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London, England, 1818-08-15 00:00:00

tiers) people not of elitism, soma of money, selling Owlet
tb• forged damiie itia Tler, •w• 11.1 PreCr !111.1.1 Owen' y
p Hunt, between parrohnikets and ulLitrs, is attendance la
armory him
Thoinir Holt +warn He is apprentice hi ti.. Thomas
%%tithe/rm. mod vintner, 13. N. Chimed, !red. U.S
of Jul, last lie met the Prisnoier. rib" was a total
ra.e.ger In hint. 3 Ito. arWr nrconlitlll lion soul welkin* same
r fy njolo him. inttrotor4 tri Inn+ that hr war in distrerr. mad
;Itied lot crll lite ;;f a watch (i.e deem %innings
ii;; li, Ire .111.1, W 4,1 a ValnilllC one. that &drone rmopeliml,
loi.n In lilt ItostreVer, ahrr nun.' 1i0n.% wiles,* paid him
thee • shilling+ far the sluplierte now produced. porno; ling
la he fir a diver seitch pledged at tire shop of tie. Walker.
pawn's-Meer. of T Cesitsuwell.
*Mond IY titer proilared a hisolfal of riarilar dapii.
eater. among whirl' war that ahoy, mrstieineil. all of who&
he it to he eniviterfeit, and that e ni lb lb were
filled by him or tiny one in his shop, all of whir!, weirs
liconeht to his *hop by chit-real persona, now ins rideirilinier,
iaeh of whom stmeall• that they much-tried them from a pet.
inn answering the dere; iptiim of the 11); ironer that many
other pawnbroker. are forged no in like Manner, moil that he
soppored the wanner the Prisoner eagle by them was by
taking the blank dutdieates off the counter, and thus Ailing
them as hr thosight Ai.
The St uie bleated the neTlicenee of Ilse llllWlebruker
its leaving blank duplicates in so carries," a manner on their
comity's', which held out ass indireerrient to distressed and
evil simmered pertains, to commit (he offence.
The charge being proved, the Prisotrer was committed firr
two mouths to the noose et Correction. None of the other
chlrces were goer Into.
The Primmer, in his aufence„ said he bought a handful of
dieplirates from a shipmate for is. which he afterwards sold
to *Werra( pampas.

INIMUMANITY OF A MOTIIER BY Si.-ittlAis•
HER (WILD.
VONON EWS INQUEST.

On Thursday night last, a Jury bar sornmoned by J. W.
I.lustv. Esq. Deputy Coroner under Air. Srrjtant Roe.
Sitattlev. to sit at the %Mese of Mr. Gowyer, the sign of the
Nowt and Crown, to Fort-street, austediteh, for the purpose
of onvestigat leg the came of the death of James Ileshans,
child about nose weeks ald—a 'Mott important ram, salt is
supposed the usfortanate iormit was starved to death by its
mother. Instead of Mr. Lush Weeding. at the ',pulpier!
time, Mr. Nlereeron, Clerk to the Deputy 'Coroner, attended,
took the Cononer's seat, and made every preisrities to
ester into the investigation ; the Jury, knowing hint not to
• he the Coroser, did nut consider that be was legally Sett*.
Mined to set for the Cormier, and questioned his : lie (old
'Leos hat Mr. Leib was at Brighton, and anterior to L.a
leaving town gave his directions, sod authorised him isi do
what he was about to do. The Joey, mot Whig setisfied,
weight not be sworn, arid poespemei the investigation till the
day afier, when the clerk, Me. Mercers's, promised to re.
worm the atiesdanee of J. W. Dorsi% goifiMo.boin.. •Aftre
this the Jury hell • reeetiog, sad susoimusisly agreed apse
*endow the following hike to Mr. Serjeant lawansiagton,
Cutoser
(C*Py.)
lisit—At a meeting of several inhabitants of the Old
Artillery Gross* udder the sosonsons of Mr. Lash, Depot'
Coroner of this Liberty, to attired this do' at two so'cliselr,
at the house a Mr. Gowyert the sirs of the use soul (7,9•14,
Fort-street, to inquire nolo the musotof the death df Noses
Rasham, when Mr. Leith mat sliniding• having tent a
Me. ;Interim. a ',latrines. Io do his duly, we, theishehi-
tams, nut thinking him a perms ;Mull/ 110"0"i80 Is. Ott as
Coroner, refused to be sworn by him, soul acessrdiusly ad.
joarned the meeting to six o'clock to.osorroe, end think it
necessary to apprise you of the same, as Coroner, senior;
for your inotructions how we art to ander such atom-

TO Mr. Irrjeant Homologies."
Mr. Utters'', pumuint to a request made to him by Mr.
Wt.:emit. attended yesterday, At one o'clock, soil, after the
101 l wan riepannellal aad sworn, they proceeded to tats a
view of the body of the deceased,: which lay in a shell at
t, Fort-street, the sight of which struck every use with
indigaatiost, HUM( aodmig but shies and boas.
Yesterday stoat ten o'clock. a Jury was empaarielled st
the Rose and Crown, is Tort.otreet, &snake*, to isvesti-
pie the cause of the &sae awash' and, Jamas &skarn.
Mr. Williams Small, were., at No. I. Iteward.street.
deposed, Hot ea Mat Tuesday siormitsg be was called to
entrains IM child, aad Need bits is a dying slots, so mark
ow. that be deemed it anneeirosary to order say medicines,
but directed proper food to be given to him. He called again
about two o'clock is the day, at the bowie of the urine' sod
felted the child still smear; he had a esehplaint labia bowels,
hut I.e could not my what Itecisiosed it; he called to see it
*gals at nine o'clock in the evetdog, sod Nord the child fast
approaching to &mutation. He died the nest asocoiug ; sod
throe,/ upinitto witness ear form was, that he died for want
of food. He had not °prised the body, because he thought
it onuessary ; believes the child was two iwouthe old.
Mrs. Ana Harrow' of No. Fork/heel, staled, that the
Anther of the deceased child ease to lodge at het tease
elbmis he weeks sew. file hod seen the child, whieb ap-
peared to be shoat nine weeks old, repeatedly, and fre.
"trolly heard him crying; be appeared in the saws wretched
couditioa, and extremely ill; connived it wanted food;
believes the child was not born its wedlock; the smother mid

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she dtad been married, but did not live witls her husband.
. Hester Greatemire, servant to the deceased's smother, said
stir wii• employed to nurse the child; she cane to her platen
last Monday week, soil the mother gave her bread marl water
to Girl the poor child, who then appeared in a very ema-
ciate.' sour; she instrueted her not to give hint any thing
else, soil wily 3 small boat full of that t• ice a day; on u
or two .tensions, when the child crud, she gave hie
some food contrary to orders, and the mother thee asolrlird
her, s:iyinz, slit was as rrhooling the child's stomach. he
said she had dried life milk, and was in Ilse habit of reedier
the e1,.1,1 always wills imply bread and water in that quantity.
Visitors% told her that was not proper food; that she should
Rive him brand and nitik,ur thick milk, elm be would not
,'rocs-ernesined —The mother used In go iset Its the morn.
log Nod return in the afternoon, when she would areas, sad
stay out all 'eight. Did nut know she was upon the town,
but men used to Coale to see her. [tread used to be in the
cupboard, but would nut give it to the child, fiareld of being
ambled.
The Coroner said it would he neermary to have thellady
opesird, in order to sr.:certain whether any internal complaint
ails she rause of death; it was et Went the child had !wen
orghttrd by his inutlwr, !wit as yet there was nothing to
a criminal charge against her.
TI.. Jury expres,rol sown. disapprobation at Wier again
called upon, but the Coroner said it was a CYO that could
not lw passed user in • hurry. The Inquest was adjorsriteil
till the sorgron *Mould be able to stud iu his report, and the
Jury was b.iitiod over to attend.
ADJOURPIRD twpuesT.

Slitre the adjournment of the Isignest, Mr Bernell, the
taireeion, opened the body of the di erased, hot di+roc• wd
towhilic fresh es hi the e‘soie of death. Sever it other •it-
heaven were examined, who Italie teitimony iu favour of eh.•
mother of the deems' .1, and were of opinion the child died •
oaten-al death. Verdict—.Dirq by fb rimniio„ j God.
ANOTHER iNcao PAT.

On Thursday •leht there was au amplest held at the Shep-
herd and Shepherdess, City.rosoil, on the b of Catherine
Nash, need 3tl, the wife of Hear) Nash, deal,r ns spier,
whose death was weasioned by a blow (eons he, husband,
who is us ensinily.
nies ?V nh, a girl al t ten years old. stated iii•st she is
the dantiart or H. On :tivtailly las: the % vere
• olio on a visit, nail did not fetus Is will: ob in tac:re
41).0.1.1c at nithl, wk.' they hail 'tipper, and atilt to best
tO9l got up In beat witness, and her ( ittsetak's)
got up to prevent her benne struck ; be ;Tin lietseem
them, mid either by a blow or push, he pitched the &crag.
• dawn; the fell azaiseit the bedstead, and ant yen) %mush
Luis died on Wednesday 'nog.
A Sofiya', who 'Lionised the hiutly of the deceased, pro,.
ed
'hat lire death was ,11:1' 'sinned by a fracture on the skull.
Vesilict—safintslisaphier ayaihst the houbwal.