The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-09 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

A. meeting of this board was held yesterday., in
the Council-Chamber, Guildhall. The president,
J. Thwaitss, Esq., took the chair at 12 o'clock.
FINANCE.
The cash statement for the current week showed
IL total general balance of £138,218 les. 3d., which
includes the second instalment of X 50,000 of the
loan from the Bank of Ehgland, paid to the trea-
surer to the account of the board.

an appointment to keep, to trust himself to a car-
riage conveyance through any of our principal

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prove the handwriting of Moss, a conversation took
place as to the day to which the case should be re-
manded, in order not to interfere with the business
of the sessions. It was ultimately decided to ad-
journ it till Saturday, at 10 o'clock.
Bail to the amount of £4OO was accepted for the
prisoner's appearance on Saturday.

THE LATE MURDER IN ST. HELEN'S.

THE INQUEST.

On Thursday morning, at ten o'clock, the inquest
was held on the body of the deceased Robert Vose,
who was killed, under circumstances of the greatest
brutality, on Tuesday morning last. The three
prisoners, Patrick Murphy, Hugh M'Cabe, and
John Henley, were present during the inquiry.
They all appear young men, from 19 to 24 years of
age. One only, M'Cabe, worked with the deceased
at Messrs. Pilkington's glassworks. He also is the
only married man among the prisoners. The Peel
Arms, where the inquest was held, was surrounded
during the day by a large mob. The first witness
called was.
Richard. Vose—l am a glassmaker in St. Helens.
Deceased was my cousin, and lived with me in
Rigby-street. He was 22 years of age, and a glass-
maker. On Monday night we went together to
the Peel Arms, with John Pemberton and Thomas
Heaton, about 11 o'clock. About a quarter of an
hour after we went in the three prisoners entered,
with Andrew Pullen. I know the three first, but
not the other man. Some months ago the deceased
found. a block which M'Cabe had. hidden at the
works, and. when M'Cabe came in, he and. my
cousin began to have words. No blows were stilt&
in the house. I and. my cousin started. off home
about ten minutes past 12 o'clock, as the landlord
said it was shutting-up time. Deceased stopped
for a necessary purpose, and. the three prisoners
followed us, and began fighting with the deceased.
I did not see who struck first. Murphy was coming
to help M'Cabe, who was then on the deceased, but
I knocked. him down with my fist. I then picked
M'Cabe off my cousin, who ran away, and. I never
saw him again. A policeman (Thornton) came up,
and. ran after him. I thought my cousin had. gone
home, so I went too ; but M'Cabe and Henley got
hold of me by the neck, so that I could hardly take
my breath ; they dragged me along to the corner
of Brook-street, M'Cabe shouting " Murder,"
"Police." An officer came up, and M'Cabe said,
" I give this man in charge." But the officer made
them leave hold of me. They :all three then fol-
lowed. me, and Murphy came running and said. he
would have my life. I turned the corner more
quickly than they did and so got away home. I
waited. some time for my cousin, but as he did. not
come I went to bed. Deceased and I had just three
glasses of ale each. The prisoners may have had
some, but were not all the worse for drink.
Police-constable Thornton--On Tuesday morning
about a quarter to one, I heard cries of " Murder,"
" Police. On arriving at the Peel Arms I found.
the prisoners, with Richard. Vose and. the deceased,
fighting at the corner. There, was a strange man,
whom I saw in the attitude of striking M'Cabe.
He ran when he saw me and. I followed. him, but
he escaped. I returned in about five minutes and
found Henley and. M'Cabe holding Richard. Vose
by the collar. Murphy came up behind. M'Cabe
said that Vose had. kicked him when on the ground.
He wanted. me to take him in charge, but I refused
as I had not seen the assault. This was in Brook-
street. They then went again to the Peel Arms
corner. Police-constable Stewart came up just as
I met the men. I heard. M'Cabe say, " I wish I
had. a hold of Robert Vpse for ten minutes," and
Murphy said, " He has not done with it vet."
Andrew Puller, a collier at Hollinshead, said he
knew the prisoners by sight, and was with them
on Monday night. After describing what passed
in the house, the fighting at the corner, and the
running away,' he said—l came down to the corner
again, but no one was there. I heard a groaning
noise, and, on looking about, I found. a man lying
on his face on the waste ground. opposite the -Peel
Arms. He was rattling in his throat as if he
wanted to vomit. I turned him on his back, and.
went across the road and spoke to a woman, who
was standing at her door with a boiler maker. I
said there was an old man drunk, and the woman
said if a policeman came up he would take him.
On going on .further, I saw the prisoners talking
with two constables. I then went home. I saw
nothing of Vose. It was not ten minutes from the
beginning of the fight to my finding the man groan-
ing. [M'Cabe's coat was then produced, and recog-
nised by the witness.]
Police-constable-Hodgson—On Tuesday morning,
at a quarter to six, I was coming off duty, when I
saw a man lying on the slope on the waste ground
opposite the Peel Arms. His head. was down the
slope and his feet about a yar&from the kerbstone.
He was lying on his back. I called to him, and.
gave him a good push with my stick, turning him
on to his face. I went down and got hold of his
arms, when I found him stiff. I sent to the police-
station, and police-constable Turner came. We
found a great deal of blood on his breast, and a
wound below the throat. We carried the body to
the Peel Arms, where it has since remained in
charge of the police. I found. a cap in Westfield-
street about half-past four that morning.
Police-constable Thornton produced. a coat, found.
in M'Cabe's house, in Raglan-street. The coat was
torn, and there was a great deal of blood. on both
sides and on the collar. It was also very muddy.
Police-constable Turner apprehended Michael
Murphy on Tuesday morning, at his mother's house,
in Glover-street, and on searching him found a knife
and other articles, also a small handkerchief, much
smeared with blood, which seemed quite fresh.
Murphy told. him that his nose had bled.
Police-constable Hoghton on Tuesday morning
apprehended M'Cabe at the glassworks. He turned
very pale and trembled. Witness helped him on
with his coat. He said, "Is it about that job last
night ?" Witness said, "It is." As they were
going along, he said something about a row, and
suddenly asked, "Is he dead. ?' Witness had not
charged him at all with the murder, or mentioned
the deceased. to him. On his shirt breast were a
few small spots of blood.
Sergeant Rowland apprehended Henley on Tues-
day morning in bed, and. asked. him if the clothes
by his side were those he had on the night before.
He said. " Yes." There were small spots of blood
on various parts.
Sylvester Grimes, surgeon—l examined the body
on Tuesday. Death had taken place recently. The
cuts on the clothes corresponded with those on the
body. I found an incised wound running right
and left, above the clavicle, about two inches in
length, dividing the subclavian artery and. vein,
and sufficient to cause speedy death. I also found
an incised. wound. on the back of the arm, about
three inches' from the shoulder. There is no blood
on the knife produced.
The Coroner then summed up, and. the jury,
after a short deliberation, brought in a verdict of
wilful murder against M'Cabe, acquitting the other
prisoners. On the way .to the police-station
M'Cabe tore his hair and cried like a child, the mob
hooting him the whole way.—Manchester Guardian.

SHOCKING SUICIDE AT DOVER,

DOVER, FRIDAY

A suicide has just taken place here under very
shocking circumstances. Mr. Godden, eorn and
hop factor, of Ashford, the deceased, who was about
30 years of age, has for several months past been a
frequent visitor at 25, Snargate-street, a house of
ill fame, kept by a person known by the name of
Cullen. It is stated that he has been known to take
up his abode in the house for several days together.
From what can be gathered it appears that he
arrived at Dover from Ashford by the 9.30 train
last night, intending to proceed this morning to
Canterbury, where he had business to transact. On
his arrival' here he repaired as usual to the house
above described, and there remained the night.
What passed during this time is not yet known,
but it would almost appear that he was seized with
some sudden impulse to commit the horrible deed,
as he was shaved and dressed apparently in readi-
ness for his journey to Canterbury, when his
remains were discovered at about half-past 11
o'clock this morning. According to the statement
of the people of the house, he was just upon the
point of starting, when he returned to the bedroom
he had occupied under the pretence of fetching
something he had left behind, shortly after which
they were startled by a loud report. On the room
being entered, the deceased, it is stated, was found
weltering in blood, which was rapidly flowing from
a wound in the side of his head, just beneath the
jaw, which had evidently been inflicted by the de-
ceased's own hand with a revolver that was lying
by his side. Life was then scarcely extinct, but
before Mr. Barton and Mr. Coleman, the medical
gentlemen who were called in, could arrive he bad
ceased to breathe. The revolver with which the
act was perpetrated is a five-chamber weapon, and
when it was found the whole of the chambers were
loaded and capped, with the exception, of course, of
the one which had been discharged. The deceased
brought a portmanteau with him from Ashford,
and this was found in the room in which he had
slept, but on examination by the police it was found
to contain nothing which could tend to throw the
slightest light on the melancholy affair. The
coroner's inquiry is to be held to-morrow.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—HALF-CROWN DAY.—Friday,
Oct. B.—Admissions on payment, 715 ; ditto by season
tickets, 420;` tQt 1 yieiters, 1,135

SINGULAR

REGISTRATION CASE.

At the Glasgow Circuit Court, a lady-like youndeg
woman, named Margaret Bennet or Lovell, plead
guilty to fraud on a registrar, and was sentenced.
to six months' imprisonment. As the case did not
go to trial, the particulars were not given but,
as we happen to be acquainted with them, they may
be stated as follows :—ln February last, a female,
who gave her name as Jane Smith, waited upon
Mr. Thomson, the registrar for the lutchesontown
district, and entered the birth of an infant under
the name of John Bennet Wilson, as the lawful sou-
of John Wilson, a seaman in the merchant service,
and of Margaret Wilson, his wife, whose maiden.
name was Bennet. The woman Smith represented
herself as the child's aunt, and she said that it had
been born in the district. In due course some hints
reached the registrar to the effect that the woman
Wilson, or Bennett, or Lovell, had not been married
at all ; and this female having been got hold of, she
admitted the fact, and went before Sheriff Steele,
in whose presence she declared upon oath, that the
child, of whom she was the mother, was illegitimate,
and the register'. was altered accordingly—a pro-
cess which can only be effected by authority of the
sheriff. Anon, more light breaks upon Mr. Thom-
son, the registrar, to the effect that the young
woman was not the mother of the child at
all, and that no such person as the merchant
seaman existed. Bennett, or Lovell, was appre-
hended, and finally admitted before the court
that the whole affair was an imposture.
It appears that the unfortunate woman had
entered into a vile alliance :with a loose man of
high station in the city, but as he had latterly
shown symptoms of coolness, she conceived that if
she could present to him a child as his own, she
would have a better hold upon his feelings. She
accordingly went to Edinburgh, and commenced
operations at the Maternity Hospital there, by
offering £5O for a decent-looking bairn of either
sex, although a male child would be pieferable.
The superintendent did not deal in human stock,
and rejected the overture with considerable indig-
nation. By-and-bye, however, Bennet discovered
that there was a poor woman in the hospital who
had the very article she was in want of, and who
did not well know what to do with it. As the one
was anxious to get rid of an infant, and the other
equally anxious to obtain one, a bargain was struck,
and for the sum of ss. the child was transferred
to the purchaser from Glasgow. This is the poor
infant which has figured twice in the books of the
Hutchesontown registrar. It is now in charge of
one of our parochial boards, and nobody knows to
whom it really belongs. Such is the brief chapter
of guilt and shame regarding our first criminal
registration case.—Glasgow Herald.