The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-25 00:00:00

BARBAROUS CHILD NAMUR IN THE

YSSBOPOLIa.

This morning information was forwarded to Mr.
Payee, wooer, of the discovery of the body of a and,
which hod evidently boon kindly murdered, upon Widen
stop of • hone in Yorlostrost, Louden-road. It appeared
that as a polioe-oonstable was ping his rounds ho fond the
donned wrapped in a pion of a stuff gown. He look it
to s surgeon, who found that the child had boon beaten
on the head with suck forgo that the face was is • manner
destroyed, sad the month dein. almost into the side of the
ain't.
The sumo coroner has alga bon informed of the discovery
of the body of a nails child wider an arch of the London,
Brighton, sad eolith Omit Railway in Bermondsey. The
murder had boon committed is a wry singular and cruel
manner. t. pine of black stuff had ben pot nrouad the
bead and tam and wholly sthelted under tho obis sad
around the nook so tightly that the child hem not only bon
suffocated as if by a pitch plaster but etraaglod as well.
This morning the police iernedlanards offering a Toward
of SOL for the apprehension of goodness of • male
child under very atrocious circtunstanoss. It apneas that
on the 4th last, the dud body of the doosand was toned
wrapped up ins pine of a bleak gown in the trent garden
at Maidobill. The body was partially consumed by km •
cousiderabla portion of the lasi baying boon bung off the
boon. At the coroner's inquest ties MON was °hotly proved
to'be on of murder, and as no ens weld ho obtained as to
the perpetrators of the aim*, the above reward and a pro'
mime of pardon to an accomplice whetting Qnsen's (Mauer,
has boon offered by the government.

HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND MINN= OT
THE CRIB; Bimiteree.—The quarterly omit of the
(oversees of this charity waa held is the baud room et the
hospital, on Thursday, the Rev. Sir H. Poulin, But.
V.P., in the chair. After the preliminary bulbar the
wieretary read the report of the conusi cities must.
It appeared that little had traeopired during tie last
Quarter calling for special remark. The governors were as-
sured of the undiminished demands epos the rescuers of
Srns eisrliy. and of its continued usefulness both amongst
I the knead the oat patients. The largest number of beds
fleet seal be made available in the present building was
210, and the whole of than were in us, but
were far too few to meet the pressure for admission.
The " Horse" at the Maack House, Chelsea (the
original Consumption Hospital), proved a sesta
auxiliary, by admitting some of she applicants
whilst waiting to be received into the hospital.
The committee naked with much gratificatiou the
steady bureau in the annual subsoriptioes. This very
important source of income, even when added to the mu-
nee from ground-nets, did sot yield enough to meet the
yearly expenditure by needy 4,0001., so that the committee
had so opiates but to invoke the continued assistance of the
public in order to supply this large deficiency. The com-
mittee had received information of the following legacies
Niece the last court, vit. :—Colonel Oaalow Baker, 100/.
duty free ; Miss Maria Harman, 191. 12s. ; Mrs. Charlotte
Oen, 2001. duty free; Mrs. Morgan, 5004 ; and Mrs. Rama-
dan, 501. The number of in-patients admitted sine. the
24th of November was 231; discharged, many greatly re-
hued, 174 ; died, 46 ; new out-patiset eases, 1,743. The
report was adopted.
THE SUBSCRIPTION TOR THR SUREST SUFTRILISIS.
—The appeal made to the public end the profession for aid
to thou who have been abruptly thrown out of employ-
ment by the calamitous &stench= of the Surrey Theatre
hem met with a noble vaporise. The warmth with which
the good came we. taken up by the general playgoiog popu-
lation, the members of other theatrical establishments,
and the newspaper peens must be thankfully reeoguieed
on every side. Full salaries have bees paid to all connected
with the theatre. Messrs. Shepherd and Anderson gene-
rously devoting their time to distribute the funds, without
in any way participating in the benefit. derived from them,
and all the claims made by the ballet and ulna for the
persead loses. they have sustained have been discharged
without cavil. and is the most liberal spirit. With the
built so kindly given by the directors and company of the
Royal Bogllsh Opera, Covent-garden, this morning (Satur-
da)), sad three or four at various plum nut week, the
subscription list will be clued, but there will ever remain
a vivid recollection of the prompt sympathy with which the
subscribers acknowledged a jut claim made on their bens-

volence.—Era.
DEATa FROM Exrost-RE To COLD.—Last evening
en
inquiry was held by Mr. Richards, deputy-coroner, at
the Sehright Arms, Hackney-road, respecting the death of
James Jones, aged 62. Mr. W. J. Salmon, an optician,
residing at Loughtoo, said that deceased had been for 43
years in the employ of the Rod lade Company, and he et
a labourer's pension of Ts. 6d. a week 20 yearn ago. He
lived alone in a room at 16, Gionceeterstroot, Hack-
ney-road. His wife, witneses aunt, died 12 years
ago. Mrs. Jennings, deceased's laadlady, stated that he
paid her lc 6d. a week rent, and he stipulated that two
quarts of boiling water should be provided for that sum.
The witness was not in he room for six ream, arid never
saw him bring home food, but after his death a quarters
loaf was found in his room. He worked at the Rest
India Warehouse until Wednesday week, when he came
home and said, "Neighbour, this weather will kill me ;
they have raised me in my old age to the top ' loop
of the warehouse, and the wind blows my head off." Next
day she took up • cop of coffee, but she dared not
stay in the room, be was so munitions. He died on
Friday. Mr. It Phillips, a grooar, in the Hackney-road,
mid that he was &astable at the lodia Warehouse,
neer Westminster-bridge. The demand worked there
for 15a • week. He weed to eat his dingier with the other
men arid did not soon to starve. After his death witness
found in his room 1951. an gold, 1351. Rank of England
notes, and 14s. and a farthing in silver and copper. There
were beedos ,anon trinkets. Dr. Bing said that the
dammed's stomach and intestines were empty from loag
want of food. There was some demure of the hogs, doubt-
less from exposure, but death seemed to be due from in-
million from starvation more than to disease. The jury re-
turned a verdiec "that deceased was found deed from
disease of the lungs, accelerated by exposure to oold."
ALARMING SCENE IN A RAILWAY TRAIN.—A
correspondost gives the following scootint of aa exciting
wane with a lunatic, oe the Oreat Northern Rea, es Mon-
day. The writer, whole a lady, says : "Oa Monday morn.
Mg last, accompanied by my sister and child, three years el
age, I entered the middle compartment of • sowed-clam
weep at the Dommster station, the train leaving at 9.17
a.m. for York. A gentleman connected with the Oreat
Northern Railway jestingly told us there was a madman in
the next place. 1 asked him to lock us in, and thou ere should
be safe ; he did so, and we started, but before the train had
palmed over the road-crossing we were startled by the man
attempting to look through the place whether the lamp
aerially hangs. After a little while, however, he wee quiet,
and remained so until within • short distance of Agars,
when he pushed his bend through the place whore the
lamp is fixed, and threw the metal covering on the top of
the carriage. We spoke to the guard at Amhara, sad be
removed him to the other sad of the carriage, asenrieg us
he was quite safe. At every station we stopped at he
ettrazted attention, but nothing was done except looking
him is. After passing Church Fenton, and only just peat
the platform, be commenced kicking and knocking at ibis
partition, and calling out . murder." Perhaps to
minutes elapsed after he bad called eat, when, to car
horror and &lam, he appeared outride our window. having
forced himself through his, and began besting the glue with
hi fist (but first trying the door, which wee luckily locked).
and wing the most disgusting language, swearing be
murder us, as (be mid) we bad cot his wife's threat. We
could not open the opposite window to call for eseistanes,
and I bad to exert all my strength to prevent him teem
forcing his war ie. Had be done so, the result can sairookr
be doubted. I forgot to say that • yeareg gentlemen bed
got into the compartment, previosely oceepied by the mad-
man, at Knottlegley, sad env sister called to him. but be '
was unable to as&X no. The man wee a rough-looldeg.
powerful fellow, dimmed as a sea-farts(Ha
clung to oar carriage, ntterieg threats ail tie time, until we
wore within a mile of York, whew the guard's attention
was at last denoted to him by some people worlds& The
=s then stopped, sad th• gutrd lint him bp* aelle
eat, and west on with him to York, and we bug
lbeeetlefestins • few been after of seeing him is a cab so
food the Lunatic Asylum have mortared be spir
0/11406 of this letter fo Uwe bops Mist semdbing
may be doors to Metre the public safety ; Wane one bete
le atone of the men he could not bay* got out of Mow
window. Hot my sister end self fortanateir naves lest
eigneglesonce of mind ; had we Agri as. wed net to the
Isollistet window from b;m. he would, se doebt.laes
ssee-
seeededis Oft b."—Yerksitin Gaon&

FUNERAL. OF THE DUKE OF NORTHUM-
BEYLLND.-(THD3 DAY.)

The mortal remains of his grace the late Duke of
Northerehmiand were, this afternoon, buried in the fumy
vault, Westminster Abbey. le the souse of tas
morning the bells of St. Martin's io-the•Pielde wag
a asedsd peel, gad before 11 o'clock the cantos
sappd to farm the funeral procenion baps I. take ap
their position in Trafalgar-square. Precisely at 12 this*
westward of Charing•cross was thrown spa, sad ea
*Aides satersd pursuant to arrangement, each bag
occepted. _ _ _

Tie funeral procession left the grand entegke NW*
Temple-bar in the following ceder
Two horses mounted.
The Beadles of St. /Lenin's-in-the-Fields in their oath!

esetuate.
Two Swam, moused
Groom of the let* Duke leading a Hone.
Eight Hosea, mooted.

Mourning Cosa mid Nathan, drama by Biz Haw, via

Outride, In frost.
Two Roma, arcuated.
Lid of Feathers.
The Cowed of the lab Doke, placed a velvet caddie,
carried on Horsibick.

The 111111711, dams by ilk bons, es "'IM& von ihe ems

and meted of his Ones. ,
Seventeen Black Coaches, each drawn by sit hums, with
°Mathews is Mat.
Sic Private Carriages.
The State Carriages of their Gimes the Dub end Sachem
of Centhridp,
Followed by a long of Private Canines,
Leaving Northumberland Hems the proesedea proceeded
aloes Parliatneatetrest lath Priaessethist, awl the... to
the Abbey, arriving them at 1 o'slock. A■ lowers
number of persons bad sosembled aloe/ the route, nu as
home tops in Parliament-street having. their otenpaam—
more particularly those at the Admiralty eat Hans
Guards.
No sooner had the grommion left, than rum wen egged
in thin the eseutelmon In front of Northumberland Helm
In the make was the motto " Huai eat qui mal y ma.*
and a meal beneath bore " Faparanes es Dies."
The assemblage within the cathedral was very awn%
iacloding many ladies, all being in motiraiag. The per
meths intend by the western gates and pawed
along the aisle anti it reached the porting of the
eatbedral where the greater pert et the senile
was to be performed. The burial itself took place in the
Nichols, or Percy chapel, in a family vault belong* to
the house of the noble deceased, the chapel being situated
inamediatedy opposite that of Edward the Confessor.
Dom Staley performed the maim, Canoe Jenninp reed-
ing the lemon. The musk for the burial service was Croft's
and Purcell's ; the anthem, "His body is buried in peace,"
by Handel, and both were gives with grand effect. Mr.
Tula presided at the orgea. A large number of the se.
Wily were present to testify their respect for
the memory of the late duke. Lord Loraine, as
near relative, was cd coarse a chief mourner. Lord Robed
Grosvenor, the Earl of Cardigan and Sir F. Smith, were
observed in thelise of proosseioo.
The atteudanco of clergy was large. At the conclusimof
the service the " Dead Much in Said " wu played as
We organ, and width its strains resounded through the
abbey, a promesiou was spin formed and withdrew.
Immediately afterwards a movement was made towards the
pave, where the remains of the deceased nobleman had just
beta deposited.