The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-10 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

THE LATE MURDER ON BOARD AN AMERICAN SHIP.
—John Henry Myers, a seaman and lately second mate on
board the American ship Lammergier, in which the cap-
tain, William Henry Adams, was lately murdered, was
placed at the bar charged with being found it possession of
a quantity of property belonging to the murdered man.
It will be recollected that the prisoner was one of the
witnesses who gave his evidence at this Police-court, when
Hawkins, the steward, was charged with the murder on
Tuesday last,
Inspector Cox, of the Thames Police, said—ln conse-
quence of a quantity of property, belonging to the unfortu-
nate man, being missed when the vessel arrived in port, I
was instructed to proceed to the Victoria Docks at Plaistow
for the purpose of searching the crew for the missing pro-
perty, which consisted of £6O in money, two watches, a pair
of revolvers, and a quantity of wearing apparel. The
lockers of the chief officers were searched and nothing found,
but while the prisoner's box was being opened I thought
it just possible he might have some of the missing money
in his pockets, and then discovered he had no less than
seven shirts on. I asked him what made his shirt sit so
bulky, when he replied, " I suppose it's the starch, but I've
got another one underneath." I told him to step into one o
cabins and take the shirts off. He did so, and then I found
the shirts marked '• W. H. Adams." In the prisoner's
bag I found eleven yards of blue flannel, which
was also identified as belonging to the murdered
man. I asked him to account for the possession of the
property, when he said he had bought the flannel in
America, and that he had the shirts from his washerwoman
a day before the ship sailed from London on the 21st of
September.

Mr. Darker, who appeared to prosecute, said—l have
also a witness to prove that the prisoner was seen in pos-
session of a pair of revolvers after the ship arrived in the
Victoria Docks.

Mr. Henry—We had better have that witness examined.
David Grey, the boatswain of the Lammergier, said
the prisoner was second mate on board the vessel. On
Friday last, while I was' but with him, I saw him take
two revolvers from underneath his waistcoat. I had
walked from the Victoria Docks to the public-house, where
I left him. I do not know that they belonged to the
captain.

Denis Tetson—l was chief officer on board the Lammer-
gier. She was bound for Callao and Peru. Mr. Henry
Adams was the master. The shirts produced I identify as
his property. He was found murdered on board that ship
on the 29th of Sept. I knew he brought some flannel from
America. I never saw him with a revolver pistol, but I
know he had two. Two watches belonging to the captain
were also missing. One geld, the other silver. I saw the
silver watch hanging up in the cabin on Friday last. We
were then between Dover an the Foreland, about three
miles from land.

Mr. Henry—Have the police received the particulars of
the missing watches ?

Inspect; Cox—No ; not yet, sir.
Mr. Henry—Then it had better be done immediately, as
it is very important they should be found.
Mr. William Cunningham, a tailor, said I knew the late
Captain Adams. I made a suit of clothes for him about
ten days before the ship sailed from London, on the 21st
of September. The blue flannel produced is peculiar. I
can swear it is a portion of the roll which I had from Mr.
Adams. There is in the bundle a small fragment
which I can positively identify, as having been cut off by
my own hand.
Mr. Henry (to prisoner)—You hear what is said against
you.
Prisoner—l've nothing to say about the possession of the
flannel. _ _ _ _ _

Mr. Henry—Have you anything to say about the shirts ?
Prisoner—Nothing, sir.

Mr. Henry—Or about the revolvers ?
Prisoner—The pistols were my own; and I can prove it,
as a person named Watts has had one of them in his pos-
session six weeks ago.

Mr. Honry—They have not been found, so they cannot
be identified. The boatswain proves that you had a pair of
revolvers, and such articles are amongst tho missing pro-
perty.

Mr. Darker—l must apply for a remand.
Mr. Henry—Certainly. I will order the prisoner to be
brought up again on Friday week.
_ _

Mr. Darker—l should like the prisoner bound over to go
to America to give evidence against the steward Hawkins,
who stands charged with the murder of the captain.
Mr. Henry—l have no power to make such an order.
Mr. Darker—l expect great difficulty in getting the pri-
soner to America. The probability it that a portion of the
articles belonging to the captain were stolen within the
English jurisdiction.

Mr. Henry—l can only detain him on that charge,
The prisoner was then remanded.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

BOOK-SHOP ROBBERY.—Thomas Shaw, described as a
waiter, of 1, Whitefield-street, Kentish-town, was charged
before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with stealing two books from the
shop of Mr. Rimell, bookseller, 400, Oxford-street.
In consequence of a number of books being lately missed
from the window of the shop of Mr. Rimell lately, a shop
boy, named Culling Ooodchild, was watching the window
from the inside of the shop on the previous evening, when
he observed the prisoner take up two books and place them
under his coat. He immediately called out to Mr. Kimell,
and ran out and seized the prisoner, who asked what he
hat done, and then dropped the books. He was then given
into custody. _ _

Prisoner said ho was in distress and had had no food for
two days till some was given him at the station.
liettsworth, 181 C, said he could find no such address as
the prisoner gave, and Mr. Tyrwhitt, with the view of
having inquiries made as to the prisoner's character, re-
manded him for a few days.

George King, was targed with stealing the breast pin et
Mr, Wm. Henry Webb, engineer, of 6, Lorrimoro-terrace,
Kennington.

The prosecutor was in the Haymarket at two o'clock
this morning, when the prisoner was seen by Mitchell, 298
A, to take his pin from his breast, at the same time pre-
tending to help the prosecutor, who was drunk.
Prisoner was remanded.

ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—We are
glad to hear that Mr. and Mrs. German Reed, assisted by '
Mr. John Parry, will commence another season of their
popular entertainments on Wednesday next, the 10th inst.
Our Card Basket and The Two Rival Composers are re-
tained in the programme ; but several novelties, both musi-
cal and illustrative of personal character, will be produced.
METROPOLITAN MAIN DRAlNAGE.—Yesterday
the members of the several metropolitan vestries and dis
tript boards, to the number of about 1,000, accepted the in-
vitation of the Board of Works to make an inspection of the
extensive works for the drainage of the metropolis, which
are now in course of erection under their care. At a quar-
ter before eleven o'clock large numbers of these gentlemen
reached the works at Old Ford, near Bow, where the two
northernmost of the main drains of Mr. Bazalgette's
system meet, and here they were soon joined by Mr.
Thwaites, the Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of
Works ; Mr. Bazalgette, the chief engineer ; Mr. Cooper,
the resident engineer for the northern outfall works, and
other gentlemen connected with the undertaking, under
whose guidance they pi oceeded at once to accomplish the
object of their visit. The inspection, though thus con-
ducted under the most favourable circumstances, was
necessarily restricted to a portion only of the great work in
progress, but it was more than sufficient to enable those
who attended it to appreciate its extraordinary magnitude ;
involving as it does the drainage of 101 square miles of sur-
face, the construction of upwards of 50 miles of intercept-
ing sewers, nearly all of which will be tunnelled, and of
more than 12 miles of stupendous outfall sewers, besides a
great number of colossal engineering works, including re-
servoirs, bridges, aqueducts, penstock chambers, and over-
flow channels. Thanks to the activity and intelligence with
which these works have been pushed on, yesterday's in-
spection was, without one dissenting voice, pronounced to
be eminently satisfactory.

WALwoRTH INSTITUTION.-111. Louis Blanc,
fermerly a member of the Provisional Government of
France, and whose name is intimately connected with the
national workshops, which were a conspicuous failure, gave
a lecture at this institution on Tuesday night on the mys-
terious personages and agencies in France towards the end
of the 18th century. In the course of his lecture he re-
ferred to the " Convulsionnaires," the revival of the Rosi-
crucians, the gold-makers of the Faubourg St. Marceau,
Count St. Germain and his magic mirror, Swedenborg's
supernatural travels, Gassner's conversations with the evil
spirit, and other remarkable delusions. Cagliostro and his
history and adventures, and the society of the " Illuminati,"
were also eloquently referred to. The lecture, which was
given with characteristic animation, 1149 listened to atten-
tively by a large auditory.