The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-16 00:00:00

Art LORD-LIEUTRNANT OF IRELAND AND
THE rzNAxr RIGHT. QUESTION.

Replying yesterday to a deputation from the I
...ration of Waterford, the Lord-Lieutenant said :
70-e the high terms in which you have spoken of my
...action ea • landlord with Ireland, I return you my
k It has been my endeavour, u for as lay in
061
p,oaer, to act in regard to those whom Providence has
Yoed on my estates with justice and impartiality, and to
my relations with them in such a manner a.
sle most conducive both to their own individual
ty and the general improvement of the country. In
oos -promotion of this object I have been forcibly impressed
oh the necessity of drawing no line of separationbetween
interests of the landlord and the tenant. To arrive at
ice& of mutual confidence, co-operation, and come-
met progress, those interests must be considered idea-
oil in the objects they have in view and in the way they
el to be attained. It will be the earnest desire of the
ennanan tot which I am a member to bring about, if
ipahle, a satisfactory settlement of this most important
(action, and we shall consider ourselves most fortunate
ve should be enabled to introduce any measure, which,
ji giving additional security to the tenant for bond
* improvements shall increase his confidence in his
ware, and tend to the promotion of mutual satin-
*ciao between tenant and landlord, as well as the
swarth and development of that improvement which
,Jd be consequent upon a larger and more
peal employment of capital by those engaged in
tat agricultural pursuits of the country. During my
enure of office it will be my unceasing object—as it fa, I
on WWI you, of the rest of her Majesty's government
—to promote to the utmost the welfare of Ireland. My
intimate connexion with this country causes me to hail
with the greatest satisfaction the indications, which I am
convinced I can discern, of prosperity and advancement,
cad I shall deem myself highly favoured if I should be
enabled to trace the results of my efforts in the prem-
iere of loyalty, security, and order, the increased develop-
lent of natural resources, and the improved social condi-
.= and happiness of the people."

LTTRAORDINURDER ARY CA
AST CLAPHAM. E OF SUSPECTED CHILD
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(INQUEST.—THIS DAY.)
This afternoon, Mr. W. J. Payne,. the coroner
for the Duchy of lanesater, held an inquiry at the Cook
Teem, Clapham Old-town, on view of the skeleton of a
&Id that was discovered underneath the boards at a gen-
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deman a mansion.
The jury having been shown the complete skeleton of an
*dant child,
Jane Clinker said that she was housemaid at a
loose in Clapham-park, and that on Friday morning,
the 26th tilt., she discovered the skeleton underneath the
boards of the kitchen. It was folded up in a newspaper
eel part of a sheet. Witness called her sister, and the re-
mains were then handed over to the police. Witness
bad been seven months in her present employment.
There were four female servants employed at
the house. When witness went to live at the mansion
Anne Sawr, the suspected person, was then there. When
the skeleton was discovered she was out of the
house. She said that she wanted to go to her
husband's funeral. When she returned the neat
da, witness spoke to her about the child
endd she said it was not hers. After that the lady at the
mansion requested the cook to leave, and she did so.
(At the request of the Coroner the witness did not men-
tion the name of the owner of the mansion.) When wit-
ness found the child she was near the dresser, and the
body was discovered by her underneath a loose ward.
Anne Purser, • laundress, at Clapham, said that 18
mouths ago she had her suspicions aroused. She did not
tell the cook what she thought about her, but shortly after
that time a sheet was missed, and the lady of the
house spoke to witness about it. Last Monday week
witness saw Anne Sawr at the police-station. She said,
"I am innocent ; the workmen must have ut it there.
The only baby I have had is one that is now a child three
years old."
George Grutton, 185 W, said that the newspaper in
which the skeleton was wrapped in was the "
April 11, 1883." Witness arrested Ann Sawr, and she was
taken to the police station. The inspector there did not
think that the evidence was sufficient to take the
accused before a magistrate. Witness had arrested the
accused on the :10th of October, but she had to be taken to
St. Thomas's Hospital, as it was believed that she had
taken poison for the purpose of committing suicide, On
the :ith instant witness removed her from the hospital to
the police-station.
Dr. Parrett said that he could not tell the sea of the
skeleton. lie could nut of course say what was the cause
of death. It was a full-timed well developed child.
Witness had attended Anne Sawr for illness in 188.1, but
she did not tell him that she had given birth to • child.
The bones of the skull had fallen in, but witness could not
say whether that had been caused by violence, such as a
blow on the head or a fall. The bones of the skull
might have fallen in while the child was underneath the
boards. On the 28th ult. witness was called in to see
the accused. She was lying on the door, and as witness
believed that she had poisoned herself he bent her to the
hospital.
Ann Satyr, the accused person, having
been sworn,
said—l am perfectly innocent. It is not my child. I
know nothing about it. I had no child at that time. I
deny all knowledge of it. Ido not know who put the
child there.
The doctors at the hospital declined to tell the police
whether the accused had taken poison or not.
The Coroner having summed up, the jury returned •
verdict, " That the deceased child was found underneath
the boards of • certain house, but whether it was born
alive or not, and, if so, the cause of its death, the condi-
tion in which the body was found prevents the jury being
able to declare."

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.

FRIDAY, NOTEXEIR 18, 8 £.11•

B. It; W. 111, litr2m.',ll.l 1. et
121 H. ' D. II 9.
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Jtm "'MU 37 E.N.E. 36 1 W. r 0.46 2
Aberdeen 49.3969 E.N.E. 4j 1 1 W.S.W. rc 10.38 4
Leith 21..32 42 N.E. 4 4 1 S. r 10.82 4
Ardroman. 29.25 42 E. 67 1 S. r 10.7,. 6
Greenmails 29.21 46 E.N.E. 2 4 8.5 W. r 0.92 1
Taleutis zta 49 N.W. 7 8 W. ro ,0.21' 5
1 -
erpool 29. N 153 W. S 4 &S.W. or 11.04 2
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Holyhead 40.28 54 W.S.W. 6 9 S.W. ro 0.57 4
Peuzeuce 29.64 55 W. 5 7 8.8. W. lout 0.11 4
Brest .. V.76 54 W. 5 6 5.8. W. 'fr', t 1 6
Lorient 2.1.73 55 W. 3 6 5.5.E.8.5.. o —1 3
Rochefort 29.92 52 W.B.W. it 2 E. o 1 2
Plymouth 22.59 5.5 8.8. W. 5 8 , 8.8. W. o .0.00 4
Weymouth 20.:4 56 W.S.W. 7 8. S.W. om '0.05 5
Portsmouth 29.5454 S.W. 6 6 S.S.W. r '0.17 5
Loisd.m 29.49 r 4 W.S.W. • 6 8 8.8. W. ro 10.01 -
Yarmouth.... 29.351 51 W.S.W. 7 8 S.W. r 0.31 2
Icaricerough. 29.23 44 N. 1 4 S.W. or .0.37 5
Shields 2O. 44 N.E. 2 2 N.E. To 0.76 2
Helder — • - - - -

REMARKS.
Very strong south-west winds blew on the southern and
western coasts last night. 13arometers have fallen rapidly. An
sees of low pressure extends acr:iss the British isles from Green-
castle to Scarborough. To the northward of that district the
winds have become north.easterly, and t emp:ratures have fallen.
while to the southward t imperatures have increased, and the
winds continue strong from southwest. Cautionary telegrams
lave been mot to the north and east coasts this morning ; the
west and south coasts were c.autioucd yesterday.

The one hundredth and thirteonth session of
the Society of Arts will c-mmence on Wednesday, the
21st inst., when the opening address will be delivered by
Sir Thomas Phillips, Q.C., F.G.S., chairman of the coun-
cil, and the medals aw.irded by the council at the close of
hat session will be pre,euted.
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WILLS AND BEQVESTS.—Probate of the will of
the Most Noble Hemy Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G., of
Lansdowne, Somerset ; &mood Park, Wilts ; and Berke-
leyequare, was granted by her Majesty's Court of Probate
to his relict, dm Most Noble Emily Jane Mercer,
)iarchioneas of Lansdowne, daughter of the Comte
de Flahault and the Baroness Keith and Nairne,
the sole executrix and universal legatee. The
personalty was sworn under 80,000/. His lord-
ship died July 5, 1865, at his town residence, Lansdowne
House, Berkeley-square, at the age of 50. His will, which
is very brief, bears date Feb. 12,1863, and is contained in
these words :—" I give and bequeath to my dear wife,
Emily Jane Mercer, Marchioness of Lansdowne, all
my personal estate and effects of every kind, and I
appoint her executrix of my will, and guardian of my
children daring their respective minorities."—Mustrated
London Nest.

Tkit:vEsTE, M.P.—The corresponding secre-
tarp of the Kilmarnock Reform Committee has, says the
Apr Adrertiser, received the following reply to the cons-
niunicition lately addressed by him to our burgh member,
Br.Bouverie:—" Ardochy, Invergarry, N. 8., Nov. 5,1866.
—Sir.—Your letter of the 19th ult. having been sent to
Edinburgh after I had left it, has been forwarded to me
bay through the unclaimed letter office. lam much
obliged to you for it. You and your friends may confidently
rely on my continuing to follow the same course which has
earned your esteem, and on my endeavouring to advance,
to the best of my power, the cause of civil and religious
libefty.—l am, yours faithfully, E. P. Bocvsnig.—Mr.
G. WEwes."