The Sun. — 1861-04-27 (London, England)

THE ROAD HILL MYSTERY.  (From the Bath Chronicle.) As our readers are aware, a sale of the effects of Road Hill House has been announced, and the premises were opened to view to holders of catalogues on Saturday last. Up to Monday sight about 500 were sold, and the purchasers visited the premises, the scene of the murder. As might have been anticipated, people came from far and near to inspect the house to which such a terrible and world-wide mystery is attached. Upon entering the house the first question almost that was asked was, " Where is the nursery ?" and much disappointment was felt at not seeing the murdered child's cot; as it was, every part of the room was minutely examined, as well as the adjoining apartments, and the fact of the murderer or murderess achieving his or her fiendish designs, notwithstanding the close contiguity of the rooms favouring the presumption that they would have been discovered, was the theme of general comment and astonishment. So great was the crush to this ill-fated apartment, the nursery, that a policeman was compelled to be stationed on duty there during the whole time of view, and Mr. Superintendent Foley, in compliance with general request, was continually explaining the position of the nurse's bed and the murdered child's cot to the groups of eager inquirers who thronged the rooms. This gave rise to a criticism of the various theories propounded andM r. lnspector w hic ho r ,mets n t withhe universalsubject,condemnation. On reaching the stable there lay asleep in its box closet was the dog that roamed at large on the fatal night, a snieixenttsp reached, e espectator e and d of examinedthe fearfulwdieteh n t edi. The ee The indelible stain upon the floor, caused by the outpouring of the life-blood of the innocent, was still an plainly observable, although mildewed by time ; and as hundreds of eyes gazed in silent horror upon it, it seemed to awaken feelings that have recently lain dormant, and a fervent ejaculation burst from many lips, " Would to God the murderer could be aty aroundrpaths, red b y discovered, and the blood of this child avenged." Every part of the house and grounds was inspected, and the general exclamation, as the spectators ta hn edm, viewedthreadedwa was, ,t h, e thel vhrigardenaeth a landscape walksbeau ti f beautiful lstretching s andpotsht or übbebomeur such a foul crime !" So great was the desire on the part of some to obtain a relic of the scene, that although a body of Wiltshire and nierse police, under the immediate direction ofoishire Mr. Superintendent Foley and Inspector Pitney, were posted at points of the premises, of Br.adford trees in the grounds surrounding in order to furnish a mementodismantled by degrees, several of the fact, it of wasth the stated dfubl y crime. thethe house . were One individual, ofto surreptitiously obtaineflpotoitriooufslytheeloset, paouldic-et'akwe-enitt icslook a portion of the with 111n1 to London. farirtinagigs  Account Accounts from Granville state that e fisheryn o that coast has been very productive this seasom fin' boatmen have earned on an average "2 5L to 61. a day hile at sea. The French cruisers bad captured and brought into Granville two English wets Which lad (=raided OA the Fronla oyster Neb.