The Sun. — 1866-05-05 (London, England)

QUEEN'S THEATRE, HULL.—The Hull Advertiser says that Mr. and Mrs. Clarance Holt have received even a more flattering welcome than when last they were at the Queen's Theatre. On Monday evening the house was crowded with an enthusiastic audience. Boucicault's drama, "The Octoroon," was performed. Mrs.: .Clarance Holt as Zoe, the Octoroon, performed her part with great success, and was repeatedly and deservedly applauded. Mr. Holt acquits himself better than any other person we have seen in the piece, and his style of acting is evidently appreciated here. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT' BlLL.—This Bill extends to England and Ireland, but not to Scotland. It is to be murder of the first degree, (1,) where a person murders another with express malice aforethought against the person murdered, or any other person, such malice being found by the jury as matter of fact; (2,) whore a person murders another with a view to and in or immediately before-or aftey the commission by such person of any of the following felonies, or for the purpose of thereby enabling himself-or any other person to commit any of the following felonies, viz., rape, burglary, robbery, piracy, or unlawfully or maliciously setting fire to any dwelling-house, a person being therein ; (3,) where a person murders another in the act of escape, or for the purpose of thereby enabling himself or any other person to escape from or avoid lawful arrest or detainer, immediately after committing or attempting to commit murder or any of these felonies ; (4,) where a person murders a constable or any other peace officer acting in the discharge of his duty. Clauses 6 to 8 provide that on conviction for murder of the first degree, judgment of death may be pronounced in open court, and the offender shall suffer death as a felon ; or the Court may order judgment of death to be entered of record, and this shall have the like effect as if judgment of death had been pronounced in open court, but execution thereof had been respited. All murders not of the first degree are of the second degree, the punishment of the latter to be penal servitude for life, or for not less than seven years. The indictment is to charge murder of the first degree, or to charge murder of the second degree. It is made felony unlawfully or maliciously to wound a child or inflict upon it grievious bodily harm during its birth, or within seven days thereafter; and it is not to bo necessary to prove that the child we s completely born alive. On an indictment for child murder the accused cannot be found guilty of concealment of birth. Executions are to be within the walls of the prison. The sheriff or his deputy, the governor or chief officer of the prison or his deputy, the chaplain or an officiating minister attached to the prison, the surgeon or chief medical officer of the prison, and such other officers of the prison as the sheriff requires, shall be present at the execution ; and any justice of the peace having jurisdiction, and such persons as it seems to the sheriff or visiting justices proper to admit, may also be present at the execution. The surgeon's certificate of the death, a certificate from the other above-named officials, and a duplicate of the coroner's inquisition on the body are to be sent to the Secretary of State, and copies are to be exhibited at the prison entrance for a certain number of hours. The body is to be buried within the walls of the prison.