The Sun. — 1828-05-02 (London, England)

WILLIAMS, M. WraTr, Esq., and th' Rev. D. Manilas, the object of his second visit to that place, and the results which followed from it. Ile said, that having seen in the Morning Papers the evidence given on the Coroner's inquest, (for not being present during the entire of the proceedings, be was not till then in possession of the fact), that the surgeon who had examined the remains of Maria Marton had given it as his opinion that. her death was probably occasioned by the infliction of a wound from some sharp instrument, such as the dirk which Mr. Orford, the cutler, had sharpened for Corder on or before the time of the perpetration of the murder. It occurred to him, Lea, that on his apprehending the prisoner, he had seen a weapon of this description in his bed-chamber, which he then, not thinking it of importance, neglected to remove. He in consequence yesterday again proceeded to Ealing-lane, with a faint hope that be might yet obtain possession of it, in order to its production on the trial. His effort was crowned with success, an 4 he discovered it in a trunk in which it had been lately placed, together with a canvass bag, which he also brought with him, from an impression that it might turn out to be the same in which the unfortunate deceased had taken a change of apparel on the night that she went to the Red Barn.  Lea here handed in the dirk to the Magistrates, which appeared to be such a 9 that mentioned by the cutler. It was ground to an extreme fine edge, and its point was as acute as a lancet's. (The Magistrates examined it minutely to ascertain if there were any stains or marks of . blood on but none whatsoever was apparent, with tiolnvhiocfhta.rto is impossible to say whether they small specks near the sharpwere occasioned by gore or corrosion. ] Lea went on to state, that Mrs. Moore, the mother-in-law of Corder, and Mrs. Engleton, whose daughters, in conjunction with Mrs. Corder, were the proprietors of the school, informed him that for several nights previous to his (Corder's) apprehension, he disturbed and threw into the greatest alarm the entire family and children, by his unceasing restlessness, his heavy moaning, and his wild and incomprehensible exclamations in his sleep. Mrs. Monte further told him, that the first time Corder had met her daughter was at a watering-place called Seaforth, in the Isle of Wight. They there became slightly acquainted, and on her return to town they again accidentally met at a pastryconk's shop in Fleet-street, where the acquaintance was partially, but not intimately, renewed. Subsequently, Corder advertised in a morning paper for a wife, and gave a reference to the shop of Mr. F., a stationer, in Cheapside. Her daughter answered it, strange as it might appear, and after a few interviews they were married. Mr. WYATT observed, that never had he heard of a case that abounded with more extraordinary incidents than the present. It appeared more like a tale of romance than an occurrence in common life ; and were it not that the circumstances were so well authenticated, would LT absolutely incredible ; it, in fact, verified the remark of B7ron, ' that " truth is stranger than fiction." Mr. MATHIAS, taking up a Morning Paper, said, it. appears he is charged with attempting another diabolical act—that of endeavouring to poison a child three years and . a half old.  Lea replied, that while on their way to Bury he mentioned to him the rumour that was in circulation of his having on two several occasions endeavoured to administca poisonous pill at one time in a fig, and at another in pear, and he did not deny the fact. Mr.