The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-25 00:00:00

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CORONER'S INQUEST—THIS DAY.
The coroner's inquiry into the circumstances connected
with the murder of the three children by their mother,
Esther Lack, was held to-day by Mr. Carter, the coroner for
Surrey, at the Winchester Arms, Southwark-street.
The witnesses examined were those who gave their tes-
timony at the Southwark Police-court on the occasion of
the examination and committal of the prisoner for wilful
murder by Mr. Bircham.
The accused was not present at the inquiry.
George Lack, son of the accused, said the deceased were
his two sisters and brother, their ages being, Christopher
aged nine, Eliza aged five, and Esther about two years.
His father was the first person from whom he heard of the
murder. He told him to go upstairs, and there he saw the
children dead and his mother was standing over the bed.
She had for the last seven years been subject to severe
illness, and at times her mind had been astray.
In reply to the Coroner he said he had never heard his
mother utter dangerous throats towards her children.
Richard Henry Gardener, son-in-law of the deceased,
said he resided in the same house as the accused, Mrs.
Lack, No. 10, Skin Market-place, and was awoke by his
brother-in-law, who heard crying outside the door.
He got up and asked what was the matter ? George Lack
could not answer him. He went into the front room first
floor, and repeated his question, when the prisoner said
(pointing to the dead children dying on the bed), " That's
the matter." Their heads were nearly severed from their
bodies. When ho asked, " What she had done it for ?" Mrs.
Lack said, " She did it because the children were poor and
had no one to take care of them, it was better that they
should be in heaven than knocking about the streets. She
said she did not know she had murdered the children until
she had killed the baby.
By the Coroner—He had never heard his mother-in-law
threaten the children. He had heard her say that she
wished they were somewhere else, but after that she would
kiss them.

YORK AUGUST MEETING-THURSDAY.

The announcement that the Claxtcal case is to be re-
opened and gone into at Doncaster before the full com-
mittee of Tattersall's gave universal satisfaction last
night. Public opinion has pronounced so unmistakably on
the fallacy of the late decision that it is to be hoped one
more consonant with the principles of common sense will
be arrived at by the the proper tribunal.
The break between Lord Glasgow and the Whitewall
stable has formed another topic for the quidnuncs during
the meeting. In consequence of therunning of White Duck
on Tuesday the Earl gave orders for the removal of his
horses from John Scott's care, and they will go, we
believe, to Tupgill for the present, to be trained by Tom
Dawson.
The chief events of the last day at York aro the Gim-
crack, the Great Yorkshire Stakes, and the Cup. The first
named is interesting from its being the only mile course,
with the exception of the Nursery at Goodwood, on which
two-yr-olds meet to try their staying powers. Selim, un-
penalised, was the favourite, but he proved a non-stayer,
and the extra weight telling on Macdonald and Esca,
Johnny Osborne brought out Lord of the Vale, and won a
fine race from Split the Difference by a head. In the Colt
Sapling Stakes they laid odds on Mr. Pitt, but Fordham
hardly came soon enough, and failed to pass Blue Riband,
a dead heat being the judge's award. The Great Yorkshire
was a surprise for the supporters of Broomielaw, on whom
they laid odds, Klarinska, little fancied by her stable, win-
ning from start to finish, and in such hollow style that 12
to 1 was immediately taken about her for the St. Leger.
Ely scared away all competitors for the Cup, and this
handsome prize goes to swell the list of trophies already
won for Mr. Cartwright by this great horse.
The meeting has been most successful, and the weather
everything that could be desired.
The Tyro Stakes of 5 Boys eash, with 50 added, for 2-yr-
old colts, 9st; and fillies and geldings, Bst 101 b; with
selling allowances. T.Y.C. 8 subs.
Capt. Machell's King Fisher (£3O), Bst ...(J. Grimshaw) 1
Mr. Giiibelei's Naide (£3O), 7st 101 b (Clement 2
Mr. Harker'sßeechwood (£3O), Bst (Fordham 3
Mr. Naylor's Saxon Beauty (£3O), 7st 101b...(Challoner 4
Mary Hill, Jura, and Blackface also ran.
Betting—Even on Naido, 9 to 2 agst King Fisher, and 10
to 1 agst any other.
King Fisher, in company with Saxon Beauty, the fa-
vourite, and Beechwood, made the running to half-way in
the distance, when Mr. Naylor's filly gave way, and Naide
took her place, but failed to reach the leader, who won
very easily by a length ; three lengths separated the second
and third. Saxon Beauty was fourth, close up. -Mary
Hill was last. The winner was bought by Mr. Stephen-
son for 300 guineas.
The Gimcrack Stakes of 10 SOTS each, with 100 added,
for 2-yr-old Bst 101 b ; and fillies, Bst 51b ; win-
ners extra ; the second horse to receive 25 sovs out of
the stakes, and the third to save his stake. One mile.
28 subs.
Mr. R. Cathcart's Lord of the Vale, Bst 101 b (J. Osborne 1
Mr. Jackson's Split the Difference, Bst 101 b Doyle 2
Lord Stamford's Esca, 9st llb (inc 71b extra)...(Carroll 3
Mr. Lincoln's Selim, Bst 103 ................... (Custance) 4
Mr. Pardoe's Macdonald, 9st 31b (hie 71b extra) (Loates) 5
Mr. W. Hudson's Lady Elizabeth filly, Bst 51b
(Wheatley) 6
Betting-6 to 4 agst Selim, 6to 1 agst Split the
Difference, 5 to 1 agst Esca, and 7 to 1 agst Lord of the
Vale.

Henry Pope, M 54, said he took the accused into custody.
He found in the room the two razors produced. There
was blood on the largest one. The accused said she had
killed the children with the largest one.

These razors were then identified as belonging to the
husband of the accused.

Mr. Edward Hibberd, the surgeon who had examined
the bodies, said death in each case had been caused by the
wounds in the necks of the children. They were so deep
that the heads were nearly severed from the bodies. Great
force must have been used in inflicting them. The
razors shown me would produce the wounds.
The Coroner—Do you think thero was any struggle in
either of the cases?

Witness.—No ; the great rush of air into the lungs
would prevent the children crying out or struggling.
Death must have been almost instantaneous.

Constable Pearce, 7 M, said, when he went into the
room he asked who did it. The accused said she knew
quite well what she was about, and that she was then in
custody for the murder of the three children. She said
afterwards—" I woke up about three o'clock and got the
razors. I came upstairs again, and first cut the throat
of Christopher, then I went to the bed and cut the throat
of Eliza, and then I cut the throat of the baby. On being
asked what induced her to do such a shocking thing, she
said she was going into Guy's Hospital, and she did not
like to leave the children in the care of strangers.
The Coroner said the jury having heard the evidence,
it now became their duty to determine how the deaths had
been caused. He would not stop to inquire whether the
children could have inflicted the injuries themselves, be--

Macdonald was the first away, and made the running at a
good pace, having Selim, the Lady Elizabeth colt, and
Split the Difference as his immediate followers, Lord of the
Vale and Esca lying up. They ran in these positions to the
T.Y.C. post, when the leader dropped back, leaving Se-
lim with a slight advantage, which he retained to the dis-
tance, when he in turn gave way to 'split the Difference and
Esca, who came on
.together to the miclosure, when Osborne
brought up Lord of the Vale with a rush, and getting up to
Mr. Jackson's colt at the Stand he headed him in the next
few strides and won a fine race by a head. Split the Differ-
ence was second, three lengths in advance of Esca ; Selim
a bad fourth.
The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 sovs each, 30 ft, for 2-yr-
old colts, Bst 101 b each. T.Y.C. 14 subs.
Duke of Beaufort's Mr. Pitt, Bst 101 b (Fordham) f 1
Mr. R. Cathcart's Blue Riband, Bst 101 b (Osborne) f 2
Botting-100 to 30 on Mr. Pitt.
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effort and landed Mr. Pitt in the last few strides by a head,
after an exciting struggle.
The Nursery Handicap Plate of 100 sovs each, for two-yr-
olds. Wfnners extra. T.Y.C., about five furlongs.
Mr. Barber's Locket Lucy, by Tomboy or Commotion,
Est 91b (Ward) 1
Lord Exeter's Amazon, Est 91b (Huxtable) 2
Mr. Johnstone's Rococo, Est 101 b (Cameron) 3
The following also ran :—Naide, Raunds, Black Prince,
Limber Magna, Castanet, Blue Bell filly, Monitress, Grand
Master, Violent, Jezebel, Lord Craven, and Pretty Queen.
. Betting-3 to 1 each agst Jezebel and Castanet, sto 1
agst Rococo, 100 to 8 each agst Amazon and Pretty Queen,
100 to 7 agst Lord Craven, 25 to 1 agst Locket Lucy, and
100 to 3 agst Monitress.
A short delay, caused by the fractiousness of Locket
Lucy, Castanet, and Naide, preceded the actual start, in
which Castanet, in the centre, got away with a slight lead of
Locket Lucy next the rails, and Jezebel on the extreme
right, close in whose wake came Amazon, Naide, Moni-
tress, Black Prince, Rococo, and Raunds in close company
to the road. Here Castanet disappeared from the front,
and the running was then taken up by Locket Lucy, who,
half way down, was followed by Amazon and Rococo, but
the two latter never had a chance of reaching Mr. Bar-
ber's filly, who won in a canter by three lengths. Amazon
defeated Rococo by half a length for second ; a similar
distance divided the latter from Naide. Castanet was
fifth, Jezebel sixth, the Blue Bell filly seventh, and
Raunds next. Tho last two were Violent and Grand
Master, beaten off.
The Twenty-third Year of the Great Yorkshire Stakes of
10 soya each, with 100 added for the second horse ; for
Bowes's KElarroionniskia,
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Bsbt 101 b (Challone
3-yr-old colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 51b ; winners extra.
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One mile and three-quarters. 75 subs.
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Mr. Sutton's Nightwatch, Bst 101 b (Thomas) 3
Lord Conyngham and Olmar also ran.
Betting-5 to 4on Broomielaw, sto 1 agst Olmar, 6to 1
agst Klaiinska, 100 to 12 agst Nightwatch, and 100 to 6
against Lord Conyngham.
Klarinska jumped away with a clear lead of Olmar, the
pair being a couple of lengths in advance of Broomielaw,
Lord Conyngham and Nightwatch side by side bringingup
the rear. As they neared the mile and a quarter post Lord
Conyngham headed the favourite and followed Olmar into
the straight, where the two last-named were beaten, leav-
ing Broomielawin attendance upon Mr. Bowes's mare. At
the distance Nightwatch reached the favourite, but neither
of the two were enabled to reach the leader, who won in a
canter by a length : a like distance separated the second
and third ; a bad fourth. The whiner was backed for the
Leger after the race at 12 to 1.
The First Year of the Twelfth Aske Produce Stakes of 50
soya each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst
71b ; those got by untried stallions or out of untried
mares allowed 31b, but only one allowance. T.Y.C.
3 subs.
Lord Stamford's Esca, (31b), Bst 71b (Carroll) w.o.
The Consolation Scramble of 50 Boys, added to a handicap
stakes of 5 sovs each. T.Y.C.
Mr. Backhouse's Sylph, 2 yrs, 6st (Kenyon 1
Lord A. G. Lennox's Vabalathus, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Buck 2
Lord Westmoreland's Voluptas, 5 yrs, 7st 41b...(Morris 3
Major Stapylton's Sundeelah, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Ingham 4
The following also ran : Skylark, Jack O'Lantern, Nei
1
Radcliffe, Auracaria, Gondola, Jupiter, Proserpine, Trea
sure Trove, and Dart.
Betting.-2 to 1 agst Vabalathus, 5. to 1 agst Voluptas,
6 to 1 agst Proserpina, 10 to 1 each agst Sylph and Nemo,
and 100 to 7 agst Jupiter.

cause that was impossible. The evidence appeared to him
so plain that there could not be any doubt as to who was
the perpetrator of the murders, and they must

not allow any sympathy -to affect their verdict.

the mother was ever so mad, they must not take
that into consideration, because they had no power to dis-

charge her.

That matter rested with the superior courts,

They had to return a simple verdict, and the evidence they
had heard would, he felt certain, enable them to decide the

matter.

One of the jury asked the constable whether ho observed

any blood about the person of the accused ?

Pearce said her hands were completely covered with it.
The jury then returned a verdict of wilful murder, in
each case, against Esther Lack.

The witnesses were then bound over to appear and give
evidence against the prisoner at the neat sessions of the
_ _

Central Criminal Court,

The Murder of Major De Vere.

The coroner's inquest upon Major Francis De
Vere was held yesterday at the Sun in the Wood
Tavern, Chatham. The principal witness ex-
amined was Lieutenant George Durnford, who
stated that the deceased was captain in
the Royal Engineers and major in the British
army. He was thirty-six years of age. He was
standing near at the time and heard the shot, after
which he saw the major fall. A sapper named
Mason .said the man who had fired the shot was in
the house. He went to an upstairs front room,
and there found Sapper John Currie of the Royal
Engineers standing in the room by himself. There
was a smell of burnt powder in the room. He said
to him " Did you do this ?" and he replied, " Yes,
sir." The other witnesses who were examined pre-
viously before the magistrates having given their
evidence, the jury returned a -verdict of wilful mur-
der against John Currie.

REMOVAL OF THE BODY OF MAJOR DE VERE.
At a quarter past 12 o'clock yesterday the mortal remains
of Major Francis Horatio De Vere were removed from
Brompton Barracks to London, en route for Ireland, where
the body will be buried.
It is, happily, but seldom that the last sad rites are paid
to an officer of high rank under such awful circumstances,
and the pomp and solemnity of a military funeral, such as
took place yesterday, made a deep impression on theim-
mense concourse of spectators who thronged the streets
through which the mournful procession passed. Shortly
before 12 o'clock the bugle sounded for the men to muster
who had been selected to take part in the procession, and
they were on parade as the clock struck the hour of noon.
The firing party of Sappers and Miners, 200 in number,
were drawn up opposite the side of the square facing the
house where the corpse lay. The splendid band of the
Engineers was on the left-hand side, and beyond them a
large body of artillery and other soldiers. At least 150
officers were present from Chatham, Canterbury, Dover, Icc.,
and the picturesqueness of the scene received a gratifying
addition when 120 blue jackets from the Wellesley and
other ships marched on to the ground to bear their testi-
mony of respect to one slaughtered with such bloodthirsty
coolness. A gun, drawn by six horses, formed the fune-
ral car, and the union jack covered that part of it where
the coffin was to rest, Quartermaster-Sergeant William
Draycott and Gunner Jones sitting on the gun-carriage.
Precisely at a quarter past 12, and while the jury were de-
liberating upon their verdict, Col. Browno, C. 8., gave the
word of command for the men to fall in, and the body was
borne from the room where he had lived and died and placed
on the gun carriage, the staff officers acting as pall-bearers
being Major Kerr, Major (Dr.) Cockburn, Major Gervoise,
and Major Gossett, and the procession moved in the fol-
lowing order from the parade ground through the magni-
ficent Crimean arch erected by the survivors to the me-
' mory of those who fell in the late Russian war, the streets
of Brompton, and up the military road to the station of the
London,Chatham, and Dover Railway. The firing party,
about 200 in number, in open column of 24 file, with arms
reversed, the band playing the Dead March in Saul, the
Rev. Mr. Edgell and the Rev. Mr. Wetherall, military
chaplains—the gun carrying the body in a plain black
cloth-hearse, with black nails, and a simple inscription on
the plaM. Tho coffin was covered with a rich black velvet
pall, edged with white silk, and the arms and accoutre-
ments of the deceased were placed thereon, his very nume-
rous glittering orders being disposed on allack velvet
cushion at the head of the coffin. The three brothers of
the deceased walked behind, and then came the horse of
the deceased draped in black velvet, with white silk and
crape, and led by two non-commissioned officers. Two
captains followed, and then the "blue jackets." The other
soldiers—the artillery—and then the officers in attend-
ance, completed the procession. Only one incident of special
note occurred during the passing of the impressive
cortege, and that was the arrival of the orderly with the
information of the result of the inquest, at the very instant
the corpse of the murdered officer was passing the window
whence the fatal shot was fired. In passing through the
streets the greater number of the shops had their shutters
up, and the private houses their blinds drawn down—a
commendable mark of respect to the dead. On the ad-
vance guard of the firing party arriving at the station,
they fell back to each side of the way, and the corpse was
brought up to the side of the line, where Mr. Veal, the
courteous and business-like station-master, had caused due
preparations to be made, and the band playing Beethoven's
" Sleepers awake !" the coffin was placed in the carriage
prepared for its reception, and after a farewell glance at
the last earthly receptacle of their brother soldier,with his
glittering honours telling of noble deeds in his country's
cause, the word to march was given by Colonel Browne
The railway carriage was shunted from the gaze of the po-•
pulaco and forwarded to London with its sad contents in the
course of the afternoon.

Proserpine made the running, attended by Sylph, Vaba-
lathus, Voluptas, and Sundeelah, to the distance, where
Sylph went to the front, and Proserpine declining, the
former won cleverly by half a length, the same distance
separating Vabalathus from Voluptas; Sundeelah was
fourth, Proserpine fifth, Gondola sixth, and Dart and
Araucaria the last two.
The Members' Plate of 50 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and upwards,
weight for age, with maiden allowances. Three quar-
ters of a mile.
Captain Machell's Effie, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b ...... (J. Grimshaw) 1
Mr. Jackson's Jupiter, 3 yrs, 7st .................... (Cannon) 2
Mr. C. Winteringham's Sweet Jessie, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b
(Clarkson) 3
Lord Westmoreland's Cadogan, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Heartfield 4
Mr. H. Thomton's Thordisa, 4 yrs, 9st llb ....... (Martin 5
Betting--6 to 4 agst Effie, 5 to 2 agst Cadogan, 4 to 1 agst
Sweet Jessie, and 5 to 1 agst Jupiter.
The favourite jumped away with a clear lead, attended.
by Cadogan and Jupiter, was never headed, and won in a
canter by three lengths ; Sweet Jessie a bad third.
The York Cup, value 200 soya, by subscription of 10 sovs
each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards, weight
for age; winners extra, with maiden allowances. Two
miles, over the Old Course. 10 subs.
Mr. Cartwright's Ely, Bst 12113(inc 71b ex) (Custance) w.o.

THE " MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR" AT WINDSOR.—The
owner of the clothes found under the railway arch at
Windsor has been discovered, and no circumstance of
suspicion is connected with either him or the garments.

ROMAN CATHOLICS AT OXFORD.—The following
Roman Catholics are at present on the books at Christ
Church, Oxford .—Mr. Thomas Weld-Blundell and Mr.
Henry J. Stourton (gentlemen commoners), and Mr. H. G.
Shee, son of the judge, and Mr. Christopher Talbot Red-
ington, son of the late Sir Thomas N. Redington (com-
raoners.)—Guardian.

THE SUN, LONDUN, FRIDAY. EVENING, AUGUST 25 1F65,

Mr. W. Stebbinis' The Roarer, 3 yrs, Bst 71b

MENTS.

August 24, at 9 a.m., Lufra and King of Spades out of
Lichfield engagements.

second to save his stake. About a mile and a half. 10
subs.
Mr. Brayley's Endsleigh, 3 yrs, Bst 91b (Cannon) 1
Capt. Gray's The Swift, 9st llb (F. Adams) 2
Betting-6 to 4 agst Endsleigh, who won after a good
race by a short head.

1 The Saltram Stakes (Handicap) of 15 SOTS each, 5 ft, and
3 if declared, with 100 added ; winners extra ; second
saved his stake. About two miles. 23 subs ; 11 de-
clared.
Mr. E. Brayley's Pearl Diver, 5 yrs, Bst 61b (in. 91b ex.)
(Cannon) 1
Mr. T. Parr's Moose, 5 yrs, 9st llb (inc. 51b extra)
• (W. Boyce 2
Captain King's Salpinctes, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (Storey 3
Mr. Carlile's Allow Me, 5 yrs, 7st 21b (Grey 4
Mr. E. Brayley's Pelios, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Murray) 5
Betting--G to 4on Pearl Diver, 3to 1 agst Moose.
Won by three-quarters of a length ; two lengths between
second and third.

First Year of the Second Plymouth Biennial Stakes of 10
sous each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst
101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b ; penalties and allow-
ances; second to save his stake. Straight half mile. 16
subs.
Mr. J. D. Starkey's Kingsley, Bst 21b (J. Mann) 1
Mr. I. Woolcott's Ropley, Bst 2lb (Dowling) 2
Prince de Soltykoff's El Ole, Bst 101 b (W. Boyce) 3
Mr. E. Brayley's Exeter, Bst 51b (Cannon) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Kingsley, 2to 1 agst Ropley, and 4
to 1 each agst Exeter and El Ole.

Won by three-quarters of a length; a length between
second and third ; a bad fourth.

The Ladies' Plate of 25 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5
sovs each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age,
with selling and other allowances. Three-quarters of a
mile, in heats.

- • (F. Adams) 1 1
Bavaria filly, 6st 41b (Murray) 2 3
Kathleen, 7st 121 b (J. Mann) 3 2
Betting-6 to 4 agst the Roarer, who won by a length ;
a bad third. Deciding heat.—Betting-2 to 1 on The
Roarer, who won easily by threelengths ; a bad third. The
winner was bought in for 50 guineas.

HORSES STRUCK OUT OP THEIR ENGAGE

August 18, at 9 a.m., Nuneaton out of Chatsworth
Stakes, Derby.

August 19, at 9 a.m., Vicksburg and Caprice out of
Yarmouth engagements, Exchequer and Tennyson out of
Staffordshire Stakes, Lichfield, Ozone out of all engage-
ments; after 6 p.m. all Count de Lagrange's horses, except
Auguste, out of York engagements.
August 21, at 9 a.m., Hadji's Daughter out of York and
Yarmouth engagements, Coup d'Etat out of York engage-
ments, John Davis and Tippler out of Tradesmen's Plate,
Derby ; at 2.17 p.m., Sacrilege out of Hunters' Stakes,
Hereford ; at 4.30 p.m., Rosina, Queen Bee, and Katherine,
out of Yarmouth engagements ; Queen of Holland, out of
Nursery, York.
August 22, at 9 a.m., Duke of York out of Convivial
Stakes, Mother of Pearl out of Nursery, York, and Joco
out of all handicaps for which the weights have appeared.
August 23, at 1.30 p.m., colt by Vengeance out of
Media, 2 yrs, out of all engagements, 1865 ; and after 9
p.m., Mountain Flower out of Uffington Handicap, Lam-
bourne.