The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-02 00:00:00

THAMES.

DEAD, BUT NOT KILLED —Richard Edwards, aged 29
a pwerful man, described as a wheelwright, was brought
before Mr. Paget charged with violently assaulting and
wounding Dennis Collins, an Irish coal-whipper, and Mary
Collins, his wife.
The parties were living at No. 97, High-street, Shadwell,
and it appeared that a bad feeling existed between the Eng-
lish and Irish reeidcnts in the house. The prisoner and
Collins quarrelled a fortnight ago. There was another
quarrel between them on Tuesday morning last. The pri-
soner, a bad tempered, violent man, took up a poker from
his fireplace and aimed a cowardly blow at Mrs. Collins'
head. She put up her left hand to save her head, and re •
ceived a blow on her hand which disabled her, and she has
been very ill ever since. She screamed and called
for assistance. Her husband opened his room-
door, and the prisoner aimed a blow at the
Irishman's head with such force that the poker was broken,
and the smaller piece of it bounded into the room of the
Collins's. The poor Irishman received a severe wound,
and fell. He called out, "I am murdered, but not killed,"
which brought several persons t o his assistance, and among
others, Jesse Button, a police, 359 K, who found Dennis
Collins bleeding profusely from his wound. He has been
under medical treatte.ent ever since. Button produced the
two pieces of the broken poker. One was in the Irishman's
room. All the evidence went to show that the prisoner
had acted with great brutality to Collins and his wife, and
had wounded both. He said he acted in self-defence, and
that Dennis Collins kicked him on a tender part of his
person.
Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial, and refused
to accept bail.

London and Westminster Bank.

Some excitement was created in the City yester-
day by the announcement that arrangements had
been made for the transfer of the business of Messrs.
Jones, Loyd, and Co. to the:London and Westmin-
ster Bank. The shares of the latter suddenly rose
from 82 84 to 105 110, but a partial reaction has
occurred this morning, and they are now about
94. Annexed are the circulars issued :
" Lothbury, London, E.C., 31st March, 1864.
"We beg to inform you that in pursuance of a wish
(which we have for some time past entertained) to retire
from business, we have made arrangements with our imme-
diate neighbours, the London and Westminster Bank, for
the transfer b them of our banking establishment.
" In thus entrusting to them the future management of a
business which we have so long conducted, we believe that
we shall confide the interests of our constituents to an insti-
tution in every way capable of doing them justice, and we
shall be much obliged to the friends who have kindly re-
posed confidence in us, should they sanction the arrange-
ment we have made by continuing with the London and
Westminster Bank the business hitherto entrusted to us.
"We cannot thus announce to you the step we have
taken without thanking you for the kindness and confidence
with which your have favoured us, or without expressing to
you the regret with which we contemplate the close of our
50 55 I mutual connection.—We are, your obedient faithful ser-
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"JONES, LOYD, and CO."
"London and Westminster, Bank, Lothbury,
London, E.C., March 31, 1861.
" We have the pleasure to inform you that we have con-
cluded an arrangement with our next door neighbours,
Messrs. Janes, Loyd, and Co., for the transfer to this bank
of their old established banking business, together with their
banking premises, and that Mr. li. J. Norman will join the
board of directors of this bank.
"The business will be conducted in Lothbury as here.
tofore, and in soliciting the favour of your account we beg
to assure you it will be our earnest desire to afford you
every facility in the conduct of your business.
"In furtherance of this arrangement may we hope you
will kindly sign and forward the authority on the other
side.--Wo have the honour to remain, on behalf of the
board of the London and Westminster Bank, your most
obedient servants,—John Garrett Cattley, Thomas Chap-
man, James Denis de Vitre, Bonamy Dobree, Joseph
Esdaile, David Salomons.
" To Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., Lothbury, London, E.C.
‘:You will please to transfer the balance of account in
your books to the London and Westminster Bank.''.

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