The Sun. — 1850-09-09 (London, England)

HORRIBLE MURDER IN NEW ZEALAND. The family of Mr. John Ellis, a greengrocer and stable-keeper in the Commercial•road, East, have just received, per the Cornelia, Captain Mickleburg, from Wellington, New Zealand, the melancholy tidings of the murder of John Ellis, son of the above, on board the ship General Palmer, in Port Nicholson, in the early part of the month of April last, and the committal for trial of four persons concerned in the atrocious deed.  It appears that Ellis, who had served an apprenteship to Messrs Somes, the ship-owners, of Ratcliff, and had been out of his time about ten months, was appointed to take charge of the General Palmer, after the crew had quitted her, and she was laid up in Port Nicholson, in consequence of her leaky condition. Great confidence was reposed in Ellis, who was a young man of much promise. lle had charge of all the stores on board, and was in the practice of coming on shore every morning to transact business with Mr. Kenneth Bethune, a merchant and agent of the ship, residing in Wellington. He became acquainted with four men, named William Good, alias William Frederick Henderson, a deserter from the 65th regiment ; M. Coslin, John Jones, and Thompson, and they were in the practice of visiting him on board ship. Knowing that he had above 201. wages and other property in his possession, they resolved on his murder, and the unfortunate young man fell a victim to their treachery and cupidity, and to his own misplaced confidence in their integrity. Ellis was missing for a week, and Mr. Bethune, fearing that be had been the victim of foul play, went on board the General Palmer, and saw Thompson on board, who, on being questioned, said the shipkeeper and Ellis had gone ashore some days previou.. Mr. Bethune having reason to know the contrary, gave Thompson into custody, and upon proceeding into the cabin was annoyed by an intolerable odour, which caused him to thembaskren eas Esstrict F ewa br chb, and uponcbbt aui nnedo vsearlitn gbeoenf,ethoe ef body of the murdered man was found steeped in brine, with the head downwards. The corpse was dreadfully mutilated, the head severed from the body, and upon a post mortent examination by Dr. Monteith, a resident in the colony, it was ascertained that he had been disposed of as the Mannings disposed of their victim O'Connor, he was first shot and his skull was beaten in by a hammer. Suspicion felling upon the men who were in the practice of visiting him, and who were last seen in his company, they were sought after and found to have absconded. They were subsequently apprehended in different parts of the colony by the police-officers and natives sent out in pursuit, and after several examinations before the resident ma, gistrate, and many witnesses, the circumstantial evidence was so conclusive that they were all committed for trial at the Supreme Court, which was to hold its sittings in June. n  RrriusENTATioN OF MONTGOMERYSHIRE -It is said that Captain Herbert Wynn, of the 7th Ful.iliers, will offer himself as a candidate tor the county of Montgomery, on Protectionist principles, inconsequence of the death of his 'uncle, the late Right Hon. C. W. Wynn.