The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-16 00:00:00

POSTAGE.

Lord HENRY SCOTT asked the Postmaster-General
whether he had made any representation to the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty with regard to the privi-
lege hitherto accorded to the officers of her Majesty's
navy while serving on foreign stations, which enabled
them both to receive letters from and to send letters to
their relatives and friends at a reduced rate of postage,
which privilege had lately been withdrawn.
The Marquis of HARTINGTON replied that there had
not been any communication between the Admiralty and
the Post-Office Department.
THE CAB REGULATIONS.

Mr. MONTAGUE GUEST asked the Secretary of State for
the Home Department whether it was the intention of
her Majesty's Government to make any alteration in the
existing Cab Regulations.
Mr. BRUCE said that it was not the immediate inten-
tion of the Government to alter the present cab regula-
tions.
LIGHTHOUSE DUS.

Mr. STEVENSON asked the Vice President of tha Boara
of Trade whether it was intended to give to sailing ships
as well as steamers the benefit of the proposed reductions
of lighthouse dues.
Mr. SHAW-LEFEVRE said the reduction applied to sail-
ing vessels as well as to steamers.
UNIVERSITY TESTS BILL.

Mr. GLADSTONE informed the House that the second
reading of the University Tests Bill would be taken on
Monday next.
(LEFT SITTING.)

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

FRANCE.

PARIS, May 16.

The Marseillaise of this day announces that it is
the intention of M. M. Gambetta and Jules Ferry
to question the Ministry relative to the conspiracy,
and also as to their conduct during the plebiscite.

An address of the members of the Belgian branch
of the International Democratic Committee has been
published, urging the French branch to continue the
work of social redemption. The Emperor appeared
in excellent health at the races yesterday.

RUSSIA .
ST. PETERSBURG, May 16.

It is stated that Count Orloff has been appointed
to succeed Count Stackelberg as Russian Am-
bassador at Paris. The Journal de St. Petersburg of
to-day states that the news published by the Indian
papers, according to which the Russian troops were
marching upon Khiva and had demanded of the
Khan of Bokhara provisions and a body of 5,000 men,
is a mere invention.

Ems, May 16.
The Czar of Russia arrived here yesterday evening

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.)
THE OUTRAGE AT KELLS.

Michael Martin was arrested at Queenstown on
Friday, upon the charge of conspiring to murder Mr.
Radcliffe, magistrate, at Kells, County Meath. He
was brought up, on remand, before the magistrates
to-day. An escort of police attended specially from
Kells, and the informations lodged against the pri-
soner were produced. The magistrates at once
granted a warrant for his transmission to Kells. The
prisoner is a mere lad, being only fifteen years of
age. He makes no statement in reference to the
charge.

THE CHELSEA MURDER.

THE INQUEST.-THIS DAY.)

This afternoon Dr. Diplock opened an inquiry at
the Chelsea Workhouse respecting the murder of the
Rev. Frederick Heulin, aged 86 years, who was found
buried under a water-closet at No. 24, Welliugton-
square, Chelsea.
The jury haying been sworn, proceeded to View the

body of the deceased, which lay in a shell ill the
dead-house.

After an abse❑ce of about half an hour the jury
returned to the court. The first witne s called was

Mr. John Carter, King's-road, Chelsea, who stated
that he kne* the deceased well. His real name was
the Rev. Elias Heulin. He Was a Protestant clergy-
man of the French Church.

The Coroner said that some of the clothing of the
deceased gentleman had been found upon a man
named Miller, but before he went into that he
should take the evidence of the detective who had
found the body.

Detective William Watts then said that he had on
Friday afternoon found the body of the deceased in
the hole underneath the water-closet.

In answer to the Coroner the witness said that pre-
vious to the discovery of the body he had been
searching for the kody of the gentleman who had
been missing. In consequence df a statement made
by a man named Payne the underneath part Of th e
watercloset was searched. Upon lifting up.a large
stone and digging away the earth which bad not been
previously disturbed witness found first the arm,
then the head, and last of all the body of the deceased
He was in his shirt sleevesi and ,the rope
produced was found tied round his neck. It took
three men to drag the body out of the hole, and be-
fore it could be done several rows of bricks had to be
removed from the bottom of the foundation of the
house. The hole in which the deceased was found
must have been purposely dug for the purpose of
placing it in it. 'There was no watch or money or
anything found in the pockets of the deceased. In
the hole was found a coat, which had been folded up,
placed under the head of the deceased.
By a Juror—All that I found in the house was a
battered hat, I produce it, and a spade and a stick.
A Juror—Did you find a long sharp nail ? Wit-
ness—No ; I found the bat underneath the flooring
of the back kitchen.

Edward Clough, detective, proved that in the back
kitchen he found a pickaxe, which he produced.
Under the boards in the back kitchen be found the
hat. There was blo.A on the brim, and also on the
inside of it.

The hat, which was produced, was terribly bat-
tered, and it had large patches upon it. The de-
ceased's coat was also put in evidence, and there
were stains of blooi upon the inside of the sleeves.
The spade produced belonged to the witness Payne.
Edward James Payne, a labourer, living at 7,
Lener-street, Chelsea, stated that he knew a man
named Miller. The first time that he had ever em-
ployed witness was on Monday, at half-past twelve
o'clock. Witness was in the Admiral Kepple
public-hotise, and Miller came to him and asked
him to do a " job% for him. Witness then
borrowed a pickaxe, and Miller said to
him, " I want you to do a drain for me."
Witness said Miller then went to 24, Wel-
ington-square. Miller took him into the back gar-
den. Miller then said, "I am going to do away with
one drain." Witness said to him, " It's a rum place
to make a drain, under a water-closet." At half-
past 2 o'clock he told witness that would do. Witness
then walked into the back kitchen, and then into the
front one.

A Juror—Had you any purpose in going into the
kitchens ?—iione at all ; I went into them without
a purpose.
Coroner—Did you notice anything unusual ?—No.
A Juror—Did Miller tremble or look pale ?—No.
A Juror—Then the murder had not been com-
mitted then.

Coroner—Did Miller work at all ?—No ; he sat
on a heap of earth smoking his pipe while I was
digging the hole.
A Juror—And when it was deep enough he said,
"That will do."—Yes ; he said, " The old gentle-
man will soon be here; you can go." After Miller
bad been in the kitchen with me he went upstairs into
the parlour and took the " House to let," bill out of
the window and said, " This house is let."
Mr. 'William H. Sanson, a house decorator, who
was on the jury, was then called as a witness, and said
that, at eleven o'clock last Monday morning; he saw
Mr Thulin go down Wellington-square to a house.
Witness never saw the deceased come out of the
square. He spoke to a gentleman and then went
into the house.

It may be mentioned that the Coroner during his
visit to the house discovered in a cupboard under-
neath the stair two patches of blood ou the wall, and
it is tupposed that the deceased was murdered shortly
attee 11 o'clock, and then placed in the cupboard
while the hole was being dug.
Mr. Robert Cox, a gentleman, said that about 11
on Monday he met the deceased in Wellington-
square, and he had a long conversation with him.
They then parted, and the deceased went in the
direction of the King's-read. He did not see him go
into the house No. 24.

Dr. Thomas S. Turner proved that he saw the de-
ceased at half-past 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon.
There wc,s a good deal of blood at the back part of
the head,. and there was a rope tied round the neck.
Under the right ear there were two small holes,
through which brain matter was exuding. There
was the mark of a blow on the head, and that blow
was quite sufficient to have caused death.
By the Coroner—The holes in the head must have
been done with a sharp point, for they were very
clearly cut. There was a hole in the brain corre-
sponding with the hole in the skull. I think that
the holes might have been caused with a hammer.
I think that the rope was tied round the neck after
death, for the purpose of dragging the body along
the floor. Ido not think that the murder was com-
tnitted with a shovel.

James Smith,_ a painter and glazier, deposed that,
last March, Miller said to him, " The old mau,
(meaning Mr. Heulin) has got a good lump. I
should like to have the old man's purse." He also
made the same remark about the murdered house-
keeper, Mrs. Anne Boss.
Police-constable Cole said that last Wednesday
night he was on duty in Paulton-square when Mr.
Piper, a carman, told him that he had been employed
by the prisoner Miller to remove some furniture, and
that he did not like the look of affairs. Witness then
went and found Miller outside the door, and he asked
Mr. Piper to go for another constable. Miller became
restless and could not stand still, and witness said,
"‘ Keep quiet, when the other officer comes you can
go." Miller suddenly made a bolt, and witness
caught him. He was removed to the station, where
£7 10s. in gold and silver, three gloves and a pair of
spectacles, two envelopes addressed to Mrs Boss, of
15, Paulton-square, a corkscrew, two knives, a pipe,
and the abstract of the title deedof the house, No. 24,
Wellington-square, were found on him. The name
of the prisoner is Walter Miller. Witness found a
rent-book on the prisoner.
Mr. Edward Heuline, 15, Paulton-square,
stated that deceased was his uncle. He iden-
tified the spectacles produced as being those
of his uncle. A pencil case found on the
prisoner Miller also belonged to his uncle. Miller
lived in a house belonging to Mr. Heulin at 26, Sey-
mour-place. Witness was on Thursday night wait-
ing at a railway station in Lincolnshire when the last
train from London came in, and then Inspector Pres-
cott, of the London Police, stepped out of the train
and told him that his uncle had been murdered.
That was the first that he had heard of the occurrence.
Ile had been expecting his uncle to come down to his
farm by that train.
Mr. Carter, recalled, said that he identified at the
police-station the over-coat worn by Mr. Heuliti.
Miller had thrown it away when pursued by the
police on Wednesday night. The boots worn by
Miller on the night of his capture belonged to Mr.
Heulin.
Detective-Inspector James Pay, 7, Vincent-square,
said that on Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock he was
at the Chelsea Police-station, when a woman
named Margaret Anne Miller entered the station.
He and Superintendent Fisher went with her to 26,
Seymour-place. They found in a box in a room on
the ground floor several title-deeds belonging to Mr.
Heulin, and a bunch of keys, one of which unlocks
Mr. Heulin's wardrobe. Witness also found a pair
of grey trousers,upon which were the stains of blood.
After that he went to the house No. 24, Wellington-
square, and 'in the front kitchen, near the window,
he observed a patch of blood, which appearcd to
have been rubbed over by pumice stone.
In answer to the Coroner, Inspector Pay s rid that
he could not say whether the patches on the wall of
the cupboard under the stairs was blood or not.
The Coroner said that the roman had taken
tea with Mrs. Miller on Monday afternoon, and while
she was there Miller came home, and she states
that she saw him change his clothes. He therefore
proposed to adjourn the inquest.
A juror protested against such a course in the pre-
sent excited state of the public mind, and it would
be very desirable to sit for another couple of hours
and take all the evidence they could.

The Coroner said that there was a great deal more
to come out, and he should therefore adjourn the in-
quiry until Wednesday afternoon.