The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-10 00:00:00

you, after reading your truly sincere and kind letter,
which now lies before me. I shall never forgive myself
for delivering my feelings to you in such an ambiguous
and unintelligible manner, as it :s evident I must have
done, for you so to have misunderstood me. I will re-
spectfully ask you one question. After my return to
your sitting-room, did I behave as though I thought
that was my last visit to you ? I joked and laughed
heartily ; but, God knows, I should have joined you with
a heavier heart, had I known you had so mistaken me.
I well remember how earnestly you asked me if it were
my intention to withdraw ; but I cannot call to mind
that you added altogether' to the question. If I had,
heard you do this, my affection for Sarah would imme-
diately have undeceived you. But I feel confident you
now see what I meant, therefore I will say no more on
this head. Why did you allude to your circumstances ?
It was unkind of you. You did not intend it ; but it
mi,de me fear you had formed an opinion somewhat un-
worthy of me—that you thought I had suffered the con-
sideration of your pecuniary affairs to induce me to leave
Sarah. Never, Madam, never harbour such an idea
again. It wounded me more than you imagine.
" There is o'le part of your letter which confused me.
You say, Deal openly with me in respect to this dear
child, as to what your intentions positively are, or else
withdraw yourself in an honourable manner.' If my
letters and general conduct have failed to be straightfor-
ward hitherto, candidly I assure you that I know not
' how to proceed differently. Can you not gather from
my last what my intentions really are? When I lately
had the favour of a retired interview with you, I told
you, as honourably as I could, that I thought it better
to discontinue my attentions to Sarah, until my father
should encourage me to renew it. Was it my affection
or my sense of propriety, which then prompted me to
make such an offer? My father's kindness gives me
every hope, for he has told me when he will take an ac-
tive part in my arrangements with you. I mentioned
this in the latter part of the above noticed letter. I can-
not see why you should experience that uncertain per-
plexity' of which you speak, and which renders
you so uncomfortable. I consider that you have
done your duty; and, whether you agree with me or not,
lam satisfied that I have done mine. What remains
to be done, time will effect. If it be your wish that Sarah
Should not wait my father's pleasure, or, in other words,
that she should set her affection on some one else, ac-
quaint her with it, and do not hide it from me. But if
(which I trust is the case) you be disposed to make
yourself more easy, and to encourage me to hope, and
Sarah to have more confidence than suspicion, the time
is not far distant when we may all of us be happy yet.
Do not mistake my plainness of speech for want of re-
spect, but believe me ever your indebted and faithful
servant, _ ' _ " T. H. HOCKED."

The following letter is one of those which Ow prisoner
wrote to Mrs. Edwards, when he appeared as if desirous
of breaking off the intimacy with Miss Philps, and when
he aligned his father's disapproval of the match as the
reason :

"Victori Terrace, St. John's Wood.

"My dear Madam,—l cannot deceive you. I have
written twice to my father ; the inclosed is his answer.
I will not bias your mind by making any defence. I
promised Sarah she should read my father's letter, what-
ever it contained. I regret that it does not realise my
hopes. I thought to be happy, but am once more far
from being so. I wanted to say much more to you, but
I find lam not able. Do write me one line at your
earliest convenieneo, and believe me, my dear madam,
your ever indebted and obedient servant,
" Friday night. " T. H. MOCKER.
" Mrs. Edwards, 6, Bath-place, New-road."
Contemporaneously with this, Mrs. Edwards received
a letter purporting to be from the prisoner's father, but
which is now known to have been written by the pri-
sowr himself, in-a disguised hand. In this letter, the
father is made to represent the son as a profligate young
man, and one who had resigned himself to the dominion
of an " ungovernable temper." The object was to make
Mrs. Edwards and the young lady acquiesce the more
readily in his withdrawing from his engagement_ to marry
the latter. Little imagining that the letter had been
written by the prisoner himself, Mrs. Edwards enclosed it
to him in the following letter. Though there is no date
to it, we happen to know that it was written on the 26th
of January of the present year :
" 6, Bath-place, Saturday.
"My dear Sir,--4 enclose your father's letter, which
I confess is -anything but flattering. I would not for the
world Sarah should marry a young man whose temper
is irlgovernable. She is herself all gentleness, and any
harsh or unkind treatment would break her heart. That
I exonerate you from any mercenary views is only just ;
but do you think your reformation is completed ? • Will
there be no backslidings ? and in giving a young crea-
ture to your care, will you shield her and guard hr as a
man of honour ? Again, I repeat, never myself would I
enter any family without the approbation of the gentle-
man's friends. I will, if you approve it, after seeing you
on Tuesday, visit your mother, perhaps I may there see
your father, but I hold the paternal authority so sacred,
that I should feel sorry were you to act in opposition to
your father's wishes ; you must either be incorrigible,
or else Mr. 'locker must be such a parent as never for
one moment entered into my imagination. Most
fervently hoping your reformation, and for your own
peace of mind, learn the important discovery that temper
is everything, are the sincere wishes of yours, very truly,
"ELEANOR EDWARDS."

After this a reconciliation took place between the pri-
soner and Mrs. Edwards and Miss Philp;. He renewed
his visits and his correspondence, assigning as a reason
that he had now obtained his father's consent to the
marriage. The following letter to Mrs. Edwards bears
en this incident in the curious courtship :

" 11, Victoria•terrace, St. John's-wood.

"My dear Madam—l want to know how you and Mr.
Edwards are ; and can you not guess the mat ?
As for me, I feel myself ' growing fatter' every day
already. My father sent for me a few days ago; I have
seen him, and all is right and comfortable. This is glorious
news to any one who loves to hear of peace and harmony
reigning in the family circle ; but to you, madam, it is
doubly so, I know.. Tell Sarah how glad I shall be as soon
as this mead Lent—this season of self-denial is over with
me. My father is kinder to me every time I see him.
We smoke our pipes in concert. On Monday evening
last I was reciting something to him in my
usual rough way, when he abruptly stopped me, and
with his hand laid gently on my shoulder, said, 'My
boy, it does our hearts good to hear you talk once more
—fill up the glass again, my girl,' turning to my mother.
You cannot think how this struck home to me. I thought
of you both and our dear Sarah, and felt persuaded that
it needed but a word from my father to you to restore
me to my former position in your esteem and good
opinion, and to .make me a more desirable and worthy
object of affection in Sarah's estimation. My father has
mildly upbraided me for forming any attachment at
such an unfortunate period, and has kindly promised to
second my views as soon as by steadiness and care I
shall have proved a disinclination to my old habits of
thoughtlessness and indiscretion. By keeping
Sarah continually before me I am sure of being able
to accomplish my duty. And, oh ! my dear Madam,
when I shall see you again at your house, will you not
unite your best and warmest wishes to mine that Sarah's
peace of mind may never, on any occasion, be disturbed
at the remembrance of our first meeting. Pardon my
freedom with -you, and believe me, with the deepest
anxiety about your health and Mr. Edwards', my dear
Madam, your ever indebted and faithful servant,
" T. H. HOCKER.
Mrs. Edwards, 6, Bath-place, New-road,
Feb. 6, 1845."

There is now no longer a doubt that the prisoner is
the only party c, ncerned in the murder. Alone he did
it. Not the slightest suspicion attaches to any one else.
Sir Oswald Moseley has, we understand, discharged his
housekeeper (sister-in-law of Mrs. Edwards), though she
has filled that situation for about twenty years.