The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-26 00:00:00

CONCL MONS.

The conclusions which I draw from this examination
are—

1. That the remains are those of a person of the male
sex, of adult age, and in stature of at least five feet nine
inches'.

2. That they present no physiological or pathological
peculiarities by which they can be identified. The only
fact observable under this head is that the portions of
akin ressainina are thickly covered with dark hairs on
the wrist and right knee, and that the deceazed was
therefore, probably a dark hairy man.
3 That the remains present no mark of discame or of
violent injury inflicted during life, with the exception
of one stab in the space between the third and fourth
ribs on the left vide of the chest. This stab was
in a situation to penetrate the heart and to cause death.
le presents the characters of a stab inflicted, on a person
either living or recently dead.
4. That these remains have not been dissected or
used for the purposes of anatomy. All thxe parts
which are useful to the anatomist have been rougil
severed and destroyed by a person or persons quite
ignorant of the anatomical relations of part.. They have
eeen cut and sawn before the rigidity of death had
cFesed, i. e. in from 18 to 24 hours alter death, and in
this, state bays been partially boiled and subsequently
rilte.l. The body of the deceased has not been laid cut
0- attended like that of a person dying from natural
cuss whose body might be lawfully used for anatc.imicel
puroosee.

That the person of whose body these remains area part
toay have teen dead for a period t,f three or four weeks
pri,r to the date at which they were examined by me,
namely, on the 21st of October.

REPORT ON CERTAIN ARTICLES OF CLOTHING FOUND

WITH THE REMAINS,

Oa Monday, October 19, an i on Wednwday, Oct. 21,
various articles of clothing, stated to have been found in
a carpet-hag with the remains, were shown to me by
Sui eriritendent Durkin, at the Bow-street police-station,
in the presence of Mr. Painter.

Overcoat.—The iiiiing of the left sleeve in the arm-pit
is much stained with blood. It- appears to have col-
lected there. The right ►leeve is cut or torn up in its
length. Ou the collar behind and toward© the left side
there is a cut, or stab, as from a double-edged knife.
Under-coat (Frock-coat)—This is completely cut up
the back from behind, and the hollow corresponding to
the left arm-pit there is a deep stain of blood. Oa the
left side of the collar behind is a stab or cut as from a
double-edged knife, apparently corresponding to the cut
on the collar of the overcoat.

Waistcoat—This is torn up the back. There are
stains on the lac side from blood (inside) apparently-
dieraeiid by wetting. On the top of the caller behind,
there is a cut or stab as from a doulleedged knifes,
corresponding in form and direetiou to the cuts in the
collars of the over and under coats. In the waistcoat
this eat was found to be in its long axis five-eigths of an
inch in length.
Trousers—These are torn up at the back. There is
no appearance of blood inside or outside. There are
some stains of dirt and other nutters.
Shirt—The right sleeve is torn up. On the left side
in front there are eight cuts or stabs correspond'e g in
number and apparently in situation to cuts or stabs in
the under skin. There was no appearance of blood
about these cute, either inside or outside but the front
of the shirt, at the Upper part, presented a generally
diffused redness, much as would be produced by blood
diluted with water. -
Under Shirt (merino)—This is torn in its length
at the side and behind. On the left side,
ani in front, there were eight cuts or stabs nrar t
each other leaving the long axis upwards and a little
sleeting. The largest of these was three-quarters of an
inch in its long axis, and the Fl mail es t one a quarter or
an inch. There were no marks of blood about these
cuts either inside or outside ; but the shirt was muck
stained with blood just above them both inside and out-
aide in a direction towards the left shoulder. The blecel
appeared diffused as if by wetting, except under one of
the buttons where it had coagulated, as it does when it
issues from the body of a living person. Thera was also
much blood (rliffused) on the wrist of the left sleeve,
The Drawers—These were cut up the back. There
was a diffused stain of blood on the right side. In the
wst, in front, there WA3 a puncture or stab, about three
ebighths of an inch in its greatest length, such as weal
produced by a sword cane. This apparently corre
•
sponded to apertures in the trousers and on the elnrt.
diffused ock,—.ofav,,,ic, of these presented on the inside
marks
spot of blood 'near th°eri.
Half of a black On one there was a distinct
8-14ear:eek-tie—There W3B a slight
toadish stain on the lining,
The examination of 27eLaTrIe're;tatif,, clot
rhoing
to the conclusion that the body of lead
them must have been subjscted to person
e
stab penetrating from behind the g
double
overcoat rnui'.. have been ieflietedc•l{ar of the
force, as it extends through the collar with
ofUtt
undercoat and waistcoat. It is chiefly on the ;aside
and on the left side, towards the left arm-pit, that the
princir it! stains of bleed are met with in the overcoat,
undercoat, and waistcoat. The only Wound found in the

remains is a stab on the left side, which, by its situation,
might have led to the effusion of blood. Assuming that
the clothes belonged to the deceased, these facts
appear to receive an explanation. The clothes
have, however, been exposed to wet since they were
stained with blood, and this creates a difficulty in form-
ing an opinion. The cutting and tearing of the coat,
trousers and drawers at the back, and the cutting and
tearing of the right sleeves of the overcoat, undercoat and
shirt, are consistent with the assumption that the
body had becorde rigid after death in a distorted position,
and that the clothes were violently torn from it. This
position is indicated in the remains, especially on the
right side, by the flexed or bent condition of the hip and
elbow joints. Some of the stains of blood present the
appearance of having flowed from a li yin"; person, and this
renders it, therefore, probable that the clothes were on a
living body when the wounds, producing such effusion
of blood, ware inflicted. While there is nothing to prove
directly that these clothes were worn by the deceased,
they have, in my opinion, been worn by some one who
has sustained Nunn. personal injuries. Their con-
dition, however, is consistent with the supposition that
they were actually worn by the deceased individual with
whose remains they were found.

(Signed) ALFRED S. TAYLOR, M.D., F.R.S.
15, St. James's-terrace, Regent's-park, Oct. 23.
This being the whole of the evidence,
The Coroner addressed the jury, observing that he
thought they had sufficient evidence on which to arrive
at a verdio, leaving it to the police to discover if the
party was murdered, and by whom it was done. All
the coroner's jury had now to find was the cause of
death, sex, age, and occupation of the party. What he
now asked them to consider was the cause of death,
probW le age, and the sex of the party, because they had
no means of arriving at his occupation.
The jury, after a short oonsultAtion, returned the fol-
lowing verdict :—" That the remains were those of an
adult male person who had been wilfully murdered by
sotne parson or persons unknown."
The inquiry then terminated.

NAVAL AND MILE ARY NTELLIGENCE.

On Saturday a general court-martial, of which
Col. Elmhirst, commanding the Ist battalion, was
president, assembled at Chatham barracks, for the
trial of Ensign Thomas S. Mitchell, 80th Regiment,
on several charges of disgraceful conduct, and being
found in a state of intoxication when on duty. The
Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General, Lieut.-Col.
J. W. Reynolds, officiated as Deputy Judge-Advo-
c Ito. The Court met at 12 o'clock, but although
a telegraphic despatch had been forwarded by the
President to Shorncliffe, where the prisoner is sta-
tioned, ordering him to be present, he did not
attend • and, after waiting for some time, the mem-
bers oetlie court adjourned till to-morrow at half-
past 10. The prisoner has only been in the regi-
ment about two years.
Recruiting for the various Indian regiments is
proceeding in the most satisfactory manner. Last
week the number of recruits who joined the Indian
depots at Chatham was close 'upon 700, a number
altogether unprecedented. In addition to these
intelligence has been received that there are up,
wards of 500 recruits at the various recruiting dis-
tricts waiting to be forwarded to Chatham, where
they are expected to arrive during the present
week. The supply of recruits comes chiefly from
the London, Midland, and Northern districts, the
neighbourhood of Liverpool having furnished a
large number.
On Saturday an order arrived at Chatham garri-
son from the War-office, directing four officers
selected from each of the three depot battalions to
proceed to the School of Musketry, Hythe, with
the view of qualifying themselves as instructors of
musketry to their respective regiments in India.
The following officers have joined their respective
depots at the Provisional Battalions, Chatham,
previous to embarking for India :—Capt. G. W.
Stacpoole, 18th Royal Irish, who takes the com-
mand of the depot of that corps ; Lieut. W. S. C.
Pinwill, 27th Enniskillings ; and Ensign H. M.
Harding, 7th Fusiliers.
The Colchester camp w ikon tribute strong d raught s
to the regiments in India when the troops which
are being instructed in rifle practice on the Clac-
ton marshes have acquired. the necessary profi-
ciency. The force in camp is divided into two
tattalions, and comprises 94 officers and 2,068 rank
and file. The percentage of sick is rather large,
but there was only one death last week. About
70 recruits have arrived within the last few days,
and some of them appear to be young men of edu-
cation and comparatively good position in society.
As many as 150 recruits have joined the 15th
Hussars since the Ist of September. The head-
quarters of the regiment are at present at Norwich.
Another troop of the regiment will, it is expected,
he stationed shortly at Ipswich, and another also
at. Norwich.

The Cyclops, 6, paddle frigate, Captain Pullen,
I,+ft Spithead yesterday morning for the Red Sea,
where she will be employed in laying the electric
cable. She is fully armed, and has her full com-
plement on board. She has Maury's improved
lowering apparatus for sounding. After fulfilling
her mission in the Red Sea she will go on to the
China station and place herself under the orders of
Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour.
Much anxiety was expressed at Falmouth - yes-
terday relative to the non-arrival of the fast de-
spatch steamer Caradoc, having on board the
Siamese Embassy, which left Malta on the 12th
inst. She ought to have made the passage com-
fortably in nine days, but it is feared she has en-
countered the brunt of the late gales, and has
been either injured or compelled to bear up for
sone port of safety. The authorities at Ports-
mouth are prepared to pay every attention to the
Siamese Ambassadors, and the Commander-in-
Chief, Sir G. Seymour, has his steam yacht con-
stantly iu readiness to carry him out to Spithead
immediately on the arrival of the Caradoc.
Capt tin Alexander Milne, and. Captain Sir
Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., have been staying at the
Port!and Hotel, Southsea, during the, past three
days, while they inspected the steam fleet in re-
serve and made observations upon the trial of the
Diadem, the steaming performances of which in
comparison with her horse power have so sign.illy
disappointed the expectations of her designers.
Lieutenant Brown and two non-commissioned
officers to the Oxford Militia, garrisoned at Wool-
wich, proceeded to Hythe on Saturday, in pur-
suance of an order issued from the Horse Guards,
for the purpose of going through a courze of in-
struction in the Enfield rifle, about to be distribut-d
to the regim.:nt. Captain Spalding, Woolwich
division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, was on
Saturday depatched on recru it,ng service to Derby,
to relieve Major Elliott, who is ordered to join
head-quarters previous to embarkation. The sailing
transport Isabella Blythe arrived at Woolwich en
S raurday, laden with victualling stores from Dept-
furl, and having embarked Captain Gore, one sub-
altern, appointed from the Royal Milita'ry College
at Woolwich, and a detachment of 50 non-com-
missioned officers and gunners, for the reinforcem nt
of Captain Anson's company of the 2d. battalion
Royal Artillery in the Mauritius, she proceeded on
her voyage.

The list of new class screw friga►es, to carry 32
and 59 guns respectively, ordered to be laid down
at Woolwich, containing the names of the Anson,
the Repulse, and the Barossl, has been increased
by the addition of a fourth vessel, to be named the
Bristbl.

His Excellency the Lard Lieutenant of Ireland
has appointed Brevet-Major Hume, 55th R->gi-
ment, vice Caltilorps, resigned, to be extra Aitt.:-
de-Camp ; and Captain Ttioaias Esraotide, half-pay
18th Regiment, to be extra Aide-de Cauip, vine
Vesey, resigned.
The steam gunboats Fofward and Skipjack,
Lieutenants Berkeley and Murray, now at Ports-
mouth, are ordered to be ready for sea by the end
of this month. They will be sent to the coast of
Cuba.

The Urgent, 6, iron screw steam troop frigate,
Commander Macdonald, went on Friday last to
S. okes Bay for a trial of her engines, which worked
admirably, and produced a speed of 12 knots an
hour.

The Brazilian corvette Imperial Marinheiro,
Captain Alvin, remains at Spithead. Her captain
and officers were entertained. at the Government-
house, Portsmouth, on Friday night, by Major-
General the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Sc trlatt, K.C.B.
The Brazilian and Netherlands consuls were also
invited and a gallant general circle.
The following appointm'nts wer.4 made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :-
- Lieut. a Davies, to Le lieutenant commanding
the Forward, vice Lieut. Berkeley, superseded ;
Lieut. Charles G. G. Percival, to the Heron ;
Lieut. J.ll. Coxtou, to the Conflict, ; Edward F.
Craven, mate, to the Cyclops; J. O'Brien Scenic's,
naval cadet, to the Valorous ; R )b-rt Stevenson,
surgeon-superintendent, to the Lady M`Naughten
convict ehip ;
E. C.`,Abbott, master's assistant, to
Huron ; H. Lindg,uist, mas'er's assistant, to the
Penian.

CRYSTAL PALACIL—One Shill;ng Day.--On Satur-
day the admissions on payment were 2,029 ; by season
tickets, 580 ; total visitors, 2,609.
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