The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-07 00:00:00

SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS LN SOUTH-

WARK.

Yesterday Mr. W. Payne held an inquest at the
King's Head T , Alfred-place, Newington-cautcway,
on the body of a child, aged four months.
Ellen Frost, 4, John's-place, London-road, Southwark,
deposed that towards the latter end of Jane she was in
Greenwich-park, when • gentleman, apparently about 4d
years of age, after following her about for an hour, spoke
to her, and asked if ehe should like to take a child to nurse.
Witness said, "No," but she would see if she could find
any person that would, end promised to meet him the next
evening in St. James's-park, the gentleman saying that he
would give 10/. to person that would bring the child up.
Witness spoke to a neighbour named Doffet, who agreed to
take the child ; and on witness's meeting the gentleman, he
said if she would meet him at the same time and place nest
evening (Wednesday, Jane 30), he would make it all right.
They met at the Horse Guards in St. Jarnea's-park, accord-
ing to appointment, and the gentleman took • cab sad went
to Chelsea, where the cab stopped at • lodge, but she did
not knew where, and there witness saw a lady, about 18
years of age, with a baby, who got into the cab. The
vehicle went towards town, and the gentleman gave witness
101. and soma baby's linen, and leaving the child in wit-
ness's care, got eut of the cab, and paid the driver 3s. to
take witness to London-road. She took the child to Mrs.
Duffet's, but that person being out, she gave it, with the
money, to a Mrs. Endeeott, who lived in the same house as
Mrs. Duffel.
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B) the Coroner—Mrs. Duffel had agreed to take the
child for 101. The supposed parents said they should
call and see it in a few days, but they never came.
They told witness the child's name wee George Brown,
and that he was • month old. She did not think
the child had ever taken the breast. The lady gave her •
bottle used for babies and some baked flour. She had fed
the child on doer and milk. The infant died on Friday
morning last at four o'clock, and bad become very thin. She
would know the gentleman swain ; he gave the address of
the lady at No. 8, King-street, Chelsea. On Monday week
Mrs. Dadbt, witness, and a neighbour, went to that place,
and found that no person of the name of Browa lived there
or had done so foe some time put. Mrs. Dafet had often
said that the child was a great expense to her, for although
she had had 101. with it, yet she had lost all her work
through her attention to the child. The lady told witness
that she bad come from the country to take a situation es
governess. Mrs. Duffet was to have had no more than the
101., and witness bad no remuneration for her trouble.
Mrs. Caroline Endeutt, widow, of No. 11, John's-place,
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London-road, deposed that she had known rs. Duffet for
some years. She remembered Ellen Frost bringing the
child to Mrs. Duffet, but that person being out of the house,
witness took it, together with the box of clothes and money,
for Mrs. Deffet, who had previously told witness that she
wee going to have a child to nurse and 101. for doing it.
Both Mrs. Buffet and her husband were extremely fond of
children. Witness told Mrs. Deffet that Assam was small,'
and that person answered her by saying, "Oh, I
shall
my husband to attend more to his home." Had seen the
child several times every day, and ft always appeared
healthy, but was continually crying. The child never
thrived, but appeared glad of its food until • few days
before its death.
By the Coroner—The child had suMelent fbod given to
It by Mrs. Daffet, as far as witness knew. Did not think
the 101. was all spent before the child died. Mrs. Duffet
had given the child sopped bread; but if witness had had
the child she should have continued the use of the bottle
and baked flour and milk. Did not know that Mrs. Buffet
had ever given the child a cordial to nuke it sleep. On
the day before the child died Mrs. Duffet took it to the
assistant of Mr. Waken, parochial surge= of St. George
the Martyr, who pee her (Mrs. Duffet) a seadieed order for
the child.

-111ary---Ana Buffet, No. 11, John's place, London-road,
rated Gate* was a married woman. Bhe received the
childeasr with the la in gold and the clothes on
W the 30th of June. None of the clothes were
marked wth any letter or name. The child had been
= waiutetd crying ever since she first took it. Several
bad offered to give it the breast, but
whams thee& it would be imprudent. Mr. Brooks, a
had seen the Child and said it was pining away for
the , and nothing else would do it any good. After
enteeteg into circumstances already deposed by the previous
witneseee she said rho registered the child in the name of
George Brown, being that given by the lady and gentle.
man. If the child had been her own As eould not have
done more for it.
Dr. Merriman, physician to the Waterloo-road Infirmary,
deposed that he had made a port modem examination, and
from all the appearances he should assign the cause of
death to inability to get sufficiint nourishment into its
system.
The jury returned a verdict of " Natural death from
inability to take sufficient nourishment."

LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKiLLRN RAILWAY.—
Traffic receipts for the week ending Oct. 2, 1862 :—Psir
I engem 2011. Is. 24. ; Goods andynails, 1771. les. Id. Total,
3781. 121
761. 146 3d.
.O (d. (16 miles °p ea.)34i ado; open.) Corrapoadiag week,
I 1161, 1