The Express.
London, England, 1865-11-15 00:00:00

ANOTHER ATROCIOUS CHILD MURDER.

Mr. Humphreys, the Middlesex. coroner, held 11
an inriniry last evening at the Seven Stars Taver h
n, High-
@treat, Bromley. touching tho death of a male child, whic
was murdered when three days old.
lice-sergeant William Rip. 5 K, said that on Thursday
lest, between 4 and 5 o'c!ock, he was on duty at the back
of klernington-road, Bromley, when he found the body of
the deceased, dressed, placed in an upright or sitting
pasture against the palings of Back•alley. The chihichld
was quite (tend, and was dressed in a bed-gowo, over w
was sewn a large piece of flanneL The bed-gown was
position over the child's face. The body had Dot been in that
for an hoar. Witness maw no person about on that
morning.
Inspector Kerreasey said that when the last witness
brau,;ht in the body of the child, be at once sent for a
surgeon and had inquiries made in the district. No child
was as yet missed from the neighbourhood, and no clue had
been obtained. Information of tbe bete had been circu-
lated over the metropolitan police district.
Mr. O. F.. Carmen. M.R.C.S., said that the deceased was
a very Sue in.de child. It had lived three day., and it
weighed about 10th.. It was a fair child with a b
fat
ri d
lliant
blue eye, and was so remarkably well developed en
that the mother must have been a very healthy woman.
The nose and mouth were somewhat flattened, and there
were appearance' indicating that the child's death had been
caused by gradual suffocation by pressure.
TbeCoroner having remsrked upon the lamentable prey"-
leetwof the crime of child murder, and sanamed up theca's,
The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against
vine person or persons unknown."

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About half-past 3 o'clock this morning the •
officials of Victoria (London) Docks, below Blackwell, I
telegraphed to Captain Shaw. of the Fire Brigade, that
s fire had occurred in the docks, bet through the erections
of their own firemen and police it had been @topped. The Hughes and Doyle, who were shot at on Sunday
extent of the &image was reported as follows shed . giviit. &re recovering fro. the aces of gm injuries they
building used as • lamp room, containing 110 lamps situate . suetained. It is believed that the shots were Kred from a
nett to the company's police station, at the North•gste, revolver which bed been loaded for some time, and mule-
burned out. Police-station *evenly damaged by firs and roof quently not io as good condition as it would have been if
broken in. Cause of fire had not been socertaieed. truschsred soco arc, loading. No information has yet
Another fire broke out at the premises No. 3, Market- •
, 1 reaohed the police se to the ameasin. t 0 • may further
Place. Clapham, in the wel'ethl of MT- IL S'1"1. I state that the officenot the detective foroe have been
oil and colocirman, and sensor@ to have olitained snob a meat upon the
duty onnxio with the Fenian business
firm hold of the interior that before the engines could i ugsrgied._ sum scruigg Mau.
reach the spot the house was in flames. The wiloiniew
promisee, No. 2, Mr. G. Bayside, baker ; No. 3, ...—.-------------
Mr. E. Crowe, cheesemonger ; sod No. 4. Mr. B. Baker, ay p
aril.. aAtIGHT M.P.—We have the best possible
tailor, were fired in the fronts through the Romeo reach- that Mr. Bright, M.P., has accepted
irig across the street, bet the firemen succeeded in saving . authority
_,_...: for
_ elating
an invitation tiohetielibpsrer:lesnottatma,cubat.onetiotomber.gisvean on
pthae.
them, those of Mr. Booby, however, was burned (fowls.
The parties are all represented to be insured. A third •""
fire broke out at No. 10, Itavinprow, gm. End-road, . kington. late ALP. for that borough. The 000mion being •
litical recision, of than
ores Bright will deliver a poli-
let to J. Casey. It was not extinguished until the
tircel speech. which just now will be looked forward to with
upper part of the house was nearly burned out. Cause
room has ordiocry interest. A piece of plats to be pro.
unknown. A fourth fire took plain at Aserley.
commenced in • range of stabling and coach-boast, caerlit
in Hawkhuret-place. The seated to Mr. Pilkinatoo at the dinner is valued at VOL
pied by Mr. B. G. Grimble,
Palace Fire Brigade, with their eagises, were im- , r,DlNßcitoa Urrititegrrit.—Professor Masson de-
Crystal.Ma:dealer CUP Yew*.
tors address at the university on Mon.
mediatidv willed oat, sod soon got the fire,
under, but ' healed her totted°°---- . . .
most of the buildings were nearly destroyed. i day in preemie of a large aad enthusiastic assemblage.
• The leaned profetsor, after alluding to hie former connexion
with the university as • student, and to his predecessors in
the chair which he now occupied, stated that he would
devote his utmost energies to the duties before him. There
were three seta of occupations obviously included in these—
the first being • course of lectures on Amami* sod the prier.
ciplee of literature ; the second, a coons of lectures on the
history of our own Enolieh literature ; and tie third, peso.
Ural instruction is Toglish compositioo, and, aa far as
conditicas would admit, on Public reading and speaking. I
Norms Faraeognisszu.—A specimen of police • ,--i-o:
literature, in the shape of an accurate copy of • 1401 and _ __--.:-.—__
official notice. pasted with all doe premium* in Belfast, sr=
rues thus :—. The owners of all dogs found at large on the 5,01.1101
public streets of Dungannon, without being properly logged gseassi
or mauled, will be proescuted": 07.014

THE WOUNDED INSPECTORS AT DUBLIN.

Tilt FENIAN'S, —lt is stated among those who
would first beer of such a einsumstance that • perms whom
name is unknown was despatched towards the bitter sod
of September from New York. furnished with " creden-
tials " authorising him duly to instal another "Head
Ceram "in Ireland in place of Serphous. The individual
is quietism came to this aveatry sat &saws tad litam
be
rad his mimeos having bore aresetplished, is se
to have returned by the same route. The paean ohceen
to fill the office of Irish arid at the Naive organisation
is kept a secret, bat is all ptotabilky is a brief period
everything oosoernitiglim will have bees dassoszed by the
police.—Dublin Ifccaing Mail.