The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-14 00:00:00

Two Bogs MURDERED BY THEIR BROTHER,

Morton.

Journal.

The Court of Assizes of the Nord has just been engaged
in the trial of a young man named Jean-Baptiste Lacque-
man for a double crime of fratricide. On the 11th January
last the two brothers of the accused, aged 11 and 14 years,
left home at about seven in the morning to go to school at
Orchies, a village about half a mile from the cottage in
which they resided with their parents. A n hour later they
were found lying near the path they had been following,
cruelly murdered, their skulls having been fractured
with some heavy instrument. The accused had also left
home shortly before the two boys, to go to his work,
'n the same direction. The elder brother, when informed
of the crime, shewed great embarrassment, and spots
of blood were observed on his clothes ; the suspicions
thus excited were shortly afterwards confirmed by an axe
which Jean-Baptiste had been seen sharpening a few
clays before being found in a ditch, still covered with the
blood and hair of the victims. In consequence of those
proofs the accused confessed his guilt. The prisoner was
of a brutal and avaricious disposition, and had been im-
pelled to the deed by a desire to reduce the expenses of
the family, and increase his ultimate share of the little
property their parents possessed. The jury returned a
verdict .of guilty, with the admission of extenuating cir-
cumstances, and the:e.ourt cOndetaned Ithnio hard lat Our
2:T.z. life.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Feb. 13.

The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, ac-
companied by Princess Christian and Princess
fienriette of Schleswig-Holstein.
Her Majesty went out this morning, accompanied
by Princess Louise.

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales
drove out yesterday, attended by the Countess of

HAY MARKET THEATRE.—Their Royal Highnesses
the Prince and Princess of \Vales, attended by the Countess
of Morton and Col. Keppel, honoured the above theatre
with their presence last evening to witness the performance
of the new comedy, "A Wife Well Won."
THE CROWN PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA.—The ac-
counts received from Berlin of her Royal Highness the
Crown Princess of Prussia aro vary good. Her Roya 1
Highness and the infant Prince, to whom she gave birth
on Monday last, are both doing well. Dr. (ream remains
in attendance for a few days.
The Duke of Leinster has left his residence on
Carlton-house-terrace on a visit to Lord and Lady Otho
Fitzgerald at West Park, Wilts.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury and
family arrived at their residence in Arlington-street on
Wednesday from Hatfield House, Herts, for the seasun.

The Marchioness of Lansdowne, accompanied by
her son the Marquis, arrived at Lansdowne House, Ber-
keley-square, on Monday last, from Bowood-park, Wilts.
His lordship is on a fair way to recovery from his recent
accident in the hunting field.

Viscount and Viscountess Sydney are expected
to arrive at their residence in Cleveland-square, St.
James's, to-day, from Frognal, near Foot's Cray, Kent, for
the season.

The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P.,
arrived at his residence in Whitehall-gardens yesterday,
from Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. Lady Emily Peel
and family remain at Drayton Manor uwil after Easter.

The Earl and Countess Russell, Viscount Amber-
ley, M.P., and Viscountess Amberley, arrived at their resi-
dence in Chesham-place yesterday afternoon, from Pem-
broke Lodge, Richmond Park, for the season.
The Earl and Countess of Lichfield arrived in
town yesterday, from Ventnor, Isle of Night, for a few
weeks.

The Earl of Lonsdale has left his residence, on
Carlton-house-terrace, for Veutnor, Isle of Wight, for the
benefit of his health.

The Earl of Glasgow has arrived at the
Clarendcin Hotel from Scotland.

The Countess (Frances) Waldegrave and the
Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, 34. P., arrived at their
residence in Carlton-gardens yesterday from her ladyship's
seat, the Priory, Chewton, Somersetshire.

General the Right Hon. Cecil Forester, M.P.,
arrived in town yesterday from Meaford Stone, Stafford-
shire.

M. and Madame Vau de Weyer arrived at their
esidmee in Arlington-street, on Wednesday, from New
Lodge, Windsor Forest.

DEATH OF SIR CHARLES LEMON, BART.—The
death of Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., at his residence, Car-

dew Penryn, has deprived Cornwall of one who has been
of eminent service to the county in all public matters, and
has won the affection and esteem of a very large circle of
private friends. Sir Charles was born in 1781, and suc-
ceeded to the title ten years later by the death of his
father.

MR. LEEMAN, 41. P., BEFORE HIS CONSTITUENTS.

—On Wednesday, Mr. S. Leeman, M.P. for York, addressed
a meetir.g of his constituents in that city. He confined
his remarks chiefly to a review of the proceedings of the

last session of Parliament. In his brief reference to the

:uture ho said that on the Irish Church question he looked
:o the discussion which would take place in Parliament

upon it as one of deep interest, and as leading probably
to some expression on the part of the House of Commons
which might serve to re-awaken those remarkable scholastic

aculties of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, to

which he looked with the greatest confidence, when he
thinks the proper time had arrived for his letting down

,he Irish Church with decent and fitting solemnity.

THE ABYSSINIAN FORCE.-We learn, by com-
munications received by the last mail, that the troops are
all healthy. The field hospitals are in operation and in
good condition. The sanitary state of the camp at Zoulla,

good. There is plenty of water, obtained by the tubular

Amerian wells. Two stone piers have been erected, and

a condenser is at work on each at the landing place.

The story about the enormous cost of the water-2s. a

gallon—seems to be a canard. The railway over the low-
lying district is nearly concluded.—British Medical

A PROLIFIC HUNDRED.—Chesterton continues to
be distinguished among the rural districts of East
Anglia, probably above all the rural disricts of the United

Kingdom, for the fruitfulness of its inhabitants. We have
had occasion to call attention to this remarkable fact
at various times before, but the testimony supplied by the
last quarterly return of the Registrar-General is more than
usually telling. From his figures it appears that whereas
the marriage rate in Chesterton compared with the mar-
riage rate at Bury St. Edmund's is as 16 to 15, the birth
rate at the two places is as 49 to 24. Or, comparing Ches-
terton district with the borough of Cambridge, the marriage
rate in the borough is to that in the adjoining district as 25
to 16, but the birth rate only as 45 to 49. Ia the same way
it might be shown roughly that if Ipswich were as fruitful
a locality as this portion of the fens, its return of births last
quarter ought to have been about 800, instead of 330.--
Bury Post.
Last evening Mr. Smith, of the Strand, delivered
a very interesting lecture, illustrated with a series of
beautiful dissolving views, to the scholars of St. Paul,
Covent-garden Day Schools, at the School-rooms, Hart-
street. There was a very large attendance of children,
who were delighted with the treat prepared for them. At
the conclusion of the lecture the Rev. Mr. Ireland, the
curate, thanked Mr. Smith in the name of the assembled
little people for the pleasure and instruction his excel-
lent lecture had afforded, and expressed a hope that the
delight that had been exhibited by the children would be
an agreeable recompense to Mr. Smith for the trouble be
had taken.
DEBRETT'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE for 1668
has made its appearance, corrected and revised, down to
the latest possible period previous to publication. The
work has been most carefully performed, and as books of
reference the volumes for the present year will fully main-
tain their reputation. The arms and crests affixed to each
of the different titles add an additional value to the volumes
as with a very short study a general knowledge of the
heraldic emblazonments of the leading nobility and gentry
will be attained, which cannot fail to become of the greatest
utility even to the general reader.
HUNGARIAN GRAIN.—It appears from a report
issued by the Hungarian Minister of Agriculture, Com-
merce, and Public Works, that in 1867 Hungary exported
11,430,000 quintals of wheat, 2,544,000 quintals of oats,
and 2,457,000 quintals of other cereals. These totals,
which are of very unusual magnitude, refer only to the
quantities of grain carried by the Austrian and South'
Austrian Railways, and Danube Steam Navigation Coin'
pany, and boats towed by horses. They do not accord-
ingly afford an altdgether complete idea although the
approximation is a close one—of the commerce of Hun-
gary with other countries in the matter of grain.
DISTRESSING DEATH.—On Wednesday evening
the Hon. James Henry Gordon, undergraduate of Trinity
College, Cambridge, and brother of the Earl of Aberdeen,
lost his life by a distressing accident with firearms. The
deceased gentleman was a first-class oarsman ; he rowed
No. 4 in the university race last year, and it was hoped he
would take his place in the crew that is to contest the pall°
with Oxford at Putney next month ; he was, moreover, Li
crack shot, and member of the University Rifle Corps. lie
was in the habit of experimenting with rifles, and notablf
with ammunition, loading, etc. There is little doubt that he
was thus engaged on Wednesday evening, at his lodging!
in Trinity-street. The report of a rifle was heard in hr
chamber, and as he did not answer when called to, the
door was forced open. His body was discovered
lying
near the foot of the bed, and not far from it a rifle whic!'
had been discharged. The gentleman had been fearful*:
shot in the head; a great portion of the skull was blofu_
away; the bullet had passed upwards through the ceihen.i!
of the room in which he lay, and had penetrated the c
hag of the room above. He was dressed in his ordinal
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attire. The Hon. James Henry Gordon was born on
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11th October, 1845, and was therefore in his twenty-thlr
year. Arres
THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COUP.—
STEAMER CEYLON.—This vessel on her last outward rer,
sage to Alexandria experienced very bdisterous wear
which amply tested the staunchness of the vessel an
ocybo
seamanship of the officers and crew. In recognition
.11: t.,
last-mentioned point, an address was presented by ,of
Colonel W. D. Stanley, Military Staff Corps, on bebe 0
the passengers, to Capt. Babot, commandar of the C
left
in which they state :—" From the moment we 000.
English shore we encountered a hurricane, which B,a
tinned throughout our passage in the Bay of BiscaYss;_tio,
although we were relieved by a most seasonable cceur'_oo
of the above on our approach to Gibraltar, its r:
from that port to Malta, and again from Malta t
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dria, impressed upon us the conviction that we might your
the utmost reliance upon you and all your officer!: of the
attention throughout the voyage to the comfortstO
Passengers was most marked, and we beg to
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you and your officers, as well as seamen, our hau
f of
your constant and unwearied care."

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