The Sun. — 1856-02-18 (London, England)

THE MURDER AT ISLINGTON.  Examination of the Prisoners—(This Day).  Ah, who, say we, can ever forget it who has once read that dear old ballad of " Lovely Mary Don• nelly," written by the young Irish poet, William Allinghan► ? And to the Mary Donnelly of Ailingham the Kitty Neil of Waller is " own sister " in nature, if not in name, iu heart, and beauty, and grace, and agile dancing ! Is she not ? Read the lay again ! Hear "Felix Magee put the pipes to his knee and with flourish so free [the rogue !] put the couples in motion !" Watch Pat [poor varlet 1] when " the sight loaves his eye," hear him when "he cries with a sigh—' Dance Light, for my heart it lies under your feet, love !' " Dr. Waller, after that, it needs no words of ours to aver, can write a love-ballad with the best of them, a genuine Irish love song, full of grace, and drollery, and humour, and tenderness—such as the world owes much for the possession of, to Moore, and Lover, and Griffin, and let us add also, more recently, to Waller and Allingham. As such a songwriter-Irish to the core—we greet the author of these " Poems " cordially with an earnest greeting —none the less welcome to him, we trust, coming frankly from the hand and heart of an Englishman.  This afternoon the two persons charged with being concerned in the above murder were placed at the bar of the Clerken well Pulice-oourt, and gave the names of Carl Sommers and Celestine Sommers.  The first witnesses examined were Inspector Hutton, of the N division, and the sergeant who took the prisoners into custody. Their evidence was to the effect that from circumstances that came to their hearing they proceeded to the house, 18, Linton-street, New Northroad, Hoxton, and there they found the body of the unfortunate girl in the coal-cellar with her throat cut, and that they then took the two prisoners at the bar into custody. The principal witness examined was the girl who acted as housemaid to the woman. This person, from questions put to her, stated that on Saturday night last she was sleeping in the kitchen of the house, 18, Lintonstreet, when the female prisoner entered the place and asked for the lueifers to light the candle. Having found the matches and procured a light elle than heard her call the deceased downstairs. The girl said she did not like coining down stairs in the dark, as she was a stranger in the house. The prisoner said, in reply, that she need not be frightened as she had a light. After this conversation she distinctly heard the prisoner go into the back kitchen and get a knife, and from the back kitchen she heard her go to the coal-cellar, under the pavement, and shortly after she heard the girl cry out, "You want to cut my throat," and the female prisoner said, in reply, thatit didn't matter whether sheout it or anybody else. A struggle then seemed to take place, as she hoard the woman say, "Keep your hands down ; you shall not tell any more lies about me or anybody else." After a short time all was quiet, and prisoner re-entered the kitchen and came close to her bedside and asked her questions about some money she had bad in the early part of the evening. She looked before she spoke to her to see if she was asleep, and finding her awake and trembling violently, she made`use of the words she had related. After pacing backwards and forwards for a short time in the passage of the kitchen, her mistress bade her good night and went up stairs. Mr. Coward, a surgeon, residing at 6, St. John's-terrace, New North-road, deposed to the nature of the wounds upon the body of Oe unfortunate girl. There was an extensive wound which occasioned death on the left side of the neck. It had been made by a sharp instrument, and it extended from the back of the neck to the front. There must have been some violent struggling, and the person inflicting the wound must have knelt on the girl, as the right side of her person was covered with coal and dirt. It was impossible that a person committing suicide could inflict such a wound. The evidence confirmatory of the above having been given,