The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-26 00:00:00

A CORRECTION CORRECTED.

EPAMINONDAS, THEIIISTOCLES, AND PERICLES.
The following letters have been addressed to the
editor of the Times :—.

Sir,—l am not surprised at the claim advanced
by " Aspasia ;" she was never known to miss an
opportunity of making herself conspicuous ; but I
hope you will not let an honest woman be deprived
of her proper honours. It was my husband,
Themistocles, who made the bantering speech at-
tributed by Lord Cairns to a Theban, as any one
can see by referring to Plutarch's story of his
life :

"Vv 8' viOv ;vrpuil)(.7)vra rq iirrpi Kat Si t'Ke'ivrp,
at,r(:), a•Kt;nrrcov i'Xeye 7TXELUTOY 7-Liv'EXXivwv SiivacrOat
rots fib ya,o'EXXgatv inircirrav 'Athwaious,'Aerivaiots
Si aftrav, arrto Si rip, EKEIPOV mripa prirpi ayKeivov."
Who was Dr. Whately, and when did " Aspasia"
ever sit at his feet?-1 am, sir, an indignant wife
and mother, ARCHIPPI.
July 25.

Sir,—That
biryha "tr not be put out of counte-
nance Ghost of Aspasia," who says that
''The
may
you are wrong in connecting the story of " ruling
Athens" with the name of Thermistocles, I beg to
refer you to the fullowog passage in my life of
Themistocles :
" Laughing at his own son, who was somewhat
too bold through the indulgence and fondness of his
mother, he told him that he had the most power of
any one in Greece, I for,' said he, ' the Athenians
command the rest of Greece, I command the Athe-
nians, your mother commands me, and you command
your mother.' "—I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
PL UTARC H.

Sir,—" The Ghost of Aspasia" has a lively inven-
tion, or a dull memory. In her anxiety to fix upon
you a blunder similar to that which you have fixed
upon Lord Cairns, she claims for Pericles the story
which you ascribe to Themistocles. She may be
right, and certainly she ought to know ; but in
calling Dr. Whately as her common vouchee, she
p
is unquestionably wrong. If you turn to that emi-
ynoenutwauthor's ;:
the ElementsloThe child of Themistocles governed his mother; sho
governed her husband; he governed Athens; Athens,
folNvtig of
fallacyiog
Logic," 346, 3d ed.,
Greece ; and Greece, the world; therefore, the child of
Tnemistoclee governed the world.
The above citation will show you that Mrs.
Pericles, like too many of her charming sex, has
" just enough of learning to raisquote.,,__l am, sir,
your obedient servant,
July 25. SCEUTATOR.

not in society (at least not in ladies' society, for I
Sir,—The person who wrote to you yesterday is
hear she has Socrates, who is also not in society,
and other persons, such as Alcibiades, who ought
to know better, at her evenings), and therefore
as I cannot appeal to her to correct the curious
error into which she has fallen in her note to you, I
must ask you to contradict her exceedingly absurd
statement that she is the widow of Pericles. I don't
say I am ; for, as you are aware, in consequence
indeed of the way in which he went on with that
person, I was forced to make him obtain a divorce
from me. But she was never even his wife. Relict,
indeed ! If she be, I should like to know why he
had to get his and her boy legitimised ?
This was the only reason why I wished to write ;
but, as I am writing, a friend of mine,
a very re-
spectable old gentleman (though a Bootian) of the
name of Plutarch, desires me to mention that the
story in question comes from him, and that though,
as he is good enough to say, he has no doubt that I
did command (he says the word he used was
irercirrtty, which does not mean to be Sovereign of)
Pericles so long as he
would let me, yet, in fact, he
told the anecdote, as you do, of Themistocles, and
not of my husband. But he says it does not matter
much which it is told of, as it is no doubt untrue,
as since he has been down here and talked with
people, lie has found most of the stories he told
about them are.—l am, sir, yours,
TIIE ONLY LAWFUL WIFE OF PERICLES.

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THE BEVERLEY MURDER. At a very early hour
on Wednesday morning the body of John King,
alleged to hare been poisoned by antimony a month ago,
as well as that of his mother, Catherine King,
aged 42, were
exhumed at the B3verley St Martin's Cemetery, and por-
tions of their intestines placed in jars for analysis by Dr.
Letheby, of London. A young woman, named Hannah
Thorley, is now in custody charged with the murder of
John King, with whose fath3r, late station-master here, it
has been proved she has car: iod on an adulterous con-
sexion. She was living with Kin.- at the time of his wife's
death, and although no suspicion was
attached to Mrs.
King's death at the time, circumstances have since tran-
spired that have induced the authorities to !TOY for an
analysis of her body. The case has caused great excite-
meat in the town.