The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-08 00:00:00

ALLEGED MURDER.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. William Payne, City coroner
proceeded, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, with alength-
ened investigation of the circumstances attending the
death of Mr. Francis Anderson, aged 44 years, a hair-
dresser of Bethnal-green, who died from injuries received
at the hands of a man named W. Daley, a fur-dyer in
the City-road, at an early hour on Tuesday 'morning last,
Mrs. Agnes Andrews, a respectable married woman,
deposed that about 1 o'clock on the morning of Tuesday
last she was in company with the deceased, his nephew,
witness's husband, and a Mrs. Porter, sister-hi-law of
deceased. They were in the City-road by the junction of
the. Old-street-road. WitnesS and Mrs. Porter were
walking on the pavement, and deceased and the other
two men were in the road playing about or dancing.
Two females came along towards witness, and they went
into the road and faced the three men. Before, however,
a word was said on either side two men, a short man and
a tall man, rushed from the pavement, where they had
apparently been hiding, and the taller man struck Alfred
Anderson (the nephew), and knocked him down, and
then the same man hit deceased twice on the head, and
knocked him down insensible. The two men then walked
away with the two women, but they were followed by wit-
ness, who kept sight of them until she found a policeman,
when the tall man was taken into custody, but the other
escaped. Mr. Alfred Anderson, the nephew of the de-
ceased, gave corroborative testimony, and said in addi-
tion that when the tall man had struck witness,
he turned round and said, " Oh, we have made a mis-
take.': Did not know to whom he referred. The man
then turned round and struck the deceased, who was
knocked down, and bled profusely from the nose and
month. Did net see a stick or any weapon in the man's
hand. Did not know the parties. Mrs. Eliza Porter,
deceased's sister-in-law, who was also in company with
the deceased on Tuesday evening, confirmed the
above testimony. James Caffrey, 153 N, said he was
on duty in the City-road when the first witness went up
to him ; and, in consequence of what she said, he went
into Baldwin-street and there apprehended the prisoner.
The, prisoner said he, did not do it, and witness took
:Mini to where deceased was lying, and, on seeing him
covered in blood, the man clasping his hands together,
exclaimed, i 0 Oh ! my God, I never did that." He
also said, " Come on, and get a doctor, I can't stand it."
He was taken to the station-house, where he was dread-
fully Agitated ; and, on a surgeon saying that the de-
ceased would die, the prisoner buried his face in his
hands and sighed heavily. When the doctor said deceased
was to be taken to the hospital, prisoner offered to
pay. the cab hire. Witness had known prisoner ten or
eleven years ; he was the associate of thieves. His name
was William Daley, alias Patsey Daley. Witness told
prisoner that if deceased died he would be tried for
murder, and prisoner said, " Good God, you don't say
so ; I did not intend to do it," or something to that
effect. The Coroner then summed up, and pointed out
to the jury the difference between the crime of murder
and manslaughter. The jury at once returned a verdict
of manslaughter against William Daley, and the wit-
nesses were bound over to prosecute. The inquiry then
terminated.

THE MUSIC COURT AT THE CRYSTAL

PALACE.

A new court, appropriated` to the exhibition of musi-
cal instruments, has sprung into prominent notice at
the Crystal Palace. It is the first of a series which
occupy the space to the right of the main avenue from
the grand, or Queen's entrance. When perfectly
finished the foreground will be occupied with shrubs
and exotics, and the iron columns clothed from top
to bottom with pendant creepers. It is intended that
. the court shall have the appearance, not so much of a
musical repository as of a temple dedicated to musical
genius—a tribute of admiration to those master minds
who have immortalised themselves in their corn positions.
The figures and ornaments which constitute so impor-
tant a portion of the beauty of the design are now in
course of modelling at the studio of Mr. John Thomas.
The plan of the court is a parallelogram, 76 feet long by
46 ,feet wide, affording ample space for the advanta-
geous display of pianofortes, harmoniums, harps, &c.,
fitted up on the outside with glazed sashes. Within
these recesses it is intended to place ornamental cases
with glass shelves upon which the exhibitors will depo-
sit their various instruments, which are safely pro-
tected from dust and injury, and of which an uninter-
rupted view is thus secured from within and without the
court. The elevation of the end facing the Queen's
entrance, is intended by its ornamentation to typify
sacred music. It presents an arcade of six circular-
headed openings, flanked at the angles by broad
pilasters with three quarters columns of a suitable
composite design, part of the shafts being reeded
with organ pipes, terminating in moulded nichings.
Two of these openings form doorways, and are
surmounted by niches containing alto-relievo figures
of Miriam and David playing on instruments. Under
the former figure is the inscription "Sing ye to the
Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously." And under
David, "Yea, on the harp will I praise thee, 0 my
God." The inside elevations are highly decorated, and
with ornaments of a strictly musical character. The
large entrance arches are surmounted by niches con-
taining alto-relievo figures. Above the one is that
of St. Cecilia, while above the other is that of
Erato ; each figure having underneath appropriate
lines from Dryden and Collins. All the remaining
openings are surmounted by busts of the most cele-
brated English and foreign composers 24 in number,
with their names, written above. Between each bust
are three-quarter ornamented columns, seated on cor-
bels, the mouldings of which take up with the im-
posts mouldings of the arches. Over all the columns are
figures of children in easy and graceful attitudes, play-
ing on various instruments. In the frieze between the
children are panels, in which are introduced in bas relief
various musical instruments, interlaced with ornamental
and appropriate foliage. The whole is surmounted with
a bold and elegant cove, with richly-ornamented shields
and lyres of various designs introduced at intervals. An
ornamental cornice runs round the top. The principal
portions of the court will be painted light stone colour,
the sculpture white, the background of busts and panels,
gilded, and the other parts slightly tinted, so as to pro-
duce a subdued and chaste effect. It is intended to
cover the whole court with a canopied awning of blue
and white bunting, in order to prevent the rays of the
sun in any way injuring the various articles exhibited.
Special attention also is to be paid to the ventilation,
as in the Exhibition of 1851, and also in the Dublin
Exhibition, it was found that the cold and damp
proved injurious to many of the instruments, and
especially to the, pianos. Experience has therefore
impressed upon the directors the necessity of pre-
serving an equable temperature, and with so many
miles of water pipe under the building at their
disposal this will donbtless be easily accomplished.
The band permanently engaged by the company will
be entirely composed of brass instruments, the number
of performers being upwards of 60. The gentleman ap-
pointed to the office of musical director is Mr. Schallehn,
whose experience and ability fully entitle him to the po-
sition. The exclusion of all other than brass instruments
is undoubtedly judicious, especially as the efforts of Mr.
Schallehn to secure variety of tone by a selection of
newly-invented instruments are likely to be successful.
The engagements commence on the Ist of May, from
which time the rehearsals will be continued. It is at
present proposed that the band shall play for about three
hours each day. An orchestra will probably be erected
for it in the park, and at other times some suitable posi-
tion in the building will be selected for its performance.
Altogether the arrangements connected with the musical
department are likely to the little less attractive than
those of the other fine arts courts, not even excepting
the Alhambra, of Owen Jones or Ferguson's ancient
Nineveh.

MURDER AT COLWALL.-At Hereford a man of the
name of Francis Jones, and Mary Hodges, have been
committed for the murder of Mary Ann Jones, the wife
of the male prisoner. The poor woman had become in-
sane, and the evidence disclosed a systematic course of
starvation and ill-treatment on the part of the prisoners.
The following was the medical testimony :—Mr. Wm.
Griffin, surgeon, of Ledbury, deposed—l did not attend
the deceased during her life, but I have by direction of
the coroner, in conjunction with Mr. Terry, of Hereford,
made a post mortem examination of the body. Exter-
nally, I observed extreme emaciation. There were consi-
derable "bed sores," extending all across the lower part
of the body, which had gone on to ulceration and morti-
fication. Internally, the whole of the organs were healthy,
excepting a slight adhesion of the lower part of the right
lung to the chest, with considerable congestion of the
lower part. There was a slight softening on the left side of
the base of the brain. On removing the scalp, I ob-
served considerable extravasation of blood on the left
side. Above the left ear there was a discolouration of
the skin of the scalp externally, corresponding with the
internal extravasatien, and a slight oozing of blood
through the suture of the skull at the posterior and right
side of the head., There was a small quantity of food
in the stomach, about half a pint apparently of gruel
or half-digested bread, but nothing in the intestines,
from the stomach to the large bowel, which contained
a small quantity of matter. The injury to the head
must have been caused by some violenoe in life. I
came to the conclusion from the extreme emaciation
of the corpse, that such an, injury could not have been
self inflicted by the deceased during life. I have no
doubt the effect of the blow on the head, added to her
enfeebled state of health, produced death. Ido not
think the blow on the head was given by a man's
fist. A stick would be more likely to have produced
the injury. I think deceased could not have sustained
such an injury by falling down against the floor or out
of bed. She was not capable, in my opinion, of turning
in bed, and therefore not capable of inflicting any injury
on herself. Mr. George Robert Terry, surgeon, who as-
sisted the last witness, said, I fully and entirely agree
with Mr. Griffin, and corroborate him in all that he has
said. The jury were not long in deliberating on their
verdict. It is understood that the prisoners will not be
taken before magistrates, in petty sessions, but will be
arraigned on the coroner s
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