The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-22 00:00:00

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Last night Mr. Burrows the constable proceeded
to the house where the shocking affair took place,
and made ti more minute search and inspection of
the place. It seems that the deceased man had
been engaged for some time in making the model
of a farm, which was nearly completed, and was
placed on a sideboard in the room. The windows
were bespattered with blood, and portions of the
bones of the skull were foutd in various parts of the
room, which was indifferently furnished.
The deceased and his wife had only been in pos-
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secured the house to await the visit of the coroner
and jury.

Death through Disappointment in Love.

An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at the
Seven Stars Inn, Lawley-street, before the borough
coroner, Dr. Birt Davies, to inquire into the cause
of death of a young man named Edwin William
Cowley, 18 years of age, living with his parents at
19, Rowland-street, Lawley-street.
The first witness examined was the mother
of the deceased, who stated that she was a
widow and her son resided with her. He was
eighteen years of age last birthday, and by
trade a gun•screwer. He had been in and out cf the
house all the afternoon of the day (Tuesday) he was
taken ill, and about seven o'clock in the evening
went out again and did not return until nearly half-
past nine o'clock. Witness said to him, Why, Bill,
whatever is the matter P " adding, "I know you are
grieving about that girl ; but never mind, she'll be
glad to make it up with you." Deceased replied,
" I shall never speak to her again." The witness
here explained that on the preceding Monday the
deceased went, in company with the girl referred
to, who is only 16 years of age, to be married at
Handsworth Old Church, but through some mis-
management they arrived there too late for the cere-
mony to be performed. They made an appointment
to go again the following morning (Tuesday), but
through the persuasions of her father, who con-
sidered her much too young to be s wife, the girl
would not go with him upon his calling for her to
accompany him. The result was that the deceased
wandered about all day in a melancholy state of
mind until the evening.
In answer to a question from the Coroner, 'wit-
ness said that at first it was suggested that the de-
ceased might have taken poison, and a search of the
room was made, bat nothing was found to lead any
one to conclude that he had done so.

mr. Hadley, surgeon, 5, Prospect-row, examined,
stated that under the Coroner's precept he had made
a careful post mortem examination of the body of
deceased, and found great roughness of the brain
membrane and effusion of blood. The lungs were
extensively diseased ; the right side of the heart
was also in the same state, and in witness's opinion
the deceased died from a fit of epilepsy, brought on
by over-excitement.

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The jury returned a verdict "That the deceased
,lied by the -visitation of God."—Birmingham
Paper.

FORT WAGNER.—Fort Wagner is an irregular
bastioned work, situated on the northern end of
Morris Island, 2,500 yards distant from Fort Sumter. It is
composed entirely of sand, which, beyond doubt, is the best
material to withstand the effect of shell. Its armament
is six guns ; but three guns hairs recently been mounted on
the sea face to annoy the Monitors. OA the Southern face
of the work ell the obstructions that engineering skill can
devise have been placed so as to annoy our troops in case of
an assault. On the northern side of the work there has been
erected a musketry parapet, which not only commands the
approach from the northward, but enables its garrison to be
sheltered in the evont of our troops gaining an admittance
to the interior. It has its ravellins, galleries, and covered
ways, and upon the whole is a very formidable work. Tho
magazine is situated in the southern centre of the seaward
portion of the work, end although exposed to the fire of our
iron-clads, it is so well built as to defy the projectiles which
have already struck it.-4m6rican paper.

For some little time past a system of deception
has been carried on in Manchester by persons who,
taking advantage of the assisted emigration system
instituted for the benefit of distressed operatives,
have, by representing themselves as belonging to
that class, obtained forged certificates which entitle
them to a passage to Queensland on the terms offered
by the Queensland Emigration Society. The skip
Fiery Star recently left London for Australia, con-
taining, among a large number of emigrants, several
men, their wives, and families, from Manchester,
who were found after the vessel had left dock to
have falsely styled themselves operatives. Inspector
Buckley, of the Manchester Detective Police, was
::ccordingly despatched to Queenstown to meet the
vessel ou her passage, and he succeeded in appre-
hending three men named Peter Tickle, Joe Luck-
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tour children ; and Hunter, who had no children,
was a warper in a cotton mill. These men had ob-
tained a passage for themselves and families by
stating that they were overlookers, and presenting
certificates alleged to have been signed by manu-
facturers to that effect. Those signatures were,
however, forgeries. The following is a copy of one
of the certificates :

" Certificate of character and occupation for persons aP
plying for assisted passages to the Queensland Emigration.-
offices, 17, Gracechurch-street, London. Certificate to be
signed by an employer and by a magistrate. if the signa-
ture of a magistrate cannot be procured the signature of a
minister of religion will answer as well.
" We cettify that John Lukeman, now residing- at Sal-
ford, has been employed by us, Fothergill and Harvey, in.
he capacity of overleoker, and that we believe him to be
competent in his calling, and to be a person of unexceptional
character, never to our knowledge having been convicted of
" FOTHERGILL AND HARVEY.
" ABEL HEYWOOD,

crime,

" ' July 1, "
It will be seen that Luckman gave a wrong
name. The signature of " Abel Heywood," the
mayor, was procured after that of Messrs. Father-
gill and Harvey, yarn agents, had been forged, the
mayor, of course, being under the impression that
it was genuine. The signature of " Fothergla
and Harvey," in Hunter's certificate was also a
forged one, and the document was further signed
by the mayor, and " W. J. Townsend," a Methodist
New Connection Minister. In the certificate held
by Tickle the names of Charles Clark and Co., were
forged, and the mayor's signature was also ap-
pended.
The three men were brought before tee magis-
trates at the Manchester Police-court. The prose-
cution was conducted by Mr. Fletcher, solicitor,
and secretary to the Emigrants' Aid Cemmittee,
Inspector Buckley said—On Tuesday I appre-
headed the three prisoners at Queenstown, on
board the emigrants' vessel the Fiery Star. I
took them under three warrants, charging them
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obtaining free passages by means of forged
orders from different gentlemen. The prisoner
Tickle said that the certificate I showed him was
partly filled up by himself, and that he had gone
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signature of the firm. He also told me that the
secretary of the Operative Overlookers' Society had
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any person, and that he had given this secretary, a
person named Campbell, £4 for his trouble in get-
ting the certificate. Luckman, when I apprehended
him, said he was out of a situation, and represented
himself as being an overiooker in order to go out
with the vessel, The ether prisoner said he did
not know he was doing anything wrong, espe-
cially as Campbell, the Secretary of the Over-
lookers' Society, had recommended him to get the
certificate, as he had given Campbell a good deal of
money for getting the certificate. I went to
Campbell's house at five this morning for the pur-
pose of bringing him to the court, but his wife
told me he had not been home since Saturday,
when the warrants were taken out. Campbell was
present in court when they were applied for.
Mr. Fletcher, the solicitor, said he was instructed
by a number of charitable gentlemen in London,
who had given money to the Operative Emigration
Society to enable them to purchase assisted passages
to Queensland through Mr. Jordan, the agent. The
principal object of the prosecution was now obtained
by the prisoners being prevented from going. He
must, however, apply for a remand till Thursday,
is order to communicate with the gentlemen in
London as to farther proceedings. The case was
accordingly remanded.
We have been informed that several men who had
possessed themselves of similar certificates have
gone out in the Fiery Star. The wives and fami-
lies of the prisoners have been left in Cork, while
the greater portion of their luggage is gone on tg
Australis.