The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-26 00:00:00

TESTIMONIALS.

" There is a eusto;—eJatinitnnong the Dayaks of
the Batang Lupar which I have not heard of elsewhere.
Beside one of the paths in the llndup district there are
several heaps of sticks; and in other places of stones, called
" tambun built," or lying heaps. Each heap is in remem-
brance of some man who has told a stupendous lie,- or dis-
gracefully failed in carrying out an engagement; and every
passer-by takes a stick or a atone to add to the accumulation,
saying at the time he does it, " For so-and-so's lying heap."
It goes on for generations, until they sometimes forget who
it was that told the lie • but, notwithstanding- that, they
continue throwing the stone."

Those supposed special interventions of Provi-
dence, to prove innocence or guilt, called ordeals,
also find favour with them. Than, two lumps of
salt of equal weight are placed in water, and that
which melts first points out the guilt of the pos-
sessor, or two laud shells are placed in a plate and
lemon juice squeezed over them, when "the one that
moves first shows the guilt or innocence of the
owner, according as they have settled previously
whether motion or rest is to prove the case."
There is also the ordeal of dipping the hand in boil-
ing water or oil; as well as of the two persons dip-
ping their heads under water, when guilt displays
itself by shortness of breath. In these matters
they seem to be on a par with the Europeans of the
middle ages. The Land Dayaks, among whom
the author next travelled have also some peculiari-
ties :

NO ACCOUNTING FOR TAME.
"We got a little respite while eating our dinner, but as
soon as, we had finished we were agalit-surrounded ; the
priestesses of the place were especially active, tying little
bells round our wrists and ancles, and bringing rice for us
to—how shall I explain it—in fact, for us to spit on, and
this delectable morsel they swallowed. No sooner had these
learned women been satisfied than parents brought their
children, and insisted upon their being physicked in the
same way, taking care to have a full share themselves. One
horrid old woman actually came six times."

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That many of these tribes are by no means scrupu-
lous, the following will show

SHARP PRACTICE.

"A large party went on an expedition to the Island of
Banguey, where they anchored opposite a village and com-
menced trading, being, they said, particularly anxious for
tripang, or edible sea-slug. The fishermen dispersed in
quest of this article, but had no sooner gone than the crews
of the prahus landed, surprised the village, killed or drove
away the few men that remained, and captured about
twenty-eight women and children. This little incident
was much talked of at the time, as they managed to seize a
young bride, just decked out for a wedding, loaded with all
the gold ornaments of the village. This young girl, con-
trary to their usual custom, was, it is said, put up to
auction by her captors, as she was too valuable to be one
man's share."
In the remainder of the work we have an account of
two ascents of the lofty mountain of Kina Balu ;
of an expedition up the river Limbang ; of the
kingdom of Borneo Proper; of Sarawak and its
dependencies ; and of the Chinese in Borneo, to-
gether with details of the insurrection, and a dis-
quisition on the Roman Catholic and Protestant
Missions. The author's remarks upon the latter
are extreme:37 sensible, and are worthy of the cape-
cial attention of those whose calling it is to convert
the heathen. There are also some excellent litho-
y) and remarkable
unknown country,
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and a most peculiar people, it would be difficult to
estimate the work too highly.

Sunsets
and sunshine. By Erskine Neale, M.A
Longman and Co.
A great deal of interesting matter is contained
in this book, relating more especially to the last
hours of well known characters deceased within a
comparatively recent period. From the notice of
William Hone (author of the " Every Day Book,"
&c.), we extract the following anecdote, on the
authority of a lady frien :
TALLY d -HO
" In the morning of October 6, 1.834, the Times was laid,
as usual, on many a breakfast table,
" Since dusk on the preceding evening the Houses of
Parliament had been burnt down ; and lo I in the columns
of the paper appeared an article historical, architectural,
and antiquarian, respecting them. Sharing in the general
excitement, and going out to hear and see, I met Mr. Hone.
Recurring to the recent event, I told him of my astonish-
ment at the masterly article in the Times, extemporised as
by magic. He coloured and smiled.
' You wrote it,' said I.
"' I did : yoof aid uoC know that this morning we were
all to have been turned into the street. I could not raise
my reiit. I had tried every means I could think of in vain.
I camp home weary and sad. I could not bear the sight of
my family. One of my children ran in crying out, Oh I
lather, the House of Commons is on fire; the coachman
says he saw it. I went down immediately to the end of the
lane to catch the coach on its return, for I saw my way
clear if it were so. There the report was fully confirmed.
I saw the smoke. Everybody was running off to tho fire,
but I was not going to do that, I went home, called for
tea, and candles, and plenty of coals, took down ' Stowe's
Survey of London,' and my own books, the Every Day
Book,' and the 'Table Book,' the only ones I had, and by
six in the morning I had written the article you have seen.
I went to the editor of the Times with it (he knows me very
well), and 1 asked him, What will you give me for this ?'
Ten guineas,' said he, ' and the same to-morrow and the
next day for more of the same sort.' "
" And so his rent was paid, and a little left in hand to go
on with. It was said that the fire was caused by burning
pieces of wood called ' Tallies.' Of these ho gave a history
on one of the following days,e and ended the article, to the
amazement of many, with he words, ' and now Tally-ho
"Meeting him again that morning I naked what it meant.
There was a mixture of archness and confusion in his
countenance as he replied, To tell you the truth I don't
know, but I was tired of the subject.' So were not t
in-
quiring public, for letter after letter appeared in the Times
what Tally-ho' meant, and what the writer's ob-
ject was in using that word. But the correspondents of
the Times had it all their own way, for not a word more
would Hone say about it."

2he Resources of Turkey. By J. Lewis Farley.

Longman and -Co.
Those who are interested in the commercial pro-
gress of Turkey, or who have financial relations
with that country, will find this a very valuable
work. The former official position of the author in
Syria, and his having been Accountant-General of
the Bank of Turkey in 1860 and 1861, peculiarly
qualified him for the task he has undertaken ; and
he appears to have been greatly assisted by her
Majesty's Consuls throughout the Ottoman empire.
The result is a very complete exposition of the re-
sources of the country, " considered with especial
reference to the profitable investment of capital."
Statistics of the trade of each principal town are
given; and the appendix contains the treaties of
commerce between Turkey and Great Britain of
1838 and 1861. Together with the Hatti-liuma-
youn of Feb. 18, 1856.

Uses of Animals to_Man. . By E. Lankester, M.D.,

F.R.S. Hardwicke, Piccadilly.
This is a series of twelve lectures, the first six of
which were delivered at the South Kensington
Museum, on " silk, wool, leather, bone, soap, waste,
sponges and corals, shell fish, insects, furs, feathers,
horns, hair, and animal perfumes." They are
treated in a pleasant and popular style, convey a
great amount of information, and are illustrated
with numerous woodcuts.

Shilling Edition of Standard Authors. Smith,

Elder, and Co.
The volumes now before us comprise "Lost and
Won," " Hawksview," " Cousin Stella," " Florence
Templar," and "Highland Lasses." They are very
neatly got up, are well printed, and are capital
volumes for railway reading.

The Tralee Chamber of Commerce, consisting,
with three exceptions, of Roman Catholics, have, by a
large majority, negatived the proposition to drink the
health of the Pope before the health of the Queen at their
public dinners.
A SCENE ON THE " SWEET WATERS."—On Fri-
day last a three-oared caique, containing a small party of
Turkish ladies, attended by a black female slave, was row-
ing up from the Horn towards the scene of the day's al
fresco enjoyment. Close behind them followed another
calque with two Effendis, whose attentions soon became
more marked than agreeable. Frequent efforts had been
made to shake them off—by quick rowing, by slow row-
ing, and by indignant appeals to them to pass on. Bat all
in vain; they continued to dog the unappreciative fair ones
till the caique of the latter reached the landing-place
up in the Valley. There, as if finally won over to civility,
the black slave made signs to the amorous couple to ap-
proach. This they did, in the fond belief that they had at
last made an impression, and were about to have at least
a rendezvous; but, instead, of vouchsafing this, the black
Abigail seized the boat•hook of her caique as they came
alongside, and soundly belaboured both amidst the loud
laughter of the crowding spectators before escape was
possible. They finally beat a rapid retreat down the river,
alternately hissed and laughed at till beyond the wooden
bridge,—Levant Herald, May 14.
BENSON'S IWATCDES AND CLoox.s..--" Perfection of
mechanism.”—Morning Post. Gold watches, sto 100 guineas;
silver watches, 2 to 60 guineas. Benson's new Illustrated
Pamphlet, free for two stamps, descriptive of every construc-
tion of watch, enables persons in any part of the world to
select with the greatest certainty the watch est adapted to
their use. Watches sent free and safe by post on receipt of
a remittance.—J. W. Benson, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, 46 and
47, Col7lllill, Ulid9P. E.C.,--Established 1749.

3, Commander C. J. Balfour, this morning from
Corfu. She left that place on the 18th inst. With
mails for this island. Rumour says she is to proceed
to Naples. It is also reported that the Queen, 86,

which had proceodcd to the Pincus from Corfu with

he Hon. H. Elliot, is to come down here with the

Duke of Saxe Coburg.

The London, 86, Amphion,

36, Malacca, 17, and Gannet, 11, at prcs,-nt in

Malta harbour, are all ready for sea, and expect to

be sent up shortly to join the Admiral at Corfu.
The Malacca will probably take up the next over-
land mail from Marseilles, due here on the 231 inst.

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We have news of the safe arrival at Tripoli of the

little gunboat Growler, with Messrs. Gibson and
Preece on board. She arrived there at 2 p.m. on

the 19th inst., after a very rough passage from
Malta of nearly four days. Major-Gen. Wood,
C. 8., Major-Gen. Bates, Capt. Hudgeon, Mr. Fitz-
george, and Mrs. Wood, who had gone to Corfu in
the Marlborough some weeks ago for a trip, returned

by the Trident. The Italian corvette Tripoli, Capt.
F. Caffiero, went out at 2 o'clock a.m. of the 17th

,nst., and returned into port on the following morn-

ing. It is supposed the object of her short absence
was to avoid any unpleasantness occurring during
the excitement in conLection with the departure of

the Maltese Bishop for Rome. Mr. Alcock, our
Minister at Sapan._arrived to-any4n_ the _Valetta
from Alexandria, on his way to England. There
is also on board a Japanese envoy to the Embassy
now in London. Mr. Alcock is on his way to Eng-
land. He leaves to-night in the same ship.
The conversion of the Royal Sovereign to a shield
ship, on Capt. Coles's principle, at Portsmouth, is
progressing with great rapidity. Her timbers on
each side, as far forward as the second bow port,
have been cut down level with the lower deck
beams, filled in between their ends, and a teak
plank sheer, or sheer strake, 18in. by 17in. bolted
on her sides fore and aft. This strake is rabitted,
to receive the upper ends of the two layers of diago-
nal planking,with which it is intended to strengthen
her frame under her armour-plates, extending 15ft.
downward from her plank sheer. These layers of
diagonal planking will be of 4in. and 3in. respec-
tively, and will, of course, be outside the original
outer planking of the ship. On this diago-
nal planking will be hung the 5-in. armour-
plates that w ill protect the hull of the ship.
All fastenings at the back of the armour-
plates will be of iron, but below the armour
they will be of copper, as ordinarily used; The
ship's stern frame is down, and will be replaced by
one of:d very different construction, the exposed and
weak stern of the three-decker being replaced in
this instance by a" pink" stern, of comical form—
the well for lifting the screw being abolished, and
the rudder well housed and protected from an
enemy's shot. Internally a dozen of the ship's lower
deck beams are out of their position, and landed ;
and the bolts of others in line with the intended po-
sition of the shield-towers are driven out, in readi-
ness for landing them also. The second tower, from
forward, will rest upon the fore stokeholehatehway
and the third tower must rest upon the engine-room
hatchway, next the after part of the funnel. Any
draught or ventilation required for engine-room and
furnaces must of necessity pass through the towers.
It is asserted by many that this arrangement will
prove a serious drawback upon the efficiency of the
ship when in action, as the down draught through
the shield and towers will carry down the gases
evolved by the burning of the powder when firing
the guns, and probably extinguish the fires in the
furnaces. We can give no opinion upon the matter ;
but it is asserted by officers who were present in
the attack of the allied fleets upon the sea deferces
of SebastopGl, that a similar diffinnity was fully
realised on that occasion, even with ships having a
far better system of ventilation than the Royal So-
vereign can have as at present arranged.
The Industry screw storeship, Master Commander
C. J. Hodges, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday
from Rio Janeiro, whence she sailed on the 13th of
February, calling in at Ascension on the 3d April,
and at St. Vincent's on the 27th.

The Curacoa, 31, screw frigate, Capt. A. Philli-
more, whose arrival at Spithead from the South

East Coast of America was announced in Vie Sun
of Saturday, sailed from Rio for England on the
30th March, and signalled the following vessels on
her passage. On the 24th April, in lat 75 N, long
36 50W, the English ship Hamilton, and the French
ship Commerce de Paris ; on the 12th May, in lat 37
39 N, long 37 3W, the English vessel Sarah Bridget;
on the 15th, in lat 41 22 N, long 28 36 W, an Eng-
lish vessel showing 3d distinguishing pennant and
No. 3,706. The Curacoa was officially inspected at
Spithead on Saturday, and is ordered into Ports-
mouth to dismantle and be paid out of commission.
The paddlewheel steamer Terrible, 22, 800-horse
power, belonging to the steam reserve in the Med-
way, having been found in an exceedingly rotten
and unsatisfactory condition, is now having her
engines and machinery removed, preparatory to
being fitted as a harbour ship.

The following circular upon the prospects of
American trade has just been published :
" MANCHESTER, May 23.
" Gentlemen,—ThsteleA gravity of the American
civil war has come st to be generally under-
stood, and we had hoped that we should not find it
necessary to enter again into the political Impeets
of the cotton question.
"For the first 10 months of the war the pre-
vailing ideas, sgainst which we contended in order
to awaken our friends to a true estimate of the criti-
cal position of the cotton trade, and the necessity of
procuring supplies elsewhere than from America—
were, as regards one party, that the Northern people
were not in earnest, that they had no military
strength, that their system of finance would speedily
break down, and that they would then cry out for
peace; and, as regards the other party, that the
resources of the North were so enormous, when com-
pared with those of the South, that the war could
not last more than a very few months. Differing on
every other point, the partisans of both sides in the
contest agreed in this—that the war would by
speedily over. 30 to 60 days were generally as-
signed to its termination, and the longest term
granted was 90 days. Especially was it demon-
-strated to be entirely impossible that the North
could support an expenditure of two, three, or four
millions of dollars per day for a longer term, or
make paper currency a legal tender, without driving
gold to a fabulous premium, and the Government
bonds to a proportionate discount ; and ' practical
men,' who combated these views, relying upon the
vast material resources, ingenuity, and force of will
of twenty millions of Anglo-Saxons, were commi-
serated for their ignorance of the true principles of
finance.

" But a great deal has been learned during
the past three months. It has at last been dis-
covered that the North is really in earnest. That
the nation is staking its all upon the issue of
this contest, bind that ' its all' means larger re-
sources than have ever before been actively em-
ployed in war by any Power. It has also been
found that there was room in the country for the in-
crease of paper circulation authorised, and that the
perfect unanimity and confidence of the people de-
feated those who speculated on a financial crisis, and
carried United States stocks to a premium. Con-
siderable as was our own faith in the national re-
sources, we confess that, if we may judge by pre-
sent appearances, we under-estimated them.
"At the same time it must be said for the
Southerns, that, considering the enormous force
brought against them, they have maintained their
ground better than could have been anticipated.
Had it been believed at the beginning of this
struggle that they would have to contend against a
force of 700,000 men, and an expenditure on the
part of their enemies of two hundred million ster-
ling per annum, it could not have been supposed
that 13 months after the commencement of the war
they would still be encamped within 80 miles of
the Federal capital.
" Those who at the beginning of this struggle
looked for a long contest relied not upon a presumed
equality of the combatants in men, money, ships,
or war material—not upon any presumption that
the Southern leaders would be able to make a pro-
tracted stand at any point upon which the attack-
ing power of the North might be concentrated, but
solely upon the physical difficulties in the way of
overrunning, subduing, and governing when sub
clued, a country of 800,000 square miles, occupied by
a determined, bitterly hostile, and scattered popu-
lation. Large as the Federal army is, it would not
give an average of one man per square mi:e of the
country which it is proposed to occupy. This fact
is well known to the Confederate leaders; and upon
this, doubtless, is their ultimate reliance based.
Their half-dozen ports therefore may, and very
probably will, be occupied, including Richmond
itself ; and some 300,000 of their people,
chiefly consisting of women, children, and old meu
be thus transferred from a condition of active to
one of passive resistance to Federal authority
and their ability to keep large armies supplied with
munitions of war may be restricted within nar-
rower limits than heretofore.
" All this may happen without affording the
slightest prospect of the people laying down their
arms, and either returning into a partnership they
detest, or placing their country in the position of a
conquered province.
" We fear that the Federal occupation of the ports,
though it may lead to a petty trade in the import of
articles wanted in those markets, and possibly to
the export of some small quantity of cotton held in
the towns or the immediate neighbourhood thereof,
will only the more hermetically seal the mass of the
nation from intercourse with the outer world, and
the more effectually tend to that disorganisation of
trade in the interior which has already decided the
planters to reduce to a bagatelle their production of
cotton. It is not probable that the men who have
ordered the burning of the cotton already at New
Orleans will allow further supplies to be sent there;
that the men who have destroyed their steamers to
prevent their falling into the hands of their enemies
will send down others loaded with cotton, trusting
Ito the tender mercies of the same enemies. Nor, on
the other hand, that the Federals will soon have suf-
ficient faith in the friendly and pacific tendencies of
the inhabitants of the interior towns, villages, and
'river landings to trust trading steamers sailing
under the stars and stripes to their hospitable pro-
tection when seeking cargoes of cotton. Until the
Federal Government not only holds the ports by
military force, but ',converts the people to a con-
tented acquiescence in that arrangement, and
in the payment of duties according to the Mor-
rill Tariff, for the benefit of the Northern ex-
chequer, it is not very easy to see how a healthy ex-
change of commodities can spring up. Should
steamers be found to carry their cotton, who will
insure it against war risk on the rivers ! What fac-
tor will receive the cotton and compromise himself
with the Confederate Government by entering into
what they stigmatise as a traitorous trade ? What
articles or commodities will the Federal authorities
allow to be sent into the interior to pay for cotton,
while clothing and provisions of all kinds would
probably be carried immediately to the rebel armies
in the field ? If the Federal authorities enable the
rebels' to exchange their cotton, which they do not
want, for those articles so essential to the support
of their armies, they I may protract the war indefi-
nitely.
On every side the question is beset with
unfathomable difficulties, and it is to be hoped that
those who are engaged in procuring cotton from
other countries will not relax their efforts in conse-
quence of recent events in America.
" The downward progress of the stocks of Ame-
rican cotton since the highest point of last year is
illustrated toughly by the following quarterly table,
to which wo append the Liverpool quotation for
middling New Orleans cotton at the respective
dates :
March,'6l June. Sept. Dec. March,'62. May.
In American
ports.... 750,000..100,000.. 50,000.. 30,000.. 30,001 ..20,000
Afloat and at
L'pool ..918,000-971,000-457,001-210,000-161,C00—105,000

1,668,0001,071,0(0 507,000 fk70,C,00 19r.,00) 128,000

Price of mid-
dling 7ld. Bd. 9d. 11d. 121 d. 121 d.
" There is, moreover, as large a decrease propor-
tionately in the stocks held in the Continentalports
and by spinners every where. The vacuum caused
by the non-receipt of the last crop is thus at last
showing itself seriously, in spite of the great reduc-
tion in consumption which bas occurred here and
elsewhere. At Havre the present stock is 42,000
bales, against 200,000 last year.
" For so far it is to be regretted that th© high

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by the large shipments of last year,. dWe ship-
ments to Europe from Jan. 1 till latest dates show
a decrease of 100,000 bales, the figures being 251,000
bales against 351,000 last year. Hence, and Mora
the large proportionate consumption of Surat cotton,
the stock at Liverpool of this description, which on
Jan. 1 last stood at 295,000 bales against 120,000
last year, is now reduced to 170,000 against
133,000 last year, while in the quantity afloat the
figures are still more unfavourabic —viz., 184,000
bales against 258,000.
" From Egypt, Brazil, &c., there is a large p(r-
centage of increase in the impart for so far tteis year;
hut the positive increase is not sufficient he
seriously felt in the trade. The figures are 159,000
bales against 97,000 last year.
ic,/Iptnlooking to the future, it would bo vain to
attn
predictions of the course of prices. In the
?resent state of stock., any considerable &mond,
such as the indications fronl the Indian and other
markets would seem to point id, might E'9riouslY
force up prices. On the other hand, further Fede-
ral successes, such as there is every reason to anti-
pate, or the arrival of even a very few bales of
cotton from the South, would, with equal cer-
tainty,- at least temporarily depress them. Upon a
broad view, however, of the enormous difficulties
which stand in the way of any satisfactory reopen-
ing of the American sources of supply, and the
long delays which must occur before the compli-
cated machinery of the trade is again re-adjusted,
even if terms of peace were already agreed upon,
the present'price of cotton cannot be considered un-
reasonably high.
We are very respectfully yours.
" NEILL BROTIORS."

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PLYMOUTH, SATIIIIDAY.
A file of the Cape Argus to April 8 brings intel-
ligence 16 days later than that by the mail steam-
ship Dane, which left March 23 and arrived hero
on the Ist inst.
His Excellency Governor Wodehouse visited
Malmesbury on March 26.
The military authorities have completely altered
the disposition of the troops in the colony. The
head-quarters of the Royal Artillery and Engineers
' are for the future to be at Cape Town, with divi-
sions, companies, or detachments at Natal, King
William's Town, and Fort Beaufort. The head-
quarters of the 2d Battalion of the 10th Regiment
will be stationed at Keiskama Hoek, with detach-
ments at Middle Drift, Beaufort, and Graham's
Town. The head-quarters of the 2d battalion of the
11th will be at Cape Town, with detachments at
Simon's Town and Port Elizabeth (both temporary).
The second battalion of the 13th will have their
head-quarters at King William's Town, and detach-
ments at Dolme (temporary), and Windvogelberg
(temporary). The head-quarters of the 85th will
be at Natal, a wing kit Fort Glamorgan, and a de-
tachment at Fort Jackson. The Cape Mounted
Rifles will be distributed at the same stations nearly.
By these and other alterations from £40,000 to
£BO,OOO per annum will be saved to the Imperial
Treasury ; it is considered in the colony that other
modifications are likely to follow.
The Ordnance property at Graham's Town will
probably be sold. Hitherto from 1,200 to 1,500
troops have been quartered in that city, in which
• about 60 houses have been occupied by the officers
alone. Rents and provisions have greatly decreased.
• The Customs's duties throughout the colony for
E the quarter ending March 31 amounted to £74,079
3s. 7d., being an increase of £2,907 2s. ld. over the

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corresponding quarter in 1861.
A- Government notice announces that supplies of
cotton seed are issued for the use of persons desirous
of cultivating the plant.
The excavation for the docks in connection with

the harbour works has commenced.
The contractors for the French Navy have pur-
chased 1,000 tons of steam coal in store at 555. per
ton. Natal butter has been selling at ls. Bd. and
ls. 81d. per lb. ; tallow, Via. per lb.
The screw steam frigate Narcissus, 51, Captain
Joseph G. Bickford, flag of Roar-Admiral Sir B.
Walker ; the screw steam gun-vessel Penguin, 5,
Lieut. John G. G. M. Hardy ; and the screw steam
surveying vessel Rifiemar, 5, Master-Commander
John W. Reed, which arrived on the sth of April
from Plymouth, were in Simon's Bay.
The French frigate L'lmperatrice Eugenie left
on the sth of April for Toulon. The transport
Durance was in Table Bay. The Netherlands steam
sloop Groningen, 12, from Batavia on the 12th of
Feb., bound to Flushing, was in Simon's Bay:

ALLEGED AIURDER OF A DEAF AND
DUMB GIRL-EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

On Saturday morning an inquiry was held at
the London Hospital, by Mr. John Humphreys,
the Middlesex coroner, touching the death of Anna
Rush, a deaf and dumb girl, fifteen years of age►
which occurred under circumstances which have led
her parents to prefer a charge that she had been
murdered.
stated
Mrs. Rush, the mother of deceased,the
that on the night of last Saturdayweek h
her daughter on an errand to
3 house on the
opposite side of the court in which she lived.
Bse sent
ted
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what by
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ni t ugeasisn wg fosse
matter she found deceased lying disabled at the
bottom of a flight of stairs, down which she ap-
peared to have been flung with great force. She
was covered with shocking bruises all over the
body, particularly on the left side. She appeared to
be in a dying condition, and stated by signs that
when she got to the first landing, Mrs. Innis, a
woman whose furious temper was the terror of the
neighbourhood,an
awho had long borne witness's
f
andrun out, and lifting her up, flung
her iloyn
at
grudge,he
floor
threw her 6,0W11. twheitshtaai rlsl.heDr
escteraesnedgth
had, andto b
et hreen.
moved to the London Hospital, where she died hi
two days. -Witness then charged Mrs. Innis with
having killed deceased, and brought her before the
magistrate for murder. There were several wit-
nesses who could corroborate her statement as to
i the screams, and who could describe the girl's state.
Mrs. Connor said that she heard piercing shrieks
on the night in question, and soon afterwards saw
deceased in a most deplorable condition. Witness
I stated that she had not seen Mrs. Innis at all on

that evening, and that the latter was in the habit
of treating the unfortunate deceased usually with
great kindness. There was, howver, a regular
feud between the two families.
Mrs.lnnis, having-re nixed the usuarcaution, said
that she did not see deceased at all on the night in
question. She heard her voice, and some scream-
ing, but there was a disturbance in the court at the
time, and witness did not attach any importance to
the matter. She never struck the deceased, but
had often given her food. On the Monday wittiFss
got a summons against Mrs. Rush for using abusive
language, and then for the first time the charge was
made that witness had murdered the deceased.
A number of witnesses Were then examined, but
none of them could depose to have actually seen the
deceased ill-used, and it was stated that the stair
case where the occurrence took place was quite

dark.
11. Dyne, the huu6:3 burgeun, slid that de
w.lisierd. Was admitt( d to
.the hospital with Levert)
the result
of
~vvirleirelitfrabelotuN‘r.sedo,ra heavy
relent to account for death.
di'dbno
post mortem er%amination, and found the
Ifeetoolilistrn.o
as idNo ne
No bones,
injuries ontes;eleirnowseuvfae
immetlilte ctw-o of dertth had lren (1; ,:case of the

heart.
The Coroner said, in reference to the conflicting
nature of tlic evidence, that it was possible that the
deceased, who was deaf, might have been deceived
in the darkness as to the person who assaulted her,
or that Mrs.
Rush might have been misled in her
exitemeut as to the meaning of her daughter's
signs, Which were made at a time of prostration
•
and confusion. He should, therefore, recommend
the jury simply to return a verdict in accordance
1
with the medical evidence. t
A verdict accordingly was
beration, returned: hen, after some deli-