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

MURDER AND SUICIDE.

A terrible drama has beer. enacted in the neiah-
boarhood 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 yeoman had an aunt
named Hopton residing at Rothwell; and last Sun-
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 was a quarter of
an hour in the privy, on her returning from whence
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 a hedge on a road over wnich they
would pass, a man named George Crossland found
a newly-born male child, which was then alive. He
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 retuned with the answer that all was right
except ar little headache. Soon after her cousin
lett the young woman left Mr. Wilson's house, and
was never again seen until her body was found
on Friday morning in a pond belonging to Col.
Smyth, M.P., at Heath, near Wakefield. The
circumstances which led to the suspicion that this
unfortunate woman is the mother of the child are
very strong, and are supported by discoveries made
in the privy, and by a piece of flannel found near
it which corresponds with the piece of flannel
in
which the child was wrapped. The two pieces
make one garment which it is known belonged to
the deceased girl. There was no suspicion that she
was enciente. Lie brother of the young
on bail.
womt!.
was taken into custody, but released
There seems to be nothing in his conduct at all sus-
picious.

THE MOORS AND FollESTS.—The reports as to
the extensive and valu-
the condition of the grouse from all
able ranges in Perth and Argyle shires continue to be
cheering and promising. The recent heavy falls of rain
upon the hills have been somewhat against the young
broods and hatching, but a few days' genial sunshine and
reeling winds will remedy this temporary damage. The
nests are plentiful and well filled. In some parts of Aber-
deenshire disease is said to have made some havoc a ,the birds, and the prospects are very desponding rpinyoni-
not the case in the shires of Perth and Argyle. On allisth-se
ranges in Rob Roy's country, around " Glenartney's hazel
shade" and Lochearn, tho banks of the Garry and the
Tummel, and around Schielhallion and the moors of Brea-
and apparently
Brea-
dalbane, and around Loch Katrine, the crop is
to be very superior both as regards condition
abun-
dance. A large number of the moors have been let, in
setne cases at increased rents, and for those still in the mar-
ket there 1.7 likely to be a keen competition, from the num-
ber of inquirers after shooting grounds. From the forests
eh the accounts are equally and satisfactory. The
grass in all the glens and
a
corries was early, rich, and
abundant, and the antlered tribenng
forward condition. So much so isthis
se
the
hc consequently nesaesq y in
euthat
l many a
of the deer in the forests of Gleuartney and Breadalbane,
49.:c., are expected to be free from velvet during the month
of August. —Scotsman.