The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-10 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

It appears from the Bury Herald that the gossips of
that town have hail their suspicions greatly excited by
the mysterious birth and burial of an illegitimate
child, the offspring of a lady of fortune, named Miss
Moseley, residing at No. 45, Westgate-street, Bury.
At length the rumours of foul play, which were rife
in every direction, reached the earsof the Coroner (H.
\Vayman, Esq.), and the body being exhumed, an in-
quest was held on Friday, at the Coach and Horses
Inn. henry Lomax, the gravedigger, deposed that
on the night of the Bth of November a woman named
Clary brought a box, which she said contained a still-
born child, and the tee being ls. 6d., gave is., in order
that nothing might be said about it. Witness's family
had held the office of gravedigger for upwards of a
hundred years, and still-born children had always
been buried in that way without inquiry or certificate.
Mrs James Clary confirmed this statement and said :
My daughter and my son are now living in the
service of Miss Moseley—the latter in the capacity
(,f page—my daughter as servant. I was requested
by Miss Moseley to get the child buried, who said,
Don't spare any expense, but have it laid comfort-
ably." She gave me a sovereign, and said if the
gravedigger required more than is. give it to him.
I was not in the house when the child was born ; no
one was. On the morning after the birth, about
eight o'clock, I went and saw Miss Moseley, who
was very bad, and she said she thought she should
die. She said that she had been confined three or
four hours, and that the child was still .born. In the
afternoon she gave me directions about the burial.
A.ly son, who lives with Miss Moseley, is dressed in
livery. He is now in mourning for Miss Moseley's
father, who died from an accident in this town about
twelve months since."

Mrs. Josiah Clary deposed—l have known Miss
Moseley ever since she first came to Bury. Some
time last spring she removed to her present residence
in Westgate street. Before she was confined I fan-
cied she was in the family way and often joked her
about it, and a gentleman who used to pay frequent
visits to the house. She never either admitted or
denied the imputation. On the morning of the Bth
of November, I went as usual to the house, when
Miss Moseley called to me and inquired if I were
alone ? I said " Yes." She replied, " It's all over."
I said I dare not go up. She said, " That's very silly,
and you are very unkind ; there's nothing to see, for
the baby is dead." She said she was taken before
she could send for any one.
Mrs. Calfe, a nurse, stated that Miss Moseley had
informed her she had had two children before this,
and that with one she was confined in a house of ill-
fame in London ; and had taken enough stuff to kill
a horse, which had been given her by the father.
The surgical evidence went to show that the child
was not born alive, but "died in transitu, just at the
moment of its entering the world." It was very much
congested, but whether that arose from suffocation or
decomposition was uncertain.
The Coroner said,"with this evidence it was need-
less to attempt to carry the case any further, as it
was quite evident the child was still-born. There
were so many circumstances of grave suspicion about
the case that he felt he should not be discharging his
duty had he not held an inquiry into the case. Ad-
dressing Miss Moseley, he said—" The evidence
which has been disclosed to-day is sufficient to
convince any one of a most frightful history
of crime, debauchery, and immorality committed
by yourself. You came to this town with a
highly respectable parent, and, as far as I had the
means of judging, was respected in both his
public and private capacities. It is, therefore, the
more painful to me, and I am sure it is to the jury,
to see his daughter sunk to the lowest depths of
crime; indeed, you are, by the evidence given to-,
day, no better than a murderer. There is every sus-
picion attaching to you that you have been the me-
ther of three illegitimate children. (Miss Moseley--
"That I deny.") All of whom have died still born.
This circumstance, combined with what we have
heard to-day, leads to the inference that they were
put out of the way. The fact of your partner in
this last affair being a married man does not lessen
your crime, although it sadly reflects on him. I hope
this public exposure before a jury of married and
single men may shame you into a better course of
life. There is no stain so deep but it may be wiped
away, both here and hereafter. 'Go and sin no more,
lest a worse evil come unto thee.' "

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. 8.
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STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been less
active; a fair amount of business has been transacted. We
close at the tollowing quotations :—Birkenhead, Lancashire.
and Cheshire Junction, 31/. Shares, 6% die.—Ditto (late
C. and B.), 154—Chester and Holyhead, Preference, 1,4 dia.
—Great Western, 17/. shares, p.— Lancashire and York-
shire, Fifths, p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, New 'flue Shares,
lq dis.— Leeds and Thirsk, 1614 die.— Ditto, Preference,
dis.—London and North-Western, 160—Ditto, Quarters (L.
and B.), 114 p.—Ditto, 401. Shares (L. and M. ), 16 p.—
London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (A. and B),
414 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters,
No. 1,9 s. 10d.—Midland Stock, 111 c.—Ditto, New Halves,
I% dis.—North Staflordshi!.e, 1 dis.—Preston and Long-
ridge, 2%—Preston and 'W re, 341/2—South-Eastern and
Dover, 30,4—Ditto, No. 2, 5144 dis.--Ditto, No. 4, Thirds,
1% dis.—Whitehaveu and Furness, 8% dis.—York, Newcas-
tle, and Berwick (N. and B. Extensions), No. 2,2% c. p.-
-York and North Midland (East and West Riding Ex-
tensions), 34%.
MANCHESTER, Jaw. 8.
STOCK ExcHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 614 dis—Bolton, Blackburn.
Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire, dis.—Great Northern, 61,4
dis.—Londi.n and North-Westeru (Manchester and Birming-
ham), Quarters (C), 4 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 5 c. dis.—North Staf-
fordshire, % dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 1 9-16
dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extensions, No. 2, 2
p.—Ditto, Preference, 1% p.
LEEDS, JAN. 8.
STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties,
1534—East Lancashire, New, 33/4 dis. Lancashire and York-
shire ( West Riding Union), 595. dis.—Leeds and Thirsk,
161. 6s. 3d. dis.— North British, Thirds, 3s. dis. —Ditto, Ex.
tension, 2s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 6s. 3d. dis.—Shrop-
shire Union. 21/4 dis.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JAN. 8.
STOCK EXCHANGZ.—The sales are—Liverpool, Manches-
ter, and Newcastle Junction, 'lb.—Newcastle and Carlisle,
New Scrip, 991,12.