The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1865.

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THE RA.MSGA►'TE MURDERS•

The trial of Stephen Forwood, alias Ernest Southey,
baker, and some time billiard-marker, charged with the
murder of his wife and child at Ramsgate, was fixed to
come on yesterday morning at the Maidstone Assizes, be-
fore Mr. Justice if ellor. By half-past 9 o'clock the court
was densely crowded, and great anxiety was manifested to
see tho prisoner aid hear the proceedings. When his lord-
ship took his seat Mr. E. T. Smith applied for a postpone-
ment until after the adjournment, on the ground that some
medical witnesses who were to be examined had not come
from London by tae early train, and could not, therefore,
arrive till 12 o'clodc. The case was accordingly postponed
till half-past 1 o'cbck, when the learned judge again took
his seat. The prisoner soon made his appearance, and
seemed quite calm and collected. He is an intelligent-
looking man, abort 35 years of age, somewhat above the
middle height, and of dark hair and complexion. When
the prisoner took us place at the dock Mr. Reed proceeded
to arraign him, addressing him as follows :
Stephen Forwood, you are indicted for that you, on the
10th of August, at Ramsgate, did feloniously, wilfully, and
of malice aforethought—
The prisoner here interposed, and said his name was not
Forwood ; that he had eight years ago taken the name of
Southey, and was informed by two members of Parliament
that it was quite legal to do so.
His Lordship you desire it, I will order the name of
.Forwood to be struck out, and that of Southey inserted in
the indictment.

The prisoner—l desire it, my lord.

On the indictment as amended having been read to the
prisoner, he said—Before I plead I wish to make a state-

The learned Judge said—l will hear no statement from
you until you plead to the indictment.
The prisoner paused for some moments, as if deliberating
what course he should pursue..
After some time the prisoner pleaded " Not guilty," and
then asked leave to make the statement. He said he wanted
to show that Mrs. Forwood's death was owing to another
cause than that stated in the indictment, and that she
was dead before the wounds indicted on her on the 10th
of August.
The learned Judge—You must hear the counsel for the
prosecution open the case, and then your defence can be
made.

The piisoner—lt is impossible that justice can be done
if the case proceeds at the present assizes.
Tho learned Judge then called on Mr. Reed to read the
indictment charging the prisoner with the murder of his
daughter Jemima Forwood.
This indictment having been read,
The prisoner proceeded to talk in the most extravagant
manner, when he was again asked by his lordship whether
he was going to plead to the indictment.
The prisoner evaded the question by an irrelevant ob-
servation, when _ _ _

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His lordship ordered a plea of not guilty to be entered.
The prisoner then said—l protest against these pro-
ceedings, and then placed his papers on the floor within
the dock.

The jury were then called and sworn, there having been
one challenge. _ . _

On the prisoner being given in charge to the jury, he
said—l object to the whole twelve of these gentlemen. I
should have a special jury.

His lordship—You cannot have a special jury.

Mr. Poland then proceeded to state the case to the jury.
He said it became his duty to lay the facts of this painful
case before them. He would do so, however, dispassion-
ately, and without imparting into it any matters calculated
to prejudice the trial of the prisoner. The learned counsel
then proceeded to state the facts as they appear in the evi-
dence. Having gone over all the circumstances connected
with the Ramsgate murders, he proceeded to speak of the
declaration the prisoner had made relative to the Red
Lion-street murders, when

His Lordship said he trusted he (the learned counsel)
would be cautious not to go too far into that matter. He
had full confidence in the learned counsel, and would there-
fore leave him to deal with the occurrences in London, only
first cautioning him to be careful not to go too far.
Mr. Poland continued his statement, and concluded by
saying that he would lay the facts before them, and leave
them to do-justice between the prisoner and the public.
William George Tapenden, examined, said—ln August
last I was the porter at the Campden Arms Inn, Ramsgate.
I remember the night of the 9th of August. I saw the pri-
soner that night. He sent me to the dyer's in King-street,
to ask for "Mrs. Dressmaker." This was about a quarter
to eight. I afterwards returned to ask him whom he meant.
He then said I was to ask for Mrs. Forwood. He told me
to ask for her direction„. I went apdfoind. her. She gave
_ an address- on it, which I brought
back to the gentleman. He had a beard and moustache. I
did not notice that he had spectacles. He was walking up
and down outside the Campden Arms when I gave him
the paper. He went away after I gave it to him.
The witness was not cross-examined.

William Ellis, examined by Mr. Bland, said—l am a
dyer, living in King-street, Ramsgate. My daughter Ade-
laide lives with me. I have known the prisoner for the
last 15 years. I did not know his name until he was married.
He then went by the name of Stephen Forwood. A busi-
ness was taken then forhim as a, master baker. He continued
in Ramsgate about 15 months, and then left with his wife.
He lodged with me fora short time in High-street. He then
went to London to look for a situation. His wife remained
with us for a few days, and then went after him. I did not
see her again till about 7 years ago. She came with a sick
child, who afterwards died. She went to St. Lawrence, and
he used to come down occasionally and stop a short time. Ho
was there at the time the deceased child, Emily, was born.
That would be about eight years next Christmas. I did
not see him from that till the night of the 9th of August.
Mrs. Forwood was then living opposite to me in King-
street. She was a dressmaker, and lived there with her
mother and child. I remember Wednesday, the 9th August.
It was a little after nine. I was standing at the door. I
saw Mrs. Forwood coming across the road. I saw the man
in the middle of the road. She said, " 'Tis Stephen." I
asked him in, and took him by the hand, and greeted him
on his return. He took his place opposite to her on a chair,
and I stood by the side of her watching him. His wife
asked him why did he leave her, and that she should have
perished but for her kind friends. He said that he had
saved up £1,172, but that he had been done out of it all.

At this stage of the examination the proceedings were
interrupted by the music of a band playing the " Dead
March" just outside the court. His lordship at once sent an
officer to stop it.
Examination ccntinued— She told him she could do no-

thing for him as she was under parochial relief. He began
to narrate the privations ho had gone through. She wanted
to know what induced him to come back to her. She said,

" You must have some motive." He said, " What I have to
say I cannot say in the presence of your friends." This he
repeated, and my daughter said, " Well, if you have any-
thing to say, father and I will retire into the shop." We
went into the shop. We were there something like a quar-
ter of an hour, when she came and said, " Well, he has
promised to come in the morning at 8 o'clock. She said
nothing else. We then all throe went back into the room.
When my daughter said, " Well, you'll be sure and come,',
he said, "Yes." We pressed him to come to breakfast. He
promised to come. The prisoner and Mrs. Forwood went
out of the house, she to her own 'door and he towards
Belvue-hill. He wore a beard and moustache, but I did
not see spectacles. On the following morning Mrs. For-
wood came in about a quarter to 8, and soon after the
little girl came. We had our breakfast. He came
about 20 minutes after eight. I put a chair for him to
sit down. I asked him to have breakfast. He said he
had had breakfast. The first thing he said when he sat
down was, " I had nothing but reproof last night, I want
no more of it." The child then came in out of the yard.
My daughter said, "Emily, do you know that gentleman ?"
He said, "Come round to me, Emily." She did so, and
then the prisoner said, "Is this ours ?" She (Mrs. For-
wood) said " Yes." He then embraced the child affec-
tionately. She told him the boy was dead, and said, "Did
you know it ?" He said, " No." My daughter said, " If
you have anything to say to one another you can go up to
the sitting-room together." It was now drawing close to
9 o'clock, and I was going to my work. I went to the back
of the place, and when I had been there for some time I
heard the reports of two pistols. I did not notice it par-
ticularly, as the boys sometimes fire pistols. I heard my
daughter shrieking, "Father ! father !" I ran across the
yard, and went upstairs to the sitting-room. I saw the
child dead on the landing, and jumped over it. I saw the
prisoner through the door, which was partly open. I
pushed the door open and seized him by the shoulder, say-
ing, " Forwood, what have you been doing ?" He made no
answer. I said, "You have a pistol in your hand ; give it
to me directly." He gave it to me. It was quite hot. It
was a revolver with five chambers. The room smelt strong
of gunpowder. I saw the legs of his wife as I looked over
the table. I said, " Why have you done this ? This will ruin
me." I said, "Ellis, I have £l,lOO. 1 will compensate
you for whatever you may suffer." I should have said that
before I questioned him I called out for the police and also
for a doctor, saying, "That is little use, as they are both
dead." He said, "Yes, send for the police ; that's best.'?
When I asked him why he did it, ho said, " She has been
a great deal of trouble ; so have I. Her troubles are over .
mine are not. She knows no more ; but as for me, when
return to London I shall be under sentence of death."
"What," I said, "for committing a double murder ?" Ile
said " No, for what I have left done behind. 14111 say no
more. There is a piece of paper under her right arm ; take it
and take care of it." I took it and found there was blood on
it I heard something behind. I
When in the act of taking
turned round, and when I looked at him I observed a grea

difference in the prisoner's appearance. I asked him where
his whiskers and moustache were. He replied that he had
thrown them down there, pointing to the fender. I searched
and found the spectacles, and the prisoner then took the
whiskers from his pocket. The policeman then came into
the room, and I charged him with the murders, and
handed over to the police the pistol, whiskers, and spec-
tacles. Superintendent Levick then arrived, and he asked
the prisoner his name. He said it was Stephen Forwood,
but that he had been going by the name of Ernest Walter
Southey. Mr. Levick then asked him if the deceased was
his wife. He said " Yes, it is my lawful wife and child."

The pistol, whiskers, and moustache were here produced,
and identified by the witness. The spectacles found in the
room were also produced.
This closed the evidence in chief of this witness. Mr.
Smith was proceeding to cross-examine him, when
The prisoner said—My lord, I wish to ask the witness a
question.
His Lordship said—You had better communicate it to
counsel.

The prisoner said he could not conscientiously allow any
one to plead for him.
His Lordship—Am I to understand that you decline the
assistance of counsel ? _ _

The prisoner—ln consequenee of the trial being forced
on I cannot defend myself, nor be defended by any one
else. lam unable to authorise any one to act for me.

His Lordship—But you seem to have authorised counsel
by your attorney.
The prisoner—No, my lord. _ .

Mr. E. T. Smith—l should state, my lord, that the attor-
ney who instructs me has been in daily communication
with the prisoner. Several doctors have also been with
him, and they are of opinion that he is not in a state either
to give or withdraw an authority.
His Lordship—lf you had suggested that before, I would
have had the jury empanelled to try the question of sanity.
If you wish, however, I will direct the jury to be sworn
now to try the question.

Mr. Smith assented to this course.
His Lordship accordingly directed the jury to be sworn
to try the question of sanity.
Mr. Polland objected to this course as unusual and in-
convenient.

His Lordship said—l remember a similar course having
been taken by Mr. Justice Blackburn at Liverpool ; and
my clerk reminds me of a somewhat similar course having
been once taken at the Durham assizes. It would no doubt
entail a great loss of time, but on the whole it was the
safer course to follow.
The Court then rose.

A Clergyman Assaulting a Chorister.

The Rev. O. De Leyland Baldwin, curate of St. Stephen's,
Salford, was charged at the Salford Town-hall, yesterday,
with assaulting a boy named Win. Wharton.—Mr. R. B.
B. Cobbett, in stating the facts, said that the claimant had
been a chorister at St. Stephen's up to the time of the as-
sault, that he had rendered his services gratuitously, and
that the defendant was not justified in striking and kicking
him as he had done. The boy's father preferred the charge.
The boy said he was at the church on Tuesday morning.
In descending the stairs which led to the organ he touched
the cap of another lad. For doing this Mr. Thorp, the
organ master, hit him on the head. Witness refused to join
the other choristers who went into tha choir. The defen-
dant, who had come into the church, saw witness alone,
and asked why he did not rejoin the other boys. The re-
ply was that Mr. Thorp had hit him. The defendant told
witness to go into the choir. He answered that ho would
not, because Mr. Thorp had struck him. Thereupon, the
defendant resorted to force. He seized witness by the neck,
dragged him along, twisted an arm round towards the back,
and struck him on the face. Witness then fell. On gaining
his feet, the defendant struck him on the face and twisted
an arm again. While on the floor the defendant kicked
him. After the assault, the defendant said, "If you will
not go into the vestry in five minutes I will gag you into
it." He attempted to do this by putting part of his hand-
kerchief into witness's mouth, which bled afterwards in
consequence. In cross-examination, witness said the kick
might have been given accidentally. Matthew White-
head, the complainant's cousin, said he saw the defen-
dant twist Wharton's arm towards the back. Complainant
cried, and said, "Go for my father." Witness went.—W.
L. Wharton said he was the father of the complainant, who
was ten years of age. Witness was a member of the con-
gregation at St. Stephen's. After hearing.what had taken
place on Tuesday evening he went to the vestry. He saw
his son a d the defendant there. It was about half-past 8
ac oc . itness ltsa-6n-tne -uorennaut. to account for his
conduct to the lad. Tho defendant said the charge of as-
saulting the boy was wrong. Witness's son than related
what had occurred. This was in the defendant's presence,
and after the recital, he was asked what he had to say. As
a reply was not forthcoming, witness took his son away to
the chief constable.—The defendant, who conducted his
own case, in cross-examining the witness, asked if he was
a high or low Churchman, and whether he disapproved of
the "extraordinary observances" at St. Stephen's.—Mr.
Trafford, the magistrate, said Mr. Baldwin was only aggra-
vating the offence by putting such questions, for the assault
had occurred since those disturbances. The defendant
replied that the charge against him had been brought in
malice, because ho was unpopular as a clergyman, not
because he had assaulted the boy. Mr. Trafford—Do you
think you will improve your case by imputing malice ?
Mr. W. Taylor, chief constable, said the complainant's son
was brought to him on Tuesday evening. His lips appeared
to be a little smeared as if they or the gums had been
bleeding. The left ey's was also swollen, and the whole
face indicated recent weeping. This concluded the evi-
dence for the complainant.
Mr. Baldwin, before calling witnesses, stated his defence.
He said he should be able to prove that this charge was
brought, not because he had assaulted the boy, but that it
was a frivolous, vexatious complaint, made for reasons he
knew not. He would prove that ho was only seen to bold
the boy ; that at the beginning he asked him to go into
the choir, and said his differences with the choir master
should be settled afterwards. Instead of acceding to this
arrangement, the lad attempted to run oway, as ho had
done one the previous Tuesday, when defendant was
absent. D efendant held him by the arms, and twisted them
round, not to give pain but to render the boy helpless. He
utterly denied knocking him down. The boy tried to tumble
down, as lads did when likely to be punished. Then, be-
cause he was making such a noise, defendant dragged him
towards the vestry. In leading him along in that way ho
might have touched the lad with a foot, but that he kicked
at him was utterly false. A scratch on the lad's eye had
been done with a pin on the Sunday preceding the day in
question. In short, what he did to the boy was that he for-
cibly detained him to prevent his running away. Commis-
sioned by the rector and churchwardens, defendant at-
tended at the church to keep the choristers in order. The
boy was sent to the church by his father to learn to sing ;
and he (defendant) must have such authority over him as
was possessed by a schoolmaster. (Mr. Trafford—No, no.)
At any rate, he must have some control over the choristers.
He hoped that the magistrate would take into considera-

tion that this charge had been brought because he was un

popular as a clergyman. Had the complainant found that
instead of a clergyman at St. Stephen's any other man had
struck his son, the matter would probly have been settled
over a glass of beer. The lad's father had been asked by
defendant's personal enemies not to compromise the charge
for any money, but to make an example of him. The de-
fendant called the following witnesses :
Mary Wilson, a girl, said on the night in question she
was in the church. She was on one side of the aisle, the
boy was on the other. She heard the defendant ask him
why he was not in the choir. Wharton's reply was, be-
muse the choir master had hit him. The defendant then
said, " Go into the choir, and I will settle with you after-
ward." Instead of complying, Wharton turned to run
away. The defendant held him by an arm, and said,
"Come into the vestry with me." The boyrefused. The
defendant then tried to carry him, and Wharton " slur-
red" down. Witness did not see the defendant hit or kick
the lad, but she heard Wharton cry, " Oh, my arm."
Richard Knowles, a chorister, said he saw the defendant
hit the boy on the face. The blow was struck with the
open hand. David Collins said that ho and other choristers
were in the vestry playing, and that Wharton looked into
the defendant's note-book. James Thorp, the choir master,
was proceeding to state what occasioned the little misun-
derstanding between himself and the boy, when Mr.
Trafford interrupted. The defendant—l wish to show
that the boy has not told the truth. Mr. Trafford—lf you
prove that he has told an untruth, it does not follow that
he cannot speak the truth upon oath. The very purpose
of the oath is to make a person speak the truth who would
not without it. Samuel Rastrick, who holds the keys of
the church, said the choristers gave much trouble to the
defendant. He did not see the assault. The defendant
said, on his honour, as a gentleman, he had not kicked the
lad. This concluded the defence.

Mr. Trafford said it was a pity this charge had been
brought. He was the more sorry that the defendant should
impute to the complainant that it had been brought in
malice, and in a spirit of persecution ; for nothing had ap-
peared to justify such an imputation. Yet the charge was
one which might not have been made had a conciliatory
spirit been manifested. This was the first time a clergyman
had been brought before him on such a charge. He should
fine the defendant 10s. He regretted the necessity for that
decision; but he really thought that those persons, the high
Church people, who talked so much about the sanctity of
the Church, ought to take care and not thrash a lad within
, the sacred precincts.

PRICE 4d.,
STAMPED sd.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Capt. Gaynor, of the 38th Regiment, has been or-
dered to proceed to the service companies of that
corps. The Rev. Mr. Cannon, Presbyterian chaplain
at Colchester, is to proceed to Shorncliffe, and the
Rev. Mr. Kirkwood, now officiating at Shorneliffe,
is to do duty at Colchester in the room of. Mr.
Cannon. Staff-Surgeon West has been ordered to
Colchester for duty with the 4th Depot Battalion,
vice Surgeon W esti under orders for foreign service.
The annual course of musketry instruction, under
the superintendence of Capt. Bunce and Sergeant
Rixson, Royal Marine Light Infantry, at Woolwich,
has terminated; 1,040 non-commissioned officers and
men have been exercised throughout the past year,
and a most satisfactory report has been forwarded
to the Admiralty. The figure of merit of the bat-
talion is 78.94 ; best shooting detachment, 107.00 ;
best shot of battalion, Private Stephen Lester, 111th
company, 74 points in the first and second classes.
The percentage of first-class shots was 34-57. The
musketry range is situated in the Royal Arsenal
marshes, and is occupied each alternate day by other
corps, so that the Royal Marines are enabled to
carry out their instructions three days per week
only. Constant complaints have been made of the
want of shelter during the practice, as it is stated
that the severity of the weather, in summer as well
as winter, has frequently been detrimental to the
correctness of their aim, in addition to the unneces-
sary exposure of the men themselves. Capt. Bunce
has been granted leave of absence from his division
until the 22d of February, when the course of in-
struction for the forthcoming year will commence.
The Lords' Commissioners of the Admiralty have
been pleased to signify, by an announcement received
yesterday at Woolwich, that Royal Marines serving'
in ships at home shall be allowed two months' leave,
on re-engagment, with a free passage back to their
ships ; and that those re-engaging while serving in
seagoing ships shall on regaining their division, be
also granted a furlough for two months, with a free
passage back to headquarters.
The officers of the Select Committee of Woolwich
Arsenal have terminated their experiments in
gunnery for the season. The whole of the new
Woolwich guns made in the Royal gun factories,
under the superintendence of Col. Campbell, R.A.,
120 in number, have been proved at the Butt, and
none have failed in the slightest degree. Mr. Frazer's
cheap gun has fired 250 battery charges with the
greatest success. The charges consisted of 301 b. of
powder, increased to 401 b., and a 2501 b. shot. The
gun is as perfect as at the commencement of the trial.
The drawings and specifications of the armour
plates for the new ironclad frigate Hercules, ordered
to be laid down at Chatham, have been prepared at
the dockyard preparatory to tenders for the manu-
facture of the plates being invited from the princi-
pal iron firms. The broadside armour plates are to
be 9in. thick, and the others Bin. and 6in. thick. It
is intended to give the manufacturer of the 8-inch
and 9-inch plates to one firm and the other kinds to
a separate firm, three different contracts being re-
quired for the various plates. It is worthy of re-
mark that the largest iron plates yet manufactured
either in this country or America have been sent out
by the firm of Messrs. John Brown and Co., Atlas
Works, Sheffield, several thousand tons of plates of
a thickness never before manufactured having been
despatched by the firm named to Russia, which takes
an unlimited quantity for the facing of the granite
fortifications now being erected at Cronstadt and
other parts of the island of Retusari, commanding
the approaches to St. Petersburg.
In consequence of the great increase which has
recently taken place in the factory and engineer de-
partments at Chatham dockyard, owing to the alte-
rations rendered necessary since that establishment
has become the principal dockyard for iron shipbuild-
ing, the Admiralty have directed the appointment of
-an assistant chief engineer and iaspectoref machinery
for service at the dockyard. Tite officer to be ap-
pointed will be attached to the Wellesley, 72, guard
ship at the port, for service at the dockyard, and
will receive allowance for table money, &c.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty:—Lieut. Fredk. Edwards to the
Duke of Wellington ; Lieut. Chas. E. K. Brett, to
the Aboukir ; Lieut. Harry F. hlovendon, to the
Gladiator; Alex. Brown, master, to the Indus, for
service in the Topaze; Fredk. W. Rea, master, to
the Cumberland, for service in the Bellerophon ;
and Henry J. Chalke, master's-assist., to the Tamar.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

METROPOLITAN (FINSBURY) EXTENSION.

Yesterday the official inspection of this line was
made by Captain Tyler, Government Inspector,
previous to its being opened for passenger traffic.
The examination was commenced about 11 o'clock.
Mr. M. Fenton, the general manager ; Mr. J. Kelk,
M.P., the contractor ; Mr. J. Fowler, the engineer ;
Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Spagholetti, Mr. Burnett, and
others were present. Captain Tyler first inspected
the disc telegraphic apparatus by Mr. Spagholetti,
and the levers in the junction signal box at the en-
trance to the new Farringdon-street station, and
those near the mouth of the Clerkenwell tunnel,
where at the present moment some difficult works
are being carried out by the contractor. On the
east of the Clerkenwell tunnel another is being
formed at a level 14ft. below that already existing,
and now used for the daily traffic of the line to and
from Paddington. The new tunnel extends about
700 yards in the direction of King's-cross. The re-
mainder of the distance to that station will be an
open cutting. From the entrance of the Clerken-
well tunnel the officials proceeded to the permanent
Farringdon-street station, on the east of the tem-
porary station now in use. At the south end of the
new Farringdon-street station there are two open.
ings beneath the girder bridge which carries the
street above. Through that on the right the line
leads to a junction with the London, Chatham, and
Dover Railway at Ludgate-hill, and also to a loop
line furnished with a mixed gauge for the accommo-
dation of the Great Western Railway, and passing
beneath the site of the intended new meat market
at Smithfield. The narrow gauge rails of the ;Me-
tropolitan proper are taken beneath the left open-
ing, and, running round the base of the north wall
of the cutting, pass beneath a covered way at the
end of St. John-street, Clerkenwell, and under
Charterhouse-street, emerging at the Aldersgate
station, a building 300 ft. long, with an arched
roof of iron and glass. The distance between the
Farringdon and Aldersgate-street stations is about
a quarter of a mile, and from the latter, through
the north half of the station, the line is continued by
covered way and cutting to the temporary Moor-
gate station in Little Moorfields, at the back of
Finsbury-pavement. A portion of the mixed gauge
rails upon the loop line on which the Great Western
traffic from Paddington will be taken into the city
has been laid, but the cutting from near Aldersgate
station to Moorgate has yet to be cleared. With
this exception the Finsbury extension is completed
and ready for opening. Captain Tyler returned
again along the line, examining the points and sig-
nals, a special train being at the disposal of the in-
spector. The line will probably be soon opened for
traffic.

BLYTH VALLEY.
Under this title it is proposed to carry out a line
eight miles in length, from Halesworth to South-
wold. Mr. W. J. Bruff is the engineer consulted.

WEST RIDING AND GRIMSBY.
The branch of this company's line from Doncaster
to Wakefield is intended to be opened for traffic on
Monday, the Ist of January next. The line has
been inspected several times by the officials, and
recently by an officer from the Board of Trade,
who tested the bridges in some cases by running over
them nine of the most powerful engines of the
Great Northern Company, who are to work the