The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-02 00:00:00

THE MATRICIDE AT MERTHYR.
23.--Yes erday a lahourer returning
from. his work in a level near Clynderis Big-pond, as he ipaesed
through the wood which adjoms it,- saw a person evidently
courting concealment, and dressed in the clothqs described as
being worn by the Inatricide ; from. this circumstance he im-
mediately concluded that it cruld.be rio other than Edwards,
end gave informition-to Edward's wife's father, who, accompa-
nied by his son and, the man, purceerted towards the wood/ On
their way they met another son, and .sours~ labourers and
returning from their work, who accompanied them to
the wood, whece, Arm about' a. quarter oran hour's search,
Edwards teas discovered standing with a knife in his hand,
peeling- a small ztiek. On their appro o• achin to take him into
custody, he made a show of resistance, and would most likely
have stabbed some of them, had not a man come up, armed
with a pickaxe. The prisoner, seeing further resistance use-
less, threw away the knife. and was conveyed towards Merthyr.
-Some idea of his dclir-rate nature may he fumed, when it is
stated that it required seven men to take him. On being taken,
he told hi, father-in-law that it was a good thing that he had
been taken that eveniog, as it certainly was his intention to
• have murdi-reil him, if cot more, that night. In their progress
tnwar.ls Merthyr their numbers rapidly increased, and the pri-
soner was followed to the lockup-house by at least 4,0(X) people,
yelling at him in a treisendous manner, and expressing their
utter horror at the commission olso heinous a crime.
'I he prisoner will be examined and c ommitted by the Ma-
girtrates on Friday.

SUSPECTED MURDER.•
About live years ago an engineer, named Duncan Clawford,
was found dead under very auspicious eirctitnstances, near to
the Penny-hatch, leading front the Thames Ferry, opposite
Greenwich, to Poplar. There were marks of viidenee found
upon the deceased, and also a dark circle round the throat, and
it also appeared that the body had been thrown over some
spiked palings, between four and five feet high, into a pond for-
merly used as a seasoning pit. In consequence of information
received by sergeant Lovell, 15 R, about twelve months after-
wards, a man of the name of Scottey was. apprehended for the
robbery, as a watch case and some seals were traced to have
been in his possession and identified at the time as having been
the property of Crawford, and SeotteLwas subsequently tried,
found guilty of the robbery, and sentenced to seven years'
transportation. A man who then went by the name of Harry-
man, who had been seen in company with Scottey, and a man
named Tidy; all working together in a mini barge, absconded
on Scottey s apprehension. and had not been heard of until
Thursday, when Mr. Mallalieu, Suporintendant of the R divi-
Sion-, received infortnation from the high constable of Dartford
that a person answering the description of Harry man, but now
travelling under the name o James Cotzon, was at work at
Dartford Creek, and in con. gin nee of a tow that. had %ken
place between his wife and another •,venuan, information had
been given that he was out oftha parties concerned in the mur-
der anti jobbery of Duty an f`, awturd, Yesterday the priauii:e
"was pla,ied at-the bar of the t ireennich Pollee Court, when
Sergeant Lovell, 15 R division, said in consequence of the
above information, I went on Thttrsday night:to Dartford, and
at three o'clock yesterday mornini succeeded in apprehend-
ing James estrum tilias Harryman. 1 was the oilier is the
ease nearly five years ago, when Crawford was Mum!, and have
a perfec; recollection of r eing the priSoner in con any, on the
eveningsprovious to the supposed murder, with sacottey and
Tidy. - also recollect seeing the deechsed, -who was an en-
gineer residing at. Retherhithe-a all, proceeding towards Mack-
liaafh4dll on Sunday evening with Some friends he was ping
to takeleave of cat their return to Dartford. I shall prove by
the evidence of a waterman, that he did not cross-the water
irons lSreenwich until nearly tavOve o'clock-on the Sunday
night, ,and that he had teld his friends that he was going to
Poplar to -see a female. The night was remarkably stormily
and wet. ( The witness Then described the finding of the
body of the deceased.) shall also he able to bring evidence
of the fact, that the prisoner, in company with Scottey and
Tidy, were rowed across fram. Deptford to the mud barge
!ying near the spot where the boly was found, and that- this
took rams before two o'clock on the Monday niorniug, abeut
which time the watchman at an adjacent factory heard screams
of distress, and went out with his lantern, but could see notate.
The while party were se mat Depttied again, hang before
their usual hour, drinking, at the Dog and Bell with some
women. Seottev was tratiapored for seven years foe the rqb.
larry, but vas only detained three years and a half, and is now
at work on The Croydon railway, and since his discharge has
been heard to say, " If he had split he should. have 'Made the
.
world squint. We whacked seven pounds among us."
Mr,. Ann Phillips recollected the prisoner living at her house
at Deptford at the time that Craw Ise d's body was found. lie
then went by the name of Harryinan ; Scottey. ;and Tidy
worked with him. Some seals were brought to be washed,at
my house, which were afterwards identified as having belonged
to the deceased. The young woman who brought them said
Scottey had given them to her.
Mr. imams.' then remanded the prisoner until Wednesday
neat.

•
MEETING
TO THE EDITOP Mt' _AWN.
your widely-circulated paper of the 9.7 th instant,
there appeared an article, taken from the Manchester Timer.
headed " Alarming Assembbiges, in Lancashire—Nlecting arul
Procession at Collie." It is true that a meeting was held,
not for the purpose of showing the numbcrs of the uneat.ployeals
but :o adopt the best means of relierirw their present miserable
condition, and resolutions were passed to that effect. It is a
base and twitorious talsehnod that haulier or flag, with the
words, " Bread or Blood," inscribed on it, was carried. Thus,
"Sti, is the work of tiorne one 4i• the huManity:hunibugs, the
treattst tyrants the people, hareto cootentrai.ainst Arid like.
wise, it was never intended that a meeting was to take place
on the following morning.
Voting, Sir, that you will give this a place in your highly.
`valuable palter, yOu ill ithicli oblige one of the people, and te-
Constant Reader, - JAMES MOONEY.
Colr,c, April 29, 184'2.

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SALE OF TUE WORKS OF THE
LATE tint. D. WILKIE, R.A.
Notwith,ta..tilig the attraction of Thursday's Drawing-room
in the immediate vicinity, the lout th illy's sale of this eminent
artist's effects went off with increased effect, ii, part no doubt
owing to the approaching termination of the sale, as-also Yo-tba
greater interest which the majority of the sketches possess over
those sold on the previous da)s.
Amongst the most interesting objects of this day's sale, ass
fetching the highest prices, may be selected the following,
and to which, in roost cases, are affixed the names of the pur-
chwers:-
413. Arab Servant of the Australian Consul at Alexandria
-101. 109.
446. First Sketch of the Letter Writer (Leslie)-
3tll. 19s. tid.
450. The Sheik who accompanied the Travellers from Jaffa
to Jerusalem, signed and dated, capital drawing (Schloss)-
661. 3s.
451. The Muleteer from Jerusalem to Jan, capital-511. 9e.
457. A Turkish Family, with Slave lighting the Chebouck
-14/. 14s.
461. Mr. Moore's Dragoman, signed and dated--30/. 9s.
462. Portrait of a Circassian Lady, capital (Walsh and Co.)
-45/. 3s.
463. The Dragoman of the Austrian Consul at Alexandria,
done in Constantinople, very fine, signed and dated (Holloway)
-37/. Itis.
465. Madame Josephina, the Landlady of the Hotel, Con-
stantinople, in a Turkish Dress (Graves)-351. 14s.
567. The Dragoman of the Austrian Consul at Alexandria,
done in Constantinople, very fine, signed and dated (Graves)
-561. 14s.
468. A Persian Prince, his Slave bringing him Sherbet, fine,
signed and dated (Gibbs)-571. 15s.
470. Admiral Walker, signed and dated, capital (Colnaghi )
-311. 10s.
471. The Daughter of Admiral Walker, in Turkish costume
signed and dated, very fine (Colnaghi)-.-73/. Ws.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
TIMES. —Money was very easy in the Ishare-settlement,
accounted for in a measure by the very strong rumour current
that the Bank Directors hare laid out 30,0.001. at interest on
railway debentures.

A novel application or the Archinscdetor screw for
the purposes of ventilating buildings, mines, ships, and, indeed,
all places where foul air requires expulsion, and fresh air
supplied, is now attracting, the attention of the scientific
by reason of the simplicity of its principle, arid the certaiuty
of its results. As much of the comfort of the inmates of
hospitals and factories depends upon the wholesomeness of
the atmosphere inhaled, it must prove a positive boon to
these establishments. From the experrsnents which we
have witnessed at the agents to the ingenious inventor
Richardson, •of Millbank -street, Westminster), we are
fully disposed to call public attention to the merits of this
iliscovesy ere the Legislature finally decides upon the system
of ventilation for the Houses of Parliament, the more so on
account of its economy and its not requiting the aid of fuel
or great personal attention. Messrs. Day and Smyth, the pa-
tenter', have likewise applied it with suocess in the cure of
smoky chimneys, and the same apparatus in the summer sea-
son materially assists in ventilating the apartments, by getting
rid of the offensive smell that fills the room when the wind
blows down the chimney. Hitherto the course for such an
evil has been stopping up the flue with straw or shavings, or
by a chimney-board. a remedy much worse than the nuisance,
as it prevents a thorough and healthy ventilation of the
apartment.
1)RE11)1sUr. ns. Tno seasesso POUNDS
WOUTII Or PROTERTY CONSUMID.—Withitt the last four or
live days, we regret to say, several very extensive conflagrations
have taken place in various parts of the provinces, attended wills
immense sacrifice t f valuable property, particularly at Hudders-
field, Beaminster, near Bridport, KidOerminster, and Andover,
as will be observed by the following particulars, extracted from
letters and accounts received yesterday by the different insur-
ance offices in the city :—The fire at fluddersfield occurred
on the afternoon of Sunday last at the extensive mills and factory
belonging to Messrs. Learoy and Co., fancy woollen factors, situ-
ate in apiece called the Lane, in the suburbs of the town. It was
net entirely extinguished till two o'clock the following morn-
ing. The destruction of the mill is estimated between 12,000/.
and 13,0001. They are only insured for 8,000/., namely,
5,0001, in the West of England Fire-office, and 3,000/. in the
Atlas-office. That at Kidderminster took ',dace at a late hour
on Tuesday night, and oemsioned the total destruction of a
large manufactory and warehouse, situated near the canal.
The buildings were in the occupation of :Messrs. Allcock and
Co., upholsterers, and Mr. Law, an ex tensive hemp manu-
facturer. The loss is stated to be 4,0001., part only of which
is insured. . Other destructive fires have happened at Cheri-
ton, in Devonshire, at Alorleaton, and at Riot, in Dorset, since
Monday last, and many houses were destroyed.
LOVE .I..ND rsday forenoon an in-
quisition was taken before Mr. Walcley, M.l'., at the George
the Fourth, Bagnigge Wells-roast, on the body of Margaret
Fairfoot, aged 21, who poisoner i herself. Anne Flanning a
married woman. residing at Easta rs place, said that about& month
ago the deceased came to lodge in her house. Last Tuesday
morning, about halt-pat eight o'clock, she was.in bed, when
witness asked her to I,ret up to breakfast. She got up and
dressed herself, and "remarked that she had sonic rhubarb
to take before she had her breakfast. Witness urged her to
take the rhubarb after breakfast:. but she objected, observing
that it would do her good if she took it first.. Having mixed a
powder, that she had in sonic p slier, with water, she drank it
off. At breakfast she cut her !self two slices of bread and
butter, and had two cups of tea , immediately after which she
exclaimed, at the same time flirt; tins herself back in the chair,
‘• Poison, poison. poison." Vt i Juts; immediately sent for Mr.
Dobee, a surgeon, but she died .aboter, eleven o'clock the same
morning. By the Coroner--A Is iper, which had poison printed
on it, was found in her pock et, was attached to some
young man, whose name she
use d frequently to repeat in her •
sleep, exclaiming„"Poor
'Allow." The doctor stated that
she had taken enough poi ion to kill 100 persons. She had
often wished herself dead.. 'qui liet, " Temporary insanity.'
Lereste., A tqtrr, s Roval Highness the
Crown Prince of Hanover, tray •el ling under the title of Count
of Diepholz, with his suite, arri wed here yesterday by the iron
railway from Magdeburg, and i imediately went on to Alton-
burg.
Sir Robert Peel has eau: t-41 invitations to be issued
for a grand state banquet, on .Alec 19th of next monthr, in
honour of her Majesty's birthdrso which the Duke of els
lington, Duke of Northumberland, Duke of Beaufort, Duke of
Buckingham, Marquis of Salist tp sy, and above 40 other distin•
guished Noblemen are invited.