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and he was obliged to get ao,,ther.;.:Wbich caused,, a '
considerable delay. James !balm dived several times,'
but.w ithout effect. At by the help the large
net, a,,d his assistants w the„ boat, ,iliev.broughup t
the hoLdes i'4l.oulton and the boy, bOth' at fho
same time, and rtearly at the same spot where they
had at . first suo-._. Nearly three hours had elapsed
froin the tiny. of the .accident till the bodies were ;
recovered. About five minutes after the bodies Were
at. he "bsr,,t_house, a .11edical Gentleman arrived, and
The bo"..iies were removed to the lleceptiOn-lionse,
'whirii is but _a few yards distance. Witness
th'at near one how' elapsed before water Could_ be
'made hot, to prepare the baths; that there were only
two kettles full, whiCh the woman at theßoat7house
had got ready, and he was confident the coppers
might have been heated in2o minutes. The Gen-
tleman, pracaised the means preicribed,by the Society,
for one hour, but without.effeCt.
Mr. Moulton had in his pockets, when taken out
of the water, a al. note, two, guineas, two halt
guineas, two shillings, a red pocket-book; a knife,
and a silver watch. . . _ „ _

:James Benham, son of John Bonham, park-
keeper, was next sworn ; he said his father kc'pt the
boat-house, and -was appointed by Dr. 1.-i.‘,Vcs,
Treasurer- to the Humane Society, to keep the key
of :the, Receiving-house, on the banks 'of the Ser-
pentine .
River. .He was asked .whether the boat s is
always ready in case of accident ? Witness 'said
therewere two boats, but they; were for fishing, or
for the use of constables, 'Who daily attended to keen
people out of the water. . •
Mr. Gni.t, particularly asked _Witness,, if there
was any boat belonging tu the SUciety3.---Wilifess
said, there was not.
The' Coroner then. said, I understand that :the
boats ai-efor the use of Lord Euston's 'fishing 'and
Constables.? Witness answered in the affirmative. '
Witness was then,asked whether the 'drags. Wei-d in
proper. elder ? ,he Said they were. Being informed
of the objection which the first Witness had', made
to thenion. account of the teeth not being .tong
enough, he-said, if:they were longer, they would
in
jure .the bodies which rdight have jtistfallen into the
water, and that, the ropes were of a sufficient thick-
ness, fee if thicker,.they weuld.be too weighty for
the drag,. and cause i,t to,roll. Witness was, par- ,
titularly questioned, concerning, the' coppers, whe-
ther the water.was ready or net, when wanted ? he
. Said, the-water was-ready long befOre it was asked
for, and that the water was the last thing aPPlied,
7which, was made scalding- hot ; the fires wereal ways
ready, .and the•-coppers filled; it' was five o'clock.
when he came home that evening, and he irnmedi-ately went: in one of the boats, to give assistance.
:Thomas Winter was re-examined concerning
what lie had statedas .to the water not being ready,
And whether lie could, swear that the cappers were
not heated at the tiMethe water was called for he
said he thought they were not, but declined averring.
upon.c)ath.
Mr..G.eui observed, that these particulars were
of considerable interest to, the Public ; and he •was
thence induced to take particular care in the inves-
.,
tigation. of the business.
The whole of the evidence being gone through,
the Jury returned a verdia,---Aceidentat Death. -
Mr. Moulton was originally a private in the 15th
-Light Dragoons, and from 'his good condua was pro-
moted to the rank of Lieutenant. The beginning
of last 'April, through the interest of the Dukes of
and Sussex, he was employed by'the late Sir.
R. Ford'as One of the horse patrole belonging to the
Public Office, Bow-street, and!was stationed on the
Uxbridge 'Read. He has left a wi:low and four
children, and pregnant With anothert. The:boy who
suffered with him was about l 5 years-of ' age, was.
employed by Mr: .orobecker, one of the,Pagesto the
Queen. 'His late father was employed'inthe stables
-of- King George the Second: ,AlVery liberal sub-
scription has been -made by the inhabitants of .Ken-
sington for his mother. ' ,
James Bonham was the Principal witness in the
case of Sarah Collins, the yodng -woman. He said,
that about half past six, on- the same evening.Of Sa-
turday, 'a soldier came to -the Boat-lion:re,. to give in-
fbrmaacin that there was a -body which a dog had
.gothold of by the hair' of the head they immedi-
ately Sent the boat' out, and brought it ashore—it
was the body of a young woman in'a putrid state;
in her pockets-Was foun7la letter, direded to Mrs.
Robinson, stating, that the young woman, Sarah
'Collins., was a very good servant, and did not- wish
to part with her—the letter was \kited Watch-house,
Phillimore-place; Kensington, the 13th of• June-
.- Coachman; belonging to .Sir George Caulfield,.
stated, ,that as he was walking along. the Serpentine
' Rivet; he saw something -floating,' and sent his clog
after it; it. proved-to be the body of:the-young wo-
,rnan ; he then 'sent a Soldier to the.hciat-house to'
give the- alarm, when-she was immediAtely taken
rip: NO person belonging to the .deceased..taine'
forward; and the Jury returned a Verdiet-Fonwt
drowned, on 'the es k 'el June, in ;thelSerpenti:ne
hill er.' • • •:

MIDDLESEX SESSIOY.

HICKS's HALL, MONDAY, JUNE 30.

, .
This day the Session' for`this county commenced
before W:st.AIAINIARING, Esq. andtl Bench of Jus-,
flees. One case Only was in anydegree interesting.
A tradesman, whO received' a mast' exce`• at cha7
nicter from those WhO had known him for 20 0r,30
years, IA as "prOSecuted,' On the evidence of a boy,
who acknOwledged,bn oath, that he Was an habitual
thief—for receiv ing•the goods which the wittieSs glad
so stolen ; and the evidence `went to prove, if 'cre-
dited, that he did hdt give any thing near", half prick)
for the goPds, from which his guilty 'lKOWledge,was
meant to be inferred. The articles stolen were silver
lace and gold bullion' fringe ; but the lacearn who
was ailedged to have been robbed did not cOrue
forward to prove,the theft, nor ' swear to the value
or de,cribe his property. The foundatiOn of- the.
case was therefore lost, as without proof 61. the steal-
ing of sonic particular goods of a certain value, the
...propErty of ,the person injured, it Could •nor be sup-
posed that any person receivedtheln, knowing'; hem
to have been stolen. The remarkably fair charaaer
of the accused also- mode the Couit declare the as-
ertiOnS of such a witness .as.the boynot-'to 'be en-
.,cry alt.Verdiat7—Not