The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-25 00:00:00

TEE BRADFORD CHILD MURDER.

BRADFORD, Wednesday.
This morning John George Gowland, attorney's
clerk, the father of the two children who were
murdered in this town on Sunday night, as re-
ported in The Sun, was brought before the Mayor
of Bradford (Mr. Wright) and other magistrates,
and charged by Mr. Grauhan, chief constable of
the borough, with having committed either perjury
or forgery.

On-being ordered to stand up before the bench
the prisoner said, " In this case, your worships,
perhaps you will hear a word I have got to say
first."

The Mayor told him he must keep silent till he
was asked what he had to say.
Mr. Grauhan then said that the prisoner, when
giving evidence at the inquest held on Tuesday on
view of the bodies of his murdered children, stated
on oath that he was not married to the unfortunate
woman with whom he had been living, and who
was now lying in the infirmary with her throat cut.
Among the papers found in the prisoner's house
was a document purporting to be a certified copy
of the register of a marriage solemnised at the pa-
rish church of St. Oswald, in or near the city of
Durham, on the 23d of September, 1855, between
John George Gowland, aged 25, bachelor, attor-
ney's clerk, of Durham, and Margaret Sutton,
aged 26, spinster, of Bishopwearmouth, Sunder-
land. The parties were certified to have been mar-
ried by license by Henry Thomas Fox, and Mar-
garet Sutton was represented to have signed with
a cross. The witnesses to the marriage were
Elizabeth Proud and Henry Wilkinson; and then
came the following :—The above is a true copy of
all the particulars contained in the register be-
longing to the parish church of St. Oswald
respecting the marriage of John George Gowland
and Margaret Sutton. Taken this 23d day of
September, 1855." Signed, " Henry Thomas
Fox." He (Mr. Grauham) had written to the
clergyman of St. Oswald's, near Durham, and
it was necessary that he should ask the bench
to remand the prisoner till Monday next, for
he thought he should be able to show that
this certificate had been used by the prisoner during
the time he had resided in Bradford or elsewhere.
If so, and he was not married to Margaret Sutten,
then he was guilty of forgery, and, if they were
married, he had committed perjury in his evidence
the other day before the coroner.
The Mayor informed the prisoner that he would
be remanded to Monday next, and that the magis..
trates did not want to hear any statement from him
at present.
The prisoner said his case was a very hard one,
and asked to be allowed to be at liberty on giving
bail.
Mr. Grauhan opposed the application, observing
that he had evidence to prove that the prisoner was
one of the most immoral characters perhaps that was
ever met with, and if he was bailed out the proba-
bilities were that he would get out of the way, The
papers which the magistrates had before them,. and
others which he (Mr. Grauhan) could produce were
sufficient to show what sort of man the prisoner
was.
Prisoner—Then, will you give me leave to write
to my mother, and also two letters for the pur-
to eat while I am
pose of obtaining something
confined ?
Mr. Grauhan—You will have the prison diet, the
same as the other prisoners in gaol.
Prisoner—Then, will you allow me to write a
letter to my mother ?
The Mayor said he might write to anybody, ,but
the chief constable must see the
Prisoner—Very well, sir. letters.
He was then removed.
At the rising of the Coroner's court yesterday,
after it had been determined to adjourn the inquest
relative to the murdered children to the 6th of
irovember, Gowland complained of the inconve-
nience fincl annoyance Which, the adjournment

would cause him, by detaining him at, Bradford,
from which he wished to depart as soon as he
could. The Coroner (Mr. Jewison) immediately
bound him in his own recognisances i❑ the sum of
£4O to attend the adjourned inquest on the day
mentioned.

The mother of the children is still alive at the
infirmary, but in a very dangerous condition, aris-
ing from her windpipe being cut through. If in -
flammation can be kept down it is thought she may
possibly recover.

HEALTH OF LONDON LURING THE

WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.)
The deaths in London, which had been in as
previous week 1,008, rose in the week ending
Saturday, October 20, to 1,116. In the ten years
1850.59, the average number of deaths in the
weeks corresponding with last week was 1,020 ;
but as the deaths returned for last week occurred.
in an increased population, the average should be
raised proportionally, a correction which will make
it 1,122, It appears, therefore, that the deaths in
the present return approximate closely to the ave-
rage rate of mortality at this season of the year.
The births list week exceeded the deaths by 684.
The deaths by zymotic diseases were 272. Under
this head are included 9 deaths by small-pox, 56
from measles, 49 from scarlatina, 8 from diptheria,
34 from diarrhoea, and 2 from cholera. •
A blacksmith, aged 37 years, died of " cholera (3
days)" at 24, Acorn:street, Woolwich, and the wife
of a mason, aged 43 years, died of "cholera" at 20,
Wellington-street, Pentonville. Pulmonary dis-
eases, exclusive of phthisis and hooping-cough were
fatal in 211 cases, the corrected average being only
167. Pneumonia was fatal in 103 cases, of which
78 were those of children under two years of age,
and 86 persons died from bronchitis. 109 persons
died from affections of the brain and nervous
system, 46 from diseases of the heart, and 46 front
diseases of the digestive organs. Seven infants
died from suffocation in bed, and two children from.
scalds. Four deaths were the consequence of burns.
The son of a baker, aged 14 years, died at the West-
minster Hospital from burns, the result of falling
into a baker's oven. A hatter, residing in Picea-
, dilly, committed suicide by the inhalation of char-
coal fumes. A sailor, aged 32 years, died on board
ship in the river Thames from scurvy. A journey-
, man painter fell a victim to the poisonous effects of
lead on the system. A Greenwich pensioner at-
tained the age of 93 years, two widows died, aged.
respectively 93 and 90 years, and two spinsters,
' each of them being 90 years of age.
. Last week the births of 939 boys and 861 girls, in.
all 1,800 children, were registered in London. In
the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1850-59
L 1 the average number was 1,576.

COUNTRY AIABKETS.

SHEFFIELD—OcT. 23.

At to-day's market the supply of new wheat was
large, but generally of very inferior quality. The best
samples maintained late rates, and in some instances an.
advance of Gd per load was obtained. Old sorts were fully
as dear. Beans were in demand, and somewhat higher in
price. Best new oats is over former quotations; barley
sold freely at previous rates. No change in flour.
Red wheat, per load of 3 i:nperial bushels...24s Od to 26s Od
White ~ ...25s Od to 28s Od
New red ...22s Od to 24s 6d

New white
Beans

...Ns Od to 26s Od
...19s 6d to 21s 6d

Peas, per qr )7
, . 48s Od to 52s Od
Grinding barley, per qr
Malting ditto, „ , ...35s Od to 44s Od
Oats ), , . 25s Od to 30s Od
Millers' prices for flour-2s 4d, 2s 6d, Lad 2s 8d per
141 b.

HULL—OcT. 23.
There was a very thin attendance to-day. Good old and
dry new wheat met a ready sale at last week's quotations.
Other kinds in very bad condition, and unsaleable. Oats,
barley, beans, and peas in gocd demand. Linseed and rape
cake in good request.
Wheat.... Old white per qr. 66s Od to 720 Od
Old red
New white .. „
New red .... „
Dantzic, Kunb , &c. old white 62s Od to 66s oa.
Dutch, Belgian, and French., 60s Od to 62s Od
Baltic and Hamburg, red
St. Petersburg and Riga, old s2a Od to 55s Od.
Earley.... English malting 4os Od to 44s Od
Grinding .. 34s Od to 36s Od
Saal and Oderbruck

Holstein and Danish 3Bs Od to 40kt Od

Grinding
Oats Fnglish, old
Archangel and Riga, per at Os 14d to 14d
Friesland and Dutch osl4lcl to 0315 d.
Swedish and Danish 0514a to 051414
Beans ....English, old, per qr.
New pigeon 44s Od to 45s Oct
New tick. 43s Od to 44s Od
Egyptian 3Bs Od to 40s Od.
Peas .. Foreign breakers
Grinding
Tares ....Spring —s Od to —s Od
Indian Corn

Linseed, feeding
crushing
Linseed cakes (Hull) £lo 5 oto £lO 15 0
Foreign BlO oto 9 0 0
Rape cakes 510 oto 6 0 0
Bones o 0 oto 5 5 0