The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-10 00:00:00

THE NOTTINGHAM MURDER.

The valley of the Trent abounds in beautiful scenery,
but we know of no part of it more interesting than that
porti,in which lies about three miles from Nottingham,
in the parish of Colwick. If the prisoner be the mut.•
derer, he would have to take his family down one of the
most rural of the "green lanes of Old England,"
having on his right a view of the Trent and its valley
for many miles, the scenery of which is exquisite ;
and on his left a continued line of high hills, covered
with wood and evergreens ; altogether forming one of
the prettiest walks in the neighbourhood. The
place where the murder was committed is now
shorn of a portion of its beauty. It is true, the scenery
around is the same, but the recollection of the bloody
deed will ever attach itself to the place, and mar the
beauty of the spot. The immediate neighbourhood of
the murder—the spinney—is now no more beautiful ;
the brushwood, the herbage, and the trees, for several
yards round have been cleared away by the thousands of
visitors who have since been at the place, .and carried
away with them some token to recal to their remem-
brance the circumstances of the tragical occurrence.
The bloody grass, the bark of the trees, and the shrub-
bing first disappeared, but now even several of the trees
have been wholly cleared off, by visitors carrying away
with them large portions of both boughs and trunks.
Numbers of persons, of all classes, constantly throng
the road, and the scene of the Colwick tragedy seems
likely for some time to come to be much visited.
Since his committal the prisoner has lost none of that
iron firmness which he so strongly evinced at the in
quest. Reports were very rife that ho had confessed
everything, for the purpose of unburthening his mind.
This is not the tact. The only care the man seems
to have is, lest his working implements and a bed,
in the possession of a relation, should not be pro-
curable by him when acquitted by a jury ! For the
purpose of securing these, he has sent several mes-
sages to the parties who have them in possession.
At the beginning of the week he also sent for a
relation, and requested he would go round to the
different lodges in the order of odd fellows to which he
belonged, for the purpose of procuring the means for
employing counsel to plead for him at the ensuing as-
size, saying that he thought, with able assistance, his in-
nocence would readily be proved. On Wednesday four
fresh witnesses were taken to the County Gaol, for the
purpose of identifying him. • Three out of the four re-
cognised him immediately, although placed in a yard
along with thirteen others. One of them, who observed
the prisoner as he was returning from Colwick, after the
murder had been committed, stated that the prisoner
had had a portion of each whisker shaved off since he
saw him in Snenton. The prisoner coloured a little
when he perceived himself thus identified by fresh wit-
nesses; this was not of long continuance, however, and
he quickly assumed his wonted carelessness.—Notting-
hem Review.

DISCOVERY OF A HUMAN BODY
IN THE TRENT.

'Last week we gave some particulars of the remark-
able discovery of the body of a young man, named Mil-
lington. We have since obtained additional 'particulars,
which we now give. We stated that, on the evening of
the 10th of Nov., 1842, a young man, of Holme Pierre-
pont was suddenly missed, and it was feared he had
been accidently drowned, or murdered. The name of
the young man who so mysteriously disappeared at that
time, was John Millington, a gardener in the service of
the Rev. J. J. Cleaver, of Holme Pierrepont. The Rev.
Gentleman exerted himself much at the time to ascer-
tain what had become of the young man, being stimu-
lated by his feelings of humanity and his respect for a
faithful and valued servant. Every exertion having been
made to obtain intelligence, but to no effect, the matter
had been allowed to rest involved in the most perplexing
mystery. The circumstances attending the sudden dis-
appearance of Millington were such, that those who were
least acquainted with them supposed he had, by some
means, fallen into the Trent. This idea had, for some
time, been given up by many who are unacquainted with
that river, and they had come to the conclusion that he
had been murdered, and otherwise disposed of. Knowing
the nature of the river, and the likelihood of his body be-
ing covered by one of the extensive shoals of sand which
are continually moving about at high water, several
parties engaged in the neighbourhood have con-
tinually been on the look-out, as the season became dry,
and the water shallow. Mr. Bignall, who found the
body, states that be has been constantly on the watch
during the last twelve months, and that he was of opinion
the body would be found when the stream became
shallow. Such has been the case. On Saturday week
whilst engaged in his usual occupation, as a fisherman,
he observed a portion of the bones of a man protruding
from the bed of the river, about two yards from the
Colwiek shore, and only a short distance from the place
where Millington's basket had been found on the morn-
ing after he had been missed.
The evidence on the inquest fully established the
identity of the body, and the jury returned a verdict of—
Foundin the Trent, bat by what means he came into
the water, no evidence appears to prove.

On Tuesday evening, a Mr. East walked on a bar-
rel from the Bull's Head Inn, Loughborough, up High-
gate, Pinfold-gate, to the Theatre, in less than twenty
minutes.--Nottingham Review.
VIRTUES OF The
TWELVE E
HUNDRED
rand
death of the King (William IV.) was a gblow to the
EAR.—h
" Conservative cause —that is to say, it crushed all the
rising hopes of those numerous statesmen who believe
the country must be saved if they receive twelve hundred
a year. it is a peculiar class, that ; 1,2001. per annum,
paid quarterly, is their idea of political science and
human nature. To receive 1,2001. per annum is govern-
ment • to try to receive 1,200/. per annum is opposition ;
receive.to 1,200/. per annum is ambition. If a
mawuiwslantios to get into Parliament, and dues not want to
get 1,2001. per annum, they look upon him as daft—as a
benighted being. They stare in each other's
ask " What can want to get into Parliament for ?"
They have no conception that public reputation is a
motive power, and with many the greatest.— Cfosen:gasbnyd.
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