The National Register.
London, England, 1821-11-11 00:00:00

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LOPE AND lILIDNESS.
An iortelsition was token on Monday last before John
ight Una in, Esq. coroner, at the Grove Ninths, White-
:p. I-r ad ,on view of the body of Aim Moore, aged 45,
w death was caused by her having drank a large quan-
ta) no tanum.
ehe deceased Was a spinster, residing in New-court, Tho-
rn a. st eet, Whitechupel, and some time back bad received
t .eaddr....ses of a Mr. H. residing in the neighbouilioad, of
in he became warmly murmured, and a clandestine
cambial, was carried on, and continued until she discovered
la it lice much admired had a wife and family of his °a tr.—
.e train that lime was remarked to be in a low desponding
a re, aid on Friday 'light complained of indisposition,
whi h increased to an a tanning de4ree until Saturday after •
noon, ahem death put :in end to her miseries. A surgeon
rs ho attended her was of opinion that her death aas caused
by ben having shrank a large qUElllilly of laudanum. She
a.l out on•et red to drink the fatal dose, nor could it be ac-
e .s:•red tor boa she came Ity it.
Aver bur decease a letter a its found in her pa. ket, a hich
ensijectuted she had written on the day previous ta her
.:el/au-holy dissolutioe, and front which we disseminate
t i telioa ing abstract :--
DEA is alts. ll.—My micd has never been settled since I
fir,t heetaiie at-gemmed a ith you, and now request you will
p iy the List ti Mule of respect, by !weeding the mortal
r to it mother earth of tier who now perishes for your
s .ke, and okee considered herself dear to you. The expec-
t-tam of )ons complying with the atone request gives me
every hope that I shall Meld up the dent or motile with us
I tile iticoeivenience as l riot reasonably expect The near
approach of my dissolution requites nee to bring my epistle
la a cox, and I now subset ihe myself,
Tour admirer (but slam rIY robe).
ANNE MOORE.

The Coroner briefly recapitulated the evidence, and the
Jar', lifter ,oine little deliberation, returned a verdict—
•• rhut tlie deera.ed inn to her eiti,tenee by drihk-
in, ti quantity at laud.otum, being at the titne in a state of
rheum! dernngeo•eut.

MainsTosta.—bn Friday week the election for the
Mayor of Maidstone. for the towing year, was held in
the. Court Hall, zed C. "Lacey slid G. Burgess, Esqrs.
were nominated by the Bench of JUT3IIII, for the election
of one of them by the freemen. The party opposed
In the Corporation demanded a poll on behalf of Mr.
Birgess, on the principle of rejecting the rotation, in
consequence of the same system having been pursued by
the Tiny party. to the exclusion of the elder members of
toe lower bench from a participation in the honours of
t to Corporation, inertly because they differed from them
in politics. Alter about two hours polling, Nlr.
was elected by a very considerable mak:thy. 1\ nen he
had taken his seat, and the customary oaths, a vote of
nor ka was proposed to tile late Mayor, tbr his conduct
rioting his Xlii)oralty, awl the following amendment
Was utuved :—" That this Cae.nrt, viewing with just in.
ti.iiistion the unconstitutional amid intemperate conduct
o: the late chief magistrate, John W‘se, Esq. in calling
out the military on the evening of the 2uth of November
las:, a measure calculated to: disturb the peace, irritate
the minds, and eitilinger the lives and property of the
iehalittanis of the town, which it was his duty to guard
leer and protect ; do calmly and dispassionately censure
his conduct, which has brought the office into disrepute
and entailed a lastimi stigma on the Corporation ; anj
which censure they direct to be enrolled in die books of
the Corporation, as a memorial to future magistrates, to
oid such intemperate and disgraceful acts." The
anientiment being read front the Bench to a crowded
Hall, and a show o hands taken, the Mayor, after con-
ci'ling with his breliffen, di clared, that he could not decide
either one way air the other, and refused to count the
mothers, although Illanitelitly in favour of the amend-
anent ; he then retired amidst much disapprobation. The
yule of thanks consequently hell to the ground.
klainsToNe, Nov. 6.—A most melancholy ac-
eldest occurred in this town on Saturday evening :—Mr. Cowen,
j ,bbiiig smith, was repairing the inside of the -boiler of a swam
engine. at the brewery in the West Borough, belonging to Wan.
b ~•!win, Esq. and in soldering on sonic pieces of iron he made
t:-.• '4: a cement composed of sal ammoniac, sulphur, and iron
.'Yb, which produced such a quantity of fume, or gas, that
ty.erpoweced Cowen, and lic in akw moments, was suffix:med.
William Pearce, his man, being at work on the out and
hearing a struggling noise within, got throngh the aperture at
tie top, which was bait just large enough to admit his body, and
was descending to his master's assistance, when he Minded the
Lanes, and fell to the bottom. An alann was Mina:Mutely given,
cad a man named Oliver attempted twice to descend, but he was
powerfully effected by the effluvia, that he was compelled to
r.2.niquish the task. A large quantity of water IViLlnow thrown
into tile boiler, and afar some minutes had elapsed the bodies
were extricated. Pewee was found quite dean, but sonic ap-
pearance of lire was visible in Cowen, who was immediately
tam:a home, and surgical assistance promptly obtained. Every
Imams that could be devised were resorted to, but all the efforts
made to restore an,rtiation proved unavailing, and he expired
about three o'clock on Sunday morning. When the lifeless
bodies of these
_persons were conveyed Witte to their families, the
scenes were truly heart rending. Poor Cowen has lett a discon-
solate widow and six helpless little ones, and Pearce a widow and
t(eo little ones ; and what renders this sad event still the inure
afflicting is, that Pierces wife is very near her coniinement.—
Bath these unforttriate persons were truly honest and industrious
characters, and much respected in their sphere of life. Cowen
was exceedingly deaf, but very clever and ingenious in his busi..
nest. An Inquest was taken on view of the initlies yesterday, at
the King's Howl, before George frturgess, E,:q. Mayor and Co.
roner. Verthet--" Accidental Death, occasioned by suilbea•
don." _ _ _

A meeting of the noblemen, gentlemen, maiit-
t...ites, &c. of the county of Renfrew, was rectn ly
Id at Renfrew, at which the policy of the present
corn-laws was discussed. Mr. Maxwell, M.P. spode
against the existing laws, and in favour of a perma-
nent protecting duty, but did not state what he con.
ceived the amounrof that duty should be. His ob-
servations, indeed, were too general and desultory, to
admit of founding any proposition upon them, and
awurtiingly, after Provost Carlile of Paisley, and
'Mr. Spews of Elderalie, had been heard on the same
it was agreed to leave the matter to the consi-
(. ...lion of a committee at six individuals equally
frim the agricultural and manufacturing
interests, who should report to a county meeting to
be held in December.