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 bas 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 with Out foundation ; in fact, it is hardly likely
that such could be done, as he could not have the least
claim on her Majesty, who rewarded his wife most
liberally for suckling the Prince of Wales. 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 broke the root from the
tree, and hence its dying so suddenly.

PAILIIRE.—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. It 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 120,0001,
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 Arms, 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 &ver-
dict of accidental death.

We cannot wonder at the strong feeling which we
know has been excited by the statement which yester-
day morning we made upon the subject of the visit of
Count Pahlen, a Russian agents to this city.
This feeling will not be lessened by the fact that
Ministers last night evidently attempted to evade the
question put to them by Mr. Butt. We have been cre-
dibly informed that when Mr. Butt was putting his
question to Sir George GI ey, Lord John Russell was
actually,
.waiting in the library until the time for asking
questions was past.
After the statement made in the house there is no
longer any reason for concealing the name of the Cabi-
net Minister who has acted as Count Pahlen's cicerone.
The Earl Granville, late Lord President of her Ma-
jesty's Council, now Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan-
caster, introduced this Russian agent to the Travellers'
Club, and the name of the noble earl may be seen in the
strangers' book, vouching that the emissary of Nicholas
is a fit person to associate with British gentlemen in the
moments of unreserved and confidential intercourse.
The entry in that book specifies, if we are not raisin-
formel, the name and rank of the illustrious visitor. in
the second column, if we remember right, the country
of the stranger is designated, and we presume the entry
runs thus—

COUNT NICHOLAS PAHLEN.
Country—RUSSlA ! !

Introduced by
THE EARL GRANVILLE

One of Her Majesty's Cabinet Ministers.
A more flagrant outrage upon the feelings of English-
men it is impossible to conceive. This must yet be the
subject of Parliamentary discussion. The miserable arti-
fice of the absence of Ministers must not be permitted to
avail them. We may, perhaps, suggest to Mr. Butt
that he must not follow the example of Mr. Layard. If
he has taken up a question of great public interest he is
bound not to give it up—unless he choose to be classed
with those who take possession of questions of popular
interest only that they may give a triumph and afford an
escape to Ministers by abandoning them,—Morning
Herald.