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

THE DAriENHAM MURDER.

The adjourned inquest on the boily of Clarke, the mur-
dered policeman, was resumed yesterday, at,Dagenhaim, mid
disclosures were made which will.probalily lead to the detec-
tion of the murderer.
The suspended policemen, Batfoy, Ferns, Kinipton, and
llickton, appeared and swore that their former evidence was
false, so far as regarded their statement that on 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 the 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 R milord, he went into a
room where sergeant Parsons was sitting, absorbed over a
newspaper, which contained an account of the finding of
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 as'jzading revelation, he declared that
all they had said was fa-MT.-that he was actually on duty, and
that he adhered to his statement.
Under these circumstances the Coroner further adjourned
the inquiry for three weeks.
Of course a strong sensation has been produced in the
neighbourhood by these disclosures. The detective force st
Dagenham have orders to keep the suspended men in a state
of surveillance, and not to permit Parsons to be oat of their
sight, or to permit any communication between him and the
constables referred to.

The next sitting of the Coroner is lil,e'y to produce im-
portant results.

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POST-OFFICE N OTICE.
DEPARTURE OF THE FOREIGN 3Ltu.a.—Yesterday Vie fol-
lowing notice of the next departure of the mails for India,
China, the Peninsula, the West Indies, North and South
America, New Suuth Wales, &c., was issued ai:d affixed at
the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand:—
The Overland closed mail, vid Marseilles,'for the Medal-
ranean, Corfu, the lonian Isles, Aden, Alexandria, EgiPt'
Ceylon, India, Hong-Kong, and China, will be diipatc34
hence on the evening of the 24k h instant.
The Peninsular mail, for Madeira, Lisbon, Oporto, vie,
Cadiz, Madrid, Corunna, Spain. Portugal, and Gibraltar, on
the 27th instant. Next mail due by the Royal Tar (flanui7
ton), on the 26th instant.

The text mail for Gibraltar, Malta, the Mediterranean'.
Greece, the lonian Isles, Egypt, India, Ceylon, and Chin*
yid Southampton, on the 4th of September.
The %Vest Indies, the British and foreign colonies in ti
West Indies, Honduras, Havannah, Madeira, Venezuela,
Bermuda, Mexico, &c., on the 2d of Sept.; next mail due °ll
the 7th of Sept.
North America, British North America, Bermuda, and to;
United States, next mail dispatched on the 3d of Sept. ; next
mail due on the 30th inst.

South America, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, Rio Joel'''.
Madeira, Bahia, and Pernambuco, next mail dispatched en
the Ist of Sept. ; the Express ( Herrick) with next mail doe
on the 28th inst. (from August to January inclusive the
packet touches at Bahia and Pernambuco on her outward
passage to Rio Janeiro, the remaining six months on 11'
homeward).
Sydney, New South Wales, South Australia, Port Philir,'
New Zealand, &c., by the \\Trainer Castle, via Gravesend
on the evening of the 31st inst.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
VISIT OF THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY TO Slat°
NESS.—TRIAL OF SIGNAL LIGHTS.—The Earl of Auckland'
Vice-Admiral Sir C. Adam, K.C.13.' Captain Lord John HIP
C. 8., Lords of the Admiralty, with Captain Brandreth,
chief of the engineering and architectural department, Pr°•
ceeded to Blackwell at a very early hour yesterday morning,
and embarked on board the Lightning, Admiralty steam-ten-
der,
Master Commander Petley, for Sheerness. On their arTl% a 1:
at that port they were received by the Commander-in-o'l'
Vice-Adlidral Sir E. D. King, Captain-Superintendent .Artbur,
C. 8., and the naval, military, and civil officers of the establisir,
ment, by whom they were attended in the couse of thel,
annual inspection. Having transacted the necessary busine-
at Sheerness 'their Lordships re-embarked under salute on
board the Lightning, and came back to Gravesend, whe,r:
they were met by the Trinity steam-yacht, having Sir J0h1,,,
Pelly on board, with Capt. W. A'. B. Hamilton, one a
Secretaries to the Admiralty ; Captain Superintende%
Houston Stewart, C. 8., of Woolwich Dockyard; CBPt,inie
Beaufort, the hydrographer at the Admiralty; Cap
Washington, of the Blazer, surveying steam-VeSse f
Captain Austin, C. 8.; Mr. Lloyd, chief superintendent °d
engineering and machinery at Woolwich Dockyard; and
Mr. Elson, master attendant of that establishment ; '
also Lieut. A. S. Symes, an old and experienced offlcer.
who, we believe, is in command of one of the Liveetrs
pool packets. The Myrtle and Swallow steam-pack ja
fitted with ,Rettie's and Evans's signal lights, Were bt..
attendance, and proceeded from Gravesend with the Lgeed
ning and Trini-v yacht up the river, the latter being 11;bt
With signal lights, projected by Mr. Miller; and the t,
being very dark and most suitable for the experinteP
lengthened and most beautiful exhibition of all the 1;"ed
took place until eleven o'clock, when the Lightning returisi,s•
soon after that time to Blackwell, where their Loidshipg c:lclb.
embarked, and the Trinity yacht proceeded to Woolw". of
The interest which the Admiralty takes in the questiT;l3o
_ signal lights, and in personally witnessing the trials t
heir
various plans submitted to them, is highly creditable t'°, tf. „re-
Lordships, and Will doubtless have the good effect
.0n ro,
curing for the service the general adoption of that iii“ondsr-
which is most simple in operation, most clearly to be in its
stood, and most powerful, brilliant, and enduring
reflection.
AMERICA.
PORTS3IOUTII, AUG. 20.—HER MAJESTY'S aIT--
ip
hich this.
—lt appears that the enormous amount of spec.- Which her
ship is reported to have brought to England, alld she
captain is charged with taking out of other ships, hec,,uso,ooo
happened to be senior officer, instead of being , bits
dollars, has dwindled down to 1,800,000; this is
aie South-
on board, mid it will go to London this day, via tl
Western Railway, in charge of Messrs. Shaw and 1' A
When round Cape Hope the America bad m
but landed the greater portion at the ports toeNr%-e put boar e r
h
signed, particularly at Rio Janeiro. She received
0,0
sure which the Talbot and Frolic had brought to apa
from the " intermediates," collected in the usual ye?t,- ouny
'eh it was cow
.none from the Daphne; that ship comes home
0.., eti a most urgent aPti;_oke,
lion from the merchants in the Pacific, requesting hint
l the troy'
their specie in the America, in preference to any small • :;oa,,
owing to the very unsettled state of affairs in Snub Ani,e,"the
He judged it prudent to do so, and left the station, anuitio,
Admiralty will decide on the point, whether he was just
under the circumstances, in coming home. d bad
The America left Rio Janeiro on the 22d of June, an 60
a tedious passage to England. She has brought 11701eri'
'naval invalids from the diff,rent ships on the South r. c•
can and Brazilian stations, and Lieutenant the Hon' bear-
Pellew on sick leave. The America went into the
this morning to disembark her treasure, and then to be
mined and reported on.
The Athol troop ship is ordered to embark three covinp;
panies of the 74th Regiment from this garrison, and co,nosid
them to Dundee; she is afterwards to receive 00, "„„iri
thence three companies of the 87th Regiment, and
them to Leith. The Athol is then to return to Spithea'"„la'r
The Penelope steam frigate has bad a thorough reree:
and her machinery put in order, she has this day been. ht
- rig
ercising her engines at Spithead, and if all should go •
she will be masted and fitted for commission. nett
Lieut. Gardiner is here to enter men for the Sidon,. bie
steam-frigate, but Captain Henderson has not yet gou.-tes
appoietment to her, and consequently cannotCo--num-
•
sion her.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—(FROM A CoRRESPONDEO4ds.
On Wednesday a melancholy and fatal accident occurred at 1573U0
worth to Mr. William Itumsey, the landlord of the Fox and Irehtp.s.
Inn, Putney. The deceased was driving into town, when the " out
stumbled going down the bill at Wandsworth, and he was throello,
on the road. He was immediately removed into the King's I‘,„vcr
Wan isworth, but although every attention was afforded, he„ilible
spoke snore. An inquest is to be this day held on the body. `',',iov.
one hour before the accident, the unfortunate man had exerte, II
self on behalf of a gentleman who was taken into his establi ha
or
in a fit, and had taken charge of the money and papers his Peas
session.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT. This morning, about °
1„
e
minutes to twelve o'clock, a dreadful accident occurred to two rieo,
sons while passing along the Strand, which, it is feared, will ter! of
nate fatally. It appears that, at the time above named, a numboad,
workmen were engaged on the roof of Mr. Partington's house, 4),
joining the Crown and Aucher Tavern, facing St. Clement's Cho
and, while in the act of removing a quantity of bricks, several_,,v,,
them slipped and fell into the street on the heads of the foot {ff.('
sengers, whereby a young lady, named Eliza Thomkins, aged 20, _'‘'s
•
a youth, named Fran* Harvey, an assistant in the office of L'4•l,
Tovey, stationer, of No. 192, Piccadilly, were most dreadful/3'lA
Jared. Several of the passers by and the police raised the atounn,7
persons Irons the Er,und, and carried them, in an insensible stal
l
into the shop of Mr. Smith, the news agent, who very hurnara.
rendered every aid. In the meantime Mr. Skeel, surgeon, of
folk-street, was called in, and afforded every assistance to the ~
fortunate persons. The female was the niece of Mr. Palser,tll
printseller, of 183, Strand, and had just left home, on the waY ,„
friend's house. She is most seriously injured, and remains in as, „,"f
r,
conscious state. The youth was subsequently removed to
Skeel's surgery, where Ise remained for some time, under the care
the police and the medical gentleman. .
DEATH OF EYBLER, THE COMPOSER.—This Ven,h
e:
rable hapetmeister of the imperial chapel in Vienna, died en the 2",,
tilt. Joseph Eybler was born in Schwochut, a little village 50%
leagues from Vienna, on the Bth of February, 1764. Ills father Was a
chorus singer. As a boy Eybler was distinguished as a pianist n''
an amateur having remarked his talents, placed him in Vienna to
study, and he became a pupil or Albrechtsberger. The friendshiP,4
Haydn and Mozari. assisted Eybler in the study of composition.
directed the rehearsals of Cosi fan tutu, and was at the last monol:,10
ts
of Mozart. Eybler's fame was first made by a Requiem. His °rat?)
of Die vie Cetzen binge was performed In 1810. He succeeded Sailer:
as chapel-master. lie was struck with apoplexy in 1833, whilst direct.
ing Mozart's Requiem, ,nd since that period his duties were nom!"o.
He was a member of almost every distinguished musical societY ,
Europe. Eybler composed twenty-eight masses, two .ratorios, and.
other sacred compositions; an opera, called The Enchanted Sit"'.
cantatas, songs, two symphonies, six quartette, two trios, two viol-
concertos, seven pianoforte sonatas, &c.
PROCLAMATIONS OF OUTLAWRY.—Yesterday at . - the
County Court of Middlesex, held at the Sheriffs' Court, Red UV;
square, Mr. Hemp, the officer, made proclamation of outlawry i" to
following cases :—William Mullingar Higgins, at the suit of Thoin
Gray ; Ge•t-ge Rutherford,. at the suit of Samuel Reynolds; Arthar
Henry Kenney, at the suit of the Queen; William Conynghamßurton'
at the suit of Henry Chz.rles Curlewis ; J. B. Udney, at the suit of d
Roberts; the Rev. James Staughton Money Kyrll, at the ialit
William Thompson; Thomas Harries Wilson, at the snit 0
Henry John Garrod ; J. L. Wellesley-, at the suit of Benjamin sPitt'
bury; James W. Newcombe, at the suit of William WatibrooKi:
Richard Augustus Seymour, at the suit of W. H. Vernon; Francis
Twysden, at the suit of Robert Bryant ; W. 11. Gardiner'
at the suit of Augustus Drown ' • Douglas Kinnaird
gins, otherwise Charles Douglas, known as the Honourable
Captain Douglas Pulteney, at the nit of Elizabeth Wiggins. ,"'7
wife; Charles Stewart, at the suit of John Ballard Byron ;
Frederick Byng, at the suit of John Jones ; J. L. Welles!ey at ,t,
ha
suit of Oliver Richards ; William Bailey, at the suit of Constain,b;
William Be Bernerdy ; John Twysden, at the suit of William Dillesas„
Lady Frances Twysden, at the salt of William Dimes; Th°'--fit
Gotobed, at the suit of Robert Lewis and another ; Henry of
the suit of Willem Lillywhite ; Mary Ann Perryman, at the s"d
James Edward Pye , J. W. Gndge, at the suit of John Townshqh,
Thomas Flower, at the suit of William Green ; George Hicks, s'
,„it
suit of William 11. Savage; Arthur Wellesley Williams, at the..47:d
of John Milner Duffield ; Samuel Bertie Ambosse, at t4e s"'
George Samuel Ford. • .
THE SANATORY CONDITION OF THE METROPO..-T*B.
Last evening, a meeting of the members and friends of the NaenT,',..,
Philanthropic Institution was held at the London Tavern, to r
the re pert of the permanent committee appointed to watch 0,er2,',"„,
sanatory condition of the metropolis, with a view to protect
it
cholera, typhus fever, &c., by the removal of the causes 'e
wlinseeting
duce those diseases. The committee was appointed a a
of Fri_
held last week, a report of which appear-d in The
eSu!,.'oebrane.
day last. At the meeting held last evening, Charts
rePOrtea
Esq., presided, and M. Davies, Esq., the honorary secretary, _
a been
that in answer to the circulars issued several replies°
ni
embers
received, and that the committee now consisted of tw c
of the House of Commons, eight physicians, many .12 eminent
of metropolitan parishes, and a large number vice.
surgeons, amongst whom was Benjamin Travers,•bc'olibrmity
president of the Royal College of meets I Dr. Lynch,
with a resolution passed at the lastng,
consideration
Mr. Abraham, and Mr. Liddle, sent in for e
will return
pottothreesscioozmelltetreiewa, saenridespaorforhetaisttinutstitoottbteiey, barnis
tttotl:etdttiitecosetohietdraitedionieoalf
their respective parishes. To these the several Pc based and
replies from time to time, and on these a statement willhad reference to
pl. cod bei-ore the Government. The questions .8 of the poor in
drainage, ventilation, sewerage, and the practs
d bs
circulated amongst the public explaininl,
reference to their health. It was agreed,
the
ea
object
outhwood Smith re-
and that a deputation should wait upon Dr• is•
to the chaff
• an wood
questing him to prep= it. A vote of theMhe
the precee4lfige, • - •
address etsisieshmoeuel

put t
a