The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-19 00:00:00

MURDER AND ROBBERY EN
DUNDEE.

EDINBURGH, SATURDAY, OCT. 15.—The follow *Dr
particulars relate to a case of murder, perpetrated in
Dundee on Thursday night, which, for cold-bloc i ted
atrocity, has had few parallels in this part of the cc sin-
try. On Thursday morning two men, who gave t ieir
names as M'Kenzie and Duff, and who appeared 31*
substantial north country graziers, on their way
from the Falkirk tryst, called at Mr. Croall'a c ,ach.
office, Prince's-street, and inquired into varion3
culars regarding the starting of the Dundee co-eb,
which leaves here at ten o'clock. They subset fueLtly
started b' different routes, but ultimately join ed each.
other at .DTewport.
On crossing the Tay ferry, M'Kenzie's manner caw
observed to be somewhat agitated, so much so,
_ the t fa.
person who knew him remarked to another that ;hat
was Mr. M'Kenzie, an extensive cattle dealer, but that
he seemed to have got a slap over the fingers ; ;hus.
referring the strangeness of his manner to some . sup.
posed loss he had sustained. The coach arrive d
Dundee about four o'clock in the afternoon ; and our-
information regarding them from that time is n( so.
precise. What is certain is, that in the evening two
men, answering in all respects to these pen ons,
and of whore identity with them our infon nant
had no doubt, were walking out of Dun lee ;
and when beyond the Law, on the northern extre mit?
of the town, and close to the Newtyle railway , this
short man was shot from behind with a pistol, a ad it
is supposed left for dead on the road. The poor man.
however, recovered a little, and was able, we have
been told, to crawl to some house in the neighl
hood, or otherwise obtained assistance, and had RA.,
cient strength left to tell the whole story, and t a fir
upon his companion as his murderer, charging hi in at
the same time with having 1,0001. of his proper; ;v• in
his possession. Information was immediately se at to.
the Dundee police-office, and a search being set on foot,
the other was apprehended at eight o'clock yest€ rday
(Friday) morning, in one of the carriages in the int
train of the Dundee and Arbroath railway. The mur-
dered man died at five o'clock on Friday mo-i
The rumour in Dundee, when our informant left, was
to the effect that the two parties had dined toget2. er
Dundee, and that Duff asked his companion for
his property; that he evaded the request, under ther
pretence that that was not a proper place for sett ling
their accounts, but proposed that they should oth
proceed
to a friend of his a few miles out in the c( iun-
try, where they could get a bed for the night, and
might settle their affairs quietly. To this in an evil
hour the unhappy man consented.
It is said that the tall man bought a pistol fr( a
young man in a respectable ironmonger's sho p iu
Dundee. It is remarkable that Thursday we! . the
fast day in that town, so that he would have fi mnol
some difficulty in finding a shop open. It is also raid.
that when be was apprehended a large aum of m aey
was found upon him.

This horiid case .had excited, as well it nfleat, a
great sensation in Dundee, both from the respeciablo
sphere in which both parties had previously been
moving, and from the deliberate villany with NS hicb
the murder must have been perpetrated.

WOOLWICH—MONDAY.
A letter was received at Woolwich last week, r..orn
Major Messiter, of the 28th Regiment, written s few
days
___ after his arrival in India from New South
Wales ; but there is not the slightest allusion in it to
the 41st Regiment, and the near relations of the
Major in this quarter cannot imagine how suet an
account as is said to have emanated from him could
have found its way into the columns of the Stant-lard,
unless a mistake has occurred by substituting the 41st
for the 44th Regiment. The letter from Major 1 les-
siter to his sister, at Woolwich, is dated August 27,
and does not allude further to military matters • ;ban
merely an observation that he had assumed the
om-
mand, and that, owing to the boisterous state (A: the
weather, the 28th Regiment had not been able to
land at the time his letter was written.
Col. A. Creagh, C. 8., late of the 81st Foo has
been appointed -Barrack Master of the North Dis trict,
Gibraltar, vice Captain Chambre, retired on half- pay.
The Dee steam-vessel, Master Commander The MB3
Driver, arrived yesterday evening at -Woolwich, 'rota
marcht d to
and Captain-Rawneley and Captain iol-
Laniedutenaut
comperes of the Royal Artillery, bro ight
-in the -J fee,
cGoimbrabel,tsarc,
home in her, on being relieved at that station, dit em-
barkedjiooniielieaadtldl.dicsi;n,:itotreolisanlginAratthttilheleegrdicrekias3om'aner.d,
home
his term of duty at Gibraltar having expired,
The Adventure transport ship arrived pester& yat
Woolwich.

of I‘7ire:
THE ARMY IN INDIA.—The formation
large armies speaks of more extended operationstaa
a mere march on Caubul, or of a c
nistan. Wof
ampaign in Aff ;to.
opinion that the
treacherous conduct of the At ieers of Scinde w Auld
force
require the presence of a large in that countr• r, to
secure the safety of our commerce and communicat ions
with those countries throwrh which the Indus f. )WS.
Sir Charles Napier, lately commanding the T )ors
Division of the Bombay army, has been nominated t( the
command of the troops about to be assembled, ace )rd-
ing to the last accounts, in Lower Scinde. Our prim
vatel etters inform us that the 2d Bombay Regii: :ent,
her Majesty's 14th Light Dragoons, her Male sty's
22d, 28th, 78th, and 86th Regiments, would con pose
the European force, together with a proportic nate
body of Horse and Foot Artillery. This army MS
to be brigaded near Kurrachee by the first wee a is
November. Already we liave seen the detail of the
large Army of Observation to be assembled. at Sir-
hind, under the Commander-in-Chief; and we lave
since learned that General Nott is to proceed to Der
Ismail Khan with 8,000 of his force, and will prof ably
be united to the troops now under Pollock and ;ale.
To us it appears quite evident that Hyderaba( , in
Scinde,—Lahore, in the Punjab,—and Caubu , in
Affghanistan,—will before long be in the possessit a of
the British.—Naval and Military Gazette.
UNAPPRECIATED GENIUS.—The Marquis of
donderry is an ill-used author. His last perform: nce,,
as our readers are aware, was rejected, the other lair
by the Conservative Committee of the Sunder land
Library. Slighted, ;dam
therefore, on the Wear, it proce
_
in a huff to the Tees, and knocked at the door (1-rnv
public library in Stockton. Well ! the question
_nil
put to the vote whether the work should be ads'-
Two gentlemen said "Aye! " the remainder said
" No! " The Noes have it," said the Chaib ian;
and the book was turned_ from the door. Teo
bad! "--Gateshead Ok:errc.".