The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-17 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD CIRCUIT—STAFFORD, MAROR 15.
CROWN COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Wightman.)

Ellen Davis, a young married woman, was indicted for
the wilful murder of her child, Isaiah Davis, at Wolver-
hampton, on the 17th December last.

The husband of the prisoner left her to go to work on
the above day, at six o'clock. There were three chil-
dren in the house then, one a baby a month old.
On his return at twelve o'clock, he asked where
was the baby, and she said, sullenly, it was in the
well. The husband at once got a neighbour to go and
search the well with him, which was in the cellar of
the house, and they pulled up the child with a pike
On being spoken to as to how it got into the well, she
said it fell in, and she did not know why. She did not
make an alarm. She looked a sullen stupid woman,
and a doctor who attended her in her first confinement,
said she then suffered from puerperal mania to such an
extent that he recommended her to be sent to a lunatic
asylum, where she was confined for several months ; and
he believed her to be on the above day in the same state
as when he ordered her to the asylum.
Acquitted on the ground of insanity.

THE RIVER MURRAY.—Mr. Peel has laid on the
cable of the House of Comiuons copies of despatches
received from the Governor of South Australia on
the subject of the navigation of the Murray, 28-
porting the sucoessful prosecution of the steam navi-
gation of that river to a distance of 1,500 miles
from the sea, and giving an account of the mea-
sures proposed for promoting the colonization of the vast
basin of the river, and for the reservation of land on
its banks, with a view of preventing the issue of squat-
ting licenses. Sir H. Young had the pleasure of re-
porting to the Legislative Council in October the
arrival of the first cargo of river-borne wool, and the
Council awarded to him, and also to Captain Cadell, a
medal in commemoration of the opening up of the
navigation. The expedition proceeded up the river
150 miles beyond Swan-hill, and found the depth of
water at this point three fathoms, and the breadth
about 200 yards, and this was the average during its
course. The descent of the river was commenced at this
point, because as much wool was awaiting transport
that Captain Cadell had no commercial object in pro-
onging the voyage on this occasion, although it was
believed that the navigation could be extended with
equal safety to Albury, within 400 miles of Sydney.
The Governor, who himself accompanied the expedition,
states that on the banks of the river and its tri-
butaries (the Loddon, the Goulburn, &c.) there
cannot be less than 1,500,000 sheep, besides numerous
cattle and horses ; and he feels confident that the pro-
duce of wool in Australia is about to be very consider-
ably and rapidly augmented by reason of the steam na-
vigation of which this voyage is the commencement. He
considers that a great passenger traffic may be expected
to the gold diggings, since they may be reached by
the way of the Loddon, within thirty miles of Ben-
digo, and the Goulburn, from the Murray, more easily
than from Melbourne ; and this route from Europe,
avoiding the dangerous navigation of Bass's Straits
and Port Philip Heads, will also be the most conve-
nient for emigrants to the interior of New South
Wales and Victoria as well as South Australia. The
Governor reports that the aborigines are few in num-
ber and generally well conducted and disposed to work,
and are, to a considerable extent, actually employed
in most of the avocations usual on sheep and (Attie
stations ; that the climate is salubrious, the banks abound
in timber, and that, as far as regards soil, climate., and
other natural advantages, the vast basin of the Murray,
equal in area to seven Great Britains, is well adapted
to sustain a large population. With regard to the ques-
tion whether the river can be continuously navigated
throughout the year as easily as at the season of that
expedition (September), that is, he allows, a point to be
resolved only after a longer acquaintance with the pe-
riodical changes to which the river is subject ; but, he
says, he has no reason to question its navigability by
steamers for at least eight months of the year.
[AD VERTISEM ENT. LIEUTENANT OF DRAGOONS
CURED OF RHEUMATISM BY EIOLLOWAY'S OINTME.N I
AND PILLS.—This officer, who is in the Dutch army,
states that Holloway's Pills and Ointment have cured'
him of rheumatism, which appeared to be incurable, as
trial, dn
was tlie
wtriethatc
neither sea-bathing, vapour-baths, nor preparations vauntssd
severalthd himany
months'good, r i
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cess. At this juncture he commenced taking •
thee" Pills.
and rubbing the Ointment into the complaining paats
twice a day, which effectually cured him in the n e
six weeks. The truth of this statement can be vouched fof
by Mr. J. B. Stratman, of Bois-le-Duc.—Sold
bytiall drug.
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gists ; and at Professor Hollowav'e establishment, 214..,
:Wand, London.