The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-14 00:00:00

WORSIIIP-STREET.

SUSPICIOUS DEATll.—Yesterday a man named Joseph
Clark, a wooden-legged man, a jobbing porter in the neigh-
bourhood of Spitalfields, was brought before Mr Bingham, on
suspicion of having been accessory to the death of a man whose
name is unknown.

The deceased was discovered about six o'clock yesterday
morning, lying in one of the archways beside the new street in
course of formation from St. Katharine's-dock through Spital-
fields. There were several hurts about the forehead and other
parts, which might have been occasioned by a fall upon bricks
or stoners; but there was a straight cut of a severe nal ore upon
the crown of the head, which appeared quite distinct from the
other hurts, and the side of line of street was fenced by a
railing of such height that. an ordinary-sized man could not
easily have fallen over it. No property of any kind was found
upon the deceased but a sailor's nis,charge ticket, bearing the
date of the current year, and the name of Michael William
Edwards. The deceased, however, hail more the look of a rail-
way workman.
Sergeant Barker said that. about half-past six yesterday
morning he received information,_ in consequence of which he
went to the spot.abuve• mentioned, and there found the de-
ceased lying on his face, and weltering in his blued, which was
issuing from the mouth and nose. Subsequently he received a
letter, which induced him to take the primmer into custody.
James White, resident in Spitalfields, said that he procured
the letter to be written. He proceeded to state that about
half-past eleven on Tuesday night, while passing through
Wentworth-street, he saw the prisoner and another man, whom
he:believed to be -the -deckated, against a shop window. The
dun seemed to be drunk, and the prisoner, who appeared to be
ssOber, was poking him in the side with a stick as hard as he
-:could, while another man was encouraging the prisoner, and
hitting the man with his fist. The witness said he was passing
'on the opposite side, but he was sure the prisoner was the per-
son he saw hitting the other.
The prisoner said he know nothing about the deceased or
any violence committed upon him.
The Magistrate remanded him until the Coroner's inquest
should have been held,

[ADVERTISEMENT.]

RErNINGTON'S. LINE. - LONDCN
AND MANCHESTER DIRECT INDEPENDENT

RAILWAY.

We noticed in our last the unscrupulous manner in
which the promoters of a quasi cimpeting " Direct" line
from London to Manchester had " appmpriata l" some
of the peculiar features of Remit gtote.—the elder, better,
410 mor(f)p:ptdai Ashurst is the person who
acted.thus ; and, by way of showing how far the op-
Pfisite of modesty May .tie carried, he now charges the
~promoters of Remington's line with having been later
the field than himself; and (inferentially) with having
taken up his ideas. Thus doth Augustus Muzzlewig,
Who perpetrates middling rhymes in the Butoek-smitity
Gaze te, " convey" whole pages from " Paradise Lost,"
and declare that his prose-run-mad was written long be-
fore Milton flourished !

The test of priority is simple. We have it and shall
apply it. Let us look to the registration of the two
nr j bets.
On the Ist of November, 1844, Mr. Remington regis-
tered his line :

" For making a direct railway from London, cum •
mencing at or near Battle-bridge, to Manchester and
York respectively, by one trunk line to Bedford or
thereabouts, and thence diverging north-westward to
Manchester, and north-eastward to York."

The prospectus, registered at the same time, was
sittriO4#l;opt44ll4irk lJ e;repistration:—
" Prospectus of tlie4Diyect London, Manchester, and
,York Railway, vid*Beriford,laking in its route Chipping
arpvt; Se:Albates, Luton, Silsue, Ampthill, and Bed-
:frt. diverging thence north-westwards to Manchester
tiri,-Wellingbore.i.igh, Kettering, Market Harbnrough,
be:tee'ster, Loughborough, Derby, Uttoxeter. Cheadle.
Le. k, and Macclesfield ; and north-eastwards to York
by Higharn Ferrars, Thrapaton, Oundle, S amford,
Grantham, Newark, between Retford and Guinsborough
to Thorne, Snaith, and Selby. Capital 7.0J0,000/., in
shares of 501. each. Deposit 21. los. per share."
The prject thus registered remained in statu quo
until the Ist of May, when it was revived by public
advertisement by the Bedford solicitor of the line, and,
on the 24th of that month, w;l5 a second time re-
gistered by Mr. Remi,gt....;. as ws
" DIRECT INDEPENDENT LONDON AND MANCHESTER
RAILNitAY.--Comtne ,•., ,t King's-cross, at the north
o ay's-inn r thetic, round
Friern Barnet, , inr Barnet, St. Alba'n's, Luton,
IVe:lingborou4h,
aa.,otv,„..i.lro,irpltti;ll2;irtillt„lifice- ter ; thenee across the
Sfvf4iivingturt,..apd ~ei'eester Railway to Barton-up 11-
%114 i-Ttroxeter; Teal., Cheadle, Lack, Sto;..kport, and
Maatchester.'!
'Ashairst's "Direct" line was not registered until the
22nd of May, exactly six months and twenty-one days
after Remington!s had been registered. It was entered
as " The Direct London and Manchester Railway Corn-
piny, carriers by railway of passengers, goods and mei.-
..hatielize between London and Marvih,•ster." The pir
;ftelentary announcement was as rol!ows •:
" It is in,ended to commence in London at Farring-
, ~n-street, and to take in route ti,e following towns,
as nearly as consistent Kith the surveys now in progress,
:—Highgate, Fincbley, Barnet, St. Alban's, serving
possible, Litton, Woburn, Ampthill, Wellingborough,
• „edmou..:, - .