The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-10 00:00:00

SUPPOSED INFANTICIDE.

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Yesterday Mr. Wakley held two inquiries at
Camden-town, the first at the Devonshire Arms,
Hartland-terrace ; and the second at the Elephant
and Castle, King's-road, into the circumstances
attending the deaths of two newly-born female
children.

In the case held at the Elei,hant and Castle, it
appeared that the deceased's remains were dis-
covered in a perfectly naked condition on a dust-
heap, at the back of 27, Btill-place, Somers-town.
The body was that of a very fine child, weighing
nearly nine pounds, and being of the full growth.
The medical testimony of Mr. W. T. Coster,
senior surgeon at the St. Pancras Workhouse,
clearly proved that the poor littlecreature had lived,
and breathed freely. The right jaw was broken,
and the appearance of the internal organs showed
strong evidence of the child having been killed by
suffocation.
The coroner briefly summed up, commenting upon
the painful character of such cases, and the jury
recorded a verdict of " Wilful Murder against some
person or persons unknown."

In thi investigation held at tb e Devonshire Arms, a
the deceased's remains were found enveloped in
piece of brown •paper, in the front garden of 2,
Clarence-road, Kentish Town, and the body was
al,o that of a well-developed healthy-looking child.
Mr. Coster, in his evidence, said that the post
mortem examination resulted in his coming to the
conclusion that the child had breathed ; but he
could not positively state whether it had bad sepa-
rate existence from the mother, or what was the
precise cause of death.

- Police-constable Woodbridge, 306 S, who found
tho body, produced the brown paper in which the
body had been wrapped, as also a slip of paper with
certain initials thereon, which led the coroner to
remark that this might bs the means of Identifying
the guilty party or parties ccucerned at a future

Upon the suggestion of the coroner the jury re-
turned an open verdict, thereby leaving the matter
open for further investigation.
The inquiry had hardly closed, when, through
the initials on the slip of paper alluded to, the de-
ceased's mother, a young woman residing in the
neighbourhood, was traced, and the coroner at
once ordered her arrest.

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A BOT AND !Tonsil DROWNED IN TRH REGENT'S CANAL.
—Yesterday, a long inquiry took plice at the Elephant
and Castle, Ring's-road, Camden Town, before Mr.
Wakley, coroner for West Middlesex, on view of the
body of John Fisher, aged 13, who was drowned in the
Regent's Canal, under circumstances of a very singular
and rne'ancholy nature. It appeared from the evidence
that the father of the deceased was a boatman employed
by the Regent's Canal Company, and the deceased was
in the habit, under the directions of his father, of taking
the horses to water. About one o'clock on the morning
of the 27th ultimo, the deceased left Cooper's Whart,
Great College-street, Camden Town, to take a horse to
the stables, which are close to the banks of the canal.
The boy did not return. The horse was discovered the
next morning, but the body of the deceased was not BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
found until last Sunday. The coroner observed, that he James Hassell, soap manufacturer, Bristol.
considered the deceased too young to have a charge of a James Hassell and William Thomas Springford, soap
horse on a dark night, along the hank 6f the canal—to manufacturers, Bristol.
say the least, it was imprudent. The father said the lad BANKRUPTS.
had been between four and five years in the employ of Lewis Garrett, licensed victualler, Hart-street, Blooms-
the company, and was well experienced in his work ; be
at the Court of bury,Bankruptcy. to surrender March 19, at twelve, and April 17, at
had upon scores of farmer occasions taken horses to eleven,
water, and to the stables. In answer to questions from Thomas Powell, brass founder, Birmingham, March 22
an
,d April 1 2, at ten,. 4 the . District
the Coroner, the 'Ake said that they had mode everyßirmingham Court.
Emma Reeves, licensed victualler, Birmingham, March
inquiry connected with the distressing occurrence, and 25 and April 15 at half-past eleven, at the '
from such bad no reason to suppose that the poor lad District Court.
means. The jury expressed themselves eathfied, and at eleven, at the Commercial-buildings, Leeds. April
returned a verdict of accidental death. Alexander Houliaton, confeetioLor, Park-torraco,

Fourth class
Eighth class
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1 16 7
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gent's Park, March 22 and April 26, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
Henry Turner, =Ulster, Warsop, Nottinghamshire,
March 27 and May 1, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield.
Owen Roberts, draper, Bangor, Carnarvonshire, March
30 and April 2 at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Joseph Dunton, cattle dealer, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire,
March zO, at twelve, and April 16, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
Riohard Duffy, market gardener, Chines, Worcester,
March 25, and April 15, at half-past eleven, at the Bin.
mingliam District Court.
Alfred Jornes Hemming, licensed victualler, Birming-
ham, March 24, and April 16, at half-past eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court.
Joseph Callow ribbon manufacturer, Coventry, March
26, and April 16,, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court.
Thomas Wood, licensed victualler, Darlaston, March 20,
and April 10, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court.
Edmund Owyer, shipowner, Bristol, March 22, and
April 20, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Abraham Hill and Thomas Hill, stone merchants, Hea-
ton Quarries, Bradford, March 21, at half-past twelve, and
April 20, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court.
Francis Noble, jun., linen draper, Brighouse, Halifax,
March 30, at half-past eleven, and April 26, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court.
Joseph Whitworth and Benjamin Whitworth, blanket
manufacturers, Dewsbury moor, Yorkshire, March 19 and
April 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. -
James Caldwell, farmer, Carletonmains, Ayrshire.
David Cuthbert, manufacturer, Arbroath.
George Ross, merchant, Leith.
James Grant, shoemaker, Glasgow.
Donald M`Calman, house painter, Glasgow.
William Armstrong, farmer, Penlaw, Dumfries-shire.
John Morris, cattle and potato dealer, Sunnybrae,
Auchterarder.
William Hately, Croe'rig, Hutton, Berwickshire.

DESTRUCTIVE GALE ON THE NORTE!-
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EAST COAST.

The whole range of the east and north-east coast
was visited early on Monday morning by one of the
heaviest gales trom the north-west that has been
experienced for some time. IL commenced shortly
after midnight, and gr dually increased in violence
until three o'clock, when it blew with the force of
almost a hurricane, accompanied by heavy falls of
snow and hail. A sad list of casualties has been
reported at Lloyd's.
In the vicinity of Cromer, off the coast and
inland, the gale appears to have been most destruc-
tive in its consequences. In the liitle port of Wells
the roofs'and chimneys of several of the warehouses
and other buildings were blown off. During the
height of the storm the schooner Jane, belonging
to Ipswich, was driven ashore a.; Mundtsley, a few
miles to the northward of Haishro', and unhappily
to relate, every soul belonging to her perished.
The ship speedily went to p ecee A large fleet of
disabled vessels, 80310 with masts and spars or bul-
warks carried away, or with loss of ancho s and
chains, ran or were assisted into Harwich, Lowe-
stoft, and Yarmouth. Tht re five vessels were lost
in collisions. Some five miles off the Dudgeon, the
snow falling heavily, the schooner Yarsa, Captain
Breesy, of Exeter, came in contact with the Iron-
master screw steamer, from London to Middlebro',
and the former shortly sank. The crew succeeded
in sticking to the boats, and wore picked up by the
steamer. The schooner was on a voyage to the
River Plate. Another collision took place off Has-
bro', between the schooner Quicksilver, of Sunder-
land, and the brig Jane, of the same port. The f
schooner lost both masts. Her crew providentially
reached the Jane. It is supposed that she shortly
afterwards foundered. The Quicksilver was bound
to the Thames, coal laden. The third mishap befel
the brig Stag, Captain Doxford, bound to London
from the Tyne. Near South wold she came in col-
lision with a brig, and speedily filled. This crew
were also happily preserved. They got on board
the vessel which came foul with them, and were
landed near Lowestoft.
Very heavy weather was also experienced beyond
Flamborougli Head, towards the Tyne. •