The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-11 00:00:00

THE FOREIGN IfilLl

DESPATCH or AMERICAN MAIM—SOUTHAMPTON,
Dec. 10.—The North German Lloyd steamship Hermann,
Captain Weak*, sailed hence this afternoon with the Eng-
lish, French, and German mails, 62 cabin peasengers, and
*large cargo, including jewellery from Havre value 16,000 f.
SOUTHAMPTON, Dgc. 10.—The Hamburg and
American Company's steamerCimbria, from Hamburg, has
arrived here. Off Beachy Head she broke her propeller,
and will be docked immediately to have a new one fitted.
This accident will probably delay her sailing for New
York until Thursday instead of Wednesday as usual.

OUTWARD CAPE MAILEI.—The Union Company's
Cape Royal Mail steamship Roman, Captain Driver,
embarked the month's mails for Ascension, St. Helena,
the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, end Point de Galls,
at Plymouth, yesterday morning, and proceeded on her
voyage. She takes out also forty passengers, 30,000 i.
specie for the Cape government, and a full general cargo.

THE PROMISE FENIAN DEMONSTRATION AT
LITERPOOL.—From what transpired_yesteeday it appears
that in anticipation of the F 0121611 promotes' the
Orangemen had prepared a bill announcing • counter pro-
cession in sympathy with Sergeant Brett's widow, the
arrangement being that the •Jrange procession would start
from apoint at the south end of the town. The Fenian
procession would start from the north, and of course there
would be a collision midway. It is hoped, however, that
the prudent advice given by the mayor (Mr. Whitley) yes-
terday to the leaders of the Orange party will induce them
to prevent the 1 from making any demonstration. He
has pledged him, if they remain quiescent, to prevent
the Fenian sympathisers from causing any disturbance, at
any rate within the limits of the borough. A meeting of
magistrates was held yesterday, at which it was unani-
mously decided upon a deposition being made that a
breach of the peace was inevitable if the Fenian procession
were allowed to take place, and that steps should be taken
to stop the demonstration. A number of the catholic
clergy, consisting of Canon Fisher, and the Revs. Wel.
worth, O'Reiry, St. P. Power, R Cooper, G. Porter, I.
Hawkseorth, R. Seed, L. Kelly, T. Shepherd, Hillery,
Le Noir, and D. Barry (representing all the leading
chapels), had an interview with the mayor yesterday, and
agreed to Lem notices to their congregations urging them
not to participate in any funeral or other display. The
proclamation forbidding the procession will be issued to-
kitZ PAN-ANGLICAN CONFERENCE.—Yesterday
morning the bishops composing the conference reassess-
bled at Lambeth Palace, under the presidency of his Grace
the Archbishop of Canterbury, to receive the reports of
the committees appointed at the last sitting. The pro-
ceediommeno with Divine service in the chapel of
the . Most of the American bishops have returned
tot ic sir dioceses, so that the attendance was not so large I
as before. The principal subjects on which the committees
reported were :—Synods, appointment and status of ads.
'binary bishops, ha (Bishop of Grahamatown, chairman);
the state of the church in Natal (Bishop of New Zealmad„
chairman), he.
CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE Sat:mum DAY.H
Tumour, Dm 10.—Admisioes on mat, 309 ; 6189
bq sum *INK 864; total Alias,

ANOTHER DEATH OP AN ADOPTED CHILD.

An inquest has just been held in the Hack ney.read, arising out of the following circumstances :
Os Saturday last Dr. John Chambers, a pno-
*Heuer living at 249, Hackney-road, paid one of a series of
visits to a Mrs. Cooper, of 10, Nelson-street, Hackney- I
read, who was suffering from the effects of premature con-
finement. As he was leaving the husband of the invalid
addressed him, and said, " Don•t you know that my child
is dead ?" This question astonished the doctor, for Mrs.
Cooper had just told him th►t she never had had s child.
He therefore asked, " What child? I did not know you
had one." Mr. Cooper, however, took him into a room
and showed him the body of a fine boy, nearly two years
of age. A blue mark over the lips and some other indica-
tions raised a strong presumption that death was the
result of suffocation. Mr. Cooper stated that the child
bad been found dead in bed that morning. The coroner
was communicated with, and inquiries were set on toot.

It transpired that the. boy was not the son of
the Coopers. According to their statement they
did not even know who the parents of the child
were. ♦ yowag lady, they said, drove tip to their
home in a sac on the 23cd March Let, and handed the
child to Mrs. New, and left as mysteriously as she came,
without stating her own name or that of the child, or her
residence, is in feet any one single circumstance about her-
self or the child's father. Such further facie as have been
elicited were got last evening by dint of crow-examination
from a somewhat embarrassed witless at the inquest.
The inquest on the bod of the child " =known" was
held Met evening by Mr. , the deputy-coroner for
East miiilesgx, at the Oxford Arms Tavern, St. Patera-
street, Hackney-road.
The that witness examined

fir. William Jana; Oooper, who Mid—l live at No. 10,
Nelaon-street, Bethnal-green. I am foreman at Mr.
Butt's, brush manufactory, Bethnal-green.
deD=Coroner—How did you become portend of the
?

Witness—We adopted it through an advertisement.
Deputy-Coroner—Then you advertised. In what paper
did you insert the advertisement!
Witness—We advertised in the Ckrkanetell News I
think on March the 20th. We simply said that we wanted
a child to bring up as our own, at our own residence. We
put in the advertmesnent in our own name.
Deputy•Cormier—Did you name the sex of the child
you wished to adopt, and did you say anything about the
air
Witness—No, sir; we left that optional. We said
nothing about money. The fact is that my wife was very
unfortunate about her children, and her friends said she
would be better if there was • little child in the house. A
male child of 14 months old was then brought to her.
Deputy-Coroner—From whom did you receive that
child!
Witness--I do not know.
Deputy-Coroner—Do you suppose that twelve reasonable
men sitting here will believe you when you say that!
Witness—l do not know where it came from. I have
got letters from the lady.
Deputy-Coroner—Letters ! Then give them to me.
Witness—l have not got them here. They are at home.
' The witness was sent for the letters, and at the request
of the jury the officer of the wart aooompanied him. He
brought beck two letters without envelopes. Being sent
for the envelopes, he brought back two which did not
correspond with the letters he had brought first. It was
elear that a third letter remained behind. This, after
considerable delay, was at length produeed ie obedience to
the somewhat peremptory demands of the coroner. It
proved to be the first of the correspondence, and was aa
follows :

" London, March 16, 18/67.—Mrs. Cooper, 10, Nelson-
street, St. Peter's-square, Hackney-road.—Madam,—ln
answer to your advertisement in the Clerkelevell News re-
specting the adoption of a child, I beg to say I have a
little boy 14 mouths old that I wish to have adopted. I
should feel obliged by yourletting meknow what premium
you require, and wish full particulars as soon as possible.
—I am, Madam, yours truly, J. C. L.—Address, care of
Post-of6ea, 51, Feuchurchotreet, City, E.C."
The Coroner said that the jury had now got at the im-
portsn fact that a premium must have been paid for the
sides child. They had also got some slight clue to the
parents of the child in the initials "J. C. L." and the
fact that whoever the party was, he or she oiled at the
Fenchureh-street Post-office for letters, It would be
therefore advisable for Mr. Cooper not to keep anything
back, but to state all he knew.
The following copy of Mr. Cooper's reply to the fore-
going letter was then read :—" Sir or Madam,— In answer
to your letter of the 16th, I beg to state that our decision
in reference to the adoption is as follows let. Boy pre-
ferred. 2nd. Age of no consequence, so long as be is per-
fectly healthy. 3rd. Premium to be adequate
to the position of the . parents, but we have
decided 201. if under six months, or 151. if
over. 4th. The child is to be entirely given up, and on
no condition are either parents to recognise themselves to
the child in any manner whatever at any future time. It
is to all intents and purposes our child. sth. The strictest
secrecy will be observed if necessary. I may here observe
that I have • good, kind husband, and holding a comfortable
position, and having no children of our own, sincerely de.
sue to dopt one. it will be well taken core of and re-
:ratably brought up. I think I need say nothing further
that I shall feel obliged by your communicating with
me directly, as we have several respondents.— I am, yours
truly, AL A. Course."
The next letter was written jogt before the child was
brought to the Coopers :—" London, 19th March, 1847.—
Mrs. M. A. Cooper, be.—Madam,-1 have only just re-
ceived your letter, and in answer beg to say I quite agree
with all you say. lam sorry to say I cannot afford so
much as 151., as the child is now over 14 months old, and
of course getting very pleasant. I could give 106 premium
and a very good outht of clothes which he has got. He is
• very healthy and a verygood child, and of good birth.
Of course I should require the strictest secrecy, sad would
give him entirely up. Waiting your reply to know whe-
ther the 106 premium would do, believe me, yours truly,
J. C. L."

The two letters signed "J. C. L" were written in a
very good hand, but the style was somewhat too bold for
that of a lady. They were apparently written by a gen-
tleman.

_
Deputy• Coroner (to the witness)—Did you get 10/. and a
valuable outfit of clothes when the child was brought to
you
Witness—Yea, the child we. brought to my wife by a
young lady who gave her 101. and the clothes. She was a
young lady of about 2l years of age. She said, " This is
my illegitimate child ; it bas not been beptised, and it has
no name." She also said that the child was 14 months
old. My wife would know the young lady again.
Deputy-C,oroner—When was the child found dead
Witness—On Saturday morning, between three and four
o'clock.

Deputy-Coroner—Were you in bed?
Witness—Yes, and the child was lying on • little bed on
some chairs alongside me.
Deputy-Coroner—Was the child healthy when it went
to bed

Witness—Nothing was the matter with it but its teeth
and a little cough.
Deputy-Coroner—How did you find tho child lying?
Witness—On his back.
Coroner—On his back? Are your sure that your wife
did not turn the child in the bed ?

Witless—Ya'. The child ii;.not lying oa his face. I
am certain that my wife did not get out of bed to the
child. At three o clock I gave him some irpoonfuls of
gruel. At four o'clock my wife said, "I do not bear
Freddy." The pillow was not over his fax, nor was the
blanket or counterpane over hie noes and mouth.
The Coroner—That is strange, for she child has died
from suffocation. I will not, however, take the medical
evidence upon the point at this stage of the proceedings.
It was ultimately decided to adjourn the case, in order
to give time for inquiries to be instituted, and to dis-
cover the potent'. It is hoped that the cabman who
carried the lady and the child and the large bundle of
clothes on the 23rd March to Nelson-street, Hackney-read,
'sty be found.

Tics Flux AT HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The
fire has now been entirely extinguished sad a vigorous
search of the nuns will take place as soon as possible. The
salvage corps are of opinion that the music in one of the
fireproof safes is uninjured, and in a day or two can be got
out, but they say that the other manuscript scores are
shrivelled up and partially, if not wholly, destroyed. The
statement that there was a quantity of gunpowder in the
armoury of the theatre is contradicted. It is said that
two valuable pictures belonging to the Prince of
Wales, which were temporarily in Mr. Graves's custody,
were destroyed by the fire on Friday night.
Tcrrx ZS AND THE OTHER DISTRANCHISID
BoßOUGßA.—Yesterday the act was issued virtually to
remove from the list of represented boroughs, Totem,
Reigate, Groat Yarmouth, and Lancaster. The Speaker
is prohibited trout issuing his writ for either of the
places, sad there is to be no registration of voters. The
pieces are politically swept sway.
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THE HEALTH OF LONDON.

It appears from the return issued by author
=doe the Begistrar-General that in the week that
on Saturday, Deo. 7, 4,031 births and 3,394
deaths were registered in London and in twelve other
large towns of the United Kingdom. The annual
rate of mortality was 29 per 1,000 persons hving. The
annual rate of mortality last week was 27 per 1,000 in
London, 31 in Edinburgh, and 25 in Dublin ; 28 in Bris-
tol 29 in • ham, 34 in Liverpool, 36 in Manchester.
29 Li Salford, 27 In stidead, 24 in Leeds, 27 in Hull, 30
in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 33 in Glasgow. The rate
in Vienna was 24 per 1,000 daring the week ending the
30th ult., when the mean temperature was 7'l deg. Fahren.
bait lower than in the same week in London, where the rate
was 27. In London the births of 1,008 boys and 951 girls,
in all 1,959 children, were registered in the week. In the
corresponding weeks of ten yaws 1857.66 the average
number, corrected for increase of population, is 2,050.
The deaths registered in London during the week were
1,588. It wee the fortyminth week al the year ;
and the averse number of deaths for that week in,
with a correction for increase of population, 1,554.
The deaths in the
_present return exceed by 34 the
estimated number. The cold weather which basper-
veiled during the last few weeks has mina an laame
the number of deaths, particularly from diseases of the
respiratory organs. Since the Ist November the mean
temperature bee been below the average on 28 days, and
the mean temperature last week was 35.7 deg. The poor
di=suffer from the effects of cold, and- young chil-
old persons ismaMeistatly sleeked, and without •
peeper quantity of food. fall eaq vicams to disease. The
tenons of last week show that three peeeons have recently
died, suffering from " privation." AI this LllolllllKei sea-
son, supplies of food, fuel, and clothing to those who are
in want, would save many Urea. Sixteen deaths occurred
last week from small-pox.. 41 from measles, 32 from semis.
tins, 48 from whooping-cough, 51 from typhus, and
13 from diarrhoea. Phthisis proved fatal to 165
=2BB deaths occurred from bronchitis, 139
semen* and 55 from diseases of the heart. The
daughter of a labourer, aged 8 years, died Nov. 30th at
High Hill Ferry, U Clapton, from choleraic diar-
rhc@s." A bookesfer• collector, aged 60 yams, died on
26th November at 113, Golden-lams, St. Luke's, from " ex-
haustion ceased by want of food and clothing." The
widow of a labourer, aged 50 years, died on 29th Nevem-
at 43, Queen Anne-street, Whitechapel, of "dimmest of
the heart from want of sufficient food and clothing." A
plate-powder maker, aged 43 years, wee found dead on 2nd
December at 28, Egleton•read, Bromley, from " inflamma-
tion and congestion of lump accelerated by want of the
common necesearra of life.' A china and glass merchant
died on 29th November at 91, Graoechureh-street, at the
age (as stated) of 100 years. The deaths of two persona
who were killed by horses or carriages in the streets were
registered last week. 163 deaths from injuries caused by
horses or vehicles in the streets have been recorded during
the present year.

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Uravaserrr COLLEOS, UNDO/F.—At a session of
the council on Saturday, December 7, Mr. H. Charlton
Bastian, M.D., London, was appointed professor of patho-
logical anatomy in the college, and a/instant physician to
University College Hospital. The Joseph Hume scholar.
ship in jurisprudence of 201. per annum, tenable ter throe
years, was awarded to Mr. C. H. Wannington, of London.
CENTRAL CHAMBER or AGRICULTERI. The
general meeting of the Central Chamber al Agriculture
was held yesterday at the Hanover-square Rooms, Mr. A.
Pell in the chair. The report of the committee, which was
read and adopted, after congratulating the members upon
the great progress which the chamber movement had
made, stated that since the last annual meeting the
number of members of the chambers of agriculture had
increased 200 per cent. The solvent position of the ex-
chequer appeared from the treasurer's balance-sheet,
but the committee had not felt justified in starting •
London establishment, beyond having an office in a good
position at the West-end ; the council, however, urged
upon the members the importance of increasing their
numbers as speedily as possible. After referring to
the importance of the operation of the chambers, the
committee went on to state that the past melon had
afforded but small scope for the settling of questions
in which the chambers were interested, and had provided
little work for the standing committee for parliamentary
business, or the standing committee for general busbies, ;
but they could point to certain results which would show
that their exertions had been in some respects beneficial.
The safety of the flocks and herds against imported disease
was prominent in the last year's report. Resolutions
passed at the last meeting were forwarded to the President
of the Privy Council, whilst similar resolutions were pre-
sented by a deputation to her Majesty's Secretary of State
for the HOMO Department. In June of the present
.year
the council issued the draft of a petition for the immediate
slaughter or effectual quarantine of imported animals at
oar ports of landing without their previously intermingling
with home-bred animals, these petitions being signed by
nearly all the provincial chambers, and presented to the
House of Commons just before the third reading of the Con-
tagious Diseases Bill. The document went on to state
that the system of separate markets for foreign cattle bad
been discussed by the various chambers, and by some of
them resolutions had been passed in favour of water-side
markets for the sale mad slaughter of imported cattle.
After a continued pressure put upon the government by
public opinion, to which the action of the chambers and
the zealous advocacy of the members of parliament who
are earnest friends of the central chambers had largely
contributed, an official annoncement was made of a bill
promising to realise what the chambers had demanded.
The document, having further referred in detail to the
work of the council during the year, concluded by stating
that the next subjects to be considered were " Education"
and the " Action of the Highways Act," The officers
were re-elected, and, the usual routine business having
been transacted, the proceedings terminated.
THE SHORTHAND WRITERS' ASSOCIATION. —Oll
Monday evening but Mr. Senior delivered a lecture at the
meeting of this society, held at Dick's Coffee-house, Fleet-
street, taking for his subject " The Reporters' Gallery."
With but a brief sketch of the labour that is performed in
the gallery, the greatest part of his address was descrip-
tive of the general duties undertaken by reporters on the
metropolitan and provincial press. and was illustrated by
many anecdotes gathered during tifteem years' professional
experience. Mr. Woods occupied the chair, and seconded
the vote of thanks to the lecturer which had been moved
by Mr. Pearson.
THE SALE or REVERSIONS.--Yeatenday an act
to amend the law as administered in courts of equity was
printed with respect to sales of reversions. No purchase
made bona fide and without fraud or unfair dealing of any
reversionary interest In real or personal estate, is to be here-
after openedorsetaside merely on thegronnd of undervalue.
The word "purchase " is to include every kind of contract,
converutoe or assignment, under or by which any bene-
ficial uitercst in any kind of property may be acquired.
The act is to come into force on the first day of next
month, and is not to apply to any purchase concerning
which a suit shall be then depending.
D/SASTERS AT SEA.—The wind at Liverpool and
on the north-west coast has veered round to the south,
and the force of it has very considerably abated, though a
few disasters were yesterday reported. The Ocean II are,
of Barrow, from Liverpool to Preston, laden with wheat,
got on shore near Blackpool, and is likely to become a
total wreck. A ship on fire, about 900 tone, was passed on
the Bth instant, 50 miles S.W. of the Lizard, by the
steam ship Hunter, arrived at Falmouth. The Engledue
from Torbay to Leith, has been towed into Grangemouth
a derelict, and the Louisa, of Antwerp, bound for Grange-
mouth, has been abandoned off the Doggerbank. The San
Juan, from the Black Sea to Falmouth, sunk off Belle
Isle, and the Gallia has put into Queenstown, having
" collided" with the Orion, • Pined= barque from St.
Michael's. The Queen of the Pim, from Galata to Ply-
mouth, has been wrecked at Kerisoe, near Brest, on the
let instant. The City of Montreal, from New York, on
which 40 guineas net was paid at Lloyds on Saturday, has
arrived at Gravesend. A waterlogged and diemasted
schooner, with battens, was passed on the Bth instant by a
steamer which has arrived at Griins.
ICE ACCIDENT, AND LOSS or THREE LTVIS.—An
accident of • fatal character occurred on Monday after-
noon, on one of the numerous pits to be found near the
bottom of Mill-Lae, at the uprpertpart of Witton Brook.
The frost of the past few days has had the effect of making
a coating of ice on the pits and pools in the neighbour-
hood, which skaters had begun to take advantage of. On
Monday afternoon four buys, named respectively William
Green, aged seven, Richard Green, aged five, and John
Moores, aged nine years, along with an elder brother,
and a boy named Gaunt, went to slide on the pool
referred to. They had not been on the ice long before it
gave way, and all of them were precipitated into the
water. The elder Moores, Although up to the neck in
water, behaved with greet courage in attempting to rescue
the others, and displayed much presence of mind. lie
seized • pole lying near the edge of the pool, which he put
to his brother John, who took hold of it, but being ex-
hausted let go his hold, sank, and was drowned. The boy
then got hold of Gaunt, and succeeded in bringing him
as The bodies of the other boys were got out and
conveyed to their homes, life bring extinct—Nora/rick
Griereliam

MANCHININR, SEDINFIELD, AND LINCOLN/MIDI
RAILWAT.— The total expenses of this company's railways
and canals, Melodies rents, tolls, duty, !tr., from July 1
to December 1, 1867, amounted to 221.814/., as against
213,6041. for the corresponding period of 1866. The pro•
portion of the Smith Junction receipts accruing to this
company from July 1 to December 1 amounted to
17,1491., as against 17,9981- for the corresponding period of
1866. and the express* to 7,2981., as against 9,0.35/.
Tan Flame Acr or ma fisastott. Yesterday the
first act of the swim was imbed. Its object is to
a1t52,000,0001. out of the consolidated fund for the
of the year eadlai the 31st Marsh nest.

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LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the 'tonne
of the present year the National Lifeboat Instltutton has
contributed to the saving of 1,027 lives from various shipwrecks
ana X 2 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended
129.621 In the same period on its Lifeboat Establishment.. In
addition to granting £2,444 for rewards. The Committee the
Institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistance to
enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 146
Lifeboat Establishments.

Contributions will b;ttheakfully received by the London and
country bankers, sad by the Secretary. Richard Lewis, ti,., at
the institutiou, 14, John.street, Adelphi, London.

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