The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-04 00:00:00

Trig 'SUN, ifi()N9C)l, MONK' 's V FIVENEINTR AUGUST 4, 1862.

from the'place where the: bodies were discovered. It
affords some satisfaction to know that on Saturday
morning a little girl, who was minding some cows
near the spot, picked up a piece of paper which
proved to be a circular issued by " S. Henderson,
tailor and outfitter, Holloway-gate," on the
back of which were written in pencil, in a
bold, gentlemanly hand, the following words :
"Whoever finds this body will confer a great
favour on one who can never ask another, if
he will take the gloves the writer wears to
(here a name was written, and afterwards
effaced by the writer to render it illegible), and tell
her that he died blessing her and praying for her
happiness. And the writer asks with his dying
breath that will love —, and he asks to be
- (illegible) dearly for his sake ; and he asks
forgiveness from all whom he pains by thus going
away to die, but he is too unhappy to live. And
as the last request of hor dying child, he asks his
mother to love—(name repeated and again effaced)
—and to take care of her as far as possible.
poor
And
the writer most earnestly begs pardon from his
old father, whom he is sorry to leave, but fateis
too strong to resist. May God bless all those who
hreaqvue i t
ed been so go
odbut to
my life
imfee,
wa no
rde wlhivoomd Ia
ghaaivne, sIo ill
am
afraid I should do all I
ahnadvweitdhoane. As
hlissfui forfeelimngy
tdheaatthl,
almdigeoqinugitetoharepspty.
(Here a name was
written, but effaced) is nearly dead. I have
promised to see him safely dead before I quit —."
Here the writer ceased, and no doubt at once pro-
ceeded to terminate his own existence, after having
first covered over with a rug the dead body of his
companion. Another rug was lying by the side of
himself. This
t appears e
least
lightto be u thepon onlytheinstrument
melancholy
which throws the
affair. Two gentlemen answering the description
of the deceased visited the village on Thursday
week last, and put up at the " Big White Lion,"
where they purchased a bottle of port wine, of
which it is reasonably supposed the portion found
in the bottle on Friday evening formed a part. It
is also strongly suspected that the tragic affair took
' place on Thursday week last. On that day one of
the gentlemen alluded to left a pocket-book at the
" Big White Lion," in which were inscribed the
following addresses :—" C. 8., 5, Langham-place,
Brixton, or 11, Angel-court, City." Communications
have been forwarded to each of these places, but up
to Saturday night no reply had been received. On
Saturday afternoon a small phial was found on the
spot containing apparently a tincture for the tooth-
ache, on the cork of which was a wax impression
bearing the name of a chemist (illegible) in Upper
Holloway. This would lead to the supposition that
one or both of the men came from that locality,
as the circular before referred to was issued from
the same place. Several pieces of burnt paper
which formed part of a London and South-Western
Railway time table were scattered about the spot,
having been discharged from the pistols.

did also all the other prisoners, that he was the man
who actually fired the gun. The prisoners were
asked by the magistrate whether any of them de-
sired in answer to the charge, and
tey tallo sayreplied
y nb
tnhge
negative, and they were then
remanded to the county gaol at Maidstone. There
is innuiries that have been
intended to have given in-
formationpolice, but it has also been ascer-
tained
made reasonth
at
t t o
o A believeiti
che,n wally from
that he had sent round to all the other pri-
soners advising them to get out of the way, and he
no doubt expected that they would have been able
to make their escape.

A SSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

Mr. Superintendent Hollington, of Chertsey,
visited the spot on Saturday, and despatched a
messenger to Scotland-yard ; and he has since used
every endeavour to ascertain the names and houses
of the men, but up to this period without success.
The spot where the bodies were found was visited
yesterday by several hundreds of persons from
Cobham and the adjacent neighbourhood.

consent, commits a crime against all social and moral laws,
even if it be not (as I think it is) a felony. I will say no
more on the hateful subject. lam ill and much dispirited,
and the more I thin!: of your dishonesty the more sick at
heart it makes me. Adieu.—Your still sincere and kind
friend," ARTHUR."
Mr. Serjeant Shee then proceeded to state that
these were the facts he should have to lay before
the jury, and he said it would appear in the course
of the case that the defendant was a married man,
although separated from his wife, and that he conse-
quently knew perfectly well that he could not
' marry the plaintiff, and he repeated that there
could be very little doubt that he had carried out a
heartless plan of seduction. If he established that
fact he was quite sure the jury would know how to
deal with such a man, and that they would not con-
HOME CIRCUIT—LEwEs, Aug. 2, sider the sum of £2,000, which the plaintiff claimed
(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell and a Common Jury.)
CIVIL SIDE. as damages, at all an exorbitant one for the injury
she had sustained. The learned serjeant concluded
THOMAS V. S by stating that the defendant, upon being applied
HIRI:EY—BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
to by the solicitor for the plaintiff, offered to pro-
riage. Toe plaintiff was a youn lady named Anne This was an action for breach of promise of mar-child, and to place the sum of £lOO in
vide for the h
to enable her to provide
pleaded, in answer to the action, that he did not
Thomas, and the defendant is Gen. Shirley. He the hands of the plaintiff
for herself until she could obtain a situation, but
promise to marry the plaintiff, as alleged in the
this offer, of course, could not be accepted, and it
declaration, and upon this lea issue was oined.
then became necessary to bring the present action.
The damages were laid at £2,p 000. j Mr. C. Few, a solicitor, carrying on business in
Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, and Henrietta street, Covent-garden, proved that the
Mr. F. H. Lewis were counsel for the plaintiff;Wandsworth
' in the , year 1858 as governess or a year and a half,
plaintiff was in his establishmentt at
Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C.,
appeared for the defendant, and that she conducted herself very well during
Mr. Sergeant Shee, in his address to the jury, that period, and was very accomplished.
Mrs. Fanny Moon deposed that she was the
said he was very sorry, on the part both of the
principalrs. of the Musical and Collegiate Institution
plaintiff and the defendant, that it had been neces-
a similar institution in Berners-street, and the
means to recover from the defendant, who was . un-
sary to bring this action, and to endeavour by that Newman-street. She had previously managed
called upon her at the last mentioned place
doubtedly a man of high position and a general in plaintiff
and had her name inserted in the list of persons
her Majesty's army, damages for the very seriouslntff
and cruel injury he had inflicted upon the plaintiff i who wanted places as governesses. Witness got
the offer of one or two situations for her, but she
in the cause. She was a young lady only 23
washeyears declined to accept them, and subsequently, at
of age, and lost both her parents when
ages s
witness's suggestion, she went to Paris to perfect
only two years old, and at that tenderrheraunt,
woat,
left an orphan. She was adopted y
Bicester, herself in French. Upon her return, the plaintiff,
at witness's suggestion, went to live at her father's
house in St. John's Wood, and after she had been
and she remained with the family for
tsevbe.s-
a lady named Gibbs, who resided at u
there a short time she told witness that she was
ral years, and Mr. Gibbs, her uncle,
tired of teaching and should like to obtain a situa-
tion as housekeeper, and witness proposed that she
should be 21 years old,and, upon attaining that age,
death provided her an annuity of £3O, untilba shei
should insert an advertisement for a situation of
that description, and one was accordingly sent to
a and,sumt
there
rl;e3boeoi
being
absolutely. lutel
secondy.
family, er a u nttbe marriedpiain, t
iff again,felt
house
the Times, and appeared at the latter end of May.
herself uncomfortable and left Mrs. Gibbs 's d
Mr. Chambers suggested that the advertisement
with the intention of gaining her livelihfioott
fitted by
a
should be read.
governess, for which position she was well
Mr. Serjeant Shee said he had already stated the
her education and accomplishment. Shied,
wasbut she nature of the advertisement, and if his learned
friend wished the whole of it to be read he had
at this time more than 17 or 18 years old, e hat
obtained two situations, one with a gentlemananotherletter put it in as his evidence.
named Atkinson, at Wallingford, and t
sttdisn.
the family of a gentleman named Few, Mr. Chambers said he should certainly not do
that, and he submitted that he was entitled to in-
sist upon the advertisement being real.
worth, and her conduct while in the estabalishments
of both those gentlemen was most irreproachable.f.n
The plaintiff, upon leaving Mr. Few's. family, in Mr. Baron Bramwell saint appeared to him that
this was so, and the advertisement was consequently
put in. It was in the following terms :
the year 1861, became acquainted with a lady
named Moon, who kept an establishment or institue
"Ladlnlieouasekesmaepnert,—A young Lady is desirous of ob-
tion called the Musical and Collegiate Agency, in
taming as housekee er, with a widower or
Newman-street, Oxford-street, the object of which
single gentlemagn. She is highly acpcomplished, of ladylike
was to obtain situations for governesses, and she re- deportment, and young.—Address, Constance, care a the
quested this lady to endeavour to procure a situa-
Lady Principal, Collegiate Institution, Newman-street."
tion for her in that capacity. It appeared that at Examination continued—A day or two after this
the moment she was unable to do so, and, by her advertisement. app
her, and she subsequentlyeared in the newspaper the de-
advice, the plaintiff went to Paris for a few months, fendant called upon
for the purpose of perfecting herself in French, and troduced him to the plaintiff.
she then returned to London. Fora short time the Cross-examinel—Witn ess first became acquainted
laintiff, by the recommendation of Mrs. Moon, re-
P , with the plaintiff about 18 months or two years ago,
and all she knew of her was that she wanted a
situation as governess and that she had good refer-
in eacin n-etd in the,
educatingerrac
his children, in return for her board ences. When the plaintiff said that she should like
and lodging, and she then again applied to Mrs. to get a situation as housekeeper, and she was tired
Moon to procure a situation for her, and she ex- of teaching, witness proposed an advertisement, and
pressed a desire rather to have a situation as lady suggested that it should be addressed to widowers
housekeeper than that of a governess, and at the
or single gentlemen, and also that the plaintiff
suggestion of Mrs. Moon an advertisement was
should
inserted in the Times for a situation of that de- call herself Constance. She was unable, to
say why she pitched upon that name in particular.
scription, and this led to an introduction to the
'Witness had drawn up several similar advertise-
defendant, who, he was sorry to say, was a
ments. Only two or three persons answered the
man of position, of good family, and a general in plaintiff's advertisement. They were all " middle-
her Majesty's service, but who, he believed, he
should be able to prove, was as deliberate, nn- aged" gentlemen. (A laugh.) She saw the gene-
ral herself, but she did not say anything about the
principled, and heartless a seducer as ever appeared terms upon which the plaintiff was to enter his ser-
in a court of justice. Mrs. Moon herself, who was vice. She heard afterwards that the plaintiff went
a most respectable lady,allowed reference to be made
to her at the institution in Newman-street, and to Greenwich and Southend with the general very
shortly after they were introduced to each other,
two or three days after the advertisement appeared,
but she-knew
which was in the month of May last year, the `nothing personally of the matter.
Mrs. Elizabeth Elsdon deposed that she lived
defendant introduced himself to Mrs. Moon as a
with her husband at Stoke Newington, and she was
widower, and he represented that he required the
acquainted with the plaintiff before her marriage,
services of a lady such as was referred to in the
and the defendant accompanied her to witness's
advertisement to superintend his household in the
house, and introduced her as Mrs. Shirley. Upon
country. Mrs. Moon told the defendant where he one occasion he also said that he had no doubt she
could see the plaintiff, and he accordingly went to
her father's house and was introduced to her, and was surprised to hear that they were married, and
she replied that she was not surprised to hear of the
there was no doubt that he immediately formed the marriage, but thought it would not have taken place
plan of seducing her. He stated that he was a man
of fortune and of high rank in the army, a widower, so suddenly. The general said he was very fond of
the plaintiff, and it should be the study of his life
and that he had a country house called Brookside to make her happy.
Lodge, near Rugby ; that he was in the habit of Miss Emily Rosewell, a schoolfellow of the plain-
seeing a great deal of company, and that it was tiff deposed that in consequence of an invitation she
very important that his household affairs should received from her she went to pay her a visit at
be superintended by an accomplished lady whom General Shirley's residence at Rugby, in December
he could introduce to his friends. He also said that 18614 and found her living there as Mrs. Shirley,
although at first it might appear to be rather an and the wife of the general. Witness remained
equivocal position, for a lady to be placed in, still in there nearly a month, and during the greater part
point of fact it was not so, as there were a great many of that time they appeared to be on very friendly
servants who were always about, and he was con - and affectionate terms. Witness remarked that on
stantly watched by his female relations. The , one occasion she, by accident, nearly broke a chim-
plaintiff declined the offer made to her by the de-
ney ornament, and the defendant observed that he
fendant to enter his service in the capacity sug- was very glad he had not done so, as it belonged to
gested, and the defendant pressed her to consent, his poor dear first wife. (A laugh.) He also said
that when he was in the Crimea a few years before
but she still refused to do so. He called upon her
one day, and, knowing that she was a proficient he was very miserable, and witness remarked that
in music, he requested her to accompany him to
he ought now to be very happy with Annie for his
Messrs. Kirkman's to choose a piano, and on their wife. On the Sunday before Christmas-day plain-
return he again pressed her to accept the proposi- tiff and the general had a quarrel, and at night the
tion he had made to her, but finding that she would plaintiff wrote a letter which witness, at her request,
not, he declared his attachment to her, and offered placed on the general's dressing-table, and she saw
her his hand and fortune, and said that he would him go into the room, and shortly afterwards she
make her his wife. To a poor, young, friendless saw the letter referred to lying crumpled up on the
girl such an offer from a man in the defendant's po- floor. Soon after this had taken place plaintiff went
sition, who was not more than 50 years old, and who
he into the room, and she heard her ask defendant
was told was a handsome man, was of course
whether he was going to perform nis promise to
accepted, and in the confidence that the defendant
marry her? He appeared to be very angry, and
was actuated by honourable intentions, and his po-
said in a loud tone—" My promise I cannot and
sitive promise that in a short time he would make I will not perform." She also heard him say that
her his wife, she consented to meet the defendant, he might be led by kindness, but that he would
and a connection of an intimate nature no doubt
not be bullied.
arose between them, and the defendant as the reauit The letter referred to by the witness was then
succeeded in Effecting his object of seducing and de- put in and read,. It was as follows :
stroying the unhappy girl who had placed confi- "Dear Arthur,--I should have spoken to you this even-
dence in his honour. In nine cases out of ten it was ing, but as you so rudely accused me of being in a bad tem-
impossible to prove an actual promise of marriage, perl will not I
simply ask you not trouble you by mentioning that which I should
but when the jury had heard all the evidence he have
to give me money, or allow
should lay before them and the communications that
me to buy some warm clothing. I am, which you know,
wearing at the present time a summer bonnet and cloak,
had taken place ;between the parties, it would be setting aside my havingl no clothes to wear in
for them to say whether it wasnot abundantly esta- g ir uatedikearf hi. your sisters to have
blished that such a promise had been made by the beenthdaeceived
When you are enjoying yourself rbs ee
w.onthecillarLttnifeawa
defendant, and that he had succeeded in seducing
Daymn think what happiness you have deprived me of. There
plaintiff by means of that promise. (The learned
are two questions which I must beg of you to answer before
sergeant here read some letters that had been writ- leaving to-morrow. First, do you intend to carry out your
ten by defendant to the plaintiff, in which he ad-
:c pt will
uo so
ruuersme ,o.e
girl
remember
:Ir mustyour
yingomucehernlesntit2your intention to send me
dressed her as " Dearest Little Annie," and in the from here feoffra Tr y
In the hands of m
Id
os hsaol labned sorrydiscl
disclose
ne
in-
spoke
Ifesrhailleeplacee
most affectionate terms. None of them, however,
ra this
change
h ange uncertain
ve rywsaoyo
n. .
contained any allusion to marriage, but defendant
child, and never de-
shouldl do hope whatever
spoke of the pleasure he had experienced in clasp- imuarye
soon do so again.) He said thatthere was no
ing her to his bosom, and expressed a hope that he
ceive andfeortthsearrevi
inr vain bto plesas youyehaa.ve
Goodme. night,
am sorry
doubt the plaintiff felt the greatest confidence in the all my
unlessPthrlonger.mwhole i 8 go
there ener enmi ias:
God forgive you as willingly as I would if honourable. may
man who intended to betray her, and she met him hyaopupbeyn aynoue
Yours sincerely, ANE."
t re-
repeatedly, and upon one occasion at his earneesthe
Cross-examined—The plaintiff had told her
quest she accompanied him to Southend where
train
yn
before this letter was written something about her
dined, and upon his representation that the last
not being married to the defendant. Witness was
had started, and having at the same time full confi-to
present when the plaintiff wrote this letter, and
dente in his honourable intentions she consented _
after she had done so she read it to her. Her own
pass the night with defendant. After this occur-
room adjoined the one in which the letter was
rence it was of course impossible for plaint]..z
to-e placed, and her door was ajar and she could hear
among her own connections, and upon the
makeposithivr
what took place. It;was not a planned affair, that
assurance of the defendant that he would .
idee she was aware of, that she should hear all that took
his wife she consented to go to reside at Broolelsth
place between the general and the plaintiff after
Lodge, where she was installed as mistress ofae.
he had read the letter.
servants, and had the chae of the entire establish
Mr. Hugh nardrop, a gentleman holding an ap-
ment. While she was ;.this place the plaintiff
way, and pointment in the War-office, was then called to
discovered that she was in the family
bstion, prove that the defendant was married to his sister
having become alarmed at her helpless p
that had in July, 1840, and that they separated about six
and at the same time, from circumstances
t• tins of or seven years years ago. He also proved that the
occurred, feeling some doubt of the intentions
should
defendant was about 50 years old.
the defendant, she wrote him a letter whic_
essin
This was the case for the plaintiff.
be produced, and which was placed on his d
r plain- Mr. M. Chambers then roceeded to address the
table by a youn-
g lady, a schoolfellow of
theand in a jury on behalf of the defendant. He said that he
tiff's, who was at the time on a visit to her,
l the de- appeared on the present occasion for an honourable
conversation that subsequently took pace .
ses he officer, who undoubtedly, in a moment of passion,
fendant positively refused to fulfil the promises
had done that which was wrong, and who was
had made, and the plaintiff was shortly afterwardsready now, as he had ever been, t Is.
compelled to leave Brookside Lodge, and was deli- o ma se compen-
sation for that wrong, but who would not submit
vexed in London. Here the defendant still con-f
to be victimised, which was the sole objectf t
tinued to visit aer, and he professed a great deal
beo
present action, and he hoped he sh b bl of the
affection for the child, and wished that it might
he should certainly use his best exert. e a to do so
christened by the name of Rosaline, but at length
—to defeat that object. He
wished
ietbns
to
he appeared resolved to break off the connectionat
understand that he should not attempt to ejury that
entirely, and on the 27th of May of the present understand
defendant was guiltof deny
year he wrote her the following letter:— y immorality, but the
question was whether the plai❑t. ff to beper-
"ic Tuesday Evening.
ulitted to extort two n i was
my pro- thousand pounds from him,
My dear Arne—Recollect (if you please) that,
hrt and which was the sum claimed
mises to you of .2 months since have all been cm s 0 as damages on the pre-
y must sent occasion. In the intended
annihilated by ;our own conduct, conduct which f observations he to
again remind you was dishonourable,you unworthy o den
address to
.them he should do all he could to spare
in every way, and which completelV and for ever
affection
the feelings of the unhappy young woman who was
stroyed all con.idence and the feelings of deep
this the plaintiff in tit© cause,but he certainly should
which I had pzwiously entertained for you. But for
not shrink f •
you might and would still have been the inmate of y
Ea
advisers—of those froth stating what he thought of her
house and theidol of my heart. If the wide world stares persons who had advised her to
you in the face, ask yourself whose fault is it ? Do not fort. b •
ringthe action, and endeavour to obtain this large
one moment inppose that I shall make any settlemerli_ sum of money from the defendant. There could be
This you may be sure I never will. I will allow ten
_sh
oi not no doubt that the whole proceeding was an attempt
lingo a week hr your child, but more than this I will
to trade u idea that Generalust
promise. I vill come and see you on Thursday, but upon the idea that Shirley would
Ea
see your boob and how you expended the money I yougavl:lm_
an
a_ rather pay any amount of money than have such
before I sendyou any more. Why did you not send c affair brought before the public. He believed
one
your book as I requested, with your expenditure on
would that the plaintiff was merely put forward by these
side and youi receipts from me on the other ? This
ave Persons on the present occasion, and that she was
have been saislactory and straightforward, but you n in herself t '
not been so tt me lately. Recollect your own conduct in oo well aware of the real character of the
connection
between herself and the defendant ever
the past, and do not blame me. Recollect also your
friends to have adopted
and cunning conduct in getting one of your lawyer , ave adopted such a step, and that it was an
to write me an annoying and offensive letter. I 1"
weu illustration of the ell story of the monkey and the
however, doall that is kind to you, and more than y Cat
and the hot chestnuts. He wished it to be
deserve, as in reality you have long since forfeited everyte
cle
claim on myprotection ; and a person wh 1 f searly understood that in these observations he did
ee opens ..e.
..._, .
and re-seals them as you did, without my knowledge ana i net intend to refer to the respectable gentlemen who