Arica, Lima, and Valparaiso ;
Betsey, De Ruez, for Jersey.
Telegraph Office, January 4.
Wind at liolyhead, at high water, West, blowing fresh.
—The Annandale, Penn, from Liverpool, for Bombay, put
into Holyhead 34 inst., with loss of maintopsail-yard.
The Essex, Chamley, from Liverpool, for Savannah, at
Beaumaris Bay, 3d inst., with loss of sails.
The Friendship, from Waterford, for Liverpool, was
driven on shore at Blackpool, and it is feared will go to
pieces.

" So many false statements having appeared in
the Newspapers concerning my apprehension and
examination relating to the murder of my lamented
mother, I think it my duty to lay a correct state-
ment of facts before the public, in justification of
myself.
"On Friday, the 28th of December, I saw my
mother for the last time, at the house of Mr. Lett,
11, Montagu-place. We took refreshment (a lunch)
about 12 in the morning. We took leave soon after-
wards in the most affectionate manner. She asked me
on parting, " When shall I see you again ?" I told
her in the course of a day or so. On Monday
morning, December 31, at about six o'clock, I left my
house in Cursitor-street, and proceeded to Leaden-
hall-market, to meet Mr. Henry Knight (no relation)
to introduce me to a person who had some feathers
to dispose of. Mr. Knight was not there when I
arrived, and I called again, and saw him, bout seven
o'clock. I returned home about eight. I went from
my home to Piccadilly about ten o'clock, and got
upon a Brentford stage. I arrived at Brentford-end,
and took some refreshment at the Angel public-house,
I then proceeded to Longford on foot, a distance of
seven or eight miles from Brentford. I stopped at
a small public-house on the road-side and had
some beer, and inquired for a Mrs. Jackson, a poul-
teress, who I understood resided there ; I was
informed that she did not, but a person named God-
frey lived there, who dealt in feathers. I went
to Godfrey's house about the middle of the day, and
saw Mrs. Foote, of Twickenham, a poulteress, there,
and we drank some brandy. I left Longford on
foot, and called on Mr. Batt, who deals in poultry,
near the Cricketers, Hounslow. I there partook of
bread and cheese and beer. Coming down the town
of Hounslow, I met the Prince Don Miguel and
suite; it was then getting towards dusk. On
passing a public-house at Hounslow, a boy asked me
if I was proceeding to London, as there was a return
chaise going thither ? I said that I was, and the
post-boy made his appearance, and asked me half-a-
crown to carry me; I offered him eighteen pence,
which he refused to take. I was told there was
another return chaise coming to London, and having
waited some time the chaise appeared, and a lady
and gentleman entered it as well as myself. "We
stopped at the Bull public-house, at Hammersmith,
about six o'clock, and we alighted and treated the
post-boy with liquor. We again entered the chaise,
and the lady and gentleman got out, I think, at
Sloane-street. I was put down in Piccadilly, about
the hour of seven o'clock, and I walked directly
to my home. I arrived there about half-past seven,
and proceeded from thence into the Waterloo-road,
Lambeth, to the shop of Mr. Jones, a pawnbroker. I
left his shop a little after eight o'clock, as far as my
memory serves me, having a watch in my pocket at
the time. I came from thence to Johnson's beef
a-la-mode shop, in Clare-court, and took some refresh-
ment. I remained there about 20 minutes or half an
hour, returned home, and arrived there before 9 o'clock.
I had some porter, and went to bed at about half-
past nine or ten o'clock. On the following (Tues-
day) morning I got up about three o'clock ; I mis-
took the light of the moon for the light of day, and
supposed it was about seven o'clock ; though I bad
intended to rise early, having made an appointment
to see a person named Batt, on business, at Brent-
ford market. I left home shortly after three o'clock,
and proceeded on foot towards Brentford; I stopped
at a house where waggoners bait their horses, at
Hammersmith, and had a pint of porter; I re-
mained there till past five o'clock, and walked to
Brentford, where I arrived soon after six o'clock;
went into a public-house opposite the market-place,
where Mr. Coleman, of Hounslow, a poulterer, came
in. He asked me if I had come from -London that
morning ? I said " Yes, I have walked from thence."
I went into the market-place, and conversed with
-several dealers in poultry, on business, but did .not
purchase any feathers of them. I left Brentford by
the stage between eight and nine o'clock, and ar-
rived in London, at my own house, to breakfast, by
ten o'clock. About eleven o'clock I went to
Leadenhall-street, and from thence, between twelve
and one o'clock, to Stratford, in Essex, and returned
to town about three o'clock. About eight o'clock
the same evening I was in my apartment assorting
some feathers, when the officer Furzeman, and Mr.
Lett's servant came, and asked me where I had
been, and when I had seen my mother ? I informed
them that the Friday preceding I had called upon
her. I was informed that my mother was dead
and requested to go with them to Mr. Lett's
house, which I willingly consented to. On
going up stairs, Furzeman informed me that she
was murdered. I exclaimed, " What, murdered !"
My wife and daughter burst into tears, and I was so
affected that I can scarcely recollect what further
was said at that moment. He asked my permission
to search my apartments (he having no warrant),
and I told him he was perfectly at liberty to do so.
I accompanied Furzeman to Mr. Lett's house, and
saw Mr. Lett and Mr. Halls, the Magistrate of Bow-
street. They interrogated me as to where I spent
my time on Monday and Tuesday. I then made
the statement as given above, as well as I could un-
der the unfortunate circumstances in which I was
placed; I was not asked either by the magistrates
or the officer, to view the body, but was taken from
thence to St. Giles's watch-house; I attended the
inquest, expecting to be examined, but was not
called in, nor is it true, as has been stated, " that I
went with considerable reluctance to the Gower
(Montagu) Arms to view the body;" neve,• having
been at that house in my life except at the inquest ;
nor,had the body, to my knowledge, been removed
from Mr. Lett's until its interment this day. After
the Jury returned their verdict, I was not " set at
liberty, because the Magistrates could not legally
detain me after such verdict," as has been so ab-
surdly stated; but I was taken from thence to St.
Giles's watch-house. At eleven or twelve o'clock
the same night I was discharged at Mr. Hall's house;
and returned home. When I was set at liberty, I
stated that I was ready at any time, to go with the
officers wherever they might think proper, to prove
the truth of my statement. It has also been stated
in a Morning Paper, " that I had pawned a medal
(the duplicate of which was found upon me, or
at my house) in Waterloo-bridge-road, at the pre-
cise thee when I had stated to the Magistrates
that I was at Longford." This is a gross and pal-
pable falsehood. The object of my going with Furze-
man to Mr. Jones's shop, in Waterloo-road, on
Thursday night, was to give him an opportunity of
ascertaining whether I had been there on the Mon-
day night, at the time I had stated. I ought to add,
that I required no prevailing to induce me to go to
the pawnbroker's. I have certainly just cause of
complaint against the whole of the garbled statement
which appeared in the morning papers of this day.
I can flatly contradict the whole, sentence by sen-
tence, and paragraph by paragraph; and 1 have
also the authority of the police-officers for stating,
that it is false from beginning to end. I did not re-
turn from the pawnbroker's on Thursday night to
St. Giles's watch-house, but I went home. I now
proceed to notice a paragraph which must have
emanated from either gross folly or unkindness. It
is this :

" He (meaning myself) was then taken into
custody at eight o'clock yesterday (Friday) morning,
by order of Mr. Halls, to whom Furzeman had com-

municated the result of his inquiry at the pawn-
broker's. _ The prisoner was ordered to be. lodged
in a room in the watehhouse, and in consequence of
a visible alteration in his manner, it was deemed ex-
pedient that some person should continue with him
during the whole of yesterday. His manner, when
custody, while it evinced but little
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meso candid,' as to raise an im-
pression horrible death of his aged mother,
in his favour. On his second apprehension,
however, his Conduct underwent a remarkable
change. He appeared lost and confused, and con-
tinually trembled, as though he was affected with
the ague."
On reading the above, I certainly was " lost and
confused," and could scarcely credit my own senses.
I did not believe it possible that so unfounded a
statement could have made its way before the public,
ir, a Journal laying claim to respectability. It is a
falsehood that I was . ever taken into custody after
my discharge on Thursday night, at the house of
Mr. Halls. I was not apprehended on Friday, nor
was I lodged in the watch-house of St. Giles's that
day, and therefore it could not have been deemed
expedient " that some person should continue dur-
ing the day, to prevent thy laying violent hands on
myself." The whole paragraph is an abominable
invention. But to proceed :—lt is asserted that
it was with great reluctance I was induced to go to
the Gower (Montagu) Arms to view the corpse.
I certainly was at Mr. Lett's house on Friday, and
was asked, with my son, if we would see the mangled
remains of my poor unfortunate mother, and I pro-
ceed to give as correct a description of what occur-
red on that occasion as the recollection of a spec-
tacle so harrowing to the feelings of a child will al-
low me :—I did not " protest strongly" against
viewing the corpse of my unfortunate parent. I
stated that my wife had expressed a wish that I
should not see the body, or follow it to the grave, be-
cause I was so very unwell on my arrival at home on
Thursday night, and also on Friday morning. When
the body was exposed to my view, Mr. Halls said
to me, " As you are now over the body of your de-
ceased parent, I ask you if you ever saw this article
(producing a sort of miniature painting) before ?''
I replied to him, " As there is a Supreme Being, I
solemnly declare, so help me God, that I never
(lid :" my feelings, no doubt, were sensibly acute
on seeing the remains of a beloved parent, but it is
not true " that I was like an insane person." After
viewing the body on Friday, about the middle of
the day, I took some tea with my son and Furze-
man, and I started at six o'clock ih the evening, in
a chaise, with Furzeman and Gardner, for Twicken-
ham. It was proved there, by Mr. Foote, of
Twickenham, and others, that I was at Brentford,
as I had stated, on the Tuesday morning, and I sup-
pose it was not deemed necessary to go further, and
we did not proceed to Longford, but returned to
town about one o'clock last night. I trust that those
newspapers which have given circulation to the false
statement will give my contradiction.