Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1860-09-26 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE POPE'S IRISH BRIGADE.—On Wednesday a far. ther portion of the draft of 507 men which left England in Novembpr lsst. to loin the Pope's Irish brigarlo at An• cone, arrived in the metropolis from Austria. The per telliovs were in a wreiened plight, utterly destitute. ani had to apply to be admitted to the casual wards ol the workhouses for a night's lodging. Of the Ise draft 223 have returned to this country. They describe their illetreatment on the journey from home u dreadful. .  THE CILILD MURDER AT Roan—The inquiry into till circumstances of the mysterious child murder at Road, which has been in course of prosecution during the past fortnight by Mr. Slack, solicitor, of Bath, was on Setup 1 day night concluded—so far, at all events, as the evidence which Mr. Slack intends to take at Mr. Kent's residene, I The witnesses who had been examined at Road previous to Wednesday last were the Misses Elizabeth and Mary Ann Kent, the cook and housemaid, Mastcr William Kent, and the two little girls, the one five years, and the other two and a half years of age. A meeting of magistrates was held at the Court-hall„ Trowbrat an Wednesday afternoon ; Mr G. G. Ludlow and !desire W. and J. P. Staneomb were present, and Mr. Slack at. tended and read over the whole of the evidence ho hid taken on the previous days. Considerable discussion ensued, for the statements of two or three of the witness' ocasioned surprise among gentlemen even so well vend in the case as were the magistrates present. The evi donee of the boy Holidey, the knife-cleaner, espeninill exhibited some remarkable features, aid teuded at first sight to incriminate some members of the honseholl It had not been determined previously what course ts adopt in reference to Mr. and Mrs. Kent and Miss Constance, but after a lengthened deliberation Mr. Slack was instructed to proceed with his inquiry, and to take the evidence of all who it had been ascertained had slept at Road-hill-house on the night of the murder On Thursday morning, therefore, Mr Slack resumed IC sitting at Road, he being accompanied. as before, by two clerks, who transcribed the evidence from his notet. Mr. Dunn, Mr. Kent's legal adviser, and Superinteedents Wolfe and Foley being present. The evidence of Mrs. Kent was first taken, and from 11 o'clock until four tiat lady endured a most searching examination, which, heee ever, failed, as far as we can learn, to elicit any new feature in the case. Mr. Kent was also examined fir two hours that evening, and on Friday morning, on 05 inquiry being resumed, he sustained several hours' rigid questioning. Miss Constance Emily Rent was then called in, and, having been examined for two or three hours, the inquiry was adjourned. The whole of Sante day was occupied by her renewed examinatieo. which she bore with great self-possession and fortitude, , and at the conclusion on Saturday evening Mr. Slack was 'an' derstood to say that he had concluded all the proceedings he deemed it necessary to take on the premises. It a his intention, before finally closing his investigation, to call before him the family medical man—Mr. Parlous. of Beckiegton, who was summoned to attend the a,ceased child immediately the body was found, and , made the postmortem examir.a,ion—and filename. Elias* beth Gough. It ties not been hitherto stated t:"ltt (311' of the witnesses examined by Mr. Slack at Bath Emma Sparks, who left Mr. Kent's service a year and s half ago Her evidence, it is said tends. soraewhet to'aintra• diet the statements which have been made as to the bar. mony existing in the family. The positian of Mr. Kent's +elicitor during these examinat:ons, at which he bool• invariably been present, has -peen simply that '1 a passive listener, he refusing to incur the re". ponsiblity of even the arpealanee of a crossavel antination. He did, inflect', re are informed, intera. to prevent the signature by these who gave evidence Road of their depositions. as had Leen done by the wa nesses examined at Bath, sod he is ,inderstood 1.1..nt . formally protested against :lie examination of Mia r . stance Kent on the ground that she was sif,l tear •'.7. cusation of the murder, being bound over to ai peal 7 called on. As, hewn er, sho expiesael her entire , lingness to answerany questions put .o •- was unheeded.  Printed and Published the Editor and Plreprieta Taoxins CLARY_ HENIYV, at the 3erold Oifia.s.' '2