The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-16 00:00:00

UNION-HAIL.

EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION.—Mr. Frederick
William Saunders, of the 7th Regiment of Dra-
goons, applied yesterday to the Sitting Magis-
trate, and requested that he would assist him in
regaining possession of a young lady, his wife,
who was then tlt►tained by her friends. He stat-
ed, that their marriage took place in a clandestine
manner, at a Church in the City, about five years
ago ; that he went to North America with his
regiment, two days afterwards, and subse-
quently to France,--from whence he lately had
•returned. He had demanded his wife from her
relations, who were persons of great respectabi-
lity at CaurberWell, without success. Site was
entitled to considerable property, but herself
alone was his object. He bad applied for advice
to a Proctor, who recommended him to obtain a
Magistrate's warrant. The Magistrate informed
the applicadt, that he bad do jur►sdiction in
this case, and consequently could render him no
assistance. lie retired, apparently much disap-
pointed.

MURDER OF MR. TAYLOR AT HORNSBY.

CortoNEa's INCLUEST.—An intrisition was taken
yesterday atternooti, before THOMAS STIRLING,
Esq., Coroner, at the Horosey ‘Vood- house, bo
he body of John Thomas Taylor, a medical den-
tleman, who %vas stopped on Thursdayinight last,
oo the iron bridge of the New River, by some
villaios, and basely robbed, murdered, and thrown
into the river,

The Jury, being empannelled and sworn, took a
view of the bori!,, of the deceased ; there appeared
violent marks of strangulation about his neck ; a
knife was in his waistcoat pocket, and 'tt gold ring
upon his finger, which the diabolical villainy who
murdered him, in their hurry, did not take froM
him. The following evidence was afterwards
taken

ftlr. 'Thomas Thorpe, of Red Lion-street, Cler-
ken well, deposed as follows :—I was a particulat
It iend of the deceased's : he was at my house on
Teesday last ; he was then in good health and
spirits. On the following Thursday I was at his
.house, and he was then from home ; his brother'
celled on the following morning (Friday) upon
me, and inquired if I hail seen or had any know-
I,edge of where his brother, (the deceased) might
he iotind, as he bad not been haute since the pre-
cethug morning. I informtd him that 1 had nut
seen him since he called upon me on Tuesday.—
The deceased's brother went from my house to
Norcutt, of Gray's Inn, and made inquiry,
eud there learned nothing at all satisfactory as to
his brother's absence: he afterwards went with
Mr. Norcutt to Guy's and St.'Thomas's Hospital,
to make ies there atter the deceased, alld-was
informed that he had not been there. since be was
at the leetureS on Wednesday. The witness then
related his calling (in Mrs, Pearce, and on the
landlady of the Jolly Butchers, who gave him such
information as induced him to pursue his inquiries
towards Hornsey. He then proceeded :—The first
information we gained was, that cries of murder
had been heard near \Vest-green on Thursday
• iiight, and we were told if we would go to the
Black Boy we alight obtain more particulars upon
the subject. We proceeded there, and found that
there had been an alarm in consequence of the
cries, of murder about ten o'clock on Thurs-
day evening ; and that three men had entered
into a house, with intention to rob it, •but the
family not being in bed, gave an alarm, and
the robbers decamped. We then returned to-
wards the Tile-kilns in the Green-lanes, crossed a
field, and made for the wood ; we traced some
footsteps at the foot of the bridge, for an hun-
(iced yards, which the brother of the deceased
said were much like his brother's, whom we were
in search' of ! at the centre of the bridge we
lost the trace of the footsteps, and we suspected
that he had been murdered there, and thrown in-
to the river, Mr. Taylor's suspicious were con-
siderably excited by the marks of the boots being
straight, and not right and left, es are more
usually worn, because his unfortunate brother
had on when he left his home boots of that de-
-1 scription. • We then inquired at the Hornsey
Wood-house, and at the Sluice-,hoarse, if they
had any drags, or if they had dragged the river
lately. They informed us they had no drags, nor
had the river. been dragged for a considerable
time. \Ve made several inquiries, and were in-
formed that a hat' had been found 'at the Sluice.
I and my 'friends requested it might be shown to
• us ; and the man asksd us what was the name of
the maker ? We replied, " Wilson and Waugh."
He answered, that is the name in the hat, and he
immediately produced it, and we found it to be
the.hat of the deceased, Mr. John T. Taylor.—
We immediately sent to the Half Moon for the
drags, and employed persons to drag the river.
They continued dragging from Saturday until
Sunday morning. I went on Sunday morning
with my friends again to the New River ; six of
my men were dragging, and an alarm was made
that the body was found. I alighted front my
chaise and saw the body brought up ; it was per-
fectly dead, and appeared to have been in the
water several days. , The flap of the small-clothes
• was unbuttoned ; the watch which the deceased
always carried about him was not in his fob;
and there was no money about the deceased's per-
, son, and he never went out without taking money
with him ; his pockets were turned out ; and
there were appearances of strangulation, and
a black mark on the side of the neck. 1
know the deceased had a Watch with go 4-1 chain
and seals when lie left•honse; he was a very high-
spirited young roan, and from what 1 know of
him, lie would not tamely submit to be robbed ;
he had a practice of twisting his' watch-pocket,
after he put his watch in it, arid I frequently
heard him say, that he would defy any thief to rob
• him, for if they took his watch, they must also
take his pocket. I am of opinion that the sit-,
gains who murdered the deceased unbuttoned the
flap of his small-clothes for the purpose of un-
twisting the fob-pocket, and taking his watch.—
In his pockets remained the following trifling ar-
ticles :—A watch-key, Akenside's poetical works,
pair of gloves, silk handkerchief, penknife, a stick
of black sealing-wax. The body was carried to
Hornsey Wood-house. An umbrella which the
deceased had with him on Thursday ttigbt was
found on the iron-bridge, which Was torn recently,
from its appearance. _From the deep marks on
the bank where the. body was found; I am cons
vinced that be made great residence ; some of
the heel-marks are several inches in depth in the
ground_

Mr. Norcutt, of Gray's-inn, being sworn—l
lent the deceased an umbrella when he was at my
house, and the one found upon the iron-bridge of
the New River is the same I lent him ; it was not
torn when 1 lent it to him ; the rent in it appears
to have been newly made, and in my opinion was
done in the struggle 'with the persons who at-
tacked him. The hat produced I am sure is the
deceased's, and must have floated down the river
to the grate at the Sluice-house. I made parti-
cular inquiries at West-green, at the Black-Boy,
and learned that a Gentleman's house was robbed
on Thursday night, about the time the deceased
left the Jolly 13Utcheri, and I have no doubt from
the direct-ion which the thieves took, and the road
the deceased went, that the thieves Went across
the fields, and met with the deceased on the bridge.
opposite the
Mrs. Sarah Wilson sworn.--I keep the Jolly

' Butchers, at Woodgreen, Tottenham parish. I
knew the deceased before he came to my house
on last 'Thursday evening ; it was between six
and seven o'clock when he entered my house ;
invited him into the bar, as he was acquainted
with my son, when he went to school. I asked
him to tea, and he consented, and sat in my bar
until between 10 and 11 o'clock at night ; he had
three small glasses of brandy and water; he did
not drink half the liquor himself, I and my son
drank with , him ; there were no strangers in the
house all the evening. The deceased had a watch
in his pocket and some money ; he paid me 4s.
for the liquor and tea, &c. ; it was a hunting•
watch with yellow chain and seals, which I sup-
posed to be gold ; and I advised him to hide them
under his clar lies, as they might attract the at-
tention of ill-disposed persons whom lie 'nigh!
meet, and he would be robbed, and I saw hint
put them under tile bottom of his waistcoat.
When the deceased first eame.into the bar he in-
quired if a Gentleman► had been there waiting for
him : when he set off from our house it was a
fine bright moonlight night. The bridge near
the deceased was found,was the nearest
way home ; he bad me good night, and was in
excellent spirits when he parted.
John Wilson, a youth about 16 years of age,
sworn.—l ant the son of last witness ; 1 went w
school with the deceased; he called at my mo-
ther's house on• Tuesday evening, and said that he
had been on a visit to Mr. Pearce of Southgate,
as he was going to write to a College at Cam-
bridge to Mr. Pearce's son, and wished to know
if he had any thing to communicate to hint. The
deceased-said that be had promised to meet a Gen-
flenian at our house, on his return from Mr.
Pearco's, and he expressed.surprise at his not hav-
ing kept his promise.
Mr. Thomas Evans, 24, Old-street, Surgeon,
stated—l knew the deceased about. .five or six
years ; we were. fellow pupi:s at the Finsbury
Dispensary ; I.haVe not seen him for near a fort-
night, and then he was in good health and spirits,
and 1 am satisfied that he was not under any
kind of distress or derangement of mind ; nor do
I believe that he would have put an end to his
existence. I heard that he was missing, and last
nrght that his body was found. 1 saw the body
of the deceased this day, about two o'clock, and
in my opinion he was undoubtedly strangled pre-
vious to his being thrown into the water : 1 form
that conclusion from various appearances on the
body : the mark round the neck is not all I form
my opinion front ; the totlgue is forced through
the teeth, there is a mark also under the ear, and
the deceased was an excellent swimmer, and, had
he fallen into the water by accident, he could
have saved himself. The teeth of the deceased
were closed, .and the tongue was. forced, in my
opinion, 'between the teed► by the violence in
strangling him.
Mr. Richard Henry Major, Surgeon.—l never
saw the deceased before his death but once, and
that was a considerable time ago. I saw the body
this day, and my-opinion is precisely the same as
Air. Evans's ; that be was strangled cannot admit
of a doubt, and he must have been nearly dead
before he was thrown into the water, 1 have
seen numbers of persons who were strangled;
particularly Bellingham, and other• notorious mur-
derers, and all had the,same appearance of stran-
gulation. lam sure the deceased must havelost
all power of defence before he was thrown into
/the river ; he even appears now to retain the
posture of self-defence.
The Coroner summed up the evidence, and
said that he had had hopes, when the investigation
commenced, that the death of the unfortunate
young gentleman was produced by accident ; but
after the evidence which had been received, he
was sorry to say, that there was proof adduced
th,it the deceased, came to his death by the violent
hands .of murderers. It was clear to him that
the deceased was met in the fields by the villains
who took away his life, and that he struggled
with them until they arrived at the summit of the
bridge, where he was robbed and thrown into the
water. That his death was caused by the- vio-
lence of some persons nothing could be more con-
clusive than the evidence of the surgeons.

The Jury instantly returned the following ver-
dict :—" Wilful Murder against soma person or
per Sons unknown, the deceased having been,' in
our opinion, strangled, robbed, and thrown into
the New River."

A large reward has been offered for the disco-
very of the murderers.
The deceased was the son of Mr. Taylor, the
surgeon, of Goswell-street. 1-Hs body WdS
re-
moved yesterday in a hearse to his father's house.
The premature death of so excellent a young man
has produced the greatest affliction to his most
respectable relatives and friends.

On Saturday evening, Earl TRMPLR, accompa-
nied by Captai&JallYotse of the navy, arrived at
the Waterloo hotel in this city, on their way to
Edinburgh, from the south. His Lordship's car-
riage having sustained some injury upon the road,
workmen were employed in repairjug it'till after
11 o'clock at night, when it was drawn into a
coach-house, and locked up. 'Fhe next morning
it was discovered that the staple had been drawn
from the coach-house door, and a portmanteau
stole'n, which was left on the previous night
strapped to the carriage. The portmanteau con-
tained several articles of dress, a flute, flageolet,
etc. It was found in the course of Sunday in
Maiden Castle-wood, a short distance from this
town, with the flute and flageolet, and some
other part of its contents, the thieves not pos-
sessing sufficient cunning to discover a secret
opening which enclosed some of the most valuable
articles. An handkerchief has since been found in
an adjoining field„hat the villains who committed
'this daring robbery are as yet undiscovered. Lord
TEMPLE'S.servant was asked on Saturday night by
one of Mr. WARD'S hostlers, if the portmanteau
had not better be taken into the lon ? He replied
that it was unnecessary, as their coach-house had
a lock upon it. The Noble Lord and his friend
proceeded northward on Sunday.—(Durham 4d-
vertiser.)
The Trinity-House at London has resolved to
build a Light-house on' the Isle of Lundy, for a
t°1:1" shipping of one farthing per ton.—(Hull
Packet)