The Sun. — 1857-10-01 (London, England)

MURDER AND BURGLARY IN  CHESHIRE.  Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, the house oil Mr. James Henderson, .a grazier and cattle dealer, was entered by burglars, who shot him in his bed. The house is situate on the roadside leading from Cheadle to Bramhall, and is three miles from Stockport. We have gathered from the police in charge the following facts. The family retired to rest at night about the usual hour and made all safe. The father, owing to his wife being ill, sleeps alone, on the same floor, however', as the two daughters and their mother and the eldest son, James. The mother's room is on the right of the father's, the son's and danghter's on the left, and they are all entered from the second landing of the stairs. Thomas, a younger son, and two servants, slyep in the garret at the back of the house, and all in the same room. About two o'clock the family were awoke by the raped of a gun or pistol, and James, whose chamber door is close to his father's, immediately jumped out of bed and seized a doublebarrelled gun, which stood loaded hard by. He suddenly opened his door, which is directly opposite to the landing, or landing below. He saw what he took to be the dark outlines of a man, and immediately he fired.. The man shrieked aloud and made his escape, evidently being scarcely touched. After James had fired at the man on the landing, he and some other members of the family went into their father's room, where they found the poor old man weltering in his blood in bed. We should have stated that directly the son had fired at the man on the landing, 'two other men rushed down stairs, and all three made their exit by the hack doer of the house; which leads into a courtyard. Thinking the wounded thief might be somewhere upon the premises, both the sons and the two Servants went in search of him, 'first loading the gun. Their search, however was futile, and we 'ear, from the shot entering the Wall behind the fellow, that he was not hit at all. On making search as to whether any money had been taken by the alleles, they found that .a. leather trunk had ben Cut open, from which 141. 10s. was missing ; but they bad taken nothing else. By what means the thieves entered is not known. The house is quite lonely. In the room of the murdered man there was a desk, which contained an order on the Bank of Scotland for 1001., and a receipt from the Manchester and Liverpool lis.riet Bank for 931. 10s. The desk was not broken open and the money remained untouched. It seems that Mr. Henderson had his annual cattletnhigouh gt salethought t he on thieves,n which knowing was entered, and it is tg this, expected a good, the day before the booty. The house is called Hardy Farm. Messrs. Graham and Son, at the request of Mr. Andrews, we believe, traced the course of the shot, about 12 of which (size No. 6) they found lodged in the brain. Mr. Andrews is the district superintending constable, and arrived on the spot with some men about four a.m.  Mr. Henderson was a man much respected. We believe the inquest will be held this day.  The Weimar Gazette, the officiAl journal, in its number of Sunday announces in these terms the meeting between the Emperors of Russia and Austria :—" The two monarchs of Austria and Russia will be sireultaneou.ly on the let of Oct. on a visit to this court, and will ccnsequently meet."