The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-19 00:00:00

FALL OF DUFFEL.

BERLIN, APRIL 18,
The Dappel redoubts were captured this morning
by the Prussian troops.
Two thousand Danes were made prisoners,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

TATTERSALLS'.-LAST EVENING.

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.

5 to 2 agst Fille de I'Air (taken freely)
7 to' 1 aget General Peel (taken)
8 to 1 agst Sir Roger (taken)
15 to 1 agst Durham (taken)
20 to 1 agst Historian (offered)
20 to 1 agst Paris (offered)
20 to 1 agst Claremont (offered)
25 to 1 aget 1-loilyfox (taken)
40 to 1 aget knight of Snowden (taken)

CHESTER CLP.
10 to 1 agst Lord Zeeland (taken)
10 to 1 agst Change (taken)
20 to 1 agst Oldminster (taken)
20 to 1 aget Greenland (taken)
20 to 1 agst Gordian Knot (offered)

THE DERBY.
7 to 1 agat Scottish Chief (offered)
15 to 1 agst Birch Broom (taken)
15 to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken)
100 to S aget Coast Guard (offered)
20 to 1 agst General Peel (taken)
25 to 1 agat Forager (taken)
25 to 1 aget Baragah (taken)
30 to 1 agst Ely (taken)
50 to 1 aget Strafford (taken)
66 to 1 aget Hollyfox (taken)

RACING FIXTU:

[RES FOR 1864.
RIL.

Lewes Spring l9
Cardiff

Newmarket First Spring. 25

Chester
York Spring
Salisbury l2
Blaydon
Radcliffe l6

Redditch l6
Bath
Manchester (Summer
Harpenden
Epsom 24
rNE

Wye
Maidstone 3
Ascot ..
Hampton
Newton
Odiham
Bibury .. 22

Beverley
Stockbridge
Chelmsford 2S,
New Forest Hunt 9B
Newcastle-on-Tyne 28
Worcester (Summer)
Ipswich
LY.

Newmarket July
Carlisle
Pontefract
Abingdon
Cambridge
Liverpool July
Stamford

Nottingham
Winchester l9
Southampton .. 2O
Chesterfield
King's Lynn
Goodwood

Horrible Murder and Suicide.

A murder of a very horrible description was yester-
day discovered to have been perpetrated in No. 5, Leigh..
street, Burton• crescent, in the occupation of Mr. Ashley,
a woollen draper and tailor.

That gentleman informed the police that he and his
family felt some alarm from the fact that they saw
blood trickling down the walls et the kitchen, which is
below the back parlour. Mr. Ashley, thinking that
something was wrong, had tried to gain admission to
the back parlour, but this he could not do, nor could
he make anyone hear. He also said that the room
was occupied by a man of the name of James Pearce and
his wile, whose name it is stated was Elizabeth.
On the police gaining an entrance into the room
most fearful sight presented itself, for on the ground,
lying side by side, lay the bodies of Mr. and Mrs.
Pearce, their throats cut in a most fearful manner, and
weltering in a pool of blood, By the side of the man was
lying a long sheath knife, covered with blood, and it was
very evident from its condition that it had been recently
sharpened. From the appearance of the bodies it would
appear that the man had first murdered his wife and then
cut his own throat,

The police at once sent off for medical aid, and Mr. J. T.
Paul, of 26, Burton-crescent, divisional surgeon of the E
division, immediately attended. He made an examination
of the bodies and perceived life was extinct, but gave it as his
opinion that death had not long taken place. He also made
a cursory examination of the bodies (which he had found
lying on their backs in separate pools of blood) and found
on the female a tremendous cut on the top of the head,
extending down to the bone, and which he had no hesita-
tion in saying had been inflicted by some blunt instrument.
There was also an immense cut extending from the front of
the neck down to the spine, her head hanging only by a
small piece of skin and the bone. This wound alone would
have caused instantaneous death. The man had also a very
deep cut extending half across the throat, and separating the
windpipe, and it was of such a severe character that death
must have been instantaneous.

Both bodies were fully dressed ; and it was evident that
the husband and wife had retired to rest, as they were seen to
go into the house last night, and the bed plainly showed that
two parties had lain there. Not the slightest disturbance
of the room had taken place, and no noise or screaming was
heard, although it is stated by the parties in the house that
the deceased got up about half-past 5 this morning.
The deceased are supposed to he about 35 years of age, and
the cause of this dreadful occurrence is supposed to be jea-
lousy