The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-25 00:00:00

THE MURDER OP MAJOR DI VIRE.
Yesterday Mr. Mr. Hills, the coroner for West
Beat, hold es taqstet on the body of Major Freed.
Horatio De Vero at the san-is•ths-Wood publio-hosse,

Chathaen. •
The Gelder abesely given before the magistrates, sod
reported ywAeriay, was :sweated.
In answer to the earoser and the jury, the witness, Pri-
vate Mason, said ha bad moo Currie love& times before
the murder, and ithearved that he was quite sober, and
be appeared calm and composed. Carrie made so ob-
somatic* to the wittier' about the matter before it hap-
pened, and lever alluded to him about taking the life of
Ma* Do Vent its was quite, cheerful that vocroin.
A Jurar—Did he ever my mythicise to bow he had been
treated by Major Do Vent?
Witness—He may have spoken of Major DeVere's harsh-
ass. Aswan' °there of On men did, bat I could sot resew I
her his doirigso. The wigwag', in reply. to farther q
said he could not toll whether Currie left his rot=
morn's& He never heard of say concocted plans to taker
Major Do Vets'. life, sod the reports to that effect be be•
laved to be • be. Currie had bad six days in the cells fee
refusing to work, the reams be refused to work Wig UP
canes the seisjor shocked his pay.
One of the jury remarked that there were a great many
floating rumour, about this ewe, and it was right they
should be Maud op.
The Coroner mid be could not receive in 'Tidier* 024111
rumours, or what one man and another man, bad said, as
the rules of widows would not allow of it
A Juror faked if the demised bed the power to prude
Coma withaat ambling la another affirm.
Witness mid he bad loot, he mast have die mouths of
the colossi.
Limnos/at Durnford said the colonel alone lewd th•
evidence and ordered the punishment.
In answer to the jury the witness saki that Carrie rue •
sober, well-ocadocied man.
A juror mucked that it had boss asserted that the di-
mmed officer had been rebuked by the colonel for his undue
punishment of Cards, and if so,that ought to hearted tip.
The Coroner said that was foreign to the meant inquiry,
and was a matter which be could not go into. The jury
could ask what questions they pleased, bat ths withers
could only answer those which be knew of his own boon-
lodge.
Another of the jury proposed to ask the witness is what
estimation Major De Vera was held by the men is the corm
The Coroner said that was an unfair question to sok, and
one not altogether proper for a private to answer.
Another of the jury suggested that the " punithment
sheet" should be produced for their iaspection.
Lieutenant Durnford accordingly procured this document
from the barracks, whoa it appeared that Currie bad for-
merly been in the bth Latium but bad boss traceried
from that corps to the Royal Bulimiae on the Ist Septem-
ber last. Whilst in the lith Lancers be bad been twice
punished for minor offences, sad he had also been several
tints a defaulter since he bad been in the Royal Engineers,
his offences being deacribed asexauding his pass and
.
returning drunk ;" ' disobedience of orders, sod retuning
to work," for which he was acolood so the coils for a short
time, sad had to perform extra duty. The last time he
appears in the punishment sheet was on the 6th inst., when
be was esotened to three days' and to mount extra
patrols for Wog absent from patrol fifty minutes.
The Comm then promeded to sum up the evidence, and
remarked that the jury would have no difficulty in arriving
at the conclusico that the deceased cams by his death at
the hands of Carrie. There was no ingredient which sepa-
rated this case from our of wilful murder, for it was either
that or it was nothing. It was gratifying to know from the
lips of one of the witnesses that there had been no compact
to she the life of Major De Vero, as had bees hisinuated
was the ease, sad even bad that been the au, it would
ooly have increased tho number of those guilty. The jury
bad the whole cam before them, sad they would now eon-
eider their verdict.
After deliberating about half an hoar, the jury returned
a verdict of "Wilful murder against John Currie."
The prieoner,lt should be remarked, was not premst, be
havingtoeurommodto Mairistam,Geol, by Mr. Baminutoo-
&et Everitt, on the previous evening. Before leaving the
polies-stows on Gibraltar-hill, he warmly thanked Mr. and
hirs.Everistfor theirkioduaa himpinos beludbeen in cus-
tody, and wrote to his father is a cheerful tone, satin bid-
ding him sot to fret, as be (Currie) was quite happy in what
he had dope, end should ever Wok he had done right.

Immediately after the Inquest the body of Major De Vera
was removed from Brampton barracks to the Chatham rail-
way station, for conveyance to Limerick, where it will be
interred. The pros:rim was ea ezeeetitngly impreiog ose,
the body beteg drawn on a gun•carrisge, pmeekd by a
Erie bosom el IMO men. the bead *arias Ow "De s
sod
" A larp Dumber of gavel sad military officerd
, the names of the Wellesley, 72, brought up the pro-
aession.

At the morning parade of the Royal Regime, Major
Gnat reed the (allowing letter, which had bees addressed
to him by the colonel of the regimes*:
" Aug. 23. 1865.
" It is with the deepest sorrow that I have to inform the
officers and roe-oommissimed oMoera and the ream sad
miners stationed here, that the murderous attempt on the
life of Major De Vere terminated fatally last sight. If
anything wee required to show how wrongful, cruel, and
cowardly the deed was, it will be shown by the kindly feel-
ing evinced by our late brother oftloer owe he has laid
between life and death is these barracks. Nearly hi last
words were a message to me, le which he wished roe to tell
the sergeants and sta-sargimets from him to do their duty
to their Quit and coentry, andto uphold the high character
of the warps both os sad off duty. He said ' Give my
love to the Ofkliti, nonaommigaioned ofBoera, and
sappers. Tell them I have always loved them and my
desire has been always for the good of the corps.""
The rase% colonel added in his letter that in reporting
the said death of Major Da Vire to hie Royal Highness the
Gemara Commanding-ha-Chief, he (the gallant colonel) had
forwarded to his royal highness • copy of the last kind
words of the lamented officer to the corps.
The deceased was of an old Irish family, and wee •
nephew o: Lord Mantes& He was the fifth and
sou of the late Sir Audrey Ds Vere, Bart., by MaryTe=
daughter of Mr. Stephen Edward Rice, of Mount Treschard.
Gouty Limerick, and was born 12th October, 1828, and
rnarried 4th November, 1886, Anne, sister of Major
surke, of St. Clemens. He obtained his commission
o woad lieutenant is the Royal Eagateers, Ist October,
1847, wee putted first lieutenant on the llth of April,
1850, promoted to captain 27th October, 1855, lid
became laciest-major god November the lame yoa. He
to Turkey on special service in February, 1854.
raelll.that year he joined the Eastern army, and served
with it during the campaign of 1854-55, and was present
at the battles of the Alma, lukermann, and at the siege
and fall of Sebastopol. He greatly distinguished himself
during the war against Russia, and bad received the
war medal and dupe for the above engagements with the
enem, and the Sardinia war mad, also the diuretics of
the Order of the Medi* of the Sib class, god was made a
Height of the Legion of Honour. He had held the ap-
pointment of iestructor in field fortifications at Chatham
shout tem months. He was a zealous end strict odloer in
the discharge of his military duties ; sad he was regarded as
one of the most promising officers is the Royal Engineers.

THE MURDER IN BANSIIIDL—IS is stated that
the origin of the mambos d the woman Bother Lack,
which have impelled her to muds/her children. was debility
of constitution, caused by a birth of three triplets some
"oven or eight years ago. So great was her prostration,
that when being led along the court by the polies she be-
came usable to move her limbs. sod a stretcher had to be
sent for. It may be mentioned that upon the occuiou of
her giving birth to the three children, as mentioned, her
fdsiesty the Queen sent her • donating of 31.
THS ALLEGED MURDER AND ASTRIIPTED SUICIDE
AT Ethrriasza.—The investigation into the eircurestimees
of the alleged murder by poise. of William Ault, an infant,
aged 5 weeks by his mother, Mary Ann Ault, who so:used
herself of the crime end endeavoured to commit suicide,
was concluded on Wednesday night by Mr. W. Gorier,
the coroner for Surrey, at the Wandsworth union-house.
Mrs. Ann Hassell, with whom the accused lodged ; Mr.
G. B. Shaw, from whose surgery the bought. through her
daughter, a pennyworth oft audanum ; Mr. G. Shaw, who was
celled is u surgeon immediately after thesuppoesdadotiois-
tration of poison ; and Dr. Pettigrew, having been examined.
Polioe-constable Stirling said that Mrs. Ault was still in
Horstimooger-lane Gaol wider remand, charged with the
murder of her child, sod with attempting to commit suicide
by hanging herself. She new seemed to be quite rationaL
The little girl, Mary Ault, whose state of heathen ignorance
surprised the coroner, said that her father had " sever
tad her nothing " and that she !now nothing
aboat another world, had never mid a prayer, end did not
know the differs' between right sad wrong. Her stri-
dence, therefore, could not be taken. The coroner said
that though so doubt the ma'am intended to kill the child
by administering laudaaum, yet the medical evidence was
cosclusive that she had failed is causing death by that
mess., sod she could set be charged with the satuder.
The jury found the following verdict, " That the child,
William Ault, died from natural males sod not hem
poison."
OuntwaY.—Yesterday tie following persons
were proslainsed outlaws to the Sheriffs' Court A.
Enema, at the suit at William H. Berland ; Hwy
Robert Morris, at the snit el Reheat Monis ; Jones Beek
at the suit of Arthur Deseerakm ; William Booth, the
suit of William Watts Lesko; Benjamin Porker, at the wria
of Thomas White sad alms ; the her. Henry O. Wake,
at the snit at Robert Morris ; and Edward `M. Perry, albs
salt el Roberta. Heehaws. No appearamo wee made by
the defeviants, &Rhenish they were severally railed upon to
ennendisr. The next amity COWS appointed
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Tharsiay, the 21st September.