The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-12 00:00:00

INTKI.LIUENCE.

peel., December I L--Wind W..—Arrived and sallml for
the River the Melpomene, M twbray. from B satiny; railed
-Nth July. and from Sit. Helena 25th September ; L'lstrty.
Moore. from Denis, and Prickee, Braithwaite, fr.. 14 minted.
ebi.—ltentaio from Moslem Signals the Lady Holland, dater*
Laing. Margatet & Ann, & Neptune.. outward bound vessels.
Poayswou ni, December I I.—Wiad W.—Arrived from the
D 111101. she Newcastle, Byrnes, from Trieste; Antall. Raker,
from Antigua t Maiony, Laing, from Rio Janeiro ; Marlbo-
rough. Middleton; Britannia. —, Lord Cranston's. Urgaltart;
Princess Charlotte, Beattie ; and Waterloo, Lstreque, all for
Jamaica. _ _ _ _ . .

Ft Lantrn. December 10.--Wind calm.—Put beck the Sis•
ter+, Brown, for Glasgow.
Cowes, December Il.—Wind W.— Arrived the ePeteck
Nlerope, from kit. Andrews, New Brunswick ; and Request,
Davis, from London for Oporto.
GMAWILISND. Dace/ober I.—Arrived the &aconites, Hunt.
from the Cape of Good Hope.—Sailed the York, Talbot, for
Bengal; Slaty Ann, Creigie, for Bombay.

The flppe, Brown, from Lerghont for Liverpool, which put
into Gibraltar to repair, sailed from thence Pith September,
and has not slnel'hoen heard of.
The Isabella, Livingstone, from Trieste to Liverpool, was
upset in a violent squall about lath ult.. near Proiaontire, and
abandoned, but afterwards fallen in with by an Austrian vessel
and carried into Amvone._

..TUURTELL, PIERCE EIiAN, AND.WILSON.

TO TM& lIDITOR OP Till STATESMAN.

Sta,—ln Mr. Pierce Egan's account of so interview
between himself, John Thanell; and Mr. Wilson, the
Keeper of Ifertford Gaol. published some days since, the
latter is represented to have said, " Mr. Thirteil, f wish'
.to call your attention to a letter I have received from
Barber Beaumont. lie wished ma to read it C., you. He
wishes you to answer whether yoa set your house on fire."
New, although I had determined not to notice any more
liberties When with my name in the publications issued
on hebalf of the Thurtells, until the period of their trial
on the prosecution of the County Fire Office, yet I find so
unfavourable an impression is created by the assertion that
I obtruded such examinationan on a man on the eve of kis
taking kis trial for murder, that I am compelled to break
the silence I meant, to have preserved. I declare then
that the shove statement is grossly false. I deny having
desired or authorized any one to read any letter of mine
to John 'Martell; and I.deny having desired .or anthorised
any one to ask Juhm Thertell they question whatever.
I am, Sir, yours, See.
J. T. DAUM& DKACMONT.

ARKETS—Critts LIAT.)

CORN EURAN6II.—The supplies have come In freely this
week. Wheat 71011—Harley o,(loJ—Osts 11,4110—fresh Oats
HMO qrs—Plonr 13.b0 .I sacks. There bas been such a brisk
sale for good Wheat this week, that very little remains in the
made, and the prices of this article are full 3s. per qr. higher
One Monday. Barley goes off slowly at' lest quotations.—
Ream and Pais ere not cheaper than at the beginning of this
week. Oars that are In good c.mdition, find sale readily at
M.►adaq'a prices.
SMITIIVIRLD MARI:CT.—The market was well suppled this
■eras~ particularly with oxen, and it being so Sear Christ-
mos. high prices were askei for prime Neale, and for South
Down mutton. Cattle of Inf. rior qua ity do not sell readily.•
II is expected that on next Market day, there *ld be a Food.

• •MURDER OF MR. J. MUM FORS),
On Thursday, the Magistrates arrived at Crgdington,
examine evldencerespectiug this atrocions m ter; wte!ri
the following particulars transpired:—lt appears that scone krars before • the erased of the
Sigma Walden coach at Qiigndon-seseek jbe.pessoner,
John Pallet, +aid been drinking at the t;oseh and. Iforsen.
On the coach stopping, the coachman tlaalz Hun pared't
into the house, saying, these 'ace for Mr: filtionfeierf; whir
is on the outside, and will send fob thew tomorrow.
The prisoner was thee seen to quit the boa* io coin.
' pony with one Kidinan, who had a donkey, bat on whi.•'i
'the prisoner was seen galloping as the roads passed his:.
just before it stopped to set Sir. Jlumford down. This lb:: 4
at half-past 7, and at about 8, Mr. James Smith, of
Stanstead, publican, returning from Widdingtoo on horse •
back, his horse started from something in the road, which ,
on dismounting, he discovered to be a body.- He spoke,
bet received no answer—only two heavy groans. He then
moved the body to the side of the road, and hamediatelF
galloped back to the village where he procured a dirt snit
four or five men. Po arriving within tin y rods from where
he left the body, Pallet. the prisoner, was met with is
on his back, within twv yards of a marl pit, In which
it is supposed he intended to bury it. Mr. Smith *Ail.
" Who have you gut there?" The prisoner answered.
" Why. Jess M warped." He then set down the hardy, and
one.of Mr. Mumford's men holding a Isothorn to the face,
said "It can't be my young master." The other men were
all of the same opinion. •
" How do you know it is Mr. Murnford?" said one of
the men; `• why because I know it i.," reoded the prisoner,
They 'were going to lift the holy into the cart, when the
prisoner said, Brand out of the war." and taking the
hotly. in his arms, lifted it himself. lie then got into the
cart. and held the body up until they arrived at Prioa's
Hall, Widdington,the house of the deceased's father, where
it was deposited.
They then returned to the Inn—where they sat drinking
for some time. About 9 o'clock, the Hey. Colin Campbell,
rector of the village, arrived, and, having questioned ti,,
parties, sent for a constable. On his coming, Pallet being
shown into the room, Mr. Campbell charged the constable
and others present to seize and hold the prisoner in custody
on which he pet trims, If in a fighting attitude—defying
them to touch him. All stood aloof in fear, when .11r.
Campbell, throwing off his coat, ran in upon the prisoner,
and, seizing his legs. threw tau on the door.
lie was then haoilcutfetl, and allowed to rise. On being
taken nut of the room, be held, up his fists, and exe'aienert
• U—n yon, I'll have a throw at you all now." His legs
were then tied by Mr. C4tmpbell, who received several
kicks. On examining the body nest morning, the surgeon
pronounced the wounds to have been inflicted by a stick,
which was found suck in a small wheat field, with his great
coat and bat. Ina turnip field adjoining were also found a
cotnb and a pair of spectacles in a red Morocco case. it
knife was found in the prisoner's pocket, which was identi-
fied as having been the on:, the handle of which was given
by deceased to his brother, to get blades put into in Lon-
don. The !nick appeared to have been cat from a haz-1, in
the lane, the stool of olden was fresh, and on being com-
pared with the stick, fitted it exactly.
Pallet had been twice in the service of Mr. Mumford's
father, who was about to take him again, but the deceased
who, on smile former dispute, had been knocked dr wn by
him, declared that if his father did take Pallet back he
would leave his father's house. Pallet was then rejected.--
and from that time 14,0 vowed vengeance spins; his
•.

INQUEST ON THE BODY.
A little after eleven o'clock veeterilay morning, William
Gibson, Req. the Coroner for the County of Essex, arrived
at the Fleur de Lis public house, at Wiudington;awd *bon:
It the prise Der was brought from the Bhdewell, at Nita--
port, in a chaise cart, in the custody of Mr. Mead, the
'keeper of the prison; he was band. used, and very hea;.
oily ironed. Ite'seppeared. very dejected, and gazed wildly
around hien. There vivre a vast crowd of villagots assem-
bled to catch a glimpse of him, and during the inquiry the
village was a scene of the greatest hustle.
The father and two brothers of the deceased were present
at the inquest.
The Jury were empanelled and sworn shortly after tbe
arrival of the pritoner ; previons to which mrplan of Hl_
lane and spot a herr the horrid deed was rapetrated. an
of the piece of turnips where the cost, bat, and other
articles, belonging to the d ed, weer" found, ass pt.:-
pared by some gettlemen present, and was presented to the
Coron-r. The lane is very narrow, and not very d ssinviite
to Hill, with the exception that it is not overhung
with trees.

Mr. Hall, the Clerk of the Sertions at Newton, attended
with the depositions that were Wren before bien_and the
Iteeereui Mr. Ton" of the w.asses, on Tuesday
Isst.

A respectable Jury having been sworn, the Coroner ausi
they then took a view et the bo iy ; and the Coroner t.(-
quested that no persons bat those gentlemen who were
sworwon the Jury would intrude thentselvesinto Mr. Morn-
furd's house. where the body was lying.
The gentlemen having returned to the Jury Room, the
followiug were called in. and examined relative to the
diabolical deed Robert .Sro!th was then sworn. as
deposed as follows: I am a publican. and keep the Dell, at
Puynder's Hill, Birchanier. On Monday night last, very
near half-past eight o'clock, I left this house to go to my
home at Birchanger, and on going down Staple Hills erty
horse shied at something in the road. I got off my ma:try.
and found it was the body of a man. 1 stooped nay Ires..t
and heard him groau faintly. I could nat at this Haat taj!
who he was; but I perceived his breast open, his coat we"
pulled open and partly off; one sleeve was almost Inike
off; his hat was off, but I could sot then dime's hp bad earn
murdered. I pulled him out of the road alga phoned hi.t.
with his back against the bank by the side of the rose,
and got upon my horse, and gallopped back to this lanale as
quick as possible, which is half a mile di"earat as near as,/
can judge. Ulm deceased, I am satisfied, Ins not dead
when I left him.) When I gut bark to this house, I said,
" Fur tiod's sake some of you go down the lane, for I think
there has been Some person murdered." Four men theta
started with candles sad leathern', and I west to isir.
Hayden's, the overseer, but he not being at home, /
followed down the lane after the men I tied before *ha.
patched, and when 1 had 1;4 within thist.,. ro Is of the
place where I bad left the deceased, I found several per-
sons in the road with the body, which was midair ou
'a min's knee; I could not then recogeixe the •s-
-ceased. who was placed in a cart and brought to this Wilde,
and on his bring taken out I observed Lis head was Deady
bea•en to stoats, and a violent cut ender his chin; be was
covered with blood, and his faie presented a most frightful
spectacle ; his moith was wide (yen, atie also were vane of
his eyes, the other was closed; the deceased was so dis-
figured, that it was soave time before any person cpuld
recognize him, which they did by tl,:e mark on his
Coaoatze.—How long was it from the time you fistst saw
th- deceased lying in the road, till yon returned to List
again:—Witness.--Sot owe !bap ten minutes. .
Cuseasn.—Did you pass. or see any person ea thirst/0
Witness.—l did not.
Cenosen.—ls tbr I rne, in *Lich you toned the deceased,
leading to the great road to London /...-Witnese.—lt ix.
4usioa.--Wnen you got icor hose-N.04 you sea the
prisoner ?—Witoess.—l did aqtg I saw Lin after the body
• was (quad.
Juaoa.—Did you see the body es the primmer's beck ?
Witeresk—l did not.
Johnlteed was next called sod 'Jammed. I live at Wid.
•dington [here the persons 1111 the oetaide the room crested,
ao 'much noise, that the Corium threatened- tat emetic
dm if they did stet dosistlead ;amidst i dhow