The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-24 00:00:00

Julius Renter, Esq., Managing Director.

ISSUE OF DEBENTURES.
The Directors having been empowered at the Special
General Meeting of the Proprietors held to-day to issue de-
bentures to the amount of £35,000, are prepared to receive
aPPlioations for the same for the terms of two and four years
at the following rates of interest :

Two years.. 5l per cent. per annum.
Four years 6 ~
The. debentures will be of three denominations, namely, £2O,
'5O, and £lOO, and will have interest coupons attached, pay-
able half-yearly, on the Ist of September and the Ist of
/daroh in each year.
this
The contracts held by the Company with various parties in
country and abroad, and ranging over a period of five
rears from the Ist of January last, amount to considerably
More than the sum the Directors are authorised to borrow,
and afford ample security for the payment of the inte-
rest and the redemption of the debentures. In addition to
this security there remains upwards of ,£50,000 of the SUB-
SCRIBED CAPITAL of the Company uncalled up.
All applications should be addressed to the Secretary, ac-
debentures appliedpanied deposit of Ten per cent. on the amount of
for.
In the event of no debentures being issued, the deposit
Will be returned in full without any deduction.

By order of the Board,
FRADERICK J. GRIFFITHS, Secretary.
I. Royal Exchange-buildings, Loudon.
August 11, 1865.

"WEST WORTHING MANSIONS AND
HOTEL COMPANY (Limited).
Capital £lOO,OOO, in £5,000 Shares of £2O each.
£1 on Application ; £2 on Allotment.
Power to Increase and also to Borrow on Debentures and
Mortgage.
DIRECTORS.
James Bird, Esq., Brook-green, Hammersmith.
James Burchell, Esq., 34, Gordon-square, London.
John Irving Pascoe, Esq., Highbury New Park.
Richard Spooner, Esq., Westwood Park Forest-hill.
BROKER.
J. S. Moore, Esq., 17, Throgmorton-street, E.C.
SECRETARY.
Fredk. Propert, Esq.
BANKERS.
European Bank (Limited) 83, King William-street.
Messrs. Henry and Co., Worthing.
OFFICES.
No. 1, Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street, Westmin-
ster, S.W.
•••••0•Na.....1
The object of this Company is to combine under one
tennagement the separate,' but naturally co-operative,
businesses of keepers of lodging and boarding-houses and
Public and private Hotels.
This combination, by which the profits of each will be
enhanced, is intended to be carried out at that recently
,_established and most attractive watering-place, West
Worthing.
provisional agreement has been entered into for the
lease of the two newly-erected mansions, which, being
built in fiats, are admirably adapted for the purpose, and
the Heene Hotel for a term of 99 years, and the purchase
of the trade and furniture and stock of the hotel at a cost
to this Company, including all preliminary expenses, of
£40,000. In addition, the sum of £lO,OOO will be required
for furniture for the mansions and additional stock and
VorkinF capital. This amount may be raised under the
borrowing powers of the Company ; it will therefore only
be necessary for present arrangements to call up 40 per
tent, of the share capital.
The Company has been constituted with the larger capi-
tal solely with the view of extending their operations, when
the investment has proved to be as remunerative as it is
i_now anticipated it will be. During the time the Hotel has
ableady in operation it has become evident that it is
enpe of largely increasing its business by the addition
of More bedroom accommodation, which may bo obtained
of more
small outlay.
, The splendid esplanades, pleasure-grounds, baths, and
other places of public resort and amusement, which are in
I"grees, coupled with the beauty of the surrounding
e:f)°,4try, the walks and drives in its vicinity, the salubrity
_ds climate the ease with which it will be reached from
i'l'olidon by a 'direst no of railway and train service, which
Is the determination of the West Worthing Investment
;_°lllPany to secure, must bring the new watering-place
',lto favour as soon as it has become generally known that
geed accommodation for visitors has been provided.
.._p• large class of sea-side visitors will"gladly avail them-
theyr yes of the comfort, economy, and liberal treatment which
__ may fairly expect at the hands of a public Company
in such matters as the occupation of apartments and the
victualling departments, in preference to that which they
Can look for under the existing system.
Although the Heene Hotel has been fully occupied since
'vas opened, no goodwill or promotion money will be
laid for the formation of the Company. The enterprise;
yytuch is of a bona file character, is always in operation, and
ti return will be immediately realised by the shareholders.
RAfter careful consideration of detailed estimates, the
ectors 'have no hesitation in recording their opinion,
t the profits will prove sufficient to pay highly satisfae-
"JV dividends.
ra,'rospectuses and forms of application for Shares may be
-"itained at the Offices of the Company, and of he Broker,
and no application will be received after the 28th inst.
August, 1865.

WEST WORTHING MANSIONS AND HOTEL
COMPANY (Limited).
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To eretained b Bankers.) To the Direc(torsb of thereta West the
Worthing Mansions and
guest Hotel Company (Limited).
Gentlemen,—linving paid £ to your Bankers, I re-
Co you you will allot me Shares in the above-named
l
It
umber that may be allotted to me, to become a member of the Company, and to
sign the Articles of Association when
oeqll thed ; and I hereby authorise you to place my name
uire
Register of Members in respect of the Shares so
°1 allotted. In the event of your allotting me a lesser number
Shares than applied for, I authorise you to apply the
,uePosits, so far as may be necessary, towards the payment
vine on allotment,

same in full
Ordinary Signature ........
Profession or Business
Address
Date

AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, WHITE-
iTALL the 24th day of July, 1865, by the Lords of
'laiesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.
'resent—Lord President, Sir George Grey, Bart.,
Mr. Milner Gibson.
areas by an act passed in the session of the eleventh
411. twelfth years of her present Majesty's reign, intituled
04'41,, Act to prevent until the Ist day of September, 1850,
(Bu. to the end of the then next session of Parliament, the
bereliding of contagious or infectious disorders among
P, cattle, and other animals," and which has since
lam from time to time continued by divers subsequent
tt
o 0.? (amont4zt other things) enacted that it shall be
ut:'; 'lll for the Lords and others of her Majesty's Privy
kalnikeeili or any two or more of them from time to time to
such orders and regulations as to them may seem
re„.BBarY, for the purpose of prohibiting or regulating the
signs to or from such parts or places as they may de-
swilgtibate in such order or orders, of sheep, cattle, horses,
ho-r' or ether animals, or of meat, skins, hides, horns,
o,e‘a, or other part of any animals, or of hay, straw, fodder,
t, other articles likely to propagate infection ; and also for
yrn
othe,"rPo, se of purifying any yard, stable, outhouse, or
ve .- Place, or any waggon ts, carriages, or other
mcles • and also for the purpose of directing how any
4.61 M lof s dig in a diseased state, or any animals, partsthi_
or other things seized under the provisions of
p,„8,,,a0t) are to be disposed of ; and also for the purpose of
0-,,,gmrtg notices to be given of the appearance of any dis-
ns.'er among sheep, cattle, or other animals, and to make
.-.2Y other orders or regulations for the purpose of giving
'ed to the provisions of the said act, and again to revoke,
4iter, or vary any such orders or regulations ; and that all
ortr6vielons for any of the purposes aforesaid in any such
ier or orders contained shall have the like force and
iZet as if the same bad been inserted in the said act ; and
amteall Persons offending against the said act shall for each
4.20 very offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding
o; or such smaller sum as the said Lords or others of her
ptY's Privy Council may in any such case by such
r direct.
tCliti whereas a contagious or infectious disorder, of which
how nature is at present uncertain, has lately appeared, and
the ,Prevails among cattle within the metropolis and in
neighbourhood thereof, and it is expedient to take
II 'tires for preventing such disorders from spreading, do b. 71 therefore, the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council
t3r the, by virtue and in exercise of the powers given
lie said recited act, and by the several acts continuin
elite aforesaid, order as follows :
g
',140hl at the date of the publication of this order in the
htt1i071,4311 Gazette," there shall be any cow, heifer, bull,
disord, or ox labouring under any contagious or infectious
iniryin the possession or custody of any cowkeeper,
Ivaajadll or dairywoman, or of any milkman or
es., tue nri_or vendor or purveyor of milk, or of any dealer in
Wits w,„a4a,teoever within the City of London or within the
4ereaff,-"ne metropolitan police district, or if at any time
in !tad 4,,,.r, while this present order shall continue in force
tlie-4,,eked, any cow, heifer, bull, bullock, or ox, being
'said asse, esion or custody of any such person as afore-
olitai,'"unt the said City of London or within the metro-
ot I,—„rliee district shall be seized or attacked with, or
in 'bouring or suffering under, any such contagious
°rder-16118 disorder, notice of the existence of such dis-
-46101a1g -4; oi the fira appearance of such disorder in or
Persou e cattle belonging to or in custody of any such
63' ~,48 aforesaid, shall immediately thereupon be given
er animal shall be,
I.46inialrrs°ll in whose possession or custody such diseased
to the clerk of her Majesty's
liar je9nourable Privy Council in waiting at the office of
Let Ilid,lieee.tra Privy. Council at Whitehall, in the county
her ; and it shall be lawful for the said clerk of
!hall blestY's Privy Council, and for all such persons as
ilete,ivtiting under his hand authorise in that behalf
.
6Pect -4"'n, and at all reasonable times thereafter, to -
Fina!, ttenrd° m j3atair ne all or any such diseased anaiemsatls.sof„it.tini-
ooncil
tn. or the Volt jas t the nvaY-
to the Lords of her
1M y
.11re or mica information and particulars o
t:dieuteraracter of such disorder as may seem to him ex-
Purpose of enabling proper regulations to
!ion made for preventing or checking the further propaga-
2. .L!,id increase of such disorder.
ti6g tove.l7 Person offending against this order, and omit-
ag,i_voe such notice or to permit such inspection and.
feita,""f nas aforesaid shall for every such offence for-
tice, I;.eltra not exceeding twenty pounds, which the jus-
otre.s.etore who ate or she shall be convicted of such
may think to impose.
(Signed)

EDMUND HARRISON.

RITPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERTVITED AND D IN THE GREAT
I.:x/lIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 18EXHIBIT62), is aE llowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
nvention in the curative treatment of HERNI A.
The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects,
Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
tloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
Ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the
truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir-
cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being
sent to the manufacturer,
Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.

A Single Truss, 168., 210., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls.
A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 625. 6d. Postage, la Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d.

Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post•
office, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT
VLAST IC STOCKINGS,
1:4 KNEE-CAPS, dr.o., for Varicose Veins and all oases of
Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Jto. They are
porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on
like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s.
each. Postage 6d.
JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228, Pineadillr.

NOTHING 11VIPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELL A.
Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and C
~ 12, Three King-court,
Lombard-street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect-
fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which
gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no
matter at what age. The Ague Amarella has none of the
properties of dyes; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the
system, and when the hair is once restored one application
per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per
bottle, or in half bottles. 10s. di Testimonials from artistes
of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re-
spectability' may be seen on application. Messrs. John
Gosnell and Co. have teen appointed Perfumers to her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales.

TORN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
u TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the
the breath. Price Is. dd.-12, Three King-court, Lombard-
street. London.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected trom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few
of the most recent cases:
F. F., aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father.
K. A. F., aged 13, homeless, both parents dead.
A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead,
A, 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead.
H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents,
M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead.
E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead,
S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
M. A. W. aged 17, fallen. both parents dead.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents deed.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who
have been led astray from the path uf virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen •street Cheapsido; or by Messrs
Barclay and Co. Lombard-street.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, Ring's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—His R opal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G
President-11 is Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
This Hospital, foundel in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of flee admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
8,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are 'capable of
containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee
the requisite thuds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer. Edward Man-
Yerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Contts and Co. ;
Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom
and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ;
Barclay and Co. ; W dliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and
Liverpool 5 and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5.
I'A.NFORD SMITH, oaretary.

SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
and Dining-room, eonsistingot a new and elegant assort-
ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink-
stands. beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, am., In lan"
Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &O.
Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, nne'
rainiest to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London.

Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS,
6d INERALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition
of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facilitate
the interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY,
and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each.

PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE-
RALOGY is given by BILTENNANT, P.G.S., at 149. Strand.

SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and
HOME, Hampstead. OMees. 77, Cornhill.
PATRON—The QUEEN.
TRUSTEES.
Capt. the Hon. Francis Mande, The Rev. Canon Champneys
I
R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.
TREASURERS.

R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbnry, Esq.
This Institution is designed to supply a great national
want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in
the Royal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines.
It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic
service, and provides a home free of expense for former
inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the
temptations they might otherwise be exposed to.
The Committee earnestly APPIiAL for CONTRIBU-
TIONS to meet the increasing applications through the
recent storms and loss of life at sea, and t o enable them
eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the
necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000
sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those
who may perish by war.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, Messrs
Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre-
tary, at the Offices, No. 77, CornhilL
R. SWEETTNG, lion. Sao.
CHARLLGS NASH, Sec.

THE CASE OF THE QUAKER FINED AT LIVERPOOL.
—ln the case of the Quaker fined for keeping his
hat on in the Liverpool assize court, the name of Mr. Jus-
tice Smith was by mistake substituted for that of Mr. Baron
Bramwell. It was the learned baron who reproved Mr.
Carson, the Quaker. Mr. Carson was called upon yester-
day, and appeared before the judge uncovered. Mr. Baron
Bramwell said that if Mr. Carson had refused to act as a
juryman, or had behaved with disrespect, he ought to be
fined. He (the learned judge), however, should remit the
fine; and, after considering the matte; he had come to
the conclusion that if Mr. Carson's conscience told him he
ought not to remove his hat, there was nothing intrinsically
disrespectful in it, and that Mr. Carson might, therefore,
if he chose, resume his hat.

EADVERTISEMENT.I-llolloway's Pills and Ointment.--
Biliousness, Dyspepsia.—There is no organ in the human
body so liable to derangement as the liver. Food, fatigue,
climate, and anxiety, all disorder its action and render its
secretion, the bile, more or less depraved, superabundant,
or scanty. The first symptoms should receive attention.
A pain in the side or the top of the shoulder, a harsh cough
and difficulty of breathing, are signs of liver disease, which
are removed without delay by friction with _Holloway's in-
estimable ointment. The pills should also be taken early.
For all diseases of this vital organ the action of these con-
joined remedies is a specific, by checking the over supply
of bile, regulating its secretion, and giving nervous tone.

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 ?" he replied, and
then, on looking at her night-dressy 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 daughter; 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. lie 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. lite 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 wall. 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 returned 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 done. 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 are 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, aboUf3 o'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 tho
windpipe to the spine. I saw the body of the little boy

ly iug ou a uiaLLrcm Awn the floor. llis tiirortt wtua also out;

indeed his head was nearly severed from the body, and his
death must have been instantaneous. 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, and I was shown
two razors at the police-station at half-past four o'clock
this morning, either 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.

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. Ho was removed from the court, and
on his restoration ho 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 elder 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 wore nearly severed from their bodies. I then turned
and saw the little boy lying on his back on the mattress on
which he usually slept. The legs were extended, and his
throat was also cut in a similar manner to the two other
children.
By Mr. Burcham--I 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 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 8 o'clock
he (witness) did not hear any cries or screams from the
children.

Henry Pope, police-constable 54 M, deposed—l 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.
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 prisoner was standing quite
calm and collected in the room, attired only in her night-
dress, upon which there was a great quantity of blood.
Before I spoke to her the prisoner said, "I have done it
with a razor." On examining the room I found a case con-
taining two razors on the mantel-shelf. The cap of tho
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.
George Lack was again recalled and identified the case of
razors as belonging to his father. The razors were usually
kePtinac cupboard
of the
d belovf
bedroom.rs ' and
were never placed on
the mantel-shelf

Police-sergeant Pearce, 7 M, deposed as follows:—lwent
to the house, No.lo, Skin-market-place, shortly before four
yesterday morning, and saw the prisoner in the upstairs
done this
at once said, "I knowth' .
?" and cautioned the pri-
rsooonmer.
inltshae iid,ien"
woeyh.as The
prisoner
perfectly well what I am about—l murdered the children.
I awoke about three o'clock and got up. I then went down
stairs and got the razors. I came upstairs again, and first
cut the throat of Christopher, then I wont to tho bed mid
cut the throat of Eliza, and then I cut the throat of the
baby. After I done it, I took up the body of the baby and
kissed it." I then asked her what hid caused her to do
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 are my own flesh and blood." The pri-
soner at this time was quite cool and collected, and in no
degree excited.
Richard Gardner was recalled, and added to his former
evidence that the prisoner had said that she did not know
what she had done until she had kissed the baby after
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 heave?'

The depositions, having been completed, were read over,
and the prisoner was told she could now put any questions
she might think fit to any of the witnesses.
The prisoner, who had remained seated, with her head
resting on her hands, in the front of the dock, here roused
herself, and said she had no questions to ask.
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
I had to go the hospital, and I thought it better to do what
I did, because I thought my children would be safer to
be in heaven."

The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute, and
the prisoner was fully committed for trial at the next
sessions of the Central Criminal Court.

The prisoner was at once removed from the dock, and
conveyed by Downs, the gaoler of the court, to Horsemon-
ger-lane Gaol.

Death of Major de Fere.

The announcement of the death of Major Francis Horatio
De Vere, 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
40 the prisoner yesterday morning, at half-past 8 o'clock,
by Mr. Superintendent Everist, who said, " Currio, it is
my duty to inform you that Major De Vero is dead." T-b<
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. Ho has been exceedingly
quiet and well behaved since his incarceration, and all that
he has said about the matter has been that he considered
he had done quito 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 Carrie, it is
stated that Francis Horatio De Yore, 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 Do Vere, 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 know Francis Horatio De

Vere. 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
Major Do Yore 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 Vere 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 heard him say,

: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 we did so.
I then heard some one say that the shot had come from one
of the houses. I went to the guard-room and ordered men
to be 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 went 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 ?" He said "Yes, sir," respectfully. I asked him
for his riflo and pouch, and he pointed them out to me, his
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 there was one 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
Yore since ho 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 Lave 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 lie 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. lie 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-mato in
my room, and was cleaning up after dinner when I hoard
a noise ; but not being suro what it was I left off
cleaning and looked out of the window. I saw Major do
Vero in the arms of some of the officers on the 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 Currio there, and said to him, " My God,
Currie, there's Major Do Vero 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 suro
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 the bed, which
was folded up. I went up to the room afterwards with Lieu-
tenant Durnford. I saw the prisoner marched away, but
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 roomf 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.

The Clerk—Prisoner, you have au 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

" 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 gtive 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
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 o f the Royal
Engineers is situate. I knew the late Francis Horatio Do
Vere. 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 the evening, there or thereabouts, when I first
saw him. Ile 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 interspace between the ribs, penetrated certain
portions of the left lung, and had escaped just at the inner
side 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 haemorrhage was going on at that
moment, nor any external htemorrhago of any moment.
There was no danger of hiemorrhage. The wound at its
exit was on a very slight gentle slope as to its entrance.
The Chairman—Will you be good enough to detail his
condition just shortly ?
Dr. Cockburn—After 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 he con-
tinued in a fair way of recovery until about last Friday,
which was the eighth day of the case. This was got over
and checked to a certain degree, and on the Sunday sus-

picious symptoms of inflammation of the lung mado their
appearance. This increased to such a degree as to cause
considerable alarm at the time, but it was checked, and
on Monday he had rallied considerably. Improvement
still went on until Tuesday (yesterday) at ono o'clock, when
a most severe aggravation of all the former symptoms
came on, and the exhaustion was too great to allow of his
recovery, and he died very quietly at 9.45 p.m. The cause
of his death was a gun-shot wound through the lung, which
I have already described. I attended him throughout.
The gun-shot wound was the cause of all the symptoms I
have described, including the inflammation of both lungs,
which was the immediate cause of death. The wound Was
such as would have been made by a rifle bullet, and must
have been so caused. Small shot would not have made
such a wound. lam not aware that any bullet has been
found connected with this affair at all.

The Clerk, to the prisoner—Do you wish to put any
questions to the witness ?

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.?
Witness—l have told him from time to time how Maj.-,r
De Yore 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 'Pere
was dead, and that now he would be charged with murder.
He asked me what time he died, and I said at a quarter to
ton last night, and he said "All right," and turned round
and sat down on the bed.

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

Tho 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 late 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."

The inquest will be held to-morrow morning at the Sun
in the Wood, Brompton, by Mr. Thomas Hills ; and at the
conclusion of the inquiry the remains of Major De Vere
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 under a
recent provision of the Mutiny Act.

The late Major Francis Horatio De Vere, Royal Engi-
neers, was of an old Irish family, and was a nephew of
Lord Monteagle. He was the fifth and youngest son of the
late Sir Audrey do Vere, Batt, by Mary, eldest daughter
of Mr. Stephen Edward Rice, of Mount Tronchard, 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 jollked the Eastern army, and served
with it during the campaigns of 1854-55, and was present
at the battles of the Alma, lukeimaff, and at the siege and
fall of SebastopoL He greatly distinguished himself dur-
ing the war against Russia, and had received the war medal
and clasps for the above engagements with the enemy, and
the Sardinian war medal, also the decoration of the order
of the ,Medjidie of the fith class, and was made a knight of
the Legion of Honour. Major De Yore 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
Engineers.