The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-21 00:00:00

THE PRESERVATION OP INFANT LIFE.

Yesterday evening, a public meeting, convened
by the Society for the Preservation of latent Life, was head
at Freeniasoas Tavern, to advocate measures witk a view to
en alteration of the adiliation laws and the prevention of the
crime of child murder. The chair was taken by Dr. LAS.
KI.TER, the comae, for Central Middlesex. Letters were
read f rem Sir Y. Pew, IL P., Mr. Tits, X P., Alderman Lusk,
and other gentleinea, expressing regret at their inability to
attend.

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The ROY. Dr. WORTHENGTOS moved the following rem.
lotion :—'• That the alarmiog itiezease of child murder calla
for some movement from the government of the country,
that this meeting should adopt measures to minister to re-
medial corrective. and that amid the first of these the re-
peal of the present law of &dilution should be immediately

seconded the resolutioo, which was supported
by Mr. Bmions. and adopted unaoia.ously.
Mr. J. 1.. TAILOR moved—" That an institution be
formed io which pregaaut women shall be received without
say question asked or name demanded, and that the
stay of the mothers of the children shall sot b. simply for
the purpose of coofinerueut but sufficiently long to give the
childreo the required maternal support, wed that means
shall be afforded to the mother, both of identifying her
child awl cf receiving her child when she feels able to
suLpurt _ _ _ _ _

flie regulation haring been seconded by Mr. HOLLAND,
Mr. HAMAN •• traTer.leg secretary of the Society for
Enforcing the Law for the Protection of Women, objected
to the remedial suggest:kw which had been made on the
mound that they were, after all, Doerspallietieys, and mid
he conai.lersid that the best remedy was to be found in
improved mural and physiological education.
Oa this question being put from the chair, 32 bands were
held op in favour of the resolution and 21 against it. It
was therefore carried by a majority of 11.
On the motion of Mr. WALL, wooded by Mr. SHAW,
petitions to parliament were agreed to, and Use proceed-
ing., were animated and protracted, terminated with
• vote of thanks to the chairman.

THE Biseor or Losriox's FCND.—The church
of St. Saviour, St. Patterns, consecrated on Tuesday last,
may be regarded as another fruit of this fund. It is not a
new building, but has been used for treacly • oentury in
0011661M0 with the church of England, and known as
Fitzroy CimpeL It has been purchased—site, edition, sod
fittings—far the very moderate sum of 4,1700/., of which
1,0001. was given by the Bi.hoo of London's fund, and 5001.
by the Diocesan Chuich Building Society. The rest has
bets subscribed by private liberality. stimulated by the
public grants. The church bas been remodelled at • small
expense, and noo free seats set apart permanently for the
poor. nisi. the arum chapel in which Sydney Smith used to
minister. and in which BenjAmin West and Sir David Wilkie,
lisydou and Sir Charles Eastlake used to worship. The
witty Canoe would often say that it was be who bed made
them what they were, for they bad sat at Omahas feet,.
It is a remarkable fact that dissenters' Boman catholic",
and even Jews bare subscribed towards this church, which
led • Disaster to remark, Cum sin! tales, 'seinen nosier
went. The Incumbent in a brief address, mid—" I look
on this as a case of adult baptism, for oar church when
nearly • century old has beau to-day christened by the
same of St. Saviour. My two devoted curate. and myself
are the 'pompon, and we promise sod vow. God helping
as, to promote the spiritual. intellectual, and physical wel-
fare of the poor entrusted to our care."

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