The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-31 00:00:00

RE WILLIAM HENRY BARBER..

ISir Fitzroy Kelly said ho had been instructed to move
for the readmission of William Henry Barber, late an
attorney. The motion was made on entirely new mat-
ter, and new matter of so important a character that he
could not bet entertain a confident hope that the motion
would be successful*. He wished to ask their lordships
to name any day in the next term for hearing the motion,
in order that Sir F. Thesiger, who, he presumed, was
instructed on the other aide, might be prepared.
Lord Campbell said Sir Fitzroy Kelly bad better bring
his motion forward on the first day of next term.
Sir F. Kelly begged that their lordships would say the
second day, which would be more convenient.
Lord Campbell acceded, but intimated that the grounds
of the motion must rest upon weighty new matter, as
the case had been attentively considered on several occa-
sions, both before and since he had the honour to pre-
side in that court ; but, nevertheless, if new matter bad
arisen, the court was, of course, bound to hear it.

Sir F. Kelly said he was perfectly aware of what had
taken place on former occasions, and he could assure
their lordships that personally he never should have ap-
peared before the Court in that matter unless he had felt
that he had done so upon entir6ly new matter.
Lord Campbell—Well, then,',take the second day of
next term, when you must MOT for a rule nisi.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Williams.)
THE MURDER IN FOLEY•PLAOL-Mr. Bodkin applied
to the Court to postpone the trial of Luigi Baranelli for
the murder of Mr. Letham to the next session. He
made the application upon two grounds, the first of which
alth as rendered him
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Mr. Baron Parke at once granted the application.
Hannah, Maria Pepkins, 204 a good-looking young
woman, was indicted for the wilful murder of her male
illegitimate child by cutting its throat.

Mr. Carteen prosecuted. The prisoner was defended
by Mr. Sleigh, through the humane interference of the
oSthteariinffsl,egt hale
apsrsiisstoannecreh.er.s.elf not being in ft position to

The circumstances of this case were of a most melan-
choly character. It appeared that the prisoner was in
the service of a lady named Swift, and that at the time
of the occurrence she rived at Dalston, in a house be-
longing to that lady, which was occupied also by Aire.
Scott, the niece of Miss Swift. On the 28th December
the prisoner appeared to be very ill, and Mrs. Scott gave
her some pennyroyal and gin, and she went to bed.
About one o'clock on the following morning, in conse-
quence of hearing a noise, Nrs. Scott went again to the
room, and found the prisoner apparently in great pain,
and she gave her some more pennyroyal and gin, and the
prisoner said she felt bettor. At six o'clock the same
morning Mrs. Scott went :gain to the prisoner's room.
She was in bed, and Mrs. Scott observed a clot of blood
upon the carpet, and exclaimed to the prisoner, ,e my
God I what has been the natter ?" The prisoner replied,
" Don't be frightened ; lan better now." Mrs. Scott
then went down stairs to ereparebreakfast
blood and
uponupon
going into the kitchen she f•aw a quantity of
the table, and a carving-knife with blood upon it was
lying near it. There well also marks of blood upon
the floor and in the passage, and upon following them
into the coal-cellar she found the dead body of a child,
with its throat cut, thrust behind a. box, and its head
resting upon the coals. A medical gentleman named
Herring was called in, and upon examining the body it
was discovered that the child's throat was cut from ear
to e ear ; all the arteries were severed, as well
as the windpipe, and death must have been the
immediate -.R. Injury. Ac-
cording to the evidence of the burgeon the infant
was a fall-grown healthy child, and expressed a con-
fident opinion, from the appearances presented
by the lips of the wound, from the fact that the
lungs were fully inflated, and otter circumstances, that
the child was born alive. He tdmitted, however, on
cross-examination, that the test of the floating of the
lungs was not considered evidence by medical authori-
ties, and also that the appearances of the wound might
have been the same if the wound had been inflicted im-
mediately after death while the circulation was going
on, although vitality Lad ceased. He also admitted that
when a child was born under etch circumstances, and
without any medical assistance, the delivery was likely
to be much more difficult, and the child might, conse-
quently, have breathed t) some extent before it was fully
brought into the world. The prisoner was proved to
have borne a most excellent character for some years,
and :that she was always regarded as a kind-hearted,
good girl.
Mr. Sleigh made a meet energetic address to the jury
on behalf of the prisoner, and he contended, with a good
deal of ability, that the evidence of the child being born
alive was not sufficiently conclusive to justify them in
coming to such a conclusion ; and he, therefore, called
upon them to acquit the prisoner of the dreadful crime
of wilfully murdering ler own offspring, and to find
her only guilty of the lesser offence of
concealing the
birth.

Mr. Baron Parke having summed up, the jury then
retired, and had net ;eturned their verdict when we
went to press.

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN. EXCHANGE.
Most of the English wheat on offer in to-day's market
was left over from Monday, the fresh arrivals being un-
usually small. For all kinds we had a very dull inquiry,
at prices nominally the same as on Monday.
The imports of foreign wheat coastwise are good—they
amounting since Saturday to 18,590 quarters. The trade
was very dull, and to effect sales lower rates must have
been submitted to.
barely stationary prices.
We had a very dull inquiry for barley and malt, at
For oats, beans, peas, and flour there was scarcely any
demand, at barely stationary prices.
ARRITaLs THIS Winsx.
Barley. ( Malt.
2,810 1,430

Wheat.
620

English ..
Trish .... 1
Foreign .. I 18,599

Oats. { Flour.
370 l 1,060
10,630 i
15,350 3800 sks.

BOROUGH HOP.
The demand is tolerably steady. In prices no change
has taken pla.lo.

WHITECFIAPEL.
2to 4s 4d ; veal,
Each kind of meat was in maderate request, as follows
por
.81bs. by tha
carcase.
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