The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-02 00:00:00

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COORr OF COMXON COUATIL.

A Court of Conamou Council W 0.3 held yesterday,
at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding.

Tllll SUNDAY MARKET IN EETTIOOAT-LANE.

Mr. H. Hur, subpitted the following motion
—" That the demoralising effe:t produced en the
su►rounding neighbourhood by the Sunday Mart,
held in Houndsditch, calls for the serious attention
of the court, and; that with a view to -its suppres
sion, it.boxeferred to the Police COrnmittee to in-
quire into Vlle cirainnstances relating thereto, with
itis`ructions to ciil for the, production of nay papers
in the hands of the Commissioner of Police con-
nected therewit!i, and to rep3rt thdreou to this
court." - •

Mr. Deputy. CARISTIE seconded- the motion. He
stated that the great nuisance was the number of
people who . came to the market frctm a dierance.
He bad recen!ly been to the Cominiesio'rver of Pollee
about it, bui he seemed t.) think Oa:, it-was almost
a legalised nuisance, and that nothin, could lie
done.

Mr. BARKLEY admitted that the nuisance shoUld
be pnt down if possible, but at the same time
thought it wuuld, be wasting the time of the court
to Fend quetiOn for inquiry to the Police Com-
mitt-e, who would have (halt with it ly-fore if they
could, and iherd'ore, as an ardend9lent, he moved
the p;evious que4ion.
Mr. Deputy BOLT seconded th'e amendMent.

Mr. Aliernisn SALOMONS said a 3 tne motion as
it stood prejudged tue questiou, he therefore sug-
gested the propriety of .oinitring the word: " de-
inorirlis'aAlou" arid 'A-suppression. (El •ar, hem.)
HILL consented to leave out the words, and'
his motion was therefore to amen:led.

. .. ...,
Jr.. ABRAHAM thought it *as bid. "taste to dis-
cuss a motion 'Which aimed at the suppression of
Sunday trading in one particular locality, while
other pla.:es were leit untouched.

Tha amendment for the pi onions questiim having
been negatived, the ofiginalmoticm was agreed to.

VACANT SITES.

A repoi t from the City Lands' C ,mmittee, recorn-
meud mg that a piece of grouud at the nest end Of
Cheapside (vacant for yoar4) should be let upon
bud.ling le.ses, was brought .up and agreed to, and
it was als,, stated that negotiations were in progress
for the cJmpletion of Vict.)ria-street, Farringdon-
street.

Aft-MIER AND SOIG'IDE AT STAFFORD.

. A dreadful affair took place in Pe,01.. terrace,
Stafford, on Wes,lne.iday night, when a young tam:
named Join Cooper was mutdered by his ,com-
panion and fellow lodg-er, H, my Murray Hall, who
almost immediately afterwards killed himself by
cutting Ida throat with a razor. Th • murderer and
his viettin,
,both young rnee, were cotdw,,iners by
trade. Henry'MUrray Hall occupied a small house,
in which he lived wiih a female by whom- he had
three childten ; and the murdered man lived with
them. They wer ! both ac tbetomed to take an inte-
rest in politics, and they had lae'y been very busy
on behalf of the contsstel right of the burgesses of
St iffird to fish in tho wevers of the River Sow, un-
der hs urovi•i,im of King John's Charter, in spite'
of the E -r1 of Sipes sbury and ut her landowners on
he banks of the raver. Pablic meetings lal been
hell in the town upon the qae,tion,„ of which Hall
was chairman, and it had lo,eu resolved: to open a'
suhscription to try .the question. • Notices were
served on Hall and others not to angle iu the water,
but he and &her burgesies nersiet of in t;e ac
Writs' were then served on him and others, on
which he _bet:nue greatly excited, and tliteatened
to do some hing. Ou Wednesday night he
and Cooper retired to bed. as usual, in one room,
his children•and their mother occupying the other.
Shortly afterwards his manner beeline so excited
that Cooper, fearing some mischief, drcised him-
self to go and call Iti4 brother, to calm his
excitement: On re urning with his brother,
Coop,r went into the house, when Hall, who was a
tall, powerful, man, shouted out, that lie "would
mike the aristocracy remember it," and rushing
clown stairs, caught up a.sharp shoemaker's knife
from the workb nob, and thrusting C. oper against
the wall struck hint in the ab lomen. The woman,
who followed Hall down the str,ir,, immediately-
stopped his aim, w hen Cooper ran out of the house
into thegardeu, followed by Hal', who, cxzept au
old tattered shirt, was cplite naked. Cooper was
almost instantly ore:taken by his pursuer, who in-
flicted several severe stabs on his chest and heart,
and the unfortunate mat fell at h:s fe.t
lifeess corpse. As soon as this- deed was per-
petrated Hall walke I back to his braise and said to
the mother of his children, "I have done for him,"
adding that he would have served her the Same
if shy had attempted to Nto., bith. He t! en went
up stairs and kissed his children, and again de-
scendinginto the kitchen, having possessed himself
of a razor he inflicted a severe gash ou the right
side of bii neck, completely severing tie c trotid
artery. The unhappy man fell backwards on the
floor,, the blood spiting over the farmture and
flowing in a pool around his body. Several per-
sons, who were e reused by the ory of " murder,"
saw the deceased in-n in the garden from their
bedroom windows, but they were unable to inter-
fere until too late. The dead body of Cooper was
conveyed into the house and placed on the floor
near that of his murderer. The coroner's inquest
was to take place last (Thursday) evening.

SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT ON THE
...OUTH-EAeTER..v LINE.

OBILHAM, THURSDAY MORNING.

One of the most alarming accidents that has occurred on
the Ramegato and Margate branch of the South-Eastern
Railway, happened last evening, a few minutes before six
o'clock, to the 3.30 p.m. down train, when within a few
yards of the Chil ham station, which is situate about mid.
way between Ashford and danterbary. Although many
of the passengers were seriously injured, we are happy to
say that no fatal results have ensued at present.
The train (a first, second, and third cheap fast train) left
the London-bridge station about its usual time, and con-
sisted of an engine and nine carriages, an equal proportion
of each class. It arrived all right at Ashford within a few
minutes of the time it was due, and then proceeded at the
ordinary rate, according to the statement of the officials,
though some of the passengers assert that there was an
unusual oscillation just prior to the accident, and which they
attribute to the speed at which the train was travelling. On
approaching Chilhens there is a sharp curve. Here the crank
axle of the engine suddenly broke, and the rails were torn
up for some little distance, when the engine and the three
first carriages parted from the remainder of the train,'and
reit into the station, without., however, doing much injury.
But the other portionof the train was thrown with tremend-
ous force off the line on to the siding, and so great was the
crash that a first-class carriage was completely broken up,
and several others more or less smashed, one (a third-class
carriage) had its side carried away, while the carriage itself
was thrown on to the top of another carriage. The debris
of the• broken carriages was scattered all over the line,
while the metals were bent and twisted about tike so much
wire.. Mr. Wool], ehe station-master, and such persons as
happened to be near the station at the trine, immediately
ran to the spot. The passengers were extricated as
speedily as possible, amidst great eaciternentt as it was
feared, from the manner in which the carriages were
strewn about that their occupants must have sustained
fatal 4njurics. Telegraphic messages were chripstched to
Canterbury, and a special train brought over to the scene
of the accident Ms. Thomas Andrews, Mr. G. Ridden, Mr.
Reid, and other surgeons. In the meantime the sufferers
had been removed to the station, and the Alma public-
house, close by, under the carts of Mr. Wilei4h
. surgeon,
of Chilham. Mr. Coxtread, of Rarnsgate, and Mr. nowise,
of the Canterbury Station were soon on the spot, arid also
roudersd esseud' service. Some of the worst cases were
taken by special train to the Canteihury Station, and from
thence conveyed iu fiys to the Kent and Canterbury lies•
pital, where they are going on as well as can be expected.
The following is a list of the persons injured, so far as
coul I tee learnt, but teeny of the passengers, with slight
contusions, went on by the next train, or left with their
friends in private ee hides. ,
At Chilhanr. —Mr. Channon, of Gravesend, compound
fracture of both leggy, and concussion of the bedy. Wood,
a b ,y, belonging to a bathing establishment at Margate,
frightfully injured. Both his thighs are fractured, a corn-
peund fracture of the arm, arid fingers smashedewrist
twisted, and the chest injured. Not expected to live.
At the Kent and Canterbury Hospital.— Mr. Thomas
Wood, of Davenport (son of Mr. Wood, shoemaker, Bur-
gate-street, Canterbury, to whom he was going on a visit),
compound fracture of the leg, which has since been ampu-
tated. Henry Darnell, 13 years of ago (son of the Rev.
Mr. Darnell, of Welton vicarage), a large scalp wound.
Benjamin Harris, coastguardsman, of St. Nicholas, Lie of
Thanet, dislocation of the left clavicle, fractured rib, and
other injuries about the chest. Richard A. Harris, 13
years of ago (son of the preceding), lacerated wound iu
the leg.
At the Saracen's Head Inn, Canterbury.—The Rev. D.
Darnell, vicar of Welton, near Davenery, Northameton-
shire, arm badly fractured. Mrs. Darnell (Wife), con-
tused arm. Master Darnell, contusions. The nurse, with
four other aileron of the same family, providentially es-
caped unhurt, beyond the shock to the system,
At their own homes and elsewhere. —Miss Emma Fl
ed-
land, of Grove House, Clapham-common, tibia broken and
concussion. Mrs. George Wood, of High-street, Canter-
bury, contusions and lsg injured. Mrs. Peery', St. Peter's-
piece, Canterbury, leg-much contused and eyes injured—
sight, it is believed, will be lost. Mrs. King, of Dral,
much centosed 'and injured, but no bones* broken. Mr.
Golden, of Castle-street, :Canterbury, much contused.
Major Dowbiggen, coucussion. e Miss Rossea, of 6, York-
road, Lambeth, much contused about the face, head. and
arms. Miss IL /Lessee (sister), contused about the face
and head, but not so severely.
A number of labourers were soon brought down thelice
and the broken carriages removed, so that the traedc was
not impeded for any length of time.