The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-03 00:00:00

MONMOUTH MURDER.

I THURSDAY, OCT. 2.—Circumstances are con-
stantly occurring which throw additional light upon
this painful subject. It was ascertained that a letter
had been despatched, with the addressin a very in-
different handwriting, to a man of the name of
Davis, at Carleon, whither a constable was imme•
diately despatched, who fortunately obtained pos-
session of it. In conversation with Davis, the con-
stable ascertained that the murdered woman, under
an assumed name, had been living and cohabiting
some weeks with him. The letter, which was put
into the post office here on Saturday, states she had
passed the night of Friday in the Great Wood
which she had mentioned to him, and that some-
thing very dreadful had been en the Opt of hap-
pening to her.
It appears that Barnett had fetched her front
Carleon on Fridays and that they had mentioned
their intention of proceeding to the houses of their
respective parents—his father residing near Staun-
ton and her's on the Kymin, about a mile and a half
from Monmouth; and as. it is in evidence that she
was seen in Hadnock Wood, an extensive planta-
tion belonging to the Crown, about a mile from
Staunton, and an equal distance from the Kymin,
between six and seven in the morning of Saturday,
it is probable that she did pass the night there, and
that something dreadful had occurred between her
and Barnett, the latter of whom, on going to his
father's house early on Saturday morning, drew a
pistol from his pocket—and this occurrence might
possibly account for the words " Maria Marten and
the Red Barn," which the hostler saw in the letter
which Esther Stephens sent by the child to Barnett,
and which, it is hoped, the writer of the letter may
yet come forward to explain.
Yesterday a special constable was despatched to
Liverpool, in which direction it is presumed he is
gone, he having for some time premeditated emi-
gration to America. A man answering the descrip-
tion of Barnett was seen within a few minutes after
the scream of murder had been heard by Fuller
going towards the river Wye; and there are marks
as of bloody fingers on the stile of a timber-yard ad-
joining the river. In a hay-loft, near the Collow
turnpike, a short distance from Hereford, on this
side, a man without a hat, coat, or shoes, was found
lying nearly covered with hay, on the farm-servants
going into the loft on the Monday morning; and in
the course of Monday, a man answering his descrip-
tion crossed the Wye at Sugwas ferry, a few miles
on the other side of Hereford, inquiring his way to
Leominster, which is in the direct road from Here-
ford to Liverpool.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.
Nothing was done yesterday worth notice.

NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.
THURSDAY, OCT. 2.—Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya,
each, for two-yr-olds. T.Y.C.
Lord Egremont's brother to Twatty 1
111 r. Dilly's Kean, brother to Othello
Mr. Batson's f. by Tiresias—Harriet
Mr. Walker's Dicky Dolos
Mr. Payne's I. by Skim—Miss Craven's dam 0
Gen. Grosvenor's b. f. Danceaway
Mr. Rogers's f. by Orville or Walton
Mr. Meynell's f. by Gulliver—Parma 0
Won by half a length.
Sweepstakes of ten sovereigns each, for three and four.

yr-olds.- T. Y. C.
Mr. Houldsworth's Flush, 3 yrs I
Mr. Psyne's Dewdrop, 4 yrs ... 2
Mr. Rogers's Donna Clara filly, 4 yrs 3
Mr. Pettit's Proteus, 3 yrs
Mr. Meynell's Intruder, 4 yrs
Won by a lengtk.
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The King's Plate of 100 gs, for four-yr-olds and upwards.
It C.
Colonel Wilson's Lamplighter, 5 yrs
Mr. Walker's Spondee, 4. yrs
Lord Egremont's Grampus, 4 yrs
Grampus broke down about the distance, and pulled up.
Won by three•quarters of a length.
The Town Plate was not run when our account left.