The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-21 00:00:00

THE DAGENHAM MURDER.

The adjourned inquest on the body of Clarke, the mur-
dered policeman, was resumed yesterday, at Dagenham, and
disclosures were made which will probably lead to the detec-
tion of the murderer.
The suspended policemen, Batfoy, Fame., Kimpton, and
Hickton, appeared and swore that their former evidence was
false, so far as regarded their statement that on the night of
the murder they had seen police-sergeant Parsons on duty at
eleven o'clock, two o'clock, and six o'clock; that they made
that statement at Parsons' own request, who, in point of fact,
was not on duty, and he had not accounted for his time:
To make he suspicion thus raised against Parsons still
stronger, a man named Henry Clements, a sale porter and
hawker, residing at Romford, deposed that a week after
the murder, being at the Lion, at Rumford, he went into a
room where sergeant Parsons was sitting, absorbed over a.
newspaper, which contained an account of the finding a
Clarke's body, and then he heard him exclaim, in a state
of apparent abstraction, "Poor fellow, I wish I had not done
it now."
Parsons had stated in his evidence that he was on duty all
night; and on being now confronted with the parties who
made this new and astounding revelation, he declared that
all they had said was false, that he was actually on duty, and
that be adhered to his statement.
Under these circumstances the Coroner further adjourned
the inquiry for three weeks. in the
Of course a strong sensation has been produced
neighbourhood by these disclosures. The detective force at
Dagenham have orders to keep the suspended men in a state
of surveillance, and not to permit Parsons to be out of their
sight, or to permit aay communication between him and the
constables referred to.
The next sitting of the Coroner is likely to produce
portant results.

POST-OFFICE NOTICE.
he fol-
DEPARTURE OF TIIE FOREIGN MAlLS.—Yesterday • I
lowing notice of the next departure of the mails for Wit
China, the Peninsula, the West Indies, North and Sent,.
10,
America, New South Wales, &c., was issued and affixed
the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand :
~:i„r;
The Overland closed mail, vid Marseilles, for the brew Egged
ranean, Corfu, the lonian Isles, Aden, Alexandria, Egged
Ceylon, Ellie, Hong-Kong, and China, will be dispatch
hence on the evening of the 24th instant.
The Peninsular mail, for Madeira, Lisbon, Oporto,
Cadiz, Madrid, Corunna, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar,
oD
the 27th instant. Next mail due by the Royal Tar (Halal
ton), on the 26th instant.
The text mail for Gibraltar, Malta, the Mediterranean ;
Greece, the lonian Isles, Egypt, India, Ceylon, and Chia
vid Southampton, on the 4th of Septemer. . in the
The West Indies, the British and foreign colonies
West Indies, Honduras, Havannah, Madeira, Venezuela!
Bermuda, Mexico, &c., on the 2d of Sept.; next mail due em
the 7th of Sept.
North America, British North America, Bermuda, and the
United States, next mail dispatched on the 3d of Sept.; 11ex
mail due on the 30th inst.
South America, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, Rio Ja
Madeira, Bahia, and Pernambuco, next mail dispatcbeilAehe
o
the Ist of Sept. ; the Express (Herrick) with next mail due
on the 28th inst. (from August to January inclusive t
packet touches at Bahia and Pernambuco on her outvf„.
passage to Rio Janeiro, the remaining six months on ara
homeward).
Sydney, New South Wales. South Australia, Port
New Zealand, &c., by the Walmer Castle, via GraVeag"
on the evening of the 31st inst.

NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.
VISIT OF THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY TO rfasll;
S
NESS.—TRIAL OF SIGNAL LIGHTS.—The Earl of
Vice-Admiral Sir C. Adam, K.C.8., Captain LordJohn4:
C. 8., Lords of the Admiralty, with Captain Brandretht
chief of the engineering and architectural department, Pa,
ceeded to Blackwell at a very early hour yesterday ra'fliten.
and embarked on board the Lightning, Admiralty steam'
der, Master Com mender Petley, for Sheerness. On their arlf,bl.ef,
at that port they were received by the Commander-in'
Vice:-Admiral Sir E. D. King, Captain-Superintendent
C. 8., and the naval, military, and civil officers of the eerrthi their
ment, by whom they were attended in the couse
buns
annual inspection. Having transacted the necessary bug 0
at Sheerness 'their Lordships re-embarked under salute
bare.
board the Lightning, and came back to Gravesend, Jobs
they were met by the Trinity steam-yacht, having Sir
the
Pelly on board, with Capt. V. A. B. Hamilton, one °t. et
.
Secretaries to the Admiralty ; Captain Superintend is
Houston Stewart, C. 8., of Woolwich Dockyard; ,CaPhVai
Beaufort, the hydrographer at the Admiralty; '3l)
Washington, of the Blazer, surveying steam-NI of
Cabtain Austin, C. 8.; Mr. LlOyd, chief superintende°oo
engineering and machinery at Woolwich Dockyard; sod
Mr. Elson, master attendant of that establishment ificett
also Lieut. A. S. Symes, an old and experienced o
ier,
who, we believe, is in command of one of the I"gets•
pool packets. The Myrtle and Swallow steam-Ps`,,ip
fitted with Rettie's and Evans's signal lights, were ht,
attendance, and proceeded from Gravesend with the lit
ot
ning and Trini:,y yacht up the river, the latter being o
with signal lights, projected by Mr. Miller; and the 13F
being very dark and most suitable for the experitnetnn,
lengthened and most beautiful exhibition of all the life;
took place until eleven o'clock, when the Lightning retu7,ir
soon after that time to Blackwell, where their Lordships b.
embarked, and the Trinity yacht proceeded to Wool,_l of
The interest which the Admiralty takes in the questoi9u,e
signal lights, and in personally witnessing the trialsto
then
various plans submitted to them, is highlcreditablet
of tpuro,"
Lordships, and will doubtless have the good el/T6OM
curing for the service the general adoption of tha
tto bender
which is most simple in operation, moat de:IA/du-o,llg in its
stood, and most powerful, brilliant, and en
reflection. . situ. AMERICA.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 20.-11E1131MA..
cie which this
—lt appears that the enormous amount 0. !rand
which her
ship is reported to have brought to Englanu' .
nn e ids chargedsenior with taking
officer,
instead
captain
dollars, has dwindled down to 1,800,000; this is all she .113
(41 board, and it will go to London this day, via the Sun 4
Western Railway, in charge of Messrs. Shaw and MaXii7d,
When round Cape Hope the America had more put on bet,
but landed the greater portion at the ports to which it was
feu";
o f
other
o f ships, because
be6C,Ua-1101rnina°116
signed, particularly at Rio Janeiro. She received the
sure which the Talbot and Frolic had brought to Valpfati,
from the " intermediates," collected in the usual w AY,
none from the Daphne.; that ship comes home without
treasure. Captain Gordon received a most urgent 111,1',100
tion from the merchants in the Pacific, requesting him to :01,
their specie in the America, in preference to any small es.
owing le.
owing to the very unsettled state of affeirs in South •Anl the
He judged it prudent to do so, and left the station, aniided,
Admiralty will decide on the point, whether he was ..05`
under the circumstances, in coming home. d hid
The America left Rio Janeiro on the 22d of June, it,!1,..„t 60
a tedious passage to England. She has brought au"- ori•
naval invalids from the different ships on the South AP, ,
can and Brazilian stations, and Lieutenant the n°,ll:boar
P
Pellew on sick leave. The America went into the '•
this morning to disembark her treasure, and then to be
mined and reported on. cony'
The Athol troop ship is ordered to embark thre,w," 011
panics of the 74th Regiment from this garrison, and —bo- ara
them to Dundee; she is afterwards to receive 01 earl
thence three companies of the 87th Regiment, and d.
them to Leith. The Athol is then to return to Spithes.piti
The Penelope steam frigate has had a thorough '.,n"
and her machinery put in order, she has this day Ott
ercising her engines at Spithead, and if all should g°
she will be masted and fitted for commission. Ong
Lieut. Gardiner is here to enter men for the Sitle_al
steam-frigate, but Captain Henderson has not yet Vim, •
appoirtment to her, and consequently cannot n°
soon her.

atT.)—
FATAL ACCIDENT.—(FROM A CoRRESPOND.a- „ovals-
On Wednesday a melancholy and fatal accident occurred al iloaaa4
worth to Mr. William Ramsey, the landlord of the Fox and horse
Inn; Putney. The deceased was driving into town, when .„
nit our
stumbled going ,town the hill at Wandsworth, and he was thr,4,was,
on the road. He was immediately removed into the liinghe .never
Wan isworth, but although every attention was afforde.l, •• 0.10
spoke more. An inquest is to be this day held on the bodY• l ago:
one hour before the acaident, the unfortunate man had exeri`tbotee'
self on behalf of a gentleman who was taken into his esfab'his par
in a fit, and bad taken charge of the money and papers in "
session.
bout tell
DREADFUL ACCIDENT. This morning, - per
minutes to twelve o'clock, a dreadful accident occurred th.`,, teran,
sons while passing along the Strand, which, it is feared, "1•„.0,cr
of
nate fatally. It appears that, at the time above named, a nane ad•
workmen were engaged on the roof of Mr. Partington's
joining the Crown and Anchor Tavern, facing St. Clement 1•-oi of
and, while In the act of removing a quantity of bricks, Sever ; pas-
them slipped and fell into the street on the heads of the Of and
sengers, whereby a young lady, named Eliza Thomkins, aged ay; 31r,
a youth, named Francis Harvey, an assistant in the °thee C" jir
Tovey, stationer, of No. 192. Piccadilly, were most dreadeullidea
jured. Several of the passers by and the Police raised the Wolin te,
persons from the Around, and carried them, in an insensible tf`olf
into tire shop of Mr. Smith, the news agent, who very hurnal.l'aa
rendered every aid. In the meantime Mr. Skeel, surgeon, of I`:s.
folk-street, was called in, and afforded every assistance to tb!
it
fortunate parsons. The female was the niece of Mr. l'ida°', t
10
printseller, of 183, Strand, and had just left home, on the Ica?
friend's house. She is most seriously injured, and remains 105, tor
3tr,
conscious state. The youth was subsequently removed , „
Skeet's surgery, where he remained for some time, under the care
the police and the medical gentleman. • Ven°'
DEATH OF EYBLER, THE COMPOSER.—This
rable hapelmeister of the imperial chapel in Vienna, died en the oine
ult. Joseph Eybler was born in Schwochut, a little vlll3g wits
leagues from Vienna, on the Bth of February, 1764. His fatherst ;ppd
chorus singer. As a boy Eybler was distinguished as a Pia,';ii Ana t°
an amateur having remarked his talents, placed him in '072.
study, and he became a pupil of Albrechtsberger. The friends If;
Haydn and Mozart assisted Eybler in the study of coMP°3lt9-110:fa
directed the rehearsals of Cosi fan tutti, and was at the last','orata'
of Mozart. Eybler's fame was first made by a Requiem. 015,, 50„„er t.
of Die vie Cetzen Dinge was performed in 1810. He succeeded
as chapel-master. lie was struck with apoplexy in 1833, whil'alnillain.
ing Mozart's Requiem, old since that period his duties were -,,etata
He was a member of almost every distinguished musical s'icti, and
Europe. Eybler composed twenty-eight masses, two orator
/woo,
other sacred compositions ; an opera, called The Enchast,cci 0 04n
ionNti symphonies,
rot
Fe sonatas,ousix
concertos,i cantatas,Rc songs,sevenAA PROCLAMATIONS
quartette, two trios, L" -
ABtiev.rtY.---yesterda., A° Div":
t
following cases Mullingar Higgins,
County Court of Middlesex, held at the Sheriffs' Court, 11,, in tli,"
square, Mr. Hemp, the officer, made proclamation of oullanr!fri 001'•
Gray ; rge Rutherford, at the suit of Samuel Reynolds; n'i-irtoa,
Henry Kenney, at the suit of the Queen ; William Conynaluan..l—t of 6';
at the suit of Henry Charles Curlew's ; J. R. Cdney, at the ffra it of
f
Roberts; the Rev. James '
Staughton Money Kyrll, at the °
William Thompson; Thomas Harries Wilson, at the .
at the suit Of 'A'ethar
Henry John Garrod ; J. L. Wellesley, at the suit of Belliel.nproox!
bury ; James W. Newcombe, at the suit of William ova"fone,
Richard Augustus Seymour, at the suit of W. H. Vernon;
Twysden, at the suit of Robert Bryant • W. H. ,—,.,i-
-at the suit of Augustus Brown • Douglas Kinna•_--;oorab•-
gins, otherwise Charles Douglas, 'known as the 11., 1;1,00
Captain Douglas Pulteney, at the s..it of Elizabeth Wiggivalio°
wife; Charles Stewart, at the suit of John Ballard Byron ' 016
Frederick Byng, at the suit of John Jones ; J. L. Wellesiel,„,toio
suit of Oliver Richards ; William Bailey, at the suit of ConSimes ;
William De Bernerdy; John Twysden, at the suit of Williamoortfo
Lady Frances Twysden, at the salt of William Dimes,' I,,aci, t
Gotobed, at the suit of Robert Lewis and another ;9nit of
the suit of William Lillywhite ; Mary Ann Perryman, f. _noon.
,!
James a:dward Pye ; J. W. Gudge, at the suit of John T.0:10, ,a th,eo
Thomas Flower, at the suit of William Green • George 111 tue 551,
suit of William H. Savage; Arthur Wellesley Willituns, a'the sait
of John Milner ; Samuel Beale Ambosse, at
George Samuel Ford.
„RopLIS‹
IHE bAN ATOItY CONDITION OP THE ME.---_ weion—
Last evening, a meeting of the members and friends of tne,-receifa
Philanthropic Institution was held at the London Tavern, to the
the report 0' the permanent committee appointed to waltect it fr(7j:
sanatory condition of the metropolis, with a view to Pr': wpfeli
cholera, typhus lever, Sce., by the removal of the- causes o,otiiif
duce those diseases. The committee was appointed,eat4;
held last week, a report of which appearad in 77 cootirst°4l
day last. At the meeting held last evening, Charles, rePer
Esq., presided, and 111, Davies, Esq., the honorary
that in answer to the circulars issued several reP11...,°',„ mmber:
secrei!l. had been
received, and that the committee now consisted of ta.z,cuittnenfa,
of the House of Commons, eight physicians, many etaine
of metropolitan parishes, and a large number vice'
surgeons, amongst whom wial Benjamin Traver% 'PeClierrnifb,
president of the Royal College of Suri,cons. Dr. LYnc
with a resolution passed at the last meeting,
consideration
Mr. Abraham, and Mr. Liddle, sent in for to the medical.
of the committee a series of questions to be submitted to comotieon o
profession, clergy, and parochial authorities, as ti)
ties will r tuffi
and
their respective parishes. To these the several Par
in be based to
replies from time to time, and on these a statetnenst reference, in
of the poor f
drainage, ventilation, sewerage, and the Practices address shodon,
pl. _cod before the Government. The questions had
reference to their health. It was agreed that
ba.z:ct
of the me ellrf.
circulated amongst the public explaining the 04thwood Smit,p,sed
and that a deputation should wait .13011..-• r• tre caairrnan
gkogoceoptp.
qb.esting him to prepare It. A vote of thou". to