The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-26 00:00:00

Metropolitan Board of Works.

The usual weekly meeting of the members of this
board was held yesterday at their offices, Spring-
gardens ; Sir John Thwaites in the chair.

The cash statement showed current accounts in
the Bank of London, £34,503 Gs. ld. ; deposit
accounts, £130,037135. sd. ; total, £164,540195. 6d.;
in the Bank of England, current accounts, £251,497
ss. 10d.,-making a total of £416,038 ss. 4d.
It was announced that Alderman David Henry
Stone had been elected as one of the representatives
of the city of London at this board, in the place of
Alderman Thos. Quested Finnis, resigned, and a
little later in the day Alderman Stone took his seat.

TENDERS FOR THE COUNTER'S CREEK SEWER.
Tenders were opened for deepening and recon-
structing the Counter's Creek sewer, from Royal-
crescent, Uxbridge-road, to Bramley-road. They
were as follows :—J. Wainwright, £22,947 ; J. an,.9.
L. IVilliams, £19,000 ; J. Niblett, i19,520005;(4;
Thackeray, £15,350 ; Hill and Piddel,
and Edward Hurst, £18,700.
to the finance committee.
GAS QUESTION.
THE GREAT METROPOLIS G
d a motion, of
Mr. NEWTON brought forwoanr
the subject of
They were referred
which he had given
the necessity of an
at great length, lief
:ll:question, as he said the
in the pre-
sent in which,
the supply of gas to
rnt,ho°dteicniet
early consideration o. ,
ere
for avpeprlyy
ienxgtensive addi-
tional gas comp-
session
,ff nd if obtained, would aggravate the
tional powers, n Hies
,Parliament‘v
nuisance of which
the ratepayers of the metropolis
bad long 1
lained. Thirteen existing gas com-
panies realised immense profits, but still the price
of gas to the consumers was very high, and the
quality was not of the best illuminating power.
These 13 gas companies had each its own set of
engineers, directors, clerks, auditors, accountants,
and other officers, and they absorbed a large amount
of the gross income, but if they were consolidated
into one body, either under the control of this board
or the Corporation of the City of London, the rate-
payers of the Metropolis might be supplied with gas
of a better quality and much cheaper to the con-
alniers, ali ixt 01,5 oase of Undies*, viler() the gas

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was supplied by the 24:thniciphlity at is. 2d. per
1,000 feet, and of amuch-higher illuminating; wer
than that supplied to Lai do'
or
'Held not" thick
that the board contemplated,"or would Parliament
sanction, any confiscation of the interests of the ex-
isting gas companies, but he believed the time was
come when the board, or some other body, should
take those companies under an equitable arrange-
ment. His object was to obtain information, so
that when the time came for a bill to be framed,
that board would be in a position to give an opinion
as to what ought to be done. There was one great
object they ought to bear in mind, and that was the
necessity of removing the gas works altogether away
from Loudon, and that they should have one works
at Cross Ness, and one at Barking, which they
should erect on each side of the river to supply the
whole of the metropolis, and that they would be
able to purify the gas with lime, which at the pre-
sent time was prohibited in London. The sulphate
of iron was used, but it was not so efficient for the
purification of gas as lime, which could not Le used,
and therefore it would be of great advantage to the
public if they could have the benefit of the lime pro-
cess. He moved " That the report of the selection
committee of the House of Commons on the Gas
Metropolis Act, 1860, be referred to a special com-
mittee of this board for consideration and report,
and that the committee be authorised to confer with
vestries and district boards."
Mr. LEGG seconded the motion.
Mr. RICHARDSON believed that Mr. Newton had
made out a prima
.facie case for inquiry.
Mr. BROOKER looked upon the motion as prema,
ture, and suggested that it should be deferred for
a fortnight.
Mr. MILLER, M.P., said he thought the right
way of beginning would be for the board to address
a letter to the Home Secretary to inquire whether
it was the intention of the Home Office to act upon
the recommendation of the committee. If the Home
Office replied in the affirmative then they would no
doubt work with the-board, all5l, itwo.lo.4s4me
enough to go into the minutiae proposed by Mr.
Newton.
Mr. COLLINSON and Mr. TAYLOR supported the
motion ; but the latter gentleman thought, instead
of the board addressing a letter to the secretary,
that Mr. Miller should put the question in his place
in the House of Commons, to which Mr. Miller
readily assented.
Mr. ROCHE briefly supported the motion, and the
question was put and agreed to.
EXTENSION OF THE COAL AND WINE DUES.
The Solicitor presented a draft bill for the exten-
sion of the coal and wine dues, loans, and special
improvement rates.
The routine business was then proceeded with
and the board adjourned.

Murder of a Woman and Suicide of the

Murderer.

(From the Liverpool Mercury.)
Last evening, about hall-past nine o'clock, a
dreadful murder was perpetrated at the Old Swan,
near this town, by a7young man, who immediately
afterwards committed suicide.

The facts of this shocking case, as they were
gathered from the huiried statement of a domestic
servant in the employ of the murdered woman,
are as follows :—About a month or five weeks
ago, Anne Traine, a young woman about 25
years of age, possessing considerable personal
attractions, the wife of a purser, went to live at a
house, No. 14, Wood-grove, Edge-lane, Old Swan,
near Liverpool. She brought a servant named
Margaret Golding with her, and her cousin, a man
named John Thomas Moss, who at the time was
following no employment. About a fortnight ago
the husband of the woman returned from a two
months' voyage, and on hearing that his wife's
cousin was lodging in his house he expressed his
disapprobation, and requested him to leave. lie did
so, but did not discontinue visiting his cousin. On
Tuesday morning the husband left Liverpool on
board the steamship Delamere for a short voyage,
but before leaving he told his wife that he did not
approve of the house in which they were then living,
and requested her to leave as soon as possible, and
go to a house in the neighbourhood of New Brigh-
ton. His wife assented to this proposition, and as
soon as he had left she prepared to quit the pre-
mises. That night the man Moss went to the house
and stopped all night. lie remained there all the
following day and night, and yesterday morning
Mrs. Traine commenced packing up her boxes, and
he assisted her. He appeared considerably excited
trcry n
a b largeoat
remarkeda
during the early part of the day, and once sharpened
that
carving
knife,
feahnedwpisashseid to nghliesahvaentdhis overmo.
his
rld,
and he could soon do it by cutting
the jugular vein.
Mrs. Traine and the servant, however, took the
knife from him, and he became quiet, and
asst orl
his cousin in packing her boxes. They had tea
together about 5.30 o'clock p.m., and he then ap-
peared quite calm and collected. After tea, he
accompanied Mrs. Traine to one of the upper rooms,
and they recommenced their work. After they had
been upstairs for some time Mrs. Train° called
the servant, who went to them. The man Moss,
who then had hold of Mrs. Traine by the wrists,
and was looking into her face, said, " Will you
give it to me ?" and Mrs. Traine replied " No,"
and told the servant that he wanted her mother's
ring, which she wore on the same finger as her
wedding-ring. Moss then said, " Well, never
mind," and, putting his arm round his cousin's
neck, he attempted to kiss her, but she resisted, and
he desisted. Mrs. Traine then asked the woman
Golding to get her a dress from one of the other
rooms, and she left, her mistress then being kneeling
on the floor tying a box, and the man Moss sitting
on a box at the other end of the room behind 'her.
The woman had scarcely reached the room when
she heard Mrs.Traine calling out, " Oh, Margaret !"
She rushed back to the room, and saw Moss strike
three blows at the head of his cousin with a hatchet,
which he had brought into the room on the pretence
of using it in making some repairs. Golding rushed
from the room, fearing that Moss would attack her,
and gave the alarm. In a few minutes
with two neighbours, whom she took to the room
where she had last seen her
mistress alive. There
they found the body of the unfortunate woman
lying on the floor. The head presented a frightful
spectacle, being completely battered in as far as the
nose. The hatchet lay close to the body covered
with blood, and a portion of the brains were scat-
tered about the room. The police were called in,
and they commenced to search for Moss. They
found hi body
lying in the scullery weltering in
s
Mood. Moss bad committed suicide by cutting the
jugular vein with a large knife which lay on the
floor by his side.
The occurrence created considerable excitement
d a large crowd assembled
in the neighbourhood, an
in front of the house.
The premises were taken
possession of by the
police, under ..
the direction of Mr. Superintendent
Martin.

(indigestion),
only :lig):
sl,a
v ate Constip-
ation,
an d's description, but perfectly [AmvEarrsrmENr.] Dyspepsia
debility, consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach
everyas_
Food, as proved by thousands of
stabs, are
Cases which had been accelerated by drugs of every
con-
sideredan diive rhcoopmelpellasi,n complaints
cur-
able by Du Barry
cough, asthma, also diarrhm i.
health-restoring Revalenta Asabica
hoe morrhoids, liver
biliousness, fevers, sore complaints,throats tlatulency, nervousness.
influenza, roats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds,
noises in the
head and ears, rheumatism, gout, nu-
purities, eruptions,
ness, acidity,
palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility,dropsy, cramps, spasms,
nausea and sickness, even in preg-
nancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of
the chest, pains in the pit of the stomach and between the
shoulders, &c. We quote a few :—Cure N 'o. 403,-d `,"'
6. Mr Jams
Roberts, timber
merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of 3o years'
diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and par -
tial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of ex-
treme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings; low spirits, and
nervous fancies.—Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, lord
lieut. of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. —No. 49,832.
Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness,
asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and
vomiting—Maria Joly.—care No. 51,816. The Rev, James
T. Campbell, Fakenhani, .Norfolk, of indigestion and torpid-
ity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment.
In tins, 11b, 25 9d; 21b, 4s 63 ; 51b, Ils ; 121 b, 22s ; 241 b,
40s.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London ;
also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street ; likewise
at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate-
street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand;
Baker-street •
54, Upper Bake , 103, Tottenham-court-road ; 90,
Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill ; Close
Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St.
John's-wood. London ; and all respectable grocers and clic..
, ninitB.-_-_ISOWW 91 11221-19115 imitations.

HART STREET, IS THE DEPART-
-, MENT for LADIES' RIDING HABITS, LIVERIES, and
other CLoTP.ING MADE TO ORDER,
At E. MOSES & SON'S.

TOTTENHAM COURT
137 is subivided into Departments for HATS and
Caps, BooTs and SHOES and SHIRTS, HOSIERY,
PORTMANTEAUS, and RAILWAY RUGS,
At E. MOSES & SON'S.

138 • TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD,
is subdivided into Departments for OUTFITS,
MECHANICS' CLOTHING, OVERCOATS, DRESS and
FROCK COATS, and READY MADE CLOTHING of
every description,
At E. MOSES & SON'S.

283 ELTSTON ROAD, IS SUBDIVIDED
into Departments for JUVENILE THING
LADIES' RIDING HABITS, LIVERIES and other
CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER,
At E. MOSES & SON'S•

N.8.-ALL ARTICLES ARE MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES THE LOWEST PRICES,
FROM WHICH NO ABATEMENT CAN BE
MADE,
At E. MOSES & SON'S.

N 13-SHOULD ANY ARTICLE NOT BE
APPROVED OF IT WILL BE
011, THE MONEY WILL BE RETURNED,EXCHANGED

At E. MOSE & SON'S.

LIST OF PRICES WITH FASHION CARD,
AND RULES FOR SELF-MEASUREMENT,
GRATIS AND POST-FREE.
At E. MOSES & SON'S.

MOSES & SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS
• are closed every Friday at Sunset till Saturday at
Sunset, when business is resumed till 11 o'clock.

E. MOSES & SON, CORNER OF MINORIES
and ALDGATE, NEW OXFORD STREET, Corner of
'TART STREET, and Corner of Toll%m um COURT
ROAD and EUSTON ROAD ;

also at BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE.

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