The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-07-06 00:00:00

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The declaration of the Geneva arbitrators, that the
Indirect Claims cannot be entertained (I put it briefly),
and the acceptance of this position by the United
States' Government have produced thc very best effect
on the public mind, have tended to the restoration of
confidenee, which had become somewhat weakened,
and have promoted more kindly feelings between the
two great nations on either side of the Atlantic. All
that is now to be settled is mere matter of detail, in
which there will be no insuperable difficulty. Suppos-
ing everything to be amicably arrangcol and this is
not too much to hope for would it not loe well to have
a great Aught-American banquet —say at the Crystal
Palace! We have great loanquets for less sensible
reasons than this would be. There are plenty of
Americans mow in I ,tir country, travelling for pleasure,
Vito would (loolotless like to assist at such an inter-
national vette ring. Or there might toe loanoineti
ultaneously held in London and New York (allowing
for the difference of time), so that the two great dining
partiee might fraternise, during their several repasts, by
the aid of the Atlantic cable. When we think of the
disagreeable position from which the Governments of
both countries have escaped, this idea will probably be
regasoled an by no means an extravagant one.
As might hove been expected, the llonseof Commons
has, in the rosin, I leclared its disagreement from the
Lords in reference to their lordships' amendments in
the Ballot Bill. I need not speculate on the ultimate
result of this disagreement ; but I believe the prevailing
feeling to be a hope that, somehow or other, this
tedious and long-vexed question of the Ballot will be
settled this session. Opponents and supporters of
secret voting are alike becoming weary of the protracted
discussions on the subject.
Somebody save that there is nothing so fallacious as I
facts, unless it be li..ureA, but I cannot believe there is
any fallacy in the Revenue Returns. They consist of
figures which are really facts, and the returns just
issued are facts oof a very pleasant character. For the
quarter ending June Mot the present year, there is an
Increase, 10 compared with the correeponaing quarter of
last year, in every department except the' uriacellane.
oini," the net increase being no less than £1,557,724.
This is highly satisfactory, but still more so is the in
in the year ending with the same date as com-
pared with the previcus year. This increase is no less
than £5,793,1C1 --say five and three quarter millions
sterling ! This is glorious. That the country is rich and
prosperous we are thus assured, so we are in many other
ways. If we can lint keep up this prosperity we may
fairly anticipate a reduction it taxation when the next 1
budget is brought forward, lint that is a long time I
to look forward to, and meanwhile we may well
congratulate ourselves (on the happy financial position
of our own country M compared to that of France,
which is now in the throes of agony owing to new
taxes and the prospect of an enormous loam There
Is, however, a set-off on the other side. Our national
prosperity is evidenced by disturbances in the relations
of employer and orployed that are not without their
alarming features. Every day now adds some class or
other of workmen who are demanding an increase of
wages, and there seems no prospect of any end to this
sort of thing.

It is pleasing to find that Mr. Ayrton can be funny
over the Rouses of Parliament having caught fire.
Rather a startling phrase this, but it is true. The
Chief Commissioner of Works aslmits that in some way
or other owing to the light in the Clock Tower a slight
wooden screen was burnt ; that sparks attracted the
attention of firemen; and that two engines actually ar-
rived. When we call to mind what an enormous
amount of money the Houses of Parliament have cost
these facts are somewhat alarming, but I repeat that
Mr. Ayrton can be funny over the matter, so there is
no occasion for alarm. The cupola of the tower, he
says, is built entirely of iron, cannot catch tire, and
therefore cannot be burnt. There is consolation in
that ; but the fact of 'the burning of a slight wooden
screen " remains, and doubtless ample precautions will
be taken that no such a startling fact occurs
again. The lijit in the Clock Tower, Mr.
Ayrton tells has been placed there for the
convenience of members. But of what great con-
venience it can be must puzzle people. It certainly
tells hon. members who may be miles away, that Parlia-
ment is still sitting, just as it tells us outsiders that
our legislators are working away for us. This is
rather an agreeable Idea; the light is a pretty toy; hut
tia to the convenience of this light, why that is rather
doubtful.

Dr. lankoster, the coroner for Middlesex, at an in-
quest just held on an infant" found dead," made a re-
mark that ought to command the attention of our Legis-
lature and of our philanthropists in and out of Par-
liament. Ile said that in London alone over 300
castaway children are found anon-shy, and that while
the laws for the protection of infant life remain in their
present state this massacre of infants will continue.
This indeed is a sad and startling fact. Child-murder,
it may almost be said, is the national crime of
Britain, and! do not believe that any nation in the
world, according to its population, exhibits such a
terrible fact as this. And yet there is every prob-
ability of another session passing away without any.
thing being done towards remedying this serious state
of affairs. Mr. Charley's bill, whenever it is passed,
will do some little towards the protection id infant life,
but I fear not much.
The impoverished eastern districts of London have
been highly favoured by royalty of late. The opening
of the East London Museum by the Prince and
Princess of Wales, other members of the royal family
assisting, was speedily followed by an expremion of
Royal sympathy and aid towards the North-Eastern
Hospital for Children, not far distant from the before-
mentioned place. A Hospital for Children is a fact
that tou,lies all hearts; we all know how much sick-
ness and disease there are among the children of the
poor. And the very name of this institution carries
with it its own recommendation. It was a kindly and
gracious act therefore on the part of the Princess
Louise And the Marquis of Lorne to render further
aid to a struggling institution which her Royal High-
ness had previously befriended. May the Hospital
flourish and be the means, as doubtless it will be, of
relieving the pain and illness of innumerable little
sufferers. .

While the dispute in the building trade in attracting
so much attention, a fact that has been recorded may
be referred to as being of special interest. It seems
that a gentleman has had a 20-roomed house
made for him in Norway ; that this house is mostly
of wood, and can be taken to pieces and put
together easily; and that men have come over to Nor-
way to erect this house for the purchaser. The men
in the building trade will certainly watch the result
with no little interest, and meanwhile there in nothing
in the statement that in not feasible enough, especially
bearing in mind that portable iron churches are by no
means uncommon. It is moreover a fact that from
Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark we receive
a considerable quantity of joiners' and carpenters' work
already completed and simply requiring to be put
together. Another fact—many of the ears used on
the tramways in thin country are made in Sweden or
Denmark and are sent over here bodily, the interior
being tilled with cargo. From such facts fl 9 these, and
others that could be mentioned, I leave the reader to
draw his own conclusions.

More than once recently I have witnesPeil some mar-
vellous (rata by some professional swimmers, and some
capital swimming matches. I should much like to
have known what proportion f the crowd that in each
(.A.l gathered to witness these exploit' coot' have
swam even a ilogen verde to Pave their lives. Life has
been tat :tinnily thin neuron in several instancee, and
could wc ascertain the entire number of lives tat, when
the ocason shall !Lave tormin Ord, by the viiitiins not
lacing aide in. ewirn, it would startle most of no, And
yet iA it not strange that no few efforts; are made to
learn to swim, or to provide accommodation for bathers.
In proportion to its population. London is perhaps
worse off in the respect than any other hilan I town,
lint we have it iine town in the whole kingdom that
is properly 5,4 lied with so limning bathe. If non•
swimmers could know the luxury of A Pwiin in hot
weather there would certainly be greater efforts made
towarle the stahlishment if baths; but the chief
enuelileration after all La the so' lug of life.
A mord gratifying fact is stated in hard, dry, official
phrsorology. The umber of paupers in the metro-
politan ilietri,-t is row 106,126, which in no leas than
..."o.e.'d few, th in we bail this time last year. The fact
shows, asi ii. any o'ller fact" show, how very generally
' are now employes]. With a populai
'toe id lief 0. • ' see and four million, thin amount of
pauperism is 111,1 r, fleabite, and probably very many
of three i.eVe eno occasion to he where they are.
I ili .04 whether the statement is tan strong that there
work for all who will work -and certainly I can re.
member no time when the 'working clamors were on the
whole 50 proaperans. lint it is an uniloubtesi fait on
the other hand that We very pnaperity tends to raise
the price of fool, &c., while the increwed wages now
paid to workieg men tend to raise the price of
the commoslitire they produce. The main moult I
in that ;lesson,' with small ti tea incline, wei
practically breaming pawl,. Another striking fact
whii h shows the prooperity of the country is that
shoot twenty millions sterling will be paid, in
the comae of July, in dividends. A great part of this
enormone amount will be free for re-investment, no
that the enterprise the promoters f limited liability
companiee ma receive a great impetus. So let um be
on one gnarl against over speculation and that panic
which ia alnuat certain to follow it.

THE PRINCE CONSORT MEMORIAL IN
HYDE PARK, LONDON.
The following interesting history and description of the
Memorial to the lamented " Albert the Goal," is from the
Daity
On Monday, the hoarding, which has for many
years formed a prominent feature in connection with
the National Memorial to the Prince Consort was
removed, and the monument added to the ssanty
hot of the art treasures of London. Mr. Gilbert
Scott, iii reporting upon his work to her Majesty
and the Executive Council, says "The idea which
I have worked out may be described as a colossal
statue of the Prince, placed beneath a vast and magni-
ticient shrine or tabernacle, and surrounded by works
of sculpture, illustrating those arts and sciences which
he fostered, mil the great undertakings which he
originated."
The public, in making their earliest acquaintance
with the Memorial, will heel it something like the play
of Hantht with the part of the Queen's son left out,
for 'the shrine" only is oomph ted, and will, for a
year at least, remain tenantless. 'The execution of the
statue of the Prince wee, as is well brown, entrusted
to Baron Maroehetti, who in the early part of the year
1867 had so far proaressed with his work that a trill.
sized model was phweil in position on the peilestaL
The effect was unsatisfactory, and the Baron
forthwith set to work again upon a fresh design,
the completion of which was interrupted by the
Baron's death in December id the same year. In
May, 1868, a commission for the statue was placed in
the hand.' of Mr. Foley; and in July, 1870, his model
was erected within the shrine. A few slight alterations,
suggested by the ex periment, sufficed to make Mr . Foley's
design perfect, and he last year commenced the model
from which the bronze statue is tube cwt. The progress
of the work has been delayed by the sculptor's illness,
but if all goes well the statue will be completed arid
enshrined in the course of next year. In the mean-
while, the Executive Committee have very wisely
decided that no reason existed why the monument as
it etalBlB should be withheld from the possession of
the public, and so the word has gone forth for the
hoarding to come down.
It is ten years last January since the Lord Mayor
(Mr. Wm. enhitt) convened a meeting at the Mansion-
house to "consider the propriety of inviting contribu-
tions for the purpose of erecting a lasting Memorial to
his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, an I to adopt
such measures for carrying out the object as may then
be decided." Many stirring events have happened
since the date of this meeting, but they will not have
obliterated the recollection of the impulse which moved
the people of England to the desire to perpetuate the
name and deeds 4rf the friend they freshly mourned.
It was, felt that the monument should, in some as yet
undefined way, typify the personal character of the
Prince Consort, and the newspapers of the day teemed
with suggestion"' from all quarters, having that end
more or less clearly in view. Presently public opinion
settled upon the design of an obelisk. A huge mono-
lith --maissive, rugged, strong, and simple withal—
to the people to is• the most appropriate
monument they could raiseto the o.emory of the Prince
Consort. The project was approved by the Queen,
' and was submitted to the consideration id a committee
j composed id the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Clarendon,
Sir Charles Eastlake, and Lord Mayor Cubitt ; but
j after a very painstaking investigation of the piss-
' 'Abilities of carrying it out, it was reluctantly aban-
doned as impracticable. Upon the recommendation
of a committee of architects, it was next decided to
erect "a personal monument," on a site between the end
of Rotten Row and the north side of the drive to
Kensington, and "a Memorial Hall," to be built to
the south of the high road to Kensington, upon the
estate of the Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851.
Six of the most eminent architects of the day sub-
mitted designs, Mr. Gilbert Scott carrying off the
prize. A subsequent consideration of the funds at
the disposal of the committer proved, however, that
the design thus selected involved too great a cost.
Thirty-five thousand pounds had been promised as
a first subscription to the Mansion-house Fund ' • the
Society of Arts, whose President the Prince
Consort had been, not only gave a thousand guineas
out of their own coffers, but formed an organi-
sation throughout England and the colonies for the
collection of small subscriptions, which resulted in the
splendid total of £12,000; local committees in all the
1 towns poured in their donations to the common fund;
and finally Parliament voted a sum of £50,000. But it
was estimated that the aggregate was not more than
sufficient to meet the cost of "a personal monument "
such as would fulfil the popular expectation, and the
idea of a hall seas consequently abandoned, Mr. Gilbert
Scott beli'e, instructed to erect a monument in accord-
ance with his desiga, at an estimated cost of £120,000.
It is, perhaps, a happy circumstance that the Me-
morial should be handed over to the people before the
design of its construction is carried out in its fulness.
The casket is of itself so splendid a piece of workraan-
ship, that a year may well he appropriated to its ex-
amination before the attention is directed to the statue
which it is to enshrine. There are in Mr. Gilbert
Scott's description of the accomplished work none
curt statements of fact, which give one an idea
of the material magnitude of the building. The
architect tells us that there have been used in the
work 120,000 cubic feet of concrete ; that the
sub-plinths of the trams of the columns are two
stones, each weighing 10 tons, the bases themselves
being single blocks of stone weighing 15 tons each;
that the working of each of these stones occupied
twelve men for sixteen weeks, at a cost of 1:260 ; that
the blocks forming the capitals weighed in their rough
state 131 tons each ; that the blocks of Portland stone
forming the arches weighed from 5 to 8 tons each ;
that the length of polished granite used is 791 feet, and
is composed of 50 stones ; that the pavement of the plat-
form covers a surface of 23,803 square feet ; that there
are 1,803 steps, and that if a man were to undertake to
walk their continuous length lie would have travelled
two miles and a quarter when he had accomplished his
journey; that beneath the steps are 396 piers and
868 arches; that the iron girder which carries the
&she. or spire, weighs 23 tons, and supports a weight
of 210 tons. These are facts which it is difficult to
comprehend when regarding the monument, the ex-
quisite proportions and elaborate ornamentation of
which hide its absolute bulk. Its extraordinary big-
ness is lost sight of in the finished beauty of its detail.
Every inch of the vast surface bears testimony to the
care of the artist and the skill of the workmen, and
the very backs of the niches, which are mainly hidden
by figures, are chiselled in rich pattern-work, in obedi-
ence to the principle of the elder architects that
"pacts are not to be neglected because partially con-
cealed."
The monument is elevated upon a lofty and wide-
spreading pyramid of steps, from the upper platform
of which ri.ses a podium, or continuous pedestal sur-
rounded by sculptures in alto-relievo, representing
counterfeit presentments of the most eminent artists of
all ages of the world. The figures are about six feet
high, and are arranged in historical groups in their
several classes of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture,
Poetry, and Music. On the level platform round which
these groups cluster is erected the gorgeous canopy
under which the statue is to rest. Four pillars of
polished granite bear andt the four main arches of
the canopy. Each side is terminated by a gable,
the tympanum of which contains a large picture
in mosaic, its mouldings being richly decorated with
carving, and inlaid with mosaic work, enamel, and
polished gem-like stones, in accordance with the
characteristics of a shrine. The intersecting roofs
are covered with scales of metal richly enamelled and
gilded, with crestings of gilt beaten metal in rich leaf'
work. The structure is crowned by a lofty spire of
"tabernacle work," in partially gilt and enamelled
metal, terminating in the cross aforesaid, which reaches
to the height of 180 feet above the ground. In addi-
tion to the sculpture in alto-relievo on the redium
there are on pedestals projecting from each of its four
angles large groups illustrating the arts of Agriculture,
Manufactures, Commerce, and Engineering.
The whole nation will rejoice in another oppor-
tunity of doing visible honour to one who deserves its
honour so well. But, as to all who have done much
in their lives, it is art, and not any special object
of art, that will form the Prince Consort's true
memorial. No one has ever done more than he to further
the interests and concentrate the advantages of art
in England. A large portion of his life was devoted
to it, and if mooch still remains to be done, it is greatly
owing to his example that doing it has become pos-
sible. The progress that hats been made in ten years
is a better memorial even than the monument which it
has taken ten well-spent years to open.

On Monday morning the Queen, accompanied by
Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice,
was shown round the Prince Consort Memorial, by the
sculptors who had undertaken the different works
connected with it. Her Majesty expressed herself
well pleased with the whole.

The Pally Telegraph gives these particulars
The pedestal which will support the seated statue of
the Prince is, like the Podium, of granite and marble.
There is a sub-base id dark Castle Welton F,ranite,
while the base and cornice are both of an exquisite
variety of granite called " Correnie." This is nowhere
quarried, but is wrought out of vast boulders on the
mountain able, by special permisdon of Captain
Gordon of Cluny, whose property it is, and who
kindly allowed Mr. Cross, the manager of Mr. Kelk's
work, to select suitable blocks. 'rhe whole of
the granite was worked on the spot, admirable machi-
nery having been erected by Mr. Kelk for the various
processes of polishing; and, to quote the report of Mr.
Scott, R. A., It is probable that, while some parts of the
work are such as have never in our time been worked
in polished granite, no other work in that material has
Rtirpws.l. if indeed any has equalled it. in the exact-
ness anti high finish with which it has been executed,
or in the beauty of the varieties of granite which have
been selected.
It need hardly be said that the magnificence of the
fleche and the vault of the canopy is due to the com-
j bination of Mr. Skidmore's rich metal work and the
I gime mosaics of Messrs. Salviati and Co., of Murano,
near Venice. with which revived form of skilful orna-
ment the tympana, spandrels, and vaulting are
oilormd The designs for pictorial subjects, executed
in this glowing and thimble handiwork, were prepared
; by Mesars. layton and Bell. The vault of the canopy is
of a blue mosaic gninmt, on which are represented the
armoriol bearings of the Prince Consort. fhe dedi-
catory inscription, executed in mosaic, the letters being
of blue glass with black edges, placed upon a ground of
gold enamelled glass, is an follows :
QUM VICTORIA .\ ND HER PEOPLE
To THE MENORT OF ALBERT, PRINCE CONSORT,
AS A TRIBUTE OF THEIR GRATITUDE
FOR A LIFE DEVOTED TO IHE PUBLIC GOOD.

- - - -
DEATH FROM Ttaaon.—An inquiry has been
hell in Hobliugh n-crescent, London, to investigate
the cirvurnstancee attending the death of Mrs. Fanny
Hawker, aged Sin. It appeared that the deceased was
always nervous and agitated during • storm. The other
evening she was out in the thunderstorm, and a con.
stable found her lying insensible in Park-street. He
conveyed her to the Albany street Police-station, and
thence to the workhouse infirmary. She died in two
hours, not having recovered consciousness. Death was
caused by effusion of blood n the left ventricle of the
brain. The heart and arteries were in such a state that
any great excitement would have brought on a tit of
apoplexy. A verdict to this effect was returned, the
jury highly commending the conduct of the police in
the matter.

SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT
BERMONDSEY.
On Sunday morning one of the most dreadful fru.
gediee that has for many years occurred in Bermondaey,
London, took place in that locality, and some excite-
ment hat; been created throughout the district in con-
sequence of the horrible manner in which the death
injuries were inflicted.
The perpetrator of the crime is a man named William
Edward Taylor, a wholesale dealer in old metals. For
several years he has carried on an extensive business
in the Grange road, Bermondsey. He is 39 years of
age, and of great muscular power. He bears the cha-
racter of being a drunken and violent man, and has been
Mt Ire than once in custody for serious assaults.
He was married anti had five children, but he and
his wife never lived hippily tog-thee ; he frequently
threatened to Dander her, and during his imprieon
ment for seriously assaulting her she went to reside
with her friends; taking with her one of the
children, and has since refnaed to return to him, He,
however, made the acquaintance of a woman named
, Susannah Hebtlen, :12 years of age, whomhe induced to
live with him and pass as his wife, and live year; ago
she bore him a daughter, named Frances, the girl who
was killed on Suuday morning. They some short time
ago remove 1 to Weblestreet, Bermondsey New-road,
and let a part of the house to a man and his wife.
Owing to the fact that they were both very deaf, the
latter state that neither on Sunday morning nor upon
any other occasion slid they hear Taylor anti liebtlen
quarrelling, but the neighbours declare that the rows
in the house were of such a frightful character that
they frequently could not sleep during the night.
Last Thursday, after a dreadful quarrel, Taylor
rushed out of the house into the street and said to a
policeman, "I have killed my wife; I have stabbed
her ; I have murdered her." He was then under the
influence of drink, and he had a large table knife in his
hand. The policeman entered the house' and found the
woman Ilebtlen lying on the floor of the first floor back
room in an insensible condition, but she had not been
stabbed. She had been rendered insensible by a blow
on the head which Taylor had given her. Taylor
was arrested; and the woman, having been attended
by a doctor, recovered. The man was taken before
ths. Southwark Policemourt magistrate on Friday, and
fined is. for being drunk, and then discharged, and he
returned to the house in Webb-street. On that even-
ing he was Kober, and the woman induced him to
remain at home with her and the five children while
she read three chapters of the Bible to them. No row
took place, and all the family retired to rest in quietude.
On Saturday Taylor drank three half-pints of ruin,
and then he became furious. During the night the
neighbourhood became alarmed, and at one o'clock on
Sunday morning loud screams were heard issuing from
the house, and a boy's voice was heard to cry out,
"Oh, don't, father, don't; you have nearly killed me
already." The cry was followed by the sound of dull,
heavy blows. In a few minutes all the cries ceased, and
the street-door opened, and Taylor ran up to a police-
man and a costermonger who were standing near. His
throat WWI cut Ma frightful manner, and blood was
flowing from it. He was unable to speak, but pointed
towards the house, and the policeman referred to and
another man entered it. -
On going into the back room on the first floor a hor-
rible sight presented itself. On a bed upon the tit or,
in a corner of the room opposite the window, was the
woman Hebtlen. She was partly undressed, and was
covered with blood, with which the bed was saturated.
The top of her skull ma both skies of her forehead had
been beaten in. She was not dead, but was quite in-
sensible, anti died in twenty minutes. At the foot of
the same bed lay the dead hotly of the girl Frances.
The whole of the top of her skull had been beaten in,
and her brains were lying about her face and on the
bed. She was a pretty fair-haired chilli, with blue
eyes. In a comer of the room and close to the window
lay James Taylor, a boy aged 13 years. He watt fear-
fully injured about the head, and his skull was frac-
tured, and Part of his brains were protruding. He was
taken to hit. Olave'm Infirmary, but no hopes were
entertained of his life being saved.
The police instantly sent for Dr. Cuolahan, of the
Grange-road, and in a few minutes he arrived, and
ordered the removal of the lad to the infirmary of St.
Olave's workhouse.
The sloctor and the police then carefully examined
the room, in order to discover the instrument with
which the terrible crimes had been committed, and
they found two weapons, one a bar of iron ten inches
in lens th, and more than four pounds in weight, and
smeared with blood and brains, and a clasp knife
, stained with blood, with which apparently the
man had cut his own throat. The doctor then
examined the wound in the throat of Taylor, and
found that he had cut the windpipe completely
through and some of the small arteries in such a
manner that he could not speak, anti he is not expected
to live. He was instantly conveyed to Guy's Hospital.
Dr. Cuolahan then carefully examined the body of the
dead girl, and gave it as his opinion that she must have
received the injuries on the top of her skull while she
was sitting 01, in heti.
On the titter near the bed and in a pool of blood lay
an oden Bible. 'rhe table and chairs in the room had
been upset, and the whole room presented an appear-
ance as if a fearful straggle had taken place.
It is stated that on being brought to the hospital he
was unable to speak, though he made a great effort.
He afterwards made signs for wilting materials, and
on being supplied with slate and pencil, wrote his name,
"William Taylor," and other rather unconnected
sentences, among, which were, " Another man," A
military man." " Kill me." After his wounds
were dressed he was put to bed anti watched, hut
he suddenly sprang out of bed, and making, a
bolt, darted right through the window which was
fortunately only one story high. Here he ran
along one of the corridors, and took off the
weights of the clocks, threatening by attitude to do for
any one who came near Mtn. He then ran into one of the
women's wards, and seizing bold of the tongs, flourished
them in such a fearful manner that for some time every-
one was afraid to go near him. The ward in which
this ocenrred is on the second floor, and one of the
female nurses in it became so alarmed that she ran to
the window and leaped out of it. During the whole of
this time he was trying to speak, but the gurgling
from the wound prevented him. The blood was now
again streaming from his throat. and he then smeared
his tin sera with it, and wrote on the wall with his blood,
" Poison me. Kill me. Put use out of my misery."
Several of the attendants who endeavoured to grapple
with him armed themselves with broomsticks to ward
off the blows he made with the tongs, and in the scuffle
. a fearful scene took place, the enfortunate man strik-
ing the sticks with violence so great as to shiver them
. to pieces. He was eventually secured, and again placed
, in bed and strapped down, and it need scarcely be
. added, lies in a very precarious state.

After the removal of the bodies the police examined
the whole of the rest of the bows. In the first-floor
front room they found Mr. Goat and his wife, lodgers,
but they were both so deaf that it was with the greatest
difficulty they could be made to hear, and when they
were informed that a murder had been committed they
sail they had been asleep, and that they had heard
nothing. In an upstairs room the police discovered
three boys, sons of Taylor, one of them a lad of
He said that hearing the row he had locked himself
and his two brothers up in the room. He states that
he had frequently heard his father threaten to kill the
woman Maiden.

On Monday, Mr. Deeping, the house-surgeon, made
a very careful examination of the wretched man's head
and throat, and he discovered that the left side of the
skull had been fractured either by a blow given with
an iron bar or some other instrument.

The police have discovered in Whitechapel the wife
of Taylor, who was compelled to separate from
him in consequence of his violence to her. They
have also ascertained that his sister carries on business
in Bermondsey. On Monday night she called at the
hospital to see her brother, but owing to his sinking
condition she was not allowed to do so.

On Tuesday, Taylor recovered sufficient of conscious- I
nesii and sanity to give written instructions to his
eldest son respecting various accounts connected
with his business as a dealer in old iron. Pre-
viously, and while in a state of frenzy, he had
endeavoured to impute the crime to another person.
Now, when comparatively calm, he said to a police-
man that it was a bad job. He asked to be allowed
to see his youngest child, an infant of twelve
months ; but under the circumstances, it was deemed
prudent to refuse the request. An operation was per-
formed on him in the afternoon to raise a depressed
bone of the skull. That injury is considered to be
almost the more dangerous of the two, though the
wound in the throat has so far affected the windpipe as
to render speech a matter of extreme difficulty. He is
a very well-built and rather handsome man, and must
have been possessed of great constitutional strength to
enable him to survive so long the fearful wounds under
which he suffers. Though he is much quieter than on
the first two days, it is still considered necessary to
keep him under bodily restraint.
A sister of his, from Stratford, who has not seen
him for six years, called to visit him on Tuesday after-
noon, and in the course of the day his mother requested
to be permitted to have an interview with her iv :n. As
It was well known he could not survive, she was per-
mitted to see him. She says that on entering the ward
she found him strapped down on a bed. He said,
"Why did you come-hem ? Your proper place is now
to watch the business. Your being here will not feed
the horse or provide for the boys. You must keeptl; e
business up in order to do so. You had better go."
He held out his hand, and when she took it he shook
it warmly. She then left the ward. She afterwards
made the following statement :
.• lie was ied into it by the woman that he killed. That
woman, her name is Susamiah Ilebtlen, is his wife's
sister. She was in early life—l call early life eighteen—
married to Mr. Charles If Olden, a bookseller. in Pater-
noster- row. lie was in a large way of business but
when he died he only loft her J;I 0 That she 50011
spent. Then she tried to get my son away from his
wile. My son had been In love with her before he
married his wife For %length of time Mrs. Taylor smpected
that something was wrong, and employ ed a detective to go
[ viand to the theatres to try and find them together, for they
were in the habit id going to theatrt s. At last my son and
his wife sepatated, and tile dewt woman tlebtlen gave ep
' another lover that she had, named Israel, and went to live
t as my son's wife. My sou's wife has seen nie to-day, but
- she says that as my son has said that he will kill her she is
afraid to go to le.tt, fearing that he may escape front the
i hospital and discover where she it She has taken posses-
sion if all his propel ty, and she says that she is the rssslfsl
owner of it. I may say that bet, re my son married he
asked which sister tie should marry—Ssrah or Isabella. I
said to him. You love both, please yourself ; make no mis-
take, for It will not do to marry the wrong one. Ile then
said, Put up the bans fur Isabella I love her best.'"

"We TN' Time) are seked to state that the man
Taylor was simply charged before the magistrate, on
a former occasion which has been referred to, with
being, 'drunk and incapable.' There was no charge
made against him of ameault, either at the police-
station or at the Court, and the utmost penalty per-
mitted by the law for simple drunkenness—viz., 51.—
was accordingly inflicted."

In a leader on this fearful tragedy, Tits Times re-
marks:—
No wild beast Mild exhibit more ferocity than Taslor.
ilis tenth may save him from the Judgment of the law
doubtless, should he survive, and even if the facts as they
now appear be substantially proved, an attempt will kW.
made to palliate his act on the ground of temporiry insanity.
No doubt, he was mad at the moment but he had made
I himself mad, and W 42 responsible for bringing himself

Into a state In which he was no longer master of his
actions. He was possessed by what In such a ease
Is not inaptly termed •. the demon of drink." but he
had nonrlshed the demon till It wee his master. The ease is
a hideous illustration t,l the destructive power of strong
liquor, and it may exercise timely influence in stimulating
the legislation now pending on the Licensing Laws. Yet
Taylor seems to have been in a position which Would not have
been much affected by any restrictions likely to be imposed
on pnblichonses. He is said to have carried on an extensive
business as a wholesale dealer in old iron, and such a man
, could have found means to get his rum if all the publichoinen
in the neiehlseurhood had been shut But, so far as we have
heard, It is by no means clear that the existing law hart been
applied to Taylor's previous offenees/UA effectually as it ought.
11 the present agitation does but induce magistrates to deal
far more severely than is their wont with cases of violent
drunkenness and wife-beating, it will do good service. Such
oft ences may end in murder any day, and they should he
treated Si brutal and dangerous crimes. It is to be feared
the cruelty and the ferocity displayed every day in some
quarters of London would lie appalling if broil At to light.
Let it is di emed abated a matter of course, until, as we see
in this instance, neighbours look on as if they had no right
to prevent it.