The Sun. — 1862-12-03 (London, England)

RIBC.FIESTER MURDER.  pprehension of five living CONFESSION EimSpSrleOssNionOoPf yesterday OFwTeHpEubPIiRshIeSdONERS. men of the a particulars their remand until to-day, on the chargeat oßflmacukrbduernnnganMdrosf. dockNn no veoWmnbeaelorn.: :Shooeofmnß,aißfhtecenhr Benjamin eirn,onthe morning of the 11th of prisoners were removed from the nartleY see Mr. Superintendent Higgs. During expressed a desire to g the day Mr. Higgs waited on him in one of the cells of the Blackburn police office. Hartley then made a confession of all the circumstances of the tragedy. He entered into full details of the various acts of brutality that were inflicted upon the old woman by M'Phail and his fellows, and showed that her death had been one of extreme suffering. He also named the person by whom the fatal blow was struck and the suffocation produced, explaining that the old woman was thus treated because she persistently refused to tell them where her money was secreted. Hartley also told Mr. Higgs what amount of money they had found in the house, and how that money had been divided amonst the murderers. Some other facts of great importance to the police were also given to the Superintendent, which will enable the authorities to support the evidence of Hartley, who will be allowed to turn approver, he, it is believed, not having inflicted the fatal blow. The police are now actively engaged in collecting evidence necessary to support the statement of " Chorley Tom" (Bowling). It is stated that it will show that William Woods, joiner, one of the prisoners, took no part in the planning or carrying out of the burglary or murder, that ho was working at Burnley at the time, and that on his return to Blackburn at the end of the week in which the murder was committed, he joined his brother George and the rest of the prisoners. He will be charged as an accessory after 1 l tla the fact ; and not Hartley, as stated in yesterday's report. The prisoners Carr and M'Phail, are returned convicts, and one or two others are poachers. M'Phail has several times during the past two months visited Mrs. Walne's house, when hawking cheese in that part of the country, and has frequently had te in allon money T probability hm o sD a expected avis, h t of manner he ult. anbdechaamse from ersneytihse twe hoceqhoufiaa has rvisentt e b d with in herfounde protested a lttausg thteoedgryeu. a since I quantity this habits, his innocence, is to be set at liberty.  By the author of "John delight" another of Miss Mulock's ' Mistress and Maid,' the characters, Al2D.volsß.---" An lovers of a good ncho Halifax,avcharming mIMISTRESSiwngi Il Gentleman.n novels. va ei liAs .Nw Di with uM like all Miss Mulock's, are ably sketched and well supported. The gentle elder the fretful beauty whose ill-temper is sister, so resigned for herself, so the little household ; the energetic, careful for the sister chili she has nurtured with all a strong-hearted, loving, and loveable Hilary, the bread winner of the family; and the good angel of the house, the tho mother's canker serving maid of the sisters, Elizabeth Hand, are so naturally and vividly pourtrayed, th t they seem like old lovivinogrnicaroef; ficquinta,ueeo.',.....johg Budd