The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-31 00:00:00

The Muller Reward Questions

This much debated question is even yet not finally deter-
mined. The Government, as has been stated, promptly
forwarded the £lOO reward to the trade assignee's solicitor,
Mr. Thomas Beard, upon the proceedings in bankruptcy.
The remaining £2OO has not yet been paid, the North
London Railway Company and Messrs. Roberts and Co.
deferring to the opinion of the Chief Commissioner of the
Metropolitan Police. This morning Mr. Beard received
the following letter :

Spring-gardens, 'March 30, 1865.
Sir,—The Commissioner of Police has instructed me to
reply to your letter to him of the 16th inst. We have, by
the Commissioner's directions, written to the Secretary of
the North London Railway Company and to Messrs. Ro-
barts and Co., informing them of the course pursued by
the Government with regard to the disposal of the reward
of £lOO offered by them, and adding that we see no objec-
tion to their handing the amount of the rewards offered by
them respectively to Mr. John Paul, the creditors' assignee
of Matthews, on his giving a receipt.
We are, &c.,
(Signed) ELLis A.ND Ems.
Mr. Thomas Beard.

Mr. Beard is therefore hourly expecting the X2OO, and
t is anticipated that some arrangements may be made with
he creditors.

THE CASE OF DR. PRITCHARD.—GIasgow, Wed.
nesday Evening.—As the result of the investigation which
has been made in this case, Dr. Pritchard was to-day fully
committed for trial on a charge of murder. A. number of
articles of bed and body clothing, worn by the late Mrs.
Pritchard in her last illness, have been despatched to Edin-
burgh for analysis by Professor Maclagan. Most of the ar-
ticles, and more especially the body clothes, present certain
stains, and it is deemed desirable that they should be exa-
mined, with a view to discover whether or not they bear
traces of poison. The body of Mrs. Taylor is to be exhumed
to-morrow (Thursday), when a post mortem examination
will be made by Professor Maclagan and Dr. Littlejohn.
THE ALLEGED INHUMAN TREATMENT OF A SICK
PAUPER IN ST. GILES'S WORKHOUSE.—Yesterday
afternoon Dr. Lankester concluded the inquiry as to the
death of Richard Gibson, an inmate of St. Giles's Work-
house, who was alleged to have died from neglect and ill-
treatment in that establishment. The jury returned a ver-
dict to the effect that the deceased died from the effects of
the effusion of serum on the brain, being greatly accele-
rated by the neglect he had received at the hands of the
whole of the officials connected with the workhouse. They
also called the attention of the Poor-law Board to ward 47
of the workhouse, in which the deceased was confined
during his illness, which they think is deficient in lighting,
ventilation, and proper accommodation for the patients, is
in a very bad position, and ought to be closed. They also
think that dietary of the sick poor in that workhouse is de-
ficient, and that patients ought not to go from four o'clock
p.m. to eight o'clock a.m. without food. They also think
that more paid nurses should be appointed to attend the
sick, and they are of opinion that the neglect of the nurses
to change the linen in the case of Gibson is severely rapre-
hensible.
A memorial to the Lord-Lieutenant, praying a
reprieve for Michael Lynch, who was condemned to
death at the late Cork Assizes for the crime of parricide, is
being circulated throughout the county, and has obtained
the signatures of.many magistrates, clergymen, and others
of high standing. The Cork Reporter urges the granting of
its prayer by the plea that the culprit is " but one degree
removed from the brute creation." It is 16 years since
capital punishment was inflicted hi Cork, and the citizens
are naturally desirous to be spared the melancholy
spectacle.