The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-30 00:00:00

THE zooLoorreL SOCIETY OF LONDON.

The anniversary meeting of this society was held
yesterday, in the society's house, in Hanover-square. The
chair was taken at 1 p.m. by Viscount Walden, the pre-
sident of the society. The report of the auditors was
read by Mr. K Greenaway. After some other prelimi-
nary business, the report of the council on the proceedings
of the society during the past year was read to the meet-
ing by Mr. P. L. &Later, Ph. D. F.R.S., the secretary. It
stated that the number of members of the society on the
:31st of December last was 2,702, showing an increase of
243 members during the year leo7. The number of fellows
elected and readmitted during that year had been 328,
while only 85 vacancies had taken place. The total in-
come of the society during the past year was stated to have
been 25,3411., exceeding the income of the previous year by
the sum of 662/., and being the largest amount ever re-
ceived by the society in any single year, except on the occa-
sion of the Great and International Exhibitions. The ordi-
nary expenditure of the society for tin year 107, under
which head had been placed every item requisite
to keep the society's establishment in • perfect state
of efficiency, was stated to have been 21,516/. Besides
this, sums altogether amounting to 4,6:di. bad been de-
voted to new buildings in the society's gardens, and to
certain special acquisitions for the meuegerie. The excess
of expenditure over income bad been met by the sale of
2,00 W. worth of exchequer bills, the produce of the
surplus revenue of 1856. The balance at the society's
bankers on the Ist of January of the present year was
stated to have been 2,2281. Besides this, the society pos-
sessed a reserve fund, consisting of the sum of
10,010/. Reduced Three per Cents., in which no al-
teration had been made since the previous annivertary.
The principal new liuocling erected during the past year
bad been the new deer-house, situated in the South Gar-
dew, near the entrance in the broad-walk, which, toge-
ther with the yards, fences, and road adjoining,
had coat the sum of 1,6'.15/. The erection of this
building bad enabled the council to arrange the society's
tine collection of the larger deer of the old world together
in a collective aeries, in • manner that was not passible
under previous arrangements. The old Wapiti-house, on
the north side of the gardens, in which the greater portion
of these animals had been previously kept, had been
entirely removed, and thR ground cleared preparatory to
the erection of a new building to bold the society's col-
lection of elephants and rhinoceroses, which since the
recent increase of the numbers of these huge animals had
become • matter of pressing necessity. Various other
improvements and enlargements which had been effected
in the society's gardens during the past year were also
specified. The total number of visitors to the society's
gardens in the year 1867 was stated to have been 556,214,
being 28,865 more than in the year 1866, and
• Luger number than there had been in any
Irechling year, except the two Exhibition years
851 and 1802. The total number of animals to
the society's menagerie on the let of January last was
stated to have been 2,olo—namely, 531 quadrupeds, 1,320
birds, and 131 reptiles. The primeval acquisitions during
the past year were nut spoken of, and amongst them
Ve'a^l attention was called to a young female giraffe, pur-
ceased in July last i t -wateas,Purchased in November rasa,
which hail lived several months in the society's gardens; a
fine collection of animals from Calcutta, presented to the
society by thtdr oceresponding members, the Babe Bolen.
dra Mullick. Mr. A. Grote, and other friends in the East,
and various other acquisitions of greater or less importance.
The report having been received and adopted, the ballot
foe the council and officers of the society for the ensuing
year was taken, and the meeting closed with the
vote of thanks to the council.

BART FARMING AT DEPTIORD.—MT. CATUAT re-
sumed, on Tuesday night, at the Globe Tavern, Lower-
road, Deptford, the inquiry relative to the ,ieath of a male
child, the illegitimate son of Mrs. Elizabeth Starner. The
deceased was born on the ssd instant, and an boar after
its birth a Mrs. Billups, a midwife, well known in the
coroner's court, said, "That child can't live," and sent it
out in the cold to Dr. Anderson's surgery. That gentle-
man'. assistant, Mr. Fern*, found that the child was

really dyiug from the effectsOf an injury to the side of the
head. He ordered some remedies and the child lived for
two days. Dr. Anderson said that the death arose
from a flattening of the side of the head, caused either
by a fall or a blow. Mrs. WAIT' stated she knew nothing
of any injury being inflicted on the child, as did also
the other women who had been mentioned in the case.
The coroner said that the case was a very disgraceful one,
but it would be impamilde ter the jury to sin& eat any
one of the four peewee; either of whore, it was very Glen,
must have inflicted the injury which causal death. $7
returning an open verdict the case would be so left that it
could be reopened if additional evidence could be pro-
cured. The jury rsressd a verdict, -"Tint the deoemed
died from injuries to the bead ; but how or by whom the
said injuries were inflicted there is no evidence to show.
The jury censure Mrs. Billups and three other persons con-
cerned for their conduct in sending the deceased child out
in the inclement weather immediately after birth." The
same coroner resumed and concluded at the Telegraph
Tavern, Evelyn-street, Deptford. the inquest on the body
cd the male child of • domestic servant named Jana
George. On the evening of the 39th March the young
woman in question left her place and wont to her mother's
at 414., Alpert-street. She complained of being ill, but said
nothing of the reason. In the morning she gave birth to
the deceased, and Mrs. Billups was called in, and took
away the child an hour after birth. Mr& Billups it
would appear, lives in a cellar, and thither she took the
child. She attended to it, but she prophesied that it
would soon die, and her prediction was fulfilled the next
day. Dr. Fisher, who made • post-mortem examination
of the body, found that a quantity of water had been im-
bibed, and that death had resulted from convulsions.
Whether the imbtMtlbn of the water had caused the con-
millions or not her amid, nqi viz Mrs. Billups said that
she' bad placed the childlifa bat because it was ill, but
she could not account for this-water found in the body.
No additional light was toroth upon the affair. The
roroner severely reprimanded Mrs. Billups and the mother
for their conduct towards the child. As there was no evi-
dence to prove that death was wound by violence, be ad-
aceor
vised the jury to return an even carafe*, sib's& wee
ly done.
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