Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1860-07-25 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

MERTHYR.  SUPPOSED Caw) Mranaa.—An inquest was held on the body of a child found drowned in the river, at the Dynevor Arms, on Saturday, July 14, before G. Overton, Esq., coroner.HenryVaughan, fireman, said : Yesterday morning, about 8 o'clock; I was fishing in the river Taff a little higher up than Jackson's Bridge together with another man of the name of Edward Duncan, when we found the body of the deceased in a pool of water in the river. The water was about two feet deep at the place. There were no marks of violence upon the child, but about three yards distant there were the marks of a Considerable quantity of blood on the Stones scattered over a surface of about two feet square. There was nothing attached to the body whatever or any clothe' upon It. The place we found the body was only about from lb to 20 yards from the bridge, and there are houses close by, the banks of which are towards the river. The place is very much frequented, and the body must have been recently placed there, or it must have been seen before. The blood on the stones also appeared fresh. A policeman was sent for, and I remained there until P.C. Wright came and took possession of the body.—MarY Sullivan, wife of Cornelius Sullivan, on her oath mid . 1 , lived in Dryant-field at the time spoken to by the last witness. I was going to the river for water, and went to the place where the deceased was. I saw near it the appearances of a recent continement—the after birth and other indications. There were a great many other persons there as well. I believe some person had been confined there. The place where I saw this was about three yards from the place where deceased was found; it wu the same place as the witnesses saw the blood; it was drY stones.—dr. Edward Davies, surgeon, said : On Saturday, the 14th inst., P.C. Wright delivered to me the body of the deceased, and I made a Nat mortals examination the following morning. It was the body of a full-crown newly born female child perfectly developed. Thera were no marks of external injury about it. The navel string was about six inches long, and torn, not cut or tied. The upper parts of the chest and head and neck were dark and livid. There was also on the tongue some vegetable husk. I opened the chest and examined the lungs. They were full of air, floated in water with the heart attached, and also when Cut into pieces. There was no putrefaction. There was a frothy fluid in the air passages the right side of the heart and large veins wen: full of blood. There were no other remarkable appearances internally than I have noticed. 1 infer that the child was born alive, had breathed freely, and died from submersion in water, or drowning. From the proem,: of the small particles of vegetable matter on the tongue, I infer that the deceased endeavoured to breathe after itsas under the water.—The jury returned a verdict of " Wilfw Murder against some person or persons unknown."  CAN TOADS LIVE WiTILOUT AIR i—This problem is now occupying the scientific. Mr. Punth contributes his share of observation by remarking, that a party of otbcials, "highly placed at the Tuileries," travelled by rsa last week from Boulogne to