The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-11 00:00:00

MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL
GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar,
Baker-street.

RECENT ADDlTlONS.—President Lincoln and Presi-
dent Davis; Ancient Effigies of Henry IV. and his Queen
Joan. in magnificent costumes of the period (1399); and in
the Chamber of Physiognomy is a lull-length model of Geo.
Victor Townley.

Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night.
Admittance, ; extra rooms, 6d.

ARGYLL ROOM S, Windmill-street,
13 Piccadilly,
IS OPEN EVERY EVENING.
During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance
Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele-
brated Argyll Band, forty in number.
Doors Open at Half-past 8, commence at 9.
Admission is.
Manager, M. GRENET.

20, GEORGE-STREET, lIANOVER-SQUARE, W.
THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.
Open daily from 10 till 10. Where may be seen the
Astecs ; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant;
Eng and Shanz, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000
Models, Ntural Preparatns,Egyptin Mummies
unwrapped,a 4,000 years old.io Admission, Onea Shilling (tor,
Gentlemen only).

THE ORIGINAL
OYAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCE,
for Roast Meat, Hashes, Gravies, Stews, Steaks, Soups,
Fish, Game, &c.
Prepared only by the proprietors, Thos. BUCK and Co,, 10,
Bath-place, Dalston, London, N.E.

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
and Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort-
ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink-
stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian,
Alabas ,er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire S_par, Stu
Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT. Mine-
ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS,
MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly
facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON=
CIIOLOGY, ltal GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas
each.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE-
RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C.

Islington...Two Eight-roomed Houses.
-I_lKd . ANDREW BIND will SELL, by
RAUCTION, at the Mart, on TUESDAY, May 17, 1864,
at 12 for 1 o'clock, in two lots, the de.irable HOUSES, Nos. 3
and 5, Elmore-street, Lower-road, Islington, each containing
eight rooms and washhouse, with gardens.
May be viewed by cards from the Auctioneer only, and
particulars, with conditions of sale, had at the plincipal Inns
in the neighbourhood ; at the Auction Mart ; and at the
Auctioneer's Office, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

Barnet.—A Pair of Semi-detached Villas.
MR, ANDREW HIND will SELL, by
AUCTION, at the Mart, on TUESDAY, May 17, 1834,
at 12 for 1 o'clock, in two lots, the convenient Free old Seven-
roomed COTTAGES, Nos. 1 and 2, Lancaster-roa 1, New
Barnet, within two minutes' walk of a statio ► and half an
hour's ride from town. Let to respectable yearly tenants
at £44 per annum, but possession of one may be had.
May be viewed by permis,don of the tenants, and particu-
lars, with conditions of sale, had at the Railway Tavern ; of
C. Parke, Esq., solicitor, 37, Moorgate-street ; at the Auction
Mart ; and at the Auctioneer's Office,, corner of Little Carter-
lane, St. Paul's.

5O BUSINESSES.--Mr, ANDW. HIND'S
MAY LIST,
Cwitaining Businesses, Premiers, Partnerships, Acc., Gratis.
Letters, enclose stamp.—Particulars entered free.
OPPICES--CORNER OF LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S.

HOUSES.-IVIr. ANDREW HIND has for
SAE five COTT AGES close to a station, six miles
t mn town, Pr°duchlAt £65 per 'annum. Ground rent, £2O.
Price £3OO Part may remain on mortga?e. Also the fol-
low,ng:—Wandswortii, eight freehold, £l,O ; ditto, six
zlela,os2elLoldc,..£7, 0; Teddington, four, £5OO ; Nottinghill, three,
Offices, corner of Little Car.er-lane, St. Paul's.

A,WATER BUSINESS.
LE-ivSI9IIND has for SALE a first-class
the proprietor retiring. Profits .£7OO
shop, manufactory, stabling, &e,,
Sh'ouse,
£4B. Price, includlnf; the extensive plant, van,., hot, es, 5,000
ppierroVvi
annum.
i cl lialOr rB-41 . TEAS
RentSINA 1 '
pLE; SSW
dozen of bottles. and every requisite for a trade, £1,700. Ae, commod.tion for part. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane,
St. Paul's.

CITY PREMISES.—Mr. ANDREW RIND
has for DISPOSAL Vie LEASE of a large ROUSE
near St. Paul's, containing thirteen rooms, suitable for ornceij or warehouse. Rent £lOO. Terms 14 years. Price
Also a commanding shop and basement in cannon-street;
Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER
PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
pared without any mercurial ingredient, from therecipe of Dr.
cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
suffer from bilious and aver complaints, indigestion, wind,
spasms, giddiness, dizzine6s of the eyes, &o. For habitual
costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera-
tion and grsteful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxes, Is. lid., and three
times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine arc a square
green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the
stamp.

BONNET'S SILKS A LYON.--Every Article of
commerce takes its title either from the inventor or
manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the
greater is the credit which attaches to the originator.
BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica-
ion in England; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex-
oscd by the very trade mark of theflrm, as exhibited by
Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street.
The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end
ofeach piece Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., it Lyon
e Is Injurieux." Wear guaranteed.

SORTHAND.-PITMAN'S PHONOGRA-
PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d.

SHORTHAND.-PITMAN'S PHONOGRA-
PHIC MANUAL. Free by post, is. 6d.

OR THAN D.--"PITMAN'S PHONO-
Ly GRAPITY forms an exceedingly efficient—probably
the MOST efficient— system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir
Rowland Hill.

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These magnificent vessels are unsurpassed by any ocean-
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For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents,
Alfred Laming and Co., 8, Leadenhall-street.

THE BENEFACTOR OF THE 'SKIN.
MOLL ARD'S PERFUMED SULPHUR
MAL SOAP and CRE AIT for ordinary toilet purposes,
and "BAREGE' SULPHUR CREAM, for Baths, free
from disagreeable odour ; an infallible means of preserving
the skin and body in perfect health ; they are also an effectual
remedy in curing local and cutaneous affections and rheuma-
tism. Highly patronised and recommended by the most
eminent physicians (see Testimonials). Tablets of Soap, from
Nos. 1 to 5, according to the degree of sulphur they contain,
sold at the deot chemists., Coventry-street, London,
W., and at alt l'respectuses and testinioniale sent
on application.

The Extraordinary poisoning Case in Paris.

The great "oyer of poisoning" in the La Ponme-

rats case was opened on Monday morning in the
Assize Court. The seats rcarrved for the public were
filled at the first rush by holders of tickets, no others
being admitted. M. de Boissieu was the presiding
judge, and the Advocate-General (Oscar de Vallee)
conducted the prosecution. M. Lachand appeared
for the prisoner. Tae letter is a man of small sta-
ture and youthful appearance, with dark hair and
lively intelligent eyes. He wore a white cravat, and
thyededelealaredh
Pomme-
rais, and said hei
the usual- preliminary questions,
tnq uoensdt i ocnosu,
carefully
ry dressed. On being asked
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Paris at the time of his arrest was Rue des Saints
Peres, No, 5, The indictment was then read. That
part of it which accuses him of the murder of Ma-
dame Pauw by Poisoning
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that
tlso poisoned his mother-in-law,
Madame Dubizy, Was i
ci The crime of which the widow Pauw was the
raie. Two years szty,cboymmsi
victim was not the n the following terms :
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accomplishedluBzly,
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in-law, binyeaLnas.Polmt
wmaes-
in-law, Madame Du
whose representationswithout
bmoaurtreioe
considerable
a, i
daenrda
bhlies m a
difficulty.rriage
in-law,
consisted of shares
distrustful
about
uhte r
hie future Bon-
in-law, fortuneo n -
appeared to her suspicious ; and it turned out, in
point of fact,
.that the greater part of his pretended
he
erohpae
Well founded, payable to bearer, which
drtYborrowed from a
however, as was the sus-
person named Pelordy de
isiadame Dubizy, she did not succeed in
of her daughter; but she
insisted that the marriage contract should be made
ioeithe confidence
of a separation of goods. La
Pommerais was constrained to submit to this
condition, and he consequently found himself
i mdraeti
unable to dispose of his wile's fortune which
shakingNulapi ecouinovnii the footing
Madame Dabizy sedulously took care of.
immediately afterwards
necessary to relieve
surveillance, and to
of the remaining fortune of
after Madame
his
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put him
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of t hi
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months had elapsad
marriagepabizY Swchaerneewlyetfiwnod him, on October 4,
buying 50 centigrammes ?s digitalis at M. Menier's
y afterwards Madame
vomiting. Drs, Leboucher
drug-shop. Almostbealth
theretofore had been excel-
lent, was suddenly taken ill 'while at dinner, and
called in. They
and
ds sLeioziesdeawuithwaerioeleanatecessively
prescribed various remedies, but their prescriptions
were not followed. Dr. Leboucher paid her only a
single visit, and Dr. Loiseau, as he admits himself,
only went " to cover La Pommerais.'' It was La
Pommerais who superintended her treatment. He
says, in order to explain the vomiting, that his
mother-in-law had au Etttaek of cholera (an allegation
which Dr. Loiseau denies), and at the same time he
and 25 centi-
grammes for her, from Labainville's pharmacy, medi-
caments which could 01119 have been wanted for such
malady. 10 centigrammes of digitalis
grammes of hydrachlorate of morphine were sup-
plied in the night of the 10th of October by order
of La Pommerais, and the following day Madame
Dubizy breathed her last. The prisoner lost no
time in obtaining possession of her personal pro-
perty, which was worth between 40,000 fr. and
50,000 fr. He refused to have an inventory and
disposed as he pleased of the securities of which
the fortune consisted, and most of which have
now disappeared. He thus attained his object,
and for a long time flattered himself that his crime
would never be known. However, much surprise
was caused by the sudden death of Madame
linhi2;y, nobody paieted out at the time how
strange and inexplicable the circumstances were.
But the facts relative to the deaths of the widow
Pauw called attention to thoes, of the former

the asylum, The pipe produced is the piece of gas pipe
with which Hobbs inflicted the blow. It was in the water-
closet, and was not properly fastened. At one end of the
gas pipe is a joint, and it was with that joint that ho struck
deceased on the

By Mr. Ford—l had 73 patients under charge of myself
and two other keepers in the ward. They did not see what
took glace. I called out to the other keepers, and they ran to
my assistance, and helped to convey Phillips to his bed.
Hobbs is not a violent character. He had been there about

three weeks. He had been violent and pushed patients
about, but did not strike them. As soon as I saw Hobbs
come out of the closet with the gaspipe in his hand I made
towards him, but the blow was struck betore I could reach
them. Never reported Hobbs to the medical officer for
violence. Patients are net restricted as to going to the
closets, and unless they are troublesome we have no instruc-
tions to notice the time they are there. When this event
occurred I reported it to Usher, the chargeman of the ward,
and he entered it in a book. I am on duty from 6in the
morning till Bat night. I assume deceasel to be violent,
because of the torn state of his bedding in the morning.
There are no persons from whom danger is expected in No.
5 Ward.

James Usher said he was principal attendant in No, 5
Ward, and knew deceased, who was much excited on Thurs-
day last. He was quiet when he first came in, but gradually
became worse. The night attendant said he slept very little.
Hobbs was a destructive, but not what we consider a very
violent patient. He had occasionally struck at the other
patients. Was called to the deceased after Hobbs had given
him the blow, but did not see it. Deceased was not insen-
sible till after 5 o'clock, Witness informed Mr Fleming,
head assistant, of what had happened, and he informed the
doctor. Made an entry of the occurrence in the day-book.
The doctor did not see the deceased till about 5 o'clock. The
occurrence took place a little before 1.
By the Jury—l did not go to the doctor at once, because
I did not think the accident a serious one. I skewed the
gas pipe to MrFlemming when I told him of the oocurrence.
I have not been reprimanded for not going direct to the
surgeon. It was about half-past 1 when I told Mr
Flemming.

By Mr Ford—After Phillips was struck he was taken to
his bed in the half-padded room, because he became so
violent. When I first saw deceased alter the occurrence
E wens had got hold of him, and another attendant had hold
of Hobbs. Did not make the entries in the book till the
evening.

The book was produced, and the entry was —" John Vine
Phillips, alight cut on left side of the head ; done by Daniel
Hobbs." There was another entry in the column headed
" Patients' Seclusion"—" Daniel Hobbs, four hours. John
Vine Phillips, four hours. Very excited, and fighting,"
Evidence continued—This last entry refers to the placing
of the deceased and Daniel Hobbs for four hours each in
padded rooms. Did not know that Philipps was dead when
he made these entries. Deceased was in the padded room
at 8 o'clock, and died there. He was not dead when wit-
ness left at 8 o'clock. They were not put there as a punish-
ment. There was no punishment in the asylum.
Geo. Flemming said he was head attendant of No. 1,4,
and 5 wards. First heard of the attack on deceased by
Hobbs from Usher at half-past one on Thursday, and he
showed him the piece of gas pipe with which he had struck
Phillips on the sit' eof the head. Went and saw Phillips,
and was under the impression that the injury was not a
dangerous one, as the patient was not more excited than
usual. Did not think it of sufficient importance to send for
the medical man. Saw Phillips two or three times during
the afternoon, and did not observe any change in him till
about five o'clock. Thinking he was worse, he sent for the
surgeon. Did not know he had died till the following
morning.
An entry which witness had also made was read, in which
it was stated that Hobbs had been placed in seclusion for
striking deceased with the gaspipe, and afterwards smashing
two panes of glass and destroying a strong rug.
Dr. Edgar Sheppard said he was medical superintendent
of the male department of the asylum. All officers were
under his control, He had the power of suspending them
for misconduct. Did not consider the conduct of any of
the attendants was reprehensible in reference to the death
of deceased. Was called to ma deceased about five o'clock
on Thursday. He was then comatose and had a rapid pulse,
and had a slight wound behind the left ear. He died at a
quarter to eleven the same night. Had since made a post
mortem examination. There was a comminuted fracture of
the skull, and a large effusion of blood on the left side of
the brain, quite sufficient to cause death. The cause of
death was effusion of blood on the brain from the fracture.

By the Coroner—Hobbs was admitted under somewhat
similar circumstances as Phillips, on the 21st of April. He
was more violent than Phillips. The medical certificate
under which he was sent to the asylum stated that he was
exceedingly violent and dangerous to others. Hobbs was
56 years of age. I did not apprehend any aggressive personal
violence from either Hobbs or Phillips. They were both
what are termed paralytic patients.
By Mr. Ford—lt frequently happens that the statements