Star.
London, England, 1826-10-20 00:00:00

THE FETCHAM MURDER.

From the examination of the Chelsea pensioner Cart-
wright, which was given in our Paper of yesterday, it
would be perfectly obvious to our readers, that he was
not implicated in the murder of the infirm old man John
A kehurst and his aged housekeeper, notwithstanding his
self-accusation. It was, however, considered proper to
make inquiries at Chelsea, to learn whether or sot he
had asserted the truth with respect to his being dis-
charged from his Majesty's 46th infant, y regiment. and
as to his having passed the Board at Chelsea on Wed-
nesday the 1 lth inst.

With the view of obtaining that information, Johns
was dispatched to Chelsea, and there he learnt that
Cartwright did pass the Board on the day above named.
The officer likewise ascertained, that on the same after-
noon Cartwright was drinking at the White Hart tavern,
Duke-street, where he seemed to be known. The land-
lady said, that she was surprised he should have con-
ducted himself in so ridiculous a manner, as he was a
steady man, and by no means inclined to drunkenness.
Johns learnt also, that he was drinking on Thursday
afternoon at a public-house in Oxford-street, which he
left at a late hour in the afternoon, somewhat inebriated.
It is therefore quite manifest that he could not be the
guilty wretch who murdered the unhappy old people at
Fetcham, being in Loadoa the whole of the night that
the deed was done.
r.Ca LOWELL, on discharging him, told him not to act
in so foolish a manner again, when he chose to indulge
in liquor. " That I will not, your Honour," replied the
old pensioner, " you may depend upon it. It was ex-
ceedingly weak in me to assert what I did."
Its discharge, and what little money was left out of his pension,
were then given him, and he quitted Union Hsf, saying he hoped
sever to enter that door again.
On the preceding evening the man Armstrong, who
Was taken into custody at the Caledonian Arms public-
house, Mary-la-bonne, the day before, accused of utter-
ing some expressions :fa mysterious description respect-
ing the murder, was brought from Mary-la-bonne
Office, by Hewitt, and was also discharged.
The story be told about meeting with a gipsy named
Hayward six weeks back near Staines, who mentioned
to him that there was a rich old miser living near Esher,
and that he would have his pony and cart, if true,
which perhaps may be most reasonably questioned, the
miser spoken of could not by any possibility be the
poor old man Akehurst. The latter, it will be remem-
bered, had not been out of his bed for some years,
and, moreover, he had no such thing as a pony and cart
in his possession.
Hall and Pople have been absent two days, having
received intelligence which they anticipated before they
left London, might possibly lead to something which
•would tend to elucidate the mysterious affair. At an
early hour yesterday morning Urassmith set out for
Fetcham, accompanied by the two gipsies, Walker and
Draper, whom he apprehended in the neighbourhood of
Windsor. They will be confronted with the witness
Isaac Sheath, who met two men and a woman near
o:kthot on the morning that the murder was disco-
vered ; but should they be the identical parties, as per-
haps thty are, that fact will prove nothing, unless
coupled with other circumstances. In all prhbability,
t!.ey will be discharged by the Rev. Mr. Bolland.

Lady Cochrane is said, in the French Papers, to have
left Geneva on the I 1 th, on her way to Italy, with the in-
tention of embarking for Greece to meet her husband.
In the Court of Requests, Castle-street, yesterday, an
apothecary named Sneitch, of Brydges.street, Covent
Garden, sought to recover 11. Is. from Mr. Wilson, a
tradesman in the neighbourhood, for attendance on Mr.
W. West, the comedian, who, it appears, had taken
pcison a few months ago, and went into Mr. Wilson's
shop, who called in medical assistance, and INlr.West
recovered. Plaintiff said he should look to defendant,
Mr. West declining to pay him. The Court awarded
the apothecary .ss. for attendance, and Is. 6d. for an
emetic, which, it appeared, had been furnished from
Mr. Wilson's mustard pot !
Tuesday evening, as Mr. B. Caddy, a local preacher
in the Methodist connexion, was on his way from Sher-
.borne to Holwell, for the purpose of delivering a funeral
discourse, he was taken ill on Gainsborough Hill, and
requested the driver of a cart, which was passing, to
sutler him to ride. The driver consented ; and after a
short interval, on turning round to inquire how he did,
discovered that he was dead
The Duke of DEVONSHIRE, it h said, intends making
a variety of alterations and improvements to his Mansion in Picca-
dilly, atter his return from Russia; one of which is fronting the
building with stone, and instead of the present brick waU, which
forms with the gates the entrance to the court-yard, is to be taken
down, and replaced by the low screen, surmounted %tith the beau-
will colonnade that now decorates the principal front of Carlton