The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-17 00:00:00

THE HORRIBLE MURDER NEAR FROME,

(Kam the Somerset and Wilts lonival.)

A fortnight's careful and. unceasing dnvestigation by
competent authorities has failed to elicit a single
important clue to the discovery of the atrocious ruffian,
.a record of whose barbarous villany stained our
columns last week. It is with the utmost regret that
we are compelled to make this announcementa
regret which we are persuaded is shared by all our
readers, except perhaps by one or two, whose com-
plicity in the transaction leads them to desire secrecy;
The utmost efforts of all concerned have been put forth
without avail, and the police are now absolutely in as
utter ignorance of the perpetrators of the deed—that is
as far as proof is concerned—as they were on the day of ,
its commission. No exertion that they could put forth
has been left unmade; the cesspool and water-closet
have been researched, the house itself, the adjacent
fields, the two empty cottages near, and the whole
neighbourhood has been scoured, without the discovery
of a single spot of blood, shred of rag, or implement, to

throw a ray of light on the diabolical wickedness.
On Tuesday the nurse, who had been rigidly cross-
examined the previous day for three hours, was sub-
jected to the same process for an additional hour and a
half. Some slight discrepancies occurring in her evi-
dence, the magistrates informed her that she would be
detained, and would have to go to Trowbridge police-
station with Mr. Foley, the girl immediately went
into a fit of hysterics, and was unconscious for a
few minutes, but speedily recovering her composure,
she was taken to Mr. Foley's house, the police station,
but is not treated as a prisoner, by the magistrates'
orders. Her apprehension is not, we have every reason
to believe, in consequence of a belief that she was the
actual murderer, or even that she was an accomplice,
but in the hope that she knows more of the facts than
she has yet communicated, and nil v b., jai aced to reveal
what she knows or suspects to free from suspicion.
Friday having been appointed, it was understood, for
proceeding against the nurse, Elizabeth Gough, even
more than ordinary excitement prevailed at Road, and at
eleven o'clock the magistrates and constables who had
been present the previous days, with the addition of
Messrs. Bythesea and Moulton, having assembled,
reporters from the Times, Bristol Daily Post, Bath
Chronicle, and our own journal presented themselves
for admission, but were informed that the meeting
was, like the previous one, strictly private, it
not being an official examination of the girl—
who remained at Trowbridge---but a resumption of the
previous conference. The meeting lasted some hours,
and was not concluded when our last messenger left.
Considerable time was occupied at the commencement of
the proceedings by the details of an interview which Mr.
Stancomb, of Trowbridge, has had with the Secretary
of State in London, the particulars of which we are
not permitted at present to communicate. The persons
called in for re-examination, up to the last date,
were J. Parsons, Esq., surgeon, and Stephen Millitt,
the butcher who found the child. Thus the case
remains at the moment of writing. It now becomes
our duty to notice, chiefly for the purpose of con-
tradiction, many of the absolutely innumerable
rumours with which the neighbourhood has been
lately distracted. It is not true that a reward has as
yet been issued by the Government for the apprehension
of the murderer. It is not true that a detective from
London has yet visited Road ; the statements which
have been made to that effect being founded on the
fact that a reporter, in the guise of a detective, was
shown over the house by Mr. Kent on Saturday last,
he taking the opportunity to draw a plan—a very inac-
curate one by the way—of the premises, which has since
been published. London detectives have, however, been
consulted by letter. Ttere is no-truth in the statement
that Mr. Kent was seen walking in his grounds
at three o'clock on the morning of the murder, or
the absurd rumour that the body of the first Mrs. Kent
has been exhumed; nor is it correct that the child's life
was insured, nor that any money had been bequeathed
to it. The very prevalent report that the nursemaid
had "confessed" is entirely without foundation; nothing
has been elicited from her, as yet, tending to throw
decisive light on the subject of inquiry; nor do we
think that such a revelation by her is possible, because
we do not believe that she had any participation in the
crime, although she has been placed under arrest. She
may have, and doubtless has, her suspicions, but these
she does not impart in any positive manner, though her
testimony in a negative aspect may indicate her
own belief. That the girl Constance had anything
whatever to do with the affair she repudiates
most strongly, and th feeling of the public has
now almost wholly veered from that quarter and settled
in another, although there seems to be a mystery hang-
ing over the abduction from the wash of a bedgown of
one of the female branches of the family, which has not
yet been cleared up. We do not expect, for .our own
part, any confession from Elizabeth Gough, or indeed
from any one, and the inquiries which have been made
as to the relation of the heads of the family with the
servants, have not resulted in any striking confirmation
of a common, though, we are convinced, unfounded
suspicion as to the immediate cause of the murder. No
one has been apprehended as yet except the nurse,
although, as is most natural and proper, the whole
household is under temporary surveillance.

On Saturday, ip consequence of a dispute with the
employers, 3,000 of the South Yorkshire colliers were
thrown out of work.

A HINT THROWN AWAY.--A few weeks after a late
marriage, the doting husband had some peculiar thought
when putting on his last clean shirt, and saw no appear-
ance of a " washing?! He thereupon rose earlier than
usual owl morning and kindled the fire. When hanging
on the kettle, he made a noise on purpose to arouse his
easy wife. She peeped over the blanketkand exclaimed,
"My dear —, what's up to-day ?" He deliberately
responded, " A'v put on ma last clean Berk, and a'm
gaun to wash a one to myset." "Vera wel," said Mrs.
Easy, "ye had Keller wash me a ane, too I"—Border
-Advertiser.

DENMARK AND GARIBALDI.—The sympathy of Scan-
dinavia for Italiaa liberty is well known. Owing to
various causes and local griefs, it is only in Sweden that
it has assumed the form of a public subscription, But
there it has done so, and to a surprising degree, Set on
foot by a body of gentlemen holding seats in the Swe-
dish Parliament, it has spread from town to town and
class to class, until it has become a widely popular
movement. One gentleman, a rich ironfounder, has
given several pieces of splendid cannon, made of the
best material. Many have presented valuables, several
ladies their jewels, and money has been collected in
profusion.--Leiter from Cheapinyhaven.
A LADIES' CRICKET MATCR.--The annual crieket
match between 11 single and 11 married ladies of Little-
hampton, was played on Monday last in a field adjoining
Mr. Henly's hotel.on the beaoh, and attracted a large
concourse of persons. On present occasion Ulf lame
was in favour of the married, as last year it was won by
the single ladies. Miss Glover, of the above hotel,
provided tea, &c., for the party, and after the match, the
lads and lasses danced on the green to an excellent
quadrille band provided for the occasion, and the
remainder of the evening was spent right merrily.- The
return match is announced for Monday week.—Eussex
Express.

THE LATE AGRICULTURAL SHOW AT CANTERBURY.

—" The Cinterbury meeting," says the Gardeners'
Chronicle, "has unquestionably been a failure, if Success
be measured by the numbers at it. It must be pro-
nounced a failure if the magnitude and• value of the
show of implements be allowed to determine for us.
Some classes of the live stock, too, have been decidedly
below the usual standard of excellence. A very poor
collection in the horse classes, and nothing very remark-
able in the pig classes, has been eNhibited. For the
rest, we have had onq a the beet shows that aver
gathered of tLe three leading classes of cattle—Short-
horns, Herefords, and Devons—and a splendid exhi-
bition in many of the classes of sheep."

ARD-EL-KADER ON THE DISORDERS IN TURKEY.—
We find in the Moniteur de la Flotte a strange letter
from*Abd-el-Bader, in reference to the disorders in
Turkey. He writes to the editor of g ißAMilid in, Arabic,
called the Eagle of Paris, to tell him that in his excellent
article, giving good advice to, the Mussulmaus, he has
been writing to the dead, and not to the. living. The
conduct of the Sultans has much to do, with these evil
days. All that it actually going on has, he says, been
predicted by *horned. Although he clings to the faith
of Mahomecl, and relies ca his prophecies, he writes in
a liberal spirit. Mahamed had declared that the world
will not come to an end till the majority of mankind are
Ohristians--,wha have four qualities which insure them
success—clemency in victory, courage in defeat, energy
in attack, goodness to the poor and to the weak. To
these Abd-el-Kader adds, as greatest of all,. the deter-
mination to resist the injustice and oppression of their
kings. "My God !" he exclaims, " I weep over the
annihilation of Islam We are from God, and to Him
we shall return."

A " MIRACULOUS IMAGE " AT ROME.—A letter from
Rome iu the Paris ultramontane journal, the Monde,
says :—" The Cardinal-Vicu has published, by order of
his Holiness, an invitation t' the clergy and people of
Rome, to accompany processionally, the mirncnlous
image of the Virgin, which is to be conveyed from the
basilica of Saint Mary to the church of Gesu. Accord-
ing to tradition, this iikuge was painted by St. Luke the
Evangelist. It was held in great veneration so far back
as the of St. Gregory the Great, who had it, carried
to St. Peter's when a terrible pestilence afflicted the
city. Pope Paul V. had recourse to the same ,e<lllsl on
a similar occasion, and he followed ttle
image on foot,
accompanied by the whole, Sacred College, in 'Which
and Toledo. Gregory XVI., in 1835 and
there were then V;Aroa eelehrated cardinals—Bellarmine.,
iosh
Barßius,
1837, qiilky obtained the cessation of the cholera, wl,li4h
was committing, great ravages,
by the 54a pious
exercise. Now.that a moral vstaoe, more terrible
in its effect than ttyie\ll,4 have already taken place,
is 1.e1.c444134.1me and Italy, his Holiness Pope Piiup
ix. is ;following the example of his predecessor: - -

THE EXTRAORDINARY RISCUE
OF A CHILD.

On Saturday, at the Oxford Assizes, Ann Barker, a

servant, was indicted for throwing her child, Charles
Balker, into a well, with intent to murder him, at
Ipsdra, on the 16th or 17th of April.
Mr. Cripps conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Hill
the defence.
This was an extraordinary case. It appeared that the

prisoner had an illegitimate child, which she appeared

to be very fond of, and, being desirous to go out to
service, she represented to one or two persons that she
had put it out to nurse. To one, however, she stated
that it had died. In Ipsdra there is an ancient dry
well, in a wood, dug out of the chalk, and 134 feet deep.
The prisoner was sees near the well oa the 17th of
April, after which day she represented that she had put
her child Out to nurse. The child was discovered acci-
dentally—we may say providentially, as the following
evidence will testify :
James Grace, labourer, deposed that meeting the
village blacksmith on the evening of the 19th of April,
they had a gossip together, and they went together to
look at the old well. 'Witness continued : I threw a
stone down, and the blacksmith threw a larger one
down, about two or three pounds' weight. I heard the
first stone fall, but heard no noise. The bigger stone
was then thrown down, and immediately I heard a
child cry in the well. We then laid down on our hands
and knees to listen, and heard the child cry We
then got~ assistance, some one descended into the well,
and the child was rescued. It was braised in two places,
and was ravenously hungry. it has now recovered, and
is quite well.

The surgeon, Mr. Mellor, who examined the child on
the day after it was taken out of the well, found a
serious contused wound on the back of the head, and
other wounds on the head and body. It had now
recovered. The child is thirteen months old.

The prisoner was .found guilty. Sentence of death
was recorded against her.

MR. ERNEST JONES AND THE

FISHMONGER !

On Saturday at the Hammersmith Police-court, Lon-
don,-Mr. John Hall, a fishmonger, carrying on business
in High-street, Kensington, appeared before Mr. Day-
man 'to answer the complaint of Mr. Ernest Jones, for
using insulting language to him in a thoroughfare,
whereby a breach of the peace might have been
occasioned.

The defendant pleaded not guilty.
The complainant said that he resided at No. 5, Cam-
bridge-place, Kensington, Newtown, and for some time
he had been subjected to considerable annoyance and
persecution by the defendant, who alleged thit he was
indebted to him to the amount of £2 14s. On the after-
noon of the 4th instant he passed the shop, accompanied
by his second son, when the defendant looked at him
very insultingly, and made some insinuation which he
could not catch. As he returned some time afterwards,
he saw so large a crowd of persons in front of the shop
as almost to obstruct the thoroughfare. The defendant
had placed one of his hillheads upon the bench outside
the shop, upon which was written the following words,
" The late Chartist leader, Ernest Jones, owes me £2
145." The persons had collected to read the bill, and
as witness came up the defendant called out to him to
pay the bill. lie told him that he did not owe it, and
pointed out to him the proper course to pursue if he
wished to try the 'question. The defendant then made
use of many annoying observations, and told him that
he had no honour in him. He also said that he had
supported him and his family when they were starving.
An'hour afterwards he saw the placard still exhibited on
a boards outside the shop. Amongst the observations
the defendant made were, "These are the rights of the
people r''.You are a pretty sort of a person to stand
up for the rights of the people !"
The defendant, upon being called on for his defence,
wished to enter into the origin of the debt, but his
worship told him that he had nothing to do with that,
the County Court was the proper place to decide that
point.

The defendant then denied that there was any crowd,
and said that upon his simply asking for his bill, Mr.
Jones went for a constable. The complainant said,
" Upon my honour, I do not owe you the money," and
he (the defendant) answered that he did not think he
had much honour, or he would pay the paltry bill.
He asked Mr. Jones if he was the late Chartist leader,
and he replied that be was prOud to be so, upon which
II said " Are these the rights of the people ?"
Mr. Dayman said it was a strange thing that if the
defendant had any claim upon Mr. Jones, he should
adopt that unmanly method of enforcing it. There was
nothing more likely to cause a breach of the peace than
proclaiming in thelmiblic streets that one man owed
another a debt. He therefore fined the defendant las.
and costs. The money was immediately paid.

At Northampton Assizes, Henry Cowley, a railway
policeman, has been sentenced to death for strangling an
illegitimate child which his housekeeper had born to
him.

LOND624, BRiGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.

-7-The accounts for the past half-year having been sub-
mitted to the board on Saturday, they have decided
upon recommending the payment of a dividend for the
half-year of £2 10s. per cent. on the consolidated stock
of the company.

ST. PETERSBURG.—Last week an embassy from
_ _

the Tycoon of Japan arrived in this city with some
presents from that potentate to the Emperor of Russia.
Amongst them is a saddle of the most beautiful and
novel workmanship, which is looked upon by all who
have seen it as a most extraordinary production of
Japanese art, and is the wonder of the day here.—
London and China Telegraph.
DEATH OF THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF JERSEY—
Scarcely have we recorded the demise of the late Lieut.-
Governor of Guernsey, General Sir G. J. Harding, when

it becomes our painful duty to announce the lamented
death of his Excellency Major-General Godfrey Charles
Mundy, Lieut.-Governor of Jersey. At the time of
the Russian war, he received the appointment of tinder
Secretary of State in the War Department. Early in
the year 1857, having retired from the War-office, he
was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey, with the
local rank of Major-General. General Mundy not only
cultivated literary tastes, but was also the author of two
or three woTIEs, including " Pen and Pencil Sketches in
India," and "Our Antipodes," being a record of residence
and rambles in the AuStralasian colonies. These works
exhibit descriptive powers of no mean order, and a
vivacity and flow of humour particularly agreeable.
THE LADIES OF ENGLAND AND GA.RIBALDL—We
took occasion, a few days ago, to call the attention and
appeal to the support of the public in behalf of the
Ladies' Garibaldi Benevolent Association, for the relief of
the sick and-wounded, and widows and orphans of Gari-
baldi's followers, and of the sufferers at Palermo and
other places—an association of which the Countess of
Shaftesbury is lady president, assisted by a committee of
twelve ladies. We have great pleasure in stating that
the subscriptions already received for the objects of the
association evince a great and growing sympathy with
its philanthropic purpose. A medical man of eminence,
who leaves London in the course of the present week for
Palermo, with objects akin to those contemplated by the
association, will always be in direct correspondence with
the committee.

KNIGHTS AND THEIR INSIGNIA.—In the year ending
at Michaelmas, 1359, insignia sere issued by the Lord
Chamberlain for, three Knights of the Garter the
Prince of Wales, and the Earls of Derby and Harrowby;
and for two Knights of the Thistle—the Marquis of
Ailsa and Lord Kinnaird. Insignia of the Order of the
Bath wow issued for six military and seven civil Grand
Crosses, for 11 Military Knights Commanders, for seven
Civil Commanders, and for 71 military and 23 civil
Companions—a goodly addition to the roll. The pub-
lic purse provides the insignia ; the charge for the year
amounted to more than £3,000, and a member of the
House of Commons has been so inquisitive as to ask for
the items. The return shows that a new garter costs
more than £3O. The mantle of each of the noble earls
who-received the Order of the Garter required £67. A
banner was placed over the stall of the King of Por-
tugal in St. George's Chapel of the value of nearly £2B.
But the chief expense was for the great number of in-
vestment badges required for so many Companions.
The collars of all the orders and all the insignia of the
Garter and the Thistle are returned to the Lord Cham-
berlain upon the decease of a knight. The insignia are
less frequently worn than was once the custom. In
speeches in Parliament this generation finds no allusion
to "the noble lord in the blue riband."
ENLISTMENT FOR THE POPE IN PARIS.—There is a
'Legitimist committee in Faubourg St. Germain which
takes in any stray Irish bent on such glory and prog as
Spoleto or Macerata can afford, and when duly examined
by a surgeon ad hoc forwards the candidates to Mar-
seilles. Most of these Paddies believe that a " bloody
Orangeman," called Jerry Bußclog (for the versions of
his name are innumerable), is wrecking Popish villages,
and priest,kunting in those foreign parts. Their shil-
lelagh is up. or the "Morrissy" faction and the "clargy."
Among the Legitimist departures for the Franco-Belgic;
barrack aCßOffie, the papers mention the name of Le
Marquis de. Uacoudal, from Britany. His grandfather '
was a certain miller,, called simply George Cadoudal,9 a
ehougn, who fought agaiust General, Hoche in _
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had to fly to England in 1800; mixing-wl2h, the.e, and
r h set
violent entic,re's„ in, Leicester-square, analtart
Hartwell;
undertook to assassinate the First
C°Psu L came to
sty granted.
Paris in 189; Under the benefit
wae
own confederates
by the conqueror at Marengo. his
the eve of his Oraini.
warned General Bonapa,ol4
• scheme he was mixed, conviacndtedQiu.andr_ln_ally ex.e.q4„4.4,
,sO4. Louis 141, bolting on;
bias tar a ".martyr,,, made ' a marquis: ALM, and
thus 4 grandson of the
nviiel. 4 Auray (near
Vannes) takes rank amon6,
tll eyngble crusaders Piche-
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peasnllt, Inveigled into the same wic4cd
attemp
t 6414:vvw.foupd strangled in jail, by self or by
flyers 6-lAl4°
a problem. Napoleon 111 h bled
A; asnot e
the family of the assassin autat,9u,,