The National Register.
London, England, 1815-09-24 00:00:00

NATIONA,L REGISTER.

SEPT. 94.

• TIT

Mr. Dyer, of course. has too much already upon his hands to swi.l
any thing to the -above comniunication. At a late hour on Thurs.
day night be received a note Irma Mr, Bicknell to the &Rowing .
ageet:--
" Mr. Bicknell presents his'respeetftd essumaliments to Mr. Dyer,
and begs to inform him, that the warrant lie has in hi• possession,.
anthorised by the Magistrates. to put a stop to George %Vilson walk-
ing for money, he shall oat, from motives of tespect to Mr. Dyer,
think of putting it into execution omit Saturday,at which time. how-
ever, he must obey the direetious of the Magistrates ; and slinuld
iVilsou continue to walk on Saturday, Mr. B. will feel it his duty
to delis•er the warrant to tile Constable, to execute it in the manner
becoming his situation."
Wilson did not complete 550 miles until near three o'cloek on
Friday morning, at which time he was taken in a sedan chair to
Mr. Dyer's, where lie was treated with that Gentleman's accus-
tomed hospitality. At half-past eight l►e arose quite refreshed by a
good night's rest, and at ten minutes before nine started with great
confidence.- At six o'clock at night he had completed 26
and it was calculated that he would fluid, about lialf-past two on
Saturday morning. Many of the booths hate struck by order of the
Magistrates, particularly those in which spirits were sold. It is
probable that this circumstance will induce the Magistrates to per-
mit Mtn to confirm! his course. In the event, howeiThr. of their
thin-compliance, Chislehurat is talked of as the spat selected for
the completion of his .perfortnanne. •

• TWELFTH DAV.
Vilvn started at nine, and had done four miles by half after
ten o'clock. Many even Bets were offered and taken to-day upon
the final remits, The odds against him on Monday were iO to 1.
The consumption of Ratable* and drildfalples at Blaekbeatli 'within
the last few days almost exceeds belief. IM every booth is to be
seen three or four waiters, who are kept in increasing motion, and
at the Hare anti Billet public-house alone, exclusive of spjrttous
liquors and wine, the daily eonsumption of beer bas been three
butts, or &mire hundred and ninety-six quarts!
Among the other sources of amusement-, several swings have
awes' riveted, and a celebrated elephant has taken np his head-
quarters in front of -the Hare and Billet, and roars most eanseten•
ifsOitsly every time the pedestrian completes his mile! I)ancing,
too, has become in rogue, and there is vcarce a booth that cannot
boast of its orchestra, emulating of from one to three partOttuers.

DREAD AND BAKERS,

..Immi..•.' '

The Lord Mayor has issued, and caused to be p.ostet) at the Man..'
akin-house and Royal Eschange, •a notice on the subject of the
Act of last tiession, for abolishing the Asaixe of Bread in the City
of London and its vicinity, anl for making certain new regui,a.
lions with respect-to Bakers, To the notice is annexed the fol.
lowing information, whicheaanot fail, at the present moment, to
Le useful to a large portion of onr readers:—
N. B. By the tOth Section of the said Act, every Baker is di. ,
rected to provide a beam and scales in his shop, and to weigh any
bread purchased there jn the presence of the parties purchasing the
tame, under a penalty pot exceeding 40s.
Ils. ov.
PRA Loaf to weigh . 1...1P.047 6
Half Peck s.ll
Qnartern . ,
Half Qnartern .
round

021

•
sit o'clock, I accompanied my mistress, and her two childree.
Elizabeth Ann,the *lciest (now dead); and Mary, the youngest, to
tske a walk ; we returned home about hell-past seven o'clock ;
took the youngest babe, Mary, and undressed her, and gave her to my
mistress, who carried her into her bed-room in her arms, and a cup of
gruel in her hand, that my fellow servant, Elizabeth Miller, made for
the childrens' supper. My mistress ordered me to get some magnesia
and rhubarb to give her. I accordingly went to the cupboard in the
parlour, I took a tea spoonful! of the magnesia out of a blue paper,
and put it in a wine glass, and then took a lump of rhubarb out of the
same cupboard, and grated part -of it into the wine glass with the
magnesia, and I then carried it into the bed-room to my mistress. Ske
desired me to mix it with a spoonful of the gruel with which she was
feeding the child, Mary, which I did out of the cup, which was about
half a coffee-pot full. My Mistress give the baby. Mary,
large tea spoon full of the mixture, and in about three minutes
afterwards she was taken very ill, and vomited dreadfully. Tim
deceased Miss Elizabeth Ann, came to the room door crying in a most
dreadful manner. My mistress desired me to let her in, which I did,
She came in crying, with a cup of gruel in hand, and a spoon in it ; nay
mistress asked her what was the matter with tier, or had her father
been beating her ? She answered " No ;" hut desired me to rock her
in her chair : I took her in my lap, and I had not had her ten minutes,
before she began vomiting most dreadfully : I said to my mistress.,
"Sure there can be nothing in the gruel." My •eistrees awes:crag
I hope not, Mary." Roth the children kept vomiting constantly,
and 1 celled my master in. When he came, he called my Jell's-
servant, Elizabeth; Miller up. When she came up, my master asked
her what she had been doing with the gruel ? She said she had done
nothing to it ; and then she began ci ying. My mistress then ordered
her to bring up the bason with all the gruel in it. She went dowa
stairs and brought up the bason with a little gruel in it, aid gave it to
my mistress. This was about half-past Sor 8 o'clock ; I swallowed
about two desert spoons full ; I did not feel any thing amiss in the taste,
but after I swallowed it, I found a burning heat in my stomach and
throat. My Master seeing that, said to her. "Elizabeth Miller, mow
to spew you put nothing in the gruel, and to prove your innocencee
take and eat it up yourself." She stood still and did not touch it, Mr.
lames Cross, a neighbour then came into the room, and having seen the
children, he tasted the gruel with the point of a knife, and be said it
made his mouth very dry and hot. Mr. Wilkinson, another neighbour
came in, and seeing the children ver, ill, he said to my Mistress that
she should have some advice. y Master and Mistress sent Elizabeth
Miller for Mr. Dixon the surgeoo, at Newington. Elizabeth re;
turned first. and Mr. Dixon shortly afterwards. Mr. Diloll inquired
how long they had been ijt, and examined the sausepan the gruel wee
made in, and ordered what was left of the gruel, with the sausepaa,
sPean.iiiid some remaining grits, to be loch, ed up, until he had Isom
leisure to examine them minutely. Mr. Dixon then stated his opinion
that the children had been poisoned, Ana desired. the servant
(Blizabetli Miller) might be sent w ith him to bring beck castor oil,
which he ordered to be administered as Wail as possible. This
was accordingly administered, and caused an increase or
vomiting. I then found myself exceedingly ill, and gave env
Mistress the child, and went to the back-door, where 1 vomits:if
dreadfully, and ply Mistress ordered me some caster oil, which I took,
The children and myself continued ill till five o'clock next morning,
when I remarked at that time to my Mistress that I thought the child
Elizabeth Ann, appeared better; in about a quarter Oran hour after,
the deceased asked for chink, which.) gave her, and observed that sit,
had charged countenance. I called to my master from the adjoinin;
room: she was then in a tit. My Master sent again for Mr, Dixon,
Before Mr. Dixon came, the had recovered from the first fit fie gayy
her a little white wine, sent home again for medicine which he gave to
both children„ end meself. Mr. Dixon staid nearly two hours,
After he was gone, the Mild had three more fits, and expired about
nine o'clock. About eight o'clock I found myself worse, much
swelled. and very sick.
To a question put by the coroner—if she knew of any poison in
the house ?—she replied—About two months since she saw sotnething
in a paper in the kitchen window, which one of the young men nil
was poison, and cautioned her not to touch it,
as ;.t WAS to be put with
chopped beef upon cabbage-leaveseto he put into the slaughter-house,
to poison rate. She did not know of poison in the kitchen. or any
part of the house, after that time—She did not observe any oiling
particular in the coeduct of Elizabeth Miller to induce her to suspect
that she would or could have given poison to them. She apt:eared
at times cross t 4 them. Shortly after the death of Elizabeth Ann,
the witness went up to Miller's bed room, and found her locked in.
She opened the door, and witness told her the child was dead, upon
which she stamped her foot upon the poor, and raved out, " What
shell I do with myself ?"
Mr. Dixon, the surgeon, corroborated the evidence of Mary Esdes,
apd further deposed, that when he took Miller home with him, to
fete+ the castor oil, he particiilarly questioned her, it she prepared the
gruel, and what it was made of ? She said, that the grits she got at
Mr. Holland's, the corn-chandler, and she thickened it with nearly
fable-spoonful ofoatmeal, whicb oatmeal was part she said of some
that was lett about A month ago by one of the young men, who had
I sum; 41 ucl tea& kir his weld, uhf denied any knowledge WhAtclCf of