The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-14 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, }LARCH 14, 1862.

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

(lIIT IMMO 11112011•17.)
DONCASTER MEZTING.-(THIS DAY.)

BETPING•BOOY STAUB. rim Unaware 152 minis.
Brahmin, Formidabia, Laity Lomg, Dna Cheap, Sis to
Golden Pippin, and Bohemia Gm Mire.

NORTH OP ENGLAND STEEPLECHASE.
Hantsmaa, WeetaXhisthaollow, Northern Light, Bird-
holt, Romeo, 8a Seatlower, and Nell; us here.
PAID PORVISIT.—tai end Tippler.
INNKEEPERS' STAIRS. Five furlongs 150 yards.
Erica, Why Not, Young Viscount, and Betty are here.
Aitivi.D.—Birk He..,

ATTEMPT TO BURN THE SOUTH DUBLIN
WOREHOUSE.

DUBLIN, THUBIDAL

At the heed polies-office this day, four women,
inmates of the South Dublin Workhouse, were charged with
having attempted to burn the workhouse last week. The
prisoners were committed for Ws/

SLOW MURDER OP zrzsairzsurz CHILDI2II. Bt ii
.
CORONER'S INQUISTS.—(THIS DAY.) • 11.

This morning Mr. G. 8. Brent held two inquests 5
is the Board-room of lehres Workhouse ; the first
being en the body of Jane lheppsed, an illegitimate child of
wen weeks aid • sad the second ea a newly-bon feuds ea
child, which Ind bean wan wed sad exposed.
la the bet eem. the wather,a eervaat,was embed at her et.
monied sitar's home at Yellow, near Coseabuy,
Soniereetehire, sad ore the third day after birth the et
infant was brought to town by the grandfather sad the ph.
must and placed under the care of a drover's wife (also as Le
aunt to the child) brine in Limon-grove. It was to be Se
brought up hy hand, and 2a. fel. per week wee to be the
allowance. The child at Brat could not take the food, nod SKI.
had a It, the doctor recommending pure milk with warm let
water, upon which it improved. At lapel arrowroot, k
alb, gruel. and eventually beaten-up boiled bread was N.
gives. On Monday last the child frothed at the nom and kaL
mouth, and died suddenly.
Ni. Jeffs, surgen, deposed to seeing the child after
death. It was exceedingly emaciated. The cows of death 14
was a fit produced by the collapse of the lungsi by N.
pawed debility through want of proper nourishment. H. lei
mew some of the food last given—beaten-up bred— ad wan N.
disgusted to Gad the ren•be of three cc four days' feeding N
round the upper part of the vowel, The food wee quite thick
and too Ireifor the child, producing failure of general
power through re
hinutrition.
Evidence vie( been given showing no blame to the Wig
nurse,
The jury expreseed their opinion that the motherhad N
bass guilty of • great act of cruelty. The child waa not in. r.
leaded
to live, and, in fact, it amounted to a case of slow a'
murder. They returned the following verdict, " That the m
deceased died from natural debility, through want of prope
r N.
nourishment;' adding "That the mother of the Jane Ilk
Sheppard is highly culpable for having sent away her child W.
from her own are so moo as three days after her birth to eo N.
long a distance as from Somereetshire to London." 11.
The next we was on the body of a newly-born female N.
child, found on Friday morning last by a labourer, on the N.
pathway leading to the circle in Regent's-park. Verdict. le
'Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown." le
The deputy-coroner remarked that these were two more Oa
awe in which the lives of illegitimate children had been dis-
pond of, and from the number, which wee increasing to w
a frightful extent, he thought that some remedy for is
the prevention of such crimes should be provided. He at.
thought that if a national institution for the reception of N.
foundlings and illegitimate children were to be reseed, it N.
would counteract the growing evil, and the lives of hundreds 11.
of children would be saved to the country. harm Wise that as.
an institution did exist called the Foundling Hospital, but
it was a perfect sham, and did not carry out the intention N.
of the founder. N.
The jury = concurred with the deputy-coroner, the
proesedtoyelS
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WEATHIR REPORT.—(THIS DAY.)