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... ........... mem..., ..1•••. . THE ROAD CHILD MURDER. TRO WBRID GE, OCT. 3. The examination of witue3szs on the charge of murder preferred against Elizabeth Gough, late nursetnaid in the ~ ,,urvico of Mr. dent, Ruadhiil house, was resumed this morning a t 11 o'clock. Sir John W. Awdry, Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, presided. The body of the court-room was again crowded by the public, and a number of ladies were accommodated with seats on the bench. Mr. Saunders conducted the prosecution, as be fore ; Mr. Ribton appeared for the prisoner ; and 11r, Edlin watched the case for Mr. Kent and his family. The prisoner paid the same close attention to the evidence which she had done on the two previous days, and maintained tho same calm demeanour which she has exhibited throughout the proceed- ings. The Chairman said the magistrates had received • • through the post two letters - touching the subject of the inquiry. The writers were not known to the magistrates, but he thought it right to submit the communications to the inspection of counsel. It transpired during the day that the letters re ferred to conveyed no information respecting the murder, but merely suggested questions to be put to the -witnesses. They came from a distance, and it is unnecessary to say that no attention was paid to them. 'William Saville Kent was the first witness eXiV mined. He said—l am the son of Mr. Rent, of Roadhill-house, and am 15 years of age- On the 29th of June last I was at home for the holidays. The little boy who was murdered was my younger brother. I saw him last alive about 7 in the evening. I went to bed at half.past 10. I slept by myself in a room on the second floor. I occupied the same room on the following night. On the Friday night I fell asleep very soon after I got into bed. I did not hear any of my sisters come to the door of my room after I went to bed. I awoke and got up about 7 o'clock. Nothing disturbed me during the night. I am not aware that I awoke at all during the night. SOOD after I got up on Saturday morning I heard of ra y little brother being missing. I searched about for him. I was sent for Urch, the police officer. After that I was sent to Mr. Parsons, our medical adviser. Mr. Parsons lives at Beckington, two miles from Road. I saw him, and he drove back with me. Cross-examined by Mr. Ribton—The murdered boy was my half-brother. My own mother is dead. Daniel Oliver—l am a jobbing gardener, and live at Beckington. I occasionally worked at Road hill-house for Mr. Kent. I was there on Friday the 29th of June last. I left at a quarter past 7, with Holcombe, who was examined yesterday. Holcombe locked the garden gate, and Mr. Kent got the key. I returned next morning about a quarter past G. I saw the boy Alloway as I entered the yard, and afterwards saw Holcombe. About half-past 7 I heard of the little boy being missing. I did not see Mr. Kent drive off in a carriage; I as• listed in searching about the premises. I saw two men with the bodistf the child in a blanket. The body was taken inathe house and I followed. I saw the nurse in the kitchen. I asked her what time she had seen the child last. She said " About 11 o'clock last night." I asked her when she missed it. She replied, " About 5 o'clock this morning." I asked her what she did then. She replied "I went to sleep again." The reason she did that, she said, was be cause she thought Mrs. Kent had heard the child crying, and had come and taken it away to her own room. I asked her whether Mrs. Kent was in the habit of taking the child away. She answered " No." Cross-examined by Mr. Ribton—The dog was kept chained up in the stable-yard during the day. I do not know whether he was let loose at night. If he is turned loose in the yard at night he cannot get out of it unless he iump3 over a wall eight or ten feet in height. Supposing him to have been turned loose -in the yard, anybody might have passed from the drawing-room window to the privy without attracting his tention. The person would be obliged to pass close to the gate of the yard, but the dog is generally to be found at the other end of the yard. When I went to Roadhill•house on Satur day morning I saw the boy Alloway, and Hol combe, the gardener. I think Allowav was in the shoe-house when I saw him first. I did not notice whether the lower part of the premises had been opened. By the Chairman—A man going from the draw ing-room window, or from the front door to the water closet, would pass within three or four yards of the yard gate. I first saw the nurse in the kitchen. Afterwards I saw her in the flower garden. She was then talking to Holcombe and Alloway. I dis covered some footmarks on the grass on the lawn. I pointed them out to the nurse. She said there was a policeman in the house. She brought him to me, and I showed him the marks on the lawn. I did net see Mr. Kent and the. prisoner together that morn ing. Mr. Kent came into the garden, but that was after Gough had left it. John Alloway—l am a day labourer, and reside at Beckington. In June last I was iu the service of Mr. Kent as assistant gardener and knife cleaner. I did not sleep at Roadhill-house, nor did I get my meals there. I went about 6in the morning, and left when I could. I was there on Friday, the 29th of June. I left about 7in the evening. Holcombe and I came out together. I saw, Holcombe locking the garden door. I went straight home. Next morn-. ing I returned at 6 o'clock. I saw Holcombe, and he told me to go to the greenhouse. After I had done my work there I got the knifebox from the cook. This was about half-past 6. I got the knifebox at its usual place. I turned out the knives on a bench; I did not miss any of them. There was no blood or anything to attract attention on any of them. I did not count how many there were. There were two carving knives. I did not clean the knives that morning ; they were cleaned by Holcombe, in my presence, while I cleaned the boots. During the morning there were footmarks observed on the lawn outside the drawing-room window. Oliver saw them, aril he said, "There has been some one here. I explained to him that they were marks which I myself had made. Cross-examinedby Mr. Ribton—These footmarks were not in a direction leading from the drawing room room to the watercloset. By the Chairman—Mr. Kent had a key to the garden gate as well as Holcombe. 11Ir. Parsons—l am asurgeon, and reside at Beck ington. I have attended the family at the Roadhill house for the last four years. On Saturday, June 30th, I was asked by Master Wm. Kent to accom pany him to his father's house, at Road. He told ma what had occurred. I got to Roadhill-house about 9 o'clock in the morning. I was taken round the back way and shown into the library. I was afterwards shown into the laundry. Mr. Kent gave me the key and showed ins the doer, and I went in by myself. I found the body of the child there wrapped in a blanket. The blanket was covered with stains of blood and old soil. I did not think there was any great quantity of blood on the blanket itself, though the stains were considerable. There were a nightgown and flannel shirt on the body, They were much stained with blood and soil from the privy. The throat was cut down to the bone. It was a clean cut, and was made from the left to the right. It must have been done in one cut with a very sharp knife with a long blade. I am unable to say from the wound whether it was inflicted with a pointed knife. A considerable quantity of blood had flowed from the wound in the throat. It had flowed from the left angle of the wound down the shoulder to the elbow. I observed the mouth. The tongue was to be seen within the 'ta w , and was of a very dark colour. The lips were I! dirk and livid. I afterwards found two small _incisions on the right hand. This was on my second ex r aiiiination of the body, while waiting for the o der froin the coroner. The wounds were on the back of the right hand. One was on the back of the first joint of the forefinger; the other was in a line with it. I also found a stab in the left side. It was made through the nightclothes, penetrating the nightgown and shirt, and severing the cartil ages of The s i x th and seventh ribs. It penetrated more than half through the chest, and was about an inch and a h a lf in breadth. These were all the marks of violen ce I observed, Afterwards I made a post mortein examination with Mr. Stapleton, of Trowbridge. I f oun d in the stomach slight remains of some farinac eous article of diet, which I supposed the child had eaten for supper the previous evening. as I could, by I ascertained as fa rsmelling the con tents of the stomach, thatnolaudanu t laudanum, or other narcotic drug, had been administered the lowe r p ar t of the o b t o e w I did not examine was told that a pill which I had prescribe e d — l had been administered the evening before. I found no ( trace of it in the stomach ; it would probably have passed into the bowels by that time. The pill con sisted of one grain of blue pill and three grains of compound rhubarb. it was an aperient. I prepared it myself. If the pill had been administered be tween 7 and 8 the previous evening I should not expect it to operate under six hours, and very pro bably it might be more-- eight or 12 hours. The dark appearance of the mouth showed strong pres• sure on that part for some considerable time—per haps five or 10 minutes—and with a soft substance. The cut in the throat divided two large arteries. At the time my impression was that the throat was not cut in the place where the body was found, be canoe I saw no jets of blood on the person of the child. If the heart was beating w hen the throat was cut th e bl oo d wou ld have come out from the arteries ' that probably jets. It has since occurred to me circulation was stopped, by pres sure on the y mouth that case life m eutt h before the cut was made. t have been almost extin guished, but not quite before the throat was cut. The heart might cease to beat a few moments .before THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1860 death took place. I have no doubt that the stab in the side was done after death. There was no contraction Of the parts, and no flow of blood such as would have occurred if the wound had been made before death. It would have required treat force to inflict such a wound. The wounds on the hand were very trifling, and in my opinion were done after death. When I first saw the body at 9 o'clock I believed it must have teen dead five or six hours at the least. When I entered the house after see ing the body in the laundry I was shown into the nursery by one of the ladies of the family. This was between 9 and 10 o'clock. I saw the cot in which the child was said to have slept, The bed clothes were perfectly Smooth and were folded down in the usual manner. I not iced the depres siondthat made by the bead on t he p illow, a m aavdee folded e t d h e the b o bedclotheson the m s o a. tt neatlyr a s s. w l i t h co o n u u l t d not il con siderable trouble. I saw the nurse in the room, and she told me the clothes were then in the state in which she had found them. C Mr. Ribton—l have been examinedross exanieninpest by Mr. occasions. I cannot say - w hether I have to-day added anything to my former statements. My impression is, though I cannot say positively, that the child was first suffocated by pressure on the mouth and then stabbed in the s id e . I think the wound in the chest had nothing to do with the death, but I cannot say positively whether the child was dead•when the first wound was inflicted in the throat. The suffocation might not have been carried to the extent of producing death. I was not originally of opinion that the child was suffocated in the first instance, but sub sequent reflection has brought me to that conclu sion. I sent - the pill to Roadhill-house by a mes senger. I did not see it administered. I found no traces of a narcotic in the stomach, nor did I find any traces of my own pill. If a narcotic had been administered by mistake it would not necessarily , have left any traces behind it ; it would most pro bably have beep absorbed into the system. If the aperient pill had passed from the stomach into the lower bowels it would not necessarily have operated immediately. I should think the dark appearances about the mouth could not be attri buted to any other cause than pressure. If a nar cotic which would be a proper dose for an adult had been administered by mistake to the child, I do not think it would have produced the appear ances about the mouth. When I examined the cot in the nursery the lady who went upstairs with me was in the room as well as the nurse. Ido not know whether other persons had examined the cot before me. I cannot say positively whether it was the nurse who first told me that the clothes were then in the state in which she found them ; but I am certain that she did tell me so. When the clothes were shown to me the bed was not partially uncovered. By the Chairman—My opinion is that the cut in the throat was made after pulsation had ceased. I have no doubt that there was pressure on the mouth, but I cannot say positively that it was car ried to the extent of death. It must have been greater than any that could have arisen simply from the clothes lying over the mouth. Considerable violence must have been used. The severance of the muscles of the throat might account for the pro trusion of the tongue, but that would not change my opinion as to the cause of death. Here the examination of the witness terminated, but he expressed a wish to be allowed, before leav ing the box, to make a statement, which he said might affect the prisoner as well as Mr. Kent. Mr. Saunders—l do not know what Mr. Parsons has in his mind, but I am not, as a general rule, disposed to encourage or recommend extra state ments by witnesses. The Chairman—There is a peculiarity in our position at the present moment, for we are not only trying an issue in which the young person at the bar is deeply interested, but we are also in4uiring generally into all the circumstances connected with this melancholy affair. Perhaps the best plan would be for Mr. Parsons to communicate with the soli citor for the prosecution, whose duty it will be, in the exercise of his professional discretion, to say whether Mr. Parsons should be permitted to make any further statement. Mr. Ribton—From the notoriety which this case has obtained, and the extraordinary interest which it has excited in the public mind, I am unwilling, on the part of my client, that anything should go forth which might not be admissible as evidence against her. At the same time, however, I have no objection that Mr. Parsons should be allowed to put his statement in writing, and to communicate it privately to the magistrates. lam certain that the statement, whatever it may be, will not have any influence upon the minds of the magistrates, unless they see that it is directly relevant to the present inquiry. Mr. Saunders—l think the suggestion of my learned friend is a reasonable one, and I heartily concur in it. The Chairman—Whatever bearing the statement may have upon the present case, it may be found useful in any further inquiry in which it may be our duty to engage. Mr. Edlin—On the part of Mr. Kent, I have not the slightest objection to the publication of any thing which Mr. Parsons or any other person may have to say. Hereupon Mr. Parsons wrote something on a small slip of paper and placed it on the bench before the magistrates. After glancing at it for a moment, the Chairman handed it down to the counsel, stating that he did not think it con tained anything calculated to lead to further inquiry. In that opinion both Mr. Saunders and Mr. Ribton, after readinc , the note, expressed their entire Con currence, and Mr. Parsons was accordingly told that he might leave the box. Captain Samuel Meredith—l am chief constable of the Wilts County Constabulary. On the Ist of August last, I believe it was, 1 went to Roadhill house- with Mr. Superintendent Wolfe. On that occasion we were shown into the nursery, and saw the nurse there. I desired her to show me the cot in which the little child had slept. I asked her to describe how she had left the child. By the Chairman—At the time I was collecting evidence generally. There was no charge against the prisoner then. Examination continued by Mr. Saunders. She described the bedclothes as having been tucked. in by her on the night of the murder, and she then described how she found the clothes when she missed the boy in the morning. She said the sheet and counterpane were turned twice down, so as to come below the centre of the bed, andethat was the state of them when I saw them. It was quite im possible to see whether there was a blanket between the sheet and counterpane. If a blanket had been withdrawn from between the sheet and counterpane, as I saw them, the clothes must have been adjusted afterwards. Cross-examined by Mr. Ribton—l swore the infor mation upon which the warrant was issued. It was not at the suggestion of any one. I was present at nearly all the inquiries by Mr. Slack. Mr. Kent had an attorney watching the case for him at Mr. Kent's house. The prisoner had no one watching the ease for her. Mr. Kent's attorney objected to several o qu c e lo st c i k o n n wo s th e which nt were put by Mr. Slack, and they were , hc answered. nurse showed It w s re betweennthe c 1 2 0 t h a e n s d i n 3 the nursery, as the state in which she found them. She did not tell me th a t th ey had nver been re moved. I took no part nor did any of the county police force in the proceedings against Mies Con stance Kent. I know that the prisoner was fully questioned as to her antecedents, and where she lived before she came to Mr. Kent's. Inquiries have been made, and it. has .been found that the statements she made were correct. The Chairman said he was informed by one Of: the magistrates who had taken an active part in this investigation, that the antecedents of this piling woman were ascertained to be highly respectable. Witness continued —The proceedings against Miss Constance were not taken at my instance or by my advice. Mr. Saunders and Mr. Ribton concurred that it would be unnecessary to call Mr. Stapleton, the other medical man who made the post mortem examination of the body. Mary Amelia Kent, a little girl five years of age, was here brought into court by Miss Elizabeth Kent. The poor little thing seemed very much frightened, and her sister said she hardly thought she would be able to state anything. The Chairman asked whether she understood the nature of an oath ? Miss Elizabeth Kent replied that she did not think her sister did. Mr. Edlin said if the magistrates insisted upon examining this little thing the responsibility would be upon them.' The Chairman said if the bench were of opinion that it was proper to examine the child, they would not shrink from the responsibility. . Sau r u o d o e m r s stated with that i r. s t n h d i s Mrs. littl c i te ( girl slept samethe Mr night of the murder, and in the course ofstloehnpettihnine qd u:si desirable b ss l e h itcoh ascertainh a db een whetherins instituted d sd i h t i ffie h beena w d als .i . thought Lion to give evidence, but some oim(eent' thr l o , ri e Cihnstihrmen a situa s legalcu ties a l v ia . d been .w_ a ore. i a se m r. er, Chairman said, that whether it child could give vague possibility that the evi dence, or it was merely desired to exhaust all the i n me m a r t . e s E o d f l 2 1 1 - u o s t u s b e e , g h l e e a d v i d e , n o o n t b k e n h o a s l v f . of this poor afflicted family, to crave the attention of the bench for one moment. He was positively informed that this little girl .had been taken kindly on Mr. Slack's lap and questioned by him. Mr. Slack, he believed, asked :her if she knew where she would go if she did not speak the truth, putting -- . Ellin) seeing the haa question done, and n d i n he st r n o n u that the child was too young andteomuch agitated grrsttecordngthtahjMn lir.eSiMacrk., had not pressed her examination. When, therefore, to' answer any questions, with great good feeling, it was said that obstacles had been thrown in the way of her examination, he was sorry to have to give the statement a most positive denial. The Chairman said that, as a question merely as to whether the child could give evidence in this particular case he saw no reason to presume that she would be able to make any statement relevant to it, inasmuch as she was not likely to be aware of any essential facts. Under these circumstances, if those engaged in bringing the truth before the ma gistrates felt that he ought to press it, he should not shrink from the responsibility. Mr. Slack said that., after what Mr. Ellin had stated, he felt it due to himself to say that the facts were very different from the representations made by the learned counsel. It was desired to examine this little girl, but Mr. Dunn, the legal adviser of Mr. Kent, objected. lie (Mr. Slack) nevertheless did ask her a few questions, which she answered not very satisfactorily. He then said to her, "Do you know what will become of you if you die after telling a falsehood ?" Her answer. was, " I should go to hell." Thinking then that she might be ex amined he expressed 'a desire to put further ques tions to her, but Mr. Dann took upon himself de. liberately to refuse that she should be subjected to any examination. Mr. Millin was sorry that Mr. Dunn was not pre sent, as he might possibly give some explanation. The little child was then carried from the Court. Miss Elizabeth Kent, in reply to Mr. Saunders, said—On Saturday night, the 30th of June, I slept with Mrs. Kent, in her bedroom. Mary Ann and Constance slept in our room above Mrs. Kent's room ; the nurse slept, I believe, in the same room with the cook and housemaid. Sarah Kerslake, the cook, was recalled, and stated that on the. Saturday night she and the housemaid and nurse slept together. Did not re member at what time the nurse came to bed. The housemaid and witness went upstairs about 11 o'clock, and the nurse came - up soon afterwards. Cross-examined—l don't know where Mrs. Kent was when I went to bed. The nurse usually attended Mrs. Kent when she went to bed. Miss Elizabeth Kent, recalled, stated that on the Saturday night she and Mrs. Kent went to bed at the same time ; she rather thought the nurse assisted to undress Mra. - Kent's child ; she gener ally did. Did not know whether the other servants had gone to bed at that time ; they gene: ally went to bed before Mr. and Mrs. Kent. . Alfred Urch recalled—When I went to Road hill house on the Saturday morning I saw Mr. Kent drive off; it was then about 8 o'clock. I was shown into the drawing-room ; I looked for foot marks there directly 1 went in, but could not see any.. s Cross-examined by Mr. Ribton—l don't know that a great many persons had been in the room before I got there. Sarah- Cox recalled—l have tried to place the shutters in the position they were found in the drawing-room on the morning of the murder from the outside this morning, bat could riot do it, the wind was so rough. . Cross examined by Mr. Ribton—Yesterday morn ing I did it without any difficulty. By the Chairman—l don't know whether the nurse usually left her door ajar till Mrs. Kent came up to bed. Superintendent Wolfe stated that the wind was not the preventative of performing the experiment with the alutters this morning. Cross-examined by Mr. Ribton—When I made the experiment of kneeling in the prisoner's bed to see if I could see into the cot, the prisoner was not present. Re-examined—This morning I had a child placed in the cot, and Mrs. Dallimore made the experi: ment of kneeling on the bed. Mr. Ribton said the same objection applied. The prisoner was not present when,the experiment was made. Mrs. Kent recalled, in reply to the Chairman, stated that the door of the nursery was left ajar by her orders, in order that the nurse might hear if the little girl who slept in her room should cry before she came up to bed. There was nothing, therefore, unusual in its being left open on the night of the murder. , _ By Mr. Ribton—The nurse assisted in undressing me nearly every night. ..I think it very likely that she did on the Saturday night after the murder; that would have been after the other servants had gone to bed. . Eliza Dallimore—My husband is an officer in the Wilts County Police. On the afternoon of Satur day, the 30th of June, I went to Roadhill-house for the puipose of examining the female inmates of the house. I went up to the nursery, and went in with the nurse. In opening the door I found it made a little noise. Any one accustomed to the door by opening it with care might do it without making any noise, but a stranger could not. I said, " We' nurse, this is a very shocking thing about the po child," and she'said "It is." ' I said, " Can you give any account of it, do you think P" She said, " I got up about five o'clock and missed the child from the cot, and I laid down again." I said, " Why did you lay down again after missing the little boy ?" She said, "I thought he must be with his mamma, as he generally goes in there in the morning." She said, "This is done through jealousy ; the little boy goes into his mamma's room and tells every thing." I said, "No one would murder a child for doing such a thing as that, would they ?" I said, " Who doyen think would do it, nurse ?" She said, " I really can't tell." She undressed • herself, and I went out of the room till she had finished. That is all I remember that she said at that time ; she made several observations about the murder. I examined the other female inmates of the house. I also examined the night dresses of the young ladies, including that of Miss Constance. I found nothing whatever suspicious about any of them. After doing this I went down into the kitchen ; the nurse came in several times while I was there. The nightdress of Miss Con stance, like those of the other ladies, appeared to have been worn about a week. When 1 was in the kitchen I said, "This is a shocking thing ; I think the whole house is responsible for the child." The nurse, who was present, told me that the little boy had not been very well, and that she had given 'him some medicine on the day of the murder. A . person named nicker came to the kitchen door, and the nurse turned round and said, "What have you been doing, Pricker?" He said, "I have been opening the water closet. The nurse said, " Have you found anything ?" Ile said, " No." "Nor you won't," the nurse said. Nothing was said at that time about the finding of a knife. On Monday, the oth of July, the nurse was brought by Superinten dent Foley in a trap to my house, to remain with me for a little time. I spoke to her several times about the child. I asked, " Who could you think has murdered the child ?" She said, "I don't know." I think some one must have secreted himself in the house." 1 told her I did. not think any one was secreted in the house, and asked how they could get in. " I don't know anything about it ; I.can't say," she replied. During the week I said, " The cot being folded down as it was, I don't think any one could have taken out the blanket." She said it was a small blanket, and could be slided out underneath. I told her I thought it was impossible for any one to have taken the child out and hare left the bed in that position. I said it was quite impossible for one person to have done the murder. I said, looking at the size of the child, it ' was impossible for Any person to have tacked — in the clothes with the child in his arms. She said, " I don't know about that, butl . did not touch the cot; it .was as I found it," I spoke to her several times after about the murder. • L asked her if she thought it was Miss Constance. She said, " I wdth Miss,, Master Constance, William is m - den't'think Mis s C on stance could have done it." I asked her wh a t s h e th oug ht o f Master William, having ore fitdonefoirt. a g"irl Oh," a she said, boy. I told the nurse she did not seem to sleep very well, and she said she slept more soundly than usual on the night of the murder because she had more work to do that day. I asked her how it was she did not hear anybody come into her room. She said they might have put something to her nose and caused her to have 1 s ept soundly. I asked her it she thought Mr. Kent did the murder. She said "No ; I could not think for that he did it, for he is too- fond of his children." I asked her where she found the child's clothes on the morning, and she replied, " Oh, where do you think I found them, but where I put them ?" I was shown a piece of flannel by Mr. Foley at Road hill-house on the day of the murder. Since then it has been washed. In consequence of instructions 'from Mr. Foley I took this chest-flannel. to Road . hill-house.- I do not think it was made for a chest- . flannel ; it appears to have been made out of the back of some other garment, but I believe it has been used by a woman for the protection of her chest. It was on the oth of August I took thiS flannel to Boadhill-house. The nurse came down several times and asked rne what I was doing there, . I said, ." A gentleman will tell me what I have to do before I leave." Mr. Foley came into the kitchen and told me to try the flannel on the cook, housemaid, and the nurse. I did so ; the piece of flannel was not wide enough for the chest of- either the cook or housemaid, On my proceed ing to try the flannel on the nurse she said, "It is of no use, even if it fits me; that is no reason why I should have done tlio murder." She did not hesitate to take off her things. I tried the flannel on her, and said, "You see, nurse, the flannel ex actly fits you, which it did not the others." She repeated that that was no reason why she did the murder, and said the flannel might fit others as well as her. I said, "That is tree; it fits file, and might fit a great many others, but they were not in the house at the time of the murder.' I went to Road hill Howe this morning with Superintendent Wolfe I went into the nurse's bedroom there with Mrs. Kent. I saw a cot and a bed there. I got upon the bed and knelt upon it, and looked across to the cot. Mrs. Kent brought her little child into the room, and it was put into the cot and covered up with the bedclothes in the usual way. Kneeling up in the bed I could not see the child. I could only see a small portion of the pillow. The side of the cot is open eanework, but is faced with some thing inside which prevented the child from being seen through' it. 'I saw the blanket with which the little 'child was covered; it is 11 yard in length and 1 yard in width; it would not allow much to be tucked in at the side, but it is quite enough to be tucked in at the bottom of the cot. By, the Chairman—When I went to try on the chest flannel at Road-hill House none of the women servants worse such an article; Cross-examined by Mr. Ribton—l did not take down in writing any of the lengthened conversa tions I had with the prisoner. Mr. Slack examined me lastveek. That was the first time I mentioned these conversations with the prisoner. I told the magistrates the result of my experiments with the chest-flannel before the prisoner left Road for her father's house on the 27th of August; bat 1 did not say anything to them übout the conversations. I was not asked about them, and I did not think it worth while to speak of them unasked. It was after the inquiry into Miss Constance's case that I fitted the flannel on the prisoner. The flannel has been cut out of same old garment, and I do not ;- think it was made for the chest. The Chairman said it struck him that nothing that came from the prisoner's room could add to the un doubted fact that the child himself came from it. The piece of flannel would be good evidence against anybody else,but itcouldnotbe evidence against the person from whose room the child was cofessedly taken. Mr. Ribton was much obliged for the suggestion from the Rench, and would not further pursue the matter; but he might state that he was told the prisoner had never worn a flannel in her life.—[To the Witness—These things are generally worn by elderly ladies, are they not P] Witness—Oh no, by young ladies as well as old ladies. I wear one myself. (Laughter.) Mr. Ribton—l shall not take the liberty of ask ing you your age ma'am. (Renewed laughter.) Witness continued—When I looked at the cot this morning I was on my_ knees in the bed. It was the youngest child which was put in the cot, I do not know whether it'was younger than the boy who was murdered. Superintendent Woolfe—On the Ist of August I was shown by the prisoner the position of the cot and her own bed. When I went to Road to-day I found the cot and the bed in precisely the same position. I myself put the clothes in the same state in which the nurse told me she found them on the morning after the murder. Mr. Clark, clerk to the magistrates, produced the deposition of the prisoner taken before the magis trates at Road on the 9th of July, on the occasion of the general inquiry into the circumstances of the murder. At the request of Mr. Ribton, Mr. Kent was recalled, and stated that on the 9th of July, while being examined before the ma gistrates at Road, he said, "I believe - some one well acquainted with the child and the house, or some discharged servant, must have murdered the child. I know that a discharged servant of mine has used expressions of revenge against • the chil dren." Mr. Ribton—l shall not ask the name of that per son. My object is not to throw suspicion upon any individual, but to show that the expressions of the prisoner, "Oh ! it is revenge," and " Oh! it is jealousy," may have had some ground, however unfounded, in the circumstances of the family. --- Witness continued—A discharged servant called my children " horrid children," particularly refer ring to the little boy, and when she left, a few days •before the end of the month, she vowed vengeance against the children and threatened myself ; but I do not recollect the precise words. The Chairman— : The magistrates have made in • quiries respecting this person, and have found that she was not iu the neighbourhood at the time the murder was committed. Mr, Clark produced another statement made by the prisoner on the 13th of July, and one made on oath. when Miss Constance Kent was charged. The contents of these depositions have already been published in The Sun, and embrace nothing 'which has not been elicited in the course of the present inquiry. Mr. Saunders—This is the case for the prosecu tion. -__.... The proceedings were then adjourned until to. morrow, when Mr. Ribton will address the magis trates for the prisoner. lor YILE-CIIILD MURDER AT BOW. Yesterday, at three o'clock, Mr. Humphreys, coroner for the eastern division of Middlesex, and the jury resumed, at the Spread Eagle Tavern, Honaertnn, the inquest (adjourned from Wednesday week) on the•body of the child, Augustus Padfield, the supposed mother of which, Emma. Padfield, is now in custody, charged with being concerned in its; murder at a place near Lea-bridge. The prisoner was present at the sitting of the Court on 'Wednes day week, but not yesterday. No cause was assigned for her absence. Mr. G. Lewis attended for the young man, Fre derick .Bryant, whose name has been frequently mentioned in connection with the matter; Mr. G. Vann appeared for the prisoner, and Mr. Shorter on behalf of the local vestry. The witnesses Mary Padfield, George Allen, and Elizabeth Miller were examined in succession, and repeated substantially the evidence they gave on Tuesday at the Worship-street Police-court, and which was reported at length in yesterday's Sun. Ellen Webster (anew witness) said—l live at No. 1, Lea-bridge, and am the wife of William Thomas Webster. a labourer. I recollect a young woman named Padfield being confined at Mrs. Mead's, Haramond's-cottages. I met her after she had left there, on a Wednesday or a Thursday, in the Back lane Clapton. She crossed over the way to me, and asked how Mrs. Mead was. I said Mrs. Mead was in a great deal of confusion. She asked what about. I said they had found the dead body of a child down the watercloset, with the left arm off. She said she was going down to Mrs. Mead's. She asked what the time was. I said I did not know. She then said she was going to meet her mistress at half-past five; that she (Padfield) had come from Brighton, and was aboUt to return there. I said to her, " I thought your baby - was down in the country ?" She said it was, and that it was doing well. She said " Goodbye; I shall see you again." She was then coming towards Clapton, and when we parted she went in that di rection. I did not see her again. By Mr. Shorter—lgave information to the police after I had seen her. The body of the child had _ bedn found on the morning of that day. Mrs. Mead was recalled, and stated, in answer to the coroner, that Emma Padfield did not come to her house on the day the child was found, nor afterwards. A surgeon's certificate was put iu to the effect that Mrs. Drake, in whose service the prisoner was when taken into custody, was suffering from an attack of bronchitis, and was unable to attend to give evidence. Frederick Bryant, of 6, Holloway-place, Isling ton, was called and said, in apswer to questions put chiefly by the coroner, and in addition to the evidence given by him at the police-court, that he had written to Emma Padfield while she was at Mrs. Mead's, remitting her money. lie declined at first, on the advice - of his solicitor, to say for what purpose ho Sent, the money, hut afterwards, on ad vice from' the same quarter, said he remitted it to assist her. She had applied to him for money-per sonally. and by letter. He remitted it by Post office.order. (Shown a letter addressed to the pri soner; dated July 23, 1860.) He admitted that to be in his handwriting. He could not say whether ho gave her a sovereign referred to in that letter. He saw her after writ tint that letter, and, as ho had re qu6sted her to do so, she produced to him a doctor's certificate of -the - birth of a child. The - certificate stated that it was her child. (Shown another letter, undated, addressed to the prisoner.) That was in his handwriting. Emma Padfield first came to live at his father's house as a servant in Nov. 1858. He had not known her before. lle did not see her on the 27th of August last ; he saw her on the 17th of August, and that was the last time he saw her. She never told him, either personally or by letter, that she bad sent her child into the country. At the request of Mr. Vann, the solicitor: for the prisoner, the letter of the 23d of July, written by the witness to her, was put in and read. It was signed with the fictitious name of Thomas Wright, and requested her to meet him in the Liverpool road on the next Friday at 9 o'clock, when he would give her £1 if she would bring the doctor's certificate, but not without. Another letter bear ing the same signature, undated, from the witness to the prisoner, and enclosing her a post-office order for £l, was put in. By Mr. Shorter—He did not know why the child was registered in his name ; he never gave the slightest authority to•the prisoner to make use of his name. Dr. Gay, senior surgeon of the Great Northern Hospital, related in some detail the results of an' examination he had made of the body of the de ceased, and gave it as his opinion that the child did not die of• any natural disease, but of suffocation. Referring to the amputation of the left arm, he said it had been taken off about an inch below the joint; an attempt had been made to take it off by the shoulder, but had failed, and it appeared afterwards to have been separated from the body by fracture of the bane. The skin appeared' to have been cut with a tolerably sharp instrument, though the edges were jagged. It was possible, he added, that the suffocation might have been produced by drowning. The Coroner carefully summed up the evidence, and the jury, after deliberating with closed doors about half-an-hour returnd a verdict of " Wilful Murder, against Emma Padfield." TIM DOUBLE MURDER AT ALDER- SA OTT. An inquest was held on Tuesday at the Queen, Aldershott, before Mr. Thomas Pain, coroner, touch ing the deaths of Sergeant Owen Chipp and Corpo ral Cole, whoa ere deliberately shot in the barrack room on Saturday afternoon, by private James Johnson, a native of the north of Ireland. The ser- geant was from Readinm, where his relatives .now• reside; and the corporal eame from Chalgrove, near Oxford. Ho has two brothers now in the regiment (41st), and Chipp has also a brother, who is hospi tal sergeant at Aldershott. The jury being sworn, and the Coroner having addressed them, • The first witness was private John Mulchay, who said—l knew Owen Chipp, a lance sergeant. I was with him in the barrack room on the 29th Septem ber, at about a quarter past 2 in the afternoon, in No. 19 room. Corporal Cole, of the same regiment, and Sergeant Chipp were sitting at the table, play ing a game of backgammon. I was standing on the left side of Corporal Cole, and private Wm. Sutcliffe was between me and Cole. There were other soldiers in the room, and James Johnson, a private in the same regiment, was there,too,cleaning his rifle,while the game was going on. I watched the game, and did not notice anything particular until I heard the report of a rifle. I then saw Sergeant Chipp jump up from the form and make a grasp at the rifle in Johnson's hand, saying at the same time, "You villain, you have shot me." The prisoner said no thing. Corporal Cole also got up, and cried, My God, lam shot." The two deceased had been sit ting opposite to each other at the table, which is not quite two feet wide. The prisoner had the rifle against his hip. I caught hold of Johnson, but as the men fell down and said nothing more, I let go of him and ran for the regimental doctor, who came in about 10 minutes. Both of the men were then lying dead on the floor, and the prisoner had been taken into custody. I have had no conversation with Johnson since. In the morning, about 7 o'clock, the prisoner was ordered to clean the grate. As he was not doing it to Sergeant Chipp's liking, he said he would put him in the guard-room. The colour-sergeant said, " Don't do that ; make him do the grate. He was using a dirty brush, taken out of the coal-box. The prisoner said he would rather be put in the guard-room than be threatened to be put there. Sergeant Chipp then ordered him to put down the brush, and told two men to take him to the guard-room. I. didn't see him after that till about 11 o'clock, when he left the guard-room and came to his own room. He had been before the colonel of the regiment, and he told me he had got 12 days' extra drill. He was cleaning his straps foi drill at 2 o'clock, but because it was Saturday there was no extra drill that day. I saw him clean• ing his rifle outside, but I did not see him clean th' inside of it. He was out on Friday with another company at ball practice. We always keep 20 rounds of ammunition in our pouches. The prisoner slept in the same room, and kept his pouch there. I saw Adjutant King examine the prisoner's pouch, and there were 20 rounds in it. A juryman here asked if it were possible for a man to have a ball left after being at ball practice. The witness said it would be known if he did not fire. Another juryman asked if Sergeant Chipp was an arbitrary man; and the witness said he was so sometimes in barracks. • Private William Sutcliffe said,—On the afternoon of Saturday last I was in the barrack-room with 0 wen Chipp between 1 and 2 o'clock. Corporal Cole was there, and the sergeant and he were play ing a game of backgammon. James Johnson was there, but I did not notice what he was doing. I was leaning with my arms on the table watching the game. I heard nothing till the report of a gun, and then I felt the splash of blood all over my face. I got up, when I found myself unhurt, and saw Sergeant Chipp wheel about and seize the rifle in the prisoners hand, and he made use of the words, " You villain, you have shot me." Prisoner did not reply. At tlio same time Corporal Cole put his hand to his breast and exclaimed " My God, I am shot !" I said, "Private Morley, take the rifle from the prisoner's hand." I hastened round the table and seized the prisoner. I told him he had shot Sergeant Chipp and Corporal Cole. The prisoner said he didn't intend shooting Corporal Cole or any other man. With the assistance of two men I took him to the guard-room. The witness then corro borated. the evidence of the preceding witness re specting the grate. A juryman asked this witness if Sergeant Chipp .was severe or mild with the men, and the reply was— _ _ Sometimes he was rough with the men. I don't think the prisoner could have done the grate better with the brush. In my opinion prisoner was sober. The Prisoner—Was I standing behind Sergeant Chipp or by my bed ? Witness—You were standing between the two cots, behind the sergeant, when I heard the report. Private William Cox, 41st .Regiment, said-1 saw the prisoner on Saturday morning last at the hos pital, waiting to be inspected before going to drill. He said, " I'll have some one's life before night if I get punished for this crime." He was talking to the other prisoners then. I saw him going to the guard-room after the men were shot, and he then said he did not mean to shoot Corporal Cole, but he meant it for Sergeant Chipp. The Prisoner—Who was in conversation with me when you heard me use those words ? Witness—You were speaking to the other prisoners, but I did not notice to which of them in particular. Sergeant Costeno was then sworn. He said—l was not in the room when the men were shot, but heard of it, and I ran from the sergeant's mess and went across directly, and there saw Chipp and Cole lying dead. Tao prisoner was then in custody. I lobked in the direction the bullet had gone, and found a mark on the wall • and after the bullet had bit the wall it struck a rifle stock and broke it. I &looped down and found the bullet close to where it hit the wall. It is an Enfield rifle ball, and the same sort as we use. I gave the bullet to Major Bligh. The bullet now shown me is the same. Sergeant Penny said—On the mmning Of the 28th the prisoner was served with 10 rounds of am munition, and when he came home from ball prac tice he ought to have had three rounds, as we only fired seven. Corporal Cole brought the returns to me, showing that the men had fired seven rounds each. It was the prisoner's duty to keep these balls Until next ball firing. By a Juryman—lt came on wet, so they could not fire away all their balls. I searched the pri soner's pouch, and found that there was only one ball left, and that was in his haversack. The other ball has not been found. Frederick Abbott, Assistant-Surgeon to the 41st, said—Between 1 and 2 on Saturday last Private Mulchay came rushing up to my room, and told me that two men had been shot in the barrack-room. I went to the room, and saw Corporal Cole lying dead ; and I also saw Sergeant Chipp lying on his back, quite dead. I made an external examination, and found in the back of the sergeant a small hole, evidently made by a bullet, in the right side of the back, near the fifth rib ; a corresponding hole was in front of the body. The ball had passed through the body, and death had resulted from hemorrhage. The . body of the corporal had also been shot through in a similar manner, except that the ball had entered the front and gone out at the back. This being the whole of the evidence intended to be produced, the . Coroner addressed the pri soner with the usual caution, after which the pri soner said, " That:morning I was put into the guard-room by the deceased. I had no ill feeling egainst him, neither did I make use of the expres sions about shooting:Win or any other man. I was ' scaled' by the colonel, and when I came back I went to my barrack room and threw off my tunic, and went to the canteen and had some ale there. I went tomy room again and took down my pack, and began to clean my things. I got ready for marching order parade, and when ready I did no more till after dinner time. When I had my dinner I took my rifle out of the rack, as I wanted to have it well cleaned. When I had done so, and while I was half-cocking the piece—there had been a cap on it—unfortunately it went off. As soon as I heard the sound of tho piece deceased got off the form and said he was shot. I-knew not at the time, I was so much thunderstruck, whether I was shot or no. I didn't know how the piece was loaded. I remem ber being out at ball practice the day before, and that I had' not fired all my ammunition. Mr. Ken nedy, the rifle instructor, said that every man who had fired his ammunition wa.3 not to load again on account of not seeing the target. I loaded my p iece, not heeding his words, and home my piece loaded. Through being in a hurry for pack parade, I did not notice that the piece was loaded at the time I was cleaning it. The Above defence caused a necessity for other away from Europe it i s p ro b a bl e th a t an i ncrease o f evidence, and Superintendent Howard. called other witnesses, the first of whom was Philip Kennedy, trade between the two countries will follow the the bugleman, who - said—On Saturday morning I adoption of the new tariffs: Much, however, will WE - IS on duty outside the guardroom, and I heard depend on the French Government. The wide mar the prisoner say, (g I'll make the --'s head bleed .gin which the Emperor has reserved to himself before night." I didn't notice whether Private Cox places it his power to open any branch of trade, or was there. I didn't h ear th e d ecease d's n ame men- to keep it almost as much closed aftbefore. Mr. tioned at all. Cobden tells us that all is progressing favourably, By the prisoner —You were not talking to any and we trust that the apprehensions of the com one in particular at the time. It was when you were mercial community o n this score are unfounded. coming out of the guardroom after being scaled. This country has made many sacrifices in this Prisoner (to witness)—Yon never said nothing business, giving a certain price for an uncertain worse than that. benefit, and what is p er h aps o f most i mpor t ance , Police-constable Cox said—l took prisoner into surrendering the prin c ipl e o f f ree tra d e b y con custody on the 29th, about half-past 2 o'clock. He eluding a treaty of reciprocity. To r' eive a foreign was in the cell at the guard-room. I said to him, power the right of interfering i n our financial ar rangements and forbidding u s t o p l ace import You stand charged with the wilful murder of Sergeant Chipp and Corporal Cole." He turned duties where we please is a diverg ence from the his back and said nothing. I told him I must take laws of political economy which should at least be him to the police-station, but he made no answer. justified by great expectations of advantage. I went to the barrack-room and found his rifle against the wall where Sergeant Chipp was lying. It had beenrecently fired. The cap was still on it, and there were marks of blood near the lock. It was numbered 862. Private James Walsh said—l was one of the escort who took the prisoner to the guard-room after Sergeant Chipp was shot. In the room at the barrack he said " Boys, don't touch me ; it was not intended to harm either of ye, nor Corporal Cole ; it-was only for the one." He didn't say for whom. Prisoner—l never spoke in the room at ail. Witness—l didn't hear him say anything going to the guard-room. I must have heard him had he spoken. Private Alexander e Meen said—l was one of the escort. I heard the prisoner say ho didn't mean any harm to Corporal Cole or any other man. I didn't hear him say " only for the other one." I didn't hear him say any more. I didn't see Private Cox on the way to the guard-room. The witnesses Walsh and' Meen were called by the prisoner, but their statements only tended t o confirm the belief in his guilt. Private John Morley said—l was in the barrack room on Saturday when the men were shot. I took the rifle away from the prisoner. I was leaning on the table while the two deceased were playing draughts. I heard the report and saw the prisoner standing between the cot and Sergeant Chipp's right hand. I took the rifle, but let it fall between Ser geant Chipp's legs. The prisoner said " You need not fear me, I didn't mean to do you any harm nor the corporal; only the sergeant." There were about eight more in the room. I had hold of him by the collar then. Ile said he was sorry that he shot the cOrPoral. Sutcliffe and Walsh were there at the time. By the Prisoner—You were standing between the cot and Sergeant Chipp, and had the rifle in this position (against his hip horizontally). This being the whole of the case, the Coroner went through the evidence, and in doing so he reminded the jury that neither at the time of the shocking occurrence nor at the time of his arrest did the pri soner once assert that the deed was the result of an accident. On the contrary, he said enough to induce the belief that the act was premeditated, and the plea had only been made since his arrest. The room was then cleared, and after a short time a verdict of wilful murder was unanimously returned. The inquiry lasted from 11 till 3. The jury after wards assembled to hear the reading of the evidence in the case of the corporal, after which a verdict of wilful murder was again returned. While the inquest was going on the funeral too place, .and hundreds of military men and civilians including the regiment, were present. COUNTRY MARKETS. TILE COMMERCIAL TREATY Tr 71171 FRYINCE. The Commercial Treaty with France, almost forgotten amid the turmoil of Italian politics, once more makes its appearance, and stands like a factory chimney seen in the distance through the smoke of a battle. The long negotiations are now drawing to a close, and we are about to enter into that trading millennium for which the Manchester School is more enthusiastic than Manchester itself. The Ztloniteur publishes the first part of the new Tariff. It applies entirely to metals the produce of the United Kingdom. Napoleon, though desir ous, it is said, to carry out the principles of Free Trade with all countries, contents himself for the present with performing the conditions of the Treaty and permitting the entrance of English goods. The Tariff is certainly a great improvement on the old one. It was in the department of metals that the spirit of prohibition most completely reigned in France. The Governments of the last 40 years seem to have imagined that national greatness de pended in some manner on the number and skill of the workers in iron. England was rich through her coal and her metals. England wished to supplant the manufactures of every other country. It was necessary to prevent the French foundries from being:ruined, and a branch of trade being taken away from France which was necessary for the defence of the country. So we have had in two generations a system of Custom-house regu lations more worthy of Japan or Paraguay than of the most enlightened Continental Power. Almost every kind of manufactured article in iron, steel, or brass was burdened with duties which placed it be yond the reach of the French consumer. Steel, even in an unmanufactured state, paid'until within the last few years a duty which entirely prevented the public from being supplied with the best material from abroad. What a French knife or a French pair of scissors are we need not remind our readers. It has often excited the wonder of the intelligent tra vellers that a people should go on year after year using such implements when a neighbouring coun try was ready to supply them with the best in the world, and it is still stranger that this should pro ceed not from ignorance, but from financial perver sity. In fact, cutlery is one of the articles that has been totally prohibited in France. Like the pirated edition of a copyright work, a packet of knives might be seized at the outports and confis ' cated in spite of any offers on the part of those who were desirous of having an implement that would ' cut. Cutlery, however, now comes'in at a moderate duty ; iron ore enters free ; the duties on cast iron ' and steel in bars is reduced by one-half; but per • haps the most important change is the admission at a moderate duty of objects manufacturel of cast • iron, which were formerly prohibited. In every department of industry or household economy such objects are of the first necessity. and the factory of • the millionaire as well as the cottage of the peasant has hitherto paid its tax to the monopolists of the French iron-foundries in the shape of exorbitant prices for inferior goods. The tariff came into operation on the Ist of the present month. In 1864 a still further reduction takes place, and though even the French will be far from free trade in iron there can be no doubt that the com forts of the people will be very largely enhanced and other branches of industry invigorated by the • cheapening of objects of such necessity. These changes are certainly of the greatest moment to France. The timidity of the French as traders has been long proverbial. Though at all I times as much desirous of gain as any Englishman I or American, though patent and industrious, though possessed of great manufacturing skill, of exquisite taste, and a happy faculty of imitation, • .yet until lately they have remained poor because they lacked the one requisite of mercantile cou ' rage. Instead of launching out into the great ocean of enterprise they crept timidly along the coast, putting into port at every ruffle of the sur face. The coolness with which au Englishman will stake his all on some bold venture which is to bring him a large profit, :and will eat, drink, and ' be merry in the meantime, is even now unknown to our neighbours • but their more u nreasonable fears they are gradually' overcoming, If the present Em• parer is to have the glory of inaugurating free trade, it will be:because the increase of business, the efforts of an active school of political economists, and the decay of ancient prejudices make it possible. Louis Philippe could not have done it. Had his cha racter been as daring as that of his successor, had he exercised equal supremacy over his country men, he must have shrunk from outraging the feel ings of a nation who firmly believed a liberal tariff to be the ruin of France and the exaltation of E ng _ land. We must not, however, suppose that the battle is already won, and that France is about to adopt in their integrity those maxims of finance which have already triumphed here. The treaty between the two countries was a bargain, by which the French been opened have gained great advantages. Our ports have opened to their most important productions, and should. the taste for French wines spring up, a s anticipated by the Chancellor of th e Exche quer, the peasants of two-thirds of France will be gainers by the treaty of 1860. The tariff w hich has just been publi s h e d is part of a bar gain in which wo have given valuable considera tion. Though simplified and reduced, the duties are still considerable ; and it must be remembered that the increasing industry of France requires an approach to free trade in iron, which is, after coal, the great agent in modern production. To obtain the coal and hb ed ne ir ig cnof England is becoming a necessitytreaty they foi; ou would probabolyurbse, f a o n r d e l v n e g have nwi th iE d . o n u t a e astute to make us eir own interest to :them F some important modifications. pay But they have eon r f a o n r ee do b i a n s g r w em ha o t ve i ( 7 without prohibitions and reduced do. sible her duties as far as is pos.. raisin g • a storm, among the monopo lists ; but for this she has received in exchange ‘lllecon cessionssr which she will no doubt turn to good use. When the present gloom and uncertainty pass SHEFFIELD—OcT. 2. At to-day's market the supply of old wheat was small; new in greater abundance, but generally of infezior qua lity. Business dull. An improvement of is per load took place in the price of both old and new wheat. Grinding barley scarce, and slightly improved. Oats in moderate supply, at full rates. Inferior flour)ld per 141 b dearer. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels 2.5 s Od to 26s Od White ft ft 26s Od to 27s 6d New red • v 24s Od to 26s Od tt New white ~ 2ss Od to 2 6 s Od ,/ Beans ..,19s 6d to 21 s 6 d ,) /) Peas, per qr 48s Od to 52s Od Grinding barley, per qr 33s Od to 358 Od Malting ditto, 3ss Od to 44s Od Oats . ft 278 Od to 348 Od 7, Millers' prices for flour-2s sd, 2s 6d, and 2s Bcl per 14113. HULL-OCT. 2. At our market to-day there was a moderate attendance, with a small supply of English wheat, which varied so much in condition that it was difficult to ascertain the value. Old English - and foreign wheat sold at 2s to 38 above former quotations, with a fair demand. Oats, beans, and peas at fully late rates, with a ready sale. Barley scarce, at about is advance on last Tuesday. Linseed cake (Hull made) steady. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr 64s Od to 67s Od Old red New white .. „ New rod .... , -s Od to —s Oct Dantzic, Konb , k,c. old white 62s Od to 66s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French., 60s Oct to 62s Ott Baltic and Hamburg, red 6os Od to 62s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old. 52s Od to Ms Od Barley.... English malting 3Bs Od to 43s Od Grinding 3ls Od to 36s Od Seal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 3Bs Od to 40s Od Grinding 32s Od to 34s Od Oats ..... .English, old Archangel and Riga, per at Os 14d to 14 d Friesland and Dutch ' osl4lid to 0315 d Swedish and Danish .• Ostia to osl4ld Beans ....English, old, per qr . ' 4Bs Od to 50s Od New pigeon 44s Od to 45s Od New tick 43s Od to 44s Oct Egyptian 33s Od to 40s Oct Peas Foreign breakers .... 42s Od to 453 Od Grinding Tares ....Spring Indian Corn Linseed, feeding s2s Od to 548 Od crushing @i Linseed cakes ll) , £9 15 0 to £lO 0 0 Foreign BlO oto 9 0 0 Rape cakes 5lO oto 515 0 Bones 5 0 oto 5 7 6 k -- - - LYNN—OCT. 2. A fair supply of new wheat to-day, most of which was out of condition, and prices for good fresh qualities were 2s per qr above former ratbs. Old in slow demand, and is to 2s higher. New barley 38s to Us, according to quality. Oats and beans limited, and 6d to is up. Old white 63s to 67s I Old red 55a to 6 4 s New white 54s to 61 s 1 New rod... 50s to 56s BRISTOL SUGAR—OcT. 3. The offices have been but indifferently supplied with samples this week, especially of good refining kinds, which are in very good demand, and late prices aro fully supported. There is very little inquiry for grocery sorts, and rates are with.difficulty supported. In rum the demand has mush improved lately, and a fair business has been done in Lee wards at is per gallon dearer. ,BET—OcT. 3. the close of the market.) Walls End. Brsuldyll'a Hetton. 18 3 Kelloe South Hartlepool ..18 3 Whitworth ... 6 South Hatton.. 6 Hetton .., .. .19 6 Haswell .19 6 Keiper Grange.... .18 3 Thorpe .. ..18 9 Heugh Han 18 6 Framwellgate lB 6 Carway ,and Duffryn Malting 54; sold, 43. COAL MA: (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. Bate's West Hartley 15 9 Craghead Hartley 15 0 Edon Main 18 0 Tanfield Moor 13 6 Ta,nfield Moor Butes 13 6 Howard's West Hart- _ _ _ ley 16 3 Hastings Hartley l6 3 Walls End. Gosforth -- 17 9 South Durham 18 0 West Hetton ..18 6 North Hart1ep001.....16 3 Ships at market THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. • • .. Oct. 19. Do. (via Marseilles) Oct. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds Odt. 5. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Oct. 5. Bahamas and Havana (via New York).. .. Sept. Canada, &c. (via Galway) .. Oct. 5. Cape of Good Hope, &c. Oct. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Oct. Do. (via Marseilles) Overdue. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. Oct. 2. India(Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Oct. 2. Do. (via Marseilles) Overdue. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Oct. 10. Do. (via Marseilles) Oct. 4. Lisbon • .. Oct. 1. Cuba and Mexico .. • • • • .. Sept. 28. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton).. Oct. 2. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Sept. —. Vigo, and Oporto .. • • • . Oct. 1. United States,. California, &c. .. Oct. 3. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Overdue. West Indies, 04:Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Oct. 15. CRYSTAL PALACE.--ONE SHILLING DAY, Wed nesday, Oct. 3.—Admissions on payment, 3,613; ditto, by season ticketi, 753;• total visitors , 4,366. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —The following extraordinary cures without medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious and liver complaints, cough, atthma, consumption, and debility, effected by Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, are not the least remarkable :—Case No. 54,816. From the Rev. James T. Campbell, Syderstone Rectory, near Fakenham, Norfolk : • " Gentlemen, I have long known and appreciated the virtues of Du Barry's Itevalenta Arabica Food. In all c l a c s o e n sta si f d i e n r d i ig t tehsteiobneLatliodf particularly . w when s th . T e I . i v c e A r m is p iteled .„ , Avoid Pills and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and pe rp e t ua te may. diseases be avoided ; oidd yin their e annoyance, disappointment Barry's ce b F co andexpense d , which, at a few pence per day, saves 50 times its cost in other remedies, removing effectually, without purging t constipation,liver complaintsand i n digestion all ( yhsepi Consequences.sia) nervous nervous, bilious and No. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew Ure, MD., F.R.S., Dr Harvey, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Shorland, Dr. C am pell, Let invalids avoid the fearful dangers of spu rious and injurious imitations offered under a variety of false pretences. NevilPs imitations are prohibited by the high. C o urt of Chancery under a penalty of £5,000 against Alfred Hooper Nevill and his agents ; and the pretences that Nevin has a patent for Arabica Food and that Du Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly falsz. No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, outheseal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one artiele must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins lib. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 51b. Hs. ; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re , gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and Co.; Abbia 60, Graceehurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 150, Ox ford-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement ; Phillips and Co, tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co., King William-streets city ; at 127, High Holborn ; and all grocers B I B. T:II B. TIADFIELD.—On the 2d inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Hadfield, R.M., of a daughter. MAITLAND.—On the 30th ult., at Loughton Rectory, Essex, the wife of the Rev. J. W. Maitland, of a dauott er . _ b • _ SMITIL—On the 21 inst., at 14, Ashley-place, S.W., the wife of Archibald Smith, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, barris ter-at-law, of a son. MARRIAGES. APPLEFORD—DAVIS.—On the 2d inst., at Lewisham Church, the Rev. Win. Appleford, Assistant Chaplain to the Government Convict Establishment, Wakefield, to Mary Jane, eldest daughter of the Rev. John Davis, Ordinary of Nowgate. JEAFFRESON—ECCLES.—On the 2d inst., at St. Sepulchre's, John Cordy Jeatfreson, Esq., of .Lincoln's-inn, barrister• at-law, t o Arabella Ellen, only surviving daughter of the late Wm. Eccles, Esq., F.R.O.S. DEATHS. CurThrmuttAm.--On the 23d ult., at Elleray Bank, Win dermere, George Godfrey Cunningham, Esq., aged 58. CIi,ELLIN.—On the Ist inst., at Forest-hill, Sydenham, Frederic Crellin, Esq., surgeon, DALTON.—On the 2d inst., at Bury St. Edmund's, W. Dalton, Esq., aged 93. It.N., aged 69. lIESP.—On the 28th ult., at Scarborough, John Hesp, Esq., solicitor, ar„ed 69. JENRINS.—On the 2d inst., at Brompton, near Chatham, Fanny Rose, youngest child of Colonel Richard Jenkyns, aged 13. ROBINSON. —On the 2d inst., Thomas Robinson, Esq., of Vauxlcall, aged 83. —On the 29th S e pt ., at Clifton, near Bris- SEWELL —On the let inst . at at Beteht ou House, county of Dowager Lady Wrottesley, widow of John ...Chester, George Sewell, Esq., aged 70. Wrottesley, aged 78. • W t Bris tol, p jL c uo s lr L ida E , 3t LONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUN6 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county Mi44l§evx, Thursday, October 4, 1860. 3 I I 1v anc Bra ane gra Cr! Roe find abo visa ber at 1