The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-14 00:00:00

TI)E SON, LONDON, FRI OA it EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1866.

The St• Giles':: Murder.

At Bow-street Police-court this day, John
Richard Jeffreys was brought up on remand on
the charge of murdering his son Arthur Richard
Jeffreys. Less excitement prevailed than on the
former occasion, a misapprehension having arisen
as to the day on which the prisoner was to be
brought up. He had originally been remanded for
a week, but before the commitment was signed
circumstances were mentioned which induced the
learned magistrate to alter the date to this day.
The following evidence was then given.

Henry Foster said—l an inmate of Lambeth Workhouse.
On the 29th of July I was living at 15, Great White Lion-
street. The prisoner at the bar came there that d; y. It
was on a Sunday, and he came between 10 and 11 o'clock
in tho evening. 1 was out for some beer and found him
there on my return. I will not be quite certain that it
was as late as 11, as I had no clock in the room, but I am
sure it was after 9.

Mr. Vaughan—Did he come alone, or had he a child
with him ?
Witness—He had his son with him. The child has
been living with his grandmother. _

Mr. Vaughan—Did you have any conversation ?
Witness—Yes, and part of the time it was talking about
religion. He told the child to say its prayers, and after
the boy had done so he asked why he had said prayers,
and the child replied, because be wanted to go to bed.
Prisoner then said, "Is that all you say them for ? " and
the child said yes. I then spoke to the prisoner and told
him not to bother the child, but let him get a sleep.
Mr. Vaughan—Was that all the conversation you had
with the prisoner ?
Witnes —Yes. •

Mr. Vaughan—What did the prisoner come to your
place for? _ .

Witness—A night's lodging, I believe. He did not say
so to me, but he did to my wife. I know he and tho child
went to bed, and that he left our place between one and
two o'clock.

Mr. Vaughan—Did you say anything to him about
leaving at that hour? •

these questions have anything to do with the present,
charge.

Prisonerly life hangs upon the result of this inquiry
and I think 1 ought to ask all the questions I think neces-
sary.

Mr. Vaughan—Very well, then, go on. I will not stop
you again.

Prisoner—l don't think I -need ask the witness ttny
further questions• on the present occasion, but I shall
hereafter.

Prisoner—l should like to ask Dr. Harvey a question.
Mr. Vaughan—by all means do so.
Prisoner—Addressing Dr. Harvey, in your post mortem
examination, did you find that the child'had been used for
an immoral purpose ?
Dr. Harvey - No.
Prisoner -= Could you have discovered it if it had ?
Dr. Harvey—yes, I think I could.

John Follis, a constable in the West Riding of York-
shire police, said—l live at Triange, in the township of
Sorbey, in the parish of Halifax. On the Bth of Septem-
ber the prisoner called at home. I heard him ask
whether the policeman was at home. I heard
my wife gay yes, he was upstairs in bed, and
then the prisoner told her he had something important
to say. When he saw me to asked whether he could make
a statement to me. I told him he could say whatever he
pleased. He then asked me whether I thought he could
murder his own child. He then said he would go
and get something, and then tell me all about it.
I watched him to the Triangle Inn, when he came out with
a Bible in his hand. I asked him what they called
him, and he said John Richard Jeffery, or other-
wise Samuel Mortimer. Ile said I am charged with
the murder of my own child in St. Gile'ss, London,
and there's a £lOO reward offered for my apprehension.
After this I determined to arrest him, and told him he
must consider himself my prisoner. cautioned him when
he began to speak, that whatever he told .me I should
repeat it in evidence at the trial if necessary. He said he
was a married man—that he had one child, a little
boy about six years old, and that he was named Arthur
Richard Jeffery. He further said that he last saw the boy
on the 30th of July, when he left his sister's
house in the Seven Dials about two o'clock
in the mcrning. He told 'me ho had never
had any comfort since ho had been married, now about
seven years ago, as his. wife had left him for another man.
Prisoner said ho was born in Richmond, Virginia, that he
had broke the law, and the law must decide his fate. He
further remarked that be should say nothing then, but
when the judge put the black cap on he should tell a tale.
As we were goini to Halifax the prisoner asked for some.
beer, which was given him.
Mr. Vaughan—Was the prisoner sober when he made
this communication to you ?

Wituess—He had been drinking, but ho was not drunk.
After some further evidence the prisouer was committed
for trial.

FRENCH THEATRICALS.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DONCASTER RACES-THURSDAY.

It was to be expected that the Town Moor would to-day
present a marked contrast to yesterday. Nevertheless, the
attendance for an "off day" was-exceedingly good, and the
weather being extremely fine an enjoyable day's sport was
the result. The racing was of average quality, and the
fields pretty numerous, but no, particular feature occurred
worthy of further comment than will be found in the fol-
lowing details :

The ZETLAND ST/us:Es of 50.sovs each, h ft, for three year
olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 61b ; 1 mile 4 fur. 4 subs:
Mr. T. Pardoe's Artesian, Bst 101 b (J. Loates) w.o.
The CLEVELAND HANDICAP of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5
only if declared, with 85 added ; the winner of the
Leamington Stakes or the Great Yorkshire Handicap,
71b ; of both of those stakes, 101 b; or of any other race
after August 27, at ten a.m., 4W extra; second to save
stake ; 1 mile. 3G subs.
Marquis of Hastings's Sweet Anne, by Knight of Kars— •
Anne Page, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Kenyon) 1
Count liattliyany's king Charming, 4 yrs, Bst 71h-..

(Fordham) 2
Major Stapylton's Sundeelalf, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b ...(Carroll) 3
Mr. J. Parker's Liver ly, 4 yrs, Gst (J. Ed wards) 4
Mr. Maekenzie's Norwood 5 yrs, ist 31b (11. Covey) 0
Mr. 11. Wilkiusou's East Lynn, 4 yrs, 7st (Bates) 0
Mr. lt. Osborne's Lady of Coverdale, 4 yrs, 6st 81b
Mr. Johnstone's Holstein (R Challoner) 0
4 yrs 6st slb (Cameron) 0
Mr. NV. E. Hobson'.Dolan, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Craddock) 0
Mr. Maundo's Mother of Pearl, 3 yrs, Est (H. Clark) 0
Lord Zetland's Pedant, 3 yrs, sst l'2lb (Walker) 0
Betting-7 to 2 agst Sweet Anne, sto 1 agst Mother of
Pearl, 6 to 1 agst Sundeelah, 7 to 1 each agst Norwood,
Holstein, and Lively, and 8 to 1 agst King Charming.
After several breaks away, occasioned by Norwood, who
obstinately refused to join his horses, a start was effected,
Lively being the first to show in advance, closely attended
by Dolan and Sweet Anne, Holstein heading the others,
who ran in a cluster, with the exception of Norwood; who
was several lengths in the rear, but as they approached the
rifle butts ho ran through his horses and joined the leading
division, but again gave way as they rounded the bend into
the straight, where Sundeelah and King Charming, who
with East Lynn had been lying in the rear, came through
and joined Sweet Anne, who, however, took up the run-
ning, and won very easily by three parts of a length from
King Charming, who defeated Sundeelah:by a neck. Lively
was a good fourth, Dolan fifth, Lady of Coverdale and
East Lynn next, the last to pass the post being Pedant.
Nor Wood within the distance broke his fetlock, and was
with great difficulty led from the course DTI three legs. He
was. afterwards destroyed. , .

A SWEEPSTAKES of 10 sous each, with 200 added, for two
year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b the winner of a
stake amounting to 500 soya, with not less than ten sub-
scribers, 71b ; of a stako value 200 sous, ditto, 51b extra ;
the second to receive 50 sovs ; T.Y.C. 7 fur. 214 yards.
58 subs.

London-bridge,
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by two 'outriders, passed over London
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trappings. In the several mourning coaches were
the Duke d'Aumale, the Duke de Guise, the Duke
de Nemours, the Count de Paris, the Marquis de
Beauvoir, M. E. Joly, M. Akler, Mr. Engelback,
Mr. Webber, Mr. Laugel, and Captain Rey. The
Duchess d'Aumale and the Countess de Paris arrived
at the chapel shortly before two o'clock, about which
hour the mournful cavalcade reached its destination.
The body was received at the chapel by the Rev. C.
Comberbach; of Kingston, and the Abbe Moreau.
The chapel was hung and carpeted with black
drapery, and in the centre a bier was erected for
the reception of the coffin. On the lid was placed
a small casket containing the heart of the young
prince. After the prayers the illustrious mourners
and friends departed for Twickenham.

MARKETS.---This Day.

MARE IIANL.

Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of wheat
were moderate. For most descriptions the trade was
rather quiet; nevertheless, prices ruled firm.
With foreign wheat the market was well supplied. In
most descriptions a fair amount of business was trans-
acted at full currencies.
Floating cargoes of grain ruled firm at full currencies.
Barley was in very..moderate supply. For all qualities
the trade was firm, at, fully the late advance in prices.
Malt changed hands slowly at late rates.
Oats were in good supply. There was a steady de-
mand for most descriptions, at Monday's quotations.
Beans and peas ruled firm at quite late rates.
The flour trade was firm, at full prices.
BRIE ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
Englishland Scotch 1,060 140 2,270 10 1,420
Irish
Foreign 20,750 4,760 —.55,590

900 sks.
2,130 bla.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL
These markets werelfairly supplied with meat.' The de-
mand is inactive at the annexed rates :
Per Slb by the carcase.
ad a d
Inferior beet 3 6 3 10
Middling do. 4 U 4 2
Prime large 2 4 4
erlme small d * 6 4 8
Veal 4 0 *5 2
Lamb. Os u

a d a d
Interior mutton 3 6 4 4
Middling inutton 4 6 4 10
Prime do 5 0 5 4
Large pork 4 0 4 6
Small pork. 4 8 5 0
id to Os OA

BOROUGII HOP.

The weather lately has been very unfavourable to the
hop plant, and in some parts of Kent the mould has in-
creased. The market, however, has been fairly supplied
with new produce, which has changed hands steadily at
the prices mentioned below.
Mid Keats 189 s to 152 s per cwt
Weald of Kents 135 s to 175 s per cwt
Susses 130 s to 160 s per cwt

THE FOOD FISH.

RIES OF FRANCE.

(From the Times.)

All kinds of fish are caught on the French coasts'
with great assiduity, and the coast-line of that
country being enormous—in length, reaching from
Dunkirk to Bayonne, including sinuosities, it will
be considerably over 2,000 kilometres—there is a
great abundance of fish, the only regret in connexion
with food fisheries being that at those places
where the yield could be best obtained the fishing is
but lazily prosecuted, in consequence of the want of
inland conveyance. From many of the fishing
villages there is no path to thepopulous inland cities,
and the fish is sold, as it used to be sold in Scotland
before the days of railways and other quick convey-
ances, by the wives of" the fishermen, who hawk the
produce of the sea through the country. In such
towns as Boulogne, where there is a large resident
population, and a constant accession of English
visitors as well, the demand for fish is constant and
considerable and well supplied. As an evidence of
this, there has just been erected that new fish market
in which, at present, an exposition of fisheries is being
held. In addition to the local demand, a large
quantity of the daily catch is sent inland to Amiens,
Rouen, and Paris. In the department of the Pas de
Calais there are over 500 fishing-boats. In Boulogne
harbour, which is the chief port of the district, the
English visitors will see a large number of boats,
chiefly trawls, and all who visit Bdulogne have seen
the fishwives, if not dressed en fete, then in their
work-a-day habits, doing hard work for their hus-
bands or the tourists.
Sea fish is scarce and dear over most of inland
France ; the prices in the market at Paris rule very
high for premier qualities, but in that gay capital
there is apparently no scarcity. Fish must be had,
and fish can always be obtained, whenever there is
money to pay the price demanded. In fact, a
glance at the fish department of the grand marche
would lead one to suppose that, next to growing
fruit and vegetables, catching fish was the great
industry of the country.
The fish• sold in the inland districts of France,
and more especially in Paris, is greatly increased in
price from the system that prevails of passing it
through a great many hands on its way from the
sea to the market. This system is very intricate,
and the result is that the price of the commodity
goes on constantly increasing from the moment it is
bought from the fisherman by the ecoreur, who bags
a percentage upon handing it. to the maryeur, till it
arrives at its destination, when the facteurs a la
criee put it up to auction. Another item that goes
to swell the cost is the carriage by railway, which is
very dear.

The misfortune of the inland parts of France—and
being a Catholic country, where fish is an absolute
necessity of the table, it has led to the absolute
spoliation of the fresh waters—is that there is com-
paratively little railway communication with the sea-
shore. The sea is only touched by the railways at
long intervals, and not always at the right places,
so far as the fishing interests of the country are con-
cerned. Wherever the railway affords an outlet for
the finny produce of the salt waters, there is sure to
be a considerable fishery; thus, at Dunkirk we find
about 60 trawlers, while there are over 100 at Bou-
logne, 90 at Calais, 20 or thereabout at Dieppe, over
60 at Treport, and more than 100 at Trouville, all
of them assisting in obtaining the necessary supplies
for the Paris markets, having the great advantage
of speedy carriage by railway to the capital.
Tourists who are fond of exploring the out-of-the-
way places of France, and whO have visited some
of the obscure fishing villages of Normandy and
Brittany, must have been amazed at the poverty-
stricken appearance of many of the fishing folks,
which excels anything of the kind at home. There
is the old, rickety, tumble-down boat, with torn
sails and patched timbers—a family affair, and of ten
devoted to the support of a household of three gene-
rations. Then every kind of animal that inhabits
the sea is greedily seized upon, and sold or eaten ;
the very sea-dogs, which no Scottish fisherman would
look at as food, are greedily devoured. On many
parts of these coasts " crawls" have been erected
within the tidal boundaries to aid i❑ the capture of
the fish, or at least to retain any of the fish kind
that are left by the receding tide, and all kinds of
movable nets are used as well. But there is no
commercial enterprise ; the waters in front of the
villages are teeming with their fish colonies in vain ;
a portion of the piscine wealth may be snapped up
by the passing trawlers, but it is of no use to the
fishermen of the loCality ; they have no means of
getting the spoil of the sea carried to a profitable
market ; and as for themselves, they would as soon
dine on a dog-fish as banquet off a choice turbot.
But the fisher people are all alike, in all countries
they are the same, always taking it easy and seldom
turning their opportunities to half the account they
could be turned to, even when a great market is
near at hand. In some paha of France the women
penetrate into the interior by means of the steam-
boat or the railway carriage, in order to dispose of
their fish, much as the picturesque fisherwomen of
Newhaven, near Edinburgh, used to do in days
when fishmongers' shops were few and far between.
Bands of the French fisherwomen from the islands
of the Bay of Biscay—from Tremblade, Oleron, Re,
and Groix—may be encountered in many inland
places of the west of France, selling oysters and sar-
dines. Some of them will ta,ke up their residence
for some time in a particular town, and have sup-
plies of fish and oysters forwarded to them by their
fathers and husbands ; those they readily sell, and,
after accumulating a little purse, they will depart at
the end of the season to their island homes, to re-
peat the same routine of labour next year. At
Bayonne there are bevies of beautiful sardine girls
running to and fro with their universal fish, for
which there is a constant and large demand.

By far the best place to study the economy of
the
French fisheries is at the Basin of Arcachon, 34
miles from Bordeaux. There- may be seen the
small boat as well as the trawl fishery, and, above
of
all, in the placid waters the basin may be seen the
model oyster-beds of France—beds
has that never lan-
guish for lack of spat, which
produce nevera
once been
known to fail ; beds which
and contains
;
fat,
tasteful oyster, placed in an inland sea that
pro-
lific of many of the best food fishes,
the finest grey mullet in the world. To those who
are anxious thoroughly to study the French mode of
fishing. Arcachon has this advantage, that it has a
clay as well as a night fishery, and is also one of the
most unique bathing-places in the whole of France.
From the balconies of one's hotel, or from the win-
dows of the houses, the whole industry of the basin
may be observed daily and nightly ; .but the best
plan to see a fishery is to take a part in it, to sail
out in the boats and handle the trawl or other nets.
The chief fishing quarter is at the extreme east end
of Arcachon, consisting of a cluster of wooden
houses, easily known as those of the fishermen,
from the various apparatus and articles of dress
-which are depending about, and from the " ancient
and fish-like smell" which prevails in their neigh-
bourhood. No less than 1,300 sailors find employ-
Zont in and about the basin, and there are close on
boats of all kinds, a number of them being
steam
.r
trawlers.
The value of the fishery of which
Arcachon is the head-quarters is estimated at over
1,500,000 f.,
e the exclusive of the revenue derived from
the oyster-bed,.
basin there are lots of fish of
all kinds, both roundand fiat, capital soles in toler-
able abundance,
and y excellent mullet, both red
and gray—there
a re ealsor
dines, which fish is locally koccasional takes of sar-
vn
steamboats referred to go ountoi to as the royan. The
to trawl, and carry also
an
immense
Bay of Biscay
men call a trammel ; it is cumbrous
and,
heavy,
which the
leavy, and
can only be drawn in by using the steam
engine
the ship. Great " takes" of mullet arc occasionally
of
T- 'lnner and h
got at Arcachon by w..to hemming
m shoais
which get lost in the numerous creeks that indent
the shores of the basin. There is a ready market for
all the fish that can be taken in Bordeaux, Poiters,
Tours, and neighbourhood, and it is because of this
market that there has grown up at Arcachon such a
considerable fishing industry.
The fish rivers which abut on the top of the basin
of Arcachon were described in the exhibition chalet,
where there is a plan of some of them, to a knot of
interested listeners by Mr. Hanson, the fishery com-
missioner who represented Sweden at the opening
Congress in July last. Without a plan it would
not
be easy to render the description of practical

use. Little has been done in the way of engineer-
ing; a suitable creek affords on either side of it
plenty of space for ponds ; indeed, there are a great
many lagoons ready made, requiring nothing, as is
the cafe also at Comacehio, on the Adriatic, but to
be.separated iu some way from the greater body of
water which supplies the fish. According to the
plans shown by M. Bosiere, he has erected sluiced
passages for the admission of the fish and for the
regulation of the water supply. At these passages
there are nets to let in the fish and to prevent their
getting out. Most of the young fish enter of their
own accord, and live and feed in the lagoons till
they are " wanted " for the markets. These riviers
are cheaply worked, and yield large returns ; half-a-
dozen men and .a boy or two are all that are re-
quired en the largest, and the profits of M. Boisere
wcre recently stated in a Parisian journal to be
about £1,500 per annum. This kind of fish farm
might easily be tried on some parts of the British
coasts ; there are many suitable spots, and with the
quick and plentiful communication from every har-
bour of importance to the great centres of popula-
tion such an enterprise could not fail to be popular
and remunerative.

The most picturesque part of the fishing industry
carried on at Arcachon is the night fishery. When-
ever it becomes dark enough the fishermen go out
with the leister, and fish, as they used to do long ago
on the Tweed, from an illuminated boat. Three
men are required for each boat for the night fish-
ing, two to row and one to hurl the spear. As many
as a dozen boats may seen at this work of a night,
each with a brilliant flame of light flashing from its
prow; the fish speared are mallet, and they are
mostly used for local consumption, the accession of
visitors in summer rendering a large supply of fish
necessary. There are illuminated fisheries in some
other parts of France, but that of Arcachon is the
most prominent. The yield of fish, however, is not
large—indeed, it could not be, when it is taken
into account that each individual fish has to be
speared. Some more economical mode night fishing,
if night fishing be necessary, ought to be invented.
A few scores of mullet are a poor reward for the
three or four hours' labour of three men.

The French oyster fisheries of Arcachon and else-
where will form the subject of a concluding article
on the French fisheries.