The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-18 00:00:00

THE PREVENTION-OP INFANTICIDE.

Yesterday afternoon a meeting was bald at 16,
Crammi etrest, Strand, in farthermos of the farmed= of
the National Society and Asylum for the Prevention of Is-
(antacids. Dr. NILL occupied the chair.
The Cluragas briefly opened the pro:medley by observe
Mg that • few days ago a prelissiaary meeker; el gentlemen
had been held with a view. of checking the
of infanticide, and it was resolved that an
be formed which would somblin the benefits of as asylum
end et a moral reformatory for the mother sad her off-
spring, where oho would have shelter until able to ratan
to her oaloptiore.
Mr. DAIMON (the hos secretary) then red Oa Wastes
of the last monies, which were maimed, sad said he had
received a number of letters approving of the movement.
Letters had also been received from Mrs. Haloes and other
ladies, and it was proposed that • ladies committee should
be formed. At the meeting referred to It was proposed
that the members should put their Mews upon the subject
.into • papr for the purpose of creating dimension. He I
had already received several papers on the subject.
Kr. Enemata neat read a paper advocating the admit-
tance of both mother and child into the Parading Hospital,
as It was aotorions that is the hospitals of Paris and Vienne
fifty per crat, of the children died in censequeses of septa.
ratioo from their mothers. He was of opinion that the
mberable id. per week should be unhealed for sub.
steeled sad aostioual support, and, in cam the
Dodd not be obtaiued from the pockets of the salseTrrit
should be taken out of their skim.
lir. Watt said he attended on behalf of the Society for
the Preservation of I staid Life, which had been formed by
the working classes some few months ago. The working
classes wen greatly interested in the question. Through I
the influence of. the society 40 petitions had been presented
to parliament, and, more would be promoted in the ensuing
...ion, praying an inquiry into the Bastardy Law. The
society had been promised the support of several iollutential
members of parliament Having the sameobject in view as
the promoters of the prawn meeting, the society would be
meat happy to 00-operate with them.
Dr. Bunn ETA" said it wee a matter of Oolterattl.
laths that the working dames had takes this move-
ment up. He believed that houses for females were india-
peneabia, but it was a delicate subject, and beset with dif-
ficulties. It might be said that the asylum where'
the poor mother could hide her shims would
lied to immorality, but any amount of immo-
rality was better than murder. It was not passible for
• woman to support a child upon Es. 6d. per week, and
yet it might lead to immorality if some women thought
that they would get more.
Kr. DeWeoll said their object was topreventchild =ar-
dor's much as possible, sad he prapoese the appointment
of as officer to assist the police in bringing guilty parties to
Justice.
The motion having been seconded, a long diacussios
emend, in which Dr. Worthington, Yr. Safford, Kr.
Chmtesworth, and others took part.
Eventually the resolution was withdrawn, as it was con-
Witold premature, until the details of the proposed society
bad been settled.
A committee of ladies was next appointed, and the meet-
ing was adjourned until October, when the rules, bet of
presidents sad Ismael papers will be submitted, arid some
deduce pima of action decided upon.

Tars ALLZOND ATTEMPT TO POIMOII • CHILD •T
HULL —On Tuesday, at the Hull Police Court, before Mr.
T. H. Traimstipendlary magistrate, Augustus Wells, a
t, and Owe* Thomas Wright. landlord
goraTnenionthOutle,Gebonorstreet, Mall, were charged
on remand with having attempted to get poison admisistered
to an illegitimate child at the latter prisoner. Several
mew were examined for the defrock with a view of showing
the abandoned character of Mrs. Woodmumey, upon whose
evidence the case for the prosecution chiefly real.. His
worship further reinalided the sees.
NEOLIGINCI OF PARISE Orncw.—An inquiry
took place at Gosport. on Friday Let, into the arcomitences
attending the death el Daniel Armin, between 60 and 70
yews of aim whose Ids, it was alleged, might have been
prolonged d prompt medical assistaaos had been rendered to
hemOn the Freaking Tuesday night Newmin was found
in South-street by a policeman name Kills unable to walk
without anostsoce. Kills left him in charge of another con-
stable, and west to the house of the relieving officer, Mr.
White, when seeing a light In en upstairs window he
knocked, and continued knocking half an hoer. He saw
the light disappear mid shortly afterwards Mr. White
came to the door. The constable stated his ease, and after
some couversatioo Hz. White referred the policeman to Mr.
Gray, the medical onion. Kale want to Yr. Gray's, and
was told by a female &anent that be was not in. Mr.
White, .who had followed behind, said to the women,
"Tall your master not to get up until rvie been to see what
the ow is." The policeman sod the relieving ofiicer than
went to the nick man, and Mr. White said there was nothing
the natter with him, be was only drunk. KW said there
was no smell of drink, and that Newmin seemed in groat
pain. Ultimately Kr. White loft, and the man woe token
to a lodgiothouse in South-street, kept by a men named
Smith. In the morning, by the direction oil two of
um guardians, he was taken to the woetbousa. Mr.
White went to Smith's after the'. and reporud that do-
omed was drunk. Deceased was properly Weeded to when
in the poorhouse, but was so thorouguly exhausted that he
died ou the following day, and it transpired that deemed,
who was a labourer, and lied been recently working at
Ribes, had told a fellow pauper in um warkbones that he
hod bees star,* for want of food. The jury, after some
deliberation, found : " The jury are of opinion that the de-
ceased died from exhaustion, but whether produced by
natural ceases or otherwise there is sot sufficient evidence
to prove. They, sash. same time, record their otinvietioe
that there appears to bays been peat menet on um part
of the method and relieving dhows, and brj to call the at.
of the guardians to the eases. '''— West Surrey
Garde&

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ay breart abated. my appetite teemed, and 1 telt gone dinar.
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