The Sun. — 1837-04-03 (London, England)

MADDISON.  THE EDGEWARE-ROAD MURDER.  The defence made by the prisoner Greenacre regarding the accidental death of Mrs. Brown, brings to the recollect ()n the case of Theodore Gardelle, who, about the year 1790, was tried and executed for the murder of the landlady of the house in which he resided in Leicester-street, Leicester-square. The accused resided in an attic, and, nn the morning of the death of the female, as appears from his subsequent confession and defence, she went up stairs to his roJrn, when he desired her to send her servant for tome snuff to the Haymarket. On her refusal, angry words ensued, and he stated that, having gently pushed her, she fell down stairs backwards, when, being greatly alarmed, he wont to her assistance, and found her dead. Being alone in the house, and fearful of being accused of her murder, he resolved upon secreting, her, and for this purpose took her body up to his room, informing the servant on her return that her mistress had left the house suddenly, and gone out of town on an emergency. At his leisure he cut up the body into separate portions, which he deposited in his boxes and the loft of the house, intending to take them away separately, in order the more easily to escape detection. The friends of the landlady at length became alarmed at her prolonged absence ; but although every inquiry was made, nothing was elicited to attach suspicion to Gardelle until the attention of the parties was drawn to a strong smell issuing from the attic in his occupation, on searching which they found different portions of the 'mutilated body in an advanced state of decomposition. The unhappy man was taken into custody, when he made a full confession of thl above particulars, but denied' his guilt of her murder. The facts of her death through his instrumentality being, however, clearly proved, he shortly after suffered the extreme penalty of the law at Tyburn, affirming his innocence of intending her death unto the last.  , There seem to be now three Liberal candidates for the representation of Knaresborough, viz., Mr. Rich, who has t rice contested the borough ; the Hon. Charles Langdale (brother of Lord Stourtcn and Sir Edward Vavasour), whose own authority we bare for stating that he is a candidate ; and Mr. Massey Hutchinson, a gentleman from London, formerly at the bar. It is earnestly to be hoped that one of these candidates will quit the field, otherwise the return of one Tory candidate, and possibly of two, will be certain. We cannot pretend to say which of the candidates ought to retire, as we bar conflicting statements on the point of the order in which ttley offered themselves.—Leeds Mercury Mr. Gully has issued an address to his constituents of Pontefract, during the past week, wherein he expresses his resolution to resign the honour of representing that ancient borough.—Leeds Mercury.  Sir W. Molesworth is in his 27th year, and suec'eded his father, Sir Aiscott, and seventh Baronet, Dec. 30, 1323. The family of Molesworth anciently resided in the counties of Northampton and Bedford, where they flourished in the reigns of Edward I. and 11. Sir Walter de Molesworth attended King Edward 1., in his expedition to the Holy Land, and was Sheriff of Beds and Bucks; his descendants were of great note and considration, and at length the dignity of Baronet was conferred on two branches of the family, nearly at the same time, both of these being zealous in favour of the revolution.