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ness, and abnegation. The dash and bravery of the Italian THE MURD.
volunteers reminds us of the great days of our Revolution.
" HAVIN."

" To GENERAL ULLOA.

" General,—You, with the great Manin, defended to the
last h-our Italian nationality which had taken refuge in
Venice. When Piedmont again raised with a courageous
hand the flag of that nationality, you once more grasped
the sword of Malghera, and rushed forward at the first call
to the holy war The band which contended in the
Adriatic with so much vigour and constancy renders to-
day new and great services to the cause of Italian indepen-
dence. You are organising to-day—you will conquer to
morrow side by side with tho soldiers of France. Thousands
of volunteers, from all parts of Central Italy, have rallied
with enthusiasm to your heroic name. These volunteers
will, doubtless, prove themselves to be worthy rivals of those
who cover themselves with glory under the orders of your
brother in arms—General Garibaldi. We pray you, Gene-
ral, to accept the arm which is offered to you by the nume-
rous adherents to the subscription opened by the Siecle for
the Italian volunteers. May it bear good
.fortune to the
soldiers 1 It is a great happiness to me to be charged to
preient you this remarkable proof of the esteem and sym-
pathy of my fellow-citizens, and you will not doubt of the
pleasure I feel at seeing the sentiments which I bear you
participated by thousands of subscribers.

" HAVIN."

" To MONSIEUR CAVOUR.
" M. Le Ministre,—The intervention of France in favour
of Italy is about to procure the deliverance of this noble
mother of modern civilisation. The labour of national in-
dependence being accomplished, your name will be enrolled
among those of the most illustrious benefactors of your

heroic country.
" Happy are the Governments—happy the nations that
have Ministers like you.
"You have prepared, with an able and courageous per-
severance, the affiance, henceforth indissoluble, which now
enables Italy to resume her place among the nations. When
the hour of organization shall strike, you will again pre-
pare an Italy capable of defying new invasions. You who
have always governed with libery, you will not forget it ; it
will be the first fruit of the victory. It has already made
the grandeur of Sardinia ; it will hereafter make that of the
Peninsula.

"It is at once to the Italian patriot, to the statesman, to

he promoter of the French alliance, that we wish to offer

a testimony of our respectful sympathy.
" We offer it to you, then, in the name of all the French;
who, in anticipation of the struggle now engaged, sub.

scribed for the guns of Alessandria.
"We offer it to you in the name of all those who, by
raising a monument to Manin, inscribed on marble and
on bronze the great thought of the hero of Venice in favour
of the unity and the independence of Italy.
" Finally, we offer it in the name of all the victims of
Austrian tyranny, of the proscribed, of the young volun-
teers who owe to the generous policy of Victor Em-

—,..... .. - .• _ _ _
manuel and to you the ...
signal honour of combating by
the side of our valiant legions to make free the soil of
Italy from the Alps to the Adriatic.—Accept, &c.,
" HAVIN."

mind

PARIS BOURSE.—The market has been very dull,
and prices slightly declining, on a report that the ,
German Diet intends to protest against the passage
of the Mincio by the Allies. Threes, after having
been done at 62f. 60c., receded to 62f. 35c. Mobi-
lier varied from 635 f. to 632 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,212 f.
50c. to 1,210 f. ; Lyons, 825 f. to 822 f. 50c. ; Southern,
480 f. to 475 f. ; Northern, 920 f. to 915 f. 50c. The
market continued heavy to the close. The following
were the last quotations :
4t per Cents. .... 92 50 Credit Foncier 640
Do. end month .. 92 25 Belgian 4t
3 per Cents 62 25 Piedmontese (5) .. 83 50
Do. end month 62 45 Roman B3
Bank Shares 2760 Austrian
Credit Mobilier .. 626 45 Spanish Threes
Do. Account ..... 637 50 Home Debt 4O

RAILWAYS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern 925 .. 921 25
New ditto. 790 .. 790
Lyons and Mediterranean B3O .. 830
Geneva 5OO .. 490
Southern
Western 5lO ..
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 121 c. ; money,
25f 71c.; three months, paper, 251..; money, 24i 971 c.

GREECE.
A private letter from Athens, of the 9th, con
tains the following:—
"The Legislative session closed on the sth inst. The
King, who generally does not attend the closing of the
Chambers, apparently thought it incumbent on him to be
present on this occasion, to trace out to the nation in a
manner not to be mistaken the line which Greece should
follow in the present circumstances. He gave it to be un-
derstood that it is the same which the Powers prescribed
to him to adopt; while at the same time he did not con-
sider their counsels as incompatible with the honour and
the true interests of the country.
"In the meantime, under the pretext of arousing nation-
alities, intriguers are busy. Like those who, in 1854, re-
presented the King and his Government as Russian, they
are now proclaimed as sympathising with Austria. Every
prudent advice given to the populations is interpreted as
treason to France, and to the sacred interests of the coun-
try. These people, though very few in number, make a
great deal of noise. They excite the credulous and the
students. There was on the 7th a tumultuous manifesta-
tion when the news came of the victory of Magenta. They
assembled under the windows of the French Minister's
residence with cries of ' Italy for ever 1" France for
ever I" The emancipation of nationalities for ever l' As
France insists that Greece shall be calm, these mani-
festations have no other result than to excite the public
mind, and bring about in the East a crisis which England,
France, and Russia wish to avoid—and this is the only un-
pleasant view of the question."
The following is the speech of the Kb:4 on clos-
ing the third session of the fifth Parliament :
" Gentlemen Deputies—Gentlemen. Senators,—
" The Legislative Session having reached its conclusion,
I thank the Chambers for the aid they have afferded my
Government in endowing the country with useful laws. 25
years have revolved in the course of this Parliament since
my arrival in Greece. I resolved to appear in person among
you, in order that at the moment of taking leave of you, I
may repeat my thanks to the representatives of the nation,
and through them to my well-beloved people for the senti-
ments of devotedness and fidelity which they manifested on
the solemn day when the jubilee of this quarter of a century
was celebrated.
",During that period of time, having completely devoted
myself to Greece, I identified myself with her feelings, her
wants, and her interests, and for her I have never receded
nor will I recede, before any sacrifice. In this interval -
have happily seen Greece march rapidly in the path of in
tellectual and material progress. Every time the county;
has been engaged in difficulties they have been overcome,
thanks to the love and confidence which unite the Sovereign
and the people, and which are the best guarantees of her
prosperity for the future.
" Let this bond of mutual confidence remain indissoluble
during the present complications in Europe, during which
my Government follows the line of conduct traced to it by
the councils of the Powers who have particularly contri-
buted to establish the independence of Greece. My Go-
vernment will ever proceed in the course prescribed by the
great interests and honour of the country. I, for my own
part, know of no happiness but that of Greece. In dec fir-
ing the third session of the fifth Legislature dosed, I in
yoke the blessing of the Almighty on you and on Greece."
Another private letter from Athens of
. the Bth
inst. says :
" The manner in which the Grand Duke has been re-
ceived at Constantinople confirms all that I wrote to you
some short time since.
" The Sultan had expressed the desire of taking part in
preven t oppositionhi mo f hisfro from
advisers,
break.
the grand diplomatic dinner which was to be offered to the
hDeudkeee,laburetdytiheladtinngetoenthee
fasting en fondle with the brother of the Emperor Alex-
s earnestho u should
ander. I learn from an excellent source that all facilities
will be given to Russia—all that the Grand Duke Constan-
tine may demand will be granted to him. Russia may be
said to be already mistress of Constantinople."

GUN VESSELS FOR HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE.--
mr. W. C. Miller, shipbuilder, Toxteth-park, Liverpool,
has just received an order from Government to construct
two despatch gun-vessels of upwards of 450 tons burthen.
It is affirmed that during the last month a con-
tinental contract has been in execution in this country for
60,000 bags of ships' bread. This would suffice for 30 sail
of the line 'for six months. looking, also, at the purchases
of horses, coal, and other material, the flow of money to
England, which has been one of the first consequences of
the war, is easily explained.
The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Colombo,
to sail on Monday, will take £282,306 for the East, of
which £1,200 is in gold for Ceylon, £2,814 in gold and
£134,150 in silver for India, and £144,142 in si:ver for
China and the Straits. The whole is on private account.
THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—On the lst.of
July next and thenceforward the provisions of the colonial
book post will be extended to book packets addressed to the
seaports of Port Elizabeth (Algoa Bay) and Mossel Bay
(Aliwall), Cape of Good Hope, and such book packets may
be sent under the same rules and regulations as those for
Cape Town. The postage will also be the same—thatanis,
3d. for a packet not exceeding four ounces in weights,
ndr
so on. In the case of books addressed to pers arerecaim:
in inland districts of the Cape colony the public
pmendedeTowthn, Portaddre Elizabeth,ss t o
hemtothr mecaasrseeioifßaay.
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vices from India brought by the last
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on the 27th April,
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pilot left her. The fher Majestles 84th and 32d Foot, and
and two of the crew—ocourred within four days before theomona
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CORONER'S INQUEST-(THIS DAY).

This morning Mr. Wakley resumed the inquiry which
he commenced on Thursday at the King's Head, Swinton-
street, relative to the deaths of Mrs. Elizabeth Cruft and
her two children. It will be recollected that the unfortu-
nate woman killed her two children by cutting their throats
with a razor, and then destroyed her own life in a similar
manner.

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The first witness called was Susan Clark, of 76, Judd-
street, who said—l found the bodies of the deceased in the

parlour at eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning. I had
been washing in the back kitchen. Having knocked at the
door and receiving no answer, I put a ladder 'to the window
and saw what had been done. I instantly raised an alarm,
and a policeman was sent for, who broke open the door and
went into the parlour. Mrs. Cruft always behaved well

,o her children. She never laid a hand on them. On

Tuesday she appeared somewhat 'strange in her con-
duct. She said, " I'm gone I feel my head
gone." I said, " You . ought to go into the
country." Deceased said she "could not go into the coun-
try as her head was gone—it felt so light." She was a very
temperate woman. She appeared to me enciente, and she

said "it was wicked of God to allow her to be in that way

so soon again." It was that which appeared to prey on her

Police-constable, 451 A, said—l was called to 52, Swin-
ton-street on Wednesday morning. On going into the
room I found the mother lying across the bed, her feet on
the floor, with her throat cut. I then saw two children
with their throats cut. A white sheet covered the mouth
of the woman. I then looked under the bed in the adjoin-

ing room to see whether any one was there. I found a

razor at the feet of the woman on the floor. There was a

large pool of blood on the floor; it appeared to have run
from the bad, which was saturated with blood.
Mary Thompson, a little girl about 12 years of age, was
next called, she said—l was servant to Mrs. Craft. I went
to 52, Swinton-street, about half-past nine last Wednesday
morning. Mrs. Cruft was in the back parlour—her bed-
room—taking her breakfast. The children were in the
room. The baby was in bed ; the other was sitting in a
chair in her night clothes. Mrs. Cruft spoke as usual.
She directed me to sweep the front room. I remained there
about half an hour. She then told me to go to the shoe-
makers to get some shoes she had left to be repaired. She
told me not to run, as it might make me ill, the day was
so.hot. She told me to make haste, as she wanted to dress
the children. I returned in 20 minutes, but could not get
into the room. Mrs. Cruft was always very kind to the
children. I have never seen her beat them. She always
took them with her when she went out. Mrs. Cruft seine'
times would be singing about the room at one minute and
crying the next. She said nobody seemed to care about
her. On Tuesday she said she felt better than she had
done for a long time. Mr. Selwoed, a surgeon, was at-
tending her. He did not come on the Sunday or Monday,
and Mrs. Cruft did not appear to like it. I never saw a
razor in the room. I never saw Mr. Cruft shave himself
at home.

Mr. George Cruft, husband of the deceased, said her
Christian name was Ann. She was 25 years of age. The
eldest child was three years and a half old, and the
youngest three .months. I last saw them alive at half-
past eight on Wednesday morning. I left them in bed.
I observed nothing unusual in her conduct. She
was generally. very :reserved. She on one occasion said
she wished she could get rid of her own life to relieve
me. I tried to cheer her up. She seemed for the last two
weeks to be very desponding. She told mebefore marriage
that three or four of her uncles had committed suicide.
She told me, as well as I can remember, that one jumped
out of the window, one hung himself, and the other cut
his throat. She was not of a communicative turn of mind.
She was very kind and affectionate to her children. I
don't know where she got the razor. I had not used it for
two or three years, and I cannot recollect where I put it
when I last used it. Last Sunday morning she asked nfe
which was the best way to commit suicide. I told her not
to think about such a thing. I tried to cheer her up, and
told her she would get over it in a short time.
By the Coroner—lf she laboured under any delusion she
tried to conceal it from me.
Rebecca Freeman, landlady of 52, Swinton-street, said
the Crufts have lodged in my house about eight months. Of
late I have seen a great deal of Mrs. Cruft; she was a kind
and affectionate mother. I never knew her to threaten or
use violence towards her children. She was of very tem-
perate habits, and lived very happily with her husband.
Last Friday week Mrs. Cruft complained of her head, and
said she could not sleep of a night. She had done so since
that time.
Mr. Selwood, surgeon, of Great Percy-street, Clerken.-
well, said--I have been in attendance on Mrs. Cruft. Last
Wednesday morning I was sent for and I found the three
bodies as has been already described. The wounds were
double
the most desperate I had ever seen. They were all
cuts. The cuts in the throats of the children penetrated to
the back-bone. I have made a post mortem examination of
the body of deceased. The brain was dry and firm. The
skull was particularly thick for a female. The stomach
was healthy, and from the hearty breakfast she had
taken she appeared to be a good feeder. She was not
pregnant. The heart was perfectly healthy. There was
nothing excitable about her. She was as quiet, mild, and
gentle a little creature as ever lived. Death must have
been instantaeous, as she had severed all the arteries. The
children were killed as they laid. They could not have
moved a finger after the wounds had been made. She
appeared to be dispirited at the thought of having another
child so soon.
The Coroner—lt is one of the most melancholy cases
within my knowledge.
Mr. Selwood—l never saw such cut throats before in all
my life.
The Coroner—You, Mr. Selwood, have heard the evi-
dence; what is your opinion as to the state of deceased's
mind?
Mr. Selwood—That she was decidedly insane.
The Coroner—lt appears to me clear that the dreadful
acts were those committed by a. maniac, and it is impossible
that so mild, good, and kind a mother could have com-
mitted such an act while in her right senses.
The jury found that Mrs. Cruft committed the wounds
on her children and herself, not being in a sound state of
mind at the time.
Mr. Wakley said it was one of the most melancholy cases
he had ever presided over. It showed clearly that lunacy
was hereditary, and descended from one generation to
another. It was to be regretted that persons, on being
made acquainted with such a circumstance, should marry
into a family so afflicted. It would be much more de-
sirable to forego the strong feeling of love for a particular
person, in whose family there was unsoundness of mind,
and if such was more generally the case a great deal of
suffering and misery would be avoided.
A Juror—l don't think such a thought occurs to one in
a thousand.
The proceedings then terminated.