The Sun. — 1812-10-23 (London, England)

LIMERICK (CITY). . FIRST DAY.. - • SECOND DAY, ColOnel Vereker.... . .15 Colonel Vereker... Lord G1eutwqT1,411,...,.....:.,13 I Lord Glentwortli, •  ...46 ...19  1. -INnumANAVitadiaEiti—We. are sorry to have occasion to recoursta;most horrid murder, committed on the .wifiricsfr., Richard Ford, an industrious labourer, at North .Huisl:, Devon : es it tends strongly to_ shew the profligacy of the times, and the more than'Consmer. necessity of stemming that 4 torrent oflicentiousness.which too I.!ich pervades the, country, and which we fear is kept alive hi tlitise revolutionary amt dangerous principles so fatally inculcated throughout the kip glom. On Saturday 'last- a Man entered the c:;ttage of the .aboVe ;rimed person, in the open face of day, at ten o'clock in•the forenoon, and with a bill-hook almost cut the bead of the unfortuiate woman in two pieces, afterliaving beat her with a broomstick until her skull 'vas literally beat to pieces ; he then rifled her "pockets and took away about eighteen shilling's in silver, and two or three onepound notes that he found in her box.—He then dressed himself in a suit of the husband's clothes, took part of a loat and some butter, and- went deliberately away, taking also the man's hat and two silk handkerchiefs. He was seen at a small distance from the scene of this horrid transaction by a lad belonging to a neighbouring farmer, who knew him well, and took particular notice of the clothes on the back of the wretch, as he was snaking his espape. 'He was seen the same afternoon going b towards Plymouth, and the alarm beinc, given, the whole country were in pursuit of him, . and we are happy to add he was apprehended on Monday, at Torpoint ; he immediately made a full confession of the murder; says that he remained in an out-house near the cottage until .the husband of the deceased went from breakfast to his work; that he then rushed in and fastened the door, and ,sarga-ding.to his own description murdered the pppElltwila,n,in the most savage manner that perhaps wavver heard of.—He has also voluntarily confased.liiinself to be the perpetrator of the Ta.pe,fincLz4vditr committed last winter on the body• or4sry-Iluxtable, of Dodbrooke, nearKingsbridg-e„ a poor little girl twelve. years of age, the. tnelanchobi particulars of ki' hich appeared - in our; -paper- of,,,ti,e- SO-th.,of4anuary last, and `,afterwards in all .the London and _provincial pams, which itouid, act- -must still be fresh in the recollectiottAsEttur readers, and-for which this monster_wg.s:tho apprehended, but after a strict txatninattou,:w4s- diseharged for want of sufficient evidence ..again§4l:iti.--7.His name is Thomas Luscombe, about year's of age, walks lame, and is altogether .'of wretched appearance.—He was this Morning committed to the Devon County Gaol for trial at the nest Assizes. He is well known in the prison, having suffered two years confinement there before, for a violent assault on a young woman-at' kingsbridge ; and he observed-to the turnkey-that be was now come to pass the remainder of his life with him:—( Exeter Flying Post.)  About eight o'clock on Sunday evening, the 11th insi. a most shocking and barbarous murder was committed in the Liberties of Ruddington,  Nottinghamshire, upon the turnpike road leading from Nottingham to Loughborough, on the body of Thomas Henson, the driver of Messrs.Pettifors' stage waggon The villain or villains effected their bloody purpose by a large cloven oak hedge stake, which was found on the road besmeared with blood. The unhappy sufferer, it appeared, had been drawn through the fence into a grass field, where hesw,aS found (while alive) weltering in his biotic!, with a violent cut upon the head,  and his scull feriailred, totally deprived of sense and the power. 'ol7speech. He was conveyed to the town of,Ruddlngton, where surgical assistance was immediately procured, but to no-purpose, as he died about twelve o'clock next day.— .An,inquest was taken on the body on the 130, before. Thomas Wright, Gent. Coroner, and a respectable Jury, before whOm no evidence appeared that could lead,, in the smallest degree, to a trace of the perpetrators of the hOrrid act :—a ,verdict, was therefore given of. Wilful Murder, against some person or perions unknown.—A reward of 1.501. has, been offered to any perscio who can give wit infgrination ,as may lead to the conviction of't'he iiiuriterei•s.  MAItIiET,