On the 18th, two men employed by the Coroner to rake the Sadouc River found in it a stone 15 inches long, 9 inches wide and 5 inches thick, which Annie Parker afterwards said was similar to the one the Osbornes used, although it did not appear so long when she saw it at night time.

The stone was of a grayish color, appeared to have been exposed to smoke and weighed about 50 lbs. It was a few yards from where the body was picked up, and a short distance from where she said the body was put.

The tree-men, Stephen J. Sturgis, A. C. Myrick and C. R. Myrick, swore that they were in Shediac from October 11 to November 16, stopping at the Waverley House; heard nothing unusual.

Dr. Campbell, who boarded at the time at the Waverley House, said he was at Waverley House on 12th October, and slept there that night; heard nothing unusual; tree-men were there, he thought.

Agnes Buchanan swore that Annie Parker had told her that Mrs. McCarthy would keep her like a lady if she would only stick to her story that the Osbornes killed McCarthy. She thought Annie under the influence of liquor then.

The inquest closed on June 2, 1878, when the jury, having failed to agree were discharged.

THE FIRST TRIAL.

The first trial of the Osbornes took place at Dorchester, before His Honour Chief Justice Allen, of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick, and a jury composed of the following persons: Hiram Hicks, foreman, Abel Dewyer, Rufus Trueman, Titus Dixon, Eph. Allen, Thomas L. Wood, Amos Weldon, Nathan Fowler, Edward Hastey, Edgar Dixon, Gaius Black and William Dixon.

Dr. Tuck appeared on behalf of the Crown, and with him was associated D. L. Hannington, Esq. The prisoners were defended by A. L. Palmer, Esq., Q C., and C. A. Holstead, Esq.

The case began July 18, 1878, and continued without intermission until August 23rd, when it was given to the jury, who, after deliberating on it for about eleven hours, failed to agree, and were consequently discharged. John Osborne was then released on bail to appear at the sitting of the Court in the following November. The other prisoners were remanded to jail. Annie Parker was remanded to Hampton Jail as a necessary witness. She had been confined there since the first examination.

The line of defence adopted at this trial was to endeavour to show that McCarthy went down the track that night and fell off the railway bridge, and was killed by striking against the timbers of the bridge, or was drowned in the river. They also endeavoured to show that Annie Parker was unworthy of credit.

The Second Trial.

The second trial began at Dorchester on November 13th, 1878, before Chief Justice Allen and the following jury: W. A. Wells, foreman, William M. Ross, Ephraim Weldon, W. Dixon Baird, Thomas Wood, Cyrus Chappell, John Wells, Rufus Outton, John A. Summers, Allen Horsman, Bamford Atkinson and Martin Black. It continued until December 16, 1878, when, after

about twelve hours, the jury again failed to agree, and were discharged. It was said the jury stood 7 for conviction and 5 for acquittal.

John Osborne was then released on his own recognizance, Eliza was released on bail, and the others were remanded back to prison.

The Osbornes.

The following is a description of the Osbornes :

Mr. Osborne-Tall, sandy whiskers, high cheek bones, Roman nose, hair darkish, medium forehead, weight about 180 or 190.

Mrs. Osborne-About 48 or 50 years, hair a little grayish, high cheek bones long slim nose, weight about 140 lbs., maintains an undisturbed demeanor. Eliza Weight about 125 or 130, age 25 or thereabouts, curly hair, rather good looking, light eyes, about 5 feet 6 inches high.

Harry-Age 17, darkish hair, low forehead, not intelligent looking, smiles occasionally at close questions, tall and slim.

Formerly kept hotel at Moncton; removed to Shediac in July, 1877, and rented Waverley Hotel, formerly occupied by James Grafton.

Family composed of nine persons: Mr. and Mrs. Osborne; Eliza and a Mrs. White, since married; a son about 25 years old, a farmer; Harry, the prisoner; one small girl and two small boys.

The Scene of the Tragedy Described by Annie Parker.

According to Annie Parker's story, McCarthy was killed at the spot marked 3, was carried through the hall and front door to the place marked 4, where it was placed in the waggon. The tree-men occupied the room directly over that marked sitting room. Dr. Campbell's room was directly over the front

door.

The Place Where the Body Was Put in the Sadouc.

To get to this place the waggon would have to be driven from the Waverley House across the railway track, down the main street in Shediac, until near the bridge crossing the Saduoc, then turning to the left along a road parallel to the river to near Farmer Atkinson's, where it would have to pass through a gate of Farmer Atkinson's, enter a lane which runs down to his barn-yard and above the barns, pass through a grain or hay-field and across a corner of a potato patch into a gap in a bit of woods and emerge at the river side. About this place on the 13th October there were four rafts of logs. At the place where the waggon tracks were seen there was from 30 to 40 feet of open water between the bank of the river and the logs. There was a gradual descent from the bank to the water, about 10 feet in a distance of 30 feet. At that place the water was deep, as the channel strikes immediately against the shore. There was about nine feet of water at low tide, and the tide rose about five feet. The shore was not sufficiently steep to prevent a waggon going down, although it would be difficult for it to cross. Where the body was found the water was about 15 feet deep. The jury at both trials visited this place and the Waverley House,

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS

IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE,

IMPERIAL APPOINTMENTS.

(London Gazette, January 4.)

INDIA OFFICE, January 1, 1878.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to confer the decoration of the Im. perial Order of the Crown of India upon :

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS LOUISE (Marchioness of Lorne.)

WAR OFFICE, January 3, 1878.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of

FRANCIS CLARE FORD, Esq., Her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Carlsruhe and Darmstadt, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath.

(London Gazette, January 25.)

The Queen has been graciously pleased to make the following appointment to the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George :—

To be an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companions of the same Order:

FRANCIS CLARE FORD, Esq., Her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Carlsruhe and Darmstadt, and lately Her Majesty's agent before the Fisheries Commission held at the City of Halifax, in the Province of Nova Scotia.

(London Gazette, May 25.)

COLONIAL OFFICE, DOWNING STREET,

May 25, 1878.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to make the following promotions in, -and appointments to, the Order of St. Michael and St. George :

To be an Ordinary Member of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross of the Order:

SIR ALEXANDER Tilloch Galt, K. C. M. G., member of the Halifax Fisheries Commission.