The Sun. — 1840-11-03 (London, England)

THE RECENT MURDER IN  MORAYSHIRE.  _...._ No information has reached us of the apprehension of Peter Cameron, the supposed perpetrator of the late barbarous and unnatural murder, in the parish of Knockando. He was traced across the bids to Dallas, ind at this place he entered a house and asked for a hat or bonnet, having, he said, lost his own la) an accident on - the road. lie was still at Dallas or Wednesday morning three days after his escape. A person answering the description was afterwards seen on the Highland road, and it is conjectured that he had travelled through Badenoch, and by the Laggan road to Fort William, whence he could sail by the steam boat on Thursday to Glasgow. The circumstances tending to fix the guilt of this crime on Cameron are considered clear and decisive. Ale deceased, Alexander Tulloch, had been heard to express some dread of his son-in-law ; especially after the latter had persuaded his wife to go to Forfarshire, on a visit to her sister. The fierce, malignant looks which Cameron occasionally threw at his father-in-law, without saying a word, struck him with alarm. On the night of the murder Tulloch had gone to visit Mrs. Beaton, the person to whom he was about to be married, and the murderer is supposed to have waited for him by the road-side. A severe struggle ensued. The grass is much trampled, and there are several foot-prints corresponding exactly with Cameron's shoes. Having overpowered the unfortunate man, he had dragged him to a burn, which was swollen with the late rains, under the impression probably that the body would be carried off to the river Spey. A shirt of Cameron's was found under his bed, the sleeves of which were wet to the elbow. It is a striking fact that the suspected murderer made great pretensions to piety, and acted as a catechist in the country. On the night alter the murder, he performed family worship as usual, ie the presence of several of the neighbours, while the - n led bAtArren=gisoitlst,er-inlaw lay in the-tooth: mow he did not invoke the vengeance of the Deity oo the ruthless perpetrator of the crime, nor express any hope that he would be apprehended and brought to justice. The escape of Cameron, though little creditable to the persons in charge, is palliated by some circumstances. He was under the charge of five men. The head officer went out of the room about five o'clock on Sunday morning, locking the door after him, upon which the prisoner asked permission to retire to a close wooden bed which stood in the apartment. This was improperly granted, without any notice being taken of the circumstance, and the prisoner instantly opened a door at the back of the bed, and let himself out by a closet window. The men heard the fall, but they could not get out of the room, the door being locked by the superintendent. Some time elapsed before an alarm could be given, and in the grey light of the morning, the villain, hatless and in haste, ran unobserved to the woods.—lnverness Courier.  A WIDOW LADY, residing in the South -EA.- of England, wishes to RECEIVE into her family ONE LADY, or TWO SISTERS, who will find a comfortable home. combining the advantage of a mild, dry climate, and good sea air. Letters to be addressed to the post-office, Charing, in Dorset.