The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-22 00:00:00

CORONERS INQUEST.

SUPPOSED INFANTCIDE.—CONCEALMENT OF THE
BiltTll.—On Saturday an inquest was held at the
Nelson's Arms, Public House, in the village of Merton,
Surrey, before Mr. Wm. Carter, Coroner for the
county, on the body of an infant child, name and even
sex unknown, which was found in the river Wandle, in
that parish.

The jury after a patient investigation, returned the
verdict, "that the infant was found dead, but that from
the decomposed state of the body, they could have no
positive evidence that it was born alive, or of what sex
it was ; that Anne Archer a single woman, was the
mother of the said child, and that she was guilty of
concealing the birth of the same." It appears from the
evidence, that the young woman had preserved the body
in her Lox till it was in a state of complete decomposi-
tion, and the❑ threw it in the river. The unfortunate
young woman was ordered to be taken before the Ma-
gistrates for the purpose of further inquiry.

USE OF THE WALNUT TREE.—Walnuts
yield half their own weight in oil, whose flavour is con-
sidered equal to that of the finest Lucca oil. This very
fruitful tree, which we see flourishing along the high
road, and in the orchards of the peasants, is one of great
utility to the German ; his furniture is made from it,
the leaves dye a good black, and he feeds his cattic with/
the shells of the nuts that have supplied his oil.—
Germany and the Germans.

WIGTON.—The small-pox is very prevalent in
this town and neighbourhood.—Carlisle Patriot.
MADEMOISELLE MARS.—It was rumoured
that this celebrated comic actress intended to avail herself
of the success of M. Dumas's new drama, Mademoiselle
de lielleisle," to retire from the stage, after commanding
public admiration for forty-seven years. Such is not the
case. She is about to subscribe a new engagement with
the Theatre Francais, whereby, for five years more, she is
to perform exclusively and without competition in every
character she pleases, whether young or old, and in every
description of dramatic pieces. Mademoiselle Mars per-
formed thirty years ago in the farewell benefit of the great
actress, Mademoiselle Contat ; and last week, dressed in
the most elegant manner, and wearing her most splendid
diamonds, she enacted the part of Celimene, in Moliere's
" Misanthrope," for the farewell benefit of the tragedian,
Lafont, who had been thirty years on the same stage. A
burst of applause was elicited from the audience when she
uttered to Arsinoe the lines—

" L'age amencra tout et ce n'est pas le temps
Madame, comme on sail, d'etre prude a vingt ans."
EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF OSSIFICATION.
—Some time ago, a grey mare, the property of Mr. Ains-
worth, of Brindley, had her right knee io extensively ossi-
fied and enlarged as to render the joint and limb quite stiff
and useless, which had the effect of making her go upon
three legs only, and rendered her entirely incapable of
doing any work. Latterly, however, by the assistance of
a veterinary surgeon, the bony deposit and enlargement
has been removed, and the joint made quite free, trhici
makes her now quite fit for service. The case was of two
years' standing.—Preston Observer.

EXPLOSION OF A STEAM-BOAT'S BOILERS
AT LIVERPOOL—LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING.—Con-
siderable alarm was excited in the neighbourhood of the
George's Pier this evening, at five o'clock, by the sudden
explosion of the boilers of her Majesty's steamer Urgent,
just as she was on the point of sailing with the mail and
passengers for Dublin. The mail bags bad just been put
on board the vessel, which was lying off St. George's
Pier, and the passengers being on beard, the bell was ring-
ing as the signal of departure at the moment of the ex-
plosion. Very fortunately the most dense portion of the
steam found vent through the funnel blowing the damper
out at the top. The passengers (most of whom were on
the quarter-deck) escaped entirely unhurt, but nine men
who were below in the engine-room were more or less
scalded ; one man, named Peter Hughes, so badly, that his
life is despaired of. It is not yet known how the accident
happened, or what injury the vessel has sustained. She
was esteemed the best, and was certrinly the swiftest packet
on this station. The Shearwater was ordered to take the
place of the Urgent as soon as possible. She sailed with
he mail and passengers at about eight o'clock.

DISCOVERY OF HUMAN SKELETONS.--At
Oving, near Chiche.ster, a rich benevolent lady, Miss
Katharke Woods, has purchased a piece of ground near
the church of that parish, for the laudable purpoFe of build-
ing a Sunday School-room for girls. Last week the work-
men, in digging the foundation, found a large quantity of
human bones, which were interred in the churchyard, near
the spot. Two sculls of large size were found amongst
the bones, in one of which the teeth were white and in pi e-
servation ; the other had the appearance of being nearly
severed in two by some sharp instrument. How these re-
mains of mortality, in such quantities, became buried on
that spot remains a mystery.—llants Independent.