The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-18 00:00:00

ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL, JAN. 16.

The Virginian, Watson, from New York ; Castlereagh,
Vould, St. Michael's ; St. George, Gilpin, New Brunswick.

ENTERED FOR-LOADING.

The Dart, Bullen, for Jersey; Margaret, Wreshney, New
Or:eans.

CLEARED OUTWARDS.

The Fame, Neckson, for Boston; Sir Walter Scott, Cum-
mins, Africa; Brandon, Lewis, Leghorn ; Harmony, Brown,
3larscilles.

SAILED.

The Aleide, for Naples ; Trewetha, Leghorn ; Carty, De-
merara; James Dunn, Lisbon ; Circassian, Valparaiso ;
Henry Hoyle, Oporto; Arethusa, Barbadoes ; Actress, New
Orleans ; Vectis, Smyrna ; Trinidad Packet, St. Vincent's ;
Ann and Jane, Berbice.

The Judges of the different Courts will meet in the
Exchequer Chamber, on Thursday morning, to choose their
respective circuits on the ensuing Spring Assizes.

- On Saturday evening an Inquest was held at the
Coopers' Arms, -Russell-street, Bermondsey, on the body of
a female child, name unknown, which was found on Mon-
day last within the burial-ground attached to the new
church of St. James's, Bermondsey. Mr. William 'Groom-
bridge, jun., deposed that he resides with his father in the
engine-house, situate in part of the above burial-ground.
On returning home about half-past eleven o'clock on Mon-
day morning, he observed a bag just within the railings of
the burial-ground ; lie informed his father, and afterwards
brought it to him ; it was a brown holland bag, and tied
at one end with white tape ; it was heavy, but he knew not
what it contained. Mr. Groontbridge, sen., said he received
the bag from his son, and opened it, when he saw the head
of a child ; he tied it up, and immediately took it to the
workhouse, where it was examined by himself and the
master ; it was a full-grown female child, very finely formed ;
lie saw no marks of violence on the body. Mr. James Paul,
the parochial surgeon, said he saw the child on Tuesday,
s.nd examined it externally, but found no marks of violence
externally. He had no doubt it was newly born, but with-
out a port-morienz examination he could not say that it had
ever lived. A discussion took place as to the propriety of
having a post-mortem examination. After a time the
Jury-room was cleared. The Jury, after considering fox:
about a quarter of an hour, decided that a post-mortein
examination was not necessary, and. returned a special ver-
dict, " That the deceased was found dead in the burial-
ground of tlie New Church, Bermondsey, with no marks of
violence on her person ; but whether she was born alive or
not there was no evidence to prove."
THE GI It A FFE3.-The giraffe, which has recently
died in the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, is the one
which has alwa3 s been lame and sickly, and used to be kept
apart from the others. It made no increase in size. The
immediate cause of its death was a fracture of the skul',
caused by a fall. The remaining three giraffes have conti-
nued during the winter in excellent health and spirits. The
two giraffes at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, which have
lately died, have been opened at a full meeting of the me-
dical profession, who declared the cause of death to have
been a sudden chill in both cases. Considerable pains had
bef,ll taken to keep their apartment warm with a stove, but
it is supposed the fire was suffered to go out, or to be so
low as to be insufficient during the sharp nights—a very
likely occurrence. The preservation of these tender ani-
mals in the Regent's Park through this severe winter may
be attributed to the peculiar principle on which the house
there is warmed. This is effected by an under-ground flue,
which continues to give warmth to the apartment for twelve
hours after the fire is out.