The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-23 00:00:00

THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN ALEXANDRIA. (From the Builder.) The Protestant church being now erected in Alex andria under the superintendence of our countryman, Mr. J. W. Wild, is dedicated to St. Mark, the founder of the primitive church in Egypt, and is memorable as the first edifice for the performance of Divine worship, sem:ding to the rites of the Church of England, per mitted to occupy a prominent position in Egypt, and P eclaim its purpose boldly. The Protestant chapel at s imyrna is within the walls of the consulate ; that at Constantinople within those of the British embassy, and the new church of Jerusalem is to be attached to the con sular residence, and, like the former, screened from ob servation. It seems that in 1838 the British community at Alex andria, desirous to provide means for the regular per formance of public worship, held a meeting and deter mined on raising a subscription. for the erection of a chapel. In the following year Colonel Campbell, then Consul-General, mentioned to Mehemet Ali, the Viceroy of Egypt, the intention of the residents ; and his High ness, with a liberality that deserves commendation, pre sented to the community a valuable plot of ground on the south side of the Great Squire, in the Frank quarter —one of the most prominent positions in the city, sur rounded in part by handsome modern buildings.* The frontage of the ground is 326 feet, the depth 112 feet ; and its present money value is considered little short of 1,0001. The Pasha at the same time expressed a wish thst the structure should harmonise with the neighbouring build ings, and be worthy of the English people. This took the Committee by surprise, as they had con templated erecting a very simple structure, and for some time the project remained in abeyance, until at last it seemed probable that the land would be otherwise ap propriated. The necessity, however, for a suitable building became every month more urgent ; the hill de velopment of the overland communication, and the in crease of direct steam intercourse with Great Britain, France, Austria, Ssc., led to a great influx of travellers, and it was seen that the building was required to be of the character indicated by the Pasha.a The object had attained a new importance ; the ground was secured, and fresh efforts made to effect the purpose. In the first instance, plans were obtained from the late Cambridge Camden Society, but these were not considered suitable to the climate or locality, and could not have been executed satisfactorily by Egyptian operatives. Mr. Wild was then employed to make a design, and seeking to conciliate the opinion of the Arab inhabitants, and to meat the comprehension of the native artificers, produced 'what is now being executed, and which, while it agrees in plan and mass with the style of art used by the early church architects, carries out a general sentiment of Arabian detail. The size of 'the building is considerable. A reference to the plan - shows a nave of 70 feet long, and 30 feet wide, and 'a chancel of 23 feet long ; a western porch of 20 by IF, feet, a southern porch 20 feet by 16 feet also, and a vestry on the other side of the same size. The whole lasight of the church will be about fifty feet, and the height of the campanile 100 feet. The latter, how ever, is not considered by the architect a strictly neces sary feature in the design, and will not be carried up until the rest of the building is entirely completed. The foundations have been massively laid for the whole structure, including the tower and the enclosure walls, and the main beitaing has advanced to the spring ing of the windows. It is proposed to roof in this Tem tion, then to add Ole porches and vestry, and to form the enclosure) walls, When. the design was first made it was intended to build the walls of rubble stone ; but the entleo failure of a large 'and handsome church, nearly completed by the Rom an Catholic s in Alexandria, and which has now to P ailed down and rebuilt with ether materials, at a grceat expense, determined the committee to adopt the aathitect's advice, and use square masonry, although of '.:curse at a much greater cost, This cost was further increased by the failure of what - has heretofore been the Alexandrian quarry, namely, the ruins of the ancient city. The new fortifications have nearly dried up this source, and have raised so much the price of the stone so procured, that it has been found cheaper to import the material from Malta than to buy it on the spot. The walls are four feet in thick ness, and withaut plastering inside. The ceiling is to be flat, formed into very deep panels by beams of larch wood. Over it there will be a solid construction to prevent the admission of heat from the sun. The west front, we should peeve said, is handsomely ornamented, and has a large ventral arch. The) cost of the church is estimated et 6,0001., of vriaissh only half has yet been raised; so that assistance Indispensably necessary. The architect says, in a recent communication to the committee, that " its main axpense arises from the quantity of materials used, its height and bulk. The ornamental details are easily executed, and not expensive. The constructive forms are simple and economical, if compared either with the columns and entablatures required in the classical, or to the vaulting and tracery required in the Gothic archi tecture." Should the building now be stopped for want of funds, the loss will be serious. After great pains and many struggles with the authorities a body ot good workmen has been organised, and the work is going on steadily though slowly, 'under an able clerk ot the works, who has not merely to superintend, but to teach the men; and if the workmen so taught were to be discharged, it would be almost impossible to re-assemble them. Locking at the erection of this church 'as an object of great importance—destined, perhaps, to effect eventful changes—we do earnestly hope that assistance will be x.eadered in England. Nor can we doubt it ; for, as the committee remark in a circular issued in Alexandria a short time since:—" While the higher motives of spread ing the truths of the Gospel, and give them an apparent root in a memorable soil, will insure the warm adherence of the public generally, many persons will be moved by the new course of European communications with India, and some by reminiscences of the illustrious origin of Alexandria, and its great fortunes us the metropolis of Egypt under the Greek dynasty of kings—a city in which the first version of the ancient scriptures was executed, and to which tidings of redemption were an nounced by the Evangelist St. Mark. Still a main re liance must be reposed on the exertions and zealous co operation of the wealthier class of the British popula tion in India. There are, perhaps, few of its members who are not likely to benefit at some time by the place of worship now in construction, so that each person is personally interested in its worthy completion." * The Act of Parliament 6 Geo. IV., cap. 8 provides that where British subjects abroad shall raise one half of an amount sufficient for the support among them of a clergyman of the Established Church of England and Ireland, or of the Church of Scotland, the Government, at its discretion, may contribute a like amount to the stipend. In 1840 advantage was taken of that arrangement to create a salary of three hundred pounds per annum ; and as a majority of the sub scribers were members of the Church of England, the Lord Bishop of London was moved to appoint a chaplain, who has nuw officiated at Alexandria since 1841, in a temporary building little adapted to the purpose. t The present annual intercourse of British subjects with Alexandria may be stated as follows, from official informa tion : Permanent Protestant residents (1845) Travellers in tansit, to and from India Crews of merchant shipping Crews of steam and other packets (36 arrivals)... 1,516 Tourist.% tunl others, about Total .. 6,050 .:i4MON FISHERIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES. The importance of the salmon fisheries of England sand Wales cannot well be overrated ;_and it is gratifyi ng to observe the efforts making to war d s their reformation by the United Association for the Protection of the Fisheries of the River Severn and its Tributaries. At the late (the third) anniversary meeting of the members of that Association, held at the Guildhall, Worcester, a few days since, J. M. Gutch, Esq., in the chair, the Chairman presented and read a report of the Central Committee, from which the following are extracts : " The principal subject which has occupied the atten tion of your committee since the last anniversary, has been the re-introduction of, and attempt to carry through Parliament, a Bill to regulate the Salmon Fisheries of England arid Wales, which was considered by the Com mittee vitally to concern the interests of the Association. This Bill, although materially altered in detail, was in principle th.e same which was promoted by the Associa tion in the ;preceding year. It was introduced into the House of Commons on the 16th of February by Sir T. Winnh sgton, Lord R. Grosvenor, and Mr. (now Sir J. Pakincton, Sir T. Winnington taking charge of it. It was to be, committed on the 6th of May. In the mean time many al,terations were suggested, and objections made, by fislf,ery proprietors, and other persons and associa tions in different parts of the kingdom, most of which the ( Jommittee were enabled to comply with, but in order to arrange matters amicably, and to satisfy all parties, as far as your Committee consistently could, without affecting the principle of the Bill, they deputed your chairman, solicitor, and secretary, to attend a meeting in London of parties interested in the measure on the 3Gth of April. The whole of the clauses in the Bill were gone through seriatim, all parties were appa rently agreed as to the alterations to be made, and the deputation had hoped, from the satisfactory manner in which the meeting terminated, that the Bill would have passed without much opposition; however, in this they were mistaken; there was an objection made by Viscount Clive, that the proviso to clause 8, in favour of Putt fisheries, was not sufficiently protective of private rights, and it was left to his Lordship to prepare a clause in lieu thereof, which he was to forward to Sir Thomas Win nington for insertion in the Bill in Committee. This clause was inserted in the Bill by Sir Thomas Winning ton on its being reprinted, under the impression that your Committee had sanctioned it; but, to the great sur prise of your Committee, on the receipt of the amended Bill, they found a clause which, instead of being altered 80 as sufficiently to protect private rights, would have had the effect of nullifying, to a very gnat extent, the prin cipal object of the Bill, inasmuch as it proposed to autho rise by law all practices by owners or occupiers of exclusive fisheries that had been in use for the lsst 20 years, includ ing every description of means for taking fish, by dams, weirs, putts, putcheons, and other constructions and de vices; whereas it was a most essential object of the Fisheries Bill to regulate, alter, and amend those very practices, as to them the decay of the salmon fisheries of England and Wales are mainly attributable. It was also partial and unjust. It created an invidious distinction between the classes of fishermen, inasmuch as it proposed to pro tect the higher class of tish.Trnen, or owners and, occu piers of fisheries in which stationery machinery is used, in every improper practice w hi c h h a d o b tained the bad eminence of twenty years standing, and left the whole some provisions of the Act applicable only to the com mon fisheries, worked by net fishermen, who are in general poor men of small means. This distinction stamped the clause as being manifestly partial hi its ap plication, and unjust in regard to the poorer class. Sir Thomas Wesulington And 7QU COlails o9 made rasu other ineffectual efforts to induce his Lordship to with- - draw the clause ; and eventually your Committee, with very great reluctance, acting under the advice of Sir Thomas Winnington, consented to the withdrawal of the Bill. " From the experience of your Committee in the fate of the Bills introduced in the two last sessions of Par liament, i they are of opinion that this Association is not in itself sufficiently powerful to carry a measure of so much importance as the regulation of the salmon fisheries throughout England and Wales, and that some more powerful agency should be set to work, in order to mr A k e a successful attempt to remove the existing Eth-:.ases. Under these circumstances, and , looking also to the report of the Commissioners on the Irish Fisbr jr i es , re cently published (the perusal of which they s' a e ong ly re commend to all who are interested in the protecti,n of salmon fisheries), they are of opinion the;,;the;,;th e more cer tain way of obtaining a just law on the subject would be by the Association memorialising the Government, through the Board of Trade, to a"ppoint a Commission similar in effect to the Irish Co':arnission. " From the various report's which have been received from the upper and lower 'portions of the Severn, it ap pears that salmon arc more plentiful now than they have been for many years, particularly in the lower part of the river, in the locr4ty of the Putt Fisheries ; in our own immediate neighbourhood also a large proportion of fish have been taken by the Worcester fishermen. When they bis.vri been inclined to work, the number taken has been three-fold what it was a few years since. The preset r,rice of Severn Salmon in Gloucestershire is 6d. pc , : lb. ; the average price here has been from Is. to Is, 6d, when at the same time Scotch and Irish fish have: sol.d for 6d. and Bd. The high price which the Se vern 'salmon caught by our fishermen fetches, must be at trit'Arted to the superior quality of the fish and its par tial supply, and this latter circumstance, coupled with the fact of the men working their nets only when it suits their inclination or convenience, strongly induces your committee to recommend that some plan should be adopted, either by the formation of a company or other wise, whereby to secure a regular fishing, and, as a na tural result, a regular supply of fish. The Committee have hitherto forborne to take any steps which might be considered as opposed to the interests of the Worcester fishermen ; but when they see a whole month pass away, without a single attempt being made to take salmon, at a time when it was known that large quantities are pass ing up the river, as was the case ourlng the past month of August, they think they are bound to take some steps in order to supply the public wants. Among the resolutions adopted at this meeting were the folhowing:— I" That rom the experience which the Central Com mittee have had in the fate of the Bills introduced in the two last sessions, this meeting is of opinion that the Association is not in itself sufficiently powerful to carry a measure through Parliament of so much importance as the regulation of the salmon fisheries throughont England and Wales, it therefore strongly recommends to the Central. Committee to take steps to procure an interview with the Board of Trade, or any other public department, for the purpose of inducing the Govern ment to take such steps by a general Act, or otherwise, as to tlaem may seem best adapted to promote the im provev.nellt of the fisheries, and that they solicit the co operation of other associations which have the same ol'iject in view, and that a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the Members of the county and city, so liciting their earnest support." side, however, th• 3 protective system counts its partisans at the present t7say, not only amongst those whose for tunes we beiie•ie are made by it, but amongst men who are evidently quite disinterested in the discussion. Cer tain great interests declare that the qnestion of the main tense° or the destruction of the protective system is with tliieln a question of life and death. It is even !iftP'ossible to conceal from ourselves that certain ir,dustries, whose great value none can contest, have flourished by means of this system, and, thanks to it, have arrived at a great degree of prosperity. We do not hesitate to say that our choice is made. We are advocates for free trade, in the sense that we consider it an object which ought to be attained gradually, and by constantly approaching towards it as far as circumstances will permit. The protective system, interpreted by prohibition, for it is always in that sense that the term is used, may be very favourable to a particular branch of industry, specially protected while in its infancy, but once that a country has taken great strides in a manufacturing career, the system, it will be seen, be comes injurious ; it arrests the progress of the arts which it pretends to protect, and which often believe themselves efficaciously protected ; it opposes the natural order of things, in causing prohibition by way of repri sals against foreign countries, and in impeding by re strictions and augmentations in the price of the raw ma terial at home, those branches of manufactures in which the country succeeds the best. It gives a bad direction to national capital, and maintains an artificial and bur densome state of things by creating factitious industri, s which live as in a hot-house, and do not produce results equivalent to the labour they absorb. It institutes and tends to perpetuate inequalities when the law has wished to give to every citizen equal facilities. The great majo rity of those who support it are led astray by prejudices and by false calculations. They have not correctly esti mated and placed in parallel what it costs and what it produces, not only to the state and to the country, but to themselves. They only ace the apparent profits, and deceive themselves as to the charges. The present moment offers, for the organisation of international exchanges on a more liberal footing, conditions ex tremely favourable, and which may perhaps never be again found, if not now taken advantage of. THE DUKE OF RICHMOND AND HIS SCOTCH TENANTRY. The annual agricultural meeting of the Duke of Richmond's tenantry at Fochabers was held on Tuesday last, at Gordon Castle. The show yard was formed in one of the parks, and was very numerously attended by the yeomen of the surrounding districts. The animals exhibited were of a very superior character. His Grace's stock were objects of much admiration, particularly a short-horned bull, two short-horned cows, and several pairs of highland stots. There was an extensive show of agricultural imple ments, which reflected much credit on the skill and en terprise of the tenantry. The judges having awarded the prizes, which were bestowed by his Grace, they presented a carefully drawn up report as to the condition of the farms, cottages, and turnips entered for competition. In respect to the latter it states that but for the unfortunate blight or mildew with which the turnip crop in the north of Scotland has generally been affected, and which none of the fields under their notice had escaped, they would have proved such crops for weight and substance as they had seldom witnessed. The document thus concludes :—" This being the second occasion on which a majority of us have acted in our present capacity, we may be permitted to state that the premiums offered by the Noble Duke are having the desired effect in creating an emulation among an enterprising and active tenantry, which, coupled with the liberal encouragement otherwise given, cannot fail to place the Gordon estates second to none in the north of Scotland. At three o'clock in the afternoon about 300 of the tenantry sat down to dinner, to which they had been in vited by the noble landlord, under a spacious marquee which had been erected on the castle lawn. His Grace the Duke of Richmond, who was loudly cheered on entering the tent, filled the chair, and near him were observed the Earl of March, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P.; Mr. Charles Goring, M.P.; Rev. Mr. Cushney, of Fochabers ; Mr. W. Tighe, Mr. Edward Wagstaff, Mr. James Skinner, Mr. Alexander Marquis, aneMr. John Gordon. The several loyal toasts having been given, The CHAIRMAN said, in proposing " The Memory of the late Duke of Gordon" in any company in the north of Scotland, it was not necessary to recall to their re collection the many services the late Duke had per formed, both in the field of battle and at home. The Duke of Gordon was one of the most popular noblemen in the country. He knew him to be an honourable man, and knew also how deeply his death was deplored by the tenantry on his estates.—(Drunk in solemn silence.) Mr. GEDDES, of Orbliston, then rose and begged to propose " The Health of the Duke of Richmond," a toast which he was satisfied would be received with the enthusiasm which it so highly deserved, thereby tes tifying the gratitude of an attached tenantry towards a liberal and kind landlord—a gratitude which existed not in name but in reality.—(Cheers.) They were certainly much indebted to his Grace for the opportunity afforded them that day of meeting together, for the encourage ment offered to the tenantry on his extensive estates, and for the kind and liberal manner in which his Grace had ever acted towards them.—(Loud cheers.) He trusted that he would not be considered as infringing any of the regulations did he refer to the unexampled exertions made by the Noble Duke in his place in Parliament in behalf of the agricul tural interests of the country ; and, although his efforts were unsuccessful, it was not his fault.—(Much cheering.) If, unfortunately, their worst anticipations were realised, and prices fell so much as to prove unremunerating to the farmer, he was confident the Noble Chairman would be the first to meet his tenantry in a fair and lib.!ral manner.—(Cheers.) He then concluded by proposing his Grace's health, and trusted that he might be long spared to reign among them, which was, he (Mr.Geddes) felt confident, the sincere and heartfelt wish of every tenant on his estates.—(The toast was drank in the most enthusiastic manner.) The Duke of RICHMOND, in returning thanks, assured the company that it was no easy task to endeavour to express to them the feelings of gratitude which warmed his bosom for the kind manner in which they had drunk his health.—(Cheers.) It was only a few years since he came there, comparatively a stranger, but he soon found himself among warm and attached friends.—(Cheers.) He would not now trouble them with any of the arguments on the subject of the corn-law question to which Mr. Geddes had adverted. It was a question of the greatest importance to the prosperity, not only of agriculture, but of the country generally. He would not, however, under present circumstances, say that the price of corn might not be kept up for a short time. Foreigners were quite unprepared for the great change. This time last year they had no idea that pro tection would be removed, and that circumstances might ; in some measure, keep up the price. The extensive failure in the potato crop in Ireland, and throughout the country, would also tend to the same result, but he felt that it was not possible that with even the greatest energy, the farmers of this country would be able to compete with the foreigner who had no taxes to pay. When he recollected that many now present a few years ago came forward and signed leases under the first im pression that the Corn Bill was to remain entire, but now that through treachery and double-dealing it had been abolished, he felt that he would be incapable of holding up his head among them did he not now tell them that should any of his tenants wish to relinquish their farms, by giving intimation of their intentions to either of his managers, he would at once relieve them of their obligations ; more than that, he would cause an estimate to be made of the unexhausted permanent improvements they had made upon their farms, and re pay them the amount.—(Cheers.) He felt that this was only justice, for who could have thought that Sir R. Peel would have turned the traitor he had become? He should, however, regret parting with any one of hi s t ena ntry, many of whom had cultivated the same soil for a very long period, but he could not feel satisfied were they to remain and injure their own prospects or those of their family.—(Cheers.) He hoped that his prophecies of the evil of the measure would not prove correct, but although he had patiently listened to all the arguments which had been advanced in favour of the abolition of protection, his objections to the measure were not re moved. He felt that it was brought forward by the Anti Corn-law' League, and adopted by a Government which bowed, not to argument and conviction, but to a clamour from without, raised by the expenditure of large mims of money.—(Much cheerine.) II:: then closed his address by expressing his gratification in meeting so anany of his tenantry on that occasion, and sincerely hoped that Providence would cause their fields to be fruitful and their homes the abodes of the highest do mestic felicity and comfort. His Grace resumed his scat amidst deafening applause. The health of the Duchess of Richmond, Earl and Countess of March, " the successful and unsuccessful competitors," and other toasts having been drunk, the company at a late hour dispersed. His Grace's piper was in attendance during the evening. China. To the Rev. E. C. Bridgman he leaves his celes tial and terrestrial globes and other scientific instru• meats. His collection of Chinese and other coins and curiosities he leaves at the disposal of Dr. Alexander Anderson, of Canton, with a request that he will select from them such as he thinks will be acceptable to his sister and Mrs. Morrison. LIEUTENANT GENERAL GEORGE WULFF, Colonel- Commandant Royal Artillery, who died on the 10th of August last, at the age of 83, has left his estates in cer tain proportions amongst his children, bequeathing to each of them specific bequests. To his son, Kendra C. Wulff, he has left his shares in the Reversionary Interest So ciety, amounting to 1,0001. The personal estate was valued at 9,000/. The residue he directs to be divided into four equal parts, between his sons, henry P. Wulff, and the Rev. James G. Wulff, vicar of Gwinear, Corn wall, the acting executor, and his daughter, Lady Hat.- dingo, and the children of his late daughter, Mrs. Forster. The Gallant General is succeeded in the appointment of Colonel-Commandant by Major-General R. S. Brough. THE StTN, tiONDON, WEDNE'SDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1846. pany with Ilickton, from the police station in Arbour square. Nothing particular occurred until the night of the 29th of June (the night of the murder). On that evening it was proved that the deceased went on duty with his brother constables at nine o'clock, and proceeded to his beat. The last consta ble ho was seen in company with was Sergeant Parsons about half-past nine o'clock. The sergeant was then in the road on horseback, and Clarke on foot, and at this time the wife of Sergeant Parsons and his sister came along, and Mrs. Parsons having complained of being tired, the poor fellow Clarke, who was in good spirits 455 the time, offered to lift her on to the sergeant's horse, but did not do so. Parsons' wife and sister left Clarke and Parsons together, and he was not seen again until half-past ten o'clock, when Clarke was met by a man named Luke White. That was the last time, so far as the evidence showed, that the deceased was seen alive. He was missed at one o'clock in the morning, and at six o'clock on the 30th the deceased was reported by the police as missing. The body, as the jury were all un fortunately aware, was not discovered until four days after, when it was found in the corn-field where the murder took place. Upon reference to the medical evi dence which the jury had heard, he (the Coroner) wished particularly to direct their attention to that portion of the case, as it was most important, clearly proving that the murder was the result of revenge. The murderer was not satisfied with killing his victim, but mangled him in the frightful manner seen by the jury, and de tailed in the medical evidence. Had the deceased been killed in an-ordinary quarrel, or in the performance of his duty, his assailants would have been satisfied with in flicting on him a single blow or cut, such as had been de scribed, and then left him; but when the jury reflected on the horrible wayin which the unfortunate man was muti lated, they could come to no other conclusion than that this most atrocious murder was the result of revenge, and nothing else. The Learned Coroner here pro ceeded to read over the voluminous evidence, commenting on it as he proceeded. In reference to the evidence of, the police, he said that it appeared clear that during portions of the night of the murder Sergeant Parsons was not on duty. What became of Parsons between half-past ten and twelve o'clock on that night, and be tween one and six o'clock on the following morning, did not appear, nor did Parsons exhibit any disposition to inform the jury. Again, the constable Butfoy endea voured to make it appear that he was not on duty on the night of the murder, having, as he said, got drunk at Romford, and that he was in bed from five o'clock in the afternoon of the 29th of June, until six o'clock the next morning, when he heard that the deceased Clarke was missing. Now this was positively contradicted by Kimpton and by Parsons himself, who said Butfoy came to the station at twelve o'clock, and said, " All right, sergeant." If Butfoy could prove he was really in bed, why then his time was accounted for on the night of the murder ; but if he did not, then there must be some sus picion attaching to his conduct. They had it proved, that on the morning after the murder, when Clarke was re ported missing, Parsons left the station-house with the constable Kimpton, and before he had proceeded 200 yards from the station he proposed to Kimpton what tale they were all to stick to in reference to his being on duty on the night of the murder. Now that had struck him (the Coro ner) as a very strong and suspicious circumstance in the case, but it would be for the jury to sly, what importance should be attached to it. With reference to the conduct of the police generally in the case, there were no words strong enough in the English language to ex press the disgust which must be felt by all right-minded persons at their conduct. He applied his observations to those policemen who had been guilty of the foul and heinous crime, to say the least of it, of wilful, and cor rupt perjury. The unfortunate circumstance was, that these very men, the servants of the public, had in the first instance been engaged in tracing cut he perpetra tors of the deed and in forwarding the ends of justice, and they had been the principal means by which the ends of justice had been defeated. They had been en gaged to ascertain the perpetrators of the diabolical deed, and they had done everything in their power to repress the truth. Its consequence of these circum stances the greatest difficulty and mystery had been thrown around the case; but it would be for the jury to consider whether there was suspicion founded on the evidence sufficiently strong to warrant them in returning a verdict of wilful murder against any person or per sons. He need not again caution the jury that they were bound to come to a conclusion without any hatred er malice, but that they were bound to do so solely from the facts adduced in evidence before them. If they did not think that the circumstances were sufficiently strong to inculpate any person or persons in a charge of wilful murder, then it would the duty of the jury to return an open verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown. With these remarks he (the coroner) would leave the case in the hands of the jury,, doubting not but that they would come to such a conclusion as would satisfy their own consciences, and the minds of the public at large, in so important a matter. The inquest-room was here cleared of strangers, and after a consultation lasting upwards of an hour, the Court was re-opened, when the Coroner announced that the jury had come to a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." Mr. Rawlings said, on the part of Sergeant Parsons, he now wished to know if he was to remain in the cus tody, or under the surveillance, of the police any longer? Mr. Superintendent Pearce said he had no authority to answer that question. The CORONER said he would undertake to say, that not only Sergeant Parsons, but the whole of the men who had sworn falsely, would be indicted forthwith for perjury. Mr. Rawlings said, on the part of Sergeant Parsons, he was prepared to meet any charge which might be brought against him. The CORONER remarked, that no doubt a few days would decide the matter, and if Sergeant Parsons still remained in custody ho had no one to blame for it but himself. The proceedings in this protracted and truly mys terious affair then terminated. CENTRAL CRIMINAL . COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman Gums.) ASSAULT, WITH INTENT TO DO GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM.—John Morgan, aged 19, a last-maker, was charged with having feloniously stabbed and wounded Martin O'Hara, an officer in the service of the Great Western Railway Company, with intent to do him grie vous bodily harm. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Prendergast attended for the prisoner. Mr. CLARKSON having opened the case, called Martin O'Hara, who said that on the 22d of August he gave evidence in that Court, and on leaving he called (looking for a friend) in a public-house near Golden square, and, not finding him, was coming out, when the prisoner, who was inside, said, " There goes a b-- railway policeman," at the same time drawing the weapon out of a sword-stick and stabbing him in the back. Witness said " you have stabbed me in the back." The prisoner said nothing, but the landlord said ;` I hope not," and wished them to make it up. Witness re fused, and the prisoner was given into custody. Police-constable 185 C said that he was called to take the prisoner into custody. Ile was not quite sober, and when told what he was charged with, he said, " Ob, it's only a lark, and Pm sorry for it." On the way to the station-house the prisoner said, " go with you, but I won't go with that b—." Mr. PRENDERGAST then addressed the jury, and cha racterised the whole matter as of the most trumpery kind. The grievous bodily harm resolved itself into a trifling puncture of the skin, for which no surgeon had been consulted, and which would never have been heard of, if the person aggrieved had not been a policeman. Witnesses were heard to character. _ . . The Learned RECORDER summed up, and the jury, after a brief consultation, returned a verdict of guilty of an aggravated assault. The jury at the same time ex pressed their reprobation of the use of such instruments. The prisoner was sentenced to six months' imprison ment, with hard labour, the Learned Judge regretting that the Court could not shut its oyes to the fact that this crime was greatly on the increase, and, therefore, the public safety required that every such offence should be visited by severe punishment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A young man named John Seymour was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with the offence` specified in the following evidence:— William Norman, coffeehouse keeper in St. George's ctreet East. stated _that on Saturday week the prisoner came to the house, and said that ne wished to beard and lodge there a short time. Witness asked him for some security as to the discharge of the amount of the ex pense, and he offered an advance note, which witness returned to him on Saturday, receiving from him at the same time the advance note produced, for 31. 55., pur porting to be signed " F. Richardson," commander of the British Queen, and addressed to Mr. Angar, 7, Fenchurch-street. The prisoner had his board and lodging with witness for ten days, which amounted to IL, and witness gave him the remainder of the sum at different times. The prisoner wrote his name on the back of the note. Mr. John A. Angar, merchant, of Fen-court, Fen church-strect, said that he had no vessel called the British Queen, nor was he agent of any such vessel, nor did he know any commander of the name of Richardson. The prisoner said that the writing on the back of the note was not his.—Committed for trial. William Hall, cab-driver, No. 4,033, was charged with having violently whipped a lad named John Noble. As the complainant was drawing a truck in Fen church-street a waggon was passing by, and the prisoner wanted to drive his cab between witness and the pave ment, and then began to lash the lad most desperately, and struck him in the eye with his whip. A person who witnessed the brutal conduct of the defendant readily appeared to give evidence of the fact. Alderman MUSGROVE said he should inflict the penalty of 30 shillings upon the defendant, who refused to pay, and said it was quite ridiculous to say that any assault had been committed.—The prison( r was committed. GREENWICH. HORSE STEALING.—John Johnson, a cab driver, re siding on Blackheath-hill, was broughtlbefore Mr. Traill, charged with stealing a gelding and harness, the pro perty of William Attersley, hackney master, of No. 73, Stratton-ground, Horseferry-road, Westminster, and also a horse, the property of W. Walker, of York-road, Lambeth, cab proprietor. Mr. Attersley identified his horse, which was safe in the stable on the night of Monday fortnight last, after the gates had been closed and barred. James Rapsey, police-constable, 102 R, deposed that the horse in question was handed over to him by a per son named Crutch, at the Si in Inn, Blackheath-hill, who had agreed to purchase it : after inquiry, and had paid a deposit of ss. on account. Witness, from information given, followed and apprehended prisoner in the Black heath-road. J9lui Crutch, pnalmeizen 131,411060, &MEI 010 MEXICAN HIGHWAYMEN. Robbers in Mexico are what pedlars used to be in England; they keep up the life in the villages, plunder wherever they can, cheat where they cannot plunder, ride stout horses, and lead, on the whole, a varied, and some times, a very gay life. One of the American, travellers saw, at one of the villages where the stage changed horses, a dashing and picturesque figure, gaudily dressed, who rode by on a handsome horse richly caprisoned. On inquiring if the coachman knew him, the answer was that ho knew him perfectly well, and that he was the captain of a band of robbers who had plundered the stage several Glues since the whip and reins had been in his hands. On the American urging the question why he had not brought the robber to punishment, the answer was, " that he would be sure to be shot by some of the band the next time he passed the road ;" the honour of Mexican thieves being peculiarly nice upon this point. It appeared that the dashing horseman had gone through the village on a reconnoissance, but probably not liking the obvious preparations of the travellers, had postponed the capture. The mode of managing things in this somnolent country is remarkable for its tranquillity. The American who narrates the circumstance had taken with him from Vera Cruz four dragoons; but on accidentally inquiring on the road into the state of their arms, he found that but one carabine had a lock in fighting order, and even that one was not loaded; on which ho dismissed the guard, and trusted to his companions, who were all well armed. The Mexican travellers, taking the matter in another way, never carry arms, but prepare a small purse "to be robbed of," of which they are robbed accordingly. A few miles from I'erote the road winds round a high bill, and the passengers generally get out and walk. The Americans on this occasion had left their arms in the carriage, but their more prudent chief immedietely ordered them to carry them in their hands, and in the course of the ascent they pounced upon a group of ruffians whom the driver pro nounced to be robbers; and who, but for their arms, would probably have attacked them. In less than a month after this, five or six Americans having left their arms in the stage at this spot, wereattacked, and stripped of every cent. belonging to them. It must be owned that this country has fine advan tages for the gentlemen of the road. The highway be tween Vera Cruz and Mexico is the great conduit of life in this country. Nearly all the commerce goes by that way, and ninety out of every hundred travellers pass by the same route. The chief portion of the road is through an absolute desert. It frequently winds up the sides of mountains, and then is bordered by forests of evergreens, forming a capital shelter for the land pirate, the whole being a combination of Hounslow heath and Shooter's-hill on a grand scale, and making highway robbery not merely a showy but a safe specu lation, the gaming table being the chief recruiting office of the whole battalion of Mercury. The statistics of gaming might borrow a chapter from Mexico. The passion for play is public, universal, and unbounded. It is probably even superior to the passion for pulque. Every one plays, and plays for all that he is worth in the world, and often for more. But he has his resource—the road. A man who has lost his last dollar, but who is determined to play on till ho dies, lays himself under strong temptations of coveting his neigh bour's goods. The hour when the stages pass is known to every one ; the points of the road where they must go slowly up the hill, arc familiar to all highway recol lections. Associates are expeditiously found among the loiterers, who, after their own ruin, sit round the room watching the luck of others. The band is formed in a moment ; they take the road without delay, post them selves in the evergreens, enjoy the finest imaginable prospect, and breathe the most refreshing air, until the creaking of the coach wheels puts them on the alert. They then exhibit their weapons, the passengers produce their little purses, the stage is robbed of everything portable or convertible into cash, the band return to the gaming table, fling out their coin, and play till they are either rich or ruined once more. Some time after an adventure, such as we have de scribed, the stage was robbed near Puebla by a gang, all of whom had the appearance .ot gentlemen. When the operation of rifling everybody and everything was com pleted, one of the robbers observed, " that they must not be looked on as professional thieves, for they were gentlemen; but having been unfortunate at play, they were forced to put the company to this inconvenience, for which they requested their particular pardon." An incidett of this order occurring in the instance of a public personage some years before, long excited remarkable interest. The Swiss consul had been assas sinated at noonday. A carriage had driven up to his door, out of which three men came, one in the dress of a priest. On the doors being opened they seized and gagged the porter, rushed into the apartment where the consul was sitting, murdered and robbed him, and then retreated. None knew whence they came or whither they went; but the murdered man in his dying struggle had torn a button off the coat of one of the robbers, which they fonnd still clenched in his hand. A soldier was shortly after seen with more money than he could account for. Suspicion naturally fell upon him; his quarters were searched, and one of his coats was found with the button torn off. He was convicted, but relied on a pardon through the Colonel Yanez, chief aide-de camp of the President Santa Anna, who was his accom plice in the transaction. On being brought out for exe cution, and placed on the fatal bench where criminals are strangled, he cried out, " Stop, I will acknowledge my accomplices;" and he pronounced the name of the colonel. Search was immediately made in the house of Yanez, and a letter in cipher was found connecting him with this and other robberies. This letter was left in the hands of one of the judges. He was offered e. large sum to destroy it, and refused. In a few days after he was found dead, as was supposed, by poison. The paper was then transferred to another judge, who was offered the same bribe, and who promised to destroy it; but on conferring with his priest, though he took the money, he shrank from the actual destruction of the document, and kept it in silence. Yanez was brought to trial, and, believing that the paper was no longer in ex istence, treated the charge with contempt. The paper was produced, and the aide-de-camp was condemned any executed.—Blackwood. FREE TRADE. (From the Journal des De bats.) The question of free trade is now fairly placed before all the states of Europe, by virtue of the example very recently given by a great nation, where, however, the protective system had the support, generally all powerful, of the aristocracy. An association whose importance none can dissimulate, is taking steps to reproduce amongst us, as well as it can, the efforts or the English League. What is the course necessary to adopt? Is the principle which triumphed in England equally true on this side the straits. Do reason, propriety, and the decided determination on the part of the Government not to give a shock to the country (by innovations) permit us to hope for the immediate application of this princi ple to a certain extent in France? This is a question which it is desirable to examine with calmness, and we purpose to do so at some length. Free trade presents itself, it is admitted even by its adversaries, under a bril liant aspect. It would have the inappreciable advantage of assuring the peace of the world, which is the greatest blessing of civilisation, the surest guarantee that can be given for liberty ; it would furnish every one with the means of exercising his industrial faculties, entirely according to his will and to their full extent of procuring every object at the lowest possible rate, and of selling the fruits of his labour in the market which offers the best price for them. From liberality and hu manity one is disposed to love free-trade. On-the other WILLS. 1 THE LATE HON. Mn. MsnUtISON, OF CHINA.--It may be fresh in tho memory of our readers, that, at a time when most required, this country was deprived (by premature death) of the very valuable services of this young and highly talented and most promising individual, the son of the late eminent Dr. Morrison, of Canton, ho being then employed as the British Government correspondent at China, on the termi nation of the late war and in forming the treaty. On the supposition of his having died intestate, his effects were administered to by his sister in July last year, he ;baying died a bachelor and she being his nearest rela tive ; but since that period she has had transmitted to her from Macao tho deceased's papers and letters, contained in a chest ; upon examining 1 which she has discovered his last will, entirely in his own handwriting, sealed up, and superscribed, " To be opened only in case of my decease. J. R. Morrison. i Macao, 23d December, 1837." The executors appointed therein were Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, Wright, and Matheson, of China, who have renounced, and a new administration, with the will thereto annexed, was 4 granted on the 7th instant, by the Court in London, to i\ his sister, who, with her stepmother, the relict of . Dr. Morrison, are the principal legatees. This change of grant entitles them to a remittance in the dif• ference of duty between a will and intestacy. The property in England was estimated at 5,000/. He has directed 1,000/. to be paid to the executors of his .late revered father, for books purchased. His Chinese books arc to be presented to the London University , College. Ho requests the Rev. Elijah C. Bridgman, -of Canton, to select from among hi s E ng lish end . European books such as he might deem suitable 1 Tesents to several members of the testator's family, and also to his friends in China, leaving to hitn a le selection of individuals in China, and to his sister Lad Mrs. Morrison th ose i n E ng l and; the rema i n d er o f t h e I LI vks to be sent to th e Morrison Eclacmion Ocioth in k --- GREAT CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Yesterday a very numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of Tower Ward took place at Baker's Hall, in Harp-lane, in consequence of a requisition pre sented to Alderman Lucas, to consider plans for the im provement of the thoroughfare through the ward, on account of the numerous accidents which have occurred there. Alderman LUCAS, in calling the attention of the meet ing to the subject, said it was one to which they must look with a broader view, inasmuch as the funds from which the improvements were to be defrayed were not the funds of the ward, but the Government consolidated funds from which all the extensive improvements of the metropolis were to be drawn. If they were to change the ancient line of traffic, it mast be considered that they must have new sewers, new paving, lighting, and watch ing, and other novelties of an expensive nature ; and in stead of having one capacious street adapted to the in creasing commerce and population, they would have two small streets, affording no public relief, and perpetrating a vast deal of mischief upon the inhabitants.—(llear, hear.) Some years ago, when the subject of the London brige improvements was agitated, Alderman Sir Matthew Wood,who was the great organ of communication between the Government and the Corporation, took care that the well-known objectionable parts of Mark-lane should stand forward most prominently for alteration. There, however, existed a difference of opinion in the ward on the proposed plans ; and Mr. R. L. Jones perceiving that such opposition of feeling existed, said that if the inha bitants could not agree amongst themselves, the project of improving the locality must lie upon the shelf, and so it had been shelfed ever since. —(Hear, hear.) The idea of the Government was to make Tower-street a great street, and the disagreement of the inhabitants upon the subject was the cause of the widening of streets which comparatively required no enlargement, while that thoroughfare was left in its old condition. Those who heard him knew perfectly well that more carriages passed through Mark-lane and Tower-street in one day than were to be seen in Catcaton-street in a fortnight. Mr. BARKLEY rose to propose the first resolution, which was, " that the inhabitants of the Tower Ward, deeply impressed with the necessity for an immediate alteration in the leading thoroughfares of Great Tower _ street and Mark-lane, in consequence oftll;iteatiy in creasing traffic through the confined streets in the neigh bourhood, by which most serious accidents and stoppages on the highway, causing suspension to business, were constantly occurring, earnestly requested that that part of the City might be presented as requiring greater faci lities for the transmission of heavy goods to and from the docks, &c., and that the Aldermen and Common Council of the ward be solicited to bring the same before the notice of the corporation without loss of time." It gave him the highest gratification to find that the vener able Alderman, who had been born in the ward, was un willing to see the principal street in it should become a back street.—(Cheers.) It was the wish of the first man in the country (the Duke of Wellington) that Tower-street should be preserved, and he sincerely 'wiped that the straight line, which formed one of the projects, and which would infinitely damage the property of numbers of the population of the ward by making that thoroughfare a back street, would meet with no supporters.—(Hear,t, hear.) The meeting were aware that Coleman-street was form,trly an excellent street of business until Moorgate-street was built. The shop keeper, who, in Coleman-street, paid 501. a year for his house, was finally obliged, from the total disappearance of business on account of the alteration, to take a house in Moorgate-street, at the large rent of 2501.—(Hear, hear.) The suggested improvement in Tower Ward, to which he alluded, would just be to Tower-street what Moorgate-street was to the unfortunate street called Coleman-street.--(Hear, hear.) Mr. GARRETT seconded the motion, which was, after some observations from several of the inhabitants, put, and declared by Alderman Lucas to be unanimously carried. Mr. WYLIE, after a few words, approving of the unanimity with which the first resolution was carried, moved a resolution to the effect that the inhabitants, viewing with alarm the alterations contemplated in the formation of a new street from Little Tower•street to Trinity-square, which, in intersecting Mincing-lane and Mark-lane, would seriously disturb the Colonial and corn markets, besides destroying a large portion of the most valuable rentals in their vicinity, and by which also the trade of Great Tower-street would be entirely deviated, and the property in that and the adjoining streets greatly depreciated, called upon tho Aldermen and Common Council to state such feelings to the Cor poration and the Commissioners of Metropolitan Im provements, in order that some other plan of alteration might be adopted, whereby their interests might not be so seriously injured. Mr. WARD seconded the motion. Mr. TITE, the eminent architect, requested permis sion to make a few remarks, because it appeared to him that the resolution just proposed was inconsistent to a considerable extent, with The former proceedings of that ward. lie held in his hand documents which showed that in 1837 improvements in the ward were suggested by Mr. Falkner ' a young architect, which were supported by all the leading inhabitants. Those improvements consisted of a new street from Mark-lane to Tower-hill, to be continued across Postern-row, to the Docks. At a wardmote, held in that year, a sub committee was appointed. That sub-committee reported in 1840 to the wardmote, recommending a Bill to be brought in for affecting that improvement. He held in his hand a copy of the Bill, which was to the effect of the recommendation. That street and these improve ments were consisteat, to a very great extent, with that which it was understood the Commissioners for the Me tropolitan Improvements were friendly to at the present moment. The Bill was abandoned because it was based on the opinion that a new street could be cut, and the frontages sold, so as to produce a return ; and the report of the committee even spoke of a large profit. He was consulted by some friends interested, and after some in quiry he gave them as his opinion that no such return could be obtained, and that without the assistance of a public grant the improvement could not be carried out. In the course of the present year the inhabitants of the Ward of Tower had memoralised the Commissioners of Public Improvements, in consequence of certain resolu tions passed on st. Thomas's day, 1845, detailing all the proceedings from 1837 to 1840, and craving the assist ' ance of the Commissioners to carry them out. In that state of things he suggested to the meeting that it would be desirable to pause and to appoint a sub-committee, who might consider all the question, rather than by a resolu tion of that day to negative all the proceedings from 1837 downwards.—(Hear.) Mr. HALL said that in order to carry out the last re solution, he should move, as an amendment to that pro posed by Mr. Wylie, "that a committee be appointed to take into consideration the various plans for the im provement of the Wards of Tower, and to approve of a present plan to be laid before the ward at a future meeting." Mr. Tiesote, and other gentlemen, opposed the amendment, and stated that they had already plans be ' fore them, and it was to decide upon the choice of one of these plans they had assembled. Mr. Hall's amendment was then negatived by a very • large majority. Mr. HoweLL then proposed the following as an amendment to Mr. Wylie's proposition :—" That in the opinion of the wardmote, it is most desirable that a good thoroughfare should exist from London-bridge and that part of the metropolis south of Chcapside, di rect to the Decks and the eastern part of London, ovor Tower-hill. That it is most important towards the completion of this plan, as part of the route is beyond the limits of the city of London, that the new thorough fare required in the front of Postern-row should be re commended for adoption by the Metropolitan Commis sioners, and carried into effect by the proper authorities. That such portion of the improvement as may be re-' quired within the city of London is a good street, not less than 50 feet nide, from the beginning of Tower, Ward, on to Tower-hill, and their wardmote consider' that such street should pass on the north side of Barking, Church ; and that this wardmote, while it does not de-, termine on any exact place, earnestly desire that such improvement should be effectual in every way for the relief of the annoyance complained of, and commensu rate with the commercial importance of this ward, and the increasing intercourse and traffic of the City gene rally." Mr. HANsoN seconded Mr. Howell's amendment, which was negatived by a great majority. The original motion was then carried. Mr. Ntssoti proposed the last resolution, which was as follows :—" The inhabitants of the Tower Ward, having. obtained information that the Government intend open ing for a carriage way that part of Tower-hill known as Postern-row, and having ascertained from direct survey that access thereto from the east end of Great Tower street can be gained without difficulty, earnestly direct the attention of the Corporation and the Metropolitan Commissioners to the plan for widening Great Tower street, being No. 14 plan of the City improvements (1837), by which it was proposed to remove one side of 'Tower-street, a small portion of Barking Church-yard, and two or three houses at the corner of Trinity-terrace, by which alteration vehicles to and from the docks of the eastern parts of London would be carried across Trinity-squa.re, a better approach would t'e gained to the western entrant - ;e to the Tower, the traffic would be con fined to the lea ding thoroughfares of the ward, and the ventilation of ti its part of the city considerably improved, leaving also th e colonial and corn marlets unmolested, and affecting in a much less degree than any other plan proposed, the e: xisting interests of the inhabitants of the ward generally.." Mr. CHILI xs iGWORTH seconded the troposition, which was agreed ton by a vast majority. Mr. Tn.so N, as one of the representttives of the ward, assured the meeting that he would eve expression to their mistime nts in the Court of Cohmon Council with high gratification. After thanlcs were voted to Alderaan Lucas, the ve nerable Alder pittn ef the ward, the meting seParAted• THE DAGENHAM MURDER. DAGENHAM, TUESDAY EVENING.—This forenoon, at ten o'clock, the inquiry into the horrible and mysterious murder of the police-constable George Clarke, was re sumed, for the sixth time, before Mr. C. C. Lewis, the coroner, and jury, at the Cross Keys Inn, facing Dagen ham Church_ It would scarcely be imagined, considering the long period which has elapsed since the perpetration of the murder, that public excitement should still prevail. So far, however, from having subsided, the interest felt in the proceedings appears to have increased with each adjournment of the inquest, more particularly amongst the resident gentry, and more respectablelcl asses, resident in the vicinity of Dagenham and the surrounding villages. Notwithstanding the early hour at which the resumption of the inquest was appointed to take place, long before that time not only was the inquest room, but every avenue leading thereto, densely crowded. Mr. Superintendent Pearce was again in attendance to watch the case on the part of the police commissioners. Mr. Rawlings, solicitor, of Rumford, attended on the part of Sergeant Parsons (still under the strict surveil lance of the police); and Mr. Superintendent l`viacquard and Inspector Richardson, of the K division, as also several officers of the detective force, were in attendance. The Coroner took his seat a few minutes after ten o'clock, and the jury having answered to their names. Police-constable George Dunning was first called and examined—He said, my number is 397 K. I have been on duty at Dagenhatn rather better than nine weeks. Parsons has not during any part of that time been in my charge. During the time I have been at Dagenh km station Sergeant Parsons has been there. I recollect the night of August the 27th. Between eleven and twelve o'clock on that night I was at the station, in a back room, and I heard quarrelling between Sergeant Par sons and his sister, who were at the time up stairs. Ido not know what they were quarrelling about, but I heard her accuse him of something. I could not distinctly un derstand what it was, but the reply Parsons made to that was—" Do you mean this affair?" but what affair he alluded to I don't know. When he said " this affair," she replied, " Yes, this affair, and others too." Parsons then began to cry, and I heard no more. I knew that he was crying, for he cried out loud, so that I could hear him. I spoke of this to Sergeant Pearson, who was at the time in the charge-room, and to Sergeant Corvin, the acting sergealt. I was called on to snake a report about it on the Tuesday following, which I gave to Ser geant Pearson. _ _ —By the CORONER—I heard Parsons and leis sister quar relling when I was in the street, and I then heard Par sons threaten to throw his sister down stairs if she did not hold her tongue. I heard no other threat. I think this was a quarter of an hour before I heard them when I was in the station. I have told you all I have heard, to the best of my recollection, and all I reported to Ser geant Pearson. CoaoNEß—Don't you know that you reported to Ser• grant Pearson that you heard Parson's sister say, " You know that you are guilty of it ?" Witness—No, I did not report the word " guilty " that I recollect. Collo:um—You must recollect either one thing or the other, and if you do not you are a most unfit person to give evidence either before this or any other jury. George Corvin, police-constable 100 K—l am acting sergeant of police, stationed at llagtinhatn. On . the night of the 27th of August I was on duty at the Da genham station. Between the hours of 12 and 1, Dun ning, the constable, called me to the stairs to listen to Sergeant Parsons and his sister quarrelling. They were up stairs and the door closed. I could not hear one word distinctly that they spoke. Dunning seated to me, whilst standing at the stairs, that " Sergeant Parsons' sister had said, You know you are guilty of it." That Sergeant Parsons made answer directly, "In this affair? " His sister then said, " Yes, and many more." Sergeant Parsons then called her an oppro brious epithet and burst out crying►. That is the report Dunning made to me. lam certain every word I stated is correct. By the CORONER—I heard a noise as if some one was crying when I was at the bottom of the stairs. I could not tell if it was a man or woman crying. Dunning was recalled, and said he had no recollection of making use of the word " guilty," CORONER—Why, you repeated to me, word for word, in the yard of this house, that which Corvin has now stated. I was very particular in questioning you, and the statement made by Corvin is exactly the report you made to me. Sergeant Pearson was next called, and declared that Dunning said to him that Parsons' sister had said to him, "You know that you are guilty." Julia Parsons, the sister of Sergeant Parsons, was hero called in and sworn —She said—l recollect being at the Dagenham station on the night of the 27th of August. I was with my brother up stairs on that night. His wife was away from him, at her father's, at Barking side. We had a few words on that night concerning our own family. I don't know how long we were quar relling, but should say half an hour. CORONER—DO you happen to recollect what you said to him during the quarrel? Witness—l said very little to him. During the time we were quarrelling there was no allusion made to the death of Clarke. My brother was making allusion to his brothers not writing to him ever since he has been under arrest. Ido not remember what I said to him, but I was in a passion. Ido not re collect saying anything about the murder of Clarke. I did not say that he knew he was guilty of it. • CORONER—WiII you undertake to swear that you did not say so? Witness—Yes, I will. Ido not remember having said anything like that. lie called mo some names I cannot mention, and at the end of the quarrel he cried. All I accused him of was concerning our own family. CORONER—Do you recollect his asking you, when you accused him of several things, " Do you mean this affair ?" 'Witness—l do not recollt ct his saying so. I would swear he did not say so. I admit I was in a great passion at the time, and may not recollect all that was said between us. By the CORONER—I will swear that I know no more about the matter than I have already stated. T haVerio. reason to believe the statement I have previously made about my brother being at home on the night of the murder is untrue. Edward Langley examined—l am a sergeant of the detective police force. I came to Dagenham on the 16th of last month. I recollect going to the spot where Clarke was murdered in company with sergeant Par sons, on the 18th, two days after I came here. On my return I picked up this handkerchief (now produced) in a meadow adjoining the field where the murder took place. On attempting to pig( it up it stuck to the grass, and I then found that it was clotted with blood as it is now. The handkerchief was here produced to the jury. It is of silk, having a blue ground, with a figured orange, 'yellow, and crimson border, very old, and much torn. There was a great quantity of blood-stains upon it. The CORONER directed that the handkerchief should be left at Dagenham station where it could be identified. That might in all probability lead to some discovery as to the owner. [Mr. Rawlings here expressed his wish, on the part of Parsons, that Inspector Richardson should be examined as to certain words alleged to have fallen from Sergeant Parsons, whilst sitting at a public-house at Romford, by a witness named Clements.] Mr. Inspector Richardson was then sworn—He said, on Wednesday, the Bth of July, I was at Romford, with Sergeant Pearson, who was in front of me walking, and we went into a public-house with Clements. When there, I asked Clements what his name was? and told him to sit down. He turned round and sat down upon the form, and in doing so Clements gave a very heavy sigh. Sergeant Parsons was sitting a little to his right reading the newspaper. I told Clements that I had heard he had received a heavy blow in the neck. He said, " No." I asked him to show me, and he took off his handkerchief. I then observed just under his ear an old abscess. I examined his chest all the way down, and I then let him go. Mr. Rawlings—Will you ask the witness whether he heard anything drop from Parsons on that occasion? CORONER—The most important thing is whether Clements got into the room before Inspector Richardson. Inspector Richardson—When I arrived Parsons was reading the newspaper, and Pearson and Clements were in the room. Mr. Rawlings wished to know if the inspector heard Parsons say anything, as stated by Clements ? The reason he wished to have this question answered, was the fact that he believed he could show that Sergeant Parsons was never left alone in the company of Cle ments. It had gone forth to the world that Parsons and Clements were alone when the alleged observation (" Al), poor fellow ! 1 wish I had not done it, now,' ) was made. Inspector Richardson, in answer to the Coroner, said, he certainly saw Parsons in the thoughtful position de scribed by Clements, but he did not hear him make the statement alleged to have been heard by Clements. Thomas Pearson—l am a pollee sergeant, 32 K. On the Bth of July I went to the Lion public-house at Rom ford with the man Clements. I first entered the room, and Clements followed me. I found Sergeant Parsons there, sitting on the left-hand side of the room, reading the newspaper. I remained in the room, I think, about three or four minutes, and then left and went to the bar. I was not absent I should say more than half a minute. I returned to the room, and myself and Inspector Rich ardson then examined Clements, and I remained there until Clements went away. Parsons was reading the paper the greater portion of the time, but I heard nothing fall from him during the time I was there. By the CORONER—When I left the room, Inspector Richardson was standing at the door of the room with the door-handle in his hand. Parsons and Clements were, at the time I left them, sitting close together, with Clements on the left hand side of Parsons. The CORONER here inquired of Mr. Rawlings if he desired any more witnesses to be examined, or if Par. sons desired to make any statement to the jury. Mr. Rawlings replied in the negative. By direction of the Coroner, Kimpton, Farns, Hick ton, Butfoy, and the other constables placed under the surveillance of the police, were here sent for from the Dagenham police-station. On their arrival, Kimpton was first called, and said, in answer to the CORONER. that he had nothing further to state, and that the last evidence he gave was true. Fares was similarly questioned, as were also Hickton and Butfoy, and they also said their last evidence was true, and they had nothing further to add. There being no further evidence, The CORONER proceeded at some length to address the jury. He observed that the charge which they had so long had in hand could only be viewed as a murder of a very atrocious and mysterious character. He had no doubt they were aware that it was their duty not to allow their minds to be swayed by ar.y reports they might have either heard or read concerning this lamenta ble occurrence, but to be guided solely by the evidence adduced before them. They would bear in mind the circumstances of the case. The unfortunate young man George Clarke was but 20 years of age. He had only been in the police about six months, and had come ".o Dagenham about six weeks before hi sdeatb, in coa -1 •~ ~ ~ -~ ~- , z , , tile prisoner called upon him about ten in the moron:go saying he had a horse, &c., for sale, the property ao f uncle, by whom he had been co mmissioned to dispose et it. Witness agreed to the terms, and paid ss. on 00 11 4 conditionally. He (witness) made inquiry , but co t° hear nothing of the party referred to. He then wen t ., London with the prisoner to see his uncle , but hi' quiries were unsatisfactory, and on their return to heath-hill he gave him into custody. lied that The prisoner, in answer to Mr. TRAM, reP" -- w ag he had nothing to say to the charge, except that he drun Mr. k at the time. Crutch said the prisoner was not ill and that he knew perfectly well what he was about. • o ner Mr. Attersley said he would prove that the Po l e s; was seen to leave his yard mounted, at a Liwa r f. te ,,herse three o'clock on the morning of the robbery, at the time wearing the harness, and gallop alvaYf prisoner must have been secreted about the st&' l ' f ee night, as the gates were closed and barred at eiv o'clock. liquor , tir Mr. Thomas Clark, chemist and druggist, Bittelt.lol hill, identified a great coat, value about 41., Whit no et been stolen out of his gig during the time the pin o i was employed to assist in the stable. Th e coat cob. been sold by the prisoner to John Straw, anotnel'oeto driver, for 175., and was traced by the po li c e-consta i , ' ,o Mr. Brown's, White Hart, in the Borough, wh ere it " been left. 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