The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-01 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Genoa Gazette states, from Alessandria, 23d
ult., that the Duke of GENOA has been received there
with great enthusiasm.

A series of military manoeuvres on a large scale
will shortly take place at Alessandria. The Minister
of War requested the orders of the KING as to whether
the Rifle Brigade (Bersaglieri), to whom the
guardianship of the royal residence is entrusted,
should join the manoeuvres. The gallant VICTOR
EMANUEL smiled, and said he did not stand in need of
guards. The battalion was at once ordered to join
the camp. Thus Turin and Genoa, the two chief
cities of the kingdom of Sardinia, have fearlessly
allowed their respective garrisons to depart, relying
upon the loyalty of the people and the popularity of
the MONARCH. II- is doubtful whether there is ano-
ther city in Italy where such an experiment could be
tried with impunity.

THE DREADFUL MURDERS AND
SUICIDE AT CAMBERWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
The murders and suicide in Wyndham-road, Camber-
well, still continue to produce great excitement in the
neighbourhood, and various rumours are afloat tending
to unravel the mystery which surrounds the dreadful
event. As Faucett only took possession of the business
on Monday, and as the deed was perpetrated on the
following morning, the neighbours had only one day's
acquaintance with Faucett and his family, and there-
fore possess little information which is likely to throw
any light on the probable causes which led to the com-
mission of the rash and bloody act. The prevalent
idea among the tradesmen and other inhabitants
on the spot is, that Faucett had made an
unfortunate purchase, and had been deceived with regard
to the business ; but this seems improbable, as it is
scarcely likely that one day would enable him to ascer-
tain the amount or nature of the business carried on.
The more correct supposition seems to be that he was
labouring at the time under a fit of delirium tremens,
produced by hard drinking, or suffering from an attack
of temporary insanity. Some persons who visited the
house in the course of yesterday, and who professed to
have known Faucett, stated that he had been in the
service of a grocer in Oxford-street for the last 26 years,
and was always considered to be predisposed to
insanity, he having on several previous occa-
sions made attempts upon his own life. Ac-
cording to their account,] ho had borrowed the
money to purchase the business from his employers.
They also say that he had for some time given way to
intemperate habits. The neighbours describe him as a
tall, stout, fine-made man, of very agreeable manner and
good address. The bodies of the murderer and
suicide and his two little victims remain in the house
nearly in the same position in which they were found,
so as to afford the jury an opportunity of forming
their own opinion as to the way in which the murders
were committed. The surviving child, Mary Ann
Faucett, is also in the house, and is attended upon by
nurses. The cuts and wounds she had received on the
hands, arms, and side, independent of the almost fatal
gash across the throat, are very numerous, and show
how the poor little creature must have struggled to
resist her murderous assailant, and to wrench the knife
from his hand. Dr. King visited her this morning, and
minutely examined the principal wound. He thinks
there are great hopes of a recovery, though tho case
is still attended with great danger. Of course it has
not been deemed pru lent to question her upon the
subject of the sad occurrence, bat from some observa-
tions voluntarily made by her it would appear that
after her mother had left the shop Fawcett told her
to go and get the carving. knife out of the shop, and on
returning with it he said he was going to kill her,
Emily, and Frederick (meaning the other two
children), and then himself ; adding, teat they
would all be better out of the world, or some-
thing to that effect; and
that he immediately
proceeded to slaughter his children in the manner al.
ready described. The distracted state of his unfortunate
wife's mind may be easily conceived. The police deemed
it prudent to remove her to the house of a person close
by, who had kindly consented to receive her, but this
was a difficult and heart-rending task, as she refused to
leave the bodies of her children, who were lying welter-
ing in their blood. The Wyndham-road runs out of
the Camberwell-road, a few turnings past the gate, and
and is a long straggling thoroughfare, with rows of
small shops and private houses, one storey high, on
each side. The scene of the horrible circum-
stance is the shop at the corner of Queen's-
place, a small row of newly-built houses, a
short distance down on the left-hand side. The
shutters aro all put up, and the entracte is guarded by
two policemen, who have enough to do to keep back the
crowds and to satisfy their numerous inquiries. The
inquest is fixed for to-morrow, but will no doubt be
adjourned, after taking some formal evidence, until the
mother and surviving child are in a fit state to be
examined.