The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY WENING, APRIL 13, 1860.

to the dockyard, and embarked on board H.M.
paddle-steamer Firebrand, Com. J. M. Bruce, lying
alongside the Sheer jetty. At 4.30 p.m. the Fire-
brand sailed for Jersey, where Major Clifford's bat-
tery relieves No. 8 battery of the 10th brigade, under
the command of Major M'Crea, the latter returning
to Portsmouth in the same vessel. Reliefs of artil-
lery will afterwards proceed in the Firebrand from
Portsmouth to Plymouth and Guernsey.
Yesterday afternoon a numerous party of troops,
belonging to a variety of cavalry and infantry regi-
ments, to the number of about 200 men of all ranks,
arrived at St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham, from
'lndia, nearly the whole of them having completed
their term of service, and been sent home to be dis-
charged. The troops belong to nearly every regi-
ment now serving in India.

TIIE MURDER AT S2'AIIIFORD.

STAMFORD, THURSDAY.

This morning the prisoner, Henry Corby, charged
with the murder of Miss Elizabeth Pulley, was
brought up before the local magistrates for further
examination. During the week which has elapsed
since the last hearing of this horrible case, the police
have been indefatigable in their efforts to connect
the chain of evidence against the accused, and with
what result appears below. The case continues to
excite the most intense interest, and the court was
again crowded.
Sarah Wallace was the first witness examined—
She deposed to helping the police in the examina-
tion of the deceased's body, and of the ashes in the
fire-place, and to finding a piece of string, the re-
mains of a basket, and a tooth, which were produced
in court.

Robert March and Frederick Tatem gave evi-
dence to the effect that they had seen the prisoner
with the desk, supposed to have been Miss Pulley's.
Police-constable Dalrymple I produce some
ashes found in the fire-grate of the prisoner's work-
shop, which I searched. Those ashes I delivered to
Superintendent Ward. On the prisoner's premises
I found a ladder lying across the saw-pit under the
workshop. That ladder I removed to the police-
station. I was present when certain marks on the
wall of Miss Pulley's back yard were measured by
Superintendent Ward. (Ladder produced, it was
about 14 feet in length.)
Sophia Wooll—l live in Peake's yard. We pass
Miss Pulley's back door to get to our house. I saw
a ladder lying for three or four days under the rail-
way wall, near to the deceased's back door. The last
day that I saw the ladder there was Saturday, the
17th March. My attention was specially called to
the ladder from seeing some children playing with
it, and I asked a young man in the employ of Mr.
Barns (a neighbouring plumber), to take it away,
but he said it was not his.

John Hill gave similar evidence, and identified
the ladder.

William Pollard—On the 24th March I removed
the board which was burnt through, and over which
the body of Miss Pulley lay when she was found
dead. I cut it out from the floor, and now produce
it. (It was of oak and about an inch thick.) I have
examined some ashes (also produced) which were
found in the fire-place of the deceased's house. The
ashes in paper No. 1 are of deal ; those in paper No.
2 I believe to be of mahogany ; others in a box,
marked 3, are of oak. I searched the privy at-
tached to the house of the deceased ; this was on the
24th March. On the surface of the soil in the vault
I found twe towels, now produced. There was not
much soil in the vault. The towels were not di-
rectly under the hole in the seat, but rather for-
wards—one being more forward than the other.
One of the towels was marked with blood, which
was dark, but not moist. From the state of the
soil, I consider that the towels had been recently
thrown into the vault. There was recent soil upon
them, quite recent. The towels I locked up in the
washhouse, and they were afterwards delivered to
police-constable Dalrymple. (The towels were of a
coarse description, apparently for common kitchen
use.) On removing the board near the hearth-stone,
I took up the ashes which had fallen through the
burnt hole. I searched for a ring, but found none.
I produce the ashes, amongst them are some small
pieces of turf. On searching the privy I found two
finger bones in the vault, they were burnt to a
cinder.

Superintendent Ward—On the 24th March I saw
the ladder produced on the premises of the prisoner:
On the following day (Sunday) I examined the wall
on Miss Pulley's premises, in which is a door leading
from the back lane into the garden. This wall joins
and runs at right angles to the railway. This garden
wall is 11 feet 6 inches high. It has a coping stone 20
inches wide. The coping is of a soft stone, and in-
clines out wards towards the lane. On the outer edge
of the coping stone, next the lane, immediately over
the door, I noticed that the weather-beaten surface
had been rubbed off in two places about 11 or 12 inches
apart. Since that I have compared those marks on
the wall with the ladder produced. When the foot
of the ladder was 3 feet 9 inches from the base of
the wall, and the ladder was inclined to the wall,
the sides of the ladder fitted the marks exactly.
The mark on the north side was wider than the
other. I found that the wide side of the latter cor-
responded with the wider mark and the narrow
side with the narrower mark. There were no im-
pressions of the ladder visible, it is hard beaten
ground. I noticed a small quantity of gravel lying
on the flat side of the coping stone, and on the
inner edge next the garden there was a small por•
tion of dirt adhering to and hanging over, as if
scraped from something. I examined the gravel
and found it to be of the same kind as that compos-
ing the walk leading from the garden door to the
house of the deceased. I produce a box of ashes
and papers, Nos. 1 and 2. The ashes I received
from Police-constable Dalrymple. I did not ob-
serve any ladder marks on the inner side of the
garden wall or in the garden. Iu the course of an
examination of the garden I found a halfpenny at
the upper end on the grass. Near to the spot where
I picked up the halfpenny I observed on a flower-
bed an impression of a nailed boot or shoe.
Other evidence was given, to the effect that the
prisoner, who had been in debt' for small amounts
previous to the murder, had discharged them soon
after, and had appeared flush of cash.
Application was then made for a further remand,
an intimation being given to the Bench that fur-
ther evidence of an important character would be
then adduced.

The prisoner was remanded until Thursday next

SUPPOSED DOUBLE MURDER NEAR

11LA S' TER.

Early yesterday morning information reached
the police-station at Pendlebury, near Manchester,
that an old man named Scholes, and his son, who
lived at Irlams-o'-tle-Height, had been found dead
in their cottage under circumstances leading to the
belief that a fearful and mysterious crime had
been committed. Sergeant Lee, of Pendlebury,
arrived at the house at 7 o'clock, and Mr. Birks,
Mr. Booth, and Mr. Ashburner, surgeons of the
neighbourhood, were in attendance about the same
hour. It appeared that the elder of the deceased,
William Scholes, aged about 75, was a man living
on a small independent income in one of three cot-
tages situated at the junction of the Swinton and
Pendlebury roads. The other victim, William Ed-
ward Scholes, was about 41 years of age. Another
son, Joseph Scholes, works at the printing-office of
Messrs. Bradshaw and Blacklock, at Manchester.
The two-sons slept together in one bedroom, the
father occupied another, and a daughter, Sarah
Eliza Scholes, had a third. The only account of
the discovery that has yet been obtained was given
by Joseph Scholes to Sergeant Lee. His statement
is to the effect that on the previous day he left home
for his work after dining comfortably with the
family about 1 o'clock in the afternoon. On his
way back in the evening he was seized with a fit
police,pwohiilleee.. whotpsaustsi
passing through through Salford, and taken up by the
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fering from an infirmity, and he was liberated. On
reaching home about 9 o'clock he found no one
downstairs, but heard his sister moving in her room
overhead, and making a noise which was habitual
with her. The surgeons are informed that she is
subject to fits, and
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locked.
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ter's room. They broke open the door, himantdo shaiw his
sister sitting on a chair, and his father and brother
lying dead on the floor.
Judging from the position in which the bodies
were fougd, the father had fallen on the top of
his son. The father lay at right angles to the
bed near its head, his feet and part of the body
were under the bed, and his head outside. The
son was parallel with the bed, his head was
towards its foot, and his feet were doubled up under
the body of his father. The father's face showed
signs of strangulation, but there was no appearance
of wounds. Blood was issuing from the ears. The
son's death was more unaccountable. There were
not the same marks of strangulation, but there were
some slight cuts in the neck, which might have
been made by a three-bladed pocket-knife that was
found on the mantelpiece. Another pocket-knife
was found in the father's hand, but it was closed.
Both the men were completely dressed.
The police discovered that the pillow of the bed
on which Joseph Scholes had slept was marked with
blood. This, he says, was caused through hurting
himself by falling down in the fit in Salford; and
there are traces of a wound in his head. He re-

mains in the house in custody of the police. his
sister was removed in custody to the Ss iford work-
house. _

A coroner's inquest was opened yeste 'rday after-
noon, and Joseph Scholes gave his acco mit of the
matter clearly and satisfactorily enough. The im-
pression is that the infirm sister committed the
murder.

lease his hold of his coat. There was no noise or con-
fusion, as the parties were all engaged in betting.
Police-constable Bailey, 89, corroborated the evi-
dence of Mobbs in all save one particular. He said
he did see two glasses of ale on the counter, as if
some of the company were having refreshment.
Mr. Humphreys, for the defence, stigmatised the
complaint as one of the most summary character that
a magistrate had ever been troubled with. It was
quite clear, whatever the instructions Mobbs the
policeman had received, that he had exceeded his
duty in the manner in which he had carried them
out. There was not a more respectable bony of
men in existence to be found than the London
police, but unfortunately there were a class of per-
sons who felt that the only way to perform the duties
assigned them was by irritating and exciting every
one with whom they came in contact, and Mobbs
appeared to belong to that class. Mr. Jones was a
very respectable man. He had kept this house for
nearly a dozen years, and this was the first com-
plaint that had ever been brought against him. He
was ready to admit that his was a betting house,
inasmuch as be executed commissions in betting
and racing matters, and advertised himself os a
commission agent for such affairs; but there was
nothing illegal in that. A man was perfectly jus-
tified in pursuing such a line of business as long
as he did not infringe the law, and the defendant
had not rendered himself in any way amenable.
In this particular instance the policeman Mobbs
was hovering about the house for about an hour
and a half, poking his head in at • the door
occasionally, by which means customers were
deterred from entering the house. Mrs.
Jones remonstrated with Mobbs, and n'timately
called down her husband, who was ill in bed, to re-
move the officer from the door. The defendant
accordingly expostulated with him, but he totally
denied having used a stick or striking Mobbs. He
merely pushed him from the door, and there were
several gentlemen present who would depose to the
annoying manner in which the constable was dodg-
ing about the house all the morning, as well as to
the brutality with which he dragged Mr. Jones out
of his house to the police-station on this charge, in
consequence of which violence Mrs. Jones, who was
in an advanced state of pregnancy, had been thrown
upon a sick bed, and it was impossible to say what
might be the result.

Alderman Hale said what Mr. Humphreys had
said was merestatement against evidence upon oath.
From the defendant's advertisement as a betting
agent, it was apparent to the officer that betting
transactions were carried on in the house, and that
was something like a good reason for watching the
house. He did not mean to say Mobbs had exceeded
his duty in this instance, but he thought that as the
defendant had been locked up, and put to much
trouble and expense in attending this court, that. a
fine of ss, would meet the case.

After some demur the fine was paid, and all par
ties left the court mutually dissatisfied.

REV. C. H. SPURGEON ON THE SOCIAL
EVIL.

Yesterday morning tlie Rev. C. H. Spurgeon
preached a sermon, on behalf of the Society for the
Rescue of Young Women and Children, at the Rev.
W. Brock's chapel, Bloomsbury-street, New Oxford-
street. The attefldance was large. The rev. gen-
tleman selected for his text John viii. 10, 11,
" When Jesus had lifted up Himself, and saw none
but the woman, He said unto her, ' Woman, where
are those thine accusers ? Hath no man condemned
thee ?' She said,' No man, Lord.' And Jesus said
unto her, Neither do I condemn thee ; go and sin
no more.'" After a few introductory remarks, Mr.
Spurgeon directed the attention of the congrega-
tion. first, to Jesus Christ's estimate of this poor wo-
man's sins. Her's was adultery, which was usually
set at the head of all those crimes which might be
gathered up under the terms of licentiousness and
lasciviousness. The Lord's estimate of that sin was
not to be viewed as light because he said " Neither
do I condemn thee." He came not into the world to

judge, and therefore in what He said toher He was
only trying to direct her thoughts to Him who was
able to save her to the uttermost. Were the Lord

among them that day He would tell them what He
thought of fornication ; He would describe its
filthiness and its terribe consequences in this
world and also in the world to come in
a way that would chill their very brain ; He
would tell them that the sin lay not only in
the deed but in thought ; he that looked on
a woman to lust after her already committed
adultery. But if any of their fallen sisters were
there, let him (Mr. Spurgeon) say that he spoke not
only unto them, but also to their fallen brothers
who were received into society instead of being
scouted. When they went to their lascivious beds
let them think they would one day make their bed
in hell. They went to their sins thinking they
were sowing the wind ; but they would reap the
hurricane which would tear them to pieces. The
sin of which he was speaking was one of tho vilest
of the vile, and no apology could be offered for it.
He would not enter into the details of its special
wretchedness, as it was sufficient to say that God
had put His stamp on it. It was like pain, it bore
its sure mark on its victims. God would not have
appointed such terrible consequences to a sin that
was not very heinous. No rotten bones, no foul
diseases, no delirium, and many other calamities
would have been connected with it if God did not
hate it. But the second part of his subject was far
more interesting than the first—Jesus Christ's
method of bringing these poor wanderers in. He
did not condemn them, but said, Go and sin no
more. The reason He did this was because the con-
demnation against this sin had had but a feeble
effect. Moses decreed stoning; but how ineffectual
it was, seeing that a whole host of Pharisees in-
dulged in it. The penalty had evidently failed to
produce the desired effect. This one instance might
be confirmed by all history. When any very strin-
gent law was made against a crime, they had gene-
rally seen that that very crime increased. Forgery,
horse-stealing, &c., were far more rampant when
punished by execution than they were in their own
day. Mere punishment, mere law and terror had
always failed in subduing the wickedness of the
human heart. Certainly he did not deny that it
had had a slight check on wickedness, but at the
same time the thing had been a defeat and not a
conquest. The conduct of the Lord was right to-
wards the woman, because unless they were pre-
pared to say that Jesus Christ's nature was a mis-
taken one they could not say He was mistaken
in this act. But he (Mr. Spurgeon) did not
see how Christ could have condemned the woman.
There were two taken found committing adultery,
and only one of the guilty persons brought before
Him. If she had been before any judge, surely he
would have said, " Bring the other also." And
when they saw the Christian Church acting as a
mighty nation,looking down on the fallen daughters
of Eve, did they not all say, " Why does she not do
so to the men ?" because they were the ringleaders
in sin—they first pulled their daughters from the
stars and hurled them down to the depths of miry
clay. Many men who were reeking in filthiness were
allowed to mingle with the church; but the poor
fallen woman was looked dow n on and despised. A
Christian minister might walk with a man who was
said to be a "little too fast," and nothing was said;
but if he was seen talking with a poor fallen woman,
endeavouring to rescue her from her evil life, she
was not called " fast," but something worse, and
some ill intention set down to the credit of the
minister. What, he asked, was the difference ? He
could not see. He felt if he went on he should con-
demn the men for their sin. It was but the other
evening, when coming out of a crowded meeting,
he saw a young lady accosted by a respectably-
dressed gentleman, who began speaking to her.
His feelings were roused, and he wished he could
have knocked the man down. (A slight titter.) Had
it been done to some poor woman, he might have
offered up a prayer for her, but to see a man doing
such an act to a respectable girl—a man who would
go home to his family, go on 'Change, and pretend
to be a gentleman—was more than he could bear.
If he was rather strong in his feelings he could not
help it, for he could not see why the sin of the
man should be slurred over, and that of the woman
brought forth. He wanted, lastly, to tell them
what they could do towards following out the ex-
ample indicated in the text. They had been
putting far away from them those who had been
tainted with this sin, and the effects of it might
be seen every day and every night. They had
thrust them out from every village and city,
from every home of example, from every association
that might lift them heavenward ; and where were
they now ? They woke up all of a sudden, and
cried out against the great Social Evil, whicl2 they
had helped through their apathy to create. What,
then, were they to do to put a stop to it ? Now
that the law had proved a failure, let them try what
the Gospel could do. The society for the Rescue
of Young Women and Children was doing great
good by the holding of midnight meetings. At
the Southwark meeting he believed upwards of 26
fallen women were taken to the Refuge. The so-
ciety to which he had referred had undertaken not
only the task of rescuing those women, but of feed-
ing them; but their funds were exhausted. Through
the midnight meetings they had received so many
that they required over £lOO per day to support
them. After they had been in the society for some
time, they were sent as servants where they were
not known, where they could regain their charac-
ters and begin the world again. If there were any
who could refuse to contribute on that morning to
such a benevolent object, he did not envy them.
He trusted, however, there would be very few such,
but that all would give to the utmost of their power,
that they might house the poor creatures who were
willing to flee to the ark of refuge to escape from
their evil ways.