The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-09-06 (London, England)

PARRICIDE.  (From the American Norfolk llerald.l A disclosure has been made since the Inquest tffi Rudder, which has given an entirely new face to this horrid transaction, and stamped it with features Of a much more execrable cast. It will be recollected that the evidence given by the family of the deceased at the Inquest, stated that he was murdered by a coloured man, who entered his room between the hours of 7 and 8 in the evening, and perpetrated the deed in the very face of his wife and children, who were sitting in a contiguous room. As the deceased was known to have had some disturbance with a fret coloured man named Lam Cuffee. suspicion immediately fell on him, and a warrant was named to appreheni him. Still, however, it was difficult to conceive how he, or any other man in his senses, whether instigated by revenge (and there could have been no other inducement in this case, Rudder being a poor labouring man) or by plunder, should have gone into a hottte where there was so large • family, to commit a murder almost in broad day-light (for the time the murder is stated to have been committed could have been but a few minutes after sun-down)—how he should have known of Pudder's going to bed at that uncommon hour—and haw it was that no effort was made by the three stout females present to rescue the unfortunate man from the grasp of the murderer. Dark surmises and suspicions began to arise, and inquiries to be made, all too well justified by the sequel, for, by the voluntary confession of one of the children, the horrid deed was proved to have been committed by one of Rudder's own daughters! The whole family were upon this discovery semmoned before a Magistrate; and Betsey Rudder, the young woman charged with the horrid deed, was committed to gaol. The rest were discharged, the evidence of their participation in it not being sufficiently strong to warrant their commitment. The witness, Nancy Rudder, stated, that her sister Betsey effected her bloody purpose by means of an iron pestle, with which she literally beat in her father's skull ! Some other facts have been related to us. which it would be indiscreet to publish for the present. Enough is known to shock and disgust every reader of ordinary sensibility. Rudder is represented to have been a bard-working and rather well-disposed man ; at tunes addicted to intoxicative, when he was apt to be cross; sad en the whole lived upon very bad terms with his wife and children.  District Societies, for promoting the building and ehlargeMent of Churches and Chapels. have been established at Exeter and Plymouth, and we shall feel much pleasure in seeing the examples set by those places, followed by the laree towns in this county.—Winchester paper. • There are now living in one house in New-street, Great Torrington, two men, each under 40 years of age, who have had six wives.  It is said that the next Old Bailey and Clerkenwell Sessions are likely to be heavier, in point of number of prisoners and the nature of some of their offences, than has occurred for some time.  The crime of horse-stealing is still carried on to an amazing extent, and scarcely a day passes that information does not reach the police Wee' of one or more horses having been stolen. On Sunday night five valuable horses were stolen from a field near Edgeware, belonging to a Mr. Thompson, of Kilburn, who, we believe, had the care of them. They were valued at above seven huntlred guineas. One of them was stated to be the property of Chief Justice Best.  Connell, who was tried for thiweaselrtaebteyproleinsoeernroithf,laetlhidnetintityrili)tulfge coaches. Awneunmt offber onof pe Sundayrsons of them he was cheered, which compliment he teturtied by bowing to them, and taking oft' his hat. He appeased to he in high spirits.—Chester el,ronkle. J.11.1E8