Star. — 1827-07-14 (London, England)

THOM THI HUNTINGDON GAZETTE, DAT= JULY 14. Further particulars relative to thOdurcier of the Rcv. J. Waterhouse, and the surrender of Heddlops.  Late on Thursday night Heddings, whom the officers have been starching for daring the whole of the week, surrendered himself to the Keeper of the House of Correction. It seems he had concealed himself in a hovel near New Pasture Common, near this town, since Monday last, and seeing no chance of escape, and most likely tired of his retreat, discovered himself to. the shepherd on the common, and wished him to fetch the keeper of the House of Correction, to whom he would surrender himself. He then made a statement of what he knew of the horrid murder; and there now rensaihs no doubt whatever but the man committed upon suspicion, Joshua Slade, is the murderer. No public examination has yet taken place, but the following is the statement of Heddings, who said that Slade communicated to him, about three o'clock in the afternoon of the murder, the manner in which the murder was committed. Slade told him—l got into the old fellow's house a little after nine o'clock in the morning, when the old man had stepped out, and secreted myself. I thought the old man was out, but he, the old man, saw me, and said, s' What, are you here again?' He seized me by the collar; I got away, and he ran after me to the garden-door, where he caught me by the jacket, and pulled me back, and seized me by the neckerchief, and throat, when we had a despe. rate struggle, and I thought at one time he (Waterhouse) would have choaked me; but I kept jobbing at him with the bill in the throat, backing and sinking him about the head and face, and at last I became too powerful for him. The old fellow at last dropped, and I threw him into the tub ; at this time I heard the dog barking, and I went to see if any one was coming. I thought it was all up with me, and somebody there ; but finding no one' oming, I went back to the old man in the tub and found him groaning and heaving himself on his side. I thought he was getting the better of it, so pulled out my knife and quite dispatched him.— Heddings, on surrendering himself, was in a very exhausted state, not having taken any refreshment since Monday, nor ventured from his place of concealment. The whole of this unparalleled transaction has been investigated with the greatest dispatch, and the county is deeply indebted to James Torkington, Esq. our worthy Magistrate. A few days ago, application was made to the Secretary of State for a police officer to assist in the discovery of the murder, when Mr. Sturges Bourne, with the greatest promptitude, sent down Ellis, of Bow-street, but before Ellis could enter into prompt exertions, the disclosures narrated above had taken place. It is expected that Heddings will be confronted with Slade before the Magistrates this day (Saturday). We have not given so full a statement of this affair as we could have wished, but sufficiently so for general information ; had we proceeded into more minute details, and related every circumstance, we might probably, by the publicity given to it, defeat the ends of justice.  The recent falling off, both in the revenue of the Stamps and the Post Mee, may, in no small delver, be atuibused to the abolition of the Lottery. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. ARCHER, the master of the Kng's Head public-house, in Queen•stteet, Oxford, from a slight fit of coughing, ruptured a blood vessel, and inst intly expired.  Yesterday, morning James Adams, a groom at a livery stable, in Wilson-street, Finsbury-square, while in the act of mounting a spirited horse, was killed on the spot, by the unruly animal rearing on its hind legs, and falling on its beck, w ith the rider undermost. A labouring man of the name of Lisher, living at B,otdwater, after returning from his daily work, on Saturday, ate his supper as usual, and rising from his chair, he exclaimed " LORD have mercy on me," and, dtopping to the ground, he instantly expired. He has left large family.— Bri.;6lon GuardiAr,.