The Sun. — 1844-04-01 (London, England)

HORRID CASE OF CHILD..MURDER.—On Saturday an inquest was held at the Marquis of Westminster, Belgrave-road, Pimlico, before Mr. Higgs, on view of the body of a fine new-born male infant, which was discovered bratally murdered in some waste ground in the above neighbourhood. Thomas Thornsett, a man in the employ of Mr. Cubitt, the builder, proved finding the body of the unfortunate little innocent, about ten o'clock on Taesday. It wad wrapped up in a piece of calico and a part of an old shawl. The head and face were dreadfully disfigured by violence. The spot where the body was found is about four yards within a high wall in the Belgrave-road. Mr. David Wilson, surgeon, of Eccleston-square, Pimlico, deposed that he had examined the body of the child ; it was full grown. There was a violent blow on the forehead between the eyes, and other bruises about the head and face. The umbilical cord was not tied, proving that the mother was not professionally attended at the birth. Witness has no doubt the infant was born alive, and had been destroyed by violence. The jury returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown," and recommended that a reward should be offered by theparish A forT SUICIDE: the About bu theinhumanotnine l o ek, murderer. ATTEMPT last night, an alarm was given by some individuals, on Blackfrians-bridge, that a woman had leaped from the parapet into the river. Some policemen on duty immediately proceeded exertionperilous position.ucc edShe ili wasrtecidng tthoetluienfpolrtaeueilaatnedwafomtearngrfroeantl her rl pe conveyed to a public-house in the vicinity of the bridge, where efforts were made fur her recovery, which proved successful. Her circumstances in life, if we may judge from the clothes she had on, were very distressing, and we have little doubt that poverty had been the cause of her infatuation. Too great praise cannot be assigned to the police, by whose praiseworthy exertions she was rescued from a watery grave. SHOCKING CASE OF BURNlNG.—Yesterday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, an accident of e most serious nature occurred to a little girl named Reed, residing with her parents at 55, Battesland-street, East-road, Hozton. It appears that Mr. and Mrs. Reed had been induced by the fineness of the weather to spend a day at Greenwich, and for that purpose had entrusted the care of their children to a neighbour's servant, who most incautiously left the child amusing itself by tossing up an orange. In a few minutes afterwards she was attracted by the screams of the child, and, on entering the kitchen, she met the child screaming most piteously with her clothes all in flames. The servant, fortunately, had the presence of mind to roll the hearth-rug round the child, and extinguished the flames, but not before she was burnt in a most shocking manner. The general supposition is, that the orange must have fallen in the fire, and the poor little girl, in endeavouring to regain it, must have set her clothes on fire. The little sufferer wee immediately taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, whore she now lies in a most precarious state, with slight, if any.hopes of her recovery. The feelings of the parents on hearing et the accident ma,-be better imagined than described. ME