The Sun. — 1861-04-09 (London, England)

ANOTHER MURDER AT DUNDRY.  The excitement consequent on the terrible murder Of old Mrs. Waterman, for which her murderers, Arthur Wedmore and Charles Wedmore, were executed at Taunton as recently as Friday last, has not had time to subside ere the committal of another very barbarous homicide has been discovered in the same neighbourhood. The circumstances connected with the discovery are as follows : At a distance of a hundred yards or so from the Otage in which the terrible tragedy was enacted 13 an inn called the Three Compasses, kept by a Parson named Stallard. Attached to this house is a field, which, strangely enough, formed part of a . trill the occupier of which, an elderly man named fiazell, was murdered under circumstances which have never been thoroughly elucidated some years ago. In this field is a pond, to which, on Saturday afternoon, a daughter of Mr. Stallard went for the Purpose of dipping out some water. On approaching it she observed something floating, which she, 'Or the moment, thought was a sheep's head, and 4213 Posing that there had been some sheep stealing Sticktheir and got it out, and they then discovered, to ~ horror, that it was the mutilated body of a teaild. Shortly afterwards, concealed in a 4,21 e at one side of the pond, they disrered some clothes, which had apparently :lunged to the same. child. Mr. Shorland, ,`"e surgeon, was at once applied to, and disco"red, on examining the body, that the skull of the 16ceased had been fractured, apparently by being beaten in on the top with a three cornered stone, and also that a wound six inches long had been inflicted on the back of the neck. Information as given without delay to the police, and Superintendent Jones, Police-sergeant Drewett, and Acting-sergeant Moore, of the county constabulary, were immediately engaged in investi. gating the matter. Suspicion falls on a woman Of loose character, who is well known to the police as cohabiting with and having had children by a man who lives at Bedminster Down, near Bristol. A. short time ago she was at Dundry, and had with her a child of about four months old, similar to that found. She called at the Compasses -tavern, and Mrs. Stallard noticed that the little creature appeared as if neglected, and mentioned her opinion to the mother. Some days afterVards the woman was there again, but without the child, which she said she had buried at Bristol. The clothes found were submitted to Mrs. Stalrd:a inspection, and she expresses the strongest belief that they are the same which the child had on on the evening when the woman brought it with her to the house. The police feel so well founded in their suspicions that an officer has been despatched in pursuit of the woman, and it ;_ believed, from the information received, that she soon be in custody. The matter, as may be gPPosed, has caused a painful state of excitement mughont the neighbourhood in which the dm°verY has been made.  lionamy Dobree completes his two years' tilms of office to-day as Governor of the Bank of England. Dobree, in conformity with usage, was Deputy"'erner during the two preceding years, and has, therefore, held office through four most important and tryg years hi the financial history of the country, maintainIng with firmness and courtesy the best interests of the !Establishment. He will be succeeded by Mr. Alfred Latham, of the East India firm of Arbuthnot, Latham, 1071 Co., and Mr. Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, of the firm ' Finlay, Hodgson, and Cowill be the new Deputy., Governor.