Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1877-08-11 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

THE SUPPOSED CHILD MURDER AT  ASHTON.,  THE IN.Q.utsT,  An inquest was held at the Town Hall on Monday evening, before Mr F. Price, coroner, into the circumstances attending the death of the child found in the river on Saturday morning last. The following evidence was given : Joseph Hampton, bobbin manufacturer, living as Walk Mill, said about ten o'clock on Saturday morning he was picking tubes out of the river Tame, near Walk Mill, when he saw some object in the water which attracted his attention. He did not go to it at that time, but returned in about half-an-hour with a rake with which he drew the petrel out of the water. He carried it about ten yards before opening it. When he did so he found it to contain the body of an infant child. The outer covering was a blue winady skirt, and next to it a chemise. There was also a window curtain around its head. Witness left the child on the wall and sent for a constable, who took it away. Constable John Ludlam said the body seen by the Jury was the same as that which Hampton had spoken about. He toot it from the wall where Hampson left it. He had examined the ilinen, but had found no name thereon likely to lead to the identification of the owner. There was nothing known of the mother at present. Dr. Hughes said he had examined the body of the deceased child, which was that of a female. He thought it had been dead for about six weeks or two months. It was in an advanced state of decomposition. He found four inches of the umbilical cord lying detached from the child's body. It appeared to have been a full-grown child, but owing to the decomposed state in which the body was, he could not state whether there were any bruises or not. Having described tbe medical appearances which he found on an internal examination of the body, Dr. Hughes said, in answer to the Coroner, that he was of opinion the child had breached, but he could not nay whether it had had an independent existence, or state the cause of death. By direction of the Coroner, the jury returned a verairt to the effect that the chill was found,dead, but there was no evidence to show how or by what ; means it came to its death.  The °invention between England and Egypt for the suppression of the slave trade was signed on Saturday. PEDESTRIANISM AT THE POMONA:At the Pomona Gardens, on Monday, the concluding heats of the All England 140 Yards' Handicap, which commenced on Saturday last, when the preliminary heats were run, were decided as below. There was a good attendance of spectators. The final heats, four in number, of four runners each, were corn menced at half-past four o'clock. Of the final heats J. Bates, of Norland, H. Dobson, of Bradford, A. Pollard, of Mottram, and J. Balderson, of Bolton, proved to be the winning quartet. The greed final heat was now run amid considerable excitement with the following results :--First Prize, £l3O, A. Pollard, Mottram ; second prize, £2O, J. Bates, Norland ; third prize, £lO, J. Balderson, Bolton; fourth prize, £6, Dobson, Bradford. The winner came in first by about a yard and a quarUr.