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Show SELECTED. Baby Farming in England. Witliin the lust Jew weeks several bod ies of mtatits were found in the south o! England. They were in baskets or wrapped in articles of clothing, o in paper coverings. No clue eouid be ob : '.lined to those who were re.-ponsibie for them, except that, at one recent inquest, the name 01 ' Mrs Waters" was lound to be written oo the piece of paper in which the child was wrapped wrap-ped The nest scene in this social mystery is opened by an advertisement, which, we must quote in full : ADOPTION. A good home, with a mother's love and care, is olTereJ to any respectable person wishing her child to be entirely adopted. Premium, Premi-um, 5, which sum includes everything. Apply, by letter only, to Mrs. Oliver, Post Ullice, Grove place, lirixton. To the disgrace of journalism, this advertisement was allowed to appear in one weekly paper, if not in more 1 he name of the advertiser being constantly con-stantly var.ed. Su h an invitation appears to tell its own tale, and the pol'Ce probab;y surmised that it might have some connection with the discoveries discov-eries of dead children. The advertisement advertise-ment we have quoted was accordingly answered by a sergeant of police, aud in reply he received a letter, in which ".VI rs. Oliver" displays her command of the language of parental affection It would give her great pleasure to adopt as her own the little boy, if not too old. and she w shes for one as young as possible, ''that it may know tione but- ourselves as' its parents.", "We are both,'' ehe says, '"very fond' of children, and should you intrust your little one to my care, you may rely upon his receiving the love aud care of a 'mother.'"' She give's an account ac-count of her family circumstances, from which it would appear that sne had everything to mike ner happy ex cept children. The strgeant then appointed a meet ing at a railway station, where he met the person now in custody under the uame of 'Mrs Ellis. ' After their interview in-terview he followed her, and traced her to a house in Brixton, simultaneoubly, , he had traced to 'her home in the neighborhood a young woman who had recently given birth to an illegitimate child. His next -step -was to take the fVther-of this yuuug woman to "Mrs Ellis' " house. After sor; e denial the child was produced, and was lound "dread-lully "dread-lully emaciated and fppaiently dying. Further inquiry disclosed a scene which we prefer to leave iu the language of the renort : "Witness asked the prisoner Ellis if they had got any more. Children, and she said .there we e more down .stairs-He .stairs-He went down, and on a sola in t e front kitchen he found five infants about three or four weeks old, all huddled together, coveted over with gowns aud shaw s. 1 hey we e quiet and asleep. They Were very dirty, and appeared to be neglected. Two ot them appeared to be dii g. " The reason why the poor little things were quiet may Lie suimised from the evidence ol a doctor : "There were teu infants from three weeks old up to three mouths, ome were emaciated; some were healthy. There was very little chance of the children living with such lood as he lou d supplied to ttiem. One of the cliildreu was under the influence of a narcotic Un a table in one of the room,-, lie found a bottle labeled 'Paregoric 'Pare-goric Elixir. ' " A more distressing spectacle has seldom been revealed, and it will irre-si.-tioly appeal to the just indignation ol the public. Ihe treasury have very properly t.iken up the case, and under the evidence evi-dence offered yesteiday, it as.-umes a graver character. It is, at all events a singular coincidence that the name "Waters," which, as wc have said, was written on a piece of paper in which a dead child was found, happens to be the very name uu .er which the "Mrs. O.iver'' of the advertisement is iu charge. Besides ibis it is stated on the part ot the treasury that other articles four.d with the dead infants tan be traced to the prisoner. One I important installment ol this evidence was given by a girl wiio was iu service at the hou.-e where the "baby farm" was discovered, iilie states that during dur-ing the three months she had been in service tour children were takeu a ay. Two were taken away at ten o'eloek at night, and were brought back at twelve, the prisoners savins, they had been late for Me train. But the next night they were again taken away, and the prisoners returned with out them, saying, perhaps too truly, that they had been taken "home." This girl had fetched several letters for "Mrs Oliver." She has been sent to buy laudanum, and by "Mrs aters' " direction has procured lime, aud put it into the infants' food. She states that no child died while she was there, but she idem ifies several of the a tides found wiih the dead infants as having been used in the house, and worn by one of the child-en now rescued res-cued and sent to the workhouse. LoncLin 'limes June 21. |