The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-04 00:00:00

NOTICE.

GRAVESEND STAR and BLACKWALL
PACKETS. Boat and Railway included in one Payment,
avoiding the danger and delay of the Pool.
From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9, 93,4,10, 103{, 11, 12,
136, 234, 336, 436, 534, 6,7, and 734. Sundays, at 8%, 9, 936, 10,
1034, 11, 134, 236, 334, 5,6, 7, and 736. The TRAINS starting one
quarter of an hour before each of these times.
The New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7, 736, 836, 9%, 1136, 1,
2,3, 4,5, 6, 636, 7, and 8. Sundays, at 7,7%, 8%, 1136, 12, 1,3, 4,
5,6, 6%, 7,7%, and 8.
N.8.-No other packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers.
Star Office, Gravesend, May 23, 1847.

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explained is a WORKING MODEL of CLAASEN'S PATENT IM-
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YEARSLEY ON DISEASES OF THE THROAT.
This day is published, price 55., Second Edition.
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fast.

MURDER AT KIDDERMINSTER,
KIDDERMINSTER, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—Last even.
ing Mr. R. Docker, coroner for this district of Worces-
tershire, cornmen6ed an inquiry into the cause of the
death of Phillpotts, who was killed by a brazier named
Lloyd, on Sunday morning last. It appears that the
deceased and his fellow-workmen had been drinking till
a late hour on Saturday night, as also had the murderer,
Lloyd. Soon after midnight the parties proceeded home
wards, Lloyd and his friends forming one party, and
Phillpotts and his friends another. Thy met at a street
called Lion-hill, when they quarrelled and fought for
a short time ; but Lloyd's party being in the minority
sought refuge in the house of one of them--a brazier,
named Locklev—and the door was closed upon Phil!.
putts and his eriends. Some taunting expression, how-
ever, was used towards Phillpotts, on which he attempted
to follow Lloyd into the house, and had got half way
through the door when Lloyd rushed from a back room
to the door with a knife in his hand, which he drew
across Phillpotts' throat, cutting the windpipe completely
through. Phillpotts immediately cried out and fell back
into the street deluged with his own blood. Persons who
had witnessed the affray from their bed-room windows,
on rushing to the spot, found Phillpotts as already de-
scribed and apparently quite dead. Lloyd was then
taken into custody, and the knife was found in the room
where he had been sitting.
The following is a summary of the principal points in
the evidence given on the inquest:—
Thomas Elves, weaver, of Kidderminster, knew the '
deceased, and saw him quarrelling with Lloyd and
others at the Lion-hill between one and two o'clock oh.
Sunday morning. They were walking side by side, am!
Lloyd said to Phillpotts, " If you go on following me I'll
give you Brummagem." He said several times to Phill-
potts, "PH give you that as shall stick to you it you
lullow me." Other persons accompanying Lloyd and
Phillpotts were wrangling together, when witness let:
them and went home.
Fanny Lockley, wife of Francis Lockley, brazier,
stated that about half-past one o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing her husband came home, accompanied by Lloyd and
Joseph Hill. There were ten or a dozen persons
wrangling in the street at the time, and her husband
and his companions appeared to be trying to avoid them.
Shortly after their arrival Phillpotts attempted to follow
her husband and his friends into the house, but witness
attempted to clone the door. Philpotts, however, was
in the door way, and at that moment Lloyd came for-
ward towards Phillpotts, and both raised their hands as
if to strike each other, but witness did not see any
weapon in their hands. Phillpotts struggled hard to
get into the house, but witness held the door fast, and
not a word was said by either party. Each struck a:
the other at the same moment, and immediately
afterwards Phil'putts leaped back from the door with
an exclamation as if he was hurt, and witness imme-
diately shut the door, and saw no more of him, Lloyd
returning into the back part of the house. An, alarm
was given in the street shortly afterwards that I hillpotts
was killed. Witness did not believe it, and refused ad-
and handed to the jur)ws..teinllt
mission to any one until the police arrived, when her
husband opened the dom.. Lloyd was immediately taken
into custody. He denied that he had used a knife. The
knife, however, was found near him, the blade being
covered with fresh blood. [-The knife was produced
.markscommonthat
ho
et P
heard° e
bloodkt
ibotonrwetaos thes
knife, but the blade (about five inches long) Was
" Birming-
ham Brummagem' or
sharpuLpl d i t and.]
use ' l
t'
hh
the words
pointed.
witness It
ham " several times, but she did not know what wasb
meant. There was no light in her husband's house at
this
Frtainine.
cis Lockley, husband of the last witnesF, de-
posed, that while on his way h
others,
on Sunday morning,
iwnhcoomapppaelyredwit.oh
hI::illu
e been waiting for them with two
Lloyd
and
he met Phillpotts,
companions named Haycock and Pardoe. A little
fighting took place, but the parties soon got separated,
and witness with Lloyd proceeded towards his (Lock
ley's) house, followed by Phillpotts and his friends. At
his door ho had a little sparring with Pardoe, but they
were separated by Joseph Hill, and Lloyd and witness
went into the house. Phillpotts attempted to follow,

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then came the reneontre already cbsscri d.in the'
(ewe of Mrs. Lockley. The witnest did not .-ee,the
all collision between Phillpotts and Lloyd at _the
; but n. and the disturbance which took place 'l3'
doors, and it appeared to him as though some ,o e
rty were urging Phillpotts to follow
_them. Af er the
_liscm, when his wife had Shut the door, and-returned
.ato the house, she showed witntss that her hand had
been cut, and witness said to Lloyd, " You have
not been using a knife, have you ? " to which Lloyd
replied in the negative. Lloyd had lodged in wit-
ness's house for nearly two months, during which time
he had been: eery quiet in his demeanour. Witness ad-
mitted that he was rather " fresh." They had all been
dri ng. nki
Mr. W. Nixon, a baker, residing in Liourstreet, Kid.
derminster, !du> witnessed the affray &Pm his WA-loom.
deposed that he was ,awakened .between one and two
o'clock on Sunday morning by a noise in the street. On
looking thiough the window le 'saw" Xdleph ItiCea-
deavouring to prevent the parties, who appeared' quar-
relling, from fighting.: Ilill, Lockley, and Lloyd, went
into Loekley's house, and on something being said about
" Brummagem,"- Phillpotts stepped forward from she
rest of the people in the street and attempted to push
open Lockley's door; but -he immediately rushed back
into the street with his throat cut iti a dreadful Manner.
He cried out loudly, and after running a little way-Sell
down in the street. Witness dressed himself imme-
diately, and found the unfortunate man lyiig A pool
,in
of blood. He attempted to raise him, but'e a'ppeared
_ ,
quite dead. There was a.severe cut under the ear, from
which the blood gushed forth profusely, and„ the door
was sprinkled with it. Witness, on gaining admittance
into Lockley's house, saw the knife produced, which
Lloyd denied to be his. Mrs. Lockley, however, identi-
fied it; having borrowed it of him repeatedly.
There are other witnesses to be examined, but it is
not expected that their evidence will produce any new
facts. It is expected that at the close of the inquiry,
which cannot be concluded till a late hour to-Right, the
jury will return a verdict of " Wilful murder" against
Lloyd, who is in the custody of the police. The prisoner
appears fully sensible of the awful position in which his
impetuosity has placed him.

THE FATAL -ACCIDENT ON THE

SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.
NurnOtanfE, J 1 NE 2.—This morning Mr. L..n.nis,
coroner for West Sussex, held anlinquest At the Bell and
Anchor Inn, on the body of Gregory, the driver of the
engine which ran off the line on Monday. Mr. Sher-
wood and Mr. Powell (of ChicAester);,. and Mr. Smart
(of Emsworth), solicitors, were in attendance to cross-

examine the witnesses, in consequence of some rumours
that the engine in question was unfit for service. Having
viewed the spot'and the body of the deceased, the fol-
lowing evidence was adduced:—

William Careless, a railWay.guarcl living. at Havant,
deposed---4 was,guard-ton t' in which left Brighton at
ten minutes past four o'clock on Monday. .Deciasved
was the driver.. 1-dO POt know his name. Henry Peel
was the stoker.' The train, consisted of a luggage box
and six passenger carriages. I was on the last carriage.
When passing through Dodoes Copse, Nutbourne,, I
was standing up and looking forward,; when I saw the
.rigine strike off the metals suddenly. The next I saw
of the engine she was in the ditch. Directly I lost, sight
of the carriage I jumped off. I tried to get up, bat could
not. I tried again, and succeeded. I was hurt. The
first thing I saw was the stoker; he was lying to the left
of the metals, the side opposite to that on which theengine
had gone off. One of his arms (the left) was cut off as
if a-wheel had gone over it. He was also bleeding from
the head. He was lying within six or seven yards of
the last carriage. I then went forward and saw the en-
gine in the ditch. The irons connecting the engine and
tender had broken, and the tender and luggage. box had
just gone off the rails, and likewise the front wheels of

the first passenger carriage. I was going to the en-
gine, and I saw decca,ed under the carriage, but I saw
he was quite dead, and did not stop. I went on to see
if any passengers wero hurt. None of them were in-
jured. We then got up Peel and placed him on some

boards, having none which we took out the body of de-
ceased. I saw that one of his legs was cut off, and he
was very much cut about the head. I cannot giro any
_ _

notion of the cause of the engine going off. A stone on
the rails would not throw it off. We were not going

The deceased had • been down the line before,

ilicugh not, I beliere,
.as a driver. The driver drove
from Brighton. An engineer rode on the engine from
Chichester to Bonham. His name is Kirtley. The en-

gine had no particular quality of character. The speed
was from 25 to 30 miles an hour. The engine had six
wheels, the front and back having flanges, but not the

middle pair. I have been in the company's service five
years. The engine is sometimes: used on the London
line for passengers. I never heard a driver named
" Dick" speak against the engine. 1 never heard it re-
marked that the flanges of the wheel were worn. The
driver and stoker were perfectly sober. It a stone were
on the rail it would be knocked off by the iron protector
which goes in front.
Mr. Thomas Kirtley, of Brighton, locomotive _ engi-
neer to the London, Brighton, and South Coast Rail-
way, deposed—l joined the train in question at Chi-
chester. The deceased had been in the employ of the
company about alortnight, as a driver. lie had been a
driver on the Midland Railway for a very considerable
time—more than twelve months. They were exceed-
ingly unwilling to part with him. I rode on the engine
as far as Bosham, when I left the engine and entered
a carriage. The deceased was an excellent engineman.
I am inspector of the engines, and every engine has been
overhauled under my care within the present year.
This engine was selected for this line on account of its
being a particularly easy and level line.
The Foreman—Can you give any reason for the acci-
dent? Witness—l don't like to answer the question.
The Government will send down an inspector, arid I
would rather not answer the question now.
The Foreman-thought the company had been rather
too premature in taking the engine to pieces before the
jury had inspected it.
Witness--It was taken to pieces in ordei to get to the
boiler, and put it to rights. It is the custom of railway
companies to do so.
Mr. Sherwood—Yes, to clear off the appearance of
the accident. I hope the coroner will insist on the wit-
ness answering the question put to him by the foreman.
CORONER—Do you think the accident was-caused •by
any obstruction on the line ? Witness—ltsis'clear there
could be no obstruction, as the " protector" would knock
o anything larger than an inch high.
Then how do you account for the accident? Acci.
dents of a similar character have happened on other
lines. Engines have left the lines of the Eastern Coun-
ties, Royston, Torrington, and the York and Newcatle.
Foreman—But they were accounted for? No.
Mr. Sherwood—ls there any reason why you should
reserve from the jury what you would state to the Go-
vernment inspector? Witness—l will give you all the
facts.
Mr. Sherwood—You are a scientific man, and we want
year opinion.
Witness—My own impression is that the engine left
tile line from an oscillation to which that class of engines
is subject.
Mr. Smart—You mean Stephenson's? Witness—This
it a patent engine by Stephenson. Three axles went
under the boiler.

Mr. Smart—What is the particular thing which causes
the particular oscillAti,)lo—There are two causes. The
cOntlers are placed outside, which always gives an ad-
ciitonal oscillation. The next is that there is an over-
Latging weight at both ends, which causes a kind of
unlulating motion.
Mr. Sherwood—Then von think those engines are
not so sate as others?—they run on almost every line
in the country.
Do you consider them so safe, sir? The answer is

" Yes;" or "No."
Mr. Smart—Balancing the advantages with the disad-
vantages, are they so safe as engines of other construc-
tion? Witness—l think there is some objection to- be
raised, but I wish it to be understood that I do not eon-
si.lor it an unsafe engine. The Newcastle and Darling.
ton have no others.
Mr. Powell—ls Stephenson the engineer of that line?

—He was the consulting engineer.
And had an interest in the matter?—l think so.
F oreman—Are these the same eug nes that arc used
ton the London line?—Not since I have been here. I find
them on this particular line, and thou ht them par-
ticularly suitable to it. We had only four engines o f
that class.
Foreman—And they are down here?—They are do‘vn
here.

Mr. Powell—You think this the easiest line for bad

We havelinemorethose and
Hastings.
Mr. Sherwood—Passengers' trains?—No, goods.
Foreman—Then Stephenson's el.gines are not fa•
vourites of yours?—l do not soy that.
Mr. Smart—Hay I ask whether, when you left the
engine for the train, you had any fellow traveller?—Yes.
my wife and a lady. The speed was from 33 to 25 miles
an hour. That is not a last pace. Stephenson':. en-
gines are 2001. or 3001 more expensive than the others.
After leaving Bonham I heard a rumblingise, an - in
a few seconds the train was brought up. I never heard
that engine-drivers refused to drive this engine. In my
experience here has been no accident of this kind on this

Olr. Smart—After this occurrence, is it in your opinion
safe use these engines?—They are daily used on many
lines without accident.
..._
....,
But you think there is more &ingot in them than
s?—There is more oscillation, but I cannot say it
amounts to positive danger. The further You -plat!, the
weight from the centre, the more the undalatiou and the
oscillation.
John Cox, gatekeeper at the Broadroad station, near
the spot, had several times observed that particular en-
gine " sway" more than the rest. The other three
engines of the same make did not "sway" quite so much.
Thomas Scott, keeper of Ireland's gate, the next gate
to Broadroad, and on the other side of the site of the
accident, saw the accident. The engine gave a kind of
leap, and it appeared to him as if something gave way
behind. The steam was shut off before the accident.
stated that he had been five years engaged—three years,()rk
Robert Peel, brother to the stoker, who was wounded,
as a stoker, and two as an engine-driver, on the
_I
the acct..
and North Midland line. Ho had thebeenin mploy of
morning. In In all the long
this oompany a fortnight, and had drivenbeforethe. engine.
whichdent andm e t
alsow i t h
otnh the accidentthe
same on
engines there was a little vibration. .
Did you consider the engine unsafe?—l
CORONER—.
can't say that I did. I think that if I had been there the
accident would not have happened. As soon as my en-
nine begins to rise I always shut off my steam, and then
te engine becomes steady.
Would you have any objection to drive the engine
again?—l would not. I now drive one. of the same
construction.
The examination of this witness was 'continued at
considerable length.,,,He stated, that while on the Hull
and Selby Railway, an accident happened to a train pro.