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The prompt action of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
in relieving the sufferers by Friday's explosion meets with
universal comMendation. With the timely aid afforded
by the right hon. gentleman, and the subscriptions of the
public, £l,OOO was within a few hours in the process of
distribution amongst those who had not only lost every-
thing, but had also sustained severe injuries through the
perpetration of an outrage which will be reprobated as
long as history cont;nues to be written or civilisation
endures.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1867.

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cial prosperity never witnessed on this earth before
--!he re,tiuettunt of a society•with a literary Sove-
reign at its head, and leavened by the most lettered
of aristocracies—the vigour imparted by the most
independent of middle classes—peace at home mid
respect abroad—the prudence of trained stateBmen
—the healthful play of public opinion, and the vital
stir of a Parliamentary Govtrinumt, in which sus-
tained dignity and unfailing courtesy in debate have
not impaired the effectiveness or chilled the genius
of the noblest orators who have addr:.‘ssed any deli•
berative assembly, since the palmy laurelled noon-
day of Roman and Athenian eloquence.
Lord Bolingbroke somewhere talks of " a wild
rhapsody of events :"—the story of the times I have
now glanced at will sound more like an anthem ;
and although we have had many a great statesman,
and many an illustrious Sovereign in England,
none will be remembered hereafter more proudly
or more fondly than Queen Victoria ; and, so long
as men of the British race remain upon earth, to
no name in our long brave annals will appertain
in larger measure that enduring, imperishable glory
which makes the past present—and the distant near
and the dead themselves immortal.

The Daily News says :—" The amount of damage pro-
duced by the explosion appears to have been considerably
understated, and can be properly estimated only by those
familiar with the neighbourhood. The houses damaged
may be roughly put down at 603. The number of indi-
viduals who have been admitted to the hospitals unfortu-
nately affords no real criterion of the real number who
were more or less injured by the explosion. . The resident
medical men have under their care e number of
sufferers, chiefly from fright, and it h • een estimated
that were these added to the list of the hospitals,
the number of victims woull be.sw t least 280 or
300. The number of families who h ered in a lesser
or greater degree from the effects of tale eosion amounts
to several hundreds, and so great isle terror inspired
amongst them that in several cases they ha. moved what
they could save from the wreck of their furniture from
the scene cf disaster. At least eighteen out of every
twenty families thus smitten are those of honest, hard-
working people, upon whom the blow has fallen with
crushing severity. To describe the effects of this outrage
on the minds and feelings of the Clerkenwell population
is simply impossible. The very men Who were foremost
in cheering Finlan on Clerkenwell-green are now the
loudest in their denunciation of this, the latest fruit of
Fenian agitation."

• PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
inEssns. GABRIEL, DENTISTS (Established
of
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71
• Liverpool 34, Duke-street, and
Brighton
have just published a NEW PA.MPTlLETexplaining their Pain-
less System of Dentistry, ant self-adhesive Teeth without
springs, at MODER-in Ctiiitnii3, wniel4 may be had fro by post
for four stamps.

If, in this succinct argument (brief in proportion
to the immensity of the theme), I have satisfied
your expectations, I have done all that I hoped anti
desired—if I have disappoiated or, iu any manner,
fallen shortof them, I have done, at least, all that I
could.

Dr. Jenner, by special command of her Majesty,.
visited the sufferers in St. Bartholomew's Hospital in
the course of yesterday, and was conducted to the several
wards in which they are lying by Mr. Foster White,
treasurer of the institution, and Mr. 11,1`Lean, the
house surgeon. Having seen each patient in turn, and
made kind inquiries into the state of all of them,
and their possible need of anything beyond the com-
forts provided by this admirably managed institution,
Dr. Jenner left St. Bartholomew's and proceeded to the
hloyal Free Hospital on the same charitable mission. Of
the thirty-two inmates of St. Bartholomew's who are suf-
fering from injuries inflicted
.by the explosion three are
reported to be in a bad way. Mary Moseley, one of
these dangerously injured persons, is a woman of 43
years. Her case has from the first been considered a cri-
tical one ; and though a slight improvement was yesterday
observed, she remains in a very serious state. The other
cases giving rise to great apprehension are those of
two sisters, Elizabeth and Harriet Thompson,
belonging to a family who occupied part of the house
No. 3a, opposite to the spot where the barrel was exploded.
Their mother is in
,the same institution, and their two
younger sisters, one of whom has since died, were taken
to the Royal Free Hospital. These two at St. Bartholo-
mew's are terribly injured. The elder, Elizabeth, com-
plained of intense pain in the head, and was delirious
during great part of yesterday. Her sister Harriet
suffers also from severe injuries to the head and a lacera-
tion cf one of the arms. The mother is reported
to be advancing as favourably as can be expected
towards recovery. The four patients at the Royal Free
Hospital are also improving. The worst case is that of
the elderly man, Humphrey Evans ; and it has been aggra-
vated by an attack of bronchitis. He is, nevertheless,
reported to be " progressing, but very slowly." Hannah
Roberts and Hannah Maria Thompson are both doing
well. The boy Authur Abbott is likely to lose the sight
of both his eyes.. When Dr. Jenner saw these suf-
ferers yesterday, he stated to Dr. Alexander
Marsden, the general superintendent, who conducted
him over the hospital, what he had announced
at St. Bartholomew's, namely, that her Majesty would
have come in person but that circumstances had occurred
to prevent her intended visit. The body of the poor
little girl, Martha Thompson, who died on Sunday after-
noon, presents a shocking spectacle. She had been almost
covered with wounds, and a part of her scalp, with the
left ear, had been blown away, leaving the skull exposed.
Inspector Potter distributed yesterday £5O, which he
had received from Government for the relief of the
sufferers. The funds set apart by the Chancellor of
the Exchequer are being given away in sums varying
from £2 to £5. •

LeliberaLe and Diabolical Murdei in

Lambeth.

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SURRENDER AND EXAMINATION OF
THE MURDERER.

Immediately after the disposal of the night
charges at Lambeth Police-court yesterday, a young
man of morose aspect, named Thomas Clarke, was
placed at the dock, having been brought from the
cells by Oakes, the gaoler, and Bartlett, the under-
gaoler, and charged before Mr. Elliott with the
wilful murder of Annie Smith, aged about three
months, at No. 55, Tyer-street, Lambeth.
Sergeant llarris watched the case ; the prisoner
was undefended. He is a short built man, described
as a labourer, aged 27, and has for some time been
living with Eliza Smith, the mother of the deceased,
at No. 55, Tyer-street. During the examination
he glanced uneasily round the court, which was
crowded to excess. Upon being placed in the dock,
in answer to question from the chief clerk, he said
in a loud and rough manner that his name was
Thomas Clarke.

Police-constable Hawes, 195 L, was the first wit-
ness. He said —Last night, at half-past seven,
I was in the Waterloo-road, between Oakley-
street and Tower-street, when the prisoner came
up to me and said, " Do you want a job ?" I said,
" I don't know ; that depends upon what it is."
He said, " I shall give myself up to you for murder-
ing a child." I asked him where, and he said "At
55, Tyer-street. I strangled it." I said, " Very
well; you will have to come with me to the station,"
and he said he would. We went to the station in
Tower-street, and there prisoner made the same
statement to the acting inspector. I was then
directed to take the prisoner to Kennington-lane
station, and on the road I believe he said something
bearing on the case to Constable 126 L.
Mr. Elliott—Have you seen the body of the de-
ceased ?

Witness—l was directed to go to 55, Tyer-street,
where I saw the child —a female—lying dead in the
arms of its mother, who gave the name of Eliza
Smith.

An application was made yesterday t,o Mr. Cooke,
the sitting magistrate at Clerkenwell, by a young
woman, a widow, with a sickly child in her arms.
Her story was as follows: " I am a tailoress, and my
husband having died, leaving me with this child to
support, I worked with my brother, who is a tailor,
and lived at No. 3A, Corporation-row, the house which
was blown completely down by the explosion. On
Friday last, on going to my dinner, at one o'clock,
my brother told me that I need not return, as there
would be no more work to be done that afternoon. I
went away, and a few hours afterwards the explosion took
place, blowing my brother's house down, and burying the
whole of his furniture beneath the ruins. My poor sister-
in-law was killed, and my mother is now in the hospital.
My brother being totally ruined, I am without work or
money to buy food for either my child or myself ; and my
object in applying to you is to ask if you could grant me
some temporary assistance." Mr. Cooke put several
questions, which were answered readily, and to all appear-
ance satisfactorily. He said : " This is a case which I
shall certainly relieve by giving something now, although
only a trifle, to assist you temporarily ; but you can apply
here again to-morrow, when probably more substantial
relief will bo given." The applicant expressed deep grati-
tude on being thus relieved. •

Mr. Elliott —Did you observe any marks of vio-
lence on the body of the child ?

Witness—l saw where there had been the cord
produced tied round the neck of deceased. I be-
lieve the woman had removed the cord from the
neck.

Police-constable Mullins, 120 L, said—Last night
I was in the Waterloo-road, and saw thelast witness
and the prisoner go down Tower-street into the
police-station. The last witness said, " This
man has given himself up to me for killing a
child." The acting-inspector asked him how he did
it, and he said not with a cord but with his fingers,
and the child was in the back room downstairs, at
55, Tyer-street. We were then sent with the pri-
soner to Kennington-lane station, and coming along
the road the prisoner said to me, " I hope she has
not done anything to herself ; I am afraid she has,
for when I went back at half-past six I found the
door locked." I said to the prisoner, "Of whom
are you speaking ?" and he said, 6' Eliza Smith,
the child's mother. I left her asleep at half-past
five. She had been asleep about 20 minutes, when
I strangled the child with my fingers, and I hope
it is dead. I have been out of work 10 weeks, and
we have sold nearly everything off for food. When
I got up this morning we had no breakfast, and all
we have had to-day is a piece of dry bread ; there
is none left." That was all he said to me.
The Prisoner—l said I had been out of work for
eight weeks.
Witness continued—l went to 55, Tyer-street,
and there in the back parlour I saw the female
named Eliza Smith with the dead body of a female
child lying naked in her arms. Constable 145 L
was in the room, and he gave me the piece of cord
produced. On looking at the child I saw that
there was a mark of a cord round its neck. Dr.
Richards came in shortly afterwards and said that
life had been extinct for about three hours. We
then went back to the station with the female, and
she saw the prisoner, who said nothing to us.
Police-constable Shannon, 145 L, gave corrobo-
rative evidence, and said that the landlord of the
house gave him the piece of cord, which had two
knots in it, and had been removed from the neck of
the deceased.

Last night a crowded meeting was held in the School•
room, Aniwell-street, Clerkenwell, to express sympathy
with the sufferers from the late attempt to blow up th©
House of Detention. Mr. Churchwarden Wilcox was
called to the chair.

The Rev. It. MacuinE moved the first resolution: "That
this meeting expresses its deep sympathy with the unfor-
tunate sufferers from the calamity which occurred in this
parish on the 13th inst., and cordiallyapproves the appoint-
ment of a committee to receive subscriptions for their aid."
He said he had not time to waste in indignation. The
meeting was assembled not merely for the expression of
sympathy ; its object was practical work. He had organised
a system by which every family that had been injured
had been visited, and the extent of the damage had been
ascertained. In Corporation-lane a great number of
watchmakers had their tools destroyed or buried beneath
the ruins by the explosion. It was proposed to set these
men up in the world; again. Washerwomen and mangle-
women also had their means of livelihood destroyed.
The number of children, some of whom belonged to his
Sunday school, who bad been injured was very great
their sufferings would touch a heart of stone. A letter
whi he had written to one of the morning papers had
produced £4OO. But there was a necessity for further
subscriptions. He had received a letter from Mr. Corry,
stating that the Government in giving relief to the
sufferers did not wish to interfere with the efforts of
private benevolence. He had, however, given him carte
blanche in the meanwhile.

Eliza Smith, a decent-looking young woman, who
cried bitterly, was next examined. She said—l am
a single woman, and have been living with the pri-
soner as his wife for about seven months at 55,
Tyer-street, Lambeth. The deceased was my
daughter, and was ten weeks old. She was bap-

Mr. MTULLAGH TORRENS, M.P., seconded the resolu-
tion. He had visited the hospital, and there the physician
told him that the prostration of the sufferers from the
thought of the loss of their homes was very great. He
had authorised the doctor to assure each sufferer that he
need feel no more anxiety on that score, for Finsbury
would make that all right. The doctor said that such an
assurance would do to the sufferers more good than all
the drugs in the hospital. The Chancellor of the Excise-
quer had acted in a most admirable manner in coming for-
ward so promptly to the relief of the sufferers, and Parlia-
ment, there was no doubt, would confirm the course he had
taken.

tised Annie Smith. The prisoner was not her father.
I laid down on Sunday afternoon about 5 o'clock.
The prisoner was then in the same room nursing the
deceased. I had fallen asleep, and was awakened
after dusk by hearing the shutting of the room an I
street doors. I then found the deceased lying be-
hind me on the bed. I took it up and tried to feed
it, but it would not take the breast. I then saw
the cord round its neck, and the child was
dead. I rushed up in alarm and found that
the cord was tied very tighly round the child's
neck. I laid the baby down, and went round to
the prisoner's father's, and asked if he had been
there. Ms stepmother told me that he had looked
in, but did not stop a minute. I next saw him at
the station. _ _

By the Magistrate—We had passed the day very
happily together. The prisoner was very good to
the and the baby. We had not bad any words at
all. '1 here wa.s nothing at all the matter with the
prisoner in any way yesterday, only that he ap-
peared to be low-spirited all day. We were in
great distress from difficulties. There was scarcely
anything in our rooms. lam positive we had not
quarrelled yesterday. The prisoner said nothing in
particular about the deceased, only was kind.
Mr. Samuel Atkinson Richards said—l am a
physician, and reside at 15:3, Upper Kennington-
lane. Last evening, at half-past eight o'clock I
was called to the deceased by a man who told me
that the child was dead, and had been murdered. I
went to 55, Tyer-street, Lambeth, and found that a
woman was nursing the deceased in her lap. Toat
woman was the witness Eliza Smith, who says she
is the mother of the deceased. I examined the child,
and found it dead. There were the marks of a li-
gature round the neck, and the cord had been re-
moved. It had been tied very tightly. The mouth
was slightly open, the tongue discoloured, and