The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-14 00:00:00

HORRIBLE CASE OF CHILD MURDER.

On Friday, Mr. William Carter, the coroner for the
eastern division of the county of Surrey, held an in-
quiry at the County Terrace Tavern, New Kent-road,
respecting the murder and mutilation of a female child,
found in Trinity churchyard, Newington.
Samuel Simmonds deposed that he was a conductor
belonging to the Royal Society for the Protection of
Life from
.Tire, and on Tuesday morning he went with
his fellow-servant (Hall) to place his escape in the
churchyard. Having done so; he bid his mate " good
morning," when saw a parcel wrapped in paper lying
oA the stonework to which the iron railings are attached.
He saw the foot of a child protruding from the parcel,
and steam coming out of it. He at. once communicated
with Mr. Inspector Read, and an officer of the M divi-
sion was sent for, and he immediately attended. The
parcel was opened, and was found to contain the dead
body of a child, which was quite warm.
Alfred Gyford, police constable, No. 83, of the M.
division, said that his attention was called, on the morn-
ing of Tuesday last, by fire-eScapenian Hall. He went
and saw the body of a child in the parcel, with the
head, one arm, and both legs severed from the trunk.
The remains wore taken to the station, and afterwards
he handed it over to Mr. Cook, the officer of the parish.
The learned Coroner, at this stage of the proceedings,
went to view the remains of the child.

Mr. Thomas Cook, the summoning officer of the
parish of Newington and St. George the Martyr, South-
wark, said that he was sent for on the morning in ques-
tion and took charge of the mangled remains. From
two to three inches of the skull were broken in, and
one-half of the brain exposed. Ile had been unable to
find out who were the parents of the child, or who had
committed the act.

Mr. Thomas Joseph William Marsh said that ho was
a surgeon practising at No. 1, Rockingham-row, New
sent-road; and on Tuesday morning he was shown the
body of the deceased child. The entrails were cut com-
pletely through, allowing the contents to escape. There
was a cut oh the left side through the base of the skull,
and which extended through the left. eye. That qpeared
to have been one sweeping cut which had gone back-
wards as far as the lower edges of the side of the head,
and that had penetrated through the brain. There was
another cut on the right side of the head, which had
not gone through the bone. The stomach was exposed,
but not injured, and die chest was whole. The heart
and lungs were healthy. The lungs were fully developed.
He examined the lungs, and found that they bad been
charged with air, and he tried them in water.
The learned coroner summed up at great length, and
remarked that he thought there was only one course
the jury could adopt, to return a wilful murder against
some person or persons unknown ; but if the jury
thought that an adjournment would do any good be
would willingly consent to it.

The enquiry was eventually adjourned to January 25.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE CLARENCE Door.—On
Saturday five men were'engaged in repairing the pier at.
the Clarence 'Dock, when the stage on which they were
standing gave way, and two of the workmen were pre-
cipitated into the water. One of them was •saved by
catching hold of a rope flung to him from the pier, but
the other poot fellow was drowned: His body was not
recovered till low water.
THE OIL WELLS OF AMERICA.—The present viEld
of the wells in Pennsylvania. and New 'York is more
than 85,000,000 gallons a year. Discoveries in other
States are reported, and the amount produced .May
safely he estimated at 15,000,000 gallons more during
the present year, making an estimated amount of
100,000,000 gallons, to be gathered up during 1851.
This oil readily sells by the wells in its crude state at
45c. per gallon, making the value of the whole amount
0,000,000 doh.. In market it sells at 40c., and when
purified at 75c., making its commercial value 75,000,000
clots., or more than £15,000,000. This oil is said to be
valuable for lubricating purposes, no less than for illu-
minating. Shuuld this prove the case, it will beexported
largely to this country. Adding this to the United
States list of exports will have a strong tendency to
keep the balance of trade favourable to that country.
It is now sent to Australia, and it promises to rank
second only to cotton on the United States list of ex-
ports. •

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LATEST NEWS.

(EY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

FRANCE.

PARIS, Jan. 12.

The Moniteur of to-day says the report that
a change would take place in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs is without any foundation. The
Emperor never thought of depriving himself of
the enlightened and devoted concurrence of M.
Thouvenel.

PARIS, Jan. 13.
The Moniteur contains a decree convoking the
Senate for the 22nd January.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.
PARIS, Jan. 12, 3.25 p.m.

The Bourse has been inanimate, but the firm-
ness exhibited yesterday has been maintained.
Rentes closed at 67f. 15e., or se. lower than yes-
terday.

DENMARK AND THE. FEDERAL DIET.
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 11.

The second edition of the Dogbladet publishes
a warlike article, in which it recommends to
Government the immediate formation of arma-
ments, and the removal of the ammunitions and
war materiel from Rendsburg and Holstein. It
concludes by asserting that Denmark can only
secure her natural allies by a courageous attitude.

NEW RAILWAY THROUGH THE TYROL.
BERNE, Jan. 1.

Austria and Bavaria have notified to the Federal
Council that they declare henceforth to co-operate
with Switzerland for the construction of the pro-
jected railway round the Bodenese. Austria gave
as a reason for her resolution that the German
traffic should now pass through the Tyrol.

ROME.

ROME (via Marseilles), Jan. 8.

The Pope has despatched provisions to Gaeta.
The reported revision of the Concordat with Aus-
tria has been denied.
Mgr. Merode remains in office.