The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-09 00:00:00

ADDITIONAL AND LATEST PARTICULARS,

Yesterday morning several persons visited the
shop of Mr. Daniel Bradley, the undertaker, of
Whitechapel-road, to inspeet the bodies of the
children and the clothing found in the roof of the
church, but they could not identify anything, as the
articles were so much decayed.
Mr. Powell, the senior claiirehwarden, and fore-
man of the jury, gave instructions to Mr. Bradley
to remove the whole of the remains in a large shell,
for burial in the Tower Hamlets Cemetery, Bow -
road, and the interment will take place on Saturday
afternoon next, after the result of the inquest is
made known.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. john Pownceby, of the
coroner's office, received information of a boy re-
siding in the neighbourhold of the church, who had
seen the deceased man Smith, the late gravedigger,
carry up small coffins into the belfry on several oc-
casions. This fact will throw some light on the
present mystery which surrounds the case, and
show that Mr. Wilkenson, the sexton, has been
duped out of his fees.

the workmen, under the charge of Mr. Hicks,
the builder, have made further search, but no more
bodies have been found, although the entire roof of
the sacred edifice has been removed.

Many applications have been made by persons to
view the place in the steeple, but the parochial
authorities have ordered the spot to be locked up.

A YOUTHFUL ELOPEMENT,

On Monday (says the Liverpool Courier) the facts were
brought to light of the singular circumstance of a boy and
girl, aged 13 and 14 respectively, having sloped from
Rochdale and arrived in Liverpool, where they had taken
lodgings and cohabited. In the morning a young man
named Heywood, son of Levi Heywood, who lives at a farm
called Japhey's::Farm, near Rochdale, arrived her from
that town and gave information to the police that a young
girl who lived with her father had run away from home
with a boy whose father lived in Rochdale, and it was be-
lieved they had come to Liverpool. An officer went out
with the young man to search for the youthful lovers, but
returned without success. While they were out looking for
them, however, Police. cot stable 96 (Markey), having re-
ceived information of the affair, saw a boy and a girl in
Tithebarn-street, and from the description which had been
given him he at once concluded that they were the erring
ones. The officer asked them in a kindly manner if they
had not come from Rochdale, when the girl, who appeared
to be very shrewd—much more so than her young lover—
replied that they had not come from that place. This an-
swer did not satisfy the officer, who took them aside, and
by minute questioning succeeded in eliciting from the boy
that they had come from Rochdale, and that they had slept
together at a house in Plumbe-street. Finding that the
boy had confessed, the girl also acknowledged the truth of
the story. The boy said his name was Joseph Leech, and
that his father was a plasterer, residing at 75, Whitworth-
road, Rochdale. The girl's name was Mary Dawson, and
she was between 14 and 15 years of age. She said they left
home together on. Sunday morning, and she had at that
time 4s, 6d. in her pocket, and that her companion had 55.,
which he had been four years in saving up at a penny bank,
and had withdrawn it for the purpose of leaving home. It

seems that when the girl was only three years of age her
mother died and she was taken charge of by Mr. Heywood,
with whom she has lived ever since. Her father holds some
situation in a woollen mill at Rochdale. The boy was a play-
mate of the girl's, and one of the girl's companions told
young Leech that Maro was going to leave home and run
away. Of course young Joseph could not stand this, so he
determined to go away as well, and having consulted with
her the result was that they determined to go away together.
They left their home on Sunday morning, and having met
at a previously appointed place they walked to Bolton, and
from thence came to Liverpool. On their arrival here they
took lodgings at the house of T. Douglas, 46, Plumbe-
street, Tithebarn-street, where, in answer to inquiries put
by the woman of the house, they represented that they were
brother and sister, that the boy had come to Liverpool to
get a place in an office or to go to sea, and that the girl
wanted to get a situation of some sort. They then asked it
it would not be cheaper for thorn both to sleep in ono bed,
when the Nyman replied that it would make no difference
as the girl could sleep with her. After some talk, however,
they said they would prefer sleeping together, which they
accordingly did, Police-constable Markey escorted the two
runaways to the central police-office, where they were der
tained until six o'clock in the evening, when he saw them
off, in company with young Heywood, in a train for Roch-
dale. They had with them a nice little white poodle dog,
which they left behind them in their excitement.

Shooting a Gamekeeper in Essex.

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We deeply regret to learn that the commencement of the
shooting season has been marked by one of those desperate
conflicts often leading to murder, which, though heard of
in other parts of the kingdom, are happily not frequent in
Essex. No serious personal injury has in this instance
been sustained, though as a band of game watchers were
twice fired upon by poachers, it appears to have been a mere
chance of the moment that life was not sacrificed.
It seems that early on Sunday morning four keepers on
the estate of T. B. Western, Esq , of Felix Hall, were
watching thepreserves, known as the Thicks,at Rivenhall,
expecting, it would seem from their strong force, an attack
upon the game in that quarter. About six o'clock they
heard several reports of fire-arms, and on reaching the spot
from which the sounds proceeded they encountered two
poachers with guns, one of whom was recognised as Henry
Towns, keeper of the Cherry Tree, a small public-house in
the outskirts of Witham ; and Thos Ager, a labourer, of the
same place. Of course the keepers prepared to close with
the depredators, and Wm. Burrell, one of them being in
front, attempted to take Towns, who turned upon him,
raised bis gun, and deliberately fired. Fortunately the
charge failed to take effect, but the escape was very narrow
indeed, as it passed between Burrell's arm and body and cut
down the brushwood immediately behind him. The keepers
instantly closed upon him, and after a desperate struggle
they obtained possession of the gun and secured him. Bur-
rell then observed Ager, the other man, making his escape
with a gun in his hand, and being the youngest and ap-
parently the most active of the keepers, he at once gave
chase and rapidly gained upon his man, who, finding he
must be taken, turned, when his pursuer was within a few
feet of him, pointed his gun at him, and fired.e The:charge
struck the keeper in the side and knocked him down, setting
fire to his clothes aid injuring his flesh, but fortunately
none of the shots entered his body. Ager then escaped.
The other keepers immediately ran to Burrell's assistance,
and found the poor fellow lying on the ground. On exanain,
ing him they found his clothing shot away, his breast very
much bruised and discoloured, but, as we have said, most
fortunately none of the shots had penetrated. Towns was
handed over to the police and quickly transferred to the
Witham station. Superintendent Catchpoole, with his men,
immediately went in pursuit of Ager, who was apprehended
between 7 and 8 in the evening. Ager at first denied having
been at Rivenhall, but afterwards observed, "The gun went
off by accident." The prisoner was taken to Springfield
police station for the night, and yesterday he was conveyed
to Witham for examination.

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been convicted of
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