The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-17 00:00:00

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thing :11$ j know, Sir, said Corney ; and after I had
done cleaning uiIITY pots, as Mr. Bruce did not want me any
longer, he paid me for my services, and I left and came up
td tOWIL

bid you calla the Bell public-house, Merton, on your
way to town ?—Yes, I did, Sir, and had a pint of porter
there, and left the house immediately after drinking it, as
I we; in a hurry to get to London.
Cutasinuns.—There appears to be a spot of blood
on the breast of your shirt; how do you account for that
"It is not blotitii Sir is is the stain of port-wine, that
splashed out upon me while i was drawing the cork of a
bottle of wine at the Rising gaff.
The Magistrate, although persuaded that the mark was
caused by blood, directed Grasankli to take the shirt into
the liikinary next door,and have the opinion of the medi-
cal men as to whether it was produced by blood or by
wine, as had been asserted.'
On the officer's return, he told the Magistrate that it
was the opinion of the surgeon, that it was a stain of blood,
cud that it presented an appearance of having been very
much rubbed, in order to obliterate the mark.
At this stage of the investigation, a messenger arrived
froni Fetcham, with a letter front the Rev Mr. .Botum!,
who, together with the other gentlemen resident in the,
immediate neighbourhood of the murders, have been inde-
fatigable in their exertions to obtain some clue to the dis-
covery of the perpetrators. The letter was addressed to
P. J. Chambers, Egg., or the Magistrate then presiding at
the office, and was as follows:

" Fetchers, Oct. 16.
have evidence of the best description, that a grand-
daughter of the old man murdered at Fetchani was at teetherhead,
in the fair-booth, on Wednesday and Thursday last, and that she
w,.s then in company with two young fellows. Indeed, I have
also reason to believe, that she was seen travelling with these eon,- ,
panions on the road from Lratherhead to Esher, within three milts
of the spat where the deed was done, at half-past ten &clot& on
Friday raorning,...the murder then having bran pretty publirly
known for three hones. William Smith saw Mary Agnes (the
grand-daughter) at Leatherhead fair, on Thursday morning, about
eight o'clock, I met her in a passage, and spoke to her. She
was in company with a man in a round frock. The man was tall
and thin, and of a fresh colour. Mary Agnes is a thin young
woman, about 25 years of age, a thick waist, palish face, and fair,
with lightish hair. She is quits a tall woman. She had on
high-laced shoes, with nails, a light gown, something of a pia, a
flower running all down, and a black beaver bonnet.'
" ' Isaac Sheath saw three men, one oldish, with his face wrap-
ped up as if from rheumatism, and two young hearty_fellows, with
Mary Agnes, at half-past ten o'clock on Friday morning. Tbis
was at Oakshot, two miles from Leatherhead ; they were tra-
velling towards Esher. My attention was drawn to them because
they were driving their donkies very fast. One of the men asked
ins what o'clock it was. I have known Mary Agnes all my life ;
she is a good-looking girl, used to be jolly ; she is about twenty-
four years old.'
" ' Michael Derby saw Mary Agnes at the fair on Wednesday.
She was in company with two men ; one had on a %%Wit jacket,
the other had on a brown frock. I was coming from the fair at
four o'clock on Friday morning, Arid was going ton ards Fetcham.
Betw_een Leetherhead cage and.Leatherbea4.bridge I met a mar a
and woman ; they were whispering. I was frightened ; I could
not distinguish their drew.'
" This is all I can collect. It is my opinion that.no stranger
committed the murder. Every thing favours the presumption that
the perpetrators, either directly by themselves, or indirectly by
others, were cognisant of the lonely and helpless state of the in-
mates of the house, and expected to find money, because the old
creature had freehold property. I shall be at amnions to-morrow,
and will bring Isaac Sheath. If you think it adviaeable to let in
Hell or Pople, meet me. Sir, lam clearly convinced of the sot-
cessity of finding Mary Agnes. Pray excuse haste.—l. am, Sir,
your obedient servant, " J. 0. BOLLAND."

On the perusal of this important information, Mr. Cham-
bers immediately directed the chief officer, Hall, to lose no
time in setting out to apprehend the suspected persons.—
Post-chaises were ordered to be in readiness, and by half-
past one o'clock yesterday Mr. Hall, Pople, and Gras,-
mith, the officers, were on the road, and had taken diffe-
rent routes, in order to come up with them 0 expeditiously
Itir possible.
The young man named Corney underwent no further ex-
amination, the Magistrates having permitted him to go
back to his master, Captain Everard, and to cane up on a
future occasion, should he be wanted.
Corney strongly protested his intiocenCe bt taVing any
knowledge of the murders, and during the period of his
esamination frequently declared that the spots or marks on
hiA shirt were not caused by blood, but in the 'muffler he
had already stated.

The following is a copy of the Will of John Akehurst,
which will be read with toms degree of interest et the
present moment :
" I, John Akeherst, in the par;sh of Feteloan, in the county.
of Surrey, labourer, appoint first , executor to tbie my
will, to see me buried decently in the pariah. I next direct that
my cottage, with the two orchards and land, with the fruit and
produce thereto belonging, with my furniture, may be given to
my housekeeper, Elisabeth Haynes, widow, for her stole use and
benefit, for the term of one whole year, from the time of my de-
cease, and at the expiration of the said year, that she shall take
sufficient furniture for her own use front my said cottage, and
quietly resign and give up my said cottage, and land .thereunto
belonging, to my daughter Jane Ayres, wife of James Ames,
of Stoke, in the said county, for her separate use and benefit,
during her natural life, independently of her present husband, or
any husband with whom she may contract marriage. And after
the decease of the said Jane Ayres, my said cottage and land to be
sold by auction, ani after the just debts and expenses of the same
are defrayed, the money arising from the wale. of the same to be
equally divided between all iny grand-children, sons and daugh-
ters of the same James awl Jane Ayres; and I hereby revoke, an-
nul, and disavow all other wills, and declare this only to be my
last will and testament.

" JOHN AKEHURST, his X mark
MARY CONVELLE.
Attested by /ELENOR PICKERING.
CHARLES ROUGHT."

Dated August 1, 1805.
The above document was found among some paperi yn
the house of the deceased.

Up to a late hour last night no additionial intelligeneo
respecting, the parties suspected of baying been guilty
or the diabolical deed reached Union i tan.

Typhus and scarlet fevers have lately prevailed to a
great extent. A medical man says, he has found com-
mon beer yeast equally efficacious in both complaints.
—Warwick Advertiser.

An unusually. large gray owl has lately commenced
in the eastern part of the Abbey
toterror ihe great and destruction of
sundry
bats, and church-mice !'F he 'nightly
schilsiltiyisl ilaict Bath,
ka_rdya reign'
w s,
horitings oaf this " grave and reverend" bird have 1.
-
ready thrilled some of his hearers with a superstitious
d relo co .s—T DooBr:
Tet
EChvriounzieNt
p . _
It rarely h
intelligence of a death is communicated byathile3eldis thatefiioct
himself ; this, however, actually occurred at the town
of —, in Suffolk,. a year or two ago. A letter, of
which the following is nearly a literal copy.
took
e
at a town in Ireland, when the event it
place :---" Dear mother, Mrs.
ceived by the relativ
es Nbricklayer, w
of ho was mployed
was re-
wishes me to tel you, that I m—.—, that 1 live with,
aIIIIOIIIICC4I
the small am dud, and am bond in
the church-yard of Sant Nikolas in this place. I took
peple that I live with did all they cm] for toe, they
pox of which 1 (tide, a fortnite 'sinse, iho the
was no help. dare lit°ther—give my
brother George, with any
kdte:otipitf kind love to him, I hope he
watch to my dere
will be
wat I am now runig, and my ninny I told the peple to
good to you for my sak. You will have it with
there trubble, tel George to be a good boy,
en send my kind love to you and him. So
for
1 now bid you good by, your unforturiato
an, • epistle,.
" This strols which the poor fellow
had the courage to indite, originated in the ignorance
of writing which the people he .lodged with laboured
under, and they begged he , would vrite.a few lines to
his mother, when there was no hope of his recovery,