The Sun.
London, England, 1808-10-20 00:00:00

CH/IMPIG v 'S.

'.,. MITCWAM, Oc.i. I;7.—=This day
Inquest
held hotfo:e C!-11:t: ES JE,MMETT, Esc]. scorone( for'
the County ti. Surrey, respe;:tina the deaths of Mary
Attwood, ;:,::xi.: 14; .Eliza., aged seven, and Sarah,.
iip;ed five years, daughters de William Attwood, 01
i‘ii!eihatn, pritit-cutier'. an wai.
: Mr. Parrot, Snrgc.taii, deposed, that orf.T.uesday he
was desired. to visit ,Ws,n. Attwood, his wife, as
tour daughters, whb Were sup Posed to be poisoned la
consequence of their havins eaten Stewed Champig"
nons on the precedipg day 74.. that,h.e i.jsited.thern it'll'
mediately, When he found each
.of them wifering
Under severe yor-,..iting. and purging, attende-1 With
great. pain in the head, and violent pain in the
bowels; int he administered such remedies as Or
peared to'hitn best calculated to 'get rid of the W-7
, fending Matter, as he knee: of no method wherebr

vegetable poison could be decomposed that beet,
tended the said children till their respediv'e death`-'
which happened as follows :—Mary died at ""
o'clock on Friday morning, .Eliza half an hour after,
and 'Sarah a't half past four on Saturday morning;
that they died violtntly.convulsed; that on openllll,
the bcidy at Sarah, who seemed to sutfor the a1°13"7
excruciating pain in the bowels, no appearance ('`
disease existed in any part of the alimentary citol;
hence he inferred, that the poison a63ed more
diately upon the brain and nerves.,
INToa..—These people were intoxicated within terl,
minutes after haVing eaten their meal, and the elde'i
daughter observed to her father how cheerful they:all
were. This exhilirating effed was soon
by stupor, and the symptoms already described. 1
A dog which had partaken of the stew died 3
_
Wednesday mbrning,.apparently in great agonit''';
Mr. At twood, his wileeand their daughter fizioo')'
agen`l I 'years, are recovering ; the latter, however:
ate Only two spoonful Itof the, stew, alledging shed'.
not like its flavour. is here proper to reinath,
that the stew was made in an' iron vessel. •
%FrOm this statement of fa6.ls, it is sincerely, hop.eci'
that persons will in future be cautious in purchasoo.°
what are us.-ially termed champignons; as these fon-
,s,
gT are indiSerithinately gathered off the Comnions 1
the vicinity of London, and sold at the London- lie":
kets for the pOrpase .of making. ketchup, %Aid'
addition of mushrooms.

1)1;0
FORT DE LA • LlrrE.----This almost impre...'"f:
fortress, which, it appears,•is still in the hands ofd
numerous Fri;ncli garrison, is on the frontiers'-ei
Portugal; and not far troin the strongly foriitie•i
and post of Eivas. It is the chef d'w,Ture of tG
great General and Engineer, Como, Da LA
.(a Prussian Nobleinan, who long comma:Jed Ll'
armies of Portugal), and thus deicribed by a:recleia
Tourist,, a (7/03t intelligent British Officer :,—" It rs
a most singular work, and Cost the Portuguese
vernmeot an immense sum of alon,:,v. The whole
genius of the prnje&or ha.s. been exerted to raise tbis
monument to his- faMe. .IL is uomposed of fOtir ha?' •
tions, with many ~other works; the parapets ofeil
contrived - for a second defence--the upper part °
them .is a tapia, the lower is formed of brick. es.
batteries are covered, and bomb-proof; with niag
zines to every two guns. .linou the top of these
of
hombrprools arelodgitlgs fur the Officers in
peace; but whenever war commences, are 4'l'l:e t.a•
ately to bo thrown down, and their material* 8' raid
Mt; an upper parapet for wall-pieces, &e., ;or,.
of a
,breoch made ioone of the bastions, the ue:; of
bres are to be immediately placed on an' nag,.-
the ipternol redoubt, so as to form at the slo
time a retrenchment and flank for that work • •
mechanism of the draw-bridge is equally well c
trived. With an adequate garrison, it is capable rix
resisting an immense force for' an incredible lenii
of time."
Hownt HEAD.—The Holyhead Packets
after the first of,May, 1809, instead of being ohli4e,
to run up to the City of Dublin, as heretofore., 5.
dispatched from the harbour constructed under twu
Promontory-7-the works are nearly completed.
line in the Prologue to " The Countess of Salisboti
has What's Mount Parnassus to the bin
Howth !"
a . It is an extraordinary circumstance, though strip
fOunded in fad, that women over the age of 50,
are transported-to South Wales, after a life of ,e,
most: dreadful debauchery and infamy hi
bear children for five or six years after that per:sider-
the number of female cony ids accumulate Coilo their
ably in the:Colonies, which is chiefly wiag
o The men
having no means of getting to Europe.
work their passage borne in neutral ships.

Soh
On the loth inst. at Bath, the Lads, of At, e Nrr.s
1 ttht, Esq. eldest son of Sir Vere Hunt, I.;.irr. ut 4
Heir,
Yesterday, at his hOuse in DevonOlire-street, the Lad;
Lieutenant-Colonel Russ, of the zid Lii;tit"Dragoat;s,
Daughter. brey

MAR R
11.4
On Thursday last, at lirislington, Alexander Towns",;le,jd•
Esq. of' Therscoliib, Gloucestershire, to Miss Ci 4-
youngest daughter .or.the late Michael Claylield, Esck„,:4ol:
Lately; at liibury, Gloucestershire, the Rev john
Rctk,r of NOrth Tidworth, kVilis, to MssAblington.,
il
to
e•
tew days ago, at St. ratnes's Church, [ohn '''-'h tcel
Esq. of Cheltenham, Bank, r, tq Miss •Vr' ells, or that I)

1.) Iff Lately, in Molesworth- virj.
stnset, john Garstill,;e•
A feiv dayS ago, 'la Bishop-strect, Dubiin, aged ,`
tenant S. _Frederick Eliiof, of His Majesty's 4-6-
of 12 oot.! ,
Lately, at Clifton, near Bristol, Mrs. Ro of
chford w"— •
John Staunton Rochibrd, Esq. and thiid daughter of Sir kio
race Mann, Barr.
Fits"
On .Friday evening, in Peter-street, Cork, Edward
geraid, Esq.
On .the zd inst. in Roscrea, Samdcl Maxwell, Esq•
On Also. 15tii inst. at Ty Du, Monmouthshire, La
Georgians, the infant daughter of Captain Thomas El",se.f
On Monday, at Exeter, Devonshire, Lieutenant or
'Rice, -of the Royal Navy.
On Tuesday, E. Rogers, one of the Police Olficers'of
Public-Olticc,

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YESTERDAY.
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Irish 5 per Cent. Exchequer ii►lls, Ss. as. p
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