The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-26 00:00:00

THE ROAD CHILD 2W_URD.ER.

Sergeant Williamson, of the metropolitan detec-
tive force, has arrived at Road, and is actively en-
gaged with Mr. Inspector Whicher, Capt. Mere-
dith, chief constable, and other officers of the county
police, in investigating this tragic affair. Mr.
Kent, the father of the deceased child and. of Miss

Constance Kent, who stands charged with the mur-
der, accompanied by his solicitor, Mr. William
Dunn, of Frome, having obtained an order to visit
the prisoner, proceeded to the County Gaol at
Devizes on Sunday last, but on their arrival the
feelings of the father overcame him, and he was
unable to undergo the interview. Every possible
exertion is being made by the police to collect fur-
ther evidence, and to find, if possible, the missing
nightdress belonging to Miss Constance Kent. It
is believed that, if not burnt, it is secreted some-
-1 where in the vicinity of the house, and, with the
I view of inducing the inhabitants of the village to
assist in the search, a placard has been issued, offer-
ing a reward of £5 to any person finding the night-
dress and delivering it to the police. It is now sup-
posed by persons competent to give an opinion on the
matter that the first intention of the murderer was;
to have thrown the child down the privy with the
object of suffocating it, and that it was expected the
body would have sunk out of sight. The drawing-
room window and shutters are supposed to hare ben.
I opened by some person inside the house to convey/
c 1 the idea and lead to the belief that the child had been

stolen. A description of the privy will make this
theory better understood. It is situated about 20
yards from the kitchen door, and is surrounded by
shrubs, the well or cesspool being of extraordinary
size--viz., about 10 feet deep and 7 feet square. At
the time of the murder the well contained about t
feet of water and soil, so that had the child fallen.
through it would at once have been suffocated and
sunk out of sight. The peculiar construction of the
' seat, however, prevented the body from. falling.
through into the cesspool below. The impediment
was caused by a splash-board, which is a piece of
board fixed from the front of the top part of the
seat and extending downward in a slanting direc-
tion to within about six inches of the back wall of
the privy, the consequence being that the body
would not pass through this small aperture. It is
supposed that the guilty party, being thus foiled,.
resorted to the knife, and destroyed the child in thee
manner which has been already described. Mr.
Edlin, of the Western Circuit, will, it is understood,
appear on behalf of Miss Constance Kent at the
adjourned inquiry, which is to take place to-morrow
(Friday) at Road.

tOUN TRY 211ARKETS.

SHEFFIELD-JULY 24.

There was a small supply of grain, wad the market wal
very unsettled, lout wheat sold freely, at an advance of 6d
per load. Flour also a free sale ,at ld per 141 b advance.
Other articles maintained late prices.
Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...22s (ld to 23a 61
White 1) 17 ...24a Od to Ms 61

New red
New white

)) ...—. Od to-8 Ocl
77 • • •---8 Od tO -B cd

Beans ff ff ... 1950 d to 21s 01
Peas, per qr 485 Od to 525 01
Grinding barley, per qr 338 Od to 36s Oa
Malting ditto, ~ 345 Od to 375 Od
Oats 265 Od to 335 01

Miller*: prices for flour-2s Id, 25 3d, and 2s 4d per
141 b,

NEWARK.

'Jt) LT 25.

A limited supply of wheat
2s per qr. Barley scarce ; trl
was firm. Oats in limited sh,
White wheat, new, 60s to 65s
Red do. sss to 60s
Old white 6os to 65s
Red do sss to 60s I
Barley, malting 38s to 42s
Peas,

to-day, and prices advanced
.ade inactive. The bean trade
Low, with a fair sale.

Barley, grinding 30s to 330
Oats, old, .. 32s to 340
New do 29s to 320
Beans. 4Ss to 510
Beans, new 45s to 480
Is to 435.

HULL-JuLy 24.

At our market to-day there was again a very thin supPli
of wheat. Prices advanced 2s per qr. Barley, oats, beaus+
and peas met with an improved demand at an advance of 6d
per qr.
Wheat.... Old white.... per qr ... 598 Od to 62s Oa
Old red
New white .. „
New red .... ,
Dantzic, Konb , &c. old white 53s Od to 678 0"
Dutch, Belgian, and French s3s Od to 54s Od
Baltic and Hamburg, red
St. Petersburg and Riga, old. 45s Od to 49s A
Barley.... English malting
Grinding
Od
Saal and Oderbruck
Holstein and Danish 34s Od to 88s Oa
Grinding
Oats English, old
Archangel and Riga, per st Os 14d to 140,
Friesland and Dutch' osl4 id to 031 2
Swedish and Danish osl4d to osl4b
Beans ....English, old, per qr 46s Od to 4S a
' New pigeon 44s Od to 'w, ,s Oa
New tick. 43s Od to og ",,a
Egyptian
Pea 5...... Foreign breakers
Grinding
Tares .... Spring
Indian Corn
Linseed, feeding . 48s Oft to 52s 01
crushing
Linseed cakes (Hull)
Foreign 8 0 oto 810 o
Rape cakes 550 to 5 610 °
Bones 5 0 oto 6 7

DUBLIN—J.= 24.
In consequence of the advance in London holders of grill
to-day demanded higher rates, but they were oily realise
for the best oats, which advanced 6d. Indian corn met
limited demand, at 6d higher.

s. d. s. d.
Wheat, white 33 0 to 3 0
Do., red 3l 0 to 33 0
Do., new 0 to 0
Barley
Oats
Do., black l5 0 to 15 6

0. d. o.do
Do., new ..... 0 to ---
0
Bere
Rapeseed
Oatmeal l5 0 to 11 0
Bakers' flour
Indian corn 37 0 to 38

COAL MARKET—JULY 25.
(Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market.)
s. d. I Walla End.
West Hartley 16 0
Davison's West Hart-
ley 16 0
Wylam....
Tanfield Moor l3 6
Tanfield Moor Bates l3 6
Holywell 16 0
Byass's Bedside West
Hartley ....16 0
Walker Primrose 13 6
Bell's Primrose l3 0
Howard's West Hart-
ley 15 9

,
0. A•
South Hartlepool. ..... 17 6
Acorn Close ,17 0
Hetton . l9 0
Cassop lB .
Thorpe
Br ddyll' s Hetton ..... 18 6
Frautwellgate 17 6
Hilda
Peasee West .15 •
Gosforth . ll 5
Byron l7 0
Wharnclifte ll 6
Edon Main ...11 5
Thornley l6 0
Belmont, .. l/ 5
K el loe
Camay and Duffryll c, 6
Malting . 2i,

Walls End.
Eden 17 6
Haswell . l9 0
Hartlepool. lB 9
Heugh Hall 17 6

Whitworth l6 6
Ships at market

117 —Sold, 104.

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