The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-30 00:00:00

`THE ARMY.

The following changes in the stations of the re-
giments mentioned will, it is probable, take place
early in the ensuing
Dra-
goons,Royal North
from
ht)o
month :-Ist (or Royal)
pt hrea
Dragoons,C ua g hf r
oCamp
Dublin; 2d (
to
•
Newbridge ; 3d Unlit
to Portobello Barracks, HorseDut'olienns,from Newbridge
Battery of
Artillery, from Dublin to the
urragh Camp ; the
Scots Fusilier Guards (2d Battalion)
and the 55th
Regiment, from Dublin to the C • 1
ui rag ). Camp. The
2d battalion 14th Foot, from Dublin, will arrive at
the Curragh on the 31st of May.
The interesting ceremony of presenting new
colours to the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment
took place on Friday forenoon on the sine Acres in
the Phoenix-park. It having been announced that
the colours were to be presented by the Countess of
Eglinton, a large concourse of fashionables were on
the ground long before the commencement of the
proceedings. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant
and Countess of Eglinton, General Lord Seaton,
Major-General Cascoigne, and their respective
suites and staff arrive& at 11 o'clock, and, after the
colours had been consecrated and handed to the
junior ensigns, the Countess of Eglinton addressed
the officers and soldiers as follows :
" Colonel Mauleverer officers, non-commissioned officers,
and privates of the Regiment,—lt is with no ordinary
pleasure that I deliver into your safe keeping these colours,
and it is almost superfluousto say that moro glorious names
than those inscribed on them never waved over tho ranks
of a more distinguished regiment. It has been at all times
the province of the weaker sex to admire and reward deeds
of daring from which they are precluded ;.and, though I
well know that in your case no incitement to do your duty
is necessary, it may be that the colours which I now pre-
sent to you will not be the less acceptable because they
come from the hand of a woman. A century and a half
of successful service in every quarter of the globe presents'
a glorious history in itself, and the high character gained
in Egypt, the Peninsula,- and at Waterloo has been
maintained in the bloody fields of the Alma and
Inkerman. To you, Colonel Mauleverer, who have
so often bled in the service of your country, and to many
more whom I see before me who have shared in the later
triumphs, I beg to offer my tribute of admiration and gra-
titude; and to those who have yet to win their laurels I
will express my entire confidence that they will prove

4 worthy of the gallant _ -
liemselves,and that •L. • corps in which they have enrolled
I ;hey will defend with their lives the
cols tirs which haverbs• ~eome their own."
I
Co. onel Manley, arer having returned thanks_ on
behalf of the regi t went, the proceedings terminated.
In the evening 'eh e officers gave a grand ball in
Beggar'o-bush-tar: racks to commemorate the event,
which was hououv. ed with the presence of the Earl
and Countess of •1 ;glinton.
tie*: at the War Department have
po
or C.. B. P. Nugent, first Adjutant of
atlipTehßienotyaeaudithFl7i j
,niginee rs at Chatham, to superintend
of tho batteries and other defences
tilo be thrown up by the Royal Engi-
neers the south e coast of England. Major
:wNhheuige eehrr
toe are,n e
m t ct
pi
proceeds fr om Chatham on the Ist of June
to Weymouth, to superintend the construction of
the battery which is being erected near the en-
trance of that harbo• ar by the 18th Company of
Royal Engineers, an der the command of Captain R.
Hawthorn. Major IG. M. Stopford succeeds Major
Nugent as first Adji itant of the Royal Engineers
at Brompton Barrac ks, and Capt. C. G. Gordon has
been appointed second. Adjutant.
The following Staff assistant-surgeons have pro-
ceeded from Fort Pitt, Chatham, to the stations
named :—C. E. Smith and M. Tracey, to Canter-
bury ; .J. H. King and T. Heazle, to Colchester ;
T. T. Macarthy, to Portsmouth ; C. W. Watling,
to Yarmouth ; and A. Jennings, to Shorncliffe.
Capt. A. G. Goodall, R.E., has received orders
i to join head-quarters at Chatham.

THE MURDER IN WALTVOIIII.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

On Saturday afternoon a very painful investiga-
tion was held before W. Payne, Esq., coroner for
London and Southwark, at Guy's Hospital into the
circumstances attending the death of Sophia Moore,
aged 25, the wife of William Abraham Moore,
residing at Trafalgar-street, Walworth-road, by
whom she was stabbed on Tuesday morning, with
a knife in the back, near her left shoulder. She
was conveyed to the hospital, where she expired on
Friday morning from the effects of the severe
injuries she had received. The wretch of a husband,
immediaiely after committing the dreadful deed,
and before any warning could be given, took to
L ight and has not yet been discovered, although the
po'hj haveutsuse but there ismost no doubt that as he is
e t he ui exertions to find his
and an accurate description of his
whereas
well know:11,
person and a: tire has been widely circulated, the
miscreant will sot"'n be brought to justice.
The jury having Nen sworn, proceeded to view
the body, which showej a most placid countenance.
Mrs. Emma Hanle said—l am a married woman,
the wife of Wm. Hanle. I live at No. 23, Trafal-
gar-street, Walworth. My husband is a ware-
houseman. I only know the deceased by her
lodging at my place for five weeks. I have seen
her since her death. She lived with -Wm. Moore,
and they passed as man and wife—as Mr, and Mrs.
Moo-re. I know his name is William because she
has called him so. I have only called him by the
name of Mr. Moore, and not as William. He has
answered me* 12y the name of Mr. Moore. I did
not know her CNistian name till the Monday.
Coroner—ls any relative of the deceased present ?
Mr. Condell (the ,officer)—Yes, sir, her father is
here.
Coroner—Well, when this happen ? -
Mrs. Harle—On Tuesday morning last, at about
half-past seven, when she rust et: into my bed-room,
and said, "Oh! my back." She said, " He has
struck me in the back." I asked if I should rub
her back, and she said " Yes." I did so, and found
my hand besmeared with blood. I showed her my
hand, and she appeared frightened. I asked her if
he had struck her, and she said, " Yes, with a
knife." She then made for the door, find I told her
to call out murder and for the police. I heard their
little boy clap his hands together, and say, " Oh !
father, what have you done ? What will become
of us?" There are two little boys living with
them, one about ten, the other twelve. The boy
called out, ti" What will become of us ?" or,
" What will become of you ?" I did not hear any
answer made at all to that. Moore passed out of
the house, and in doing so I saw his back. A
man named Frost came in and asked where
Moore was, and also where the female was
who went out of the house. I said that Moore
was upstairs, and he went upstairs. Shortly
afterwards Frost and Moore came down, and
went out together. The little boy (the youngest)
named Alfred was with them. They all went
across the read to the Nelson public-house. He went
deliberately over there, and any one could have
taken him. The woman had gone to Mrs. Banton's,
No. 13, on the same side of the way. I went there
and found her there with the doctor. Mrs. Moore
was bleeding from the mouth while she was leaning
(LI Mrs. Banton's shoulders. Mrs. Banton, myself,
an.,l deceased's father brought her here in a cab. I
hav,l not seen her since.
By' the Coroner—l do not know where the other
boy wits at the time. He had been sent out before
the perpetration of the deed.
Coroner--Is the sergeant of police present who
has the case in hand.?
Inspector Worrell—l attend to watch the case
on behalf of the police. Sergeant Bell has the case
in hand.
Coroner—ls the man Frost here ?
Sergeant Bell—No, sir, he is not.
Coroner—Why did you not have him here ? He
is a most importairt witness.
Sergeant Bell—l did not think he would be re-
quired.
Coroner—But he was with Moore the moment it
was done. Where is Frost ?
Sergeant Bell—ln Trafalgar-street, sir.
Coroner—Then take a cab, and fetch him imme-
diately.
The officer retired, and the case was proceeded
with.
Mr. Elizabeth Banton was the next witness—l
live at 13, Trafalgar-street, Walworth. I did not
know Mrs. Moore until this affair, on Tuesday
morning, about 25 minutes to eight o'clock. I then
saw her at the house No. 13, opposite mine. There
are two No. 13's in the same street, opposite each
other. She was then at the door, calling for Mr.
Frost. I did not know Mr. Frost. She was scream-
ing and groaning. I went over to her and asked
her what was the matter with her, and she said
she was stabbed. I directly said, " Oh, I can see—in
the mouth." Blood was coming from the mouth.
She raid, " No, it is not from my mouth, it is in
my back." She asked me to let her sit down ;
she was in the act of falling. I said, "Not here;
come across to my room." She did so, and when
she got*, the passage- of my.house, she fell. I
called for 'some one to go and fetch the doctor; some
one went; but before he arrived several persons
came in, and we got her into my room. I can't tell
you how long he was with her. I cut her sleeves,
and took her gown off. I saw the wound; it was
under the left bladebone, and bleeding very much.
Before the doctor came she said she wanted to
cough, but she did not dare because it hurt her
heart very much. After the doctor attended her
she was brought to the hospital. Before that- a
Manelifie into thy' room. I did not notice his dress.
His name was York. She told me to turn him out,
as he was the instigation of it. The doctor said if
she was not kept quiet she would undo all he had
done. I have not seen that man since. The person
that lives at No. 9 in the street came in and recog-
nised her. Until then I did not know who she
was. Her name is Byworth, and she said to de-
ceased, " Is this arising from last night's affair ?" I
understand that Mrs. Byworth was with her on
the previous night.
Coroner—Mrs. B vworth ought to have been here.
Police constable Youell, 250 did not know
deceased before this happened. On Tuesday morn-
in.. about half-past seven, I was called to the house
23, Trafalgar-street, and from thence to No. 13.
When I went to No. 13 I saw deceased having her
wounds dressed by Mr. Howitt's assistant. I saw
the wound on her back, and asked her who ;did
it, and she answered, " My husband." I was told
he had gone to ,the Nelson public house. I got
another constable, who went to the back while I
went to the front. I went in, and was told he had
been gene 10 or 12 minutes. I took deceased to the
hospital. I have not yet got the man Moore. I
produce a knife (an ordinary table knife with a blade
about six inches lona.) which I found on the tea-
tray in the room at No. 23. Deceased told me I
should find, it there. There was no blood on it.'
Moore had been in the room after the occurrence.
Coroner—Yes ; but you only understand that he
was.
Witness—l got the knife and brought it to the
hospital, and as soon as I showed it to her she said,
" That is the knife." I gave it into her hand. I
asked her if lie had threatened her.
Coroner—l am afraid I cannot take that. Any
conversation before might be taken ; but I must
pass this over for the present. Have you any thing
else to say ?
Witness—Only a few words about her husband
having threatened her on two occasions.
Coroner—Well, I cannot take that. '
Mr. James Broad was next examined.' • He said
—I am the house surgeon. Deceased was brought
in on Tuesday morning last, shortly before nine
o'clock. She had a stab a little on the outside of
the lower angle of the left bladebone. She con-
tinued bad during the day and night. Her breath-
ing was distressed; but next evening it was more
relieved, and she slept comfortably during the night.
About five o'clock on Thursday afternoon the diffi-
hcuelrtydeoafthborn FeatTidnagy returned, and continued until
morning. I
have since made a
post mortem examination of the body. The wound
on the surface was from half-an-inch to three-quarters
long. It passed between two ribs, and penetrated

the left lung. The chest contained some air, and
about two pints of blood. The lung was perfectly
collapsed. -
~
Coroner—And that wound was the cause-of death.
Witness—Yes.

Coroner—Look at that knife. Is it likely the
wound could have been inflicted with such an in-
strument as that ?
Witness—Oh, yes.
Coroner—Can you discover any marks of blood
on it ?

Witness—l have examined it,but cannot find any

Coroner—One part looks to me as if blood had
been on it. Was she afany time before her death
in a state she could tell anything about it ?
Witness—No ; she became insensible about eight
or ten hours before her death.

Coroner—There was nothing else to account for
death ?

Witness—Oh, no ; the whole of the viscera was
perfectly healthy.
Coroner—She did not know she was going to die?
I ask that, because if she made any statement, and
knew she was about to die, that statement could be
received.

Witness—No ; she was insensible hours before
she died.

George Farmer, of 4, Townley-place, Brandon-
street, Walworth, said—l am a traveller ; deceased
was my daughter. Her 'tame was Sophia, and she
was married to William Moore. He has been a
tailor, but he has not followed it lately. He has
been working as a French polisher. My daughter
was 25 years tof age. Ile had no family by her ; he
had only been married to her sismonths (sensation.)
He had two boys by a for,mer wife. After the affair
there was a crowd round my door, and Wm. Moore
came up. My wife said she would not see him, and
told him to go away. I was also much unnerved.
He went away in a moment. That was on Thurs-
day morning, two days after- my daughter had
been stabbed. Ido not know where he is now, nor
where his children are.

Maria Stuart (a married woman), said—l live at
8, Cottage-place, New-street, Vauxhall. William
Abraham Moore is my son. I only knew Sophia
Moore slightly. I have only seen them two oi three
times since they were married. I do not know where
he is, or the children. I saw him on Tuesday, the
day of the affair, and he said, " he had done for her
he believed." I asked, " What have you done, Wil-
liam ?" He said he had struck Sophia, and he was
afraid it was a severe blow. I asked him why he
should do that, and I said to him, " Why did you
not bate your passion when you were here last
evening ? If you have any grievance, why don't"
you go to a magistrate and have a proper separa-
tion ?" He said he could not bear to le ive her. I
said, " It is much better for you to do so than to
live uncomfortably." With that I went upstairs and,
dressed myself, and when I came down he was
gone. I went out and met him. The children were
with him when he first came, but when I met him
they were gone. He asked me for half a pint of
beer, which I gave him, and some one soon after-
wards told me he put poison in it, and could not be
brought to for hours.
By the Coroner—He told me he was sorry
they could not live happily together. They
were invited to dine at her father and
mother's ; a young man sat opposite her and
threw off insinuations that she should have been
married to him and not to my son. I understood
that they had kept company before. My son told
me he felt very "little" at the dinner-table, and he
could not stand it. He said that this young man
had put his arms round her waist and kissed her.
He did not see it, but her sister had informed him
of it.
Mrs. Harle was recalled, upon the suggestion of
Inspector Worrel, and said, in answer to the Coroner
—Before she rushed into my room, as I stated in my
first evidence; she came down to me and said he
was getting up and she was so cold. He came down
to my door and asked for her. I told her she had
better go up. Before she came down again, when
she was bleeding, I heard her call out, " You do if
you dare," and with the word dare she gave a loud
scream. The witness then went into a lengthened
statement showing that it was deceased's birthday
on the Monday when the disagreement took place
between the parties ; that when they returned to
Trafalgar-street, they remained up till three o'clock
in the morning, and that Moore would not sleep
with his wife; and that he said to her on the Mon-
day night that that would be the last night he
should have anything to do with her.
William Frost, of 13, Trafalgar-street, shoe-
maker, having arrived, said—l know Mrs. Moore
and husband. On the Tuesday morning deceased
came to my door, and then I saw her crossing over
to No. 13, opposite. I saw her bleeding at the
mouth, and I went to No. 23 to see what Moore had
beeen doing. I saw him there, standing in front of
the fire-place, not doing anything in particular. I
asked him what he had been doing. He said,
" Don't ask me, Bill." He asked me to go and
have a pint of beer, as he was parched with thirst.
" Very well ;" and as I had no coat on I put
his coat on. He had no money with him, no
more had 1, so we went through the Nelson
to East-lane. As we were walking, he said
they had had a row, but he did not say
that he had stabbed her. I said, " Your wife is
bleeding at the mouth very bad." He said he
would go and get some money for some beer. I
returned home and learned that his wife was
stabbed. On the Thursday afternoon I saw him
in Brandon-street with the deceased's brother, who
said, " I've got Bill here." They all went in the
direction of his mother's. Ido not know where he
is noW.
The Coroner then summed up, and said there
was little doubt as to the case. That it was the
act of Moore there was no doubt, and his advice to
the jury was that they should return a verdict of
wilful murder against him, as there was nothing
before them to excuse the act. Perhaps, however,
he might bring forth some facts at his trial show-
ing an affection of the mind, arisinr, from a recent
ehceounldlignhott,
hoonwlye:l3,eer,croencsoimcfmedenodf
alcinnuayanrsorlteaillu'egrahnetodeur
of wilful murder.
r:tshealitto the jury than to return a ver-
dict The jury consulted together for a few minutes,
and returned a verdict of wilful murder against
William Abraham Moore, and a warrant was issued
for his apprehension.
During the learned Coroner's summing up, and
on his direction to the jury to return a verdict of
wilful murder, the unfortunate mother of the man
Moore was seized with a fainting fit, in which state
she was carried out of court.
The inquiry then terminated.