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Newcastle Daily Journal, because 'th,
dinary importance of the subject to which it refers :
It would be of very little appositeness to the question of
the disease that is at present destroying the cattle of this
country to enter, as some of our contemporaries are doing,
into a descriptive catalogue of the diseases to which cattle
are subject. Cattle undoubtedly partake of the curse en-
tailed upon all the world by the original transgression.
The "ills that flesh is heir to" are not confined to huma-
nity; but the whole animate creation are subject to a nu-
merous train of ills. Cows, the description of animals to
which the attention of the people of this country is at pre-
sent particularly directed, in respect to the disease that has
befallen it, are subject to blood disorders, to fever, to func-
tional disturbance of the skin, and of other secreting or-
gans; to organic cutaneous diseases which are apt to be-
come chronic ; to rheumatic affections ; and to a large
number of inflammatory disorders. But, what is of more
consequence at present than an enumeration of the nume-
rous train of ills to which cow flesh is subject, is some
suggestion for the removal of the special disease which
has broken out with such virulence that it is threatening
to seriously reduce the number of cattle in this country,
and by that moans to diminish, to an injurious extent, the
food of the people.
The suggestion that we have to make is that heat be
tried, both as a means of prevention and of cure.
The suggestion of heat as a therapeutic agent in cattle
disease has already been made, though not in reference
to the particular disease that has now broken out. It •
was made some time ago, however, and by a gentleman
whose name has been greatly before the public in connec-
tion with the present disorder. We allude to Pro-
fessor Gamgee, who, in his well-known work on Dairy
Stock, has the following remarks on this subject of
dcs, disease
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Turkish bath, to the u
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ewe shall find one and all pertain to the kind
likely to be much benefited by heat. But it is to ward off
disease, and to preserve health, that among dairy-stock,
particularly in large towns, the bath might prove of great
service." Again, says the Professor, "As a therapeutic
agent, the hot-air chamber holds an intermediate position
between evacuants and stimulants. It is undoubtedly a
general tonic, because it fits important organs for the free
and healthy exercise of their functions, and thus operates
beneficially on the blood, and on nutrition, and hence in-
vigorates the body. That it is evacuant, no one can doubt
that has witnessed the kind and quantity of cutaneous se-
cretions, whether in man or animals. Viewing the subject
as a veterinary, I unhesitating say That we have in heat
the most effective diaphoretic, the most active depurant,
and the most efficient means of producing healthy reaction
that we have yet had at our disposal. It is a great addition
to our therapeutic means. We needed a satisfactory
means of acting on the skin of lower animals in febrile
and other diseases, and here we have it." Not to multiply
evidence, it is yet worth while to quote the opinion of
another writer on veterinary surgery, if only for the purpose
of showing that the opinion of Professor Gamgee is not
the only one in the profession favourable to the employment
of heat as a curative agent, and as a preventive of disease.
The writer to whom wo now refer, in speaking of heat
applied in the same form as by Professor Gamgee, namely,
by the so-called Turkish bath, remarks :—" The Turkish
bath, not only as a.medicinal agent, but also as a preven-
tive of disease, deserves consideration ; and one cannot
help thinking that the hot-air chamber is almost as neces-
sary an adjunct to the extensive stock-keeper as to the
veterinary surgeon, and for the simple reason that in it we
have an agent which exerts more powerful influence than
any derivative, ox-purge, or blister, with lowering vital
power, for it carries off, or at any rate diminishes, the
amount of any virus that may circulate in the blood, and
by this means cleanses the system, and renders it better
able to throw off disease, and to resist the attacks of it."
These are the opinions of men, both of whom are emi-
' nent in their profession ; and the reader will have gathered
from them that not only aro these distinguished veterinary
surgeons favourably impressed with the belief that heat
as a therapeutic agent can be applied with benefit to the
lower animaLS, but that the belief has been put into prac-
tice. The application of heat has, in fact, been tried, and
tried successfully, among others by Lord Kinnaird, who,
although he may be best known in the neighbourhood of
Coaly Tyne for his connection with the Government in-
spection of mines, is yet well known as a largo agricultu-
rist and cattle breeder. His lordship's experiments with
heat in cases of cattle distemper are conclusive. He has
had a so-called bath erected at Millhill ; and its curative
properties have been demonstrated in the most marked
manner, iu such cases as those of calves suffering from
scour, &c. But still more decisive is the effect it has had
upon stots affected with pleuro-pneumonia. Out of three
patients which were on the spot at the time the bath was
visited by a reporter two had every appearance of pro-
gressing towards perfect health. They ate well, walked
about with seeming comfort and ease, the cough had lost
its nasty metallic sound, the discharge from the nose was
stopped, the animals were no more hide-bound, and their
coats had no longer the staring aspect of disease. The third
patient, which was a larger animal than the other two, was
not yet so far recovered, but was a great deal better. This
is not by any means the whole of the experience to the
same effect. The gentleman, indeed, who has introduced
the Turkish bath to this country, we mean Mr. Urquhart,
has himself found that dysentery among dairy stock yields
readily to heat. Loss of milk is one of the symptoms of
dysentery; and on the fourth day after the beginning of
the attack, Mr. Urquhart has frequently had cows back to
their full milk; while heat in the skin, and loss of appe-
tite are got over the day they appear. It must be under-
stood, however, that the heat required to produce a favour-
able impression in cases of pleuro-pneumonia must be very
great, up to 200 or 212 degrees, boiling point, in fact. At
a less temperature, the curative effect was not visible. In
other diseases, less dangerous, but, if neglected, hardly less
fatal, the hot air bath has been found a perfect cure.
Now, to apply these facts and this reasoning to the case
of the present disease in cattle. It will have been observed
that the symptoms of disease already cured by heat are the
same as some that are found in the prevalent disease. In
pleuro-pneumonia there are loss of milk, dysentery,
diarrliceii, loss of appetite, cough, inactive skin ; in tie ear_
rent disease these symptoms are found along, of course,
with others. The principal difference in the symptoms of
pleuro-pneumonia and the prevalent diseases seems, so far
as is yet known, to be that, while in both cases the ani-
mals are hide-bound, in the former the skin is hot, and in
the other cold. This difference, however, would seem to
furnish an additional reason not only for experiment with
heat in the case of animals seized with the now disease,
but also for expecting a satisfactory result.

N°. 22,833.

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The Murder of Three Children by their

than starving about the streets. She did not say that some
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picious symptoms of inflammation of the lung made their
appearance; This increased to such a degree as to cause
considerable alarm at the time, but it was checked, and
on Monday ho had rallied considerably. Improvement
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The following is a fuller account of the dreadful
murders in Southwark than appeared in The Sun
of yesterday :—.
In a narrow, densely populated thoroughfare, known as
Skin-market-place, leading from Bankside to the South-
wark-bridge-road, resided a family named Lack, who,
though poor in circumstances, appeared to have been much
respected by the numerous inhabitants. The husband
was employed as a kind of watchman, and in " calling up"
his neighbours. On his return home yesterday morning
he was met by his wife, who, raising both her arms, ex-
claimed, " I have done it." " Done what ?" ho replied, and
then, on looking at her night-dross, he discovered several
stains of blood. He immediately ran upstairs, when a
ghastly sight presented itself. On a bed in the first floor
were lying his two daughters, Eliza and Esther, aged re-
spectively five years and two and a half years, with their
throats cut from ear to ear. On another bed he found his
son Christopher, aged nine years, with his head nearly
severed from his body. He at once gave an alarm, and
several medical gentlemen were soon in attendance ; but
their services were unavailing,
The mother was at once taken into custody, and in the
course of the day was charged at the Southwark police
court, before Mr. Burcham, with the murder of her three
children. She was decently attired, but evidently in a
weak state of health, and wearing a green shade over her
eyes. Her manner and demeanour were cool and collected.
Superintendent Branford and Inspector Manson were in
attendance to watch the case. The first witness called was
George Lack, who deposed as follows—l am a son of the
prisoner, and am 17 years of age. I had a brother named
Christopher, age nine, a sister named Eliza, aged five, and
another sister, named Esther, age about two years. I lived
with my parents at 10, Skin-market-place, Bankside, where
we had three zooms, two on the ground floor, and one room
on the first floor. In the last named room I saw my two
little sisters alive, but asleep, on the bed about 8 o'clock
last night. I saw my little brother alive about 12 o'clock.
He was then in the front room on the ground floor, and
about retiring to bed in the same room in which the little
girls were asleep. I think my mother (the prisoner) was
then in bed in the same room. My father came in about 12
o'clock, and I went out for a walk for a few minutes, not
feeling well. On my return I saw my father on the ground
floor, but I myself fell asleep on a chair at the door. My
father woke me to go and call up a person in the neigh-
bourhood at a quarter to 2 o'clock. My father then him-
self went out again, but again rebutted about 3 o'clock, when
my mother called out to him, and he went a few steps up
the stairs. My mother said something to him which I did
not hear, and my father came down stairs again wringing
his hands. I asked what was the matter, but my father
could not speak, and I went upstairs, and there saw the
three children lying with their throats cut. My mother
was then standing close to the bedroom-door, but did not
say anything to me. I rushed down stairs and called out
for help, and a young lad, a neighbour, came up, but was
afraid to go upstairs. In a short time my father came back
with a police-constable, and my mother was taken into
custody.
In reply to Mr. Burcham, the witness added—She has been
ill seven years, and is nearly three-parts blind, but she can
see things when brought close to her eyes. At times I have
noticed that her mind was astray, and that she could not
remember doing things which she had donee. This has
been the case during the last fortnight. My mother was to
have gone into St. Thomas's Hospital on Monday under a
letter of admission which she had received on the preceding
Saturday, but she said she did not like to go, leaving her
children behind her.
The prisoner, when asked if she wished to put any ques-
tions to the witness, said, " George, where aro the
children ?"
The witness, who was deeply affected, burst into tears,
but did not make any reply.
Mr. Edward Hibbard was next called, and deposed as
follows :—I am a doctor of medicine, and a member of the
College of Surgeons. Yesterday morning,---abZE36'clock,
I was called up by Richard Gardner, the son-in-law of the
prisoner, and proceeded with him to the house No. 10,
Skin-market-place. On going upstairs I found the bodies of
the two little girls lying on their backs on the bed with
their throats cut, and both quite dead, though their bodies
were still warm. I examined the bodies and found that
their throats had been completely cut through from the
windpipe to the spine. I saw the body of the little boy
lying on a mattress,upon the floor. His throat was also cut;
indeed his head was nearly severed from the body, and his
death must have been instantaneous. s There was an im-
mense quantity of blood both on the bed, the mattress,
and the floor of the room. The wounds in each case must
have been inflicted by a sharp instrument, mull was shown
two razors at the police-station at half-past four o'clock
this morning, Dither of which was calculated to inflict the
wounds which had caused the deaths, One of the razors
had marks of blood upon it. Those are the razors now
produced.

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The depositions, having been completed, were read over,
and the prarisoner was told she could now put any questions
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The prisoner, who had remained seated, with her head
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Mr. Burcham then cautioned her in the usual way, when
The prisoner said—" I have only to say : " I was quite
destitute, and my little girl was quite blind. My husband
has himself been taken ill, and I fretted very much because
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The prisoner was at once removed from the dock, and
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The Prisoner—No, sir.
Thomas Robert Everist said—l am superintendent of the
police in this district. On the 11th inst., about 3 p.m., I
received the prisoner at the guard-room at Brompton Bar-
racks, and he has been in my immediate custody ever since.
The Clerk—Has he ever made any remark as to the
other charge—the one on which you had him in custody of
shooting with intent, &c. ?

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The announcement of the death of Major Francis Horatio
De Vero, which took place at a quarter past ten o'clock on
Tuesday night, could hardly have created any surprise.
The constant changes of condition which he underwent
left but little real hope that he would survive.
The information of the death of the major was conveyed
to the prisoner yesterday morning, at half-past 8 o'clock,
by Mr. Superintendent Everist, who said, " Currie, it is
my duty to inform you that Major De Vera is dead." The
prisoner, who had partially eaten his breakfast, coolly said,
" Is he ? What time did he die ?" On being told, he merely
rejoined, " Oh ! did he," and resumed his breakfast with
the most perfect unconcern. He has been exceedingly
quiet and well behaved since his incarceration, and all that
he has said about the matter has been that ho considered
he had done quite right, and had nothing to regret in what
he had done, and he hoped God would forgive him.
Yesterday morning the prisoner was brought before the
sitting magistrates on the charge of wilful murder.
The magistrates present were the Rev. E. J. Marsham
(chairman) and Mr. W. H. Nicholson.
The prisoner was put back till 1 o'clock in consequence
of the non-attendance of the witnesses; and on being placed
at the bar,
The Clerk to the Magistrates said—John Currie, it is
stated that Francis Horatio De Vere, for feloniously shoot-
ing whom you have been under remand, is dead. The
charge against you is, therefore, that you being a soldier,
a sapper of the Royal Engineers, did feloniously, wil-
fully, and of malice aforethought, kill and murder the said
Francis Horatio De Vero; he being an officer in the Royal
Engineers.
Alfred 'George Durnford deposed—l am a lieutenant
in the Royal Engineers, stationed at Brompton Barracks,
Chatham, in the parish of Gillingham. I have been sta-
tioned here since January. I knew Francis Horatio De
Vera. He was first captain in the Royal Engineers and
brevet-major in the army. I have come from the barracks
this morning. I have been informed and believe that

Witness—l have told him from time to time how Major
De Vero was going on—that he was recovering—that he was
alive. On one occasion he said, "I am happy for what I
have done ; I think I have done right, and I hope God will
forgive me." I told him this morning that Major De Vera
was dead, and that now he would be charged with murder.
Ho asked me what time he died, and I said at a quarter to
ten last night, and he said "All right," and turned round
and sat down on the bed.

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The Clerk, to the prisoner—Do you wish to ask the
superintendent any question?
Prisoner—No, sir.

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The prisoner having been duly cautioned, after the de-
positions had been read over, was asked whether he had
anything to say, and replied, with a smile on his counte-
nance, "No, sir; nothing."
The prisoner was committed for trial.
He was then removed from the bar, but will remain at
the police station until the termination of the inquest.
Yesterday morning Major Gossett read the following
letter to the regiment of Royal Engineers on parade, which
had been addressed to him by the colonel of the regiment:—
" Aug. 23, 1865.
" It is with the deepest sorrow that I have to inform the
officers, and the non-commissioned officers, and the sappers
and miners stationed here, that the murderous attempt on
the life of Major De Vere terminated fatally last night. If
anything was required to show how wrongful, cruel, and
cowardly the deed was, it will be shown by the kindly
feeling evinced by our ate brother officer since he has laid
between life and death in these barracks. Nearly his last
words were a message to me, in which he wished me to tell
the sergeants and staff-sergeants from him to do their duty
to their Queen and country, and to uphold the high cha-
racter of the corps both on and off duty. He said, Give
my love to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and
sappers. Tell them I have always loved them ; and my
desire has been always for the good of the corps.' The
gallant colonel added in his letter that in reporting the said
death of Major De Vere to his Royal Highness the General
Commanding-in-Chief, he (the gallant colonel) had for-
warded to his Royal Highness a copy of the last kind words
of the lamented officer to the corps."

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Major De Vere died in a room in the barracks last night.
On Friday, the 11th inst., I was on the parade about one
o'clock p.m. I was standing alone. Major De Vera was
standing about three or four yards from me, and Captain
Hime was between me and the major. There were about
400 or 500 men on parade. The major was on duty. I
heard the report of a rifle, which I thought came from the
ranks. On looking round I saw the major falling into Capt.
Hime's arms. I went to his assistance, and hoard him say,

The inquest will be held to-morrow morning at tho Sun
in the Wood, Brompton, by Mr. Thomas Hills ; and at the
conclusion of the inquiry the remains of Major De Vero
will be, in compliance with his dying request, conveyed to
Askeaton for interment ; and his murderer will be removed
to Maidstone Gaol until the next session of the Central
Criminal Court in London, where he will be tried wader a
recent provision of the Mutiny Act.

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" Oh, my God!" twice. I saw blood running down his coat.
I assisted in carrying him off the parade ground. When
we had got about half-way across we met Dr. Seddall, R.E.
He told us to lay the major on the ground, and wo did so.
I then heard some one say that the shot had come from one

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Tho late Major Francis Horatio Do Vero, Royal Engi-
neers, was of an old Irish family, and was a nephew of
Lord Monteaglo. He was tho fifth and youngest son of the
late Sir Audrey de Vero, Bart., by Mary, eldest daughter
of Mr. Stephen Edward Rice, of Mount Trenchard, county
Limerick, and was born 12th October, 1828, and married,
4th November, 1856, Anne, sister of Major Burke, of St.
Clezans. The unfortunate deceased obtained his com-
mission as Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers, Ist
October, 1847, and was gazetted First Lieutenant 11th
April, 1850, and promoted to Captain 27th October, 1855,
and became Brevet-Major 2d November the same year. He
proceeded to Turkey on special service in February, 1854.
In May that year he joined the Eastern army, and served
with it during the campaigns of 1854-55, and was present
at the battles of the Alma, Inkorman, and at the siege and
fall of Sebastopol. He greatly distinguished himself dur-
ing the war against Russia, and had received the war modal
and clasps for the above engagements with the enemy, and
the Sardinian war medal, also the decoration of tho order
of the Medjidio of the fith class, and was made a knight of
the Legion of Honour. Major Do Vere had held the ap-
pointment of instructor in field fortifications at Chatham
about 10 months. He was a zealous and strict officer in
the discharge of his military duties. By his abilities he was
regarded as one of the most promising officers in the Royal
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of the houses. I wont to the guard-room and ordered men
to bo posted at the back doors to prevent any one leaving.
There are only two houses on that side occupied by single
men. I went to post other men at the front door of K
house. I saw Sapper Mason run out, and I called to him
to halt, and he came to me and told me that the man who
had fired the shot was in that house. I went up to the
room No. 4, and wont in. I saw Sapper Currie there. I did
not know him as a soldier, or his name. No one else was
there. He had on his undress jacket and cap. There was a
strong smell of powder in the room, and I said to him, "Did
you do this 2" He said "Yes, sir," respectfully. I asked him
for his rifle and pouch, and he pointed them out to me, his

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rifle being in the armband at the head of the bed. The:
pouch was hanging in the proper place over the bed. The
rifle had been, very recently discharged, and from the
pouch thorn was ono round of ball cartridge and two caps
deficient. I have had possession of the rifle and pouch ever
since. I had no conversation with him. The prisoner was
then taken to the guard-room. I have not met Major do
Vere since he was taken off the parade.
The prisoner—l have not any question to ask.
William Mason said—l am a sapper in the Royal Engi-
neers, and stationed at Brompton Barracks. I, have been
there about 11 months. I know the prisoner. He is a
sapper in the same corps, stationed in the same barracks.
I have known him all the time I have been in the corps,
but lam not sure when he came. I remember Friday,
the 11th ; I saw him in the forenoon of that day. lam
not quartered in the same room with him, but on the
other side of the passage in the same house. I saw him
frequently during the forenoon. He was cook's-mate for
the day. That excuses him from parade. I did not see
him after dinner till I went into his room to direct his
attention to the officer being shot. I was cook's-mate hi
my room, and was cleaning up after dinner when I heard

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In reply to Mr. Burcham, the witness stated that he had
professionally attended the prisoner as medical officer of the
parish for about 15 months at various intervals of time, but
ho had never observed any indications of insanity. There
was always a dulness about her, arising from the state of
her eyesight. She was dull and low-spirited in conse-
quence. She also suffered from an ulcer in one of her legs,
which was very much swollen, but she never said anything
to witness about going into the hospital.
Richard Gardner was the next witness called, but before
he could be sworn he fell down in a fit and was seized wfth
fearful convulsions. Ile was removed from the court, and
on his restoration he was brought in and seated at the soli-
citors' table. On being sworn he said—l am in the employ
of Mr. Matthew, fruit salesman, in the Borough-market.
I married the prisoner's older daughter, and lived in the
same house in Skin-market-place. Yesterday morning, at
3 o'clock, I was awoke by hearing my brother-in-law, George
Lack, who has been examined as a witness, sobbing vio-
lently on the staircase. I came out of my room in my
night shirt and asked him what was the matter. George
could not answer me, and 1 went into the first floor front
room and again asked what was the matter. The prisoner
at once said, " That's the matter," at the same time point-
ing to the bed on which lay the two little girls with their
throats cut, the bed being covered with blood. Their
heads were nearly severed from their bodies. I they turned
and saw the little boy lying on his back on the mattresson
which he usually slept. The legs were extended, and his
throat was also cut in a similar manner to the two other
children.

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a noise; but not being sure what it was I left off

cleaning and looked out of the window. I saw Major de
Vere in the arms of some of the officers on tho parade
ground. I heard the Major say, "My God !my God! "
I don't think the Major was more than fourteen or fifteen
yards from my window. I watched the major carried
away, and I went in to direct Currie's attention to it.
I saw Sapper Currie there, and said to him, " My God,
Currie, there's Major De Vere shot," He said, " Yes, I
did it." I said "You did it ?" and he rejoined, "Yes, why
shouldn't I shoot the old -?" lam not quite sure
of the word "shouldn't" or "wouldn't," but it was to
that effect. I think it was, " Why shouldn't I." I left
the room and went down stairs and met Lieutenant
Durnford. I did notice the rifle. I did not notice any
particular smell on going into the passage. When I went
into the room the prisoner was'sitting on tho bed, which
was folded up. I went up to the room afterwards with Lieu-
tenant Durnford. I saw the prisoner marched away, but

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OSTRICH.—The
Bengal Hurkaru says :—Among the domestic oc-
currences in the aviary of Barrackpore-park, at the be-
ginning of the year, was the deposit of an egg by the only
female ostrich in the collection. The mother taking
no steps to bring her offspring to maturity the task was
undertaken by a young lady of some nine or ten
years of age, the daughter of the late superintendent
of the park, who was then just deceased. Being well in-
formed of the conditions of incubation peculiar to ostrich
life, she filled an open box with the finest sand, in which
she placed the egg, exposing the whole to the heat of the
sun, and making in fact as near an approach to a Sahara as
could be accomplished by artificial means. When the sun
was not shining she removed her charge into the house,
where a hen performed the part of a mother, and the ar-
rangement was in due time attended with perfect success
When the hen saw her enormous offspring she fled in
affright, and was lost in infinite space. The young biped
now attached himself to the little lady, following her about
everywhere, refusing to be fed by any other hand, and de-
nying even the barest civility to the rest of the human
kind. His affection met with a ready response, and the
pair were the happiest playmates possible, until a new su-
perintendent was appointed to the park, who claimed the
bird on the absurd ground that it was the property of Go-
vernment. Master ostrich was accordingly removed to the
aviary, and his young friend became so inconsolable at the
loss as to be taken seriously ill. No treatment seemed to
alleviate her sufferings until a military surgeon at the sta-
tion happened to call at the house one day, and learned.
the story of the poor child's sorrow and sickness. His -
telligence, superior to mere professional instinct, at oncem
tsuggestedu c
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to the notice of the Governor-General, and the result was
and how its occupant went
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how the bird hopped in
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By Mr. Burcham—l have been married ten months, and
have known the prisoner during the whole of that time. I
have often seen her very strange with the children, some-
times chiding them with severity and the next moment
taking them up and kissing
them. She is by birth a native
of Wales, and in general treated her children as an affec-
tionate mother,and was very kind to them. She has not
complained of po
poverty, but on Saturday last she stated that
she
did not like to go into the hospital, as she did not wish
to leave her children to the mercy of anybody.
George Lack was recalled, and, in reply to Mr. Burcham,
said that his mother was always kind and affectionate to
the children. Before his father went upstairs at 3 o'clock
ho (witness) did not hear any cries or screams from the
children.

I had no other or further conversation with him. My room
is No. 3, and the prisoner's No. 4. There are two windows
to each room, fronting the same way, and there is a pas-
sage with one window. My window was open. I did not
notice the state of the windows in Currie's room. The
sound I heard was like a wall falling.

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The Clerk—Prisoner, you have an opportunity of asking
any question. Have you any ?

Prisoner—None.

George Pring deposed—l am a corporal of the Sappers.
On Friday, the 11th inst., I accompanied the last witness
and Lieut. Durnford to No. 4, Brompton Barracks. It was
about ten minutes or a quarter past one. I saw the pri-
soner in that room. He was asked if he was the man who

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Henry Pope, police-constable 54 11, deposed--I was on
duty yesterday morning, at 3 o'clock, in Park-street, when
I was called by the husband of the prisoner to his house.
a
On going upstairs I saw the bodies of the two female chil-
ren lying on the bed with their throats cut, and at the foot
of the bed, on a mattress, lay the body of the little boy,
also with his throat cut. The prigrsoenaetr standingwquaasntityof
bqlouoitde.
calm and collected in the room, attired only in her night-
dress, a
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mison the room I found a case said,
mantel-sholf. The cap of the
"I have done it
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krazors.,,e whichtoon h
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theth examining
case was off. The prisoner then said, "I did it with the
longest razor of the two." Upon that I looked at the longest
and noticed marks of blood upon it. I took the case of
razors to the police station, where they were shown to Dr.
Hibbard.

" done it," and he said " Yes." He was then asked by the
officer where his rifle was, and he pointed with his finger
to where it stood in the rack. Sapper Mason took the
rifle, and gave it to Lieutenant Durnford. I saw the
pouch also delivered into Lieutenant Durnford's posses-
sion. Lieutenant Durnford gave me orders to take the
prisoner to the guard-room, and I took him by the arm,
and took him there with Sergeant Kay. The prisoner did
not say anything on his way to the guard-room, or at the

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guard-room.
The Clerk, to the prisoner—Do you ask this witness any
questions ?
The Prisoner—No, sir.
James Balfour Cockburn, M.D., deposed—l am surgeon
to the Royal Engineers stationed at Chatham. I reside at
Fort Pitt, where the regimental hospital of the Royal
Engineers is situate. I know the late Francis Horatio Do
Vera. He was never under my care till the 11th, the
day he received his injury. I was called on to attend
him in my capacity as surgeon to the corps. I found him
in a room on the first floor No. 5 house, Brompton Bar-
racks. It is our officers' quarters. It was about nine
o'clock in tho evening, there or thereabouts, when I first
saw him. He was then suffering from the effects of a gun-
shot wound received somehow previously. I examined the
wound partially, but finding his condition so severe I did
not disturb him more than was necessary to ascertain what
was going on. I more fully examined him about four or
five o'clock at daylight next morning, and then discovered
that the bullet must have entered the posterior part of the
body, close to the left blade bone. It had entered the chest
through an interspaco between the ribs, penetrated certain
portions of the left lung, and had escaped just at the inner
aide of the left nipple, breaking one of the ribs in its exit.
We were confident that the lung was injured, and it was
clear that no internal hemorrhage was going on at that,
moment, nor any external hemorrhage of any moment.
Thera was no danger of haemorrhage. The wound at its
exit was on a very slight gentle slope as to its entrance. ,

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George Lack was again recalled and identified the case of
razors as belonging to his father. The razors were usually
kept in a cupboard below stairs, and were never placed on
the mantel-shelf of the bedroom.

he was

vet, the

liee 7 31, deposed as follows :—I went
to P
theo house,-serg
Police-sergeant Plo,easrkicerl_market-place, shortly before four
yesterday morning, and saw the prisoner in the upstairs
room. lid
this ?" and cautioned the pri-
soner in the usual whao has doney.Theprisoner at once said, "I know
sa' 'IW
murdered the children.
up. 1 then went down
stairs and got the razors. I carp
plearivfoocktloyawboeullt wthhraeet lo,aclmocakhaonuta
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again, and first
cut the throat of Christopher, then I went to the bed and
cut tho throat of Eliza, and then I cut the throat of the

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THE NEW ACT ON FORTIFICATIONS.—The new
act for providing a further sum towards completing
the fortifications has lately beenhissued. The sum granted
for the current year is £650,000, making a total of
£5,150,000. Five acts of Parliament have been passed.
The -sum provided by the first (23rd and 21th Viet.) was
£2,000,000 ; by the second, £1,200,000; and £650,000 by
each of the last three. The estimated cost is £6,995,000.
The money expended to the 21st March last was
£3,574,893 ; the amount already voted, £4,500,000 ; the
amount for the present year, £650,000 ; and the further
amount to complete the works is stated at £1,845,000.
And, according to the act, her Majesty's most dutiful and
loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom,
"cheerfully granted" the further sum of £650,000 for the
present year. The site for the central arsenal, in the
words of the act to be " created," is estimated at £150,000.
The fortifications are to be executed under the directions
of the Secretary of State for War, and the accounts are to
be laid before Parliament.

baby. After I done it, I took up the body of tho baby and
kissed it." I then asked her what had caused her to do

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this, and the prisoner replied that she was about going to
the hospital, and did not like to leave the children behind
her. On this her son-in-law, the Witness Gardner, said to
her, "Mother, you ought not to have done this, for you
know I would take care of the children." She responded,
"Yes, but they axe my own flesh and blood." The pri-
soner at this time was quite cool and collected, and in no

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degree excited.
kid that she did not know
recalled,
and added to his former
had kissed the baby after
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cutting its throat. This morning he (witness) brought
some tea to his mother, and saw her about eight o'clock in
one of the cells at the adjoining police-station, and then
she said to him that the children were better in heaven

The Chairman—Will you be good enough to detail his
condition just shortly ?

Dr. Cockburn—Alter recovering from the collapse,
which lasted several hours—the shock to the nervous sys-
tem—and getting him round from the shock (which lasted
several hours), a favourable reaction took place, and ho con-
tinued in a fair way of recovery until about last Friday,
which was the eighth day of the case. This was got over

Vra.
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and checked to a certain degree, and on tho Sunday sus-