The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-31 00:00:00

EVENING, MAY 31, 1866.

J. A D NI
M CONCERT, FRIDAY, June Bth. /HISS RUSSELL'S ANNUAL BENEFIT
H• Tailors to am
the Queen, *Royal FiC
ly,O L L
and the
All the Novelties of the day.
Courts of Europe, 114, 116, 118, 120, REGENT-STREET,
and 22, CORNILL, LONDON ; 50, BOLD-STREET,
LIVERPOOL; and 10, MOSLEY-STREET, MAN-
CHESTER.

CRYSTAL PALACE.-NOW IN GREAT
BEAU i Y.—A BRANGE WENTS.—THURSDAY and
FRIDAY.—CHANG and PARTY, and Nelson Lee's laugh-
able Pantomimic Ballet, and other amusements.

SPRING FA.SIIIONS, for Gentlemen's Overcoats,
Morning Coats, i.rousers, and Vests.

Admission, One Shilling.

SATURDAY.—GRAND OPER CONCERT and PRO-
MEN ADE. AdmisPion, Five Shillings ; or by Half-Crown
Tickets if purchased beforehand. Guinea Season Tickets
free.

BOYS' NEGLIGE, and other suits, HIGHLAND
DRESS, KNICKERBOCKERS, &c.

ne Arts Court, Picture Galleries, and the thousand and
one other attractions of the Crystal Palace.
Pulleyn's Hippodrome, Thiodon's Theatre of Arts, Skating
Hall and Gymnasium, Boats, Rifles, Archery, Cricket,
Croquet, Cowls, Swings, Roundabouts, Steam Carroussel,
Steeplechasing, and every other amusement in the grounds.

LADIES' RIDING HABITS, JACKETS, OVER-
COATS, CLOAKS, &c.

11. J. and D. NICOLL'S GUINEA WATERPROOF
TWEED COATS for Gentlemen, and CLOAKS for
Ladies, are patronised by Travellers all over the world.

FR. W. S. WOODIN'S BADEN-BADEN
It and UP IN THE AIR, an entirely New Entertain-
ment, EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday);
Saturday Mornings at Three. POLYGRAPHIC HALL,
King William street, Charing-cross.
Luxurious sofa walls, 65. •, balcony stalls, 35.; area, 25.;
amphitheatre, ls.—A plan of stalls may be seen ar.d seats
secured at the Hall from Eleven to Five.

H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent
street ; 22, Cornhill, London ; 10, Mosley-street, Man
chester ; and 50, Bold-street, Liverpool.

H-E oxFORD,
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.

The Oxford and Canterbury Hill Company (Limited',
EXTRA NOVELTIES for the ASCOT WEEK. Ope-
ratic Selections performed by Misses Russell. Barry. Fitz-
Henry; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, flush, Bury, Dalton, and
Tivoli, with full band and chorus, conducted by Mr. P.
JONGHMANS.

Comedy, Burlesque. Gymnastic, and other performances,
by all the most talented Foreign and English artistes.
The great Negro Trio, Joe Brown (his first appearance),
and Messrs. Duriah and Davies.

EIIRARDO, tho Great Spiral Aseensionist (his first
appearance in England), THIS EVENING.
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Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, 16 ; private
b3xes, with separate entrance, 10s. 6d.
Open every evening at 8.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
.131, BAKE ,STREET, WHITEUN HOLIDAYS.
NEW ADDITION'S.—SeveraI life-size Portrait Models
of the most distinguished Personages of the day (including
those of the late LORD PALMERSTON and -GUS-
TAVUS V. BROOKE) have been added since the last
Holidays ; and in the Chamber of Horrors are Effigies,
taken from life, of SOUTHEY alias FORWOOD, and the
notorious CHARLOTTE WINS OR.

Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.
Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, half price ; Extra
Rooms, 6d.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.
Selections from all the favourite Operas will be performed
by the celebrated ARGYLL BAND every Evening.
Chef d'Orcheitra, Signor L. CURTI.
M. LEVY, the Great Cornet Player, at Nine, Ten, and
Eleven o'clock.
Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock.
Admission, le.

STARCH MANUFACTURERS
TO H. E. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES.
GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
Used in the Royal Laundry,

AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL. 1862.
Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, Sze. &c.

SECOND-HAND FIRE-PROOF SAFES and
IRON DOORS.
Call and inspect the Largest Assortment in the World. by
Miner, Marr, Leadbeater, Mordmi, Thos. Perry and Son, and.
Geo. Price, at half the cost of new. Sketches and prices free.
GRIFFITHS, Cannon-street, West.

HY.A.III & CO.'S Tweed Over Coats.

HYAM & CO.'S Silk-faced Over Coats.

11YAM & CO.'S Suits.

HYAM & CO.'S Morning Coats,

JJYAM & CO.'S Sandringham Surtouts.

HYAM & CO.'S Trousers.

}JYAM & CO.'S Fancy and 'Washing Vests.

HYAM & CO.'S Hosiery, Hats, Caps, &c.

HYAIII & CO.'S Ladies Riding Habits.

IJYAIII & CO.'S Servants Liveries.

ITYAM & Co's ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN,
66 and 67, Oxford Street, London.
Hyam and Co's Spring Overcoats
Hyam and Co's Spring Suits
Hyam and Co's Spring Silk-faced Capes 255. to 455.
Hyam and Co's Spring Jackets
Hyam and Co's Spring Dress Coats 3os. to 635.
Hyam and Co's Spring Frock Coats 3os. to 70s.
Ilyarn and Co's Spring Vests 6s. to 14s.
Hyam and Co's Spring Trousers

HYAM & Co.'s BOYS' SPRING CLOTHING,
66 and 67, Oxford Street, London.
The First Establishment in the Kingdom for Juvenile
Clothing.
Boys' Knickerbocker Suits lss. to 355.
Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 355.
Boys' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits 2ss. to 425.
Boys' Light Cape Overcoats
Boys' Jackets for the season
Boys' Serviceable Vests
Boys' Serviceable Trousers Bs. to 14s.

r_TYAM and Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS.
No. 1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear.
• 2. Bespoke or Order Department.
• 3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department.
„ 4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department.

TIYAM'S AND CO.'S ESTABLISHMENTS.
LONDON-66 and 67, Oxford-street;
BIRMINGHAM— 21, 22, and 23, New-street ;
LEEDS-42, Briggate ;
DEWSBURY—Westgate.

OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
SHlP.arl2,eoaoronreescitliirserited for fitting up the TRAINING

WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON-
TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing
the COUNTRY HOME. £l,OOO required.
WTI. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge, S. Great Queen-street. W.C.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The
Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys.
One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual
expenditure fors
asupporting
each
he
boy.
boys is estimatedkin dfriends at
ta6v'°eltrboeminisged to Day for one bay each year.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West-
minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs.
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Rein( le, 8 Great Queen-street, w.c. Secretary.

sUBSRIPTION TESTIMONIAL'.
TO
GEORGE CRITIKSHANK.
PRESIDENT.
JOHN RUSKIN, Esq., M.A.
VICE-PRESIDENT.
SIT W. C. TREVELYAN, Bart,
TREASURER.
Louis Huth, Esq,
BANKERS.
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" Before the century was actually in its teens. we believe
that George Cruikshank was amusing the public. Is there
no way in which the country could acknowledge the long
services and brave career of such a friend and benefactor ?"
TIIACKERAY.

The public in general is invited to co-operate in this move-
ment. Subscriptions receivable as above, or by the under-
signed as honorary secretary,
CHARLES A. HOWELL.
3, York-villas, Brixton, S.

PROVIDENCE R
ROW NIGHT REFUGE,
FO
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
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nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, aro given gratuitously every week. The poor
rp
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they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c,,receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young
.women, children, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andhave
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor tamilies
in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give
shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
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and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
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SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
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Finsbury-circus, B.C.

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see that they (the Church Courts) acted in accord..
ance with the word of God and the law of the Church.
Mr. ROBERTSON, in a brief reply, said he observed
in the Daily Review that morning about a column
of Mr. Spurgeon's speech, delivered in Dr. Cand-
lish's church on Sunday forenoon. (Laughter, in
which Mr. Spurgeon, who was present, joined.)
This, said he, would give the reporters three hours'
labour—(hear, hear)—or was it done after 12 o'clock
on Sunday evening? Suppose it was written for the
hcoeennvotaskiteonrsoanfttehre Isp2oot',clocl, and,c tthheerenfoortees,
amvuisotlahtaiovne
of the Fourth Commandment was committed.
(Hear.) He continued—Dr. Gibson says I have
not told the truth as to ministers and others send-
ing in manuscripts on Sunday evenings. Of course,
in such a case it is not for me to be personal—it is
more than my situation is worth—but if these gen-
tlemen are here I will allow them to speak for them-
selves. (Laughter.)
Dr. GIBSON—I think lam entitled to speak. I
never said that. I never said he did not speak the
truth. (Cries of " No, no.") I said if I found
they did it, and a case was brought before me, that
I would deal with it. (Hear.)
Several questions having been asked as to Mr.
Robertson's wages, and answered,
Mr. BALFOUR asked if Mr. Robertson knew when
he applied for a situation on the Glasgow Herald
that he would be necessitated to work on the Sab-
bath ?

Mr. ROBERSTON—I knew that; and more than
that, I know men there at this very date, members
of the- Free Chuich, and I am not aware of any case
of discipline having taken place. I know also that
the ministers know that these men are working.
Parties were then removed, when
Dr. CANDLISH moved that the Assembly dismiss
the appeal and affirm the judgment appealed against,
and remit to the Kirk Session of Free Gorbals
Church to deal with the appellant faithfully and
tenderly, instructing them to report to the Presby-
tery of Glasgow before finally disposing of the case.
The rev. doctor spoke of the necessity of their firm
adherence to sound principles in these days, when
social usages were departing from their Christian
charaeter, and social institutions were losing the
character and conformity to the Gospel that used to
belong to them. 'They were dealing here with a
• special case, and not laying down a general rule for
all cases. A great deal of irrelevant matter had been
entered upon, but the case itself was simple enough.
With regard to the Daily Review, that case proved
that a newspaper could be conducted without at least
a systematic violation of the Lord's-day. No doubt
a certain amount of discretion must be exercised by
the conductors of that journal, and they were men,
and men might err; but it was of great importance
that they professed and desired to be guided by
sound principle, and by a respect for the Sabbath
law,which the Herald systematically and deliberately
disregarded.

The Rev. Dr. BEGG seconded the motion, which
was unanimously agreed to by the Assembly.

Confession of Eight Murders in America.

The confession of Antoine Probst, the murderer
of the Dearing family at Philadelphia, has again re-
vived the absorbing public interest felt in all parts
of the country in that terrible tragedy. The mys-
tery which has so long hung over it has been dis-
pelled by this confession, and the manner in which
Probst managed to murder eight persons and to
successfully conceal the crime is at length ex-
plained. Probst says he was excited by the hopes
of gain, and supposed that Mr. Dearing had money
in the house. He says he would have confessed
his great crimes during the trial, but was deterred
by the fear that the multitude of people who
crowded all the avenues of approach to the court
would tear him to pieces. it will be remembeYed
that he murdered eight persons, Mr. Dearing-, his
wife, and four children, Miss Dolan, a young lady
visitor at the house, and Cornelius Carey, a hired
boy. They lived in the suburbs of the city upon a
small grazing farm, and Probst was their hired
man. After the murders he concealed all the bodies
in a small stable, where they were discovered five
days afterwards. Probst committed the murders on
April 7, when Mr. Dearing was absent in the city,
whither he had gone to bring Miss Dolan from a
steamboat landing where she was expected to arrive
that morning. Probst says he premeditated the
murders for several days, and supposed this was
a good time to put his plans into execution. He
determined to begin with Carey, a hired boy, and
for that purpose started away from the house in
company with the boy, who was driving a horse
and cart. Probst had an axe, and when they
were some 200 yards from the house, and concealed
from view by a haystack, he went behind Carey
and struck him on the head with the axe. He
says his heart failed him before he struck the
blow, and he drew back the axe four times before
he was courageous enough to do it ; but when he
had done it he felt like a demon, and could have
killed, a hundred people. Striking Carey two or
three times, and cutting his throat with the edge of
the axe, he concealed'the body under the haystack,
and went towards the house to continue the bloody
work. He quickly laid his plan, which was to en-
tice the family singly into the stable and then kill.
them. First, he asked the oldest boy John to come
to the stable and help him with some work, and, the
boy cheerfully obeying, Probst struck and killed him
with the axe which he had previously placed behind
the door so as to be convenient. Cutting his throat,
and covering the body with hay, he went out and
called Mrs. Dearing, telling her to come and help
him, as something was the matter with one of the
horses. She came quickly, and as soon as she
entered he struck her, killing her instantly. Her
throat he cut too, and covered the body with hay.
He then went to the house for the other children,
and told the second son, Thomas, that his
mother wanted him at the stable. The boy ran to
the door and Probst after him, and two blows
quickly despatched him. The murderer, who seems
to have had a mania for cutting throats, cut this
little boy's throat also, and laid his body with the
others. But two children were now left, a little
girl three years old, and a babe of 14 months. His
cruelty to these helpless beings he thus tells :

"I left the axe in the same place and went to the house
and took Annie and told her her mother wanted to see her.
At the same time I took the baby on my arm and Annie
walked alongside of me to the stable. I put the baby on
the floor on the •hay and took Annie inside. Annie looked
around for her mother. [A question was here asked—' Did
she ask for her mother?' and the murderer, smiling, con-
tinued—' I was too much in a hurry to notice.'] I knocked
her down and cut her throat, and then I took the baby and
cut it ; then I took the axe and put it on the bench under
the porch, where it was always kept ; then I went to the
house and took the horse from the cart and put him in the
stable, and then went back to the house and stayed there
waiting for Mr. Dearing."

This completed six of the murders, and shortly
after noon Mr. Dearing and Miss Dolan in a waggon
reached the house. Probst had laid his plan, and
whilst Miss Dolan took off her bonnet and shawl
told Mr. Dearing that a steer was sick in the stable,
and all the family were there. Without removing
even his gloves, Mr. Dearing quickly walked to the
stable. Probst followed him with the axe, striking
him as soon as he entered the stable, knocking him
down, and killing him by giving two more blows and
cutting his throat. Putting a little hay over his
body, Probst came out after Miss Dolan. She called
to him to take the horse out of Mr. Dearing's
waggon. lie, in reply, said Mr. Dearing wished to
see her in the stable, and that all the family were
there. She walked to the stable and he struck her
with a hammer. She fell on Mr. Dearing's body,
and Probst, to make the tragedy complete, cut her
throat too. This completed the terrible series lof
murders, and of the family but one person was eft
—a little boy 10 years of age--who was absent on a
visit in another part of Philadelphia. Probst, not
in the least unnerved, says he. took the horse out of