INDIRECT CHILD-MURDER.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3395, 3 June 1868, Page 4

INDIRECT CHILD-MURDER.

N ad . inquest ,on a child- eight' months* old, at Moorabbin, a few days ago. it was clearly shown 7 that death had' resulted from "improper food. Tha meaidal''evideri'ee'prev'ed' that _tbis unhappy infant had bW fed'bn' half-boiled' carrots' and skit' beef J' ! If thm were a solitary example of injudicious leeding • it mi&ht'be passed overt with str_ch regret [as an ;ex« ceptibnal accident' suggests., but it *■ unfortunately trueihata'gi__t'__any,"'perhapA most' infants, are equally impr'operiy dealt with.' There prevails the ' mostlincredible ignorance 1 On thersub jeofc,.and - thertf ■ can be no doubt that'the alarming of.very ' young children,in this colony, is .in, a. great measure tobeiattribnteatotheighbranoe or recklessness of those? who'feed, them.' ' W many instanjies, of course;' | there! is no' criminal 'intention. The children 'are 1 fed °. with/food that is auitableronly/for adults, ont;ol" / sheer!unconsciousness that",the powers of digestion. ; , : , are altogether different" at differept periods of life* r. 'In a jgo'od many*, other 'case'*f, > h'6weve'r, J there'is la direct'pprpose-'of infanticide;'atid it" is onfy rarely '' that .they .become tbe .subjects of judicial investaga*'; j tion.; Some' six ' or. seven; years', ago, ; * .most. •> [ praiseworthy' endeavour was made, to establish,».'-< children's hoSpital/ wherein" might/be amodg others, those unhappy little 1 "creatures'wfio' ' begin' life with. uncertain'paternity. By far the " greater number of these die either 'from' neglect oi actual viplence,and it was thpught.that, if some artifi* cial zneans could be devised .by which they might be 1 escujed from tbe'.'diarJgers to which theyare In the first few mofith's>of their existence;' a great deal of < < crime 1 would be averted, and a great liver' . sated. .But sanctinmnious-morality proved toft , '(lowerfulfor philanthropy, ajncl so the slaughter goesr ov, iSometiibes th'e'little things 1 '*-*», strangled, some-;': ' times'they are irtarved;'and'sometimes they'arbsurJ'-' feite4 with'half-conked:carrotsand beef; But iv each' case they are.kfll_d_; suppose tha / killing must continne-*in the interests of morality, r_ — Australasian. J " . ...f. tl.j .i> liliilit -v* .... ,

The army and! nayy "estimates r !bav_) been "issued,!!' and provide for an.infcreased. expenditure during tha ensuing year ~-~ ~r (, - Mi _. iv . Why' is an infant uke a diamond'? Because it is a dear thing. About one-thMof tbefl«legraph. r wiriMrmhd'postS ! in France will reqaireito'die replaced, owing to - damajge from therecent storms., ; 0 ,* ' The Memphis "AvalancHe announces that/its.,, , editoriaTroomi 1 Will be 'temporarily removed-*to the County 1 Gaol.' The' e_itdr t_ke_'"his rSvedge by" 1 styling Judge] Hunter, him'for con-/ tempt, a vagabond,,"-and announoipg „ that he intends//' with oar editorjal pincers, to makq r t the putrid'flesh that covers'the rotpen bones' of bur persecntor-quiyer_ike>'WbVi_i'in h'btiisbes." ' " " A_ Merited Fumtoaraosi-i-Hnder > the powerful •' ' influence of cholera, mucbfhefoism, |ome ; meanness; > and *oowardice, and— every.thingrhaying its. comic,, side-l-a certain amount of facetiousnessV more oriels', in good -t-wV-'aVe-oeeir eithtbitedj ' Thtis. '*_«# morons and r pi_cticalfjo_fer, f Teiaamgiat r Aardbrf fin ' Thurgovia, informed bit* rteighbon'rs one; day lately, th'at'he intended m ot onlyJo rait bring! back the 'cholera t with .him,' for the speoial purpbse oi mfeofe&g _isfri_n__^ I Th_ l faumbuH_t^__fc ,i ' , somejwh*re by trai&-p"erbapt'notttofZdrieh at : "'ill-- " but, [wherever be. wrat.ohisrneiglronrs)durinp(hiir' him_s,O r the ; .Syj_di.a, andon his/ r, returln ho found that functionary waiting to arrest, \ him.! The joculMr I tr ( 2veller / w_s > 't-keS to the absW. ' ' deruhgsba-S. fnmigat«d' his * deserts/put into k room wherbrthe sP-" •' sack jof strfcw in r lieu of ia bed;, and for"' several days.—Letter . _, .. Ali incident?'which'has j'usb'occurred'at Parit has' produced' f in%iUtery'clrble , s, > Caption R— ---■. -of 'the/_Ot_ BattalionUffootfChas. r ~" • seurs, whose betpres*mt;.wi*& bjs.comk panyj at the,, review. passed Emperor., on , Thursday, 'failed' to make his appearance for j some,' reason "hot stWed. i,rJ He' Vas'm'cousequence severe^ ; ' repribanded and ordereWbuffer arreSt for'isome day«;' ;i: Smarting under this-disgrace,-he-sakup all-night regulating the accounts of his company, and in the mord.ini' he called'the 1 inch' tbketber/re viewed' them, °- and saying, " rnowbid you adieu," pulled a revolver fromihis pocket, plioed the' revolver' at-'hit breast, '- -and fired. The ball, however,; was turned asiile J by" the cross Of the Legion of Honour • but h_?iniJ_ie'--c. ' diatepy barrel' and fell bathe, itf ' blood from the' heart/ He- ' ' was Atoncetakent6'anhd4pital, r, <where ' he' lies* itt^ai• > critical state. - ' On Tuesday.' the Duke ;1 of, .Cambridge mader.an ; insp_ctipn of fsome|,neyr/commissariat wagons,and. - carts] on , the, jparade_, .ground • at the. rear of the - H o ™! 6) Gjaard§ ; 'Whitehall, j. In, addition., to- his, Royal were, present at r tion I Sir 'Hope,; Grant, ji_.C.B\, Quarterraatter-,', GeneValjj Sir f E A /Wetherall, * E/G.8;,,, Deputy*. Quartermajiter-'General; and.Siij.W, Power,-Com-missary-Gedefal-in-Cnief." /wagons and. cagts were! designed by Assis-tnt-Commissary-General Baile|y,e.B„ 'and built by Mx? Thomas A'sfcford, ' df the Britannia The first r vehicle J exami__d ,L, wa*,'' a commissariat ' bread wagdn, 'Constructed tb' c_rry ; twb atfd'a hatf tons; The interior of it is fitted with six tiers of shelves '

for'bread oripthejr stores,} *ndf these may, imoase of necessity,,be.adapted? fori>sleeping, or maybe " ■ employed aSi ambulanoeajjfor the wounded, .The ; length of the wagon is; 10fto4in., tbe breadth 4ffc,, - and the height 4ft*,Bin, tnrns.in its own length •' withbnt-strain, the. body being* builtf with a< oranleav, > bh'the bottom, sides, e*_fford-_g room for the high ' fronti wheels. niT>he_wagona<niay be used for the carrikger;of. bread; .meal, jjC«rjv>orf_powder, and far ■■ teverkl other,)purpose*, a* ahfesdy indicated; iwhen ; the covers are taken oft The Second/wat spring -• ■• cart lof a similar construction, capable of carrying 'a tod and k half.'' No. 3 was J a . forimrpu^6sX- x -nd x BQ 7 buitt_;that %£m»f to pieces niiouteW.' It is so 'construc'teo'tn^t''' '* tbo least poasible itrest' is- put'cn &c Vacks of'the "'■ botsejs drawing' fV 7 d-d 3 -H- a -tilt hodps '___'*a canvai' T&N&tM protect men or' " ' merobaPdite'frtm ; rara'. v All' : the vehicles "examined ' J ' yesterday are'so' arT»u'(ied"t__V tfieVdes'-nd ends, ' oi them 'can' be 1 easily taken df£ IJ sb l, thit there" '' is very 1 little i _ifi_eril^S J clotely/on" ! board 'ship' The wagons and carts" '' have' theni instructions "to the 'drivers Weight they -"aire' cabable of' carrying 7 when fairly! Iddeb,' qver good and bad roads respectively! 'Cambridge spent upwards '_~/. of half an honr in examining the machines, and-at "'" 'ihe conclatibh of ,(! l_i (t _bp*tv_r bfth-ir' -WrfiW contectTon/wKfot *' 7. pi&th finished and nlmllfja^^Vkm^MfSi