The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-07 00:00:00

THE LUDGATE-HILL T

The inquest on the two deceased children of Mr.
and Mrs. Vyse, of Ludgate-hill, was resumed at
two o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The Coroner (Mr. Payne) and the jury having
taken their seats,

Inspector Howard, of the City police, produced
certain papers, which were found by Miss Sarah
Saunders, sister of Mrs. Vyse, in Mrs. Vyse's pocket.
Dr. Edwin Payne, of Finsbury-square, was then
examined. He was called in, he said, immediately
after the catastrophe. He saw Mrs. Vyse in
her bedroom. She was leaning over the washhand-
stand, on which there were marks of blood. Having
ascertained that her throat was cut, he ex-
amined the wound, as far as he could do so with-
out assistance. Mrs. Vyse was in a most excited
state, and it required force to control her. About
twenty minutes afterwards he dressed the
wound, in conjunction with Mr. Savory. During
the dressing of the wound it was mentioned in
Mrs. Vyse's presence that the chi.dren were
dead in the adjoining room. He (witness) said to
Mrs. Vyse, supposing the children to have been
poisoned, " What was it the children had ?" Mrs.
Vyse replied, as well as she could speak, " Battle's
Vermin Powder." He had no other conversation
with her bearing on the children.
By a Juryman—During the greater part of the
twenty minutes which he had mentioned he was
absent from the room. There was another medical
man. All they did was to endeavour to keep Mrs.

Vy se quiet.
By another Juryman—He found it impossible to
dress the wound without assistance, and left for the
purpose of obtaining it.
Mr. Savory, assistant-surgeon at St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital, deposed that on Wednesday, the
28th of May, he delivered the contents of the chil-
dren's stomachs to Mr. Attfield, demonstrator of
practical chemistry at that hospital.
Mr. John Attfield, the gentleman thus referred
to, on being examined, confirmed the statement
of Mr. Savory. He had, he said, since analysed
the contents of both stomachs which he received,
separately. By certain chemiflal operations he had
obtained from the contents of the stomach of the
elder child a substance which he knew would be
strychnine more or less pure if strychnine had been
in the stomach at all. That substance answered to
all the tests of strychnine. He, therefore, said
that strychnine was found in the contents of the
stomach of the eldest child. He could not speak
definitely as to the quantity ; it would be the residue
after some strychnine had been absorbed in the
system. He also examined the contents of a jar
labelled " Liver of eldest," and found in them
strychnine. He then gave similar testimony with
regard to the stomach and liver of the youngest
child.

The Coroner summed up.
The jury, having been absent about twelve
minutes, returned, when the foreman, Mr. Morris,
said it was his painful duty to announce that they
had come to the following verdict :
" That Annie Howard Vyse and Alice Kate Vyse
came by their death through poison administered
to them by their mother, Ann Cornish Vyse.'
The witnesses were all bound over to appear and
give evidence at the trial.

A STRANGE STORY.

In the Irish Court of Queen's Bench, on Thurs.
day, the defendant in the case of Hamlin v. Cogan,
obtained an order for a new trial. The action,
which was for breach of promise of marriage, was
tried at the last assizes for Mayo, and resulted in a
verdict for the plaintiff, with £2OO damages.
Plaintiff and defendant were cousins. They re-
sided at Ballymote, in the county of Sligo. De-
fendant is a farmer in comfortable circumstances.
It appeared that the plaintiff, during the lifetime
of her mother, went to reside in the defendant's
house, where, after living some years, and
after her mother's death, she gave birth,
in November, 1860, to a child, of which,
it was admitted, that the defendant was the
father. Plaintiff alleges that both before and after
the seduction the defendant made frequent pro-
mises to marry her. The defendant denied this.
There was evidence given on the trial th tt the de-
fendant said to the Rev. Mr. Barrett, C.C., who
besought him to marry the plaintiff, and thereby
repair the wrong he had done to her, that he
would "Do what was right." In January, 1861,
the child was baptised, and there was evidence that
at the christening the defendant declared his in-
tention to bring up the boy "to the bar." Sn,n
eima ;„ soot, tue plaintiff tea the defen-
dant's house, with her child and a female servant,
and, according to her statement, she in a week or
so afterwards, while walking in the streets of Sligo
with the servant, accidentally met the defendant,
who requested her to return to his house, which
she refused to do. She alleges that the defendant
then said he would marry her before the registrar,
and that she at his request, and accompanied by
the servant, went to a house in Sligo, where a form
of marriage between herself and the defendant was
gone through, before a party whom she believed,
on the representation of the defendant, to be Mr.
Woods, the registrar of marriages. The defendant
asserts that this story is a complete fabrication;
and that no such ceremony of marriage ever took
place. It appears that the plaintiff and the ser-
vant are unable to point out the house in Sligo
where the alleged marriage took place, al-
though the servant described at the trial,
with great minuteness, the appearance of the in-
terior of the house, and all the circumstances attend-
ing the ceremony. It is admitted that if the mar-
riage took place, the party officiating must have
been some man dressed up to represent Mr. Woods,
for that gentleman certainly took no part in the
transaction. It was admitted by the defendant that
he did meet the plaintiff in Sligo, and that she
returned to his house. Plaintiff was put out of the
house by the defendant after some time, and the
action was then brought.—The new trial was now
sought on the grounds of illegal evidence having
been received at the trial, and of "surprise."

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R USSIA.

SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK.

" The dispositions of the Russian Government,"
says a Turin letter, " with regard to the kingdoui
of Italy have been lately much modified, and
appear to announce the approaching recognition of
the new State by the Court of St. Petersburg."
The Academy Gazette of St. Petersburg states
that the Emperor has ordered that those students
of the University of St. Petersburg who left it
in consequence of its being closed, without being
deprived of the right to continue their studies, are
authorised to pass their examinations before the
provisional committee appointed to manage the
affairs of the University, and invested with the
power of conferring degrees.