The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-05 00:00:00

THE GERMAN C 0 NFL DER, 7 lON.

The Austrian Government has addressed the fol-
lowin4 despatch to the Imperial. representatives at
the Courts of the German Confederation, accom-
panying it with the documents promulgating the
new Constitution:—

"VIENNA, OCT. 21.
" Sir,—You will find in the official Vienne( Ga-
r zette of this day the text of the supreme resolutions
by which his Majesty the Emperor, after a 'mature
examination of the deliberations and pre,esitions
of the reinforced Council of the Empire, h'as deemed
it advisable to resolve the essential questions of the
organisation of the Austrian Monarch?,-.
" However rich the history of our country may
be in events, it nevertheless counts Lw tpo hs that
can be compared to the present rine fag it 4 deci-
isive importance. Never were trio c . 49rious
questions to be resolved in a moment of greater
excitement. I may add, with deg) conviction,
that never did a purer or nobler will formulate
decisions from which the peoples of this vast empire
await salvation and prosperity.
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apparent of calling the united peoples under the
Crown to participate in the common affairs theopferia empire, as also in the private affairs of the various countries ; and to institute with that view t
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constitu-
tional institutions, which while, cor.solida
unity and the power of the monarehy according toie
the wants of the present, respond at the same time
to the special circumstances of the various intenal
parts of the empire, and to the spirit which fives in
its populations.
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"I cannot, however, address the Emperor's re-
presentatives in Germany without mentioning the
high importance which his Majesty attach, a to the
resolutions proclaimed to-day in his quality also as
a member of the German Confederation. By their
representation in the Council of the Empire, as also
by the provincial statutes, the countries of the
Federal Austro German territory acquire apolitical
position which, far from being detrimental to the
duties and obligations of Austria as a Federal Ger-
man Power, can only contribute in every respect to
maintain and draw closer the union of those coun-
tries with the whole German fatherland, and
thereby strengthen the national bond'whieti-unites
all Germans.

" His Majesty the Emperor entertains the
greatest hopes that the other august Sovereigns of
the German Confederation—from whom his Ma-
jesty has received so many proofs, which he can
never forget, of personal ft iendship, and of t he lively
interest they take in the events of his reign—will
hail with joyous sympathy the important measures
by which the Emperor has given this day new and
solid bases, to the political organization of the
monarchy.
" You are requested to communicate this despatch
to the Government to which you have the honour
to be accredited. I am, Sce.

RECHBERG."

TILE CHILD MURDERS .AT BRAD.FOIf.D.

Margaret Gowland, otherwise Sutton, who mur-
dered her two children, Elizabeth Jane and Annie
Gowland, the one four and the other two years of
age, at Bradford, on the night of Sunday, the 21st
ult., and at the same time inflicted a severe wound
on her own tl.roat, died in the Bradford infirmary
on Friday morning, at six o'clock. The Rev. John
Wade, one of the curates of the parish church, had
been unremitting in his attendance on the unhappy
woman, and was with her during a part of the
night before she expired. She was occasionally
delirious shortly previous to her death, but at
other times calm and rational. She frequently
spoke about her. late children, and stated several

times that she had murdered them. On Thursday
she asked the nurse in attendance what day of the
week it was, and on the nurse answering her
question, she remarked that it was just a week
since her children were buried, and added words to
the effect that " It it had not been for that bad
man (meaning John George Gowland, father of the
children) she should not have committed that rash
deed." On another occasion, not long before she
died, she remarked that she should only live a few
hours, and then she manifested considerable emo-
tion, saying she would have to be buried at eleven
o'clock at night, and without any religious service.
She told the matron at the institution, on Thursday
morning, that she was very happy, and thanked her
for all her kindness. It does not appear that the wo-
man ever said anything about the manner in which
she murdered the children, the particular hour at
which she committed the act, or which of the
children she first put to death. To the night nurse
she stated on one occasion that one of the children,
when the other's throat was cut, made an appeal
to her to be spared, exclaiming, " Oh, dear mamma !
don't do it to me." It has already been mentioned
that the woman had, while in the infirmary, ex-
pressed a wish that after her death certain things
belonging to her might be distributed among her
friends, and that her directions were taken down
in writing. The property she desired to dispose
of included her clothes, some money (about 205.),
her ring, and her Bible. Mr. Grauhan,
the chief constable, is in possession of what may
be called her " will," and he will, no doubt,
see that the property is forwarded to her Mends
according to ,the written instructions.
Some persons who were neighbours of the de-
ceased woman during the time she resided with
Gowland in Bradford have begun a subscription
for defraying the expenses of re-interring the two
children in a grave with the mother, and Mr. R.
Spencer, of 12, Bolton-road, has been appointed
treasurer. The unfortunate woman appears to have
been respected by her neighbours, and to have cared
something for their opinion of her. On Thursday
while sitting up in bed she made the police-
constable who was stationed in the room to
watch her understand that she wanted to speak
to him. On his going to her bedside she touched
some of the buttons of his coat and said, " Were
you on that walk ?" meaning the police beat within
which she and Gowland and the two children
_ _

lived. He replied " Yes," and she then inquired,
as well as she could, what the people said about it,
or about what she had done ? He endeavoured to
divert her attention from the subject, but she re-
peated her question, and at last he told her that
" all the people thought it was a great pity, and
sympathised with her very much." She then said,
" Well, I should never have done it if it bad not
been for that man. I was a decent, hard-working
girl until I knew:that villain."