The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1860.

OUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--OPENING
•••-, of the DIRECT CENTRAL LINE to YEOVIL and
EXETER. On and after Ist AUGUST trains will run as
follows ON WEEK DAYS.
Exp.
_ _

1. 2, 3. 1, i
Leave Waterloo-bridge Sta- A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M.
tion, London, at ' 8.8 9.0 11.0 3.0 5.0
Arrive at Yeovil 12.23 12.40 3.20 7.36 9.33
Arrive at Exeter 2.50 2.10 5.50

Exp.
1,2. 1,2, 3. 1,2. 1,2. 1,2.
A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M.
7.30 1.5 2.25
6.45 9.50 12.30 2.50 4.40

Leave Exeter
Leave Yeovil .

Arrive at Waterloo-bridge
Station ll.O 2.30 5.50 6.20 10.5
Passengers between London and Exeter may break the
journey at Salisbury or Yeovil, and proceed the next day.
A time-table, showing the connection with the trains on
the South Devon, North Devon, and Bristol and Exeter Rail-
ways, will be sent on application to the Traffic Manager,
Waterloo-bridge Station, London.

No ricE OF DIVIDEND. -BANK OF
DEPOSIT (Established A.D., 1844), No. 3, Pall-mall
East, London, S.W.—The WARRANTS for the HALF-
YEARLY INTEREST, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum,
on Deposit Accounts, to the 30th June, are ready for delivery,
and payable daily between the hour,: of 10 and 4.
PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.

July 10, 1860.
Prospectuses and forms sent free on application

CONTRACT FOR WHEAT.

Department of the Comptroller for Victualling
and Transport Services,
Somerset-house, 27th July, 1860.
►rHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
-1- OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on MONDAY, the 6th
August next, at half-past One o'Clock, they will be ready to
treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for
supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling
Stores at DEF'TFORD, the undermentioned Articles, viz.:

WHEAT 4 OOO quakers.

When to delivered.—Half thereof in Three Weeks, and
the remainder in Three Weeks afterwards, or earlier if pre-
ferred by the party tendering.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the
Wheat.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the
Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole or for
such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater
quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited
power of selection.
Samples of the Wheat (not less than two quarts) must be
produced by the pariies tendering.
The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not
accepted, are requested to be taken away by them immedi-
ately after the contract has been decided.
No Tender will be received unless made on the Printed Form
provided for the purpose ; and which may be obtained on ap-
plication at the said Office, or to the officer conducting the
Packet service at Liverpool, or the collector of Customs at
Bristol.
Particular attention is called to the recent modifications of
the Conditions of the Contract, which may be seen at the
said Office, and at Liverpool and Bristol.
No Tender will be received after half-past One o'clock on
the day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the party
tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the
Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer re-
ceived from each person will be communicated to him and his
proposed sureties in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Ten-
der for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-
house.
MACKIE'S

STATION HOTEL,
INVERNESS.
Why is this HOTEL not known in the' CALEDONIAN
CANAL. ROUTE to INVERNESS?

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

GOODWOOD RACES.-FRIDAY.

The Nassau Stakes of 50 sous each, for three-yr-old fillies,
Bst 71b each ; the second to save her stake, &c. One

mile. (14 subs).
Lord Stamford's Provision, Bst 71b (A. Edwards) 1
Mr. E. Hall's Seclusion, Bst 71b . .. (Charlton) 2
Mr. T. Parr's Contadina, Bst 71b (L. Snowden) 3
The following also ran :—Her Highness, Plumper, and
Arethusa.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Seclusion, 7to 4 agst Contadina, 6
to 1 agst Plumper, 10 to 1 agst Provision,. Plumper made
running to the rails, waited upon by Seclusion and Her
Highness. Provision then came and won in a common
canter by two lengths, three-quarters of a length separating
Seclusion from Contadina ; a bad fourth. Arethusa did
not pass the post.
The Duke of Richmond's Plate (Handicap) of 100 sous.

New mile.
Mr. Formby's The Speaker, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b.. (Bullock) 1
Mr. Savile's Montebello, aged, BEtllb.. (G. Fordham) 2
Lord Stamford's Provision, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Daley) 3
The following also ran :—Restes, Tightfit, Golden
Pippin, Chere Arnie, Queen Bee, St. James, Barabbas, f by
Annandale—Margery, Rockley, Joyeuse, Wildbird, and
Highden.
Betting-4 to 1 agst Provision, 9to 2 agst Montebello,
6to 1 agst The Speaker, 7to 1 agst Rockley. The Speaker
was first off, waited upon by Montebello and Provision,
the others lying in a cluster close up ; Barabbas
being last. Half way up the distance the race was left to
the three placed, The Speaker winning a good race by two
lengths, a head between the second and third. Restes was
fourth; the others straggled in at wide intervals.

The March Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; for 2-yr-
olds, 7st 71b ; three, 9st ; f allowed allowed 31b. The win-
ner to be sold for 300 sovs, &c. (Half a mile.)
(29 subs.)

Capt. Christie's Spicebox, 3 yrs, 9st (Wells) 1
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Pomona, 3yrs, Bst 111b(G.Fordham) 2
Mr. Payne's Lady Harriet filly, 2 yrs, 7st 41b (Charlton) 3
The following also ran :—Nabob's Daughter, Bayard,
Parole, Egeria, Malta, and White Rose.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Spicebox, 3to 1 agat the Lady Har-
riet filly, 5 to 1 agst Nabob's Daughter, 6 to 1 each Pomona
and White Rose. After several false attempts, caused by
the fractiousness of Egeria (who was on the flag falling left
at the post), she got away, Spicebox being first off, closely
followed by Malta and Parole, Mr. R. Ten Broeck's two
lying close up. At the stand, Pomona came with a
rush, but failed to head Spicebox, who won a fine race by a
head ; two lengths between the second and third, a head
between the third and fourth. An objection was lodged
against the winner on the ground of foul riding, but it was
overruled.
The Chesterfield Cup, by subscription of 15 soya each; for
all ages, 2-yr-olds excepted (handicap). Certain winners
extra, &c. Craven Course. (66 subs.)
Count Batthyany's Orlando, 4 yrs, Est 71b (W. Bradley) 1
Mr. Merry's Cecilia, 3 yrs, Est 11b (H. Covey) 2
Sir J. Hawley's Catawba, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (T. French) 3
The following also ran :—Zuyder Zee, Comforter, Fort-a-
Bras, Soothsayer, Sweetsauce, Nuncia, Cynricus, Rising
Sun, Nimrod, King of Diamonds, Gibraltar, Allington,
Winton, fby Pyrrhus the First—Sneer, Edmund Kean,
Forager, Golden Pippin, Volunteer, Lucy, Philomela,
Furious, fby Sir Tatton Sykes—Fortuna.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Sweetsauce, sto 1 agst Wintott, 6to 1
each agst Comforter and Catawba, 8 to 1 each agst Man-at-
Arms and Orlanda, 15 to 1 agat Cynricus, 20 to 1 each agst
Soothsayer, Cecilia, and Zuyder Zee. Lucy made the run-
ning, followed by Allington, Orlanda, Zuyder Zee, Fort-a •
Bras and Catawba; Sweetsauce, who got badly off, being
last. At the turn entering the straight Sweetsauce went
through his horses and showed momentarily in the van,
Catawba then taking up the running, with Cecilia next,
Orlanda coming out at the end of the Stand and winning
very cleverly by a length and a half ; a length between the
second and third. Winton was fourth, Gibraltar fifth,
Golden Pippin sixth, the next lot being Allington, King of
Diamonds, Rising Sun, Fortuna filly, and Soothsayer.
The Nursery Stakes, a handicap sweepstakes of 15 so vs each,
5 ft, with 100 added ; for 2-yr-olds ; certain winners
extra. Last mile. 57. subs.
Mr. W. S. S. Crawfurd's Captain Fortibus, 7st 31b
(W. Bolton) t w.o.
Sir J. Hawley's Rouge Dragon, 7st 121 b
(G. Fordham)
Mr. Rateliffe's Clematis, Est 121 b (J. Adam) 3
The following also ran :—Fairwater, Nemesis, Wombat,
Canary, Volition, Sparkle, Dog Rose, Orion; Sister to St.
Albans, Maid of Peru, Nativity, New Forest Deer colt, and

Bayonet.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Rouge Dragon, 4to 1 agst Nativity,
5 to 1 agst Clematis, 10 to 1 each agst Maid of Peru and
Nemesis, 12 to 1 agst Fairwater, 100 to 6 each agst Clematis
and Canary. After some delay at the post, owing to the
breaking away of Nemesis, Sister to St. Albans, and others,
Sparkle got off with the lead, followed by Orion, Rouge
Dragon, Captain Fortibus, and Clematis. In this order
they ran to within the distance, where Sparkle was passed
by Rouge Dragon and Captain Fortibus, the two running
a dead heat. Clematis finished third, four lengths off.
Nemesis was fourth ; Nativity, Canary, and Sparkle, the
next three ; Sister to St. Albans heading the next lot.
Captain Fortibus afterwards walked over, and the stakes
were divided.

The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, for 3-yr-olds,
7st 41b ;
four, 9st 21b ; five, 9st 121 b ; six and aged, lOst 21b.
About three miles and five furlongs.
Mr. Sargent's Crater, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Charlton) 1
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Starke, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b .... (Wells) 2
Mr. Rigby's Tournament, 6 yrs, lOst 21b.. (G. Fordham) 3
Betting-5 to 2on Crater. Tournament led for the first
three-quarters of a mile, Starke next, Crater lying several
lengths in the rear. After going about two miles and a
half, Crater went up to Starke, running side by side with
him, and Tournament dropped into the rear. Crater waited
upon Starke until descending the hill, at the finish had him
safe at the dip, and cantered in the winner by 20 lengths,
Tournament finishing about the same distance from
Starke.

LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.
ST. LEGER.
7to 2 agst Thormanby (taken)
4to 1 agst The Wizard (offered to take)
Bto 1 agst Sweetsauce (taken)
10 to 1 agst Wallace (taken)
20 to 1 agst Northern Light (taken)
25 to 1 agst Stamped() (taken)
The remainder of the betting was on the events decided
to day at Goodwood.

THE POISONING CASES Al
LIVERPOOL.

After repeated remands and numerous delays,
Thomas Winslow was brought up yesterday before
Mr. Raffles, the stipendiary magistrate, at the
Police Court, on the charge of having caused the
death of Mrs. Ann James, a boarding-housekeeper

in Vauxhall-road. There were also charges
against the prisoner of having poisoned Mrs.
Elizabeth Townsend, sister to Mrs. James, and
William and Samuel Townsend, two sons of the
last-named woman. In all the four cases the alle-
gation was that the prisoner had poisoned the de-
ceased by means of antimony.
Mr. Aspinall, instructed by Mr. Walter, ap-
peared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Cobb, assisted
by Mr. J. J. Pope, surgeon, as medical assessor.
The prisoner, on being placed in the dock, looked
around the court with an air of composure, but he
suddenly concentrated a very fixed amount of at-
tentive observation on Mr. Aspinall, as that gentle-
man proceeded to state the course he intended to
pursue in conducting the preliminary inquiry.
Without going into any detail of the circumstances
attendant on the charge, as that had been brought
out in the inquiry before the coroner, from the
evidence adduced at which the coroner's jury had
returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against the
prisoner in referencetothe case of Mrs. James, the

teamed council called the following witnesses, the
first being
Jane Cafferatta, niece of Mrs. James and daugh-

ter of Mrs. Townsend, who proved generally that
Mrs. James kept a boariling and lodging•house
in Vauxhall-road, was about 56 years of age
at the time of her death, and that the business
she carried on was a successful one. Some time in

1854 the prisoner, who was at the time em-
ployed in a foundry in the neighbourhood, became
acquainted with the deceased aunt of the witness,
and soon afterwards was taken in to assist in ma-
naging the business of the house, which was one
requiring attention day and night. The witness's
father, mother, and three brothers and herself lived
in the house, and less or more assisted in managing
the business. They had all come from Plymouth
to Liverpool in 1842, and lived together, Mrs.
James being the owner of the business. At the
time the prisoner entered the family, besides those
already named, there were generally one or two
women servants in the house. After joining the
establishment the prisoner attended chiefly to the
night business, which he managed, with the assis-
tance of a servant. During part of 185-1 and 1855
witness's husband, who is an ornamental japanner,
lived in the house along with the others, but dur-
ing the last-named year witness and her husband
went to Manchester. Subsequent to that time
witness was in the habit of occ tsionally isiting
her aunt. On these occasions the prisoner and her
aunt appeared to be on very friendly terms. Pre-
vious to last February Mrs. James was subject to
bilious attacks, which might occur once in 12
months or so. During these attacks she vomited
a good deal and was purged frequently. In
February last witness received a letter in the
prisoner's handwriting ; it said, "If you wish
to see your dear aunt alive, come immediately."
Witness went, and found her 'aunt very ill
indeed. At that time witness remained in
Vauxhall road a fortnight, and when she left
Mrs. James was nearly convalescent. During that
time she was waited on by two servants, the pri-
soner, and witness, the latter sleeping with her.
Whet' the deceased wanted food during the eight
she got it, consisting of tea, sago, and arrowroot.
It was brought to her by the prisoner. In March,
after returning to Manchester, witness received
another letter from her brother Martin, requesting
her to come to Liverpool ; but she did not, as she
was unwell. She received a letter on the last day
of April from the prisoner, containing a post-office
money-order, and a request that she would come to
Liverpool immediately, as her aunt was very ill.
On the following Thursday she came, and found
her aunt sitting up, but evidently very ill, and
complaining greatly of sickness. Witness then re-
mained with her till the time of her death. During
this illness she was attended to by the prisoner and
servants as before. Dr. Cameron was sent for on 1
the Tuesday after witness arrived, the prisoner
having sent for him. The deceased improved, and
then got worse. Dr. Cameron gave instructions
that the dejections and other evacuations of the
deceased should be kept. This was done, and he
took them away. On the evening of the 9th of
June witness prepared some sago in a china tea-
cup and gave it to her aunt, who took it all, and
slept afterwards for several hours. On getting
up in the morning witness saw a cup or two on
the table, which had not been there when witness
fell asleep. The prisoner had access to the room
in the interval. The cups were left till Dr Ca-
meron came, which was about 11 o'clock. He was
accompanied by two detective officers, but witness
did not know they were detectives, nor that any
one was to come with him. Dr. Cameron sent
for witness. He then said, "I am going to remove
your aunt to prevent a similar occurrence," and
desired witness to get her dressed as soon as pos-
sible. This was done, and witness accompanied her
aunt and Dr. Cameron to the Sonthern Hospital.
Horne, one of the detectives, took possession of the
two cups which had been left. On the 9th of
June Dr. Cameron took away the bottles containing
the evacuations of the deceased. Generally when
the deceased was sick she always complained of
great pain in her side. These paroxysms were
succeeded by a kind of rallying, but, on the whole,
she became gradually weaker. Witness occasion-
ally visited her aunt while she was in the hospital,
and saw her there in the act of vomiting. This was
in presence of the nurse. She died on Sunday, the
24th of June, and witness last saw her alive on
Wednesday the 20th. On the latter day and the
Thursday prisoner and witness had a quarrel. He
said " You are taking things too easy •, You are a
second Palmer." This arose from the fact that the
prisoner had ordered witness's husband out of the
house, adding, " I have authority to put you out of
the house." Witness said she should remain till
her aunt's recovery. He said, " I'll see about it."
On the Thursday witness said to prisoner she in-
tended to go to the hospital to see her aunt. He
said "If you do, I'll put you in arrest," He also
said witness's husband was carrying about white
powders in his pocket, and he was not doing so for
nothing." W itness's husband then took some car-
bonate of soda out of his pocket, and showed it to the
prisoner, who said, " It's not likely you'll show me
the right sort." Witness's husband was using car-
bonate of soda for his stomach, and had it in his pocket.
He (prisoner) said while she was in the hospital
that deceased occupied all his thoughts—that he
frequently saw her at his bedside calling him out.
He said the same in reference to witness's brother
Samuel previous to his death. On the 23th of
Alay prisoner told witness that he had instructions
from her aunt to go to Mr. John Buck Lloyd and
get him to make her will. The sago that witness
made for her aunt on the 9th of June was taken
from a pound parcel which was in the shop. She
pointed it out to Horne, the detective. Witness
did not put antimony in her aunt's food, and never
saw antimony in her life. Up to the time of her
aunt's death witness did not know that the former
had any property beyond the furniture in the house
and the goods in the shop.

In cross-examination by Mr. Cobb, the witness
said her husband never put any carbonate of soda
in her aunt's food. He never interfered with the
food of her aunt. She (witness) never put car-
bonate of soda in her aunt's food. On one occasion
witness's husband went to Williams's for her aunt's
medicine. He once went to Dyson's and brought a
bottle of medicine. It made her very sick. She
threw it up, and would take no more. Witness did
not think she ever saw her aunt in the hospital,
except in the presence of the nurse, or, at all events
except when she was very near. The witness was
not in Vauxhall-road six weeks before her mother's
death, and her husband did not come to Liverpool
till after her mother's death. About ten days after
her husband's arrival, and about a week previous to
her aunt's removal, a young man, named Ed-
ward, came to see him from Manchester. He is an
apprentice with Hey wood, druggist, in Deansgate.
Witness never said she could get anything
she liked from a druggist's, and that without pay-
ing for it. The young man she does not know, and
he came down in a cheap trip.
Henry Cafferatta, husband of the preceding wit-
ness, was next called. This was somewhat out of
the intended order of proceeding, but it was adopted
in consequence of his having suggested to his wife
an answer to one of the questions put to her. About
a week before Mrs. Jame_a's death the prisoner com-
plained of being ill with vomiting and purging.
Witness persuaded him, to go to a doctor, but at last
agreed to accompany tne witness to a doctor, and
they went part of the way, but the prisoner soon
said he was better, and returned to the house.
Some days before Mrs. James's death prisoner called
witness a poisoner, and said his (witness's) wife
was as bad as himself ; that witness went about
with white powders in his pocket, poisoning the
family. The white powder was a little carbonate
of soda, which, being troubled with indigestion, he

was in the habit of taking to correct the acidity on
his stomach.
In cress-examination he said as an ornamental
painter and japanner he never used antimony in his
life. Never heard of it being used in that trade.
Witness's father was a surgeon-dentist, and witness
understands dentistry a little, but neither his father
nor himself ever used antimony. He had frequently
visited Mrs. James's house since his marriage, and
cannot say whether he has done so more frequently
during the last 12 months. In Whitsun week Ed-
ward Wade, a young chemist, came from Manches-
ter to see witness. Never said that he could get
anything he liked out of the shop that young man
is in, and does not believe his wife said so.
At about 4 o'clock the Court .adjourned till this
morning at 10 o'clock.

TUE MYSTERIOUS_CqILD MURDER

NEAR FROME.

The adjourned inquiry as to the circumstances at-
tendant on the death of Francis Saville Kent, a
child under four years of age, who was murdered in
his father's house on the 29th of June last, was re-
sumed yesterday morning in the Temperance Hall,
at the village of Road, about four miles from Frome.
The magistrates present were H. G. Ludlow, Esq.,
who presided; W. P. Stancomb, Esq., J. B. Stancomb,
Esq.; G. W. Sheppard, Esq. ; J. Sinkins, Esq. ; and
Rev. R. Crawley. Captain Meredith, chief con-
stable of the county of Wilts ; Mr. Superintendent
Foley, of the Trowbridge division, and Messrs.
Wolfe and Abbott, superintendent of the Devizes
and Warminster divisions, were present, a4' well
as Mr. Inspector Whicher, of the metropolitan de-
tectiveS. Miss Constance Kent' Is-tiff-sister of the
deceased child, having been kept in custody for
some days past at Devizes gaol, was brought up
in charge of the governor, Mr. Alexander. Mr. S.
S. Kent, of Road-hill-house, in whose family this
dreadful event has occurred, was present, accom-
panied by two solicitors, Mr. Edlin of Bristol, and
Mr. Dunn, of Frome—Mr. Edlin being especially
engaged on behalf of Miss Constance Kent, the
prisoner. When this young lady entered the room,
she hastened to meet her father, and affectionately
kissed him. She wore deep mourning, and ap-
peared to be much alicted, but perfectly quiet and
composed; she is about sixteen years of age.
Mr. Clark, the magistrates' clerk, read over the
evidence given at the last meeting on Friday by
Elizabeth Gough, the nursemaid, which she con-
firmed, and then continued as follows :—I remember
Friday night, the 28th of June. I bad a Child's
night ligbt in my room, which was the nursery, I
awoke at five o'clock, and missed the child, but as
I thought he had been taken in to his mother, I lay
down again for an hour. I felt satisfied that he was
gone, for if he had cried his mother would have
fetched him. I felt satisfied the child was in her
room, because I had heard her say a little time be-
fore that if he cried she would come in and fetch
him. That was my only reason. I. first saw the
prisoner that morning when I came to the door •f
her sisters' room, to ask if they had taken the child.
I suppose that was about a quarter before seven
o'clock. I asked the two sisters if they had taken
Saville from the nursery. They said no, they
had not seen him. Miss Constance's bedroom
door is quite close to that of her two sisters,
and she was standing by her own room door,
nearly dressed. The two sisters then said to
me, " Have you seen Mrs. Kent ?" I replied,
" Yes," I had, and that she hadn't seen the
child. Miss Constance most likely heard what
was said. It was said in her hearing. She did not
make any remark that I know of. The family of
Mr. Kent consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Kent, Miss
Mary Ann Kent, Miss Elizabeth Kent, Miss Con-
stance Emily Kent, and William Saville Kent,
aged 15, children by his first wife ; and of Mary
Amelia Saville Kent, five years old, Francis Saville
Kent (the deceased), three years and ten months
old, and Eveline Fanny Kent, the youngest. There
were no visitors in the house. There were three
servants, including myself, the cook, and the house-
maid; no man-servants. They all slept in the house
on the night of the murder. The prisoner came home
from school for the holidays about a fortnight
before the murder. The two elder Misses Kent
slept in one room ; Miss Constance slept alone, in
a room by herself. The cook and housemaid slept
together. Master William Kent slept alone in a
separate room, but no one else, I believe, slept alone
in the house. He was also at home from school, for
the holidays • he had come home three days before
his sister. His bedroom was on the same floor, but
not close to her's. When I saw her that morning,
it was her usual time of getting up ; sometimes she
might be later, and sometimes earlier.
Cross-examined by Mr. Edlin—l am 23 years
old. I have been out in service about four years,
and in Mr. Kent's service nine months. I first went
out as nursemaid, then as lady's-maid, and then, at
Mr. Kent's, as nursemaid again. During the time
I have been there I have never heard Miss Con-
stance say anything unkind towards the little boy
that is dead, or conduct herself otherwise than
kindly towards him. Ido not know whether she
brought him home from school a little picture as a
present, but I saw her play with him on the day
before the murder. Her bedroom is on the second
floor, between her sister's room and the room in
which the cook and housemaid sleep, and the par-
tition between the rooms is a very thin one, almost
of paper. You can hear everything. When I
went to the door of her sisters' room, and
kocked at it, Miss Constance came to her own
door and opened it, and heard all I said. I did
not observe anything at all unusual in her manner.
Mrs. Kent never had fetched the little boy while
I was sleeping. It was a quarter or twenty minutes
to seven o'clock when I first went to Mrs. Kent's
doer to ask if she had the little boy ; I looked at
the clock on the mantelpiece of the nursery. This
is a little room opening out of the nursery, which
I use as a dressing-room for myself; it looks out on
the leaden roof of the dining-room, which is nearly
on a level with the window sill, and the water-
shoot or gutter along the side of that roof runs
along the sill. By opening the window you can
very easily get out and stand out on the roof. The
youngest child, Eveline, slept in a cot by my bed-
side. The cot in which the little boy slept was
wheeled close up against the wall, on the other
side of the room. The door leading into my dress-
ing-room immediately faces the boy's cot. His
head would be towards the nursery window as he
lay in the cot. My own bed was not like his
cot, close up against the window, because
there was the door between. I last saw him
on his bed at five minutes past eleven at night. It
was five o'clock when I rose up in bed to cover
over Eveline, and then saw that he was not in his
cot. I could see that without turning my head,
by looking over the baby's cot. I did not get up
till a quarter past six, and then I saw that the
elothes of the little boy's cot, the counterpane and
upper sheet had been turned down neatly from
the head to the foot of the bed, but at the head
of the bed there was only the bottom sheet and the
pillow, with the impression of his head on it. The
nursery door was just ajar, scarcely open, and
scarcely shut ; I am quite sure and certain of that.
After I had first gone to Mrs. Kent's room and
knocked and got no answer, I went back and
dressed little Eveline, and went to Mrs. Kent a
second time. I read a chapter in the Bible and
said my prayers before I went to Mrs. Kent the
first time. That was a quarter or twenty minutes
to seven. lam not acquainted with either of the
daughters of the washerwoman, or with any one
in the village, but I have seen them bring the
clothes.

Examined by the magistrates—l slept in the
room with Miss Constance at her own re-
quest on the Monday and Tuesday after
the murder, and there I could hear the cook
and housemaid talking in the next room. On the
night of the murder I heard no noise in the nursery
where I slept. When I went to sleep the door was
not shut, but Mrs. Kent came up and shut it. It
was her wish that after I went to bed the door
should be left open until she herself went to bed,
because one of the children slept in Mrs. Kent's
room, and I, with the nursery door open, could hear
if it cried. When I went to bed the nursery win-
dow was barred and the shutters fastened. I found
it the same in the morning; the window opens from
the inside. I did not miss the blanket from the
little boy's cot until it was brought in with the dead
body. Miss Constance slept alone on the Sunday
night after the murder ; on the Saturday (the night
after the murder) she slept with her two sisters ; on
the Monday with me.
William Nutt, parish clerk and shoemaker, the
man who found the child's body in the water•closet,
was then called, and his former evidence read over
to him. He said it was not correct in one particu-
lar. It was not Mr. Kent who called and told him.
He never heard Mr. Kent speak that morning. It
was his neighbour, Joseph Greenhill, who called at
his gate, and said Mr. Kent had lost his child.
Witness added, " Whilst I and Benger, who was
with me, was searching the shrubbery, I said to
him that I should search for a dead child if we
could not find a living one, and when I saw the
blood in the closet I said to him that it was just as
my thoughts predicted. I had heard Greenhill

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speaking of the matter to my father and mother in
our garden, while I sat at my work. Then I met
Benger at the four cross-roads, and we went through
the lawn gate into Mr. Kent's premises. Nobody
asked us to go. We went of our own accord. Ben-
ger proposed to go. He said no one would be angry
with us for looking for a lost child. He said that
because I did'nt like to go. I said what I did be-
cause I could'nt think any one could have stolen a
child out of a gentleman's house. I have been
clerk to the district church of this parish 17 years.
Miss Emma Moody—l live with my mother at
Warminster, and I know the prisoner, Miss Con-
stance Kent, I have been at school with her at
Beckington, about a mile distant from her father's
house. I went home for the holidays when she did,
about the 17th or 18th of June. I have heard her
make remarks about the child such as this, that she
disliked the child, and pinched it, but I believe
more for fun than for anything else, for she was
laughing at the time she said it. It was not this
child more than the others. She said that she liked
to tease them, this one and his younger brothers
and sisters. I believe it was through jealousy, and
because the parents showed great partiality. I
have remonstrated with her on what she said. I
was walking with her one day near Road, and-Said
" Won't it be nice to go home for the holidays so
soon ?" She said, "It may be to your home, but
mine's is different." She also led me to infer,
though don't remember her precise words, that she
did not dislike the child, but through the partiality
shown by the parents, and that the second family
were much better treated than the first. I remem-
ber her saying that several timeP.- W,. were talking
about dress, on one occasion, and she said, " Mamma
will not let -me have-anything-I like; and if I said
I should like a brown dress, she would let me have
a black, just for contrary." I remember no other
conversation about the deceased child ; she has only
very slightly referred to him. I was 17 years of
age last March, and have been at that school a year
a half. Miss Constance Kent has been a boarder
there only during the last half-year, and she came
there to take lessons for three months before. She
took home the second prize for good conduct last
half•year. There were between 30 and 40 young
ladies there.

Mr. Joshua Parsons, surgeon of Beckington,
stated that he was called to Mr. Kent's house on
Saturday, the 30th of June, and saw the body of the
child. It had a night dress on and a blanket stained
with blood and soil. There was a stab on the left
side, cuttiig through the cartilage of two ribs.
The mouth had a blackened appearance, with the
tongue protruding between the teeth. I think
this was produced by foreilsie pressure during life,
but there was no abrasion of the tongue or lips to
show that anything had been pushed into the
mouth. The throat was cut from one ear to the
other, dividing it all down to the'spines. By order of
the coroner I opened the body ; the stomach was
healthy, and I saw no reason to suspect that any
narcotic or poisonous drug had been administered.
The stab in the chest had not penetrated to the
heart, but had pushed it out of its place, and
pierced the diaphragm, and slightly wounded the
outer coat of the stomach. on the right side of it.
There were two very slight incisions on the right
hand, which appeared to have been made after
death. When I saw the body at half-past eight, the
rigidity was complete, so that I suppose that it had
been dead at least five hours. The injuries were
inflicted, I think, with a long pointed knife. The
stab was an inch or an inch and a quarter wide. I
accompanied Mr. Foley in searching the house, and
went into Miss Constance Kent's room. I examined
the linen in her drawers, and the nightcap and
nightgown, which were on the bed ; they were all
perfectly free from any stains of blood. The night.
dress was very clean, but I cannot say how long it
had been worn • I think it might have been worn
nearly a week. I knew the poor little boy who was
killed very well ; he was a very heavy child for his
age. It must have been done with a dagger-shaped
or carving knife, and it required very great force
to make such a cut through the blanket and folded
night-dress, and through the side, in that way.
Miss Louisa Hatherall—l live with my parents
in Oldbury, in Gloucestershire, and am 15 years of
age. I was at school with the prisoner at Beckington
till last June. I have heard her speak of her home,
snd say there was a partiality shown by her parents
for the younger children. She spoke of her brother
William being obliged to wheel the perambulator
for the younger children, and that he disliked doing
it. She also spoke of her father comparing the
elder son to the younger, and saying what a much
finer boy the younger would be. She told me
nothing else, to my recollection.
Sarah Cox—l have been housemaid to Mr. Kent
for three months past. It was my duty to fasten
up the door and windows, and I did so on the
night of the 28th June. I locked and bolted the
door of the drawing-room when I went to bed,
about a quarter to eleven. Next morning I found
the door a little way open, the shutters unfastened,
and the window a little way up. I could not see
that any force had been used, or that the window
had been broken open. I did not see any footmarks
on the floor, which was covered with a white drug-
get. I had to collect the dirty linen from the rooms
on Monday mornings ; that of Miss Constance was
generally thrown down either in the room or on
the landing, some of it on Sunday, and some on
Monday. It was so on this occasion, Monday,
July 2. I found a night dress of hers on the land-
ing on Monday morning, and took it down with the
rest into a lumber room on the first floor to sort it
out. I then called Miss Kent to come and put the
number on the book. perfectly remember putting
this night dress of Miss Constance's into the basket
on the Monday (July. 2) after the murder. I am
certain of it. I left the basket in the lumber room
when I went down to the inquest, about 11 o'clock,
with the nurse. . Mr. and Mrs. Kent, the three
young ladies, Master Kent, the young children, and
the cook remained in the house. The baskets were
covered up with the kitchen table cloth and Mrs.
Kent's dress, and the lumber room was not locked.
The laundress was to come for them about twelve
or one o'clock that day. I know that I put three
night dresses into one basket, and besides them Miss
Elizabeth Kent made up her own bundle for herself.
Miss Constance came to the door of the lumber room
after the things were in the basket, but I had not
quite finished packing them. She asked me if I
would look in her slip pocket and see if she had left
her purse there. I looked in the basket and told
her it was not there. She then asked me to go
down and get her a glass of water. I did so, and
she followed me to the top of the back stairs, as I
went out of the room. I found her there when I
returned with the water, and I think I was not
gone near a minute, for I went down very
quickly. The lumber room is en the same floor as
the nursery. She drank the water and went up
the other back stairs, towards her own room. There
was no further conversation between us. I co-
vered down the basket, and did not return to
it. It was on Tuesday evening that I heard
of a missing night shirt, and I have never
seen it since. The ladies of the family change their
night dresses once a week, but I cannot say on
what night, I think each takes out the clean things
for herself. My bedroom is adjoining Miss Con-
stance's, with only a papered wall, or boards, or
something between ; I can hear everything very
plainly, but I don't recollect being awakened on the
night of the murder.
Cross-examined—On Saturday (June 30) the
morning when the child was found dead, I took a
clean nightgown of hers down to be aired, and an-
other on the Saturday afterwards. These, with the
one I put in the basket, would make three. Her
nightgowns have plain frills, and Miss Kent's have
lace on them, so that I can easily distinguish them.
I believe Miss Constance had three. I did not ob-
serve any mark or stain on the one I put into the
basket on the Monday after the murder ' • it was
dirtied as one usually was which she had worn a
week. During the time I have lived in the house
I have never seen anything unkind or unsisterly in
her conduct towards the deceased; nor have I ever
heard her say anything unkind to him, or show
any ill-feeling towards him. There were two un-
occupied rooms on the first floor, the lumber room
and the spare room, the latter being immediately
over the drawing-room. On the second floor there
were unoccupied rooms, a bedroom, and a lumber
room. The book in which the dirty linen is en-
tered by Miss Kent is usually sent with it to Mrs.
Holly, the washerwoman. I know it was Miss
Kent who entered it on the Monday after the mur-
der. On the following Monday, July 9, the clothes
were not sent to the wash as usual, because there
was some dispute about this night dress. The
washerwoman said there were three night dresses
put on the book, and only two sent. It was Miss
Constance's that was missing. Miss Kent said that
I had put it into the basket, as she had seen me do
it. I observed nothing unusual in her manner after
the little boy's death excepting the same grief that
was shown by the rest of the family.
Mrs. Holly, the washerwoman, was next called
to prove the fact of the nightdress not. having been
in the basket.
The magistrates having consulted, announced
that no more witnesses would be called.
Mr. Edlin then asked the Bench instantly to

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counsel, which wr .essed.
' The magistrates, atter u,, ,q consultation, an-
nounced that they had decided on discharging the
prisoner, on her father entering into recognizance 3
of £2OO for her appearance if called upon.
The prisoner was then discharged.