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his wife and three of the children were taken frcrn the room win,
they, had liven, and sent into the workhouse, anti the other two
children were left behind in the room. However, they *ere oni,
permitted to remain there till Friday night, when they were turw' f
into the street, and they being without a rag to their backs 0; ~
shoe to their feet, they were drenched with the rain, that
then in torrents. Their wretched situation excited the feeling, e •
Mr. Class, the overseer, who provided them with a lodging er, 00
night, and neat morning they found they could not get into on
room again, as the assistant overseer, the defendant, had 54, '
the door with a padlock. In this state of thing. the boys set sat ill
on the London road barefooted, to look for bin, cooling home, ,;
fortunately met with hint at Kingsland, and related their tab
him. Ile returned to the house, and broke open the door, by whici,
means he obtained a shelter once more for himself and ptruhur
children, where he had been ever since; and the abide ij red .IC
week up, to the present period, he had received no assistarte hit
the parish.
Magistrate—What
money did you receive altogether hem 0„
defendant r r
Warren—About seventeen shillings, your Worship, in nine din Ten
Alagistrate—Seventeen shilliogs ! the least that ought have be',„,
allowed you was aid. a head per diem.
Magistrate—What have you to say in answer to this chug; 4:.
Overseer ?
The Overseer said, that some of the allegations were thew, a
correct. He would wish to explain how he came to give own* •
thing but straw to lie upon : some time hack, say two motion, the
parish gave them a mattress to lie upon, and no sooner had 'tied, , 01
&nulled, than they took out the straw and disposed of the Mt. ' ' i
Don't tell us what happened before their lan ~.
moo but yourself to the complaint since the 2d hwy., .
The Overseer said, that be certainly had only given then en.
to lie upon • he considered they ought to put up with that, 0 '
they had before lain in a similar manna to satisfy their ern or. 41
vesamce.
The worthy Magistrate said, that hisconduct was most intolenk,
and he ought to beindietai; he might rest assured he would beamDc
to gaoL r.
The overseer attempted to reply, but
Mr. Devitt. said, that he was sure the parish would ri
support their officers in such conduct; he, assn inhabitant. sod;
take upon himself to say, foe the parish, that they would no: k
disgraced by such &proceeding as the present. It certainly roe, „,,
disgrace to the parish ; but he was conscious it did not wish Hares
to be moved by ill-treating a poor and wretched family. 't Tl,
The Overseer said that the family had been a very heave boa
upon the parish foe some time.
Magistrate.—And on that account, then, I suppose, add ".•
yourself Justified in placing them in a damp room, without lido
clothing, by which means the death of this poor infant is libign ..
ensue.
The Overseer said he had provided medical assistance fora
child, as soon as he learned it required it. ,
Magistrate.--What right had you to separate the family' I 4 '
say publicly that it was most cruel and unjustifiable ; sod yr,
ought to be indicted. The Worthy Magistrate hoped that his op. I .
mon might be propagated for the guidance of all parish officers. I. 2
The Overseer declared he had no motives but the parish intent • ' -
In acting as he had done ; and he would instantly give Wanes tot •
his other two children an order to go to the rest of his tinnily tt ' SO
the poorhouse.
The order was then made out and given to Warm:l4l.hp et. . i
pressed his gratitude to the Worthy Magistrate for his Lind inte. . or
!cream.
CORONER'S INQUEST.
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DISTRESSING CASE OF SUICIDE. 1 1
A—
On Tuesday treeing last, at seven o'clock, an import wee bel
at the 'Ara of the African Chief, 3liddlasevetreet, somas' Tea. e 1
be 1
before Thomas Stirling, Esq. Coroner, on the body of Au Cde•
man aged 111, an interesting young Lily, daughter of a Miff . e I
lady, residing at No. 73. in the above 1001 N. SOD
Thecae* excitedconsiderable interest, and the Jury sat tills ay eta
late hour, investigating the use. anus
It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses, that on Sat • ohn •
day night last the deceased had been passing the evening with ha m.
mother, some other relatives, and a few friends, in her usual spina, . H.
and on the party separating, the dammed, with her mother aid es& ham
female cousins, worrier' alone in the drawing-room, and ultimady ALI
they sat down to partake of some refreshment, on which thedenad
quitted the room, and in a short period reamed again with apa Sub
of porter, which she warmed and offered to her comins, who elpial dm
the porter and declined taking aay more of it, on which the fc aitth
ceased took her seat and remainedremained us conversance with thou fits the
short time, when she ruse and left the room, taking the pens slat ;
with her. She left the door open, and had not brae absent keg ' ~ 1
when she again returned into the MOM, and with a degree of a •
lemnity laid down the pot which contained the pref. oth the
table, saying, " I have now taken quite a sufficiency, of star I ',' ,
thing to that effect. Her tone and manner exalted a dope
of suspicith in the minds of theme present, sod em d It
the yoong ladies, tearing that the deceased had adminisind Tha
ao , as hataell in the pats, was ioducod so art Ide ch
w mouthed the porter, when she discovered leased* c
having the appearance of magnesia, sad the declared was dearly ' -
questioned as to what she had taken • but hwenswers verse/sin his
and ultimately one of the party taken;
to procure a arra Irhich
(Mr. M'aketield) of Chariton-street, who instantly arrived, de quired
examining the pot, he discovered that the sediment at the hem Leith 0
was arsenic; be immediately tweversed with the deceased, filt 'ich
was equally evasive in her answer, to bin", as she warm hermit ' Pm
and rolativa, when Bat they impacted bee of kiwis, mats its • of
deleterious draught. /Is, however, felt eissivisoid au doe hi • av
taken something of an improper desterimien, and procured snake his I
to counteract the efilsets of the weenie, but die refused taking then„ -.. Cr
saying that she was perfectly satisfied, and was willing to die; le the
persisted in this determination, though the most urgent ectuada " u
were used to induce her to receive the medicine. She an length tat ledge
a glass of medicine out of the surgeon's hand, which she immediawly ..• • .un
threw away, and exclaimed, that she was determined not to Pie • Rene
anything ; she had accomplished her object, and, if she was Pa • e firs'
covered, she would destroy herself. Soon alter this she was sear A. %
with the momenta agmw,and after lingering a considerableyerni. It
she expired, although every remedy was resorted to, and smelly Thai
forced on the deceased to restore her from her awful condition. .. It
After the dissolution of the deceased, every inquiry 1M made N
discover whether she had purchased arsenic at a surgeon's is thi 'I C
neighbourhood; and it was eventually ascertained, that the de
cased, in the course of Saturday, visited the shop of a neighbors
ing surgeon, named Colebrook, where she requested two peaty. 11 wh
worth of arsenic, which she said was for the purpose of dawn ' (n•
rats ; the surgeon prudently refused letting her have it, aad i D 5
quitted the shop. She, however, shortly afterwards returnedlatle Ha
company of another woman, who assured the surgeon that duds
ceased was a person upon whom he might depend, and that shims er.
quired the stuff for the purpose represented ; on this ream. a
cation the arsenic was furnished, and they quitted the pbsee. 11 o
The Coroner and Jury put questions in order to ascertaie Os very
this woman could be, but nothung could be elicited to discover ne t 11
she was ; it was considered, however, that she was much to Was .
for 'her conduct.
Other questions were put as to the deceased's connexions, s Blan
ascertain whether she had formed as attachment to an individa ' anct
with whom she had frequently been seat, hut no satisfactory es ice
dense could be produced as to that point. The witnesses heave • Mc
proved, that for some time past she had betrayed various srophOl - . P
of an afflicted aid dennged mind, and that she had received de ... ts,
kindest attention frern her 'nether, doe. by whom she was much ts
loved; and the surgeons peeving that the poison was the tarot
death,
The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict, " •
the deceased died from having taken paws, ham at the DRS la ' ' AN
state of temporary mental derangemeat.” tr lte
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DICK CURTIS AND BARNEY Asnon.--This long-wished* alle
match has at length been made far IN sgns. Twig •
sovereigns aside were deposited on Tuesday easing gs &inset . Si
which is to take place in two months. Betting 3to don Curti; :( Ye
They are both nonpareils. • s•• Pi!
A match will be fought this morning in Oxfordshire, Waal .• Yi
two men, who were to have fought a third battle in the nag ii Te
Worcester. The men are, prinks, a known good one; and fob Li.
man, a Chipping Norton smith. It is for twenty.five severer
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BIRTHS. ..
On Tuesday morning, in Baker-street, the Lady of Chard /
Curtis, Esq of a son.
On the 12th instant, at Crichel, the Lady Charlotte :sat el.
daughter.
On the 111th ult. at Valognes, in France, the Lady of Lieuteres ;
Chadwick, of the sth Royal Veterans, of a daughter.
On the 4th instant, the Lady of Lieutenant-General Sir Jl' EQ
; Oswald, of Dunikeir, of a son.
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MARRIED.
On the lith ult. J. P. Robinson, Esq., of Camden-street, fee
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1 aster-place. and Meltooby, Yorkshire, to Mary Ann, only ditty 3 1
ter of John Scott, Esq., late of Edinburgh. 6 1
), On the 18th ult., at lleanton Panionage, by the Rev. VW, ' '9 f
' Davie. Rector of that parish, Vicar of Backhand Brevet'," 0 I
' l'rebeadary of Exeter, hie only daughter, Mary Jane, teo-4,
f May' Esq. Captain in the North Devon blilitia.
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itto, .
DI ED. . i tto,
t On Friday, at his house in York-street, Baker-street, Maw a,
e Dennison, Esq. in hie 72d year. In ea
I At Darling, Essex, the Rev. Salt, I'icar of BMW* ''' ob"
• of iformlon, and a Minor ('anon of St. Paul's Cathedral. . sitar
t On Saturday last, at his house at Kingstun-upon-Theroa. '4' . the
lest, at Graham's Town, Cape ~
of. 0,4 Ma
t much(m tih'oexi..oEhsqo.f aged 7;t.
g Hope, Lieutenant-Colonel George Sackville Frazer, of the ti. • 0
- Corps.
e In Mallow, Ireland. at an advanced age, Miss Alice Cox, rti:_, i •
r daughter of h oed Chancellor Cot, niece of Ardsbiabop Cos, no' t e
t Sir Richard (.'ox, Dart.
e At Dingell, nenr Leeds, aged 118, Mr. Joshua Priestly. 110
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