The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-17 00:00:00

nesses.

A Juror suggested that the evidence of a surgeon
should be taken, in order that the cause of death
might be exactly ascertained.
The Coroner replied that he did not see any neces-
sity for such a course, which would involve a post-
mortem examination.

Mr. Copley (Queen's Hotel) said he wished an
inquiry to be made into the rumours which pre-
vailed in the town in regard to the late Vicar,
which rumours might be set at rest by an inquiry
into the cause of death.

The Coroner said the. matter was not worth
notice, and ought not to be introduced into that
inquiry, which simply related to the cause of Mr.
Plow's death. He went on to comment upon the
conduct of the. magistrates who committed %Vea-
therill, and whom he seemed to regard as being in
some degree responsible for the fatal termination of
the case. He repeated that he had had a long ex-
perience) and added that he was satisfied that the
excitement that Mr. Plow underwent, on being
brought face to face with the murderer, must have
had a very injurious effect upon him. The magis-
trates ought not to have allowed hi'n to be brought
up.

The Jury returned a verdict of wilful murder
against Miles Weatherill. They also resolved to
request the tradesmen of the town to close their
places of business during the funeral to-day (Tues-
day).

With reference to the condemned convict, facts
accumulate of a character which show that he was
not the desolate, heart-broken lover that in his let-
ters to Sarah Bell he seemed desirous of painting
himself. We need not specify details ;'it is enough
to say that he seems to have been a kind of general
lover, with an especial affection for cooks who had
a well-filled larder at their command. It is said
that he had left the church and joined the Wesleyans
some time ago, but was ejected from the Sunday
school for irregular conduct.

Mrs. Plow has been able to describe the scene
which took place in her bedroom when the murder-
ous attack was made. The evidence which has been
given leaves a blank between the time when the
nurse ran out of the bedroom to the time when
Stansfield, the parish clerk, entered it and secured
the assassin. Mrs. Plow states that Weatherill
tried to secure the door, and, failing in that, he
struck a light with a match and came up to the
bedside. The poor lady had covered herself with
the bedclothes, and she felt him trying to pull them
off her head. Her desperate resistance prevented
him from succeeding, and he then went to the foot
of the bed, removed the perceannette in which the
babe was sleeping, lifted up the bedclothes at the
foot, and fired up the bed. The bullets missed
Mrs. Plow, and she sprang out of bed and made
for the door. The murderer intercepted her, and
she sprang across the bed into a sort of recess be-
tween it and the wall. Thither she was followed
by Weatherill, and he struck her down upon the
bed with the, poker. The unfortunate victim
covered her face with her hands, but Weatherill
struck her on the hands and arms with the poker
until from sheer pain she was compelled to remove
them, and then followed the fearful blow upon the
face which has been described. After receiving the
blow, Mrs. Plow summoned up courage enough to
lie quite still, so as to impress her assailant with
the idea that he had accomplished his dreadful pur-
pose. She seems to have been successful, and
eatherill, no doubt believing that she was dead,
did not strike again.—Manchester Guardian.

Mr. MILLAis will probably contribute to the
forthcoming Royal Academy Exhibition-1. "Rosanne
and Celia in the Forest :" a picture unfinished last year.
2. Two old Greenwich Pensioners looking by lantern-
light at the Tomb of Nelson in the Crypt of St. Paul's.
The light is placed in a moulding just below the name o
the Admiral, and sends its rays upon:the inscriptions and
the faces of those who read it. 3. Swift's "Stella," hold-
ing letters in her hand, and standing by an escritoire. Half
in thought, she looks at the spectator with stedfast,
dreaming eyes. 4. Portraits of three young ladies.
Mu. DICKENS'S RETURN iioME.—Every one,
says the Athenaeum, will be glad to hear that Mr. Dickens
intends to return to the Old Country in the Cuba, which
is to sail homewards on the 22d of next month. Every
one will be yet more glad to learn that his visit to " The
States," however fatiguing, has been successful beyond
expectation. The same paper remarks :—" A correspon-
dent who inquires about Mr. Dickens's opera, The Vil-
lage Coquettes,' is hereby reminded that the book was
written for the St. James's Theatre, when the same was
under Braham's short-lived management, and was sot to
music by Mr. John Hullah. —The song, ' Autumn Leaves,'
is one of its composer's best songs, not forgetting his
Throe Fishers.'

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TIIE WOOD CARVINGS OF Mr. ROGERS.—The re-
tirdmen t of this veteran artist from business causes the sale
by auction of all the splendid specimens of his art which
for 50 years he has collected from all quarters of the world.
To the designer these models will bo of inestimable value,
whilst to the admirers of art a large collection of the
works of Mr. Rogers is also to be disposed of. The delicate
tracery and symmetric beauty of Mr. Rogers's examples of
wood carving are unsurpassible for delicacy and grace. Wo
expect a large body of the admirers of true art will assemble
at Mr. Phillips's auction room, in Bond-street, on Thurs-
day next, at one o'clock, to secure a specimen of the work
of ono of the greatest artists in wood carving since the
days of Grinlin Gibbons. Mr. Rogers, we rejoice to
say, although retiring from active labour, is yet in the
the enjoyment of the best health and spirits, and we cor-
dially and sincerely wish him all that true enjoyment in
the bosom of his family which his long and bouourablo
career es an artist entitles him to.