The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-23 00:00:00

THE MURDER IN SPITALFIELDS.
Since the investigation before Mr. Baker, the Coroner,
into the circumstances connected with the murder of
L Henry Lazarus, aged 6i years, who was found about
seven o'clock, on the morning of Tuesday last, in the
yard at the back of the house, No. 16, --Tenter-street,
Spitalfields, Mr. Inspector Scott and Sergeant Teakle, of
the II division of police, have been indefatigable in
their exertions to trace out the person or persons im-
plicated in this mysterious affair. They are of opinion
that the unfortunate child was barbarously murdered
in
ope of the houses leading into the yard, there being
six in communication with it, and not that it was taken
when dead from the street, and placed in the spot where
it was discovered They say it is impossible that the
body could have been carried through the streets at that
_time of the morning, and that, therefore, it must
have been concealed in one of the houses during
the night, and that the death of the poor child
ensued in a very short time after it left its. home. Mr.
Gilbert states that death was the effect of strangulation,
and that in the contents of the stomach there was
nothing to show that 'it arose from any other cause.
It is believed that the clothes have been removed in
order that it might be supposed that the object of the
murderer was the robbery of the clothes. It is thought
that the intention of the person or persons who have
taken away the child's life was, by doing•so, that they
were desirous of concealing some act of turptitude which
they were fearful might be brought to light through
him. As yet no clue has been obtained of the disposal
of the clothes, notwithstanding the publicity of the de-
scription of them that has been given by the metropolitan
journals. It is intended that a search should be made
for them in the cesspools connected with the houses
above referred to, adjoining No. 16, Tenter-street. The
dress the deceased wore on the day of the murder he re-
ceived from the Jewish Free School, Bell-street, Spital-
fields, at which he was an attendant. Throughout the
whole of Saturday, Sergeant Teakle was in the neigh-
bourhood, making inquiries. There is a strong suspicion
in a short time this mysterious affair will be brought to
light. The members of the Jewish persuasion have
manifested a most intense desire to afford the police
every assistance to its elucidation, and on Saturday night
a committee sat for the purpose of devising steps to offer
a reward for the discovery of the person guilty of the
horrible transaction, A communication has been opened
with Sir G. Grey for a similar object, and an answer has
been received from the Secretary of State, intimating
that pending the investigation before the Coroner, no
interference could take place, and that, in the event of
the jury returning a verdict of " Wilful murder against
some person or persons unknown," that the usual mode
would be adopted, in order that the perpetrator of the
crime might be brought to justice.

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ADJOURNED INQUEST ON THE BODY.
for East Middlesex, and the jury empanelled on Thurs-
day3l, at eleven o'clock, Mr. W. Baker, coroner
last, re-assembled at the Duke of Wellington,
Shepherd-street, Spitalfields, for the purpose of further
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chieflywsurrounded by a mob of from
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100 to 200
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the extraordinary nature of the evidence which would
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begging aad "playing the clapper,
east-end of the metropolis, had been taken (?nes at the
circumstances having occurred which led to into
thet custody,
sion that he could throw some light on the inWres-
amymsterious
affair. The statement he had made was of
re-
markable character. Mr. Scott added that thereost wassomething in the boy's manner leading to the impression
that he was an idiot, although, on being removed to the
station-house, he answered the questions put to him in a
very,rational way. His statement, which had been taken
down in writing, was to this effect:—That he had seen
the deceased murdered by two lads respectively named
" Jem Paxton," who wandered about reciting selections
from the play of The Bottle, and " Tom Austen," who
worked as a porter at Billingsgate Market. That he
saw them strangle the deceased in the Tenter-ground,
and afterwards strip the body of its clothes,
and carry it through the passage of the house No.
16, Tenter-street, into the yard, where they left
it. That at first the murderers wished him to carry
the body to London-bridge, and throw it into the river;
that he refused to do so, but remained in Tenter-
street until Paxton and Austen returned from the yard
of the house, No. 16, when they threatened to murder
him if he said anything about it, upon which he returned
home. _ _ _ . .

The CORONER said he would put a few questions to the
party referred to, first cautioning him as to what he said.
He should, however, decline to take anything he stated
as evidence.

The individual was here introduced by a police-officer,
His appearance fully bore out the description given by
the inspector. His right side was completely paralysed,
and as he shuffled into the room he gazed around with
the vacant stare peculiar to half-witted persons.
The CORONER having duly cautioned him, he said his
name was Charles Savage. He resided at a lodging-
hou,e, No. 26, Wentworth-street, Spitalfields. He then
described the circumstance as just mentioned by the
inspector.
CORONER—What was done with the deceased's
clothes? Witness—They were ;eft in the corner of the
tenter ground.
CoaortEa—When did you tell any person of this?—
itness—On the Tuesday morning.
The CORONER said, the boy's statement was very ex-
traordinary, but he really could not bring himself to
believe that he was in his right mind. At any rate, he
had better retire for the present, while he went into the
evidence of some of the other witnesses.
Elias Cortesso, coal dealer, of No. 16, Tenter-street,
Spitalfields, was next called. In contradiction to the
evidence of the boy savage, this witness declared that
he had stood at his door from eight to ten o'clock on the
Monday night, and was quite certain no person passed
through his house during that period. Witness had no
lodgers, and could not account for the body of the de-
ceased having been found in his yard.
Phcehe Sothart, of No. 26, Wentworth-court, lodging-
house-keeper, said she knew the boy Savage, who occu •
pied a bed for 3d. a night in the second floor of her
house. He got his living, as witness believed by begging.
He had a good recollection. Was of an amiable temper.
Always seemed perfectly harmless, and was fond of
playing with children. On the Monday night he came
home about half past nine o'clock, and, as far as witness
could recollect, did not appear at all agitated. She did
not think Savage was quite right in his mind.
The CORONER here asked Savage why he did not tell
the witness of what he had seen when;he got home on
Monday night? Savage—Because I thought it would
hurt her feelings.
This observation caused some amazement in the
court, and the CORONER said it only strengthened his
impression that the youth was " daft."
The witness Sothart further described that Savage
came home about half-past nine on Monday night,
adding, that on application of the deceased's friends
about eleven o'clock the same night to know where he
had left Henry Lazarus, he informed them that he had
sent him home at nine o'clock.
Ellen Jones, a neighbour, swore to having seen the
deceased and Savage together at the door of Mr. Laza-
rus's house about nine o'clock on Monday night. About
twenty minutes to ten she again saw Savage at the corner
of Wentworth-street, and on asking him what he had
done with little Henry, he said he had sent him home
about ten minutes previously.
Two other witnesses were here called, who swore that
the boy Savage was in bed at ten minutes after ten on
Monday night.
Hannah Fleming, one of the witnesses examined at the
police-court, repeated her testimony as to having heard
Sarah Rodgers, who is at present in custody under re-
mand, state that she knew who
had committed the
murder, but that she would never divulge it.
The prisoner Rodgers, who was present, strongly
denied having given utterance to any such expression.
Mr. Venables proved having made a post mortem
examination on the remains of the deceased. He found
nothing of a deleterious nature in the stomach, and
had no hesitation in ascribing death to strangulation.
By a juror—lt would have been impossible for the
deceased to have committed the act himself, seeing the
position in which he was found.
The inquiry having already lasted nearly five hours,
The CORONER here said, as it was not likely the jury
would be able to come to a conclusion at that present
sitting, he thought it might be advisable to adjourn at
this stage of the proceedings.
After some discussion on the subject, it was unani-
mously agreed to meet again on Thursday next at eleven
o'clock.

In the course of the proceedings the Coroner directed
Inspector Scott to arrest the two parties referred to by
the boy Savage, in order that they might be forthcoming
at the adjourned inquiry.

HAYMARKET THEATEE.—In consequence of the
indisposition of Mr. Charles Kean, attested by a medical
certificate, the appearance of that gentleman and Mrs.
Kean is deferred till Monday next.
ELOPEMENT.—On Saturday night last, about
twelve o'clock, some of the inmates ot Bodriggy House,
Phillack, were aroused from their slumbers by a noise in
the court which at the time was supposed to originate from
one of the farm horses having strayed from a field.
Nothing more was thought of the circumstance till the
Sunday morning, when, at the usual time of rising, Miss
Catherine Ann Walters, aged eighteen years, the eldest
daughter of Captain Sampson Walters, now a mine agent
at Chilli, South America, whose wife occupies a part of
her
Bodriggy House, not making her appearance,
mother entered her bedchamber and found everything
in a contused state and the daughter nowhere to
be found. An alarm was
but no tidngs
the fair fugitive could be obtained till the
Sunday forenoon, when news was brought to Mrs.
Walters that her daughter had been married that morn-
ing at Phillack Church to a youngat mechanic working
hale Foundry, named Ley, who must have ob-
tained license previous to the elopement. They had
been seen in company together a short time ago; and
Mrs. Walter threatened to confine her daughter
if she continued to give her company to him, but " Love
laughs at locksmiths"—the happy couple are now spend-
ing their honeymoon at the bridegroom's mother's resi-
dence at Phillack Church-town. 'rho bride's mother is
quite disconsolate, and her friends, who are very re-
spectable, have some thoughts of bringing the case into
an Ecclesiastical Court, or of indicting the young man
for perjury.—Cornwall Gazette.

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YORK CITY ELECTION.

YORK, MONDAY AFTERNOON.—The nomination of
Candidates for the city of York took place this day, at
-!d in St. Sampson's-square.

hustings erecter_
Mr. Alderman Meek proposed, and Mr. George Lee-
man seconded, the nomination of Mr. William Mourdant
Edward Milner, of Nun Appleton, as a fit and proper
person to represent this city in Parliament.
Mr. Frederick Hopwood proposed, and Mr. Baker
seconded, the nomination of Mr. Henry Vincent, of
Stamford-hill.
Mr. Joseph Swales proposed, and Mr. R. H. Anderson
seconded, the nomination of Charles Wilkins, Esq.,

sergeant-at-Jaw. - -
Mr. MILNER first addressed the electors,,-}l.
himself, with regard to the reform moven4issk
vocate for the ballot and household tinfframat ea), tem,: •
to triennial Parliaments, and reserves himselfdielavqual
electoral districts; _ _ _
Mr. VINCENT declared himself a firm supporter Of the
four points involved in the -present reform ...lament-
As to household suffrage, he should take 1.! ektas an
instalment or a debt long due to the people. He is for
the abolition of the game-laws, a revision of the probate
and legacy duties], and of the property and income tax,
so as to impose a larger burden on. real and permanent
property. Ho advocated religious freedom—the word
toleration he repudiated.

Mr. Sergeant WILKINe -next add seed the consti-
tuency. He avowed himself in fay'our of household
suffrage, vote by ballot, electoral d4tricts, and triennial
Parliaments. He opposed the game-laws, and con-
demned our present system of gaol discipline, which
instead of being a corrective of crime, was one of its
greatest nurseries. He contended that our present
system of taxation was unjust and oppressive to the
itdustrious classes.

The SHERIFF then took a show of hands; when large
numbers were held up for Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Vincent.
For Mr. Milner the show was small. A second ahoyv
was taken for the two former gentlemen, and ultimately
the Sheriff declared that the show was in favour of Mr.
Vincent.
A poll was -then demanded by Mr. Wilkins and Mr.
Millier,.whicolis fixed to commence to-morrow morn•
ing at eight o'clock.
A vote of thanks to the Sheriff terminated the pro-
ceedings, and the Court was adjourned to ten o'clock on
Wednesday morning, when the declaration of the poll
will be made.

CRICKET.
Yesterday the opening match of the season of the
Marylebone Club was played at Lord's, and taking into
consideration that it is not every gentleman who has been
able to avail himself of much practice hitherto, the exhi-
bition on this occasion was very far from being of an
inferior order. As for the Hon. R. Grimstone, we once
heard it said that he was always in practice, even though
he may not have had a bat in hand. But that gen-
tleman is one of those who will " seise the moment,"
let that be when it may, and thus in the contest it will
be found he carried, as it were, all before him.
The match was " The Earl of Leicester's choice of
nine gentlemen with two players, and the Earl of Strath-
more's selection of nine gentlemen also with two players;"
and such was the general feeling of satisfaction at the
closeness of the play,` hat we understood that it was
arranged that the same elevens should meet again on
Monday week for another " fray," in lieu of the proposed
" Lincoln's Inn and Teniple" match.
On behalf of the Earl of Leicester, the Hon. S. Pon-
sonby, in the first hands, marked eight by three, a two,
and three singles; but Mr. Haygarth, the "impenetrable,"
as he has often been denominated, was bowled by Diver
without having made any score. Indeed, on this side
there was no success achieved until the Hon. R. Grim-
ston made his appearance. He scored 29 by a five, two
threes, three twos, and twelve singles. The Earl of
Leicester contributed a one and a four, and Lord H.
Loftus 16, in which number were a three, four twoissiid
five single runs. The Hon. C. Coke tendered six, which
backed were thankfully accepted and duly recorded. The-itotal
of this innings was 80.
came the Earl of Strathmore, bat in hand,
the cricket ranks),
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and not more
it is that his Lordship frequently found in
t only score o
of four, two threes, and
twoion of four twos. This,
had run up a score of 25 ere the
Hon. S. Ponsonby took
ff,
balance of ones after he addition him C
lark
figuresbehind
on
thtehaisicskideet,
In his Lordship's score were a
for the slow bowling was too much for them. Diver
inwaasrk6e6d. 9,lnantdheitlrs
*mond Kyoaston
however, was the
contributed 8. The total
hands the Earl of Leicester's
side made 91, of which number
twothrees,
s Mr. Grimston made 41
in two fives, a four,
in ones. There was no other score with twow'ttiodoff
ffhis army,
s, and the rest
figures.
cThei
having re
Earl
tohfSe tetrdaethsemrorres,his once
Lordship's
o r elbuut ha ved but 59 runs, or 46 short of the winX eingpdooeldntst.par:
d
The ground was exceedingly well attended,
amongst the company we noticed the Earl of Leicester,
th© Earl of Winterton, the Earl of Strathmore, the Earl
of Munster, Lord and Lady F. Beauclerk, Lord
Burghley, Lord Guernsey, Lord Loftus, Lord Mount-
garret, Lord Ipswich, Lord Paget, the Hon. L. Pon-
sonby, the Hon. S. Ponsonby, the Hon. R. Grimston, the
Hon. Colonel Lowther, the lion. C. Vernon, the Hon. R.
Lawley. the Hon. C. Coke, the Hon. W. Coke, the
Hen. Captain Stanley, Sir flume Campbell, &c.
The score was as follows:—
EARL OF LEICESTER.S SIDE

lion. S. Ponsonby, b Diver
A. Hay forth, Esq, b Diver
Royston, hit wicket, b Rapley
Clark, s Diver, b Bayley
lion. R. Grimston, b Bayley
Earl of Leicester, b Bayley
Lord Mountgarret. b Driver........ 2 b Diver 1
Lord 11. Loltus, run out
Hon. W. Coke, b Diver
Captain Cheslyn, c Parker, b Diver 0 b Diver
ii. Barker, E,ci., b Bayley
A. Taylor, Esq , c Lyon, b Bayley 1 not out 9
W. Bosvillo, Esq., not out 1 b Diver 2
Byes

80
EARL OF STRATJ(MORE'S SIDE.

Earl of Strathmore, c Ponsonby... 25 b Clark ... 12
[lon. C. Lyon, c and b Royston ... 0 absent ... 0
Lord Burghley, s Ponsonby b Clark 2 absent ... 0
El. Fellowes. Esq. s Haygarth ... 2 b Clark ... 14
Diver, a Ponsonby, b Bosville .. 9 a Ponsonby e
Bayley, s Ponsonby, b Clark ... 0 b Clark ... 1
R. Elynaston, Esq. b Clark ... ... 8 b Royston 1
C. Esrom, Esq. run out ... ... 0 not out ... 10
Earl Winterton, b Clark ... ... 1 b Clark ... 3
altaitland, Esq. c Mountgarret ... 2 run out ... 0
H. Parker, Esq. not out ... ... 0 run out . . 2
Lord Guernsey, c Royston, b Clark 3 absent ... 0
Hon. H. Neville, b Royston ... .. 1 not out ... 0
Byes 5, wide (Royston 1, Bos- Byes 6, no ball
vale 8) 9, no ball (Bosville) 1 ... 15 (Bosville) 1 7

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB.
The entries for the great sailing matches of this dis-
tinguished club, appointed to take place on Monday next,
from Erith to the Nore Light and back, closed at ten last
night, and are as follows :
First Class, for vessels above 25 and not exceeding 50
tons, for a prize, value 80 guineas.
Yachts. Tons. Owners.
Musquitto
Belvidere
Daring .
Eclipse
Blue Belle
Second Class, for a prize, value 601., for boats above 12
and not exceeding 25 tons.
1n0....
Secret
Prima Donna
Antagonist .... 25
Third Class.
Frolic
Esk
The first-class match, it must be borne in mind, is a
time race, half a minute per ton being allowed from the
larger to the smaller. The City of Canterbury steamer
has been chartered by the club to accompany the race,
for the accommodation of the members and friends, and
will leave London-bridge precisely at ten in the morning,
and call at Blackwell at half-past ten.

VISITATION OF THE ARCHDEACON Or MIDDLESEX.
—Yesterday having been appointed by the Venerable
John Sinclair, M.A., Archdeacon of Middletez, for the
visitation of that portion of the diocese of Lendon which
is under his jurisdiction, a large number of the clergy of
the Archdeaconry assembled at St. Paul's Church,
Covent-garden, where they were met by the Arch-
deacon, Dr. Robert Phillimore, and Mr. Shepherd, the
registrar, and the usual formal matters connected with
the archdeaconal visitation having been transacted, the
clergy proceeded into the sacred edifice, when the Arch-
deacon delivered his charge. „
FIRE AT THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.—Yesterday
afternoon, between two and -three o'clock, a fire broke
out at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand.
When first discovered the flames were issuing frpm the
upper windows of the London district side of the build-
Exresses were dispatched
n IS titling-street, and several
engines were instantly
in attendance, and they for-
tunately succeeded in confining the flames to that por-
tion of the building where the fire brokitnogt\ie fronting
Fire Bri Foster
e-rs-t lane.
i n
broke out, which,
together with its contents, was completely burnt out.
The p'cirtion of the building destroyed was used as a
suddensome
of gustth
eo f
paperwind (the
shavings w'i n
bookbinder 's workshop, and it is conjectured that the
towLaordNsptohNe flAreis,DandßtßhluGsnsTetoNthe
RroAa
owinAay.b—lazlev.
dflorevvswbaesionngnaospiennn)edwabfytinag
e are
authorised to state that the engine-driver, Richard Dyer,
who appeared as a prosecutor at the Central Criminal
Court, on the 20th instant, was, on the circumstances of
the case becoming known to the directors, immediately
dismissed from their employ.
THE EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY.—On
Wednesday the Edinburgh and Northern Railway was
opened from Ferry-Port on-Craig to Burntisland, and to
Edinburgh, making the communication complete between
the Tay and the Fort . On the Perth side also a com-
plete communication has been opened between Edin-
burgh on the one hand, and Perth on the other, as far as
Abernethy-road. The resources of this railway as con-
necting the south with the north being now nearly deve-
loped, it is no matter of surprise that the stock of the
company is rapidly rising in the market. The increase
of traffic and pc„passengers may now be calculated on
as constantly progressing along the whole double line.
To the mere tourist the line towards Perth, as it runs
round what was once Clatcart Crag, and above the
town of Newburgh opens up a prospect unsurpassed in
loveliness anywhere in the world,—.Fhealtire Jourtfa