The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-19 00:00:00

The Murder at Sunning-hill Park,

Yesterday afternoon the police were still endeavouring
to discover the perpetrator of the cruel murder at Sunning-
hill Park, the seat of Mr P. H. Crutchley. The lodge in
which Mrs Butler lived is one of those small buildings,
consisting of two or three rooms, which are usually placed
just inside the gates of the roads leading to the country seats
in the district. It is a neat little place, with whitewashed
front, and a central door, on each side of which is a window.
In front of the house there is a pretty flower garden, sepa-
rated from the private road which leads to the mansion (a
mile or so distant) by a low railing. The site of the lodge
is a rather lonely one, as it is about half a mile from Buck-
hurst-hill, where, with the exception of a farm some 4hoo or
300 yards off, are the nearest houses to the scene of the
murder.

From further inquiries it appears that Mrs Butler acted
as housekeeper to William Manoey at the lodge. -,Manoey
is in the employ of Mr Nelson, a racehorse trainer at Wink-
field, and on leaving home about half-past five o'clock on
Saturday morning to go to his work heard the old woman,
who was asleep in her room, and did not disturb her, and
from this time it is stated that no one seems to have noticed
anything particular till the discovery of the crime in the
course of the evening, when the woman was found in tr
dying state by Kentish, the carrier. The murder seems to
have been committed vt ith much brutality and violence, for
on the red brick floor just inside the door, where the pave-
ment has become hollowed with wear, there is a large pool
' of coagulated blood, while against the door leading to the
kitchen, where the murdered woman seems to have laid her
head, there is a large stain and splashes of blood. The
body of the poor woman now lies in the bedroom of the
lodge, which is in charge of Police-constable Hewitt, 15
Berks Constabulary, Who are the guilty parties is at pre,-
sent a mystery ; bat the police are said to be in pursuit of
two tramps, a man and woman, who were seen on the road
to Windsor a short distance from the lodge by Kentish, the
carrier. There are also other rumours afloat, but till the
inquest takes place probably little w.ll be brought to light
with regard to the perpetrators of this foul deed. Al pre-
sent it certainly would seem that the murder was not com-
mitted from motives of plunder, as, though there was a
little money in the house, nothing was disturbed or brolatn
open. What is most singular is that the murderer or mur-
derers were not disturbed while in the act of destroying the
life of the poor victim, as the lodge is bounded by two roads,
one a private and the other a public one, along which per-
sons might be expected to pass at any moment.

A general order bas bJen received at Chatham from the
Horse Guards, announcing that the examination in July,
1565, of candidate., for admission to the Staff College will
comprise the following portions of military history and
geography :—Military History.—The Campaigns of the
13ritish army in the Peninsula, in the years ISOB 9 .10,with
a general outline of the operations of Liao Spanish armies so
far as they were calculated to influence those of the British.
Military Geography— The geography of Spain and Portu-
gal considered with reference to military operations. The
following works may be read with advantage, not to the ex-
clusion, however, of ethers, whether English or French,
which may throw light on the campaigns to be studied
Napier's Peninsular 'War ; Briahnont's Life of Wellington;
Gurwood's Despatches of the Duke of Wellington, (selec-
tion);s Macdougail's Theory of War; and Lavalbe.
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Mili-
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