The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-14 00:00:00

ky , Lagistrates, he also said that
when he last lived .with his wife, which was two
Years ago, he resided in Prioees-street, Soho, at a
house kept by a person na►ned Giddings, or Gibbons.
He occupied the first floor.

Mr. Ludlow—You must understand that it is fcr
your sake that we ask these questions as to who
you are. As you refuse to tell us, We must further
remand you to make the necessary inquiries till
Wednesday next at 11 o'clock.
Prisoner—l would tell you who lam at once, but
I fear it corning to my mother's ears. If you will
promise me she shall not hear it I will tell you at
once.

Mr. Ludlow—We can't promise you that. There
are several gentlemen of the press here, and all that
has taken place here to-day will soon be known all
over the eountry.
Prisoner—l suppose you will allow me pens, ink,
and paper in my cell, that I may write ?
Mr. Ludlow—Oh, certainly.
the prisoner was then formally remanded till
Wednesday, and removed from the dock.
A report was very current in the surrounding
towns on Sunday and Monday that the missing
nightgown had been found stitched up in a mat-
tress at Mr. Kent's house. We need scarcely say
(adds a correspondent) that there is no truth what-
ever in it.

The Western Press, in an article on this mysteri-
ous affair, says :—" The police are acting with
praiseworthy energy, following up everything
offering the slightest promise of information br
evidence. They have re-examined many places
before looked to, such as the sewer from the dwelling
house to the river, the river itseTi and spats indicat:'-4
rug a suitableness for concealq anything aesirable
to be hidden—they have again visited and searched
the dwellings of the washerwoman, Holley, her
son-in-law, and of Nutt, the shoemaker and parish
clerk, but nothing whatever has come to light which
can in any way implicate anyone in the appalling
deed. An experiment was tried relative to the
much talked of circumstance of Miss Constance
sending the housemaid for a glass of water on the
Monday when it was averred the missing nightdress
was in the basket near to where the young lady
awaited the return of the domestic. The girl was
just two minutes in fetching a glass of water for the
officers, and she acted in the same way as when sent
by Miss Constance, she having to draw the water
from a tap. But the reason why Miss Constance did
not go for water herself on the occasion in question
is explained by the fact that a great number of
strange persons were in the lower part of the house,
and the transaction took place either immediately
before or directly after the jury, with the coroner,
had come to the house to take the testimony of Miss
Constance and her brother—at a time when she
would naturally be much agitated and nervous.
When, too, the question was put to Elizabeth Gough,
the nursemaid, as to whether she thought Miss
Constance committed the foul crime, she, in a
remarkably positive manner, repeated that it was
not Miss Constance ; and on being pressed for her
opinion, when so positive about one, as to who was
the perpetrator, she merely said it was done by
somebody in the house. Mr. Kent directly denies
that he ever pointed to Miss Constance as the in-
dividual upon whom his suspicion rested. The
nursemaid has given notice of her intention to quit
Mr. Kent's service.. The housemaid has also given
notice to leave, in consequence of a complaint in the
knee. In her last examination before the magi-
strates, it will be remembered that the nursemaid
said she was not aware that the blanket was miss-
ing from the murdered boy's cot until she saw the
body brought into the kitchen wrapped in a blan-
ket, and she explained that she had not missed the
article owing to its being usually ought of sight,
between the sheet and counterpane. But Benger,
the man who found the body, the parish constable,
and the county policeman, all declare they heard
her distinctly say while the search was being made
that the child had been carried away in a blanket.
And, strange enough, Mr. Kent, who left his house
before the dead body was found on the Saturday
morning, told the turnpike keeper on his way to
Trowbridge, and a woman at the Trowbridge Police
Station, that his child had been carried off in a
blanket. It is natural to infer that he either re-
ceived the information from the person who com-
municated to him the sad tidings—the nursemaid
—or that ha had himself missed the blanket from
the little fellow's bed, supposing he went to look at
it before starting from Trowbridge, and he might
have done so in her presence. There is a little dis-
crepancy in her statement as to her reading a chap-
ter in the Bible. In her room is a copy of the New
Testament only, which is comprised in a small edi-
tion of the Church Service, and there is no Bible
there. There is little credit due theOtsupposition
that the murderer never returned to the house on
the notion that has been advanced that the track
would have been discoverable by footmarks on the
back parlour drugget, because the night was wet,
for it turns out that no rain fell on the night in
question, and the gravel was quite dry. No one has
yet owned the piece of flannel found beneath the dead
body. 'lt appears to have been a very poor description
of flannel originally, and been much worn, and on
two sides of it are indications of strings having
been forcibly torn from it. Every article in the
servants' boxes and the young ladies' drawers has
been turned over, but - nothing at all 'tallying
with the piece of flannel has been seen. It may be
mentioned, also, that on the morning of the murder
each of the inmates of the house were searched,
some of them taking off the whole of their clothes,
but neither spots of blood nor other suspicious .
signs could be traced.