The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-02 00:00:00

MYSTERIOUS MURDER.

Last night a communication was received at Bow-street,
from Mr. Justice Holroyd, in which he informed the Ma-
gistrates that, in consequence of a rumour having obtained
circulation in the neighbourhood of Bedford-square that a
murder had been perpetrated there, under peculiar circum-
stances, he felt it his duty to make such inquiry as should
enable him to ascertain its authenticity. He stated that,
in consequence of his inquiries, he was led to believe that a
female of respectability had come by her death in a very
awful manner, and that the utmost exertions had been
used to conceal the circumstances. On this incormation
Salmon and Gardiner were despatched to investigate the
matter, and attend to the direction of the Judge in ascer-
taining the particulars of the manner in which the lady
met her premature end.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The person to whom allusion is made ;glove, was not a
lady; she was housekeeper to John Lett, Esq. of No. 11,
Mentague-place, Russell-square. She was last seen about
nine o'clock on the evening of Monday, conversing with a
man who is not known. On her not making her appear-
ance yesterday morning, some suspicions were excited in
the neighbourhood that all was nut right; and these being
communicated to Mr. Justice Holroyd, the venerable
Judge, as above stated, sent a message to Bow-street, at a
late hour in the afternoon, for assistance, when two officers
proceeded to the spot, and broke open the door of the house.
They found the body of the unfortunate woman with her
throat cut in the most dreadful manner, the head being
nearly severed from the neck. From the appearances, it
was believed that the deed could not have been committed
by her own hand, though we most sincerely hope a more
leisurely investigation will prove that it was. It was at
first rumoured that the repositories of the house had been
broken open and plundered ; but this is a mistake : there
was no appearance of any robbery having been attempted or
perpetrated. We heard that, at a late hour in the evening,
the son and grandson of the deceased had been taken up,
but upon what grounds or suspicion we did not learn.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT, FROM OUR 0W.14 REPORTER.
The neighbourhood of the house in which this atrocious
murder has been committed, was crowded during the morn-
ing by persons anxious to ascertain the particulars of the
horrid deed. On enquiry we were Worried that the name
of the deceased was Elizabeth Effs. ghe had been for several
years in the service of John Lett, Esq., of 11, Montague-
place, Russell-square, as housekeeper, and had gained by
her integrity the confidence and esteem aim., master.
Mr. Lett left town a short time since, and entrusted the
care of his house, which he was anxious to dispose of, to
the deceased It appears that she had several relations
who were in the habit of visiting her, and to whom she
very generously afforded pecuniary assistance On Tues•
day morning suspicions %vete eleited that something
had happened to the deceased, in consequence of the shut-
ters not being opened as usual. These suspicions having
been communicated to Mr. Justice Holroyd, who resides in
the same street, that Learned Judge, after making:some pre-
liminary arrangement, caused the house to be broken open.
Search was first made in the attic wherein the deceased
usually slept; the bed had not the appearance of being
slept on, nor was there any thing to lead to the belief
the: she had passed the night in the room. On en-
tering the kitchen the body of the unfortunate woman
was discovered in a pool of clotted blood, with her throat
cut from ear to ear. She was lying near the fire-place.
Beside her were a table and tkvO chaits ; and it was evi-
dent, from the appearance of the table, that the murderer
.had just before been sitting by her. On the table was a beer
pot, partly emptied, and on inquiry it was ascertained that
when George Gardner, the pot-boy belonging to the Gower
Arms, called at the house with beer on the previous night,
at nine o'clock, there was a man standing in the hall with
the deceased, Gardner says that this man was of rather a
stout appearance; that he had on a blue coat and white
apron. This person, to whom suspicion strongly attaches,
was, from all that the pot-boy observed, on terms of inti-
macy with the deceased. Whether that circumstance, in
the general description of the man, be the cause, we know
not, but certain it is, that the police now deemed
it their duty to take the sort of the deceased
into custody: His name is Knight, and we understand
that he is not to be brought up for examination until the
result of the Coroner's Inquest is known. Upon the first
discovery of the deceased it occurred to some persons
that she might have committed the act, but very little
examination was' necessary to prove the groundless-
ness of that supposition. There was no weapon near her,
by which she could have inflicted the wound; but there
was lying beside het a kal,,orcase, and little chiubt retrains
that bet murdered had, in his hurry, omitted to carry cdir
this which may, in all probability, lead to his detection.
The razor-case cannot be recognized by any of the persons
acquainted with the house, so that it must have been
brought there by the author of this atrocious act. The
pockets of the deceased were turned inside out, and
several drawers in the house had been tided ; they haft.
all the marks of bloody fingers on them; on the table
there was a small work-basket, which was also besmeared
with blood. Information of the murder was this morning
communicated to the Coroner, and it is expected that the
inquest will be holden in the eotitse of the evening.
bete' persons of respectability, residing in the neighbour-
hood, have been admitted to .view the corpse, and one of
them (an eminent surgeon) has given it as his decided opi-
nion that the wound has been inflicted with a razor, or some
such shaip Weapon. He is also of opinion that the deceased
could not possibly have destroyed herself. The grandson
of the deceased has been in constant attendance at Mon.
tagtic,plke since the discoverfof the murder;

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.— The Duke of
Rutland, from. his seat, Belvoir Castle; Sir. Francis Burt,
in St jamei'a-libtee, from his seat id Wiltshire; Sir
Robert Wiisoh, Bart, from a tour ; taptein and Mrs.
Cox, in Hanover square, from Paris ; Major Macdonald,
in Harley-Street, from Brighton; John Thompson Wad-
dington, Esq. at Fenton'S Hotel, St. James's-street, from
a tonr; Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, at ditto, froiii their seat
in Walei; General Conyer, at the British Hotel, Cocl..
spur-street, from 'Suffolk ; Captain Modden, at ditto,
from a tour; the Earl Of Orford, at Thdmat's Hotel,
thin i`trotioik Cha'r'les Attritg, Esil. at
ditto, from a tour.
DEt,Antuitits.--Sir Henry Willoughby,
Bart. from the Bbriitifstiih Pdtel, Old Bialington and
Cork-streets, for Baldon, Oxfor4hire ; taptaib Mat-
sham, from ditto, on a tour; G. Unwin, Esq. from ditto,
for sornsersetshire; the Bishop of Rochester, from
Pall-
mall, for Bath ;C. H. Ty-ate, Esq. for kieliPedet6i Wey-
mouth; Mr. and Mrs. Firman and family, ,from the
British Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Scotland; pia jor Boyd,
front ditto; for ditto; :Williatn Coulson, fromditto,
for BathOeneral Sablonkoff, from 'flinitised Hotel,
Berkeley-square, for Norfolk; Mr. and lktrs. Edwards, fur
their seat in Kent.
CHANGES.—The Hon. Colonel and Lady
Eleanor Lowther, at the Earl of Lonsdale's seat, Cottes-
mere, Rutlandshire, from a tour; the Hon. Colonel and
Mrs. Howard at Lord Bagot's seat, Blithfield, Stafford-
shire, from their seat in Westmoreland.
On Friday night a girl.of the name of MUR-
PHY was forcibly carried away from her sister's home at
Rooard, where she had gene to attend her accouchement by
a party of armed men who fired several shots.— Clonmeli
Paper.

GLASGOW MARKETS, DEC. 29.--There has
been little business done this week, and most of the gentle-
men from whom we receive commercial information being
busy in making up their annu Statements, we omit the
usual report of oar market.