occurred under a Liberal Administration. They arose from the unsettling of the

minds of the masses, and the consequent weakening of all authority. The deceased

was an American gentleman who had been residing for some weeks in the

Metropolis. He had stayed at the boarding-house of Madame Charpentier, in

Torquay Terrace, Camberwell.

 

He was accompanied in his travels by his private secretary, Mr. Joseph

Stangerson. The two bade adieu to their landlady upon Tuesday, the 4th inst.,

and departed to Euston Station with the avowed intention of catching the

Liverpool express. They were afterwards seen together upon the platform. Nothing

more is known of them until Mr. Drebber’s body was, as recorded, discovered in

an empty house in the Brixton Road, many miles from Euston. How he came there,

or how he met his fate, are questions which are still involved in mystery.

Nothing is known of the whereabouts of Stangerson. We are glad to learn that Mr.

Lestrade and Mr. Gregson, of Scotland Yard, are both engaged upon the case, and

it is confidently anticipated that these well-known officers will speedily throw

light upon the matter.

 

The _Daily News_ observed that there was no doubt as to the crime being a

political one. The despotism and hatred of Liberalism which animated the

Continental Governments had had the effect of driving to our shores a number of

men who might have made excellent citizens were they not soured by the

recollection of all that they had undergone. Among these men there was a

stringent code of honour, any infringement of which was punished by death. Every

effort should be made to find the secretary, Stangerson, and to ascertain some