The Sun. — 1868-05-02 (London, England)

MURDER AT DOVER. DOVER, Saturday Morning. This morning the prisoner was brought up for examination before the magistrates charged with the murder of Mr. Edward Alfred Walsh. From the evidence it appeared that Wells has been employed at the Priory station for about 18 months, but his conduct had not given satisfaction, and Mr. Walsh found it necessary- on several occasions to reprimand him. His particular misconduct—which led to such a murderous act of revenge—was practising with a firearm on the station premises. He denied that he bad done so in a very barefaced manner, and was cautioned by the deceased as to the public consequences of his persisting in a foolish denial, which only aggravated the original offence. This was on Thursday, and on Friday he was again called into the office, but as he exhibited no signs of a desire to admit his misconduct and express regret, Mr. Walsh threatened to report him. On Thursday Wells had been heard to threaten to "do for the —" (meaning the station master), and after the interview on Friday he appears to have gone and fetched his gun from the place where he bad been practising, and then returned to the station master's °thee. He looked in at the window, saw that Mr. Walsh was in the office, then went to the half-opened door, raised the gun to his shoulder, and fired at Mr. Walsh. That unfortunate gentleman, at this moment, was standing with his back to the fireplace, dictating to Mr. H. Cox, the company's customs and goods agent, who sat at the office table, a letter to Mr. Martin, the superintendent of the Eastern Division of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway line, reporting the misconduct of the porter in questi6n. The office is a very small room, and at the time it was fired the muzzle of the gun could not haw been more than a couple of yards from the person at whom it was directed. Its aiea was only too sure. The bullet, of what is called the Minie shape, struck Mr. Walsh in the face, a little to the left of the brkid. ge of the nose, and passed through the head, st the wall beyond, taking tiling on to the skull of the deceased, and then reboui h Deat was table at which Mr. Cox was writing• through the instantaneous, the bulletpassing right with it a portion of -thge p second-class coach in prisoner was found in a brain, and tearing away a 4 outside the station. bag the ton of the face. The prihe was discovered, between Lis knees when gun being opened, he quietly handed and, on the door the carriage-shed, out the weapon. " was adjourned. The examination outsi  OPENING OF TilE THAMES EMBANKMENT (SOUTIf srDE).—The Southern portion of the Thames aubauk• mcut trum Westminster. badge to Lambeth Palace tvat opened this afternoon, at three o'clock, to foot passongera. 'There was no ceremony.  We understand a despatch has lately been received at the Foreign-office frona her llijosty's Charge d'Aff,tires at Quito, announcing the interment with all the honours of the remains of the-late CJlonel St. John Neale, C. 13., her MHjesty's Charge d'Affaires to the Republic of Grauada. The interment took place on the 6th February last.  LIVERPOOL, May 2.--MArket firm, i advancing. .robably 15,000 bales.  Bales