The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-22 00:00:00

BOROUGH HOP.

Good and fine hops are in steady request, at full prices;
but inferior qualities are a dull inquiry, at about previous
rates.

WHITECHAPEL.
The supplies of meat aro moderately extensive, and the
trade rules somewhat inactive, as follows :
Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s to 4s 4d veal, 4s
Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s Sd per 81bs. by the car
case.

BRUTAL MURDER.—A murder of a very revolt-
ing character has just been perpetrated in the house of an
Irshman in Mary.street, Aberdare. The name of the mur-
derer is Thomas Carroll, and the victim is a young man
24 or 25 years of age, named Patrick Bansfield. B•Ith are
natives of Ireland. The circumstances are as follows :—lt
is the habit among the disorderly classes in the mining dis
tricts for men to club together to purchase beer before the
closing of the publichouses on Saturday nights, and then
to take it to one of their houses, where the carousal is pro-
longed far into the Sunday morning. Liquor having been
obtained in this way on Saturday night and stored at the
house in Mary-street before mentioned, the deceased and
Carroll sat drinking, and some quarrel arose between them.
Words were followed by blows, and the two men at last
fought. After some blows had been exchanged they closed,
when Carroll was observed by a woman who lodged in the
house to take out a knife,with which he stabbed his antago-
nist several times in the left breast. Bansfield staggered
forward, groaned heavily, and threw up his hand, and it
was then observed that blood was gushing out from the
wounds so rapidly that in a short time the floor was covered
with it. The persons present at once lent assistance, and
the wounded man was carried off to bed. Medical aid was
procured and the police were called in. Police-sergeant
James, of the Glareorganshire constabulary, was speedily
on the spot, and, finding what had oocurred and the dan-
gerous condition of Bansfield, ho at once took Carroll into
custody. Mr. Rees Mills, surgeon, did all he could for the
unfortunate sufferer, but his wounds were mortal, and he
died in about 10 minutes after Mr. Mills arrived. A post
mortem examination was subsequently made, from which
it appeared that Bansfield had received six stabs, three in
the face and three on the left side, one of which had pene-
trated the heart. On Monday the prisoner was brought
before Mr. J. C. Fowler, the stipendiary magistrate
for Merthyr. Mary Brien, wife of Patrick Brien, de-
posed that the prisoner, the deceased, and some others
who lodged at her house in Mary-street, Aberdare,
came in about 12 o'clock on Saturday night. While the
deceased was having his supper, he asked the prisoner to
consent to a marriage with his daughter. The prisoner re-
plied that he would not, and the matter dropped. Some
time afterwards beer was sent for. While it was being
drunk the deceased and prisoner began disputing, and
after a time they commenced fighting. Ellen Driscoll
ated that, hearing the scuffle, she got out of bed and
came down stairs, when she saw the prisoner draw his
knife and strike the deceased with it on the left side of the
breast. Her husband was trying to part them, but the
prisoner made a rush past him and stabbed the deceased.
She saw the knife in his hand, and had seen him with
it before. It was a sort of dagger-knife, and had a
guard and spring back to it. The deceased groaned and
then staggered into the bedroom, where he died in a few ,
minutes. The prisoner went out shortly afterwards. Wit-
ness followed, and saw him with the knife still in his hand.
He said, " If any one comes within reach of my arm, I'll
rip him open." 'Ho subsequently returned into the kit-
chen, and was feeling in his pockets as if to find his
knife, when Driscoll and the others seized him. P.S.
Matthews said the prisoner was brought to the police-
station on Sunday morning and charged with the murder.
He was much the worse for liquor. He said, " Oh,
,ser-
geant, this is a bad job ; I'm sorry for what I've done.,
Mr. Rees Mills, surgeon, stated that there were six wounds,
one of which had penetrated the heart. The prisoner,
who declined to say anything in defence, was committed
for trial for wilful murder.