The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-07 00:00:00

THE ROAD CHILD-MURDER.

FROME, TIMSDAY.
The adjourned inquiry now being conducted by
Mr. J. B. Saunders into this crime, was resumed to-day.
When Mr. Saunders made his appearance, at a gum ter-past
11 o'clock, he found himself the sole occupant of the hall,
but in the course of half an hour the reporters arrived, and
the villagers were assembled, sod proceedings commenced.
Mr. Saunders inquired where were Captain Meredith and
Superintendents Foley and Wolfe? and wad informed by
the rural policeman in attendance that they had not
arrived. _ _

After Nome desultory conversation,
11r. :amia' alluded to the important results which he
anticipated from this inquiry ers it closed.
The inquiry was ultimately adjourned until to-morrow at
half-put 10 o'clock.

TROWBRI DOE, TUWIDAY.

To-day, whilst Mr. Saunders, barrister-at-law, and a
magistrate of the linalford-on-Avon division of the county
of Wilt., was conducting his extra-judicial iuquiry, at the
Tempenoashall Bond, into eiromnstancee connected with
the Road tragedy, a number of his brother niagintrates as.
eembled at the Court-house, Trowbridge, for the purpose
of conaiderizig what steps they should take in connexion with
Mr. Saunders a inquiry, end also to take tutu consideratioe
the reply of the Attornie-General to some communications
made by Mr. Slack, solicitor, of Bath, with regent to the
manner in which the inquest upon the body of the deceased
child was conducted. The inaguitrates present were—the
Rev. Mr. Crawley H. G. Ludlow, Req., J. Stancornbe,
Em., W. H. Wallieley, Fist., and W. Staucombe, Req.,
and they were waited upon by Mr. Black ; thmtain Mere-
dith, chief of the Wiltshire county police ; Mr. Superin.
tecdent Foley, of Trowbridge ; and Mr. Superintendent
Wolfe, of Devises.
The bench met at noon, and were closeted till almost
three o'clock, but the representatives of the press were not
adreitted—fact being expected to wine out which it was
considered, for the interests of justice, would be much
better kept secret till the proper time should arrive for a
fulldisclosure. We are informed, however, that the chief
object of the bench in thus meeting was to take steps with
respect to having the inquest on the body of the deceased
child re-opened. The magistrates having expressed their
belief that the mysterious affair should be further Inquired
into by some constitutional means, Mr. Slack, who is
acting with the full concurrence of the beach, wrote to the
Attorney-fieneral, representing to him those facts, and in-
forming him that their worshipst although not believing
there was sufficient evidence to jos. them in charging any
person or persons with tie crime) t ht there was quite
sufficient evidence to warrant them in applying to her Majes-
ty's government for • new and sifting inquiry to be insti-
tuted, so that not • stone might be left unturned which
might have the effect of bringing the guilty part to_ Natio..
The answer of the Attorney-General to Mr. Slack's com-
munications was—that, in his opinion, the inquest had not
been properly conducted ; that the coroner had not done
all that was required by his office ; and that under the
circumstances the case would Ls a very proper one to
apply to the Court of queen's Bench for another inquest
to be opened ou the body of the murdered child under a
writ of Alelius Inquirendum, provided that the eirciun.
stances of the first iuquoit, ea reported to him, could be
authenticated by proof. This opinion of the Attorney.
General having been read to their worships by Mr. Slack, the
bench expressed themselves as coinciding in the opinion of
the Attorney-thmeral as to the propriety of such applica-
tion being made, and affidavits sre about to be prepared in
order to submit the case to Sir H. Bethel], before the appli-
cation is formally forwarded to the Court of Queen's Bench.
We understand that the Attorney-General expressed great
interest in the elucidation of the mystery that overhangs
the dreadful crime, and his willingness to assist in any in-
quiry, properly and legally conducted, which might tend to
throw a light upon the affair.
It will be for the Trowbridge' bench—who throughout the
whole transaction have done their utmost to discover the
real culprit--to see that the affidavits are properly pre-
in order to,show that the inquest on the child in the
Bret :lace was improperly conducted, and in all probability
this will be dome in the course of the next few days. The
bench, whilst sitting (we understand) disclaimed all con.
Mike with time proceediugs now babas conducted at
Read, and their determination of not allowing them to Lave
the least influence upon their conduct.

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