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London, England, 1826-01-17 00:00:00

CORONERS' /.1-Q UES T,S.

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the bar,

capacity of landlady, mere , a In consAuence of some offensive
nit
language (which the prosecutor wa.rgoing to detail, but in respect
to females in the Court, was checked by the chairman,) she be-
came so irritated, though the fast assailant in the abuse, as to
strike him with a fire-shovel most severely on the arm. Having
applied stoic fomentations to the injured part, but without SUCCeSS,
the prosecutor Was compelled, afte& the lapse of three days, to enter
Guy's tiowpi:al, where he reniainkri for several weeks. lie is still
unable to work (the eras being broken, and now suspended by a
sling).
A witness corroborated the foregoing statement as far it regarded
the occurrence. in the public-roons.
(Here the J ary intimated to the Bench a wish that the females
In Court should retire. They accordingly withdrew.).
A fulsome detail was then given by tile foregoing witness, when
it appeared that the landlady provoked the dispute with the pro-
secutor by the introduction and continuance of infamously indecent
conrersatioo. Acme particulars, which were too shocking to form
the subject of Counsel's question*, 'vac cowntitted to paper and
sworn to by cite witness. The paper was then submitted to the
and 10 the Jury.
Three witnesses on the part of the landlady were called, and
Proved that she had the shovel in her hand by accidenc; that she
inflicted but one blow, and that not very violently, with the gat
part, on the prosecutor's shoulder. He dial lint complain that. his
inn WAS broken, though he remained in the house for three hours
afterwards. It as not denbal by thole witnesses that the landlady
Used some of the disgusting expressions attributed to her.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, qualified by the assertion
dist she coonuitt.d the assault dueler circumstances of great pro-
vocation.
The Court allowed some tioie for the parties tg adjust affairs,
and when matters were thus accommodstril, sentenced 51r.. !del-
worthy to pay a bite of six 'Millings and eight-pence to the King.
The Court adjourned at ball-past aix o'clock.
gl t At ON FISHERY:—The **limo fishing is begun in,
the Forth. A few fish have been sold In the Glasgow
market, and brought from O. 44. to St. a pound. It is
rather shigulat that thor Alban are. getting scarce
iu the.llytir. the rentso tbellibiatia are au the adenee""'
Calrdwt ion Mercury,

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Yesterday evening three several inquisitions were taken at tl e
London Hospital, Mile-end-mad, on the bodies of two aged
Jewesses, and a male child four years old, who were accidentally
burned to death. _ _

The first gone into was that on the body of Mary Levy, and the
evidence given, as accounting to the melancholy catastrophe, was
as follows

Sarah Levy examined-1 live at No. C. Angel-court, Bounds-
ditch. On Thursday last. shout eight o'cl,H:k in the evening, I
perceived from my own apartment flames In that occupied by the
deceased. L. in consequence, immediately ran down, and gave the
alarm. The flames were extinguished, and the deemed was taken
to the Hospital, where she died. She was minty lid years of age.
I have no doubt that her death was accidental.

The next that wax taken was on 31 TR. Jane Hendrick, e'en's
Jewess, aged 75, formerly residing in Crown and Shears-court,
Nlinories. .

The evidence given being a complete counterpart of the above,
we deem it unnerensary to publish it.
The last inquired into was that of Hobert Charles Smith, the
infant son of a respectable tradesman in the Hackney-road.
From the statement of its mother, Caroline Smith, it appeared
that on Thursday last the deceased, with its younger brother, was
left alone in a room, where they commenced playing with the lire,
the flames of which cotnniunicuted with his clothes, and before they
im very severely. He was imme-
lospital, but survived but a few

of the
Accidental Death:" and one of
or parents, to which was owing
with winch the daily patios

at the

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deplored.
dt within the last three months no
have been takou on penions whose

inquishion was taken at tile Barley
Mow, Mount-street, Grosvertor.square, on the body ore may
ltrieve "No mat-Nand Wheat to death On'Sattirddy Morning last
in Park-lane.'
Robert Read, a watchman of St. Ocorge's parish, stand that he
was et duty in Park-lane on Saturday inutning last ; lie was crying
the hour Sot' one o'clock, and on reaching Pitt's Head Mews, saw
the deceased lying in the lane on the Park side. Witness went up
to him, and found him quite stiff, and on further examination he
proved to be dead. Wittiest' sprang his rattle for assistance, which
Mille, and they carried him to Alount.street workhouse. The de-
ceased alpeared to be a respectable mechanic, and about 35 years
of age.
Jon Olecson. another watchman, stated that, on the alarm beirg
given by the last witness, lie went to the spot ; Read and another
man were there. The deteased was lying on the ground quite
dead.
There being no farther evidence, the Jury returned a verdict—
" That the deceased was found dead, but uat her from the effects
of the weather or any other cause, they had no evidence to prove,
but the presumption was tbat‘he was frozen to cliitath."

At two o'clock yesterday the fog in the city was as dense
as we ever recolkct to have known it. Lamps and candles
were lighted in all the shops and offices, and the carriages
in the streets dared not exceed a foot pace, notwithstanding
which it is feared many serious accidents have occurred,
as the pavement is also in a very slippery state. At the
same time, five milcairom town the atmosphere was char
and unclouded, with a brilliant sun. Fahrenheit's ther-
mometer stood at fourteen degreeit at eight o'clock in the
morning.
We are sorry to learn that the glove trade here is now,
and has been for some time, in a very dull and stagnant
state. The manufacturers have their warehouses full of
goods without scarcely the least demand for their; the
consequence is, numbers of their workmen have been ne-
cessarily discharged, occasioning amongst them much pri-
vation snd distress, more particulitly to those who, when
business wits brifik, awl work plentiful, hid not the
prudeatee to " lay by spina a Way day."--Iforcester

'Ling tiAlne (the comfort of whose ap. could be extinguished burned him
t with the present cold weather), was diately removed to the London /los,
11am Ilankes, on the 12th October. hours.
r, stated, in a bluff undisguised IDSTL. The Jury, in the three cases, I
;e, and a tailor by trade, living in the Coroner, returned a verdict of '•
,orth. On the torlooayzeoriengil, this them oheteveil that the carelessness
se which h wisposted tbV &shirring aecidems
wish for a Joi y" of rum. He re. *hewed, bas much to be
his finances could not then admit a ip reeleoebely to remark that a
I. which was in his possession, could less than twenty inquisitions have
is very anxious to gratify her. They deaths were occasioned by lire.
house, and exhilarated themselves Yesterday evening another inqt
then retired to the bar, and he joined Mow, 31ount-street, Grosvertor.sqi