The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-27 00:00:00

rnE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SHPTEMBER 2y, 1860

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returned from Palermo, where the withdrawal of
Depretis, the Pro-Dictator, had called him, cam(
up, and about the same tine a part of the Brigadt
Eber appeared on the slopes of St. Angelo. It ha'
started from Sauta Maria, and reached St. Angelo
without finding any trace of the enemy, except
when its advanced guard came to the river, when
the Neapolitans opened out from two rifled guns at
the Scapo di Formicola, and from two others on the
height just above it, where an isolated house stands
called Casino. di Palumbara. This height comes
down close to the opposite bank of the river, while
the heights of St. Angelo come likewise close down
on the left bank. The road thus is, as it were, in
a defile almost at a pistol shot from the battery
opposite. It was impossible for a force unprovided
with artillery to pass without exposing itself to

heavy losses. It was therefore decided to leave two
battalions on the road, partly to keep the enemy's
attention engaged, and partly to co-operate with
the column towards Capua, while the rest took the
mountain road.

The mountain road after crossing the ridge runs
along the steep and tolerably wooded sides of the
mountain called there Foresta di San Vito. Having
put himself into connection with the column to the
right, Gen. Garibaldi came up soon after from the
plain, where he had been observing the enemy's
position. The movement of this column having
been observed from Capua several large columns of
infantry and cavalry, besides a battery of artillery,
were seen approaching in haste to support the forces
concentrated on these points. Towards noon Gen.
lurr sent the order to the Brigade Saulis to retire,
the news having arrived that the operation towards
Cajazzo had been successful, and that Catabene
and his riflemen had driven the enemy from that
position. In this retreat, which was effected in
perfect order, Baron Gazzo, a aicilian gentleman,
who had been with us since the entrance into
Palermo, seeing a wounded man close to the river's
bank, went out and put him on his shoulder, and
was almost within the line when a rifle ball hit him
through the thigh, shattering it to pieces. He
was a great favourite with all, and his loss which
is probable, would be universally regretted.
When the Neapolitans saw that our riflemen re-
tired they took courage, and came down to the
edge of the river, shouting " Viva it Be !"—nay,
three of them swam across to turn the farm-house
which had afforded a point d'oppui to our riflemen.
Garibaldi seeing this gave the order to occupy the
house and keep the Neapolitans within due bounds.
Twenty riflemen and 20 of the S also company of
the Brigade Eher were sent down, who cleared the
shore in less than ten minutes, in spite of the heavy
cannonade which was opened upon them, and
which soon set the whole house in a blaze. To-
wards two p.m. this brigade likewise received the
order to withdraw. The Neapolitans, as soon as
they saw tho movement began shelling, and with
so accurate an aim that several shells burst right
amidst the troops, but by a miracle hurt not a
single man.
The advance on the high road from Santa Maria
to Capua had likewise begun soon after the others.
The Neapolitans followed their usual tactics, draw-
ing the advancing column within the range of the
guns of the fortress. They succeeded better than
ever before, for one of the brigades engaged got out
of hand and advanced without order till it came
within range not only of the guns of the fortress,
but likewise had to sustain an offensive return which
the enemy made with artillery and cavalry. In vain
did our two guns try to oppose the superior
force ; the commander being wounded, and many
of the artillerymen and horses, the guns had to be
dragged back by the infantry. The Brigade Tuppi
was sent in support, but unfortunately its comman-
der was mortally wounded in the very outset. This
threw the column into confusion, and for a moment
the enemy had time to retake part of the position
lost and burn the farmhouses, which had been of
great assistance to our men in their advance. But
this was only for a short time, for, order having
been restored, the Neapolitans were again driven
back to the border of the olive wood, close to the
glacis of the fortress.
By 2 p.m. all was over on this side too, but not
without the loss of above a hundred men.
The column to the left from La Foresta advanced
similarly, but was more fortunate in keeping
within its instructions, attracting the enemy's at-
tention on that side, but without engaging in a
combat.
On the whole our loss in wounded and dead
amounted to IGO men, but the object of the move
ment was obtained by the taking of Cajazzo.

SEPT. 22.
On this side nothing new since the 19th, the Nea-
politans in the immediate outskirts of Capua firing
away a great deal of artillery ammunition on all
who show themselves. We, on our side, are wait-
ing for the development of the movement towards
Cajazzo. This latter place was, according to the
last accounts, threatened by the Neapolitans, and
the Regiment Vachieri, of the Division Medici, was
sent to assist.

HOWDEY GREAT HORSE FAIR, YORKSHIRE.

This celebrated horse-fair, which commenced on
Thursday last and continued five days, was brought
to a termination yesterday. It is one of the chief
horse-fairs for which this county is famed, and this
year, as usual, the show was extensive, and com-
prised animals of first description and value. Many
large strings of horses from Ireland were on offer.
The fair attracted provincial dealers from all coun-
ties, and the principal jobmasters and others from
London bought largely, and all young and sound
horses readily found purchasers. Aged horses were
in dull request as compared with the great horse-
fairs which were held in the spring of the year.
Business was transacted at the following prices,
viz. :—For young horses suitable for double-harness,
broughams, and private carriage work, 65 to 85
guineas ; horses of high fashion were selected at
figures varying from 90 to 120 guineas, and
matched pairs of grays and bays realized 250 to
300 guineas, and high-stepping ditto for phaeton
and single harness 85 to 110 guineas. Thick set
young horses, adapted for town work and public
vehicles, obtained buyers at from 35 to4B guineas;
short-jointed active horses, for van purposes and
light drays, were in high competition at prices
ranging from 45 to 65 guineas. Strong horses for
town and roadwork fetched from 45 to 60 guineas;
well-built quick-walking cart horses 38 to 55
guineas. Aged and seasoned horses for
.agri-
cultural purposes, made 25 to 30 guineas.
Cart colts made from 30 to 40 guineas; and
two-year old ditto 20 ;to 30 guineas. Well
bred young horses for park hacks, chargers,
&c., fetched 70 to 95 guineas, and high bred ditto
120 to 140 guineas. Cover hacks, roadsters, &c.,
25 to 35 guineas. Horses of high pedigree, and
broke for the hunting field, realised prices varying
from 90 to 120 guineas, and horses of celebrity and
up to heavy weight went at figures ranging from
130 to 150 and 180 guineas. Neat 'going co :s sold
at from 20 to 28 guineas, and handsome weight-
can.) ing cobs were selected at 35 to 50 guineas ;
unbroken colts sold at 20 to 45 guineas ; yearlings
12 to 20 guineas; neat ponies fetched 15 to 20
guineas. Strong well-made young Irish horses,
commanded a good sale for both riling and har-
ness, and made figures of from 40 to GO guineas. A
large herd of valuable young cattle, which had
been bred and reared in this country, were con-
signed from the fair to London. Cocapetitioa ran
high for first-class horses, and prices were 40 per
cent. higher than those obtained sonic few years
since for similar descriptions of horses.

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The following is from a letter, dated Valetta,
Sept. 22, half-past 2 p.m.:—

" Her Majesty's ship Ciesar, Capt. T. Mason, left
port on the 16th inst. for Beyrout, with provisions
Ind storzs for the fleet. The Orion left on the 19th,
to cruise off the coast of Sicily, that island being
reported to be in a very disturbed state. There are
in port the James Watt; the Hibernia receiving
ship ; the Himalaya screw troop ship ; the Caradoc
despatch boat; the Mohawk and the Boxer gunboats.
"It is reported that a reactioslist plot has been
liscov(red among the exiled partisans of the King
of Naples in Malta, and that a vessel has left this
island for Sicily laden with Bourbon flags, made up
in the form of Manchester manufactures. Castro
St. Giovanni, in the province of Caltanisetta, accord-
ing to rumour, is to be the rallying point. There
is no doubt that anarchy to a considerable extent
exists in the island, and that, even at Palermo and
Messina, several assassinations have taken place.
In consequence of superior orders from the Director-
General of Telegraphs at .Palermo, and owing, it is
said, to the discovery of the alleged plot in Malta,
telegraphic communication between Sicily and
Malta has been suspended until further orders.
" From a letter published in the local journals I
learn that the Sardinian Government intends to lay
down an electric cable, which, if carried out, will
place Malta also in telegraphic communication with
the continent and the United Kinglom.
" Instructions have been received from England
for converting the Royal Malta Fencible Regiment
into an Artillery Corps, to be designated the
Royal Malta Artillery Corps,' An increase of
pay has been sanctioned by the War-office. The
officers will receive the same pay as officers of the
Line, and 21d. per diem will be added to the non.
commissioned officers and men. The regiment is to
be increased by two companies—that is, from 600
:0 800 strong. _ _

" Leave of absence has been granted to Lieut.
Graham, 2d battalion 23d Regiment, and to Lieut.
Waddington, RA , the latter to proceed to Eng-
land for three months. In the absence of Lieut.-Co.
Hallowell, Adjutant-General, who left by the:last
English packet to Marseilles, his duties are per-
formed by Major Bowden, 2d battalion 22d Regi-
ment.
" There has been a good deal of military insubor-
dination of late among the troops in garrison, and
a few days ago a man of the 22d Regiment was
tried by general court-martial for striking his cap-
' tain. Robberies and other offences, committed by
soldiers, are becoming quite common, the object
alleged in many cases by the culprits being to escape
military duty.
" Fresh arrivals of French troops for Syria have
occurred during the last few days. The French
screw steamer Finistere came in on the 16th inst.
from Algiers, having on board 24 officers and 661
men, under the command of Col. Dubrinel, and the
Aube, on the 19th, from Algiers and Bona, with 15
officers and 278 men,
all bound for Beyrout, for
which place, after a brief stay, tkey took their
departure.
" A letter from Tunis, dated September 13, re-
ceived on the 20th inst., announces that tranquillity
remained undisturbed throughout that Regency.
The Bey was to leave Tunis about the 20th of this
month for Algiers, to be present at the fetes in pre-
paration there for the French Emperor's approach-
in.. visit. Sidi Pasha, the brother of his Highness,
who is at present in the interior administering
justice and collecting tribute, has been recalled, to
take the reins of Government during the absence of
the Bey.
" Accounts from Candia to the 10th inst. announce
that affairs in that island were in a most alarming
state, and a revolt was considered imminent. A
great number of Greeks from the Morea had landed
in the province of ltettimo to excite the peasants to
rise against their Turkish masters. Armed bands
were already moving about the country.
" A letter this moment received from Marsala,
dated the 19th inst., says that a flying column of
300 Garibaldian troops had visited Marsala, and
was to visit different parts of the country for the
preservation of order."
The following line of battle ships, frigates, cor-
vettes, and other steamvessels compose the steam
reserve in the Medway at Chatham, under the
command of Capt. C. F. Sehomberg :
FIRST DIVISION.

Guns. H.p. Guns, ll.p.
Meeanee BO 400 Charybdis 2l .. 400
Phaeton .. 51 .. 400 Miranda l5 .. 250
Challenger .... 22 .. 400
Gunboats : Bullfrog, Carnation, Cochin, Griper, and Hasty,
each of 2 guns and 60 horse •power.
SECOND DIVISION.

Guns. ILI).
Hood
Rodney
Waterloo
Goliath
Irresistible SO 400
Severn
Galatea
Orestes
Orpheus 2l 400
Malacca l7 .. 200

Guns. ll.p.
Thunder (11. bat.) 14 1 .0
Trusty (fl. bat.) 14 .. 150
lloratio l2 250
Dragon
Victor
Griffon
Plover
Racehorse 4 200
Cormorant 4 200

Gunboats : Herring,
THIRD D

Julia, and Mislotoo.
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Guns. ll.p. Guns. ll.p.
Atlas
Anon
Eurotas (inor. v.) 12 .. 200 Wanderer 4l .. 200
Swallow 6 .. 60 i Locust
Gunboats: Dwarf, Manly, 3fastiff, Pelto, Spoy, Surly,
Thistle, Thrasher, Tickler, Linnet, and Pigeon.

Captain G. Goldsmith, C. 13., superintendent of
Chatham Dockyard, left that establishment yester-
day on leave of absence from the Admiralty. Com-
mander C. Pope, master-attendant, has assumed the
command of the establishment during the absence
of Captain Goldsmith.

Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham
Dockyard, directing 20 additional smiths and 16
sawyers to be entered for the service of that estab-
lishment in crder to complete those vessels nearly
ready for launching.
The Trusty, 14, iron-cased steam floating battery,
in dock at Chatham, has a number of shipwrights
employed on her in removing those portions of her
hull which are found to be decayed from the ravages
of the marine worm. During the progress of the
work the timbers have been found to be considerably
decayed, but every portion of the bottom found to
be infested with insects is carefully removed, and
new planks substituted, in order that none of the
insects may be left in the wood to continue their
destructive ravages.

The dimensions of the screw steam corvette
Pantaloon, 11, launched yesterday afternoon at
Devonport dockyard, are—length between perpen-
diculars, 151 ft. ; keel for tonnage, 131 ft. 31in. ;
breadth, extreme, 29ft. 1 in. ; for tonnage, 28ft.
9in. • moulded, 28ft. 3in. ; depth of hold, 15ft. 10in.;
burden in tons, 557 31-91.

The steam frigate Orlando, 40, got up steam in
Hamocze on Tuesday, and being assisted by the
steam-tugs Prospero and Confiance, went outside
Plymouth breakwater to try her machinery, and
the effects of the reduction of her fan. The results
appeared to be satisfactory
The gunboats Goshawk and Partridge, having
undergone a thorough repair, were put out of No. 1
dock at Key ham steam-yard on Tuesday, and the
Tilbury and Ripple were taken in.
The St. George, 91, screw, Capt. the Hon. F.
Egerton, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the
eastward. She is reported to have been ashore on
the banks off Flushing for some hours while in
charge of a pilot.
The paddle yacht Osborne, Master-Commander
George K. Bower, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday
afternoon from Antwerp and Dover, having called
at the latter port to laud some of, the Royal
household.

The stem of the Royal Alfred, 91, screw, building
in Portsmouth yard, was yesterday successfully
raised and placed in position, under the superin-
tendence of Mr. Harvey, the boatswain of the yard.

Majesty's service, it is stated, at the end of the pre- •
sent month. His successor is not-yet nominated.
A spacious flat-roofed magazine, covered with
shingle, intended for the purpose of storing powder
and ammunition under construction during the past
twelvemonth in Woolwich Marsh, under the super-
intendence of the Army Manufacturing Mpartment
of the Royal Arsenal, and now nearly complete,
was yesterday discovered to have suffered from the
yielding of the base to such an extent, causing a
huge cleft throughout one of the external support-
ing walls, that a considerable portion of the build-
ing will have to be removed and rebuilt. The dis-
aster is accounted for from the effect of the late in-
cessant rains having carried away some of the sub-
jacent marshy stratum insufficiently prepared with
concrete and other heavy substances in forming the
foundation. It is supposed that the loss occasioned
by the disaster will be borne by the Government
and that the contractors, Messrs. Higgs, will not
be held liable iu any degree for the result, as their
part of the contract has been duly carried out and
completed.

The solid indiarubber buffers, or springs, invented
by Mr. Fuller, and employed extensively during
the late Russian war, to allay the friction caused
by the travelling of the ammunition and other
waggons without springs, have been introduced by
that gentleman for the consideration of the select
committee of Woolwich Arsenal, as a counter mo-
tion to the recoil of the Armstrong gun in the action
of firing. Nine of the above-named buffers, about
nine inches each in circumference and three inches
in thickness of substance, were yesterday affixed to
one of the slides of a gun-carriage employed at the
proof, and several rounds were fired, when the gun
was satisfactorily and effectively brought home from
the recoil by means of the buffers, and much delay
is thereby obviated by a succession of firing.

ALLEGED MURDER OF A CHILD AT
HOMERTON.

Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, Mr. Humphreys,
coroner for the eastern division of Middlesex, and a
jury, opened an inquest at the Spread Eagle Tavern,
Homerton, on the body of a child named Augustus
Padfield, which had been found mutilated under the
circumstances related in the evidence subjoined.
A young woman named Emma Padfield, sus-
pected of being the mother of the child, was pre-
rent during the investigation, in the custody of
Inspector Bowler, of the local divisional police.
Mr. W. T. Graves attended to watch the proceed-
ings in her behalf; and Mr. F. IV. Shorter, from
the office of Mr. Ellis, clerk of the local vestry, was
preSent for a similar purpose in the interest of that
body.

Maria Mad, the first witness called, said, in
answer to questions by the Coroner—l reside at
Hammond's-cottages, Lea-bridge, and am the wife
of James Mead, a labourer. I had a lodger named
Padfield. The woman at the bottom of the table is
she. She was confined in my house about the latter
end of June, but I cannot exactly say on what day.
When she came to lodge with me she stated she was
a single woman. She was confined of a male child,
a very fine, healthy one. I saw the child washed
frequently. I washed it myself on the morning it
was taken away from my house.
The Coroner—Was there any mark about the
body of the child by which you could identify it ?
Witness—Yes; there was a red mark resembling
a raspberry, and like the print of a finger. The
child had recently been vaccinated on the left arm
by Mr. Brooks, a surgeon who attended her in her
confinement. On the morning it was taken away
the left arm was in a state of inflammation and dis-
charging matter. Of the body of the dead child
which I have seen I noticed that the left arm was
gone. The prisoner left my house with the child
a month last Monday. She stated, previous to going,
that her sisterhad been confined in the country about
the same time as she herself had, that her sister's
child was dead, and that the sister had agreed to
take her child. She said she was going to take the
child to meet her sister at the Camberwell station.
She said she had received a letter from her sister
on the Monday before, but I did not see it, and
I understood that it was in consequence of that
letter that the appointment was made with
her sister at Camberwell. She left my house a quar-
ter before 12 in the morning. I washed and dressed
the child for her that morning while she was dress-
ing herself. I remember that its flannel petticoat
had no string, and I fastened it with black cotton.
(A child's petticoat produced.) That is the same
flannel. I know it by the black cotton with which
I sewed it. (A frock produced.) That is the frock
I put on the baby that morning, and this is the
pinafore marked B, and likewise the shoes and the
veil and the ribands. As she loft the door I kissed
the baby and bid it " Good bye." She returned the
same night between 11 and 12 ; she knocked at the
door, and my husband got out of bed and let her in.
She came to my bedside and spoke to me. She had
not the child with her. She carried a basket, which
I had not seen before, and which she said her sister
had given her. It was a common flat basket. On
Wednesday morning last I discovered something in
the privy which turned out to be the body of a child.
The privy in which the body was found is in a gar-
den, and detached from the house. The prisoner
could have got to the closet on the night on which
she returned without going to the house. The river
had flowed into the closet and had made the body
float. When the prisoner returned I asked her if
she had met her sister ; she said she had, that she
(the sister) had taken the child with her, and that
she would be travelling all night, and would not
reach home before 10 o'clock the next morning.
She said she had met her sister at half-past 5, and
I thought she had had to walk home, which ac-
counted for her being so late. The mother suckled
the child, and when it was at my house it had no
illness whatever. I have no doubt the body I have
seen is that of the child born at my house.
By Mr. Graves—The body is much decomposed.
This is not the first time I have said there was a
mark on it.
By the Coroner—The next morning, after re-
turning to my house, the prisoner washed out the
child's frock (produced) and a shawl I had lent her,
and which I now wear. She said she would leave
the frock for my baby. She left on the Tuesday—
that is, the next day—saying she was going to a
situation. I did not see her again until she was in
custody.
The witness then withdrew.
Mrs. Mead was recalled, and stated that the
frock produced had been washed since the prisoner
washed it.
Hannah Williams—l live in the next house to
the last witness. The prisoner is the person who
was confined there of a child. I washed and dressed
the child for more than a week. I perceived a mark
near the naval like the print of a finger. It had
that mark, I believe, from its birth. The child had
been vaccinated on its left arm shortly before it was
taken away, and the arm was inflamed, and some
little matter was being discharged from it. That I
noticed a day or two before it was taken away. I
observed when the body was taken out of the privy,
that the left arm had been taken off, On the Fri-
day before she left the prisoner read a letter to me,
to the effect that she was to take the child into the
country on the following Monday 'to meet her sis-
ter-in-law. She said she was to meet-her at the
station, but she did not say what station. She said
her sister was coming from the country to fetch it.
She added that her sister had been confined of a
child, which had died, and that her sister was going
to take her child. She had previously told me that
she was going to a situation on the Tuesday, and I
saw her on the Tuesday evening before she left for
that "purpose. She had then a flat basket.

By M?. Shorter—She said the child was going
to her sister's in the country, but she did not say
where. She had never before spoken to me about
her sister-in-law.

By the Coroner—l saw a letter which the post-
man had brought for her to my house by mistake.
She told me on opening it that it contained a Post-
office order, and that it was from Fred. She said
the father of the child was her young master, Fre-
derick Bryant, and that he lived somewhere in
Islington, I think—but I cannot remember where.
James Mead said—l live at Hammond's Cot-
tages, Lea-bridge. On this day week my wife
called my attention to something in the privy. I
took it out, and it proved to be the body of a child.
It looked very much like the child born at my
house. The privy was emptied about a week be-
fore the prisoner left, and there was about three
feet of water and soil in it when the body was
found. I have since emptied the privy, but I did
not find the missing arm, nor have I yet found it.
I saw just outside the door of the privy some marks
of blood, as I believe, on the brick work ; bat I can-
not say that it was blood.

William Bowler, an inspector in the metropoli-
tan police, said,—From information I received I
apprehended the prisoner at No. 13, Lansdoshe-
road, Notting-hill, where she was living in the ser-
vi▪
ce of gentleman named Drakes. I found in her
box the articles which have been produced, except
the frock and several letters. She went there by
the name of Emma Patfield. Sho had written a
letter to Mrs. Mead requesting her not to write to
her there. I had told her I was a police-officer,
and cautioned her in the presence of her master and
mi▪
stress before I said a word to her about the
matter. I charged her with killing her child. She
said she knew nothing about it. I said, " You
were delivered of a child in June last at Lea-
bridge." She said she was. Her mistress said to
her, " What a wicked girl you have been ! She
replied, "I have been in great distress and. have
even wanted bread ;
but indeed I did not do it my.
self." Afterwards, when 1 was with her in the
kitchen, as she was collecting her clothes, she said
if I had kept away all would have come out. That

was after I had cautioned her. She said nothing
more. When the privy was emptied I noticed
what I thought was blood in splashes on some
bricks near to the door, but I could not say it was
blood.

Mrs. Mead was recalled and shown a letter
which she said she had received from the prisoner
about three weeks ago. Her husband read it to
her, and it contained the remark that she was then
living at Mrs. Bean's, in the Hampstead-road, near
Chalk-farm.

The Coroner asked the prisoner if she wished to
say anything ?
Mr. Graves, replying for her, said not then.
Inspector Bowler having stated that he hoped to
be able to produce some material evidence, if time
were allowed,

The inquest, .on the recommendation of the
Coroner, was adjourned until Wednesday next, at
3 o'clock.-

THE STEPNEY MURDER.

A portion of the following appeared in our impression o:
yesterday : •

Walter Thomas Emma, boot and shoe maker and rent
collector, aged 45, dwelling at the time of his apprehension
in Emsley's brick field, Grove-street, Bethnal-green ; and
James Mullins, aged 50, a plaisterer, and formerly a ser-
geant in the K division of the Metropolitan police, after-
wards an inspector in the Irish constabulary, again a ser-
geant in the K division, subsequently employed on the
South Eastern Railway, and lastly a convict under sen-
tence of six years' penal servitude for a robbery on that
railway, were brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with the
wilful murder of Mrs. Mary Emsley, a widow, at No. 9,
Grove-road, Mile End, on or about the 16th of August last.
Mr. Wontner, solicitor, conducted the prosecution; Mr
Rose, the deceased's late solicitor, and Mr. Ratcliff, solicitor,
of Dean Colet House, and acting for the relatives and exe-
cutors of the deceased lady, were also in attendance. Mr.
Charles Young, solicitor, of Arbour-square, again attended
Ifor Emms ; Mr. Herbert Wood, solicitor, watched the case
for Mullins.

Police-sergeant Edmund Dillon, No. 19 K, proved being
called by Emms on the 17th of August last to the house of
the deceased, where he found her body. Mr. Faith, the de-
ceased's son-in .law, went for a surgeon. The left hand
window of the bedroom was partially open, the right hand
window was closed. The blinds Were up. Outside the
door of the room where the deceased waslying ho found a
bloody mark of a foot, with nails on the boot. That mark
was on the landing. The nails appeared to have been on
one sido of the bout only.
Cross•examined by Mr. 11. Wood—l discovered the
bloody foot-print before I entered the room.
By Mr. Selfe—The direction of the foot-print appeared
to be that of a man coming from the room.
Mr. John Joshua Carryer said—l am one of the firm of
Pickering and Carryer, and reside at No. 4, Suffolk-street,
Cambridge-road, Bethnal-green. Part of eur business
premises belonged to the deceased. I saw her on Monday,
13th of August last, about 12 o'clock, in her usual health.
Mr. Wontner—Look at that cheque, produced by Inspec-
tor Thornton.
Witness—The cheque produced is for £lO. I paid it on
that day, the 13th. It is dated on the 14th. That is an
error. I wrote it on the 13th, and gave it to the deceased
on the 13th.
Miss Elizabeth Bushley deposed—l live at No. 16,
Grove-road, Mile•end. That is exactly opposite the house
of the deceased. I was well acquainted with her person. I
last saw her alive on the 13th of August, about a quarter
before or a quarter past seven in the evening. She was
seated at the first floor bedroom window. I noticed the
house again at a quarter before 12. The shutters were
not closed. It had been the custom of the deceased to close
them before I went. At daybreak next morning I observed
the house again. It was in the same state. The blind was
up in the first-floor window about half way, and the other
was down. There were no blinds on the top floor. One of
the windows was partly up, the other was closed. On the
Wednesday morning, the 15th, a man knocked at the de-
ceased's door twice, waited a short time, and then went
away. I have frequently seen people come to the deceased's
house, knock for admittance, and the deceased would
answer them from the window or the area. When persons
brought anything the deceased admitted them. No one
could enter the area. It was railed over.
By Mr. Herbert Wood—l have frequently seen the de-
ceased admit persons without first talking to them if she
knew them. She would look at_them through the window
before going to the door. The people she admitted without
first talking to them wore persons who went there very
often. I did not go to bed, till a little after 12 on the 13th.
I got up at 8 en the 14th.
Sergeant Dillon recalled—There is no door out of the
back. It is entirely surrounded by walls about six feet in
height on three sides, and by the house on the fourth side.
I got over one of thi3 back walls to obtain admission to the
deceased's house on the 17th inst., when I discovered the
body.

Miss Elizabeth Frances Muggeridge said—l live at 17,
Grove-road, opposite the deceased's house. I siw her the
13th of August seated at the bedroom window. I observed
the house between 10 and 11 the same night. I observed it
was exactly the same as when I saw it in the afternoon.
The parlour windows were not closed. On Wednesday, the
15th of August, about 11 o'clock, I saw a man and a woman
at the door of No. 9. They knocked two or three times.
The door was not opened. They looked up at the house
and went away. The deceased was in the practice of look-
ing at people through the window before she opened the
door and admitted them.
Wm. Smith, in the employ of Mr. Linsell, linendraper,
said—l live at 3, Prospect-place, Mile-end-road. On Tues-
day, the 14th of August, I went to Mrs. Emaley's house
at half-past eight in the morning. I knocked at the door
several times, and could gain no admittance. I repeated
my visit the same evening, and after knocking several
times waited five minutes and looked through the keyhole.
The back door appeared to be open. I could see the garden.
jcseph Biggs said—l reside at 25, Allard's. row,
Bethnal-green. I was on very intimate terms with the
deceased and also with her late husband. I was greatly in
her confidence—no one more so. She entrusted me with
her plate for safe custody. I have it now. I visited her
every Sunday, and frequently during the week, and kept
her accounts. I last saw her alive on the 12th of August.
On leaving her I appointed to meet her again on the Tues-
day following. I was prevented going there at the hour
appointed, but I went at half-past one. Knocked several
times, and, not being able to obtain admission, left. I re-
turned in:a quarter of an hour and was again unable to ob-
tain admission. I was sent for on Friday, the 10th, and
then saw Mr. Rose, the deceased's solicitor, Mr. Faith,
and some others in the house. Mrs. Etnsley was then
dead. He was then directeed to look upon a pair, of lense3.
Ho believed them to be the property of the deceased. She
exhibited them to me three weeks or a month before her
death. I examined them ; they woro much chafed. Ono
was thicker than the other. The witness was directed to
look at a pencil-case. He believed it to have belonged to
the deceased. It was formerly placed in his charge with
some plate. He returned it to her some months ago. It
was a peculiar pencil-case. He noticed the peculiarities of
the head and the point.
By Mr. Selfe—l never knew the deceased to write. I

wrote her letters and her receipts. She had an account at
the London and Westminster Bank sometime ago, but not
of late. Sho had drawn all her money out of the bank to
make purchases.
Elizabeth Gibbs, the wife of Joseph Gibbs, of Barnsley-
street, Bethnal-green, said she was the niece of the de-
ceased, and was in the practice of calling to see her .in her
life time. She identified the pencil-case, and she last saw
her aunt alive on Monday the 13,h of August, and dined
with her. Sho left the house of witness at a quarter to 2
o'clock. The prisoner Mullins was often employed by her
aunt. He came to ;her house on Monday, the 13th inst.
for a box lock to put on ono of aunt's houses. She gave
him a box lock. Her aunt was present. The prisoner re-
turned with the lock, and said it was a key he wanted, not
a lock. Her aunt gave him a bunch of keyl. He came
hack a third time, and received another bunch of keys for
other houses.
After other evidence identifying the pencil-case of the
deceased, and a statement from Mr. Gill, the surgeon, that
there wore spots of blood upon it, and that it was human
blood,
Ann Cooper, of No. 12, Little Orford-street, Marl-
boreugh-road, Chelsea, said—Mullins and his wife and
family;consisting of two sons and a daughter, lived in my
house from the commencement of June until the 26th of
August. After they left Inspector Thornton came to my
house, and found a blucher boot in the dust-hole one foot
below the surface. It was thrown out of the window of
the room where Mullins and his family lived the day before
they removed. My daughter put the boot in the dust-hole.
Mullins used to tell me that he was in the employ of Mrs.
Emsley, of Stepney. Ile was in the practice of going
away on Monday morning and returning on Saturday

evening.
In cross-examination by Mr. 11. Wood, the witness said
that she knew James Mullins, the prisoner's son.lleaxioc-
casionally dined with her. She was not engaged to him.
Mr. Wood wished to show there was angry feeling
ing between the witness and the prisoner's family, when
Mr. Selfe interposed, and said all the witness had said was
that a shoe was found, and had not even said it belonged
to Mullins.

Ellen George, a charwoman, said—l was in the employ of
the deceased, and occasionally waited upon her. She had
no other attendant. Her bedroom was on the first II or
front. She was a woman of cautious habits. She answered
all strangers from the window when I was not there, and
when I was there she answered the door herself, if they
were strangers, and inquired what they wanted. On the
Saturday week before Mrs. Paisley was supposed to be
murdered, I found the parlour and other rooms were half
full of paper hangings. I saw Mullins
carry those which
were in the parlour up stairs. Mullins came to the house
to be paid every Saturday. I saw him there on the Satur-
day before her death. I saw him paid. I heard her give
him orders to whitewash the kitchen. when Mrs, ErasleY

paid him on the Saturday before her death. She paid him
about 6s. He left at seven. I did not leaye until ten
Mrs. Emsley'had some spoons. They were safe when I
left. I heard of Mrs. Erasley's death on the Friday week
Cross-examined by Mr. H. Wood—l saw no one carry up
.paper hangings in deceased's house except Mullins.
By Mr. Selfe—l have seen Mrs. Emsley write. Tier
sight was good.
Thomas Pryor, barman of the Royal Oak, Keppel-street,
Chelsea, knew the prisoner Mullins. He had seen him
several times. On the 7th September he bought a pencil-
case (the one with the spots of blood upon it) of the pri-
soner's wife. After he heard of the prisoner's apprehen-
sion he gave it to his master, who went with it to the police
station.

Michael GaTerey said—l live in Crombie's-row, Cam-
bridge-road, Bethnal-green, and am a cooper. On the
13th of August last the prisoner came to my house to in-
spect some work that was to be done, and appointed to be
with me next day at an early hour, but he did not come at
the appointed time. In the course of the week the pri-
soner put up some paper-hangings. He put up some of the
paper topsy-turvy, and did not do his work as he ought to
do. On the following Friday while they were at work, a
man named Rowland said he had heard there had been a
murder in the Grove-road, wondering whether it was Mrs.
Emsley. Mullins said he had heard something of it him-
self. Rowland went away from the house for a short time,
and when he returned he said, " I am blowed if it is not
true, for I have heard it from a woman I summoned last
week." Rowland and Mullins went away and returned
again.

The witness then deposed to a long conversation between
Mullins, Rowland, and himself, relating to Mrs. Emsley,
in which an anecdote of her manners was related by Mul-
lins, who said he had two drops on the strength of it, and
meant to have another.

In cross-examination by Mr Hubert Wood, the witness
said he "did not know whether the drops were taken on the
strength of Mrs. Emsley's death or any other cause."
William Rowland, of No. 26, Barnsley -street, Bethnal-
green, formerly a warrant officer and policeman at the Wor-
ship-street Police-court, and now a paper-hanger, was in
the practice of collecting rents for the deceased. Ho saw
her last alive at two o'clock on the 13th of August last,
when she paid him a balance of money. The evidence
of the witness was confirmatory of the last witness, and
when he had finished the Court adjourned, and the pri-
soner was remanded.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

SHEFFIELD-SEPT. 25.

At to-day's market the supply of wheat was moderate,
and the attendance was meagre. An improvement of 6d to
is per load took place in the price of old wheat ; now also
sli.ltly improved. Other kinds of grain were unchanged.
Flour ld per 141 b dearer. Business dull.
Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...24s Od to 25s Gd
White » JO ...25s Od to 27s Od
New red ), If ...22s 6d to 24s 6d
New white ~ /, ...24s Od to 26s Od
Beane ~ I, ...19s Gd to 21s 6d

Peas, per qr " 4Bs Od to 52s Od

Grinding Barley, per qr 33s Od to 35s Od
Malting ditto, „ 34s Od to 44s Od
Oats 27s Od to 34s Od
Millers' prices for flour-2s 4d, 2s 6d, and 2s Bd per
141 b.