The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-27 00:00:00

ALLEGED MURDER Al CROYDON.

Last evening a man named John Carpenter Carver, resid-
ing at 35, Southend, Croydon, gave information to the
police that his wife had been killed. This proved to be
true, but the manner in which the woman me:, her death
has not been definitively ascertained. Carver's statement
is that at about a quarter to three o'clock a quarrel arose
between himself and his wife, and that she, being of a
violent temper, " flew" at him, owing to his complaints re-
garding some dirty plates at meals, and that she fall upon
the knife which he held in his hand Drs. Colo andJohnsou,
however, directly they saw the body, were of Opinion that
she had been murdered. The knife had penetrated with a
sharp clean cut through deceased's clothes an inch into the
heart. Inspector Convey arrested Carver, who was con-
ducted to the police-station at North-end, Croydon, where
he will remain until this morning, when he will be charged
with the murder before the magistrates at the Town Hall.
The murder has caused intense excitement iu Croydon.
Carver is represented as a man somewhat addicted to drink-
ing, and since his arrest he has been in a condition of great
depression and despondency.

THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS BILL. A
crowded meeting was held last night in Chelsea Vestry
Hall, Mr. John Boyd in the chair, at which it was proposed,
" That in the opinion of this meeting the ' Parliamentary
Elections Bill' of her Majesty's Government is unsatisfac-
tory, inasmuch as it provides for a numbering of the voting
papers, and fails to insure inviolable secrecy." This was
seconded by Mr. Beales, supported by Sir C. Dilke,
and carried unanimous) . Mr. Meass moved, and Mr.
Shipton, the Secretary to the Society of Painters and
Decorators, seconded, " That no Ballot Bill can
be satisfactory which throws the expenses of the
ballot upon the candidates, inasmuch as such a 1 rovision is
both indefensible iu principle, and calculated to restrict the
choice of the electors by excluding from Parliament all per-
sous not possessed of considerable wealth ; also, no bill car,
be accepted as a final settlement which does 'not provide for
an extensien of the time of polling till 8 o'clock p.m." This
resolution was supported by Sir Henry Hoare and Mr
Freeman, and carried unanimously. It was also proposed
by Mr Bickley, and seconded by 31r Osborne, and carried
unanimously, " That this meeting sees with pleasure that
Sir Henry Hoare has given notice of an amendment forbid-
ding the employment of paid agents or canvassers by can-
didates at Parliamentary elections, and attaching the penal-
ties of bribery to the infringement of this prohibition, and
that a petition to Parliament embodying this and the pre-
ceding resolution be drawn up and signed by the chairman
for presentation by the borough members."
THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY AND THH HOL-
BORN VIADU T.—At a meeting of the Court of Common
Council, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor, Mr
Cockerelt asked Mr Deputy Lowman Taylor whether
the Metropolitan District Railway Company had repaid
to the Board of Works a low, of £200,000, effected some
time ago. Mr Deputy Lowman Taylor, in reply, said
the arrangement had been that the company should
pay th• amount in three instalments, the first of which
(£50,000) became due in July last, but was not forth-
coming. Since then the company had been paying .£lO,OOO
per month. The next of the original instalments
($75,000) would be payable in July next, and it would
have to be seen, in the event of it not being met by the
borrowers, whether steps should not be taken to enforce
the stipulated conditions. He, for one, objected to the
present system of paying in driblets. Mr. Deputy Fry,
Chairman of the Improvement Committee, brought up a
report, prepared at the instance of the Court, relating
to the expenditure and receipts in connection with the
Holborn Valley Works, the probable sum still required
for their completion, the sources whence such a suni
would be obtained, and the total charge, if any, to the City's
estate. It stated that, excluding a loan of .£250,000 which
had been paid, the gross total actual receipts had been
£2,133,783; and the expenditure, £2,048,452 ; leaving a
balance to the good of £85,331. The amount still re-
quired would be .£283,821, of which .£139,677 would go to
settle claims now agreed upon, £40,283 to meet claims not
yet settled, and £100,940 to pay a total balance on con-
tracts and other works. There was only £85,331 available
to meet this expense ; and it was proposed by the com-
mittee to raise £250,000 as a second charge on surplus
lands belonging to the Corporation In those accounts the
cost of the proposed widening of Newgate street was not
included. The lands in question were worth, at the lowest
estimate, £600,000, and nearly all of them were unlet. A
loan of £400,000 had been already made on their security.
The committee added a belief that there would be no ulti-
mate loss on account of the improvement to the City's
estate. After a brief discussion the report was adopted,
and the proceedings terminated.