The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-14 00:00:00

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To- the, a)rnp,t tttOy alorrning perpe-
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titic~ft u 1 t.lkese clinics,' in all their dark

etestahls.varieties, there is 140 to he added

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au instance 0: atrocity never exceeded, and liard•
li.to,,l.?eertuailed, , ' ' . .
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In the Hight of Tuesday lasi, the 7th of October :instant:,
TlioNAs 11L AL, 4ged,abont7o MA
years, and R Git:tx.T, his
Housekeeper, of, about the same age, who ha,l maiirY year's re-'
sided by themselves, in a very lonely cottage, in Theddle-

thorpe,,alluut 1.2 piles •from Louth, iia Lincolustiire, were
most inhunginV murdered .I.)y some d.U.L.l,olical Muustr,‘or

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onstcrc, in I►un►an sbapc,,w•ho cuter, ti the, bask N,yall of the

house, by a breach made theieio,, for the bloody purpose.—
The dead bodies of
,these onfortooate victims were first dis-
covered about three o'clock in the afternoon of .Wednesday
the Bth instant, by some labourers, who expected Hall td meet
them, at it previous hour, to assist in sonic work at a'drain,
near his house, and who, after waiting beyond the time ap-
pointed for ,his attendance,, proceeded to ascertain the cause
of his absence by calling upon bins, when, after-observin
large quantities of blood), which hail streamed through the
floors of the upper rooms upon the floors atad furniture of
those'below, they advanced-up:stairs, intothe twashed chant-
hers,,io one of which, they beheld the appalling 'Spectacle of
the mangled corpse of the • housekeeper, placed in a sitting
posture upon the floor, with,her back against the wall, having
on her stays and under petticoat,,and, in the other, the still
more terrific -object of her dead master, lying with his face
upon the floor,..and having on no. apparel but his shirt.
. Upon the arrival of the Coroner and Jury to view this
shocking scene of carna,,,, on the 9th instant, the bodies,
but more partienlarly that of Me. Hall, exhibitedahnOstevery
conceivable mark of the, most sanguinary barbarity. Many
savage blows, had.been,inflicted upon.his. head and face; au
attempt- had beat inade to cut his throat, in defending which
Ire was deeply stabbed in various parts of both arms, and outs
ofhis.fingers was nearly severed by a cut ;. in his shoulders.,
legs, and thighs, he lusd also many.deep stabs; but the most
furious attack appears to have been upon the trunk of
his body, where four deep wounds were discovered, one large:
enough to admit .three or .four fihgers quite .through into the
stomach, another on the left side of toe navel, and two more,
(the fatal wounds) which Penetrated.between the ribs, on the
left side, through the left lobe of the lungs into fife left ven-
tricle-of the • heart. .Dreadful blows had treat :inflicted upon
the head and face of the housekeeper, , who was also stabbed
quite through one of ber arms, and terribly stabbed in rati-
ons other parts of her body, the fatal stab. having been di-
'reefed through her left nostril into the brain,
Thus terminated the existence of those aged, harmless, and
inoffensive people, whose struggles to save their litres against
this niutalerouS attack must have been very great ; and there
is hardly•a doubt bat the person, or persons, who committed
these bloody deeds, must have beets wouswto in the conflict,
particularly as the prongs of a hay-fork, which Hall used to
keep in his bed-roona, were found near him newly broken
from the shaft and covered with, blood : but neither the shaft
nor any. other instrument which had, been used in the mur-
ders, could be discovered. The•various stabs in the bodies
seemed to haVe been inflicted by such a knife as butchers ge-
nerally 'ifse 'in slaughtering cattle; and, from some circuits-
'stances, it is supposed that, when the murders had beets
completed, the delinquents proceeded to rummage the house,
iu search of money and other valuables, as there were found,
upon the bed .Where Hall had slept, a tea-pot containing two
ten-pound-notes, and just IFy the tea-pot, one other ton-pound
note, awl, scattered swop the floor, near the body, seven
guineas in gold,and several silver table and teaspoons : •but
thia, suddenly al:ult.:ell by the songs and shouts of some per-
sons who were returning by Hall's house, from a harvest, sap-
per, between eleven and twelve o'clock in the night of the
unirdets, the barbarians instantly extinguished their light
and decamped without their p!toider. ~ •
At present on chic has been found, to Craze the perpetra,-
tors of this unparalleled outrage upon domestic security, in
the sileitt hoot. of sleep. 'Ole Coroner's Inquest is therefore
adjourned ; and it is to be hoped that such means will be
ittf-
mediately used as may lead to a.speedy detection of the offend-
ers. Every person *win, regards his own lire and safety, and.
who resides at,' sir in the vicinity of Theddlethorpe, stun lit
exert himself in' order to. dim:oven-4+aq one „who may-tiara
bruit recently 'wounded, or whose clothes- may have been
marked with blood; under suspicious eirconistances, and
snake particular inquiries as to 'the cause of such wound or
mark.
A dog which Mr, Hall kept in his house in the night time,
Of a ferocious to was found when the discoverers of the
murder entered, licking. up' the Wiwi! from .the floor below,
and what ,is somewhat remarkable' the dog was not hurt,
which induces a suspicioo that he either knew the murderers,
or by some artifice was quieted by theta, otherwise, in all
probability, he would have attacked, and either have, ta-
iled,. or been killed by them._ . - • - •
Louth, Oct. 9, 1817. •
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SHIP NEWS.

MILFORD HAVEN, -OCT. 11.—Sailed yesterday
the Betsy, LuNi•l, from Dt:merara for Bristol ; the
SandWieh pa4et,Taptain ['OTTER, with the mail
for Waterford ; .and the Resolution Revenue cut-
'ter upon a cruise. Arrived this morning the Free-
andLeicecter Rackets, both with mails front
'Waterford.
OCT. .J,2—Sailed last night.' the Mansfield
paCket,- Captain CHARLES NUTTALL, for Water=
-ford, and, the'Sandwich packet, with, the mail ar.;% ,
rived thismorning therefrom.. Remain the Shark,
froM.Tiinidad for Greenock,. and the Diligence
Admiralty cutter.
• FALtstouTti, OCT. 11.—Sailed the Prince Ernest •
packet fur ..Lisbon ; his Maje Sty's. ship Lee•on a
cruise ; IL'hornas and Sally, Russ; and Prince of
Wales, WILLIAMS, for Routh.
• PeszANcc,•OcT. I l.—Arrived the French gan=
boat No. 2, Captain PF.N, from Cherbourg,.
'w-itb loss, of-mast.,-.sails, &c. ; she was drivcit ot£
the coast in a gale of wind at N. E. • •

.The. James, RoGkas,- from Liverpool to R-0321;
was run foul ,gf an Friday . off Or orshead,• and
sunk ; .crew
The Jane, -McDosAt..ro, .from Greenock to Am-
sterdam, put into the. Tees. the 9th inst. leaky,
and cargo. much damaged, and it is supposed must
go to. Stockton tiLdischlrge.
, The Wheat Sheaf, DOUGLAS, of Feversham, was
wrecked near Shields the 9th lust, ; crew anal
part of the materials saved.
The Active, Captain CARTRRE'r, W;IS raid off
at Portsmouth on 'lnias-day,, and her crew dis-
'charged. Fourteen of-her Midsl:ipmen were pass.,
ed at. the Royal Naval College, on the previous
day, for .tht rank of Lientrmant.

It is observable,.l.-vhen the Vonds a.-re on the ad-
vance, the -Lottery Offices are Sltre to be thrivin:z
imleed, it is very natured when a man's property
increases, independently of himself, that he should
consider himself Ittcky, and then try to what ex-
tent Dutne Fortune may be disposed to hetrtelkt
him. Certain it there is at present a verb Urfa!:
demand fon-:,Ti..kets ntl Shares, parti-ularly at
1/4...,,v,,iti0uri0s Offices, tor since-lie set the ex;-
ample of /oweriezt); the Price, and of adding
to the intrinsic value of a Ticket, he has been a
tzreat tavomile with the
Public, and having sold.
the Last 20.0001. Prize, many think his Dick will
continue, and that sonic of the Si!: Prizes 0(
20,000 i. in the Lottery sthich begills 7th of Nert
;Month, will alto be Sold by SIVEWRIGHT.