The Sun.
London, England, 1817-02-17 00:00:00

AIIMDEII. IN BF,RKSIIIRE.

A most. shocking nittrder was CClllmitted on
Thurs",y night, between 'tine and ten o'clock,
ispon the 'person of the Rev. Mr. Longuet,i at
pangboorp., attar Healing, io
.Berkshire. The
circumstances Of 'this horrid catastrophe, as' far
as -wee have''been'-able- to obtain them with' ac-
curavy,' are these :--Mr. Longnet was a Roman
Catholic Priest, and a teacher of the. French lan-
guage, residing at Heading. On Thursday last
he putt a visit to the family of Thomas Morton,
Esq., who resides about six miles from Reading.
Mr. Lo'figuet quitted Mr. Morton's honse between
eight and nine o'clock, previous. however to his
((sitting -it 111 rs. Morton came to the floor with
him, and obsti ving Abut. it-seas a very dark uight,
endeavOured to persuade him to continue there
all night. This hospitable offer however was un-
fortnnately for the poor gendemAn rejected, ac-
compaoied by these.words " know the road
very well ; and although it appears very dark'now•;
it will be nmelt lighter to me when I get from
the of the candle." Ile then bade Mrs.
Morton a good night, and pursued- his journey.—
He had not, we are sorry to add, proceeded more
thAn.six miles before he was attacked by some vil-
lains who barbarooly murdered iilotapparentlywitii
sortie Sherp instruiant, for when be was found On
Friday, morniag, his head Was nearly soered.from
his body, and Ii waidreadfOUy mangled,. eta, and
stabbed in various parts of the bOdy. llis body
was tut open, tint in his heart were noless than
live stabs I supposed Tto have beet inflicted by a
bayonet this circumstance, it is-hoped, wall lead
to the detection of the perpet"ratorS. It does not
appeal, that live unfortunate gentkonto bad conch
property about him. Mr. 1., has*not left,a wife
or tinnily to lament his untimely end. There is
not, however, a' Peron who knew hint that does
not regret the 1031 of a' man Whose virtues a:1(1
qvialiticationss endeared him to all capable of, sep.
I,4.,4elating his worth and inetit3. The Mat.,,is-
trtes'in the neighbOurhood have very uc.ice
iii•pnlirlihing hawk bills of the ci;eitinstan'ce; and
itt ()Griot; tewards, for:the 'arnprehein.ion of the
inhuman del dpients-; and we. sincerely
that their lit 0111 pf exertions r.,ay speedily hying to
justice s the perpetrators of so f ,n 1 u d 'ed. Mi.
Alorion was II town at the tiino, and lie on Sa-
turday received a letter from Mrs. ,(Intros, ilf(71111.•
'kit; 111111 of the nielaneholy intelligence.

SHOCKINU INBUMANITY.

•
On Sattodly nenjumin Turner,
,s 1 %%•!it erman,%val
brought before Jostio:s Si Esq.
(tile presiding Magistrate at the Town4tall, South-
wadi the absence of Sir. Jotii4 LAMER), HIM
'inclement an examitiation, charged %rith inhu-
manly beating, depriving
.91 food, and otherwise
t thick of his children. • Front the evi-
dence of his eldest child, a boy of nearly 13 years
of age, it,appeured that his mother was deceased,
and that tor a considerable time his fattier had
towards him, and ttvo 'sisters:, the one
six the ' other tight years of age, the most titl-
relenting neglect anti barbarity.. A third sister,
however, was not treater) with this cruelty., Their
wants or coMplaints were Sisited with the mnt
isas'age chastisement, and on the most trlvial'eansc,
(hitt its Irepteraly without one) lie Mid flogged
them until the blood floWed intorrenti from their
back ; and to add to this .siiecies of barbarity, h<
bus caused one or Oti4er of. the children to nib the
excoriated part wilb salt sine! water. Qn a pArti-
ticol'ar ncoksion, had put a qUantity of 'brim
Stone into the hroids. of Ihe youngest. child, to
which having set lire, she was dreadfilftv hpeat,
Ile had also immersed the beads of the two girl,
Into petits of cold water, andkept them there tintil
they had been nearly sullimated. - This qalement
was, With the addition of hiller acts of cruelty,
corroborated by a person living in.ihe house, and
the aunt of the children, to whom they haul related
their sufferings. The children 'were present Mir-
log the examination, at► ! exhibited. an 4ippeararce
at emaciation and misery revolting to humanity.
The Magistrate having expatiated with indigna-
tion upon the conduct•of the :defendant, °Mimed
him tt, enter.into bail for his. appearanet.at the
Session?, to take his trial for the offence. • ,

RiOROLOO ICA 1, JOURNAL.

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