The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-20 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR CASTLE, JuN 18.
The following noblemen and gentlemen arrived at the
Castle before one o'clock to-day :
The Duke of Beaufort, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord
Chelmsford, the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis of Aber-
corn, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, Earl
Delawarr, the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, Lord de
Ros, Lord Stanley, Viscount Newport, Lord Claud Hamil-
ton, the Right Hon. B. Disraeli, the Right Hon. T.
Sotheron-Estcourt, the Right Hon. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton,
the Right Hon. Colonel C. W. Forester, the Right Hon.
Sir John Pakington, the Right. Hon. Major-General Peel.
and Sir W. G. Hylton Jolliffe.
The Marquis of Salisbury had an audience of the Queen
on resigning office as Lord President of the Council.
Lord Chelmsford had an audience, and delivered to her
Majesty the Great Seal.
The Earl of Hardwicke had an audience, and delivered to
the Queen the Privy Seal.
The Earl of Malmesbury, Sir Edward B. Lytton, Major-
Gen. Peel, Lord Stanley, and the Right Hon. T. Sotheron-
Estcourt had audiences of her Majesty, and resigned their
respective seals as the Queen's Principal Secretaries of
State.
The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli had an audience, and
delivered to her Majesty his seal as Chancellor of the
Exchequer.
Sir John Pakington had an audience on resigning office
as First Lord of the Admiralty.
The Marquis of Exeter, K.G., had an audience, and de-
livered to the Queen his wand of office as Lord Steward of
the Household.
The Duke of Beaufort had an audience on resigning office
as Master of the Horse.
The above-named gentlemen quitted the Castle, .and re-
turned to London by a special train on the Great Western
Railway.
The Queen held a Privy Council at half-past four
o'clock, which was attended by his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Granville,
Lord Campbell, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of Carlisle,
the Duke of Newcastle, Lord John Russell, the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, Sir Charles Wood, Sir G. Cornewall Lewis,
the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone,
the Earl of Elgin, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, Sir George
Grey, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Earl of St.
Germans, and the Marquis of Abercorn.
The Queen in Council was pleaeed to declare Earl Gran-
ville, K.G., Lord President of the Privy Council, and the
noble earl took his place at the board.

The Queen delivered the Great Seal to Lord Campbell,
and the oath of Lord Chancellor of Great Britain was ad-
ministered to his lordship. The Marquis of Ailesbury, Sir
William G. Hylton Jolliffe, Bart., James Wilson, Esq.,
and Thomas E. Headlam, Esq., by the Queen's command,
were sworn of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council.
The Duke of Argyll having received from the Queen the
Privy Seal, the oath of Keeper of the Privy Seal was ad-
ministered to his grace.

The Duke of Newcastle, Lord John Russell, the Right
Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir Charles Wood, Bart., and Sir
George Cornewall Lewis, Bart., were sworn the Queen's
Principal Secretaries of State, and received from her Ma-
jesty their seals of office.
The Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone took the oath
as Chancellor of her Majesty's Exchequer.
Her Majesty in Council was pleased to'declare the Earl
of Carlisle, K.G., Lieutenant-General and General Gove-
nor of Ireland.

The Right Hon. 'Saints Wilson was appointed Vice-Pte-
sident of the Committee of Council for Trade.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerkof the Council
in Waiting.,
The Earl of St. Germans had an audience of the Queen,
kissed hands on being appointed Lord Steward of the
Household, and received from her Majesty his wand of
office.

The Marquis of Ailesbury had an audience of the Queen,
and kissed,hands on being appointed Master of the Horse
to her Majesty.
The Earl of Bessborough had an audience, and kissed
hands on being appointed Master of her Majesty's Buck-
hounds.

The Queen was attended by Earl Delawarr, Lord Cham.
berlain ; Lord Claud Hamilton, Treasurer of the House.

hold ; and Viscount Newport, Vice-Chamberlain.
Previous to the Council, Viscount Palmerston, Lord
John Russell, and Earl Granville had audiences of her

Majesty, and subsequently the Duke of Somerset and Sir

!harks Wood,

Lord Raglan and Mr. J. Ormsby Gore were Lord and
Groom in Waiting.
The Ministers left the Castle soon after five o'clock, and
travelled to London by a special train on the Great Western
Railway.

After the Council the Queen, with the Princess Alice,
Princess Helena, and Princess Louisa, drove to Virginia
Water. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort accom-
panied her Majesty on horseback. In attendance were
the Duchess of Athole, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, the Hon.

Mary Bulteel, Lord Colville, and the Hon. Captain D. de
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Roos.

THE THEATRES.

SURREY.

On Saturday evening, " Hamlet" was performed at this
theatre, Mr. Hermann Vezin sustaining the part of the
Royal Dane. If anything could reconcile us to the repre-
sentation of this extraordinary play—the beauty of which
can only be fully appreciated in the quiet seclusion of the
closet—it would be the excellence of this gentleman's
acting. His conception of the part is evidently the result
of long and diligent meditation, and its execution is as bold
as it is successful in its effect. He repudiates, we see,
Goethe's idea that the madness of Hamlet was the natural

—indeed, inevitable—consequence of a burden being laid
on his shoulders too weak to bear, and takes it for granted
that it was a feint throughout. The text, in a majority of
instances, ;would certainly seem to warrant this hypothesis.
We have said that Mr. Vezin's conception is, the result
of long study. Not a scene but evinces proof of
this. His first soliloquy, " Oh, that this too solid flesh
would melt," was declaimed with infinite care. It was not,
as is too often the case, broken up with tedious pauses, but
on the contrary, it was given in a strain of deep, continuous,
heartfelt thought. The scene with the ghost was admirably
played Surprise, awe, horror, indignation were never
more strikingly portrayed, or the shades of difference more
nicely discriminated. His advice to the players was
clearly and judiciously given ; nor must we omit to notice
the unaffected simplicity and tenderness with which he
exclaimed, in allusion to his father—

"He was a man, take him for all in all,
I ne'er shafflook upon his like again."

Decidedly, among Mr. Vezin's most felicitous efforts
was the play-scene, where he probes his uncle
and mother to, the • quick. Here art achieved a
full and perfect triumph. His moody impatience
for the moment of discovery; his scarcely subdued air of
transport while the plot is ripening; and his irrepressible
burst of exultation when he finds that the project was.sue-
cessful, developed skill and power of the highest order. The
scene, too, with the Queen was another fine piece of acting,
which would have been greatly heightened had Miss A.
Kemble worked up the interest of the part of the Queen at
this particular' point of the play. The acting in 'the
graveyard scene was nature itself The utterance of
the words, " Alas, • poor Yorick,'' 'went instantly to
the heart. The remaining lines of the soliloquy
produced a deathlike stillness we never heard with-
in the walls of the Surrey Theatre before, but it
was succeeded by the most enthusiastic plaudits. In a
word, Mr. Vezin's Hamlet may with truth be pronounced
perfect. Mr. Calvert's Laertes was a highly judicious
piece of acting. Mr. B. Potter, as the Ghost, was good ;
and Mr. Cooper deserves special commendation for the care
with which he gave the part of Horatio. At the termina-
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In of the tragedy, Mr. Vezin, in obedience to the loud
calls of the audience, appeared before the curtain to bow
his thanks—a compliment he received also at the termina-
tion of the second and third acts.

STRAND.
the revival of the grand extravaganza of
"Kenilworth"
has proved eminently successful. The principal parts are
all well sustained. Mrs. Selby is as great as ever in ber
personation of the portly and pompous Queen Elizabeth ;
and Miss M. Oliver, Miss Charlotte Saunders, Miss Marie
Wilton, Miss Ida Wilton, and Miss Lavine, present a
strong array of feminine talent. The neat piece of" Wh
ich
of the Two ?" and the outrageous drollery of "Caught by
the Ears," in which Mr. J. Rogers is $o 'extravagantly
funny, still continue very attractive. .ch

ASTLEY'S.
Mr. Cooke, ever on the search for new attraction for his
patrons, and determined that this popular and favourite
place of amusement shall continue, as it always has been,
to be the first of its kind in the metropolis, has revived that
never-dying and ever-attractive spectacle of " The Battle
of 'Waterloo." The present aspect of continental affairs has,
no doubt, suggested the idea of this warlike revival : though
the cause is of little consequence, the subject itself is ever
n
always attractive. Those who remember what the
Battle Waterloo was at this house, in the days when
theew
lof
uka himself used to go and see it, will have all
their old memories revived, the Prussian bivouac, French
outposts, the review of the British troops, and the battle-
field of Ligny, all rise up again, and are reproduced
with all their original truth and vigour. The episodes
of Fedora, of the Highlander and his sweetheart, who
follows him, as a soldier, and whom he finds afterwards on
the field of Quatro Bras, with the scenes with Napoleon
and the British soldier, in fact all the incidents that made
this piece so successful' in what we may call the last gene-
ration, are brought back to us again after so long a slumber-
ing. Mr. J. Holloway deserves praise, for his careful play-
ing of the part of Napoleon ; so also may we say of all the
characters, though if any special distinction is drawn, it
must be in favour of Mr. Herbert, as Molly Malony. Tho
drama, from first to last, was eminently successful. The
Scenes in the Circle that followed, were of the usual order
of excellence to be found at this house, in which those in-
comparable artistes, Henry Cooke, William Cooke, jun.,
Miss Emily Cooke, and Miss Francesco took part. Ano-
ther version of Mr. Stirling's farce, called " The Volun-
teers ; or, the Ladies' Rifle Club," concluded the entertain-
ments.

T HI EDITIONR

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Cleek.

TATTERSALLS'-( THIS EVE2VING.)

The afternoon was almost entirely taken np with settling
the Ascot accounts, and the business of paying and re-
ceiving progressed most satisfactorily. The aubjoined
quotations require no comment :

NORTHUMBERLAND PLATEt •
3to 1 agst Hepatica (taken)
6to 1 agst Paul (taken)
100 to 8 agst Underhand (taken)
ST. LEGER. •
3to 1 agst Promised Land (taken)
DERBY.
25 to 1 agst Tom Bowline (taken)
25 to 1 agst Nutbourne (taken)
30 to 1 Canezou colt (taken)
40 to 1 Brother to Rainbow (taken)
40 to 1 agst Thunderbolt (taken)
40 to 1 agst Lanchester (taken)
'4O to 1 agst Hartley Wintney (taken)
50 to 1 agst Vesta (taken)
'5O to , 1 agst Van Stroom (taken)
2000 to 30 agst Oxford
7to I agsl Mainstone and Thormanby, coupled
(taken)

The following notice has been posted in the room :
" It having been stated to us officially that Mr. William-
son has satisfied his creditor, we are of opinion that all
persons indebted to Mr. Williamson are bound to pay his
just claims.

" H. 3. ROUS.
" H. LOWTHER.
" F. MAGENIS.
" C. GREVILLE."

THE DISPUTED RACES AT LUDLOW.
Both the disputed races at Ludlow have been settled in
favour of Misty Morn.

THE WAL WORTH MURDER.

EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER-(THIS

DAY).

William Abraham Moore, charged on the coroner's in •
quest with the wilful murder of his wife Sophia, by stab-
bing her, was this day placed before Mr, Norton for exa-

urination, at the Lambeth Police-court.

The prisoner was most respectably dressed. He wore a
blue frockcoat with velvet collar, light waistcoat, black
neck-tie, and a coloured shirt. He is of a light complexion,
with a good forehead, a quick, restless eye, and appears
about 38 years of age.
Mr. Solomon appeared for the prisoner.
The first witness called was Emma Harle, married, who
said I reside at 23, Trafalgar-street, Walworth-road.
The prisoner lodged in my house, with his wife and two
children. On the 24th of May, about half-past seven in
the morning, I was aroused by Mrs. Moore running into my
room with her hand at her back, saying, " Oh my back," ilk
a sort of hysterical scream. I understood her to saysthe
prisoner had kicked' hei. She appeared 'as if she could not
draw her breath. Upon that I rubbed her back, but I di-'
rectly felt something hot, which I fotind to be blood. She
(deceased) raised the alarm, and I heard her my "'Oh,'
William, what have you done ; what shall I do ?" 100 :one'
appeared to come, and I then sent out one of my children to
cry out that some one had been stabbed. I was in bed when
Mrs. Moore came in. Mrs. Moore ran out' of the house'
screaming. The next time I saw her was in'a neighbones•
house vomiting blood, and a surgeon dressing the wo-upd.,
The wound was under the left bladebone. I, with sinne
other.pei.sons, went with her to, the hospital. The Sunitay;
follOv;-ing I saw , her lying dead. On the day before the'
murder-I heard that Mr. Moore had been having his goods'
valued, by a broker. Mrs. Moore and her father, and spine"
other relations, had gone out. When they retulnedl Pldr
them what had been done-. —Mis: Sfobre went fp"-
stairs, and shortly afterwards, she cape
ilnet
asked me to mind a few
,things, 4ske • * :13r"rg ilt
down. did not like to refuse, and She remained ;OF broth
time in .my room. Mr. Moore returned shortly, aftfrjne
o'clock in the morning, and asked who had
,kroksa. Qpent
the door. Mrs. Moore said, "I 'did ; who has a Note!,
right than your wife ?" He said, "Yes, wife-you art,in
every sense of the word, but this is the last night you'llbe...
here ; the children, are going away where they will be wells
taken care of." His wife made no answer, but sat crying:
After a short conversation with my husband he went up
stairs, but his wife remained down stairs. He returned to
my room afterwards, and said, " Now, Mrs. Moore, it's,not
likely you're going to sleep in another person's room;
there's your own bed to go to." He said if I encouraged
her to remain, he should consider we were as bad
as his wife. Mrs. Moore said, " Very well, I'll come up
stairs." She then went up stairs, and all was quiet.
About six o'clock my husband got up to go to work and
left. In a short time afterwards Mrs. Moore came into my
room and awoke me, by saying she was very cold, as she
had laid all night on the outside of the bed with her clothes
on. Mr. Moore slept that night in the back room with the
children. She left my room saying she would go and wash
herself, as that would revive her. In a short time after
she came down stairs to ask me if I would allow her to go
into my room to find her comb,. and I said certainly. She
went in, and while there I heard her husband pass into the.
yard. He went up stairs, but came down very quickly;
and, tapping at my door, said, " Mrs. Moore, come out of
that room ; and if Mrs. Harle harbours you the*, I shall
consider her as bad as you." I said, " Go, go, perhaps he's
got breakfast ready." He then said, "Mrs. Moore,
do you hear ?" She said, " I'll eome." After
she had been up stairs about three minutes I heard
her scream out; " Ah, do if you dare I" This
was followed by a iSrsterical scream. She came down
saying, "Oh my back, my back." I then found her stabbed
as I have stated. Directly after Mrs. Moore ran out of the
house, I heard one of the children cry but " Father, father,
what will become of yon and us?" I heard 'no reply. I
never heard them quarrel. Mrs. Moore's mother said they
had had some words. Mr. Moore appeared drunk when he
returned home on the Tuesday morning. I had heard that
Mr. Moore had had some words with his wife in conse-
quence of some one kissing her.
Mrs. Banting, residing at 13, Trafalgar-street, said—l
don't know either Mr. or Mrs. Moore. About 25 minutes
to eight on the Tuesday morning, I heard Mrs. Moore Cry-
ing for assistance. She was-on the opposite side of the iray,
I went over to her, as she appeared to be W, and 'I ailed
her if she was unwell. She said she had been stabbed:
said, " I see you have—in your mouth." She :eisia, ‘‘ In my
back." I assisted her to my, room and sent tor a doctor, I
undressed her, and found a wound under ' the left blade-
bone. As she coughed thp bloyd Poured from her mouth.
As the doctor was strapping lip the wound a man named
York came in. Deceased, on seeing him, said, " Turn
him ont, he is the instigator,of it all."

Mr. Chas. Sheppard, assistant to Mr. Erich Ilowitt, sir-
ceuink dyingasgfrpoprmolf ufelleiyvtoofrounthile
goon, 6, Apollo-buildings, East-street, Walworth, said—l
examined the wound. I found the deceased in a very ex-
de wwasasquiibsBl thilioes:mrs.t7spi
strapped
hscaaruseetedlysantatey
.blSooh
her to
jbeamcoensvileyroedadas,
it up, and seeing the woman was in great danger, I directed
house-surgeon to Guy's Iloapitalim osa.ig
—I found an incised wound near the left bladebon& She
was in a state of collapse from loss of blood. She was in a
very dangerous state when she came to the hospital. She
lived 70 hours after her admission. I have made a poi
merlon examination. I found two or three pints of bip•4
in the left side. The l I was wounded and quite fool-
lapsed. Death was caused y the wound. , There wail n 4
deposition taken. I advisedl.hat such should be done wAett
she was first brought in, 4,0 A was not , taken. ,For thq
next two days she improvs.4; but after that she became so
bad as to be utterly unable tb undergo any excitement.
William Prost, residing in Trafalgar-street, said he saw
Moore after he had stabbed his wife. He was with him
when he went to his wife's mother's.. Moore then went
on his knees, and said he never premeditated the crime.
Moore left the house alone, and thus got away unobserved.
Robert Bell, police sergeant 3.,9 P, said he went to the
hospital to see Mrs. Moore after she had been stabbed. He
asked her who had done it, and she said her husband, Wm.
Moore, had stabbed her with a black-handled knife in the
back. On the day previous to her death he again asked
who stabbed her. She said,
" William Moore, my hus-
band ; and if you get my stays and chemise, you'll see
where the knife went through." On beingasked how the
quarrel arose, she said, a young man who was keeping com-
pany with her sister, named Ted York, said he could do
as he liked with her ; but it was false—ha never had had
anything to do with her. She said she could not tell why
her husband stuck the knife into her.
250 P, produced the knife with which the
unfortunate woman
woman was stabbed. It was a common black-
handled table knife.
Francis Carroll was called, but merely proved Pointing
the prisoner out to the police.
Mr. Solomon—A hundred pounds reward was offered,
was there not ?
Witness—Yes.

Inspector Holloway said he apprehended the prisoner in
Clarendon-grove, Notting-hill. On being told that he was
charged with murdering his wife he denied it. He said it
was ridiculous. A short time afterwards he said " Business
is business. I'm the man you want. I don't wish to give
any more trouble than is necessary. My name is William
Moore." When the charge was read over to him at the
station-house he said he did not kill his wife feloniously.
On searching him a small phial and a letter (produced) was
found upon him. It was signed William Moore. The letter
was read. It evidently showed that the writer contem-
plated suicide, and begged his family not to think that he
was a murderer at heart. He begged when dead to be laid
by the side of his deceased wife, who, he thought, had net
been as discreet as she ought to have been. The letter con-
cluded with a prayer for forgiveness.
On the application of Mr. Solomon the prisoner was re.
manded for a week.

We believe the Marquis of Chandos will stan d
for the University of Oxford against Mr. Gladstone, who 4
seat will shortly become vacant•