The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-22 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUL

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SlR,—Will you kindly permit me, through the
medium of your columns, to correct an itnpres,ion which
is gaining ground, that the " Victoria R.fltis," or Mid-
dlesex Volunteer Corps, is simply a club of gentlemen,
not sanctioned by Government.
Such an impression to a great extent frustrates the
exertions of those who are endeavouring to raise the
corps to its cull coinpletnent.
I therefore with to state in contradiction, that the
Victoria Mile Corps is enrolled under the direct sanction
of her Nl.jesty, with the approval also of Lord Pal-
, merston.
The corps is governed by the Volunteer Act, is
entire'y self-supporting, and is, L believe, the only
volunteer rifl corps, with the exception of the "South
Devon," whose officers' names appear in the Army List.
Ten of its members have received commissions in
various militia regiments ; one was gazitted direct from
its ranks as Paymaster to the German Legion, and two
are now fighting in India as officers of her Majesty's
60th Rifles.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
FREDK ABBOTT,
Serjeant, Victoria Rifles.
Orderly Room, Kilburn, N.W. Sept. 21, 1857.

THE LATE MURDER IN LEIGH WOODS, NEAR BRISTOL.
—lt having been pretty clearly a,certained that a pair
of stays similar to those worn by the deceased were pur-
chased on the Saturday before the murder at the shop of
Mr. Chodinan, Stall-:street, Bath, by a person corres-
ponding in dress, stature, and appearance with the de-
ceased, who represented that she was living at Keynsham
and Saltford, on the road between Bath and Bristol, and
that she was about to be married and emigrate to Aus-
tralia, the plice are actively exerting themselves in
endeavouring to trace out whether such a person has
left the neighbourhood, and if so, whether she -can be
identified as the murdered woman. Yesterday morning
Mr. Handcock, chief of the Bristol police, received a
communication from the master of the union workhouse
at Nottingham stating that a short time since a young
woman named Cordelia Parker was received into the
house, not as a pauper, but as suffering under mental
aberration. She had at that time 71. in her possession,
which she took with her on leaving the house. After
quitting she resided for a short period in the family of
Mr. Renshaw, of No. 2, Lenton Sands, near Notting-
ham, in the capacity of under-governess. While there
she received a further sum of about 381. from the sale of
some furniture. She left Mr. Henshaw's family and
proceeded to Hull for the purpose of endeavouring to
obtain employment as a teacher of music, failing which
she expressed her intention of going direct to Bristol.
The master and mistress of the union both state that the
printed description of deceased exactly corresponds with
the young woman in question, and the latter bad an op-
portunity of seeing that all Cordelia Parker's linen, &C.,
was marked in a manner similar to that of the deceased.
This information has been communicated the chiefs
of police at Nottingham and Hull, by who tofu rther
queries are are tieing made.
Isere three days ago tried a man
ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—The Conuratmoedf Assizes
foofrtahte,
ho was a hawker,
attempt at murder. The prisoner,
connceeibveudaina passion for a youngw womand in the
same
live t igether, or even marry, but she declined.
e7siso,lennatmed Didier. He propose that they
He subsequently persecuted her incessantly with his ad•
dresses, following her from town to town. To get rid
of him, she one day announced she was going to Lyons,
but insted of doing so went to Vienne. He stt cut
for le)onas, but learning the trick which she had
played him, hurried to Vienne. There he sought hei
out, and, to make her join him, carried off her pack ;
she followed him to a public-house, and he insisted that
she should breakfast with him. She said that she
had no wish to eat, and on her reiterated refusal he be-
came irritated. At length, after some squabbling, he
seized a knife, and plunged it into her breast. She fell
bathed in blood, and was conveyed to the hospital ; but
though the wound was very serious, she after a while
recovered. When before the court the man said that he
meant to murder the woman because she bad rejected
him, and had carried on intrigues with other men. The
jury declared him guilty, and the court sentenced him to
20 years' hard labour.