The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-31 00:00:00

SHOCKING MURDER IN BIRMINGHAM.

ONE BOY KILLED BY ANOTHER.
A most shocking occurrence took place yesterday
afternoon in Hensage-street by which a boy only 10 years of
age was deprived of life by another boy who is his junior
by a year. The murdered boy is named John Davis. He
was a fine boy, 10 years of age, and lived with his parents
in No. 4 court, Henry-street, Ashted, and worked at
Mr. Stevens', the Dartmouth-street glassworks. His
murderer is a little Irish boy, named Thomas McGee,
who lived with his parents in Howard's-place, Hill-
street, and worked as an " edger" at the hinge
manufactory of Mr. Gold. He had only been in Mr.
Gold's employ during a few weeks, but in that time had
acquired the reputation of being • quiet, good-tem-
pered lad. The dinner-hour for the employes at both
places of business was the same, and Heneage-street
bridge seems to have been a favourite resort of the lads in
their leisure moments. The bridge is distant a few
hundred yards from Mr. Stevens', and about double that
distance from Mr. Gold's place of business. To this &WM-
tented spot a large number of boys repaired at dinner-time
yesterday, and commenced, boy-like, all sorts of practical
jokes the one with the other. McGee would seem to have
been eating his dinner, in the carving of which he used a
small one-bladed pocket-knife, with • white bone handle,
when the unfortunate deceased gave him • slight tap, where-
upon, in a moment of passion, he turned round, and struck
his assailant a severe blow in the left breast with the hand
in which was the knife. Davis, on finding himself wounded,
at once turned about and ran away in the direction of his
workshop. As he passed along the street he was seen to
be bleeding profusely and staggering in his gait, but before
anyone could reach him, he managed to get within his
master's gate, where he fell to the earth. He was promptly
raised and taken in • cab to the General Hospital, but died
on the way. McGee will be broueit before the magistrates
this morning, and the inquest will be held upon the mur-
dered boy in due oourse.—Birseinghant Post.

THE BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—
This morning a meeting of the friends and subscribers
to the above institution was held at the London Tavern,
for the purpose of electing three persons,two males and one
female, on the funds of the institution. Mr. Joseph Bird
in the absence of Mr. Rigby (the president) was voted to
the chair. The chairmen briefly opened the proceedings
by stating that was the twenty-seventh time they
had had the pleasure of meeting together on
so good an occasion. There was one thing, however,
which was to be iegretted, and that was that they could
not elect the whole of the candidates that day. There were
five males and three females, whereas they could only
elect three. All he could say was that those who were
then unfortunate might at the next election be successfuL
The poll was then proceeded with.
The Dublin Express understands that Judge
Longfield has intimated his intention to retire from the
position of judge of the Landed Estates Court, which he
has ably and faithfully occupied since the institution of
the court. Since the death of Judge Hs grey whose
I place the government have declined to fill up, a consider-
able increase of business has been added to the duties of
the two remaining judges, and this circumstance is as-
signed es a roman for the ootuse which he is reported to
have taken.