The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-10 00:00:00

iIIUBDER AND SUICIDE.

A terrible drama has been enacted in the neigh-
bourhood of Rothwell, near Leeds, involving (as is
supposed) a case of child murder and the suicide of
the mother, a young girl, aged 18, named Jane
Taylor, the daughter of parents residing at Wake-
field, who bore a reputable character, and has for
some time past been a domestic servant in the house-
hold of Mr. John Wilson, cornfactor, Doncaster-
road, Wakefield. The young woman had an aunt
named Hopton residing at Rothwell ; and last Su
day being Rothwell feast, she and her brother,
Joseph Taylor, went to visit the aunt. There was
nothing in the conduct of the young woman which
attracted the attention of her relatives, except
that she complained of " tic," and w. as a
fromuarer
whenceo
an hour in the privy, on her returning .
she took a shovel to cover up some. vomit, alleging
that she had been sick. About eight o'clock the
brother and sister returned to Wakefield, and
shortly after, in
mg named on a road over wnich they
would pass, a man George trosslan.d found
a newly-born male child, which was thenaive. He
i
gave it to policeman Atkinson, and, inquiries being
set on foot, Mrs. Hopton sent her daughter to
Wakefield to see if all was right with Jane, and
she returned with the answer that all
,pond near belonging
lv a
kefie l d.
was right
except a little headache. Soon after her cousin
to
The
lett the young woman left Mr. Wilson's house,
and
was was never again seen until her body was
found
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gHatienah
circumstances which led to the suspicion
unfortunate woman is the mother of that this
the child are
very strong, and are supported by discoveries
in the privy, and by
a piece of i. made
it which corresponds with the •
annel found near
which the child was wrapped. piece of flannel in
make one garment which a.pp.ed. The two pieces
the deceased girl. There it is known belonged to
was enciente. Tlie was no suspicion that she
was taken into c brother of the young woman
There seems to be custody, but released on bail.
sus-
picious. nothing in his conduct at all sus-

. ,
The old charter of the state of Connecticut, in
the United States, granted by Charles 11., two hundred
years ago, still hangs in the office of the Secretary of State
at Hartford, the capital of the above-named state.
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN-ROAD.—
The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the
week ending June 7 was 3,123, of which 818 were new cases.
A MORAL FROM THE FENS.—Those of us who
cannot wield the spade, and fill sacks, and drive piles, and
chain barges together, or gauge the waters, or even keep
an eye on the levels in their gradations, and issue warn•
ings when the descent of the upland waters is becoming
formidable, may indulge in our own contemplations of
such an institution as the Bedford Level and Marsh-
land. We eee our eastern coast crumbling away in: seine
parts, while the sea recedes at others. We see Yar-
mouth left inland, with a broad area of sand between
the town and the sea ; while, so near as Cromer,
we find a modern lighthouse so perilously near the edge of
of the cliff that it must soon be moved back a :second tir
me,
and the fine old church evidently doomed to topple ove
into the sea, where a large mass of h
cliffs as melted into
mud. We may look abroad with the eyes of the
how Fas
the
tens,
whose bones lie in the churches near, and see
landscape has changed since they had to make long
hic n ride h
s
to the beach, and to pass through fishing
m w
We may think of the days
live fish are now swimming.
and TH V
when there was forest, and then swamp, and then sea,
then islands and straits, and then, after many fluctuations, the condition of the grouse from all the extensive and valu-
the most fertile agricultural district in England, on the able ranges in Perth and Argyle shires continue to be
spot where the sea tides are now pouring in and making a cheering and promising. The recent heavy falls of rain
lake of miles in extent; and, while thus contemplating upon the hills have been somewhat against the young
our Fen country, we may consider whether wehave more broods and hatching, but a few days' genial sunshine and
reason than any other nation to regard the earth as the one reeling winds will remedy this temporary damage. The
immutable thing on which we can lay our grasp. In vol- nests are plentiful and well filled. In some parts of Aber-
canic regions the earth rocks ; in sea-girt regions the ocean deenshire disease is said to have made some havoc among
tumbles over it. In the one as in the other it is necessary the birds, and the prospects are very desponding. This is
to the peace of our minds to be superior to the fear f not the case in the shires of Perth and Argyle. On all the
change
.steadfast in soul, because there is no other stead-o ranges in Rob Roy's country, around " Glenartney's hazel
fastness.—Once a Week. shade" and Lochearn, the banks of the Garry and the
BLOCKADE OF CFIARLESTON.—LIVERPOOL, June Tummel, and around Schielhallion and the moors of Brea-
7.—The E Fleming, Lovett, with tur •1 dalbane, and around Loch Katrine, the crop is apparently
bales of cotton, arrived here from Charleston. turpentine, rosin, and 1 to be very superior both as regards condition and abun-
15.in company with the L She sailed dance. A large number of the moors have been let, in.
the sth of May,
and six schooners for Nassau. Louisa for Barcelona, 1 some cases at increased rents, and for those still
the
Left no vessels in port
which was blockaded by a squadron • ket there is likely to be a keen competition, from
uof 12 Kul her of inquirers after shooting grounds. From the forests
THE IRISH CONSTABULARY.—The .
expenditure the accounts are equally cheering
and satisfactory. The
on this force in 1861 amounted to in all the glens a a was early, rich, and
Imperial fluids bore above £700,000,
£716,140,thc0t0.f whichadt thens grass
abnndant, and the antlenreddec)trribee are consequently in a
. paying not quite the odd £16,000. Thee strengthunlea atn the he- forward condition. So much so is this the case that many
; ginning of the present year, officers and 12,071, of the deer in the forests of Glenartney and Breadalbane,
• with a reserve forceof 38
was
' from velvet during the month
8 There are also 72 stipendiary &c., are expected to be free
I magistrates in Ireland, . of August,—,Scotsman.