The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-13 00:00:00

SHOCKING DISCOVERY.

Yesterday morning, between seven and eight
o'clock, the inhabitants of Old Round-court, Strand,
and its vicinity, were thrown into the utmost horror
by the following appalling circumstance :--At about
the time above-mentioned, as a young woman, of
the name of Windsal, residing in Old Round-court,
was proceeding from her house, which adjoins the
ruins where some old houses latterly stood, she per-
' ceived what she supposed to be a dead dog, but
thinking it had a most remarkable head, she was
induced, by curiosity, to further inspect it, when to
her indescribable horror, she found it to be a child,
apparently between two and three months old. The
beadle of4St. Martin's parish was immediately sent
for, who inspected the infant, and found it in a
most dreadful state. It had scarcely any covering
on, and what there was, which appeared to be only
an old shirt, was partly eaten away by vermin; one
of the hands was entirely off, with nearly one of its
arms, and its toes and knees seemed, from their
mutilated state, as if they had been gnawed by either
what remained of the infant
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most c'
disgustingt and appalling spectacle.
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It is evident that some monster must have depo-
sited the child in the spot where it was found the
preceding evening, or early in the morning, as the
place is so open that it could not have laid long
there without its being discovered. The remains
were deposited in a shell, and conveyed by the
beadle to St. Martin's workhouse to await the Co-
roner's Inquest.

INQUEST ON THE BODY.
Yesterday afternoon an Inquest was held at the
sign of the Monmouth Head, Castle-street, Leices-
ter-square, before T. HIGGS, Esq.
Mr. Gozna, surgeon, stated that he had examined
the body, and was of opinion, from appearances, that
the child could not have lived (if at all) more' than
three or four days, and that it must have been dead
at least three or four weeks.

CORONER--,-DO you think the child was born
aliTe ? Witness—From the appearance of the um-
bilical cord, I should say that the child lived some
hours.

Rebecca Windsal described the manner in which
the child was found. •

Juror—Did you observe a string round the child's
neck ? Witness—l did, Sir.
George Lemon, one of the officers of St. Alartiu's
parish, saw the body; there was tied tightly round
the neck a long piece of twine.
. _ _

Verdict of Wilful Murder against some person
or persons unknown."

very general satisfaction, and there is a disposition to augur
The return of the quarter's revenue has given
a further
y• steady Increase of the national resources.—Times
City Article.
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FA I R.--The sheep fair cOM-
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inenced Ee
on n
Wednesday. The quantity penned was un-
usually large, mid ewes, lambs, and wethers, were bought
eagerly at an advance of from 3s. to ss. per head. Horks
were plentiful and dull of sale. Cheese was also very
heavy. The hop fair commenced to-day. Between three
and four thousand pockets of Farnham and country hops
were brought in, and the planters asked.from 71. to 6/. Bs.
for the best samples, and from 51. to 61. 6s. for seconds
and countries. The buyers, however, refused to give
these prices, and a very few pockets only have found sale.
The planters state that this year's crop does not exceed on
those of last year's, whilst the buyers maintain that the
last year's crop is for the most part still in the hands of
the brewers and publicans, the moderate price and tine
quality of last year's growth having induced every man who
had capital to purchase freely. The general opinion is that
the best Farnham's will yield about 71. per cwt. The
quality is most excellent. Nuts are selling at 6s. per
bushel.