The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-17 00:00:00

MURDERS.

Last month, John W. Grant, living in the
upper part of Caswell: County, North Carolina,
very deliberately shot L two men—a teacher,
named Karbrough, and a Mr. Wilkinson. The
circumstances attending these murders Were re-
lated to us by agentlernan, who had them partly
from Grant, himself; and arc, in substance, as
follow :---7Grant had been for some time badly
disposed towards the deCeased persons, and at
our last -Superior Courtohey appeared as wit-
nesses against him, in; a suit in which he was
engaged, which 'farther exasperated him, and it
seemsdetermined' him upon their deitrUction.
On Fridiy, lie went to a place. where he' had-
previously concealed his gun, near a path along
which -he knew • KarbrOugh. would pass, and.
there awaited his coming. 04 IKarbrough's ap-
proach, Grant stepped forward and• informed
him of his.deSign. Karbrough begged Grant
not. to Shoot him ; but in.vain.• 1-le• received
the contents of .the gun in hiS left arm arid side,
ran a short distance, fell, and expired. 'Grant
then went home. A little after night, .he :Went
to the house of Wilkinson; 'when in the. :door;
he called:Wilkinson, and.told him he had .come
for the purpOSe of killing him ; and while Wil-
kinson was attempting to get out of-bed; dischar-
ged his gun;- the contents of which were lodged
in Wilkinson's breast, and killed him instantly.

Qn Satniday, Grant was ttiken. and is
'Safely. 'confined in the, gaol of this county. He
'was iound near his mill-pond, with a handker-
chief tied round both legs, and one round his
head. He has not, from the first denied his
having committed the murders; but profesSes
himself sorry that he' cannot do the same deedS over
again, and that he was taken before he had finished
his work, as he intended 'killing .two or three
others; and says, that he went to the house of
one person twice on Friday night, for the pur-
pose; but .he- was from home. He also says,
that he intended drowning himself rather than
he taken, but that he had taken a quantity of
laudanuin, and Was asleep when the company
came upon-him; Indeed it seems evident that
such was his intention, as the water, almost im-
mediately under him, was ten or twelve feet deep.
—American Paper.

A letter from Vienna, dated the 2d of Au-
gust, states the arrival of the Marquis of Hert-
ford in that capital on the-31st of July. •
• On Saturday afternoon, a distresiing circum-
stance took place
.in. King-street, Tradeston.. A
baker, in a state of intoxication, called his work-
men from the bakehouse into hiS own house to
dinner ; but dinner not being in readineSs for
them, he got into a quarrel with his, wife, and
immediately proceeded from words . to . blows.
One of his journeymen • interfered to save her
from his violence, when the baker, excited to the
highest degree of -rage,: seized the poker, and
threw it at the journeymen with so much ,vio-
lenee, that the end of it entered his skull, where
it' stuck fast, till it was pulled 'Out by one of his
comrades. It was at first considered that lie
could not live many hours ; but he is still alive,
and there is some probability of his recovery,
though he is still in a very critical situation. The
baker, seeing whit he had done, grew almost
distracted, and ran out of the house, expressing
ail intention of drowning himself : but after wan-
deiing about the streets for about an hour, he
was taken. into. custody by the police, and. has
been committed to gaol. The young man still
lies in the house where lie received the injury.—
Waggon/ Cln'cn
GLASGOW, AUG. 11.—Tuesday night, about
nine o'cloCk, an explosion of gas took place in a
spirit and tea cellar,, Kirk-street, Calton. Dur-
ing the. day some persons had been drinking in
the front room, and had stolen the brass cock of
the gas pipe. The ahopman unaware of the
theft, went as usual in the evening into the room
with a candle to light the gas. The room being
full of gas, the foul air immediately caught the
flame ; au explosion immediately ensued, the
lower half Of the room door was torn in pieces,
and nine panes of glass in the window Were scat-
tered in all directions.. A lamplighter, named
John Cameron, lately belonging to the police
establishment, hearing the explosion in a house
about 400 yards distant, suspecting what had
happened, went out and ran to the cellar, and
-found the room all in a blaze. Not the least
daunted, he
.put his naked thumb on the gas pipe,
and by this means the gas was kept back till the
stop cock was turned, and no farther damage was
done. The young man that, went to light the
gas was driven back to the counter by the force
of the explosion, and his head and arms were
scorched, but not dangerously. The • lamp-
lighter, ' who displayed such, courage, bad his
thumb severely burned. A large :crowd soon
collected ; and Mr. Leckie, so universally re-
spected by the inhabitants, was immediately at
the premises, kept complete order, and satisfied
himself that the safety of the neighbourhood was
completely secured before he retired.

DIED.

On the 14th inst. at her brother's house, Layton, Estlelo
Martha, eldest daughter of Christopher Richardson, Esq•
of .Limehouse. _ _

On the 9th inst. at Hampton-court Palace, Miss, Ear'
bara. St. John.
On the 15th inst. in Doctors' Commons, of a brain fever,
Martha, the wife of T. Gent, Esq.