The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-01-06 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

Yesterday evening an inquisition was held at the Barley
Mow, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, before T. limos, Esq.
on the body of Thomas Parrot, a workman in the employ of
Mr. Tilbury, a coachmaker, in South-street.
Mr. W. W. Sleigh, of 23, Chapel-street, surgeon, deposed, that
he was called on about half-past seven o'clock, on Tuesday morn-
ing ; he west immediately, and found the deceased lying on some
straw, near the gate, at the rear of his anatomical theatre, leading
to the South Mews. A watchman, with other persons, were as-
sembled. He was quite dead ; though the body was warm, the
extreinities were cold. No marks of violence appeared on his per-
son, excepting the impression of a small cord round his neck.
The deceased was conveyed into the stables, where witness opened
two jugular reins ; the blood did not flow spontaneously • he also
endeavoured to inflate the lungs to no purpose. His death was
caueed by strangulation.
John Tilbury stated, that the deceased had been in his employ
nearly eighteen months; he always considered hint a very steady
and sober man, but about three months ago he seemed much dis-
tressed in his mind, and told witness he had lost his wife, request.
ing to borrow 11. extra of his wages, for the purpose of burying her;
he now learnt, with much surpnse, that his wile is still living, in
the work-house, in Mount-street. Ever since then he has been
dejected. Last week witness took stock, deceased complained of
doing double the work of other men, when he only took one spring
at a load, whilst the other men took six at a time.
James Lencrton, foreman to Mr. g'ilbury, said, the last timehe
saw the deceased was on Thursday last—he talked a good deal to
himself; before then he was always very punctual in coming to
his work. The deceased lodged in Swan-alley, but did not go
horns at all on Monday night.
Verdict—" That the deceased hung himself when in a state of
temporary derang_etrent."
1 eaterday an Inquest was held at the sign of the Earl of War.
wick, Belton-street, Long-acre, before T. ST Inuit°, Esq. Co-
roner. on the body of Mary Ann Price, a child two years of age,
alto died in consequence of the gross neglect of its mother.
The father and mother, while giving evidence, were both in •
disgusting state of intoxication; and it fully appeared that the de-
cen‘eil had been shamefully neglected.
The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict—" That
the child's death had been accelerated by the inattention and neglect
of its mother."

Yesterday evening, pursuant to an adjournment from the pre.
ceding evening, an Inquest was held before Mr. limas, the Co.
toner, at St. James's Workhouse, in Poland-street, Oxford-road,
on the body of 3largaret Dunn, whose death was reported to have
been produced by the moat cruel treatment from her husband,
Thomas Dunn, an Irishman.
. . . .

Nl'inney blown swom—l lodge in the next room to the deceased.
On Monday week I heard the deceased and her husband quarrel-
ling; I opened my door, and saw Dunn, the husband of the de.
ceased, pulling his wife up stairs by the hair of her bead ; her face
was a mass of bruises and blood. I begged of her husband not to
kill her, and advised him to let go his hold ; but he continued to
drag her in by the hair. At length 1 and sonic other women rescued
her from him, and we concealed her from his fury. Dunn, on
belt-g remonstrated with, said lie did not want to strike his wife,
but only wished to get her up stairs into the room. Ile then shook
hands with his wife, and they had some rum and beer twether.
The company remained singing songs all night; but I went to
bed. Next morning the deceased complained of her head, and said
that it was very sore. On Wednesday evening I, at her request,
cut the hair front her head, and just above the right car there ap-
peared a laseeration ; I applied a poultice to the injured part. She
afterwards became very dl, and was taken to the workhouse,
where she died.

A Surgeon deposed, that the blows received by the deceased
were not of themselves sufficient to cause death.

The Jury found that the decease,) •• Died of Erysipelas, but
whether from blows or injury from a fall, or intelnperance, no evi.
deuce is before us Jurors."

Poscurain—Several most daring attacks have been
made this season, by unpreeedentedly large Fangs of
poachers, on the property of Colonel Kingscote, I;lou-
eestershire. The audacity of ore on Monday last ex-
ceeded all the former attacks. Above forty men, with
white handkerchiefs round their hats, marching in files,
drew up upon seeing the keepers and their assistants,
(about ten in number), and a desperate battle ensued,
many of each party being severely wounded. But though
the keepers made a spirited resistance, they were overcome
by numbers, and unable to secure any of the depredators,
who, after the conflict, formed by word of command, and
marched off. They had with them, also, a horse and a
dark lanthorn. At a preceding visit of twenty six of the
above gang, a number of them surrounded the house of
the head-keeper, and kept him a prisoner, whilst the others
shot in the preserve immediately behind the house.
Friday se'nnight two poachers were taken in the attempt
to destroy game in the coverts of Edward Lombe, Esq. of
Melton. They were discovered by the gamekeeper and his
assistant, from the report of a spring gun, with the w'-e
of which oneof the mcn, named Hill, had come in contact,
and lodged nearly the whole contents of the charge in his
thighs. After a short reneounter built the men were
taken, and Hill was conveyed, in .he first instance, to the
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, from whence he was re-
moved to the Castle on Wednesday lam It is a curious
fact that although the man was severely wounded, he still
attempted to carry off the gun, and which he would proba-
bly have succeeded in doing but for the intervention of the
gamekeeper.—Bary Gazette.
Avert:l. INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATN.--MT. Campin,
the collector to the Asiatic Society, after being engaged ail
day on Monday last in collecting the annual subscriptkns,
reached home about nine at night, tat a hearty supper, and
went to bed at ten; his wife retired to rest a quarter of an
hour after, when, to her surprise and grief, she found her
husLand a corpse. To add to this calamity, a widow and
four children are left totally destitute.
To READ ILLEGIBLE INSCRIPTIONS ON SITTER COIN.—
If ysu have a silver coin, the inscription of which by much
wear is become wholly obliterated, put the poker in the
fire; when red-hot, place the coin upon it, when the in-
senption will plainly appear of a greenish hue, but will
disappear as the coin cools. This method was practised at
the Mint to discover the genuine coin from counterfeit when
the silver n as list calks: in.

ATTE.3f PT AT ASSASSINATIO X.
The annals of Nottingham happily afford no instance, that cow
are aware of, of such a cold-blooded deliberate attempt at aseassina-
tion as one which occurred on Friday night the 24th instant. is
being l'bristmas eve, the public-houses were generally wetly
thronged, and a young man, about twenty-eight years of age. of
the name of Thomas Alvey, repaired to the sign of the Air ILL
loon, in Mount East-street, and being a bobbin and a es/ftste
maker, in the employ of Mr. Mortimer, some of his companions Or
acquaintance were with him. lie sat down In the tap-room, w
soon after seven o'clock, one of those travelling pedlars which
abound in Nottingham, of the name of Dominic Catania, made Itia
appearance with waistcoat pieces, pocket books, braces, &g, per,
estly requesting the company to purchase some of his wont
Amongst others, he showed them to Alvey, who took up a pocket
book, and being told the price was Is., he offered 2d. for it, but
this the Italian indignantly rejected; and on asking for his pocket
book, Alvey refused to return it. Many words passed; and it
length Alvey held it out to him and on the Italian offering to tsks
it, Alvey struck him over the ,and with it, and ran out, pursued
kg Dominic. What took place out of doors we have no tnearaf
' ascertaining, but our inquiries letul us to suppose that Alvey
eluded pursuit; and the Italian, tilled with purposes of revftft
went to his lodgings, laid down his waistcoat pieces and o•
goods, and having armed himself with &stiletto°, three-sided ding
which the Italian bravoes know so welt how to use, returned to th;
Air Balloon. In the mean time Alvey had re-entered, and gess
with his party into the parlour; Dominic sat down in the tap-rocitn,
where he called for some ale, and before he had sat long sons
person in the place exclaimed, "There's the man that has yeg
ocket-book." Alvey was at this moment passing from the pit.
lour down the passage, and Dominic seising him by the coat 11/,
said, " Dive me my book, give me my book ; I'll have my book."
Alvey, with a laugh, refused to give it up, when the man strug
him on the back, then on the shoulder, sad lastly on the neck.
The persons in the taproom, who witnessed this, had no ides the
the blows were given with a stiletto ; they though* the fist only wit
employed, and therefore paid little regard to the scene before then,.
Alvey instantly placed his hand upon the wound on the neck, an;
ran into the parlour, exclaiming with a shriek, " He's stuck me!
hese stack me 1" but his companions, knowing that he was fond oi
a lark, and that he had often cried out wolf before in joke, thougis
this was nothing more, and one of them laughing exclaimed,
" Hark ye, he says he's struck me, he's struck me." The Lute
soon ceased, for the blood began to flow in torrents. A great alms
ensued, and in the midst of it, the wretched man who had inflicts*
the wounds escaped. Mr. Fligginbottom„ the surgeon, was home
/Betels, sent for, and it was found that the first hilow in the back had
gone through the shoulder blade; the second blow falling upos us
collar of the coat, had done no injury, but the last, and most deadly
blow of all, in the neck, has pierced five or six inches; and U.
though Mr. 11. and his assistant remained with the sufferer an
hours, and have paid every possible attention since, the man, i:Q
could not be removed from the Air Balloon, is not out of danget
As soon as the circumstance occurred, the police officers were ea
the alert, and found that Catama's lodgings were at Mr. Bowler,
No. 1403, Clare-street. Ilis pack and goods were there, but tits
man had fled, apprehensive of the consequences of his murderous
intent. Two constables remained at his lodgings the whole of the
night, and the greater part of the next day, in hope of apprehendiag
him, but he did not come, nor has he since been heard of. Shashi
nut human vengeance overtake him, he will carry the dreadful load
of an unquiet conscience to the grave. It may be right to add,
that Catania was not a Jew, as has been reported, but • Catholic,
and had been • resident in Srottingham about four months. Tea
hopes of Alvey's recovery are faint indeed.—Nottiogitant /teaks.