The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-18 00:00:00

THE ALLEGED CHILD MURDER AT
LIMEHOUSIL

COMMIPTAL OF THE MOTHER--(THIS DAY.)
This forenoon, Mr. H. Raffles Walthew, the de-
r :.:v coroner. resumed, at the Victoria Tavern. Three Celt-
Limehouse, the enquiry respecting the death of the mete
:Wel of Rebecca Porter, alleged to have been murdered oe
Christmas-day.
The prisoner, Rebecca Porter, • respectable-looking,
Ida!e-aged woman, was brought up in the custody of In-
spe.tor Beare, under • warrant obtained from the Seers-
tars of State.

It will be remembered that the accused bad been for •
;wird of tire Tomah. in the service of the keeper of an
~,tiog-house in Halm-terrace, Limehoime, and that Si
5.1 e wore an immense crieoliwe the suspicioes of her
',awe= were at one :time excited. The scowled, how-
,v,r, indignantly denied the imputation, and gave notice
Mat she would leave rather than Imre off wearing crinoline.
s Caristmas-day, while playing cards with the other
,err,ota she was noticed to be ill, and though she denied
Living given birth to • child the deceased was found in a
box.

.Was. J. Harris, 2, Hales-terrace, West India-road, was
and she stated that she did not know that the
.:mail had I tapered any baby-linen. Witnea. never saw
any. Reheats" Porter used to sit at work in her room in the
evenings for nearly the whole time. She WILD in service ;
I,ut witness saw her make no preparation for • child. She
soaked for herself as well as for witness. When, on Christ-
tuas-day, witness taxed her with having given birth to
a child, she denied it for half an hour. She afterwards
,bowed the child to witness in her box, which was
ander her bed. She oinked witness to allow her to bury
the child, and to take her again into her service, but that
..ould not be done.

George Cronk. 330 IE, said that on Christmas-day be was
tent for by Mr. Harris. By the inspector's orders he then
—aompanietl Mr. Brownfield. the divisional surgeon. to Mr.
t house. He saw the child in the box of the accused.
There was a hassock in the box, and oat or two other things,
tat no baby clothe*.

Tae prisoner said that she had oo questions to put to the
iri:tesset.

The Coroner thee motioned the mewed is the usual man.
:tr. and asked her if she wished to make any statement.
in prisoner merely replied, " No, sir."
Y:•. Harris, re.mlled, mated that she had been informed
y sinter of the prisoner, that the prisoner bad boon
rLamel .aid tad given birth to two e.hildron. Tbooechildren
were J.eal Witeen did not enquire what was the cause of
tie:: deaths.

Tzt Caroner then read over the depositions at length, and
▪ ttst all the circumstances were of such a character as '
to reader a verdict of wilful murder inevitable.
ice medical man examined is the ease indeed said that,
• the child bad fully breathed he could not ooeclu-
s..eir say Mat the child had been fully born alive. But
tee other (acts should not be overlooked—the determined
~riuence in concealing her coadition by means of a large
rico:inr —no clothes being provided (or the child, although
the ac .ased must have known that she had gone
h,: fill time—the dental tor half an hour that she had
^.t en birth to any child—the ooneadmeet of the dead
body in a box—and the marks of violence on the throat,
abet were plainly visible, all seemed to show a settled in-
tect:on to make away with the child, and doubt-
le., to deposit it in the street at a convenient opportunity.
The arr. after a long deliberatioe returned a verdict of
" Wiful Murder" against Rebecca Porter, but stated, in
tendering their verdict, that had the law given them ea
option, they would have brought in a verdict of man-
rlauihter in preference, u they believed that there could
Lute b,en no malice against the deceased, but that the
mother bad deprived it of life in an attempt to conceal the
net of its WU, in order to avoid the shame of detection.
The Coroner then made out bis warrant for the committal
of the mother to Seagate for trial at the Central Criminal
sourt.

THE EXPLOSION AT LIVERPOOL.

(From the Li,t,wol Albion of this day.)

•
Considerable interest having been excited as to
the liability of the insurance online for the damage to pe-
ttily, we may state that the terms of their policies exempt
them from such damages. On Saturday, however, the
directors of the Royal came to the determination of making
good the loss suffered by they insurers. It was reported
on Saturday—but very probably the report was incorrect--
that a solicitor in this town had been instructed by some of
the sufferers by the explosion to proceed spinet the owners
cf the vessel.

It is tat probable that the whole of the powder on board
the Lottie Sleigh exploded. Overcharge a piece of ordnance
with powder, awl a quantity fails to ignite. It has not
tine. We may, therefore, presume that not more than
three, four, or live tons exploded, sod that the remaining
noi.;intxd barrels were forced into the river. Supposing
the entire quantity had exploded! The consequences must
Lay. bat. Rauch more disastrous. Some persons suggest
that the yawl -could have been scuttled ; but there was
no time to du it. Besides it is no easy matter to scuttle a
"let" thin ; the water not penetrating rapidly. We have
%.,e0 a man-of. war's crew firing for hours at a burning vessel
with the inteution of slaking her, but without result. Had
they run one of Messrs. Laird's rams at her the result might
Lase testa: their stability satisfactorily, and prevented the
.;I...:ers reaping a glorious harvest.
The destruction of the Lottie Sleigh naturally directs
attention to the shipment of powder in the Mersey. Several
‘,.,rs .go powder was stored in shore magazines at Liscard,
4 heahire. The population in that neighbourhood didn't
their proximity, and agitated for their removal, in
they were succesefuL The powder for shipment is
Low kept on board a ample of vessels specially constructed
f.r the purpose. awl anchored in the broadest part of the
raver, bear L.stliam. Theis vessels are so arranged that
case of danger they can be immediately scuttled.
Iced, every precaution is taken to avoid accident. With-
o..t the shipment of gunpowder from the Mersey is to be
irol,Wited entirely, we must run some risk. The Thames
Los the .i.iiet waters of Gravesend, where ships can load and
; hut Liverpool merchants have only to choose be-
tween risking the lose of their property in Bootle Bay, or
remov,hg their establishments elsewhere. The Mersey is a
table liver, Kid the enormous increase of shipping of late
ytar, tlready tasks its capabilities to the utmost. We should,
howetor, be acting injudiciously if we attempted, its the
%CO of a very slight rink, to interfere with any one of the
trmles whi-h mud to our welfare.

ria..,ii;;lt was putrore;m;;Cand not paraffin oil.
in Saturday a large portion—nearly all one side—
' the Lome Sleigh. including the bow, was stranded on
at beach bear abs Boating magazines off Brocuborongh ;
~...ober considerable portion of the hull was stranded be-
- ~.en Egreniont and Now Brighton.

THE GREAT EASTERN STRAII-SNIT.—We hear
meeting of Great Eastern creditors took place oe
Nt ...lay, but beyond deciding to abandon the lottery
nothing definite was determined. Arrangements
• ~ring eery promptly made to return the money alresdy
,•trued, and Mr. Stone* connexion with the lottery is
.u.ranteci that no time will be lost in winding the affair
• rerprd Albion.

Arrival for the week ending 28th Jan WS year 805
maks. and delivery 1,07 mike. The arrival last week eons-
prised 557 casks tom Australia and 1 .auk from 8. Megrim

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
(THM DAY.)
_ _ _ _ _

The supply of beagle is much shorter. yet trade is dull ;
oar quotations are, however, freely given, and in a few
instances exceeded. The number of sheep is very
small, but quite sufficient for the demand, the
dead markets being well supplied and trade heavy.
Good calves are scarce, and rather dearer. From Ger.
mans and Holland there are 270 beasts, 560 sheep
and 17S calm ' • outland. 450 beasts ; Norfolk and Suffolk,
1,560; inland, 190 ; and 460 from the Nlrthern and Mid-
land counties.

Ps, swiss 013110. s. d. s. d. Par Koos et Sibs. s. d. s
Dot Scots, ftsrelds. 50 5 I Bast Desk HI-Waft •0 0 0
Rost Shurt-hon —s 4 8 6 0 64.4 Long -yr nols . 6 4 6
&Ms d qua bowls 3 0 4 2, Do. do. Shore 0 0 0 0
Oahu 4 4 6 0 Ives & second quill 4 6 5 0
Pip
Dad Dits.tED•brods 610 6 I lasm6l
.

urs : no. no.

and lambs. 14.8:0: -Olives;

BOROUGH HOP MARKET. —(THIB DAY.)
Mews. Pattandina and Smith report • costiatted active
demand for both English sod foreign hops, of all descrip-
tions, at an advance of from 3s. to per cwt.

COAL MARKET.-(THIS DAY.).,

Wslla Ead Hottest, 24a. ; Wlls End Haswell, 24a. ;
Walla End South H.tton. 24a. ; Wall■ End Booth Hartle-
pool. 22a. ; Walla End Eden Main. 22a. 3d. ; Walls End
Grant* 22a. ; Walls End Riddell'. 221. ; Birekarwea
Graisolo, Zia. ; Walk*: Primrose. 18a. 6d. ; Hartlepool
Went Hartley, 18a. 6d. 51 ships at market.

FATAL DUEL AT SICNIeIL —Letters from Munich
mention the painful serration caused there by a fatal duel
between Counts Sternbach sad Hohnetein, which re-
cently took place near Fringing, is Barnes. Sternbach,
it is mid, was jealous of his young wife, and suspected
her of being too partial to his half-brother, Hobo-
gain, a natural son of the old ex-King of Bavaria, now in
Morns. Hohostein took odes°e at the other's suspicions,
and, instead of expostulating with him sod cooviociog him
that they were unfounded, challenged hint. The affair was
referred, according to one account.. to 640-:allot "court of
honour," which. ootwitlirauding the coounguinity of the
adversaries. decided that the duel must take place. They
fought at 10 puma The alleged adulterer had the first
shot, and sent his bullet straight to the heart of his half-
brother. The victim, who was lieutenant-colonel of cnirea-
siert, and who had the reputation of an excellent officer,
leaves one child a year old. The Munich clergy refused to
attend the burial of the slain man, sod a comrade from the
regiment officiated at the grave.

RAILWAYS.

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