In the month of August, a most inhuman murder was committed on the body of Joseph Luken, a constable, who, after going off his watch at the government-house, was beset by some villains who still remain undiscovered, and who buried the hilt of his own cutlass very deeply in his head.  I was the second person at the spot, where the body of the unfortunate man was discovered; and, in attempting to turn the corpse, my fore-finger penetrated through a hole in the skull, into the brains of the deceased.  Every possible search was made to discover the vile perpetrators of this diabolical act, but to no purpose, the measures of escape had been too well planned to be thwarted.  Even the governor himself attended, and gave directions for the drums to beat to arms; the military to stop all avenues leading from the town, and different officers to search every house; but, although several were apprehended, no conviction could be brought home.  Soon afterwards, another murder was committed on the body of a man belonging to one of the colonial craft, named Boylan.  It appeared that he had been in a part of the town, called “The Rocks,” and had been struck with some heavy weapon on the head, of which he immediately died.  Upon this occasion, I sat as foreman of the jury, which was summoned soon after daylight, and continued to sit until nearly one o’clock the next morning, when two men and a woman were committed for trial; and a third man, in the progress of the investigation, was sent to gaol for prevarication.  When the prisoners were arraigned at the bar, they all pleaded “Not guilty;” and, after an impartial trial, were acquitted.  The singularity and cruelty of this man’s murder appeared to be equal to that of Luken.  A third murder was committed, nearly at the same time, by a woman named Salmon, on the body of her own child.  It appeared that she wished to conceal her pregnancy; and, after delivering herself, had thrown the infant down the privy, where it was smothered.  Suspicions of her situation having, however, been entertained by some persons, an investigation took place, and the body of the child was discovered.  The woman was too ill to be brought to trial, and her subsequent dissolution rendered that event unnecessary:  before her death, however, she made confession of her crime; and her body was afterwards carried to a grave under the gallows, by men belonging to the jail gang, with the greatest ignominy; nor was it without the greatest exertions of the police, that the corpse was permitted to be carried along the streets, so great was the abhorrence expressed by the inhabitants at the idea of such an unnatural, detestable, and abominable offence.