Star.
London, England, 1826-10-18 00:00:00

THE MLIRDERti NEAR LEATHERHEAD.

In the account which appeared in the Sr4R of yes-
terday, relative to the murders committed near Lea-
therhead, it was stated that three officers belonging to
Union Hall Police Office had been dispatched into the
country, in different directions, on receipt of the Rev.
Mr. Bolland's letter, for the purpose of tracing the route
of Mary Ayres (the grand-daughter of the deceased John
Akehurst) and her paramour, both of whom, it will be
remembered, together with two other persons, were seen
in the immediate neighbourhood where the murders
were perpetrated on the ensuing morning. at an early
hour. From the testimony of some labouring men, who
gave intimation of the circumstances to the Rev. Mr.
Rolland, it appeared that the before mentioned persons
were seen driving donkies towards Esher, in Surrey.—
Agreeable to this information, it was decided that the
chief constable should proceed without delay to
Brentwood, in Essex, the fair having commenced on
that day, and as the suspected persons were known
to be in the habit of frequenting them. Mr. Hall
soon arrived at his destination, and immediately
commenced a search through the fair' and through.
out the town ; the whole of the lodging houses
resorted to by the lower classes were minutely ex-
amined, but he could not gain the slightest intelligence
of the persons whom he wanted. The chief constable
then crossed the country, and visited another village, at
which a wake was holding, but he had as little success
here as at Brentwood ; and after having distributed
handbills, describing the murders through the whole
hue of country which he passed, he returned to town
yesterday about two o'clock, and quitted it again almost
immediately, for the purpose of proceeding in another
direction, with great hopes of succeeding its the appre-
hension of the suspected persons,
Pople, the officer, who also set out on the same day
with the chief constable, proceeded with all haste to
Farningham, in Kent, where a fair had then com-
menced. He also thoroughly examined the fair, and
he could discover no persons there answering the de-
scription of those whom he was looking after, although
he saw a great number of tramper." (Mary Ayres and
her paramour are tramper.), who had crossed the
country to Farningham from Leatherhead, for the pur-
pose of attending the fair in the former place. Pople,
finding there was no clue by which he could trace them
in that direction, returned to town yesterday morning,
when'he related that a robbery had been committed in
the Lion public-house, at Farningham, where he had
taken up his quarters fbr the night. The thieves, it ap-
peared, broke into the house after the family and lodg-
ers had retired to bed, and possessed themselves of the
whole stock of eatables, consisting of boiled and roast
meat, cheese, butter, and eggs, which the landlord had
lain in a good stock of, to meet the appetites of his cus-
tomers during the fair.
Very shortly after Pople's arrival in town he was dis-
patched in another direction after the persons who are
suspected of having been implicated in the dreadful
scenes that occurred at Fetcham. 6rassmith also hav-
ing left town on the receipt of the Rev. Mr. Bolland's
letter, for the purpose of proceeding into the neigh-,
bourhood where the suspected persons were seen imme-
diately subsequent to the murders, has not yet returned
to town.

ihnguine expectations are entertained that Ayres and the man
with whom she cohabits, will be in custody insintdiatcly.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Ocv. 18.
The arrivals still continue to come in freely, with the exception
of English Oats. The Wheat trade remains the unto as on Monday,
with little doing. Barley, Beans, and Peas support last prices; and
the trade for Oats is rather lively, at the same terms as last quoted.
—Arrivals : English Wheat, 2,550 qrs. Barley, 2,950 qrs. Oats,
640 qrs. Flour, 4,000 swiss. Irish Oats, 780 qrs. Foreign Wheat,
3,000 qrs. Oats, 14,108 qrs.
Fii.fay forenoon, the mate of a Yarmouth brig, now
lying in the Wet Doct, Leith, whilst assisting in dis-
charging the vessel, dropped down dead. Medical
Assistance was soon procured, but it was of no service.

THE ARMY.

The last clivhion of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of -
Infantry arrived on the 11th instant at Cork from Portsmouth.
The Ist division of the 19th (Ist York North Riding) Regiment
of Foot embarked on the 11th instant, on board the Parmelia trans-
port, at Cork, fur the Leeward Islands.
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