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London, England, 1818-11-28 00:00:00

trEsTVIVATER ktE6TION.

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Ki.by Park, November 24, 1818.
DEAR Stn-1 Ism leave to Inuentil a draft for 1.0001. for
the expenses of 31r. Ilubhouse's Elvcinm, and to state to
the Coninsiiire my %radians to attend them in any way
11wv may think usdol fur seeming the ludcpendenee of
Westminster. _

1 rennin, dear Sir,
Enure very sincerely,
Mr. S. Brooks, FRANCIS BURDETT.
Chairman nr.itic ‘Veenniuster
Comm dire.

'I;XYRAURDIN'ARY CIRCUMN rit NCB.

An inquistion was yesterday taken before C. JEVIIIIETT,
Tsq. at Christ Church Workhouse, upon the_ skeleton of an
Infant, when the following particulars transpired in err-
'desire
About a fortnight the rook of Mr. Muggeridge, of
Hennett.street, libickfroirs, who had been in the service of
that gentleman fur a period of ten years, Flied. Her name
was Ann Pace, aged about 50 years. Mrs. M 4.4.flidge
rollPitiff illg it proper that the wearing apparel and little
property left bit Iby the deceased nt should be
delivered In her friend., went up into the bed-room where
she formerly slept, and, with the assistance of her fe-
male servants began to take an inventory. Upon open-
ing one of the tren's. which at first appeared to contain
Del hilllf b,it very old cinthrr, Mrs. Muggeridge discovered the
skull of an infant ; she became excessively alarmed, hastily
'shut the box, and informed Ur Gsyslry, of the Borough, of
the circumstance, be being the medical attendant of the
family, soil happening to conic to the house at the time, he
re.opeurd the lox, end found not roily the skull. but the whole
of a human s4eleton. The headset's severed from the body.
Au undertaker of great respectability was employed to pro-
vide a coffin, and inter the skeleton, but owiug to the peen-
her circumstances nude, which it had been found, he sug-
gested to Mr. Moggeridge the expediency of making some
inquiry respecting the affair, and ascertaining, if possible,
the manlier in which the child came by its death, and the
cause of its oincealment in the trunk. A consultation was
held in consequence with the parish officers, and it was
de-
!ermined that the Coroner and a Jury should investigate
the eircninstances.

Mrs. Muggeridge stated, that Ann Pace was to her
knowledge in a 'meteor pregnancy during the period of her
sea vice iii the family. Her conduct was strictly correct;
her character irreproachable. It appealed by lie testimony
of other witnessem, that she had always /hewn an extraor-
dioary anxiety that the trunk iu which the skeleton was
found should be taken great tare of; but it was conjectured
that her anxiety arose from a wish to preserve ber beat
clothe:, which were supposed to form the contents.
Dr (.aysley stated, that the deceased saran, died of a
disorder which seldom happened to a female who bad not
Intel a child. The skeleton, when he discovered it, was per-
fectly dry, and en flatly ►inecaed, that le with difficulty
'separated the breast from the back ; the head had bets se-
vered front the neck by decay. He considered that it must
have beeu in the trunk for a period of from lb to 20 years.
The ix) r s were entire. He was unable to form any idea re-
specting the cause of the death of the infant, no circum-
stance existing to guide bis judgment.
The Jury consulted for a considerable time, and returned
a treielicl—" round drat, and very muck deroyed is a box
belonging to Aaa Pace."