The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-10 00:00:00

THAMES.

On Saturday two labourers in the London Dock,
named William Reed and Thomas Cundich, were charged
before Mr. Ballantine with being participators in an
ingenious system of plunder by means of forged orders,
with a man named Whitford, who was committed for
trial from this court on Thursday week.
Mr. Humphreys, who appeared to prosecute for the
Dock Company, as on the last oceasion, said that rob-
beries to a great extent, though in the individual in-
stances not to a large amount, ha i been going on at the
London Docks for some time past, and it was the determi-
nation of the Company to spare no pains for the conviction
of the depredators. The goods abstracted consisted
principally of what are called gummy bags and old rope,
used in the manufacture of coarse paper, and the frauds
were effected by means of forged orders in the following
manner:—The gummy bags were made up into bales, so
as to resemble cotton pickings, and orders purporting to
come from the parties to whom the cottons were assigned
being forwarded to the proper authorities, passes were
signed, by which means the bales were allowed to pass
out at the gate, some purchaser having previously been
procured, to whom they were instantly transmitted.
At the request of Mr. gumphreys, who said he should
have some trouble in collecting and arranging the evi-
dence, the case was adjourned until Friday next.
SOUTHWARK.
On Saturday, just as Mr. Cottinghain was about to
quit the bench, Mr. Thomas Cooper. a tall, fashionably-
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Antonio Sylon, also with destroying a quantity of plaster
of Paris which the lad was carrying.
Complainant, in broken English, said that he was
crossing Webber-street, Blackfriars-road, about two
o'clock that aforhoon, with two bags of plaster of Paris

on his shoulders. Just ,as he had reached the corner
near the coffee-house, he was knocked down, and all the
plaster of Paris was strewed over the ground. While
he was lying down he was again struck by the defendant,
Mr. Martin, a tradesman residing in the neighbour-
hood, said, that he witnessed the whole transacticn.
He considered that the poor foreigner had been cruelly
ill-treated. He positively swore that the defendant struck
the lad several times, after which he went with his
friends into a publi.:3-house in Webber-street, called the
Coburg Arms, when the defendant offered the lad 10s.
compensation. He (witness), however, advised him not
to receive it, but gi?e the defendant into custody.
Police,ennatable 100 L division, said, that when he
arrived the poor 144 was lot 4iti
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completely destroyed.
Jr, COTTINGHAM, to the defendant—l perceive, sir,
that you are an artist of some celebrity, Pray, what
answer have you to make to the charge ? Defendant—
I am #l3l 4414 belonging to the Royal Academy, and had
been drinking with a few friends, when the complainant
intercepted me while grossing the road. / had no inten-
tion of burtinct the lad, anti mutt; puthed him down for
a larls. He 41 oftbred him compensation, and would
now pay anything in reason for, the mischief- ,11,14
dons,

Mr. CoTTMITADI said he was surprised to see such a
gentleman in so disgraceful a situation. lie did not,
after hearing all the evidence, think he intended to in-
jure the lad, therefore he should allow him to retire with
the complainant, and settle the matter without his in-
terference.

Tito parties then withdrew, and in a few minutes after-
wards the complainant entered the Court, and said he
was perfectly sati,fied with the gentleman's gtnerosity.
The defendant was accordingly discharged from cus-
tody,

ANOTHER MURDER NEAR
BAN BURY.

BANBUttY, AUG. 5.---The excitement which existed in this
neighbourhood consequent upon the discovery of the mur-
derers of Mr. George Mobbs, and their conviction at the late
Oxfordshire Assizes, had scarcely subsided, when the feelings
of the people of this neighbourhood have again been pained
by the perpetration of a murder by a man of the name of
Cave, a farmer, residing at Hornton, a village about five
miles from Banbury. Cave, who is a married man, had
formed an improper connexion with a widow of abandoned
habits, named Hannah Treadwill, the mother of nine living
children, having :buried three. Two of the three were con-
sidered to be Cave's, as well as one that is living. Cave be-
coming somewhat reduced in his circumstances it is sup-
posed was the cause of his ceasing to supply her with money,
in consequence of which she and her children were often in
a state of great destitution. Some time since she applied to
the board of guardians for relief, but this they refused to
give out of the workhouse, and thither she would not go.
The whole neighbourhood has for a long time past been
disturbed by their quarrels, and sometimes fights, in the
streets. She followed him to Banbury, and a variety of
other places, so that he was scarcely ever free from her. She
was a violent person, and often assaulted him with stones, a
wound from one of which lie now has on his face. On the
morning when the fatal occurrence took place Cave went to
his land, taking with him his gun. The spot is elevated,
and not more than a furlong from the village. The woman
followed him, -end they were heard in the village at high
words as usual. A person going in that directicn between
seven and eight o'clock met them returning towards the vil-
lage. They were then quarrelling; and shortly afterwards
he heard the report of a gun, but thought nothing of it.
Cave went home with the gun under his arm, and told his
wife and his mother he had shot Hannah. Before they
could recover from the shock the intelligence gave them two
other persons going towards Cave's land found the deceased
on the footpath, quite dead. The spot where the act was
committed is a peculiar one. A cartway is cut through the
side of the hill to ease the descent, and the footway is 12
or 15 feet above it. The footpath is not more than three
feet wide, and the bank is perpendicular. It is supposed he
stood in the cartway. and that she was on the footpath when
he fired the fatal shot. When found she was lying ex-
tended along the narrow footpath, and a stream.of blood
had flowed rive yards from her body. Cave was
taken into custody and lodged in Banbury gaol. He gave
two different accounts of the affair; one that they were quar-
relling and had a scuffle; that she bad hold of the muzzle of
the gun, and that it went off by accident; another, that in
the heat of the quarrel he tried to get up the bank to strike
her, but being unable to do so he shot her. He then loaded
the gun with the intention of shooting himself, but had not
courage to do so.
An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday, before
John Churchill, Esq., one of the county coroners. The body
presented an awful appearance, the shots having entered in
a mass on the left side of the neck, making a wound three
inches long, nearly two inches wide, and of great depth.
The carotid artery aad the jugular vein were both divided.
A part of the deceased's dress, with which were coagulated
blood and shots, were removed from the wound. The in-
quest was adjourned until Saturday, in consequence of
the principal witnesses being absent before the county
magistrates at Banbury, who were holding an inquiry into
the case.

The greatest commiseration is expressed for the prisoner's
mother, who is a very respectable woman. She had two
children only, the pris ,ner and a daughter; the latter, who
was a very fine young woman, poisoned herself a few years
since. Cave's age is about 46, that of his victim 40.

MARYLEBON E VESTRY.
THE ADVERTISING VAN NUISANCE.

After Mr. Williams had been called to the chair, Mr.
Flood laid before the vestry the following communica-
tion from the newly-appointed Secretary of State, Sir
George Grey, OR the subject of the advertising van
nuisance, in reply to a communication from the vestry on
that subject :

" Whitehall, sth August, 1846.
" Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th inst.,
to inform you that the nuisance arising from perambu-
lating street vans will be considered in any future amend-
ment of the police law ; but Sir George Grey does not
think it would be expedient to introduce into Parlia-
ment a Bill at this late period of the session, merely to
remedy this particular nuisance.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" WM. M. SOMERVILLE.
" To the Vestry Clerk, St. Marylebone."

This communication was entered on the minutes.
THE METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS AND THE POOR-LAW
COMMISSIONEES.—The vestry then considered a report
presentel on the previous Saturday from the j,int com-
mittee of vestrymen anti guardians, as to the recent pro-
ceedings in Parliament with reference to the establish-
ment of metropolitan district asylums. The report is of
a very luminous nature, and will be better understood
by the remarks of the different speakers.
Mr. G. DANIELL moved the 'adoption of the report.
He felt no doubt the disclosures made in it, the arbitrary
and unconstitutional course pursued at Andover, and
the speeches uttered within the walls of Parliament,
would tend to the ultimate reorganisation and revision
of the poor-laws. These circumstances alone had in-
duced the committee not to recommend the immediate
expulsion of the existing commissioners.
Mr. H. C. W TLSON seconded the motion, and stated
that our ancestors were governed by written laws, and
he saw no reason why we should not imitate that ex-
ample.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. ST. Jorn observed that it mattered little which
Government did away with the obnoxious poor-laws, so
that they were obliterated from the statute-book. He
hoped an Anti-Poor-law League would be formed, which
would be as powerful in its effects, and as successful in
its results as the late Anti-Corn-law League.—(Hear,)
Mr. Nicholay, Mr. Nisbet, and one or two other
gentlemen, then addressed the vestry, when the report
was adopted unanimously. It was then agreed to for-
ward a copy of the report to each of the 28 metropoli-
tan unions.
The vestry then separted.