The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1877-03-09 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

STRANGE LOSS OF A CHILD.  A woman named Fitzgibbon, living in lisatbpool street, Paddington, applied to Mr. Mansfield, at the Marylebone Police Court, London, on Saturday. She stated that as her husband was out of work she had decided to take a wet nurse's place. She went to the hospital last Wednesday week, and as she was leaving she was accosted by a ladylike person, who said that she required a wet nurse, and that, from the applicant's appearance, she would probably suit. They went by train to the Gloucester road Station. Whilst waiting at the station the child of the applicant com• tnenced to cry, on which she eat asked to go to public.house to have something to drink. They went, and, as the child continued to cry, the applicant was asked by the woman to let her mind it, and the corn' plalnant then gave it to her. She (applicant) felt very miserable, and commenced to cry. Whilst she bad her handkerchief to her eyes the woman decainped, taking with her the child, and nothing could be seen of it, although inquiries were made cf persons whe were outside the public-house.—Mr. Mansfield said it was a strange attain', but he could not assist her.  The Clyde shipwrights are about to agitate for an in cream of wages.  A large "basin" of steam ooal has been found undo, the Gloucestershire coalfield.  The grand jury of the King's county have awarded to Mrs. Margaret Peehan, widow of the victim of an agrarian murder, a sum of .VAY) as comp...tic,s under the Peace Preservation Act. It is stated that the recall of the Mediterranean squadron to Malta is only preparatory to a reduction of its strength. Two or three of the ironolads will be withdrawn.  A Jersey jury have acquitted Henry Letuas.un, a French farm labourer, who was chz.rsed with the murder of his, wife, five out of the 24 jurymen having found him not guilty. It is telegraphed that the C.r has issued a ukase renewing an old decree forbiddmg landowners to receive in their house as gueAs more than tire persons at a time.  Mr. Thomas Starkie Shuttlewortb, Clerk to the Crown for the county of Lancaster, died on Saturday at Preston. He had Met completed his 77th year, and had held the office mentioned nearly fit`ty )ears.  A coroner's jury at Leeds, on Dlond,,y, returned, verdict of wilful murder In the recent case of child poisoning. In the case of the inlh3r, who committed suicide after inurdering the infant, the jury found • verdict of temporary insanity.  . _ In consequence of the murder of the Dutch vicecon,flui and other innabOants, and the disturbed state of affairs m Car noes?., it is announced that one of het Majesty's ships of the West India squadron has been sent to that place for the protection of British interests should occasion arise. The Portsmouth Times chronicles the fact that on the return of the Seraph) to the, port after her lasi cruise, her engines and !s,ileni w,re in each a very creditable condition that there %ere not any defects to be made good, notwithstanding the vessel had run Over 12,1)00 - - - - •  _ A telegram has been received in Paris announcing that the Marquis de Comph,gne, the African explorer, who recently wrote a book on the interior of Africa. has been kilted in a duel at Cairo. No information has come to hand concerning the csuses which led So the duel. Toe Marqui, was only thirty years of age. The death is announced at A.liborou.h of Mr. Jamey Murray Dale, a son of the late Dean of Rochesler. Mr. Dale was 11 great authority on ecclesiastical law, and was M one time solicitor to the Church Assochs tion, but when he considered the law had been ascertained he declined any fur her connection with that body. Ile was a brother of Mr. Pelham Dale, of St. Vedast's.