The Sun. — 1851-09-16 (London, England)

CHARGE OF MURDERING A POLICE CONSTABLE.— Yesterday William Cressy, aged 41, a labourer, belonging to Bexley-heath, was brought before Mr. Traill at the Greenwich Police-court by Mr. G. Hilton, superintendent of the rural police at West Mailing, Kent, charged on suspicion of being the person who caused the death of police- constable James Hastie, by cutting and wounding him in Tinderboxalley, New King-street, Deptford, after midnight on the 2lst of February, 1846. The only evidence against the prisoner was given by a woman, named Mary Ann Davies, who stated that she cohabited with the prisoner at about the time the murder was committed, and that on the night of the 21st of February, 1816, he returned home with blood upon his hands and clothes. On the following morning he told her that he had beaten a policeman with an instrument called an iron foot, and thought he had killed him. The prisoner, who denied the WOIXIAII'S statement, waa remanded.  Railways.  Aberdeen.. .. Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Jwacion Belfast and County Down Birming., Wolverhamp., and Etoar Valley Birkenh., Lan., & Chesil  June., late 331. 6s. &1.. Do. Chest. & Blrkenhd.,  50/. &951. Consolidated Do., do., 20/. Bristol and Exeter.. .. Caledonian .. • • .. Chester and Holyhead .. Dublin and Belfast Junct. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dandalk and Enniskillen D.uidee, Perth, and Aber teen Junction .. • •  Do., New .. .. .. East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) •• .. Do. (181. E. & H.) .. Eastern Counties .. .. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares .. Do. do. do. ..1  Do. do., B & C shares East Lancashire • • .  Do. New quarters • East & West In ri hi Docks  and Birm, June. .. Edinburgh and Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee' Glasgow and South-West,'  De. do. G. D. & C.stock Great Northern • • • •  Do halves, A, deferred'  Do. halves, 13, 6 per et. Great Southern and  Western, Ireland • • Great Western .. • • Lancaster and C rlisle  Do. thirds • • • • • • Lancaster and I Seaton.. Lancashire anil'-orkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths ..  Do. West Riding Union Leeds Northern .. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport London and Blackwall Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and  South Coast • London and N.-Western Do. do. quarters Do. fifths Do. 101. sh., /GE (c) London and S.-IYestera  Do. new 501. .. ..  Do. new 401. .. .. Blanchester, Buxton, and  i Matlock . .. .. ..1 Blanchester, Sheffield, Bc, Lincolnshire 1.• •. Do. Manchester and  Lincoln Union • • Midland .. .. .. ..  Do. 507. shares .. ..  Do. Binning & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle..  Do. quarter shares .. Newmarket • • .. .. Newport, Abergavenny,  . • and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen •. Newry, Warrenpoint, &  Roitrevor •. •• -•• Norfolk .• .. .. ••  Do. New 201. shares.. Northern Counties Union North British • . N orth Devon . • .. North Staffordshire .. North-Western North & Sth.-West.Janc. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scottish Central .. Scottish Midland ..  Do. new .. Shrews. & Birm., Class A  Do. Class 8.. Shrews. & Hereford., OH Do., do., Now .. Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halyes  Do. Oswestry Do. Now. .. Shropshire Union .. Do., A, B, C, & D, fully  paid up at per cent .• South Devon .. South-Eastern .. South Wales.. .. South Yorksh. and River  Shoff., Roth., and Goole,  South DivLsioa Stockton and Hartlepool dwansea k Loughor, Taff Vale .. Taw Valo Extension .. Thames Haven Dock and  Railway cafe of Neath .. • • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick.  and Dublin .. West Cornwall .. West London .. • . Whitehaven and Farness York, Newc., & Ber wick Ditto and Newcastle Extension ..  Ditto G.N.E. purchase York and North Midland