The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-16 00:00:00

• on to the balcony, and were greeted with a volley
of cheers, hisses, groans, cries, and other vocal dis-
cordances, which created a perfect din th t lasted
for some time; and cheers were given alternately
for Mr. Grenfell and Mr. Sergeant Shea.)
Mr. TAYLOR, advancing to the front, said—Here
is Mr. Grenfell. (This gave the upro :r a new lease
of several moments' duration.)
Mr. Sergeant SHEE zepeated his question amid
loud cheers and coulter cheers,
Mr. GRENFELL.--I never said anything of the
sort. (Cheers and groans.) I said this—(renewed
uproar)—that Sergeant Shee had broken his word
that he had given me in the morning—(further dis-
turbance)—and that the man who would do that is
not capable of holding a brief. (Continued uproar.)
I said—(renewed confusion)—and I think that was

—(increased noise, and several words were lost).—
and from his conduct and the correspondence of
which you have heard so much, that was a very fair
inference. (Great confusion.) lam asked the ques-
tion who told me so ? I say every man I met. (In-
creased uproar.) If he is not here to advocate Mr.
Hope's cause, what is he here fore ? (Further dis-
turbance.) He (Mr. Grenfell) said Sergeant Shee's
explanations were lame upon the subject of holding
Mr. Hope's brief. He would give them a list of the
ugly names Sergeant Shee had called him since he
had been there. He had called him "idiot "
(cheers and hisses)—" monkey "—(similar demon-
strations on the part of the crowd)—" loafer"
—(the same over again) and many other
names (confusion)—and he (Mr. Grenfell) only gave
way to his temper on one occasion, while Sergeant
Shee bad done it perpetually. If he (Sergeant
Shee) liked to stoop to abuse, he (Mr. Grenfell)
told bim again he was not the man to put up with
it without returning it. (Great uproar.) He had
made all the explanation that was necessary, and
he hoped Sergeant Shee would be able to do the
same in as good humour as he had done. (Cheers
and counter cheers.)
Mr. S. TAYLOR then came forward, but his re-
marks were inaudible, except a few words here and
there, in the horrible din which had now nearly
reached its culmination. From what we could
gather Mr. Taylor's observations were of a similar
character to those of Mr. Grenfell. The uproar
and rain, which was coming down heavily, pre-
vented his saying much, and amid the greatest con-
fusion the meeting broke up just after ten.

THE LAS 7 LE77ER OF A MURDERER.

Taylor, on Saturday morning, shortly before he
was executed, wrote a letter to his wife, consisting
principally of expressions of affection towards her,
interlarded with scriptural quotations. Shortly be-
fore his death he made a statement to the effect
that the children had been dead eight days, but he
never gave a hint of the mode by which they had
been murdered. The following is the letter :
" Sept. 13.—Saturday, now 7 o'clock.
"My loving and beloved wife,—l rose this morning in
peace and quiet. I feel truly peaceful, and have no fear of
death. I feel as calm as though all was in its own course.
I have not one nerve of my whole system in the least state
of excitement. I feel truly pleased with your letter of yes-
terday ;it was a source of comfort to me. May God give
you grace to carry out your good resolutions to the end of
time. Time with your dear and affectionate husband will
soon be no longer. I meet my fate with a calm resignation.
I can say, by the grace of God, ' Thy will be done.' I rose
this morning about half-past 5 ; dressed and washed, then
opened my Bible, and read the 94th Psalm. I opened the
book, and that psalm at the first caught my eye. I read it
twice ; it gave me comfort. Do you read it; it is most ap-
propriate for us ; and then after I had read it I got on my
knees and opened out my whole soul to God for assistance for
this hard day's work, and I took you, my dear, dear creature,
in the arms of faith and prayer, with me to the throne of
grace. I felt much pleasure in praying for you. God loves
you. Do continue to pray to Him yourself. His ear is at all
times open to our prayers. He will hear you and bless you,
and He will conduct you to heaven to join with me and
our lovely family. Oh my dear Pat, the tears did flow pro-
fusely while I was praying for you. lam happy about you.
because you feel able to reconcile yourself with your dear
parents. May God bless them with all the blessings of this
life, and when they have done with earth may they gather
up their feet and die in peace. And oh my dear Pat, may
God make you a blessing to the whole family. May you be
their pride, and lead them in the path of peace and virtue.
You, my dear, have seen a little of the word ; you have had
a short experience of life, but never one has had more, or
heavier trials to bear than you. Ours has been one con-
tinned trial since we began life. Had it not been for that
feeling which God had implanted in our hearts, sorrow must
have overwhelmed us. lam pleased that You and Harriet
(his sister) have begun to love each otlfikr. You know, my
dear, that she is a good creature. She will do you good.
You will feel- happy in her company. You will be able to
keep up a correspondence which will be a consolation to both
of you. I have sent her a lock of my hair by the same post,
and I herewith enclose you another lock. I had sent you one
before. Mr. Wright is here. He has told me he will look after
those things for you, and see you get all right. I do love him.
He is a truly good man. His motives are good. It is not
curiosity or gain that causes him to mingle in the manner
that he does with the suffering and afflicted part of man-
kind. I believe it to be a work appointed him by his Lord
and master, for he is so peculiarly eligible for such a work
of faith and labour of love. Godliness is profitable to all
things. May you feel it so, ray dear wife, through life.
May God be your guide through life, your comfort and
consolation in death, is my earnest prayer. I feel no
reluctance in leaving the world. I can leave you in
the care of ray Heavenly Father; He will care for
you I earnestly prayed for you, and I feel assured that
we shall soon meet in heaven. I must now draw to a
close and leave all the world to you. I have nothing more
of a worldly nature to say unto you that I can charge my
memory with just now. I leave all with you, and may
your own discretion direct your thoughts, and words, and
actions in this world aright, They have this moment
placed my breakfast on the table—bread and butter and
cocoa—my last breakfast. The sun has risen bright, and
pouring forth its rays on nature. But will not also the
Sun of Righteousness shine on our dark minds, and illumi-
nate them, and show you, my dear, as well as me, all that
may exist there, that is not in conformity with the will of
God. And may we both be enabled to root out all that may
be in our evil nature, that will prevent us enjoying the
pleasure of heaven to its greatest extent. I now commit you
to the care and protection of our God and Father. May He
guide you through life and be with you in death, and con-
duct you safely to that place which He bath prepared for
all those who love Him. I herewith enclose you the letter
you had from London; also five post stamps that I have
left of the 11 you sent me. What can I more say ? You
think my letter short if Ido not fill up all my space. But
what I say further must be of a spiritual nature. I see you
now with the eye of my mind, in deep, deep sorrow, and a
torrent of tears flow down those lovely cheeks. 'Would that
I could only wipe them for you, but that is beyond my
Power. Fear not. God will—yes, He has promised that He
will—dry your tears. I feel it. He has unbounded love,
unbounded compassion, unbounded mercy. Oh I the con-
templation of such a friend. Such a God is good, It is a
comfort. May His grace be with you, and His Spirit, His
comforting spirit,
rest upon you, through time to all eter-
nity, is the prayer of your loving and affectionate husband.
Now, my dear wife, farewell, farewell, farewell, to the end
of time. Give my love to ,
May God bless you
all with His free grace, give you all spiritual and eternal
blessings, that all may make one happy family in heaven.
Again I bid you all farewell, and remain, with all love, my
wife, your loving and affectionate
very dear and affectionate
husband, ccTATron."
Mr. Fred. Bridges has published a craniological
report upon the writer of this extraordinary effu-
sion. He says :—" The formation of the head of
Taylor shows that his brain was malformed, and
that his irrational conduct was in strict keeping
with the type of his brain. The
absolute volume of

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his brain was about theaVerage ; and from the na-
ture of his temperament and his scrofulus habit, it
would act with great and protracted intensity. As
regards the formation of his head, the
at an angle of 40 degrees in relation to
the
The -vertical depth of the base of the
openingeyebro w.
ear is placed
brain from the
of the ear to a horizontal line drawn from
the centre of ossification of the frontal bone is 3
8.10
inches. The width of the head over the ears is 6
6-10 inches. The vertical depth of the coronal, or
region of the moral instruments of the mind is 1 8-10
inches. These measurements show that Taylor had
a basilar brain, and that all the propensities that we
possess in common with lower animals were in very
great excess over the moral feelings. The relative
size of the phrenological organs
was as follows :
Amatv
heasbs
enitiveness rather
large;
eness, moderate;
lvrge; philoprog
concentrativenass
ienniti a
rather large ; adhesiveness, rather large; marriage,
large ; ahreen
-
tive
full; combativeness, large; destructiveness, very
' 'tivenesgy
large; preservativenesq, rather
ness, rather large; acquisitiveness, large; secretive,
ness, rather large ; cautiousness, rather small ; love
of approbation, large; self-esteem, very large; bene-
volence, rather small ; veneration, moderate ; firm..
.
ness, large ; conscientiousness, small , hope, large ;
imitation, large; marvellousness, average; humour-
(34sness, full ; ideality, moderate ; sublimity, mode-
rate;
individuality, moderate; form, rather large;

size, rather large ; weight, rather large ; colour ave-
rage; order, average; number, rather large ; even-
tuality, moderate; localixy, rather large; time,
rather large ; tune, rather large ; constructiveness,
rather large ; language, rather large ; comparison,
rather large ; casualty, rather small."

It will be seen that the size of many organs in
this development is large and powerful. Large
amativeness is quite in keeping with his sensual
course of lite. The great size of destructiveness,
combativeness, self-esteem, and firmness, with only
small conscientiousness and rather small benevo-
lence, rendered him a most dangerous and formid-
able character, as they would give him an implac-
able feeling of revenge, and he could take the life of
anything that stood in his way without the least
compunction either before or after the deed. Cau-
tiousness and casualty are low, hence his want of
circumspection and prudence. In fact, the head is
a low, miserable type, that would take pleasure in
seeking the path of evil.

SUPPOSED MURDER OF AN ARTIST IN

PLYMOUTH.

PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
This morning the body of an artist, named W. T.
Norman, was discovered in Deadlake-lane, near
Pennycomequick, Plymouth, under the following
suspicious circumstances :—A man named Waycott,
a dairyman, was returning from milking his cows
about half-past 6 o'clock this morning, and found
the body of the deceased lying across the footpath,
about 16 feet from the railway arch which passes
over the road. His trousers were opened and pulled
up, as if he had been dragged by his leis, and his
overcoat was drawn up to his armpits and partly
over his head, as if from the same cause. He was
lying on his back with his right arm extended and
with his left by his side, with both hands tightly
clenched. His hat, which was small, round, and
stiff, was lying in the centre of the arch, some 20
feet or more from the place where the body was
found. The hat was full of blood and had a bulge
on one side, as if caused by a heavy blow. About
the centre, and a foot from tho ground, there was
blood upon one of the stones of the wall of the
arch, apparently as if some one had fallen heavily
against it. About a yard on the right and left
sides there was a pool of blood, and on the wall
about four or five feet off more blood was found,
traces of which were also perceptible in the road,
about eight feet from where the first blow was ap-
parently struck. The body appeared to have been
dragged on the right side of the bank, for when
first discovered there seemed to be traces of the
clothes on the ground, in addition to which the
body was much dirtier on the right side than on the
left. The body has evidently received some wound
or wounds on the head, though as no post mortem
examination has as yet taken place, their nature

has not been ascertained. Close by the spot is the
, gate of a field, fastened without a lock, and the
object may have been to remove the body there,
in order to afford greater facilities for
escape. A man living in the immediate
neighbourhood states that he heard two
screams on Saturday night between 11.30 and 12
o'clock, and that a cab passed about the same
time, but whether shortly before or after he can-
not remember. It is not improbable that the mur-
derer or murderers might have been disturbed by
its approach, and have hastily left the body in the
position in which it was found. No attention was
paid to the screams, as they were not repeated, and
are very common in the neighbourhood, especially
upon Saturday nights. The deceased had been
drinking at the Globe Hotel, which he left at 11
o'clock, so that that hour would probably be about
the time of its occurrence. A little money was
found on him, but it is not known whether he was
in possession of any valuables. The body was at
once removed to the Pennycomequick Inn, where
it at present awaits the coroner's inquest.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SUICIDE.

SPECIAL VERDICT.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. John Humphreys, the
Middlesex coroner, opened a protracted inquiry
at the White Hart public-house, Kingsland-road,
Shoreditch, touching the death of Mr. Joseph
Hallows Robinson, aged 53 years, an engineer,
lately carrying on business at No. 3, Cook's-place,
Kingsland-road, who committed suicide through
grief at the removal and decease of his wife, whom
he believed had been taken away improperly into a
Roman Catholic priory at Ascot.
Mr. Vann, the solicitor, attended to watch the
case for the friends of the deceased's family.
The court was crowded during the inquiry.
The first witness called was the son of the de-
ceased, a boy about 12 years of age, who said he
had been living and sleeping with him since his
mother had been removed to the Roman Catholic
Hospital at Ascot. His father had been in a very
low and desponding state through his mother's re-
moval, which had been done by the advice of her
friends. On Thursday evening last, about eleven
o'clock, he retired to rest with his son, and on the
following morning, at an early hour, when the elder
son called to see him, he found his father suspended
by a rope to the rail of the bedstead. Dr. Burchell,
of the Kingsland-road, was called, but life was ex-
tinct.

By the Coroner—The deceased became unhappy
when his wife was removed, atd she was taken from
home because she was ill and could not bear the
smell of the drains and the sewer at the back of the
place. My mother was removed from the house to
my aunt's. She called Dr. Burchell and obtained
the means for her removal to the Roman Catholic
Priory. The landlord had been informed of the
nuisance at the house, but not the inspector of nui-
sances.

Thos. Powell Robinson was then called, and said
,hat he found the deceased dead as described. He
knew how his father had been through his mother's
removal, and his mind was evidently affeeted. He
only went home on Sundays, as he was employed
at Mr. Allorell's, the butcher, of Hackney-road.
His mother had been ill for the past six months.
The deceased had been removed to the Priory at
Ascot through the kind interference of the curate
of the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch.
By the Coroner—His father had been drinking
rather more lately than usual, and witness had
several times remonstrated with him, telling him
that he must not fret, but put his trust in God.
He had frequently heard the deceased exclaim,
" I wish your mother was at home."
Dr. Burchell proved that the deceased died from
strangulation by hanging.
Esther Pemberton, of 23, Sarah-street, Kings-
land-road, said that she was the sister of the de-
ceased woman, who had a complication of disorders.
On Thursday fortnight she called upon witness, and
said that she was,on her way to Dr. Burchell, the
parochial medical officer. Witness kept the deceased
female at her house because she told her that she
could not breathe at home. After she was removed
she told witness that she could breath much better.
Witness went to the curate of Shoreditch church,
and he got her an admission into the Roman Ca-
tholic Priory at Ascot, to which place she was re-
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and there were two letters on
the bed,
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one from her
son and the other from witness. The letters had
been detained, as the head
matron was out of town
at Plymouth, and they
.had been kept back to be
opened by her first.l intended to have taken the
deceased hack if she had not been well treated, and
took money down to pay the expenses of her re-
moval home. I left the deceased there, and subse.
quently heard that she was worse, and that I was
to meet her at the Waterloo-road station to remove
her. I went to the terminus, but the deceased was
not there. I received a letter written from the
Priory, of which the following is a copy :
" Mr. Robinson,—l regret to give you the painful tidings
that your wife (Elizabeth Robinson) will, probably, before
you receive this letter, have departed this life in peace,
The disease of which she suffered had increased rapidly, as