The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-12 00:00:00

THE LATE MURDER AT ESHER.

ESHER, TUESDAY.—Since the removal of Mrs. Brough,
the murderess of her children, to Horsemonger-lane
Gaol, she has continued to improve daily in her bodily
health, so that there is no fear now apprehended that
she will be unable to take her trial at the ensuing as-
sizes, which will be held at Guildford about the 23d of
next month. She pays the greatest attention to the
spiritual advice of the rev. ordinary of the gaol, but we
understand has never alluded to the awful nature of her
crime. Her eldest daughter has left Esher, and has
gone back tc her situation at Yorkshire. Mr. Brough,
the unfortunate husband of the murderess, has had the
whole of the sheets, beds, pillows, bolsters, carpets, and
everything else that were stained with the blood of the
innocent children, burned in the garden behind the
house. The whole of the remainder of his furnit re has
been removed to Kingston, where it is to be sold by
auction. The poor man states that he shall never be
happy again whilst he looks upon anything that for-
merly stood in his once comfortable home. It was pub-
licly reported that the Government had made some pro-
vision for the future support of the man, but such is en-
tirely without foundation ; in fact, it is hardly likely
that such could he done, as he could not have the least
claim on her Majesty, who rewarded his wife most
liberally for suckling the Prince of \Vales. It is not
improbable, however, that something may be granted to
the man by the King of the Belgians, in the shape of a
small pension, as he was in the employ of the King up
to the time of the awful tragedy. Mr Brough has not
yet returned to Claremont, but still remains at Mr.
Limerick's, the brewer, on the green, and seems to feel
his loss more acutely than even at the first.
A very singular circumstance has arisen in connec-
tion with the affair, which coincidence gossips attach no
little importance to. It is simply this :—ln the garden
behind the house was a favourite rose tree, which Mrs.
Brough wanted to have removed after the murders had
been committed, but which the police refused to do ;
and since she has been removed the plant has faded and
died. The police account for that in this way :—A day
or two before she was removed she sent for a Mrs. Fos-
ter, who at one time lodged with her, but she refused
to see her. The next day that female called upon a
neighbour, whose yard adjoins Mrs Brough's. On see-
ing Mrs. Foster, she said " Come in ; what are you
afraid of? I won't hurt you ; come in." She did so,
and went into the garden, where the murderess plucked
her a nosegay, and no doubt broko the root from the
tree, and hence its dying so suddenly.

FAILURE.—The stoppage was announced yesterday of
Mr. Mark Gopcevitch, the nephew and London corre-
spondent of Mr. Spiridone Gopcevitch, whose failure at
Trieste, for a sum supposed to be equal at least to
250,0001., was mentioned on Saturday. Jt appears
that since the difficulties of the Trieste house transpired
Mr. Mark Gopcevitch has continued to meet his accept-
ances to a considerable amount, but the absence of fur-
ther remittances, notwithstanding the news telegraphed
on Monday of a probable arrangement of the affair by the
aid of the Bank of Vienna, had yesterday compelled him
to suspend. On Monday and Saturday bills to the ex-
tent of nearly 20,0001. were duly met, but the accept-
ances still running here are supposed to be from 120,000/.
to 150,0001. They are, however, rather extensively dis-
tributed, so that the damage will not fall with extreme
severity on any individual holders.
ACCIDENT AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—An inquest was
held yesterday at the Crystal Palace Arma, opposite the
Crystal Palace, on the body of a man named John Field-
house,
who was employed in painting the great transept.
It appeared that the machine by which he was suspended
gave way, and that death resulted from his falling from
about the height of forty feet. The jury returned a ver•
diet of accidental death.