The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-04 00:00:00

k. TRADEGY IN PERUVIA.

A private letter received at Selkirk, Scotland, gives
particulars of a horrible affair which took place at Callao,
on the night of the 21st December, involving the assassi-
nation of Seotchman, and serious injury to his wife. The
murdered man is Mr. Robert Goodfellow, 27 years of age
who was formerly manager of the gas works, at Longford,
and left there in July last, having received the appoint-
ment of manager of the gas works at Callao. He had been
there for some three months, and he and his wife had
enjoyed a quiet, comfortable life, up till the night in
question, when a band of men, said to have numbered
about forty, invaded the gas works, which stand in
a somewhat lonely place outside the town. Just as
Mrs. Goodfellow had gone to bed, and her husband had
undressed, three of the ruffians entered their bedroom,
and tired at the latter. Mr. Goodfellow, who had a
loaded revolver at hand, returned the shot, but seemingly
without effect. He then rushed from the room, outside
the door of which he was subsequently found dead, having
been killed by a shot in the chest. Mrs. Goodfellow had
in the meantime got out of bed, and on her crying
for assistance, she was bound and mercilessly beaten.
The murderers afterwards proceeded to plunder the house.
Eventually assistance arrived, when the whole of the des-
perate band madeoff; four men being afterwards apprehended
on suspicion of being concerned in the affair. That the
persons who took a hand in this affair had some other, and
more comprehensive object than the murder of the mana-
ger of the gas works, and the robbery of his house in view,
would seem to be the fact, for says the person writing to
the friends of the sufferers, " the British Consul at Callao
is endeavouring to make out that the baud consisted
of an armed mob, and that their visit to the
gas works was a step in some conspiracy, which
by cutting off the supply of gas at the works,
and thus placing the town in darkness, they might
nave attempted to carry out. At all events, there would
seem to be serious apprehension of some plot being
planned, as the authorities of Callao had placed the gas-
works under military protection after this affair." Mr.
and Mrs. Goodfellow both belonged to Selkirk, and had
been married about two years.

THE KING OF SPAIN AND FOREIGN POWERS.—
The King of Spain has addressed a letter to the several
European sovereigns, in which he declares his resolution to
devote all his energies to the welfare and prosperity of the
Spanish people. One of the principal means of doing this is to
',reserve harmonious relations with foreign countries.,;
therefore, he proffers his friendship, and hopes to main-
tain the best understanding with the Power he is addres-
sing. To the Pope he sends a special letter. He begins
much in the same form as to the others, and then says,
" Born and brought up in the bosom of a Church which
recognises your Holiness as its visible head and monarch,
of a Catholic nation, the majority of whose citizens,
though free to choose and to practice what religion
they please, preserve the faith of their fathers, our
principal care will be to watch with respect and attach-
ment to your Holiness, that the relations existing between
your Holiness and this generous nation are such as the
spiritual father of the faithful ought to maintain with his
true sons. Let your Holiness, then, consent that after
having notified to you our accession to the Throne as was
done on the 2nd of this month, after having taken the
oath to make the Constitution of the Monarchy respected,
one of the first acts of our reign should be to protest our
filial affection and profound veneration." The King con-
cludes by asking for the apostolic benediction, and signs
himself his Holiness's very humble and devout son

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