The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING,

out qa the lawn, in front of the drawing-room window. This
was near about 8 o'clock. Whee I returned to the house
Mr. Peacock, the policeman, and others were there. Soon
after this the body of the deceased was brought in. The
blanket was on the child. I then ran upstairs, and looking
at his cot found the blanket was gone." This statement was
set on oath, it was made before the magistrates by her in
the manner in which I should take down evidence with a
slew to a belt I read it over to her. It was not signed
by her, bat I mode a note in the margin that it was so.
The examination of Elizabeth Gough, taken at Road, and
from which the preceding was extracted, was then read
over by Mr. Clark, and corresponded in most of its psrticu•
lan to the other evidence.

Itibton wishing to cross-examine on other statements
In ths tame document,
Mr. Kent wile re-called—l did say before the magistrates
that probably either some discharged servant, or some one
well acquainted with the house, had committed the murder.
A servant bad been discharged some months before, whom
Cox, the housemaid, succeeded. I know that some dis-
charged servant has given utterance to various expressions
of revenge. (Acting under the direction of the magistrates,
Mr. Ribtoo refrained from asking that servant's name.) The
=aion made use of was that my children were " horrid"
n. I think that there was no expression made use
of by her implying a threat. Oee discharged servant did
leave vowing vengeance spinet the children. This person
used threatening expressions against me and the children.
She was with me sot quite • month, and she left in a
dreadful rage.
Kir John Awdry—That person ham already been named,
and inquiry has been made into her connexion with the
affair.

Examination continued—l have heard only one servant
male use of such threatening expressioes. W hen she left
I was warm, and so was she. I was not in a passion. She
was excessively insolent. This was previous to Gough's
coming to us-8 or 9 months ego.
Mr. Clark produced another statement made by the
prisoner on the 16th of July. It contained no new par-
ticulars, except that the prisoner had given the deceased
the pill.
A statement made on oath when Miss Constance was
charged was then read.
Mr. Albion said here that he wished the case to be ad-
focused, in order to have time to arrange his ideas previous
to addressing them ' • and it would also be merry to de-
tain them longer than they would at that late boar like
to sit.

The court assented, and the case warn amordingly ad-
journed until to-day at 11 o'clock.
I This morning Mr. Ribton will open the defence, but
it is improbable that he will call any anti:leans. His
speech, however, is expected to be • very voluminous
one, and the rerun of in effect on the magistrates in in-
ducing them to discharge the prisoner I. very uncertain.
No definite or well-pounded opinion can be formed as to
the course the bench will adopt in the matter. The pri-
soner during the day has appeared far las anxious then ma
the previous days, and has frequently bent over the side of
the dock to make verbal communications to Mr. Briggs, the
solicitor who bee instructed her counseL Her portrait
appears in a local paper published last night. The prisoner
was taken away to Devises by Mr. Wolfe in • fly at seven
o'clock last evening. Although Mr. Kent on making his
appearance is always more or less hooted, so strong is the
prejudice of the Trowbridgiam, yet the prisoner has never
been at all insulted by the crowd.

r.l i