The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-09 00:00:00

MURDER NEAR DONCASTER.

On Saturday evening last a most cold-blooded
murder was committed near the Don Pottery at
Mexborough, between Doncaster and the Swinton
station, on the North Midland Railway.
The unfortunate victim is a man named Caleb
Barker, who was in the employ of Mr. Barker, the
proprietor of the Don Pottery, as warehouseman.
The circumstances under which the unfortunate
man has met his death are very mysterious, and may
be briefly stated. On Saturday night the deceased
went from his home, which is very near the pottery,
to a public-house kept by Mrs. Simpson, at Swinton.
When he left home he asked his wife for a shilling,
which she gave him, and during the time he was at
the public-house he drank two pints of ale. He left
the public-house between half-past nine and ten
o'clock in the evening, and was not seen again by any
of his friends until he was discovered (lying partly
on the footpath with his head in a ditch) by a fellow-
workman named Gower. This man was going from
Swinton in the direction of the deceased's house when
he found him in that condition ; he lifted up deceased
and, finding him insensible, Gower ckZetk to two other
men who were following him, Old w their assist-
ance the deceased was taken tcl. his own home,
which is within a hundred yards of the place where he
via% found. an searching* the spot a great quaufiy
of blood was found where the deceased's head had
lain, wqd a little way off his hat and a pitcher, in
which he was carrying home some ale from the
public house, were found. Medical aid was procured
as soon as Barker was taken home, he being alive, but
quite insensible and everything was done to save his
life, but he died the following morning about five
o'clock.

An inquest was held at Mrs. Simpson's public-
house on Monday evening, when evidence of the
above facts was given, in addition to which there was
the testimony of the medical men who had made a
post mortem examination, and who deposed that the
deceased had received a severe fracture of the skull, a
blow under the left eye, and one under the ear. The
inquest was adjourned until Monday next.
There are of course various rumours abroad in the
neighbourhood of the place; but the only one which
seems at all probable is that the deceased was knocked
down by persons who intended to rob him of his
wages. A halfpenny and a farthing were all the
money found upon him, but his pockets did not
appear to have been rifled. He was a mild in-
offensive man, very much respected by his fellow-
workmen, and esteemed by his employer.
At present the whole affair is enveloped in mys-
tery, and every effort is being made to trace the
murderers. Information has been sent to the Se-
cretary of State, in the hope that a reward will be
offered.

THE TRIPLE MURDER AT BRUSSELS, SEPT. 6.
Notwithstanding the most minute investigation, nothing
certain has yet been discovered relative to the perpetra
tots of this dreadful crime ; it is however hoped that
they may soon be traced. On Saturday afternoon a
woman carrying a basket accosted a peasant with an air
of great embarrassment, and inquired of him the road to
the gate of Namur. He was about to point out to her,
when she commenced speaking in a hurried manner of
the assassination, inquiring what was thought of it in
the town, whether the murderers were found, &c. The
bewildered look of the woman excited the suspicion of
the peasant, who immediately informed an officer who
was near. This person immediately joined the woman ;
and entering into conversation:with her, led to the subject
of the murder, and being also struck with her extreme
embarrassment, gave her in charge of an agent of the
police who was passing. She was taken to the police-
office, and in her basket was found a scrip of paper, on
which was written, " Evenpoel...placo Saint Gery...
house inhabited by three women." The result of the
investigation of this woman has not been made public,
all we know is that the woman is still in custody. The
two servants were interred, at two o'clock on Saturday,
at the cemetry of Molenbeek, in a very quiet manner.
The remains of Mademoiselle Evenpoel were taken to
the cemetery of Lacken at four o'clock, attended by an
immense crowd of persons. The hearse was followed by
nineteen mourning coaches, containing the relatives and
friends of the deceased lady.
ALARMING ACCIDENT AT ROSIIERVILLE GARDENS,
GRAVESEND.—On Monday evening these gardens were
the scene of an accident that was thought at the time
would have been attended with fatal consequences. It
appears that the night in question was the benefit of
Signor Gellini, who, amongst other entertainments, pro-
duced a pyrotechnical display called " The Fire Wor-
shippers," in which a child is supposed to be offetrecLo%
to the sun as :a sacrifice. Just at that
some unknow cause, the whole of the firemwmacoorile moment,
and
at once, setting fire to the trees, scenery, went off
"ceneorLigious influence.
everything within the sphere of Its c
crying, women
The scene now was dreadful, the children
• to force their way
and the men endeavouring
screaming, that many
The rush was so grea.
out of the grounds. T
b t found it impossible,
de heir exit, u
would have t
rri
ma h the stream back again
some being literally caed wit
tion.
It was thought, at one
of conflagration.
to the scene nor Gni
time, that the tower, from which
nd aSig nd whichelli was to
contained a
have descended to the grou ,
large quantity of fireworks, &c., would have been blown
up, but
through the exertions of the officials it was pre-
vented.
The explosion was so great that it was heard
at Chatham, a distance of eight miles, where it was
thought it was occasioned by some ship firing signals of
distress.
SUICIDE.—An inhabitant of St. Maur, a few days
back, when walking in the garden of the house where
he lived, perceived near the well a basket and a woman's
cap. Suspecting that all was not right, he gave the
alarm, and the well having been examined was found to
contaiu the body of the wife of a workman rebiding in
the house. They had, it appears, contrived to scrape
together a sum of 3,000 f., which they laid out in rail-
way shares. That species of property having become
exceedingly depreciated, the woman could not support
the idea of the loss, and put an end to her existence by
throwing herself into the well.

SUSPECTED CHILD MllllDER.—Yestprday after-
noon an inquest was held before Mr. Baker,- at the
Horn of Plenty public-house, Globe-road. Aiile-end, on
view of the body of a male hild, found drowned in the
Regent's-canal, under the following very suspicious
circumstances. It appeared from the evidence of James
Clark, lock-keeper of the Regent's-canal, that on Sun-
day morning he discovered the body of a child floating
near the lock. The body was immediately conveyed to
the Mile-end workhouse. The child appeared to be
about four weoks old, and was in a state of nudity. The
body was much decomposed, and there was a large
bruise on the forehead. An open verdict of " found
drowned" was ultimately returned.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
POI!,TSM SHPT. 8. The Amphitrite, 25,
Captain .E. Eden, being equipped for sea, went out
of harbour to Spitheid this morning in gallant style,
with royals set. This ship has been most expediti-
tiously manned by fine able-bodied men, of whom'she
might have had numbers more could she have taken
them, and this in the face of the burning climate the
is destined to serve under, on the western coast of
Africa. But men will go anywhere with a good
icaptain and good officers, and certainly no ship ever
left a British harbour better manned and officered
than the Amphitrite. She was only commissioned
on the 24th of July, and allowing for the idleness
incidental to the attractions of Free Mart (15 days),
and Portsdown Fairs, she has been fully equipped
aloft, and admirably manned, nearly a month since.
The Amphitrite is a reduced 42-gun frigate, of the
French Leda class, and is of 1,064 tons. She car-
ries an armament of 25 heavy fighting guns, thus :
On the upper deck one 10-inch shell (84-pounder)
gun of 91 cwt.,:and six 32-pounders (long) of 39
cwt. each.

On the main deck, ten 68-pounders, of 65 cwt.
each, and eight long 32's of 56 cwt. each. She car-
ries also two 12-pounder howitzers, and one 18-
pounder ditto, for boat service. She has provisions
under hatches for three months for 243 men, and six
weeks' provisions for other ships, and could stow
comfortably two months' more if necessary. She
draws nineteen feet or nearly, aft, and sixteen feet
six inches forward ; and carries her maindeck midship
port sill seven feet eleven inches out of the water.
All her quarters and store-rooms are most am-
ple, and her officers and men's accommodations most
healthy. She is altogether a most comfortable com-
mand, and is in a condition to do good service if re-
quired.
.Not one man has been punished since she
was commissioned, whicn augurs well for her future
discipline. She cast off from the buoy at about 10
this morning, and went out of harbour with a mode-
rate breeze from the northward and westward, salut-
ing the Commander-in-Chief with 17 guns in a very
smart manner when off the King's Rooms. A gallant
company, including Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Ex-
cellent, and family; Colonel Chads and family;
Major Harvey, aide-de-camp to Sir Frederick Fitz-
clarence, and party; Mr. Seagrim, Sheriff of thecounty
of Hants, and family ; and a brilliant assemblage of
ladies and officers, went out in her and partook of a
sumptuous dejenner provided by Captain Eden and his
officers. She will be inspected, and her crew mus-
tered by the Commander-in-Chief on Friday, paid
advance wages on Saturday, and sail on Sunday, oria
day or two after, to be tried in Sir Charles Napier's
squadron. She takes out presents from the British
Government to Prince William, King of the Bimbia ;
the King of the Camaroons, and the King of the
Bonny and new Calabar, to whose shores (the coast
of Africa) she will proceed, after her trial cruise with
her sister ship, the Trincomalee, under the orders of
Sir Charles Napier.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, prior to leaving
yesterday for London, left 201. to be distributed be-
tween the crew of Sir Charles Ogle's barge and the
vessel which brought her over from Ryde.
The Trincomalee, 26, Captain R. L. Warren, is
nearly manned, and will leave the harbour in a day
or two.

The Amphion, 36, Captain Williams, came into
harbour last evening, to have her machinery put in
order.

WooLwlc a, SEPT. 8.--The Oberon steam-vessel,
recently commissioned at Woolwich by Lieutenant
Gardner, is order to proceed to Chatham, to be fitted
for sea at that port.
The Rattler steam-sloop, with screw propeller,
Commander Richard Moorman, arrived at Woolwich
on Monday, and is to be paid off here on Saturday.
She is to be recommissioned immediately.
The Monkey steam-vessel, Master Commander
Bryant, has been refitted, and, although one of the
oldest steam-vessels in the navy, she is in excellent
condition, and since she has been refitted has quite
the appearance of a steam-yacht. She was taken out
of the basin on Monday, and went down the river for
Sheerness and Chatham with Commodore Sir Gordon
Bremer, K.C.B. and K.C.H., and Lieut. Fowler, his
Flag-Lieutenant, on board.
The Sphynx steam-sloop, which was on shore some
time ago on the Isle of Wight, is ordered to be
brought down from Deptford to Woolwich, to he
brought forward for commission.

The month of October, 1847, is near at hand, the
period named by Captain Sir John Franklin when
intelligence might be expected relative to the officers
and crews of the Erebus and Terror steam screw-pro-
peller vessels, employed in the Arctic expedition ; and
captains of vessels may now expect to meet with some
of ,tha-herseetivally sealed tin tubes, containing ac-
counts of the vessels written in six +zliffQrent languages,
which were to be thrown overboard at certain periods,
in the hope that some of them might be picked up by
vessels navigating the North Seas.
Captailienry Mangles Denham, R.N., F.R.S.,
having 13MA appoinlitd by the Admiralty to inspect
and report upon the lighting and buoying of the Firth
of Tay, has proceeded to Dundee for that purpose.
Mr. Lloyd, formerly chief engineer at Woolwich
Dockyard, and now of the Comptroller's Department
of Steam Machinery at Somerset House, and Mr.
Hughes, formerly in charge of the steam factory at
Woolwich, and now in the Steam Machinery Depart-
ment at Somerset House, are the two gentleman ap-
pointed by Government to inspect and report on the
late steam boiler explosion on board the Cricket.

The following appointments have been made to her
Majesty's fleet, agreeably to the new regulations re-
cently issued relative to the engineers of the Royal
Navy :—Mr. Owen and Mr. Robertson, second class
engineers ; and Mr. Lovering, Mr. Sumner, and Mr.
Michael, third class engineers.
The greatest activity prevails to initiate the officers
and men of the Dockyard Battalion in a knowledge
of their duties. The battalion has been formed into
two divisions, and each division assembles on two
nights in each week for drill and artillery and
infantry exercise. The men appear remarkably pro-
ficient, and fire with great correctness both in the
large guns and small arms firing. Three of the gun-
boats were exercised yesterday afternoon on
the river for the first time, under the com-
mand of Mr. M'Cullum, the boatswain of the
yard, and the firing and rowing of the boats, ten
rowers being apportioned to each of them, were ex-
cellent. The boats were mounted, one with a 24-
pounder carronade, and the others with 12-pounders.
It is intended to have ten more boats, and when the
whole strength of the battalions and boats are as-
sembled they will have a very imposing effect. The
band of the battalion, consisting of twenty brass in-
struments, with a large and small drum, have been
under the charge, during the last six weeks, of the
old band master of the Royal Sappers and Miners,
and have made such proficiency as to play each com-
pany from the parade ground to the main gate when
the drills and exercises are over for the day. This is an
excellent arrangement, and the men depart to their
homes in the most quiet and orderly manner. The
final dismissal of the seven persons formerly alluded
to, the last three being Matthews, Wade, and Adlard,
has been the means of restoring quietness, and will
ensure that the men will conduct themselves with
propriety in future, and when they feel aggrieved
apply to the proper quarter for redress, which will
always be most willingly afforded them after the
statements of both sides are examined. The men, in
order not to lose much time, partake of their dinners
in the yard on the four days of the week of
two for each division, and it is expected they
'
ill
next week march to the butt in the Royal Arsenal
for ball practice at a target.
sEL. --W e are.
THE MASTIFF, SUEVILTING-,EsN .
appears
after
Commander Becher, has bnedenisg°
gratified to hear that the Mastiff,t osuffntlyeinsgh-ovreesseoln,
now at Stromness,
u
which she was driven,h
of one anchor, and the
thnede r
gale
lree
other anchor twould not 's
oldy,al:lN:henn,
cableshepairsantapapmedertcheanaht
away her mast, she drove on the beach broadside on,
fromg
which, although filled with water, she was got
off after three days incessant exertion.

THE GAMBLING-HOUSES AT BADEN•BADEN.—
The lain Zeitung, in an article strongly condemnatory
of the gambling-houses which nocturnally ruin the gulls
of the German watering places, observes that "however
stale the subject, it is peremptorily necessary to return
to it until those plundering establishments, where the
morals and money of the citizens are lost, are entirely
extinguished throughout Germany. Not only are these
'hells' frequented by wealthy idlers, who, with more
money than sense, gamble there to the detriment of their
purses and reputation, but even poor orperatives allured
by the curl sacra fames, and dazzled by the shining heaps
of current coin which are ostentatic.usly displayed on
the gaming table, think to make t'neir fortunes in a
single evening, and sacrifice all their sayings for nought;
These wretched slaves of the passion for gain, actually
work extra hours during the week, in. order to earn a
couple of extra florins to cast (as a stake) into
thegreedtley
purse of M. Benazet, who of course rarely returns
cash. It is said that these poor pe o
is notpleougthhe rem
ought tobee.ly.
re—
stricted from gambling. But this
of
different
fortunes? Rather chase away the devil gr,t e and
Why create a new different© between
. persona
aito
hr
for ever—bank, bankers, markers, and all th rzse demora-
lizing games. If you wish to occupy the idle hours of
ysoeufrulyoauntdh, oapgerenetaobltehesmtudoipeps,oroturnzetiises: ffirth e pursuit of
u
engage them in
athletic and gymnastic exercises of
may rid
them of the effeminacy whir the body, which
debases modern
society.
MR. VILLIERS AND THE RE./ ,RESENTATION OF
WOLVERHAMPTON.—At the reque ,t of the lion. Mr.
Villiers, the constituency of 'hampton met a day
or two ago to consider whether he should remain their
Member or sit for South Lancashire, he haying expressed
himself willing to abide by their der; ision. The meeting,
which was numerously attended, wa s presided over by
E. B. Dimmack, Esq., and a resolut ion was passed, on
the motion of the Rev. S. Hunter, ex. pressing the opinion
of the electors, that Mr. Villiers shot ild remain their re-
presentative. In these circumstance s a new election for
South Lancashire becomes inevitable .