Star.
London, England, 1825-01-25 00:00:00

FATAL OUTRAGE.
• —ad.

The village of• East Mtiulsey,•in Surrey, was a short.
time since greatly disturbett by a melancholy occur.;
Trine, which happened at the cottage of Mr. Savory,•
chymist, of New B,rnd•street. This serious affair has al
ready been fatal to the life of one man, and two others
were so dreadfully injured, as to make it ♦ery doubtful
whether they will ever be restore) to their former
health, in consequence of the serious nature of the in-
juries they have received. The following is an outline
of the particulars:
Two or three days after Christmas Day, John Fre-
derick Taylor, the son of a respectable bricklayer in
Moulsey, together with two other young men, named
William Brown and Samuel Martin, mechanics, in the
same place, called at the cottage of Mr. Savory, to beg a
Cloistmas..bnx. Anthony Dukin, a powerful young
Irishman, told them that his master was not at home,
and therefore he could give them no money; but
said he would give them some beer, if that would sa-
tisfy them. The three men expressed themselves per-
fectly satisfied with the offer, ands ere taken into one
of the rooms and left there, while Dukin went to draw
a pitcher of ale. On Dukiu's return, he filled a horn to
Taylor (the deceased), and they joined in drinking the
merriments of the season to each other. About this;
time, Dukin had occasion to leave the room fora few
minutes, and on his return, Taylor said " ^ my eyes
you'll give us another pitcher; we have not had two
a-piece yet." This expression was understood by Dukin
to have been meant offensively to him; and on his ex-
pressing some dissatisfaction at what had been said,
Martin interposed, and begged that there might be no
disturbance, and at the same time proposed that lie and
his associates should leave the house; but Dukin had
by this time got very angry, and seizing the tongs,
struck Martin across the loins, and repeated the blows
with severity on the head and other parts of the body.
Having left Martin insensible on the floor, he attacked
Taylor, and by the violence of Iris conduct, fractured
his arm, and otherwise se shockingly maltreated him,
that he "was speedily compelled to forego the contest.
Brown was next attacked; but though he was less in-
jured than either of the other men, he was unable to
withstand the vigorous efforts of his assailant, and'
escaped out of the house into the grounds of the cottage,
and got through the rails into the park of Sir George
Berkeley, adjoining, and there cried out" Murder!"
He was followed by Dukin, who took Martin into his
arms, and threw him over the rails into the road. Tay-
lor ar►d Brown had at this time got from the house,
and perceiving the cruel manner ►n which their com-
panion was treated,' Brown said, " For GOD'S sake don't
murder us;' to which the servant replied, " D—n your
eyes, I will murder all three Of you." The three men,
in this miserable plight, a ere driven to the Cannon
public-house, at a small distance from the cottage, and
there Dukin gave them into the charge of a constable,
for having behaved disorderly and riotously at his mas-
ter's house. The villagers, who were collected round
the house, seeing the condition of the men, said they
were more in need of a doctor than a prison, and medi-
cal assistance havingbeen obtained, their wounds were
examined, and they were conveyed to their respective
homes. Taylor lingered in great tortures until
last Wednesday evening, when he died. Martin
received a ♦ery severe injury on the spine, and
it is yet doubtful whether he will recover. Brown was
less hurt than either of the other men, but is still in a
weakly state. Mr. Baker, the Gentleman who attended
Taylor in his illness, was present at the Inquest, which
was held before Mr. Jamaterr, at the Bell Inn, at Moul-
sey, and describedthe fractures in Taylor's arms. He
also produced a portion of the bone, which be took.
'from the deceased's arm, after his death. The wounds
Taylor received on that occasion the surgeon had no
doubt were the cause of his death, but from the exter-
nal appearances, he expected Martin would have died
first, and his being inexistence at this time was-only to
be attributed to the strength of his constitution. This
serious affair was examined into soon afterwards by
a Bench of Magistrates at Kingston, but as the issue
was then doubttul, Dukin was permitted to go at large
on his giving bail to appear at the Sessions to answer
such charges as should be brought against him. After
Taylor had died, and the Jury had returned a ver-
dict of Manslaughter against Dukin, he was taken into
custody on the Coroners warrant, by Phillips, the corn
stable of Moulsey, and as he apptared perfectly re—
signed, and chewed no disposition to evade justice, the
constable set off • with him in a chaise, with the inten-
tion of lodging him in the county jail, without having
fettered him in any other way than single handceffs.—
When near the French Horn, in the Wandsworth-road,
the prisoner requested to leave the chaise for a short
time, and while the constable was also engaged, Dukin-
leaped over a fence, and set off -at full speed, across
B attersea-fields, and it being quite dark, a pursuit was
uselessly made, and be for that night escaped.- Phil-
lips instantly returned to Moulsey, and having informed
Mr. Palmer, one of the parish officers, of the circum-
stance, they left Moulsey at two o'clock in the morn-
ing, fur London, with letters addressed to Mr. Stafford,
of Bow-street, and Mr. Savory the prisoner's master.
At Mr. Savory's house, it was ascertained that Dukin
had been there very late oa the preceding night, and
directions were given to the porter, with whom he bad
been, to find him. While the porter was on the search,
Phillips learned that Dukin had been to Union-hall to
surrender himself. He had also been to Horsemonger-
lane prison for the same purpose, and as he was return-
ing along the Borough, he was met by Phillips, who
took him into custody, and safely lodged him in the
county jail.

NEw.Ustvaastrx.:—ln consequence of the overflow
of students at both our Universities. it is in contem•
,plation to found a third University in the neighbour.
Iwod .uf Yot Ic, towards which the venerable and excel•
lent Firzwicciam has promised to subscribe fifty
thutoand puunds.

The banking-house of Messrs. CHAMBERS was pur-
chased for the Naval Club, in Albemarle-street, the
!great increase 14'their numbers requiriug ,a much larger
house than their present.
The following.statement chews the sucessive advances
on the price of manufactured iron since Lady-day labt :
The price of manufactured iron at the sE s.
works, at Lady-day, 1824, was - 7 10 per ton.
At which time it was adv4need - 0 10
At Mithummer it'was advanded • 1 0
At Michaelmas - 2 0
October 25 - 1 0
December 2g - 1 0
Making the present price £l3 0 per ton
from the manufacturer, anditiving him thr enormous aduition of
. aCS 10s. per ton in nine months.—Hcrtford Paper.