The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-03 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The Augsburg Gazette has the following from Con-
stantinople, Mai ult. :—" On the Gth the Tahire
Bachri steamer arrived here from Varna, bringing
the following refugees who have embraced Is-
lamism :—Bein, Stein, Kinety, Grimmi, Zar-
fisky, Woroniszky, and BAlog. The vessel did not
stop, but went on immediately for Alexandria,
in Syria, from whence the refugees will be taken
to Aleppo. The steamer which is to carry the
Russo-Polish refugees to Malta is daily expected.
According to accounts from Schumla the illness of
Zamoisky, who has had the small-pox, has delayed
her departure. The other refugees belonging to
Austria will, for the present, remain at Schumla until
the Porte and the Austrian Government have come
to a decision with regard to them."

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London IVew Price. Current, April 2.)
81:c.tn.—There is-no "variation in the value of West
India Muscovado, still operatiOns have been upon a
limited scale for all purposes; low to fine brown at from
33s to 355, yellow 35s to 40s, and grey 34s to 383 per
cwt. An improosioe gains ground that prices for Sugar
will rule Modetate fur some time. Accounts continue of
a favourable nature with respect to the crops, and there
is no fallitig on' in the production of beet-root Sugar on
the Continent.

BEFINED.r—TO-day former rates were well supported
for Refined goods, and several parcels were taken by
home-dealers. Crushed Sugar is still not much wanted,
and at former terms there are free sellers.

MAURlTlUS.—Operations have been to a limited ex-
tent only for home trade purposes, and as there is a
plentiful supply at market, former rates are barely sup-
ported. 015,440 bags offered at public sale, not above
half found buyers; low to good mid yellow went at from
35s to 373; good to very fine, 37s 6d to 41s; brown, fair
to fine, 32s 6d to 34s 6d; and low to fine grey, 34s to
38s per cwt. The chief part consisted of the better
sorts.

EAST INDIA. - Prices have slightly declined for
Bengal Sugar, and the supply continues to exceed home
'dealers' wants. At public sale 3,900 bags were disposed
of; low to good white Benarei at from 37s 6d to 39s 6d,
ord to fine soft yellow 33s to 375, good and fine brown
31s to 325, and good strong yellow 40s per cwt. The
value of Khaur is 28s to 303, and few buyers aro to be
met with. Madras, soft brown, 28s to 30s, yellow 31s
to 355, and better sorts 36s to 445. Other East India
sorts are mush the same in value as last week.

FORElGN.—Operations have been of little moment for
export, although there are sellers of bonded parcels ra-
ther under former rates, By private treaty 4,000 chests
yellow Havannab have been sold at from 19s ed to 20e
for mid to good. None has been submitted to public
sale, still a fair quantity is on offer privately,
and lower rates are expected to prevail. Duty
paid sorts have been operated in with caution,
and cr„n be obtained rather under former
terms; the market will also be better supplied shortly.
At auction 200 casks Cuba Muscovado were withdrawn,
and the sound of 3,936 bags Siam was taken in at 40s to
43s 6d for white, but the washed sold at the moderate
rates of 37s 6d to 41s 6d per cwt. Refiners working
under bond continue to operate with much caution.
MoLassEs.—There is a larger stock than last year at
this time, and transactions have been limited. The
value of low to fine West India may be reckoned at 15s
to 17s, and East India 13s 6d to 14s per cwt.
COFFEE.—To-day Coffee was in good demand, chiefly
for home trade purposes; on the part of holders great
firmness was apparent, and good ord Native Ceylon on
the spot was not to be obtained under 54s 6d, and fur
arrival 52e per cwt was asked. The only public sale of
Coffee at present declared is 70 casks and 100 bags
Plantation Ceylon; and by private treaty the quantity at
market is small of both shipping and home trade kinds.
COCOA.—In West India the sales have.been unimpor-
tant, and the stock yet far exceeds that of last year : de-
liveries also keep on a smaller scale, and lower rates are
expected to prevail; the value of red is 42s to 48e, and
grey 38s to 43s per cwt. The sales concluded in Foreign
are upon a small scale at from 28s to 29s per cwt.,:
TEA.—Since last Tuesday three vessels have ar-
rived with 24,000 packages, and public sales will be
declared shortly. The stock at this port exceeds that
of the past year, but in home trade deliveries there
is little varietion. Holders of Coagou appear not will-
iug to wake any further concession in the value,
but the town and country trade operate with
catitien, and if sales were to be pressed a tall would be
the result. For ord and good ord prices rule at 9d to
91,5, mid kinds 10d to is 2d, and better sorts is 3d to
is 9d per lb. There is a fair supply at market. Prices
remain much the same as last quoted for Green, yet few
buyers are to be met with of good and fine, and only a
moderate business has been doing in inferior.
RlCR.—There is a reluctance on the part of shippers
and home dealers to operate in East India, and we have
no sales to report on speculation, low as prices are.
Bengal of ord and mid white quality can be obtained at
8s to 9s, better sort 9s 6d to 103 6d, cargo 7s to 7s 6d;
Madras pinky white 85 to 8s sd, and pearl barley 7s to
Ss per cwt. There aro free sellers of cleaned Rice, and
the trade operate with caution, low to fine Patera at 12s
to 30s, broken 9s 6cl to lls 6d, town dressed Carolina
20s to 265, and American 18s 6d to 19s 6d per cwt.
SAGO.—The rates asked for Pearl are 20s to 23s per
cwt, still only small orders have been completed by
private treaty, and none has been offered at auction.
For Sago Flour the market has a dull, aspect,
and 21s to 22s is the value. Full terms are wanted
for Tapioca, still buyers operate with caution. At auc
tion '2O brio were sold at bid per lb for good white life.
There is nu further decline in prices of Arrowroot; the
market has a quiet aspect. At auction a part only of
200 pkgs and 392 tins St. Vincent's of the new crop
found buyers at 7d to 10el fur mid and good quality.
SPICES.—There has been little business concluded in
Pimento, and buyers will not pay
above 5d for the
red at auction.
best, and sid to sid for other sorts. Black Pepper is
not offered at any further decline, yet private sales have
l
been limited for all purposes. and na:
For Malabar prices rule at 31t1 to 4d, and Sumatra 314 d to
34d per lb. Of white only smallpceelotiffe
have beenat from 6d to Bd, and Pod 30s to 603 per cwt. For Cin-
namon there is still a dull sale, and to sell lower rates
would have to be acceded to. Only trifling purchases
have been madein Cassia Lignea at. 1053 to 110 s, yet
there is not a better supply at market. For Cassia Buds
the Tattleie 1104 tv 11561 Kith few buyers. Cloves

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have been purchased with caution, Amboyna at
9d to 11d, Bencoolen is 7d to 2s. Penang
is 3d to is 9d, and Bourbon 71d to Bd. Of Mace
a fair quantity has been sold at from 2s 3d to 28 10d for
ordinary to fine. Nutmegs are wanted, and few parcels
are to be obtained; for brown of first sort the rates paid
are 3s 6d to 4e 4d, second ditto 2s 10d to 3s sd, and
other kinds 2e 6d io 2s 9d. For Ginger there is a quiet
market, yet prices rule firm, and supplies are limited.
The value is 5/ to 10/, and East India export kinds 195
to 24s per cwt.
• SPIRITS.—For Leeward Island the rates asked are
is 4d to is 5d proot, few buyers are, however, to be met
with, but the market is not expected to continue long in
a quiet position. The value of East India is is 31d to
is 4d, few buyers are, however, to be met with. De-
merara is less wanted, and more desire is evinced to
sell 32 to 40 per cent. over proof at 2s 2d to 2s sd. There
is no variation in the value ot• good and fine Jamaica,
still the sales m ide have been small; for ordinary and mid-
dling the market is dull, and prices are on
the decline. In Brandy purchases have been to
a limited extent only, and a further increase
is apparent in stocks, whereas deliveries
continue to fall off. The worth of Cognac best brands
of the vintage of 1849 is 4s 5d to 4s 7d, 1848 ditto 41 7d
to 4s 9(3, and inferior sorts 2s 10d to 4s 6d. Geneva is
not much wanted; tor shipping sorts the value is Is 7d
to Is Bd, and fine 2s 3d to 3s 3d. British made Spirit
remains the some, and no rise is looked for.
Itinrco.—Holders of East India are unable to obtain
any advance in prices ; hut on the part of shippers and
the home dealers more desire has been evinced to ope-
rate, and a fair quantity has been sold. Spanish has been
in steady demand, and previous rates are well supported.
CGCIIINEAL.—Th• supply is very plentiful, and a
slight reduction in prices is apparent for inferior and
mid sorts; in, the value of better kinds there is, however,
at present no variation. At auction 250• bags of Hon-
duras have been offered, and a small proportion found
buyers, ord and mid silvers at 3s 7d to 3s 10d, good mid
and good 3s Ild to 4: 3d, fine 4s 4d to 4s 6d, blacks, ore!
3s 10d, and good 4s 5d to 4s ad per lb.
Ons.—Operations in Olive Oil continue upon a limit d
scale for all purposes, and prices have still a downwai d
tendency—Gallipoli is offered at 47/ to 481, Barbara,
Levant, and Portugal at 44l lOs to 45110 s per Um, Mt I
no fall of moment is expected to take place. For Cocoa
Nut there is not a brisker sale, sellers are willing to accept
for good and fine Ceylon 32s to 335, and Cochin 33s to
34s per cwt; there are still several parcels on offer.
Palm has been purchased with caution, prices
are drooping and rule at 31s to 31s 6d for fine
quality. The market for Linseed Oil has assumed a
quiet aspect, and both shippers and home dealers have
operated with cantion ; prices have declined to
32s 3d to 32s 6d on the spot. There are sellers for de-
livery at 32s 6d to 335, but few buyers are to be met
with, and the market is more plentifully supplied with
Oil. A much better demand has been experienced for
Rape Seed Oil, and the chief portion on offer found buyers
—Foreign pale 40s to 40s 6d, brown 395, British pale 40,
and brown 38s to 395. Cod Oil is held for 341 105 to
35/, but dealers operate with.caution, still there is not a
larger stock. Southern is not much wanted for
home consumption or exportation, and th• value of low
to fine quality is from 301 to 331. Seal met with
little attention, and prices are drooping, pale selling
at 36/ to 37/, and straw and tinged 32/ to 35/, yellow and
brown 30/ to 32/. Sperm Oil is cheaper, and not much
business has been concluded; for fine Colonial the rates
acceded to have been 80/ to 81/. Headmatter is
wanted, and higher terms are paid, as the supply is
small; sales of fine have been made at 881 to 89/ per ton.
TaLLow.—Although there are sellers of Russian on
the spot at moderate rates; yet on the part of town or
country dealers not much desire has been evinced to
operate. P. Y. Candle is 36s 6d to 37s per cwt for fine
quality. Operations are upon a limited scale, only for the
last three months of the year, although sellers are willing
to accept 38s. Home melted has been operated in with
caution, and 36s to 37s is the value nett cash; there is
also no decrease in the supply. Other sorts of Tallow
have declined in value, still a good business
has been concluded. At auction 700 pkgs of
South American were nearly all sold at from 32s 9d to
36s for low to fine, Grease 30, to 30s 6d, and 400 casks
New South Wales at 33s 6d to 36s 3d for low to fine
tallow. Prices are 3s to 4s per cwt lower than last year,
but deliveries keep smaller, and the stock is much larger
than at that time.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, TuESDAT.
The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
walked this morning in the grounds around the Castle.
The Royal Family took their usual airings.
There was no addition to the royal dinner party this
evening.
Her Majesty's private band attended yesterday
evening in the Castle, and
,performed the following
pieces : _ _

Overture, " Le Macon" Auber.
Introduction, " Le Prophiote"
Romance, " Guido et Genevra' '.. Halevy.
Rote Acte, " Haydee"
Pas de Trois et Chceur, " Guillaume Tell" Rossini.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou-
ce.ter on Monday. His Roy Al Highness the Duke
of Cambridge also visited the Royal Duchess yester-
day at Gloucester house.

Lord John Rusiell left his residence, Pembroke
Lodge, Richmond Park, yesterday morning, for the
Euston-square terminus of the London and North-
Western Railway, and took his departure by the ten
o'clock train for the seat of Sir Benjamin Heywood,
Claremont, near Manchester.

MR. LA YARD'S DISCOVERIES IN NINEVER.—WO
have seen a drawing from oneof the circular vessels or plates
found among the daris in the throne room (as we may so
name it; the throne itself, by the by, being. we believe, a
stone, like that of the Scottish monarchs at Scone, and only
ornamented in the way already stated), the subject on which
is exceedingly interesting, and the execution beautiful. It
represents the Assyrian God elevated between two winged
animals, at whose feet kneel two human beings in the act of
adoration. On either side, raised up like standards, are winged
scarabeii, rich in symbolic accessories. The outer border is
elegant, the farthest circle consisting of small birds. All the
other embellishments are as graceful as jewellers' work in
our day. The rings thought to belong to a canopy over the
throne, the bull and lion, feet and claws of scats scattered
about the apartment, and other ruinous remains, are enough
to fill a number of cases. It is to be hoped they will be sent
off as soon as can be safely accomplished, and not exposed,
perhaps to Arab violence. Here the first object struck upon
was a cauldron ; and there is a well down which Mr. Lay and
has descended a considerable depth. Altogether, we trust
the accumulation of direct and and material evidence, from
these piles of life and manners three thousand years ago, will
throw a satisfactory light on the then condition of the world,
and illustrate the traditions and histories of the most ancient
civilized nations as they have been handed down to us
through the dim reflections of ages of darkness.—Literary
Gazette.

NEW POSTAL CONVENTION WITS FRANCE.— The
visit of the Right Hon. the Marquis of Clanricarde, the
Postmaster-General, to Paris, is for the purpose of entering
into a new postal arrangement with the French Government
for the reduction of the postage on letters between the two
countries. At present the British and foreign postage on
letters to France is lad. under a quarter of an ounce, which
is an extremely high rate, but by the new arrangement pro-
posed by the Marquis it is to be reduced to 6d., the same as
on letters to Belgium, and the weight to be extended to
half an ounce, the same as in England, as great inconveni-
ence is experienced by having a different weight in each
country. Letters to Belgium are also to be extended from a
quarter to half an ounce, as well as the whole of the conti-
nent, so as to have a uniform weight. This reduction in the
postage will be the means of creating a greater correspond-
ence between the two countries, which will amply repay the
Post-office.

VERDICT OF MANsLAUGIITER FOR NEGLIGENT
DRlVlNG.—Yesterday (Monday) a long investigation took
place before the borough coroner into the circumstances
connected with the death of an old lady, named Elizabeth
Simpson, whose death resulted from injuries sustained by
being run over by the carriage of Mr. E. Pemberton, a so-
licitor of this borough. The inquest was fixed for Thursday
last, and adjourned, in order to afford time for Mr. Pember-
ton to produce evidence, with the view of showing that he
was free from blame in the matter. Mr. H. T. Atkinson, ,
barrister, appeared on behalf of Mr. Pemberton, and Mr.
Bolton, solicitor, attended to watch the case for the relatives
of the deceased. The circumstances of the deceased's death
were, that on Sunday week, about one o'clock, the deceased
was crossing London-road, at the end. of Seymour-street,
when Mr. Pemberton's vehicle, which he himself was driving
at the time, came in contact with her. She was knocked
down, and two of the wheels went over her body. She was
taken to the Infirmary, but only survived until Thursday
last, the immediate cause of death being a fracture of the
base of the skull, the result of external violence. After the
coroner had summed up the evidence, the jury, after a deli-
beration in court, of half-an-hour, being unable to agree,
retired to the private room. After the lapse of an hour theyreturned, giving as their verdict that the deceased's d.ree.o
was caused by Mr. Pemberton's negligent and furiouos_vdog..
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a
ing. The coroner explained that such a verdict inv I
into a conversation, at the close of which theyi
then retired a
charge of manslaughter; upon hearing this the. jutirmyoetneateretdo
the court that they were not agreed. They,
second time, and returned in about an
verdict of manslaughter against Mr. P
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FATAL AccIDENT
from Windsor to RAILWAY. Yesterday afternoon a
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place on the line near the Wraysbury Station, as the 2 25
P.M. train was proceeding
'lout the wished-for tor effect. The man remained
his whistle. .1 he breaks were I' i but f t
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down, when his head came in contact with the
for abort time stationary, and on the approach of the train
a
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step of the first carriage, and he was instantly destroyed.
The train was stopped as soon as possible, and the mutilated
remains of the sutltrer collected, and conveyed to the place
where they await the coroner's inquest. The deceased was
a farmers servant at Datchett, and had been married only a
few months.
shrew himself

COMPLETION OF THE RAILWAY ARCHES ACROSS
THE TWELD.—OrI Tuesday the key-stone was placed in the
last arch of the railway bridge which for three years past
has been in course of formation for the purpose of connecting,
by a permanent way, the Berwick and Newcastle and North
British Railways. The occurrence was observed with due
ceremony,and came oil with great &Mt.—Berwick Advertiser.

We understand that the Government has deter-
mined not to increase the number of medical appointments
under the Poor Law Commission.
LORD GOUGII.—The conqueror of Goozerat is at
present on a visit to Bath, accompanied by his lady. The
citizens of Bath, on hearing of the approach of the veteran,
determined to give him a public reception, and he made
quite a triumphal entry into- the city. His Lordship has
been invited by the City to a public dinner, over whien the
Biarqui4 of Thomted will pzer,ide..

INTELLIGENCE._
HOME CI U I T.—Kingston, April 2.
C FLOWN .SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice MAULE.)
Thomas Denny, 32, was indicted for the wilful
murder of a certain unbaptised male child, by stabbing
it in the throat with an awl.
A woman named Eliza Tarrant was originally in-
cluded in the charge, but the grand jury ignored the
bill against her.
Mr, Locke conducted the prosecution, on behalf of
the parish authorities of Ewell. The prisoner was
defended by Mr. Clerk.
The Learned Counsel for the prosecution having
opened the case in a calm and temperate address, the
following evidence was adduced :
Anne Dunfurd stated that she was a widow, and
resided'at Ewell. On the 16th of August last, in
consequence of some communication that was made
to her, she went, accompanied by Sarah Trigg and
another pennon, to a loft over a yard belonging to a
person named Moore, at Ewell. She there saw a
woman namett Eliza Tarrant, lying apparently in a
helpless state, with a newly-born babe by her side.
She observed that the child bled from the nose and
mouth, and none of the usual precautions in such cases
bad been taken with respect to it. The prisoner was
also in the loft, but at witness's suggestion he went
away. She was in attendance upon Eliza Tarrant
about an hour, and witness's daughter then took
the child to her house. The child was carried down
the ladder leading from the loft by one of the
women, and not by the prisoner. Witness shortly
afterwards washed the baby, and then observed a
wound in the neck, and she also saw that it was
bruised upon the body. After she bad done what she
considered necessary to the child she took it back to
its mother, and it died about an hour afterwards.
The prisoner then went away and made a coffin, and
he said it must be buried. Witness told him it would
be necessary to have the death registered, and he made
some answer which she did not hear. Mr. Lane, the
surgeon, afterwards came to the loft, and she showed
him the body of the infant.
• Cross-examined—The prisoner fetched her to see
Eliza Tarrant. She was lying upon straw in the loft,
and the child's throat appeared to have been scratched
by the litter that was lying about. She stated this
at the time. The prisoner went with her to a gentle-
man's house in the neighbourhood to get some linen
for Eliza Tarrant. She remembered saying to the
prisoner that she did not think the poor thing would
• live, and he replied "It will be e.happy thing, for it
can never go better than now, with no sins to answer
for."

James Denny, a son of the prisoner, was then placed
in the witness-box to be examined. He stated that he
was eight years old.
Mr. Justice MAULE put some questions to him
with a view to ascertain whether he could properly
be examined upon oath. He stated that he could say
his ABC, but he did not go to school. He appeared
to be an intelligent child for his years, and the
Learned Judge eventually decided that the oath
should be administered to him,..and that his evidence
should be taken.
He was accordingly examined—He said the pri-
soner is my father. Eliza Tarrant used to live with
my father. We all lived together in the hayloft at
Ewell. I recollect Elizs Tarrant having a baby. I
went to my father when it happened, and told him to
come home directly as mother was very ill, and he
did so. When we got back I saw Eliza Tarrant
lying in the loft, with a baby by her. My father
took up the baby in his arms. He then took up an
awl.—(Here the poor child became much affected and
cried bitterly, and it was some time before he could
proceed with his testimony. At length be went on.)
—My father took up the awl and killed the baby
with it. He stuck the awl into the baby's throat.
The baby cried when he stuck it with the awl. My
father then took the child to Eliza Tarrant, and asked
her if he should make a coffin for it. Before he said
this, he asked her if she would help to kill it, and
gave her the awl. She did try to kill it also. My
father gave her the child and the awl, and she did the
same that he had done. I was very much frightened
at what I saw and ran away, and when I came back
found Eliza Tarrant in bed.
Cross-examined—While my father has been in
custody I have been in the union workhouse. I could
not say my alphabet when I was first taken to the
workhouse. I can say the Lord's Prayer—(He did
so at the request of Mr. Clerk). My mother taught
me the Lord's Prayer. My father made the coffin
the day after he killed the baby. I did not tell this
story until after I had been in the workhouse. lam
sure Eliza Tarrant did something with the awl to
the baby's throat.
Re-examined—l. have been at a workhouse in
Suffolk, a long way from Ewell. I have never talked
about this affair since I have been in Suffolk. Mrs.
Trigg was not present when my father used the awl.
Eliza Tarrant, the woman referred to, was then
called as a witness. She appeared to be very weak
and ill, and it was found necessary to allow her to
be seated while she was giving her testimony. She
deposed as follows :--I am a single woman, but for
the last two years I have been living with the pri-
soner as his wife. He Was in the service of Mr.
Moore, farmer, in August last, and we occupied one
of his lofrs. I was delivered of a child in that
month. Before I was delivered I had bought
a piece of cotton print to make clothes for the
baby, and the prisoner tore it and threatened me,
and made use of very bad language, and said
that I should not have the stuff to make up for the
baby. This was about a month before the child was
born. I had bought the print with money of my
own which I had saved. The child was born on the
10th of August. On the morning of that day I had
taken the prisoner his breakfast, and when I returned
I became very ill, and soon afterwards I was delivered.
No one was present at the time but the prisoner's
son, and I sent him to fetch his father, and they both
returned together. When the prisoner came into the
loft I was lying uron some hay with the child, and
he came and took up the child and carried it to the
other end of the loft, and I saw him hurt it. There
were severals awls in the loft, and the prisoner took
up one and stuck it into the child's throat. I was
lying down at the time. I saw the awl again the
same day. Very soon after this Mrs. Trigg and Mrs.
Dunford came into the loft, and the child was taken
away.

Cross-examined—Prisoner had been a shoemaker,
and he used to mead his own shoes. He used to
make drills and other agricultural machines, and fre-
quently mended the straps belonging to them: Before
we went to Mr. Moore's we had been living at
different public-houses for two or three months. It
was on a Sunday that I was at work upon the print,
and the prisoner told me that Mr. Moore was a strict
religious man, and that he should get into trouble
if 1 continued at it. This was the reason why
he was angry. The prisoner came to the loft in a
very few minutes after I had sent for him. His back
was turned to me when he went away with the child.
I was charged with this offence myself, and I made a
statement to the policeman who took me into custody.
This was not my first child. I had another three or
four years ago when I was in the Hartley-row
Union, Hampshire. I did not know the prisoner at
that time. That child died of water on the brain.
About a week ego I expected to be tried on this
charge myself.
Tne prisoner's son was then re-called, and, in
answer to further questions that were put to him, he
said that when his father stuck the child with the awl
he was standing close by the window, and so was his
father; and he said that both his father and Eliza
Tarrant knew that he was in the loft. He was not
hid in any way, and they must have both seen him.
He did not say anything when he saw his father stick
the baby with the awl.
Sarah Trigg deposed that she was a widow, and
resided at Ewell. On the 16th of August she met
the prisoner near Mr. Moore's premises, about four
o'clock in the afternoon, and he asked her to go
with him to the loft, and she did so. She there saw
Eliza Tarrant lying upon some hay, with a child in
her lap, and she observed a small quantity of blood
upon its nose and lip, and it cried very hoarsely, as
though it had a bad cold. She had never heard a
child cry in the same manner before. It made a sort
of peculiar noise in its throat. The next morning,
when she again went to the loft, she found the child
was dead.
Cross-examined—Witness had said to Mrs. Dun-
ford that she did not observe any mark on the throat,
and if there had been any one she must have seen it.
Mary Buckland, the daughter of-the witness Dun-
ford, deposed to having taken the baby to her house
wrapped in a shawl. She saw blood flowing from its
nose and mouth, and noticed that it made a very cu-
rious noise in its throat. She also said that she ob-
served a mark on the neck of the child, which at the
time she thought was a scratch from the hay or straw
in which it had been lying. She likewise stated that
when the prisoner wag told to go to the clerk to see
about burying the child, he replied, " It will be about
a shilling. I can make the -coffin myself."
Cross- examined—Very little blood appeared to
have flowed from the wound in the neck of the child.
Sergeant Kennedy, of the V division of police, said
that he was present at the inquest upon the body of
the child, and he heard the prisoner made a statement
to the coroner's jury. He said that he went to the
loft, where he had been living with Eliza Tarrant, on
the 16th of August, when he was sent for, and he
was in the act of putting on his jacket when a quan-
tity of powder fell from the pocket, and on replacing
it he pricked his finger with an awl which was in the
pocket. He said that after this had happened Eliza
Tarrant told him to bring a shawl to wrap the child
in, and he did so, and placed the child by the side of
it 3 mother on the hay, and then went out to the
neighbours to get assistance.
In answer to a question put by Mr. CLERK, the
witness said that the loft was 24 or 25 feet long.
Williams, another police-constable, deposed that
the prisoner told him that he had never been in the
loft but on the day before his wife's confinement.