The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-10 00:00:00

MURDER IN NORFOLK.

A man named Richard Scott was committed to
Norwich Castle a few days ago, charged with the
murder of James Freeman. This dreadful occur-
rence took place on Saturday afternoon, in the pa-
rish of Carleton Rode, near Higham, under the fol-
lowing deplorable circumstances :—lt appears that
Scott, in whose family insanity is said to have pre-
vailed, went on Friday morning last into the Queen's
Head public-house, at Barnwell, and there alarmed
the landlady by his wild looks and violent behaviour,
striking his hand with great force on the table in the
kitchen, and exclaiming at the same time, " Look,
there is the devil ; I can see him." The man after-
wards, on leaving the public-house, went to his own
residence, in:Carletoratode, and there repeated simi-
lar acts of frenzy. On the following morning (Sa-
turday) Scott went to a surgeon, to be bled, and on
his return, after having had the operation performed
on him, he accidentally met, on the public road, the
unfortunate James Freeman, a man of eighty years
of age, who had been walking that morning from the
county gaol, whence he was discharged, after a short
imprisonment for some minor offence. Scott no
sooner approached the poor old man than he, mad-
man-like, cried out, " here is the devil 1" and in-
stantly aimed a blow at him with a large stick,
which felled Freeman to the ground. The wretched
maniac then, with repeated blows, fractured the
skull of his victim in a dreadful manner, and speedily
put an end to his existence.. This murderous at-
tack happened to be seen by a person, who ran to
the place, and seized hold of Scott, who yielded up
both the deadly weapon and himself without resist-
ance; and with the aid of other persons he was con-
veyed to his own cottage, and there kept in close
custody. His behaviour when there was compara-
tively tranquil, but his language was of the same in-
coherent and distempered cast as before; and in
consequence of the strong muscular effort which he
had recently exerted with such fatal effect, the vein
that had been opened in his arm burst out afresh,
and he was reduced to a state of great weakness
and exhaustion by loss of blood. A Coroner's In-
quest having been held on the body of the deceased,
after the facts of the case had been adduced in evi-
dence, a verdict was returned by the Jury, of Wil-
ful Murder against Richard Scott, and he was
forthwith committed to the Castle at Norwich.—
Norwich Gazette.

AWFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD.

(From the Caledonian Mercury.)

ABERDEEN, AUGUST s.—Since the great storms
in 1799 and 1812, no similar visitation has happen-
ed in this quarter, that could at all be compared to
the deluge of Monday last. The wind blew chiefly
from N. and N. N. W. and the rain fell in torrents
during the whole day, and the greatest part of the
succeeding night; extending along the line of the
Moray Firth, and over the whole of this and the
adjoining counties. The consequence has been the
flooding of the rivers, streams, and burns of the dis-
tricts, to a degree that is but too fatally evinced
by the scenes of devastation and mischief that mark
their course. In the river Dee the rising of the
water was first perceptible on Monday afternoon,
about four o'clock, from which hour it continued to
increase till a late hour on Tuesday morning, when
it had attained an elevation of about eight feet
above its ordinary level, and in some confined places
not less than 12 feet; and the quantity of water dis-
charged by it may be estimated from the fact, that
at the time of dead low water, the whole expanse
of our harbour NI, as filled to the height of an ordi-
nary spring-tide. A similar rise took place in the
Don, the Ury, and the Deveron. It was lament-
able to see the multitude of sheep and lambs, and
the quantity of timber, hay, straw, &c. which floated
through the harbour yesterday into the sea, and
were lost. The damage over the whole district
must have been equally great. One of the most
disastrous. effects of the flood that we have hitherto
heard of, is the destruction of the beautiful suspen-
sion bridge at Charleston, recently erected by Lord
Aboyne. At the bridge of Dee, the old road was
entirely covered; and from Mr. Blaikie's house to
the farm of Kemhill, on the north side, was one
continued sheet of water, the flood rising to within
a foot or two of the present turnpike. The ship-
ping in the harbour suffered no damage.
The water of Feugh rose so as to cover the
Bridge, but with the exception of carrying away a
part of the parapet, it did no other damage. The
aspect of this mountain stream, when at its height,
was singularly awful arid grand. The Don along
its whole course exhibited the picture of a fright.
ful inundation. All that part of the Garioch
which borders it and the Ury, was one broad expanse
of water. In the town of Kintore, such was the
height of the stream that a boat was made use of to
effect a communication between the houses; and
farther down at the Bridge of Dyce, the whole low
grounds were flooded; and on the turnpike road
the top of the top of the toll-gate was barely visible.
We are sorry to learn that, in attempting to cross
the burn at Bridg►end of Monymusk, on horseback,
Mr. William Williamson, flesher, George-street,
was unfortunately carried off, and drowned. The
horse was taken out, a little way down the stream,
quite dead.
Since writing the above, we have seen the intelli-
gent guard of the Duke of Gordon coach, who has
just returned from Huntly, beyond which place he
could not proceed yesterday, and brought back the
coach with difficulty to Aberdeen. He gives a
very fearful picture of the state of the country, and
of the destruction of crop, the breaking up of roads,
and the demolition of bridges.
From all these circumstances, we begin to fear that
the full extent of this calamity is not yet known.

WM. FORMAN, Esq. of Pennydarran-place,
Glamorganshire, who died a short time back at his house
on Cumberland-terrace, in the Regent's Park, was, until
his death, a partner with the present Loan MAYOR. He
generally resided at Merthyr Tidvill, where the largest
manufactory of iron in this kingdom, with the exception
of the works of CRAWSIIAY and Co., is carried on. He
was likewise greatly concerned in the highly respectable
and extensive commercial house at Drapers' Hall, Upper
Thames-street, under the firm of THOMPSON, FORMAN,
and Son. The LORD MAYOR derived a great portion of
his wealth from his uncle, who, with Mr. FORMAN, ori-
ginally established the works in Wales, and at a period
when the same iron which at present sells for six or seven
pounds per ton, sold for eighteen or twenty pounds. Mr.
FORMAN was a gentleman of the highest honour in all his
mercantile transactions, a kind and affectionate husband,
and an excellent father. He was buried in the Tower,
where, during the war, he was at the head of a lucrative
establishment,