The Sun. — 1858-03-24 (London, England)

COURT CIRCULAR.  These were suspicious circumstances, and fully warranted her apprehension, and, if the child had been drowned, her conviction. But the very first link in the chain of evidence was defective. Two medical gentlemen had examined the body, but one alone was produced on the trial—a matter that should have caused serious doubts in the mind of the jury, for it is the bounden duty of the prosecution not to spare any expense in producing every witness that could throw any light on the subject, and the absence of such a person leads to the reasonable presumption that his presence would not seriously affect the prisoner, even if it were not favourable. The other medical witness admitted that, although he adhered to the opinion that death was caused by immersion in the water, "it was difficult to speak positively, and it might be that the child having been accidentally sqocated or smothered had afterwards been thrown into the water." This was the defence set up—and by no means an improbable one ; but yet the jury convicted, and the judge sentenced the wretched girl, who heard the fearful sentence pronounced with heart-rending cries and sobs. We cannot believe that the learned and humane Chief Justice will permit that sentence to be carried into execution, when the very first requisite was wanting, and it was not established, that the unfortunate child wasmurdereaat.,:i r that exite it:stiticle. his lmore unfortunate mother7,iallora ad any criminal intention against the \ very ha had fondly cherished up to the mane, Tae isC sxpec ed 4-4" 4"":s.o(mn.lptc?ra about the , the China end of the week. She at SL"tlada." of and 6,300 sovereigns from go .ew York yesterday describe in silo®r dollars, n About 27,000/. in AustrallaultZ,L„ gold was tti„a the stock market, nederte"a„-. ttaoiTotehbidee advisesßanainm liaytieoisrntoemridna ft uence of an increasing abundance of money and tree• present from r inm any Europe 0 P uncertainties in foreign politics such as at e excite caution.  Her Majesty the Queen went yesterday to the Camp at Aldershot. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort left Buckingham Palace at 10 minutes pa-.t 10 o'clock, attended by Lady Churchill, the Hon. Sestrice Byng, Lord Colville, Captain the Hon. D. de Roe, and the Master of the Household. A. detachment of the 11th Hussars formed the escort to the private station of the South-Western Railway at Vauxhall, where a special train was in readiness for the 1 conveyance of Her Majesty. The Queen and Prince went over the new barracks, and subsequently her Majesty reviewed the division at Aldershot, under the command of Lieutenant-General Knoll's. The Queer and Prince returned to Buckingham Palace at 20 minutes before 6 o'clock. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Alice, honoured the performance at the Haymarket Theatre with her presence in the evening. The Queen was attended by the Countess of Caledon, the Hon. Beatrice Byng. Lord Raglan, and Lord Colville. The Prince Consort, attended by Lord Bagot, Colonel Francis Seymour, C. 8., and Captain the Hon. D. de Roe, honoured with his presence the performance of Bach's music at St. Martin's-hall.  It is positively stated in Paris that M. Alexandre Dumas, jun., is about to marry a Rus-ian princess. BAPTISM Olt THE EARL OF WlLTSHlRE.—Yesterday afternoon the baptism of the Earl of Wilt-hire, son of bbe Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester, was performed at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, by the Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor, in the presence of a most brilliant circle of the nobility. At the conclusion of the ceremony a grand deijeuner was given by his:lordship to a distinguished circle. News of the arrival of the Australian mail steamer at Suez is expected to reach London at the end of the month. The dates by this vessel will probably extend to the 11th Feb. from Sydney, and to the 13th ident from Melbourne. She is expected to bring a large amount of geld, and news of considerable shipments by sailing vessels.