The Sun. — 1850-01-16 (London, England)

JAN. 14.—The following mysterious discovery has produced no small amount of excitement in this neighbourhood, the facts of which are not much much unlike those connected with the recent childmurder ease at the Old Bailey, at least as far as regards the disposal of the body. An inquiry was instituted by the county coroner, from which we gather the subjoined. In the course of last Tuesday, a carrier named Stewart was desired by Mr. and Mrs. Smith, of the Unicorn Inn, to call at the Reading Station of the Great Western Railway, and inquire if there was a parcel for a lady staying at their house. Ile called at the station on the following day, and Dixon, ono of the railway porters, stated there was a parcel directed " Mrs. Smith. to be left at the Reading Station till called for, carriage paid. Paddington." It was a round shaped package, covered with canvas, and sewn round the address. It was given to the carrier, who took it to the Unicorn, but it not being the parcel expected by the landlord or lady they declinel to receive it. Stewart then conveyed it to another Mr. Smith, who lives in and two other persons. On the calvass being removed a light chip box covered with paper was found. The box was forced open, and in it was discovered the body of a female child wrapped up in a coarse cloth. Mr. Newell, the constable, was called to take charge cf it, and on Mr. Knowles, a surgeon, attending, he pronounced it to be tao body of a newly-born infant. A post mortem examination showed that it had been born alive, and from the traces of violence on the face and porter r had tyshta eamt 2ep Stewart.dionit gihtht its eooa 1 lfmtd. eit:aguhtejhheeit hbye,auduhfaeirhmadeaansst.ronAesusrpa tohfouhgimhtseiltf parcel reached the Reading _ attain f the inquiry nernceer):::titeacbldeieinndrive:dtdibhtlad-itnettaihhtdeshflp)i,sf,asogersrdavttaecemuaunonfnesotito'rtoo'ytctffdihllyleigiskthdoiietvlrSierdoelefsaysiendhg d thebl child,' mystery Addington, METROPOLITAN DE connected Tt hUeT relieflo N OYf thees• twe Gavera I adjournedfyLe It ThEeerr y City opportunity p Kitchen distre•sed poor, to whom bread, coals, and potatoes were plentifully distributed. At the Leicester-square Soup Kitchen, hiam-yard, Great Windmill-street, 1,500 poor creatures v, ete relieved. At the Model Soup Kitchen, Bath-sti eft, New-road, upwards of 800 were relieved. At the Westminster Soup Kitchen, Lewishamstreet, Broad Sanctuary, upwards of 900 were furnished with a plentiful meal. The Marylebone, Finsbury, and Spitalfi, Ids Benevolent Associations commenced distributing bread, meat, and coals to the poor. At the Refuges for the Houseless, in Market-street, Edgware-road, and Playhouse-yard, Whitecross-street, 400 persons received a shelter from the inelomercy of the weathf-r and a substantial meal. A society of benevolent individuals are about to fit up several of the arches of the South-Western Railway in Lambeth, ai a shelter for the homeless during the present inclement season. TIIE Aastz.—lt is stated that the reduction is to be 3,400 men—viz., that the 17 regiments, having now first and reserve battalions, are to be consolidated and reduced to 1,000 men each; the officers to remain en seconds,