The Sun. — 1824-11-18 (London, England)

MILNTHORPC—The unfortunate man Johnson, who was so barbarously murdered on Saturday sninnight, was interred at the latter end of last week, at the parish church, anti the funeral wits attended by all the inhabitants, who seemed deeply utrected at his most lamentable fate. •lt was the post-boy who deli. Ve,ro, ,letters at Mihitherpe, that first disco. vcred the house► being on lire, anti the body of the deceased was burnt from the toes to his hips nearly to a cinder.— •T he 'bead was beaten by some blunfinstrument, supposed to be a hammer, anti ' the throat of the deceased was also cut with a knife, the murderers being determined to make their work doubly. sure. Several individuals have been examined on suspicion, but us yet the real perpetrators have escaped detection. Mr. LAvender, the active deputy constable of Munchester, is now making strict investigation into the circumstatives ; and, from his known vigilance and skill, it is to he hoped that before long the parties implicated will be brought to justice. THE LATL MunnEtts AT BorroN.—Application having been made flout the inhabitants of Boston (that some skilful police-officer should be sent front London, to unravel if possible tho mystery in which the late unprecedented murders have been antl still_ are enveloped) to the Secretary of SU!te, for the Home Department, for that purpose, he, t with, jinni. • greatest promptitude, f romptitude, dispatched Taunton t flow-street, t , atrociouseti active otl crimes.e r, to discover, ie s it' possible,reutatl otshtea te has that it' the inhabitants of' Boston will raise money sufficient to he offered as rewards to arty accomplices, except the actual perpetrators murderer, who shall discover the principal offenders, he will recommend to his most (gracious Majesty the King, to grant a pardon to the informers. A liberal subscription t'or that purpose is commenced. promised, that  A few dap; since the hotly of a black man, named John Thompson, who for many years has perambulated this city selling a composition for killing flies, was found in a wooden hut in Crown-street, Hutchesontown. His house  had been observed to be shut for about a fortnight, and its proprietor missing for the same length of time. Some suspicion having thus been excited, application was made to the authorities, and a warrant procured to open the door. was found in the utmost confusion. A. chafF bed On admission being gained, the house was lying upon the floor near a stove, and on turnIt up the body of its owner was discovered. lie had been dead apparently from the time he was missing, and his body was in putrid a state.— It is the opinion of the medical Gentleman who examined the body, that his death was occasioned h suffocation, consequence of his having left a fire burning in his stove. There was no aperture in the house by means of which tile smoke could get egress, save the door, which he had shut on going to bed. lie had evidently died in great agony, and had in the course of his struggles pulled the bed upon himself. The Bible, anti a volume of the Rambler, were found be. Side him, and appeared as If he had been recently perusing them. He was known to possess a gold watch anti some other valuables, and the People of his own colour seem very anxious to establish claims of kindred. Nothing of value was found iti his house in Crown-street, but' he has another hovel in Calton.---(Clusgoto Chro. nick.)