The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1865.

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J. and D. NICOLL; Tailors to the.
II • Queen, Royal Family, and Courts of Europe.—
For GENTLEMEN the FASHIONS for th© SEASONS,
for the promenade or demi-dress—Superfine frock coats,
with rich silk breast facings, or morning coats of superfine
Melton cloths, the charge for the former being 3i to 4i
guineas; for the latter 2i to 3i guineas. For neglig6
purposes, morning coats with pocket flaps at the waist,
also the neglig6 jackets ; these are of Melton, fancy coat-
ings, Angola and Cheviots, the prices from 255. to 4
guineas. The Angolas and Cheviots are also made in
suits, at prices from 2 to 4 guineas; evening dress, black
cloth of the finest quality. For -Overcoats—Melton,
Beaver, and \Vitney cloths, from 2 to 8 guineas. For
young gentlemen from eight years of age—The morning
coat and neglig6 jacket ; also suits of Angola and Cheviot,
the prices according to size, commencing at 31s. 6d. the
suit. For boys from four years of age—The Knicker-
bocker and Highland costume of black velvet, or fine
cloth for dress, and of Angolas and Cheviots for morning,
the price of the first size Knickerbocker, 1 guinea the suit.
For Overcoats—Melton, Beaver, and Witney cloths, from
Ito 2 guineas each. Foreigners and visitors to London,
Manchester, and Liverpool will find at Messrs. Nicholl's
garments ready for immediate use, or made at a few hours'
notice.—H. J. and D. Nicoll, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-
street; 22, Cornhill, London; 10, Mosley-street; Man-
chester ; and 50, Bold-street, Liverpool.

QTODARE. - CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.-
THEA 12 RE OF MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL.
MARVELS in MAGIC and VE T •tIL, QUI S VI, as per-
termed by command before hermajesty the Que n and the
Royal Family at Windsor Castle, uesday Evening Nov. 2
18 5. Great attractions tor CHRISTMAS. Magic, Ventri-
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marvellous SPHINX, the BIRTH of ,'LO WE tt T REES, and
STO DARE'S c^lebrated INDIAN BASKET FEAT, as only
per!ormed by him.
Also, an Extra Day Performance on BOXIgG-DAY,
Tuesday, Dec. 26, at 3 o'clock.
Every evening at 8 ; Wednesday and -'aturday at 3. Stalls
at Mitchell's. Old Bond-street, and Box-office, Egyptian
Admis.ion, is., 2.. ; and stalls, 3s.
"Almost miraculous."—Vide Times, April 18, 18:*5.

eI_HRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall,
Piccadilly.—The only original ani veritable legitimate
CHREiTY MINSTRELS Every Night at 8, Wednesdays and
Saturdays at 3 and 8, retaining. all the specialties and old
favourites who originally created the reputation of the Com
pany. Fauteuils, 55.; stalls, 3s ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; gal-
lery, is. Tickets at tustin's, 28, Piccadilly.-31auager, Mr.
Frederick Burgess.

EIHE 0 X F O R D.
6, OXFOttD bTREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury flail Company almttem.
THE MARKET GIRLS byJ.
Offenbach, and a New CANTATA, by Meyerbeer, wi I be
performed by Misses Russell. Barrie, Walme.ley, Tyrell,
Mien Reid, Madame Maria, and Miss Fitzllenry ; Messrs.
A. st. Albyn, Husk. Evans, W. Williams, auo Senors Tivoli
and Spagnoli,with full :;and and Chorus, THIS EVNI.N Din
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmaus.
The HUNGARIANS —The Brothers ind Sister KIR AL I
will have the honour of introducing their National Dance 4
in costume this evening.
Nt)TICE.—The LIGHT DRAGOONS, by MAILLATIT,
will be shortly pr)duced.
Admissiol —Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, is.; prive4te
boxes, 10s. 6d.

CANTERBURY HALL.
TI-FU3T!
The Music composed and arranged by Wil'em Vandervol,
will be produced on BOXING-NIGHT Tues , December
the 266,i, 1865.

Mr. E. MARSHALL will make his first appearance these

two years In
RI-FUM TI-FUM!

Mr. and Mrs. W. RA.NDAL will make their Re-appear

ance in
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LES FRWRES D'KPOILE in
RI-F UM T I-F UM!
Les MONTAGN ALUM will make the,r first appearance in
this Couutry in
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The of lIER(.;Un.Y by the renowned
TALLIoT
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Signor TESCANO, the Cousin and idval of the late
DON To, in _ .

RI-FUM TI-FUM!
The MYSTERIES OF MABILE in
RI-FUM TI-FUM.!
Les TABLEAUX D'AMOUR, illuminated by the Magnesium
Liot, is
R I -F T I -F UM!
The Beautiful BA LLER I w E S in
RI-F UM TI-FUM!
LE GA.LOP INFERNAL in
Rl-F UM T I-F UM! _ _

The Fairy Orchestra, designed and painted by Mr. W.
Gowiie, in
RI-FUM TI-FUM!

Upwards of ONE, HUND KED PERSONS will appeal in
RI-F T I-F UM!

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Admittance, One Shilling; Children under 10, half-price;
Extra Rooms, Sixp• nce.

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Piccadilly.—GßAND CASINO and MUSICAL PRO-
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Musical Director, M. LUIGI CURTI.
Manager, Mons. GRENET.
The Band plays nightly Seleztions from the most eminent
Composers.
Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to 12
o'clock.
Admission to Promenade, One Shilling.

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soner about 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning, and
conversed with him for a quarter of an hour, and
the result of the interview was to impress on the
mind of the witness that the prisoner was of un-
sound mind. This opinion was founded on the ap-
pearance, discourse, and an extraordinary delusion
of the prisoner, which was, as he said, that
the " occasion required him to commit the two
murders committed." Assuming all the facts de-
scribed by the witness Ellis to be true, it was the
opinion of the witness that the prisoner was insane,
especially the calmness of the prisoner after having
committed such a hideous murder. The prisoner
told this witness that he did not consider murder to
be a crime. In answer to the learned Judge, the
witness said it was his opinion that the insanity of
the prisoner was accompanied with lucid intervals.
The witness said he asked him how he came to com-
mit such horrible murders, and the prisoner an-
swered that " the o3casion required it." The wit-
ness said he believed the prisoner did not believe
that the acts were crimes.
Mr. Poland—He told you so?—Yes. And you
believed him ?—Yes. And thought it a proof of
delusion ?—Yes ; certainly. He said that they (his
wife and child) were destitute, and that it was bet-
ter to rid them of life, and that it was right to do so.
You thought his moral sense so blunted that he did
not think that murder was a crime ?—Yes •, it so
appeared to me. (The witness said he could dis-
tinguish between feigned and real insanity, having
been frequently called in to decide. He admitted,
however, that it might be difficult to do so, and that
it might be necessary, in order to detect feigned
insanity, to have several interviews. It was put to
him whether the prisoner's observation that "if
he -returned to London he should return under the
sentence of death" did not indicate that he
understood the punishment of murder to be
death, upon which he hesitated a good deal, and
at first said he thought it did not, but, the
question being repeated by the learned judge, he at
last said he thought it did at that time. He was then
asked whether the telegram, " In prison ; my life is
over ; have to justify myself from most terrible
charges ; see my friend ; want his brother," &c.,
did not indicate sense and sanity ; upon which he
said that he should think it did at that time, and
that it showed that at that time the prisoner might
be of sound mind ; but it was not inconsistent with
either view, and was consistent with both.)
The learned Judge—Should you say that he knows
he is on his trial fcr murder ?—I do not think he
does. You think he does not know what is passing
in court?--I should doubt it. You so judge from
all you have seen of him ?—Yes. (These answers
seemed to excite some surprise in court.)
Mr. Sutton, surgeon, of Sittingbourne, was next
called, and said he had seen the prisoner once—yes-
terday—before the trial, conversed with him, noticed
his demeanour, and came to the conclusion that he
was subject to delusion, and consequently that at
the time of the murder he was not in a sound state
of mind ; and considering his actions at Ramsgate,
as proved in court, only strengthened his opinion.
The learned Judge—What particular facts, sir,
strengthened your opinion?—His cool and collected
manner, and his display of affection for the child
before and after the murder.
Mr. Poland—That is, the affection he showed for
the child before he killed her strengthened your
view that he was not in a sound state of mind ?
Yes. That is, to kill a child he had previously
kissed was a proof of insanity?—Not that alone,
but it was confirmatory of the delusion.
The learned Judge—What delusion ?—That he
had committed no crime. g'ot a delusion as to any
fact or person, but a moral delusion ?—A destruc-
tive tendency.
Mr. Poland—He told you he considered it no
crime, and you took his word for it ; that is, that
he thought so 2—Yes ; it seemed to show delusion.
When you spoke to him on Tuesday, did he seem
to know that he was to b 3 tried for murder?—Yes,
I think he did. You don't place much reliance,
surely, on his being " cool and collected," do you ?
You have surely known cases of criminals " cool
and collected ?" (Witness admitted that he had.
but upon the whole, he said, he thought the priL
soner not of sound mind. If asked a question, he
said, he could answer rationally, but his manner
was confused and rambling ; he did not say in-
coherent.)
The learned Judge—Do you say that he knows
he is being tried for murder ?—Yes ; 1 think he
does. And understands what is going on ?—Yes,
I think so. And understands what you say ?—Yes,
I think so. I believe him to be rational on most
points ; only as to his destructive tendency, and
these murders, I think he is insane and does not
know them to be crimes. How far should you say
this delusion or monomania extends ?—lt is, I
think, a homicidal mania ; although it is difficult
to define where insanity begins and ends. I think
it is homicidal mania.—ls it, do you think, general
or special—that is, a general tendency to homicide,
or a special tendency to kill particular persons?—
Not general.
This closed the evidence for the defence, which
had a good deal disturbed the gravity of the Court.
and gone far to deprive it of the solemnity which
usually attends a trial for murder.
Mr. Poland then addressed the jury in reply on
the part of the prosecution. The defence was, he
said, that the prisoner was insane, and it really
came to this, that he was to be considered insane on
account of the greatness of the crime ; but, accord-
ing to his view, there was no single action of the
prisoner previous to the murder that indicated
insanity,
The learned Judge summed up the case to the
jury, at the conclusion of which the jury retired to
consider their verdict. They were not long absent,
and on their return they, amid the breathless
silence of a crowded court, first pronounced their
finding that he was now of sane mind, and then
they returned the fatal verdict of " Guilty" upon
the charge of murder.
There was, upon this, not merely a murmur of
satisfaction, but the commencement of a burst of
applause, which was of course immediately checked.
The prisoner was then called upon in the usual
way to say anything he had to say against sentence
of death.
He said nothing, and, indeed, showed no feeling
at all.
Proclamation of silence was then made, and the
learned judge having assumed the black cap, was
about to pass the last dreadful sentence of the law,
when the prisoner spoke, and, in the same affected
tone of voice he bad assumed throughout, desired to
address some observations to the Court, if he was
entitled to do so.
The learned Judge—Prisoner, you are at liberty
to show anything in arrest of judgment ; or to show
that from matter of law I cannot pass sentence upon
you, but you are not at liberty to question the pro-
priety of the verdict, or to enter into any extraneous
circumstances.
The prisoner, still in the same affected tone, de-
sired to have the memoranda he had made in the
course of the trial in order to enable him to make
some observations on the case.
The learned Judge—Prisoner, it would be vain.
It would be vain to have these memoranda. It
would be in vain to offer any observations, un-
r,ntehodedoubt that you
less you are prepared to urge anything to show
that in point of law I am precluded from passing
sentence upon you. It would be vain to urge any-
thing else. Now is the time only to urge anything
in point of law to show that I cannot now proceed
to pass upon you the sentence of the law for the
crime of wilful murder.
The prisoner being now silent, seemingly im-
pressed with a sense of awe,
The learned Judge proceeded to pass sentence on
him. Prisoner at the bar, he said, you have been
convicted after the fullest trial, upon the most care-
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The prisoner, who seemed at last awe-struck and
spell-bound, was removed, and the vast audience
dispersed.

An engine driver on the Northern Railway,
named Dint, and residing at Lesquien (Nord), has
just killed his daughter by stabbing her with a
knife, after which he blew out his own brains with
a pistol. He was intoxicated at the time, but his
motive for this double crime is believed to be his
irritation, at learning that his daughter, who is
unmarried, was likely soon to become a mother,

The annual general meeting was held on the
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the council stated that the position which the insti-
tutiou had now attained was most satisfactory. In
the charter of incorporation granted in the year
1828, and in the by-laws and regulations based
upon that charter, the designation of" Civil Engi-
neer" was made to embrace every branch of engi-
neering except that devoted to the military art, as
the founders seemed to have anticipated that a time
would arrive when, as a matter of course, every one
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to render the objects less comprehensive; but efforts
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under one corporation, and thus to add materially
to the power, influence, and importance of the
profession at large. There had been 24 ordinary
general meetings during the past session, when 12
"papers" only had been read out of those submitted
to the council, owing to the protracted and animated
discussions to which they gave rise. For these Tel-
ford medals and premiums of books had been
awarded to Capt. Tyler, R.E., Messrs. J. W. Bazal-
gette, C. Reilly, E. H. Clark, T. Hawthorn, E.
Fletcher, E. Johnston, G. 0. Mann, W. J. W.
Heath, and J. Taylor, and the Manby premium in
books to Mr. H. B. Hederstedt. About 300 volumes
ebteeoderotonotshtaceornlntil,siy borne in mind, and no
had been added to the library during the year, and
a portrait of the late Sir William Cubitt, past pre-
sident, by Mr. Boxall, R.A., had been received
from his son, Mr. Cubitt. A tabular statement
showed that in the twelve months the number of
elections had been 142, of deceases 21, of resigna-
tions five, and of erasures eight, leaving an effective
increase of 108, and making the total number of
members of all classes 1,203, being an increase of
nearly 10 per cent. since the last annual meeting.
From the abstracts of the receipts and expenditure
for the year ending the 30th of November, it ap-
peared that the receipts from fees alone bad been
£3,950 as against disbursements of all kinds of
£3,511; while the income account was further in-
creased by the dividends upOn trust funds, amount-
ing to £353, and upon investments (not being trust)
of £4OO, as well as from other sources to the extent
of £350. The income from subscriptions and fees
had been more than doubled in the last 12 years,
and that from dividends, &c., was upwards of seven
times what it was at the same period. The realised
property of the institution now comprised :-1,
general funds, £12,510 ; 2, building fund, £2,503 ;
and 3, trust funds, £9,970, making a total of
£24,983, as against £22,541, at the date of the pre-
vious report. By the will of the late Mr. Appold,
whose interest in the welfare of the society was un-
flagging, provision was made for a sum of £l,OOO
being conveyed to the institution on the decease of
Mrs. Appold. The Benevolent Fund established in
connexion with the institution 12 months ago had
since been fully organised, and the donations received
had amounted to £22,782, and the annual subscrip-
tions for 1865 to £712, being a little in excess of
and an increase of 30 per cent. upon the sums pro-
mised respectively. In conclusion, reference was
made to a private bill to besubmitted toParliament
in the ensuing session, for which plans had been de-
posited and the usual notices served, as it appeared
calculated to affect very seriously the interests of
the institution. The'project alluded to was entitled
" Houses of Parliament Approaches," and part of it
contemplated the compulsory purchase of all the
property on the north side of Great George-street,
including the house occupied by the institution. The
council felt it to be their duty to direct attention to
this subject, believing it to be one which demanded
mature consideration. Thanks were then unani-
mously voted to the president and other members
of the council, as well as to the officers. The ballot
for the council for the ensuing year resulted in the
election of—Mr. John Fowler, as president; Messrs.

Joseph Cubitt, Charles H. Hutton Gregory, Thos.
Hawksley, and John Scott Russell, as vice-presi-
dents; Messrs. James Abernethy, William Henry
Barlow, John Frederic Bateman, Nathaniel Beard-
more, James Brunlees, Thomas Elliot Harrison,
George Willoughby Hemans, John Murray, George
Robert Stephenson, and Charles Vignoles, as mem-
bers ; and Messrs. Joseph Freeman and John Kelk,
M.P., as associates.

London Impi ovements•

The contemplated improvements in the thorough-
'ares of the metropolis will effect a great alteration

in their appearance. Some of these works have long
been pioposed, while others have grown out of other
gigantic improvements. For instance, the demoli-
tion of Northumberland-house is called for by the
construction of the Thames Embankment ; and
although the price fixed for compensation (£150,000)
is very heavy, there does not seem to be any possi-
bility of making suitable approaches at Charing-
, cross unless this building and its grounds are pur-
, chased. The total cost of making this new tho-

roughfare is estimated ht £190,000 ; but it is
believed that the ground rents of the new shops
and other buildings to be erected will go far
to repay the expense incurred. The roadway
along the embankment will here be 80 feet wide,
and a large clump of trees will be planted along
the road. There are a number of other improve-
ments proposed by the Board of Works, who, it
may be added, reserve to themselves the right of
approving of the style in which the shops and
houses will be built. Between Hungerford and
Waterloo bridges about 400 feet,of slime is being
reclaimed from the river by the embankment, and it
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the foreground. Here, of course, the board have a
splendid opportunity of erecting buildings that will
be an ornament to the metropolis. We may state,
before dismissing the subject of the embankment,
is now
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scheme which will run under the embankment. The
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.High-street,Thepark-
Park-
lane difficulty is to be conquered by pulling down
the buildings from Gloucester House, the residence
of the Duke of Cambridge, to 1, Park-lane, so giv-
ing this thoroughfare an uniform width of 70 feet,
which is the same width as Cannon-street. The noble
duke is to receive £65,000 compensation for the de-
struction of his mansion. The widening of Mansion-
house-street is, of course, absolutely necessary for
the safety of the public ; and we hope this part of
the bill will be agreed to as soon as Parliament meets.
Notices have already been served upon the tenants
and landlords of the property required for this im-
provement. Two plans have been prepared by Mr.
Horace Jones, the City architect, for the new meat
market at Smithfield, the one for an open and the
other for a covered market. The first design repre-
sents a dome at each end of the four corners of the
building ; there are about 217 shops, about 14ft. by
34ft. in size, in each plan. The towers in the plan
for the closed market are much loftier and more
imposing. In both designs there is a wide central
roadway for general traffic. Fresh progress in the
work of demolition at Westminster is made every
day ; and it is now proposed to pull down the west
side of Parliament-street, an improvement urged
about three years ago by Lord Redesdale as an
imperative necessity when the new Foreign-offices
were completed.—Building News,