The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-18 00:00:00

THE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S.

Yesterday Dr. Lankester resumed the inquiry at the
Oporto-stores, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, into the circum-
stances connected wiih the murder of Emma Jackson.

The Coroner said that last Friday he opened the inquiry
for the purpose of taking the depositions of the prin-
cipal witnesses. The brother of the deceased said he knew
nothing of the death. The servant of the house said she
remembered letting the deceased and a man into the house,
but she, being sleepy, did not take any particular notice of
the parties. She said that she went upstairs and found the
window wide open, but the door locked on the outside
The Coroner then called—

The son of the keeper of the house, who underwent a long
examination both by the coroner and the jury, but nothing
was elicited from him to throw the least light on this hor-
rible murder.

The Inspector of the E Division, who took the charge at
the station, was also examined, but his evidence was of
very little consequence, as he only proved the finding
of a halfpenny between the chemise and the bedclothes of
the deceased, slightly saturated with blood. He also
tated that he hed found a thimble in the bed where de-
ceased lay, which he had shown to the mother of the un-
fortunate woman, who partially recognised it as belonging
to her daughter.

The other evidence adduced was not of the least im.
portance.

The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder agaiusi
some person or persons unknown."

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

(From the _London Gazette of lastgrening.)
WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 16.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her in-
tention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on
the undermentioned officers, whose claims to the Fame have
been submitted for her Majesty's approval, on acciunt of
acts of bravery performed by them in India, as recorded
against their names, viz. :
Lieutenant (now Captain) Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken,
late 13th Bengal Native Infantry (now of the Bengal Staff
Corps)—For various acts of gallantry performed during
the defence of the Residency of Lucknow, from the
30th of June to the 22d of November, 1857 :-
11. On three different occasions, Lieutenant Aitken
went into the garden under the enemy's loopholes in the
" Captain's Bazaar." On two of these occasions, he brought
out a number of bullocks which had been left in the garden ;
—subsequently, on the 3d of July, the enemy having set
fire to the Bhoosa Stock in the garden, and it being appre-
hended that the fire would reach the powder magazine
which hae been left there, Lieutenant Aitken, accompanied
by other officers, went into the garden, and cut down all the
tents which might have cammunicated the fire to the
powder. This was done, close to the enemy's loopholes,
under a bright light from the flames. It was a most dan-
gerous service. 2. On the night of Aug. 20, the enemy
having set fire to the Baillie Guard Gate, Lieut. Aitken was
the first man in the gateway, and, assisted by some sepoys
and a water••caider of his regiment, he partially opened
the gate under a heavy fire of musketry, and, having
removed the burning woe d and straw, saved the gate.
3. On the evening of Sept. 25, this officer led on 12 sepoys
of his regiment, for the purpose of attacking two guns
opposite the gate referred to, in order to prevent their being
turned op the late Major• Gen. Havelock's second column.
Having captured them, he attacked and took the Teree
Kotee, with a small force. On the morning of Sept. 26,
with a small party of his regiment, he assaulted and cap-
tured the barricaded gateway of the Furreed Buksh Palace,
and the palace itself. On this occasion he sprang up
against a small wicket gee on the right, and pre-
vented the enemy from shutting it, until, with assistance,
it was forced or :n, and the assaulting party were thus
enabled to rush in. The complete success of the attack
was solely owing to this officer's distinguished bravery.
5. In a subsequent Sortie on the 29th of September, Lieut.
Aitken volunteered to take a gun which still continued
firing, taking with him four soldiers through the houses
and lanes to the gun. The enemy fired on this party from
the houses, but they held their ground, until a stronger
party coming up, the gun was upset from its carriage, and
taken into the Residency. Another gun was subsequently
taken.