The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-28 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A stout young wench was charged with having impor-
tuned the promenaders of Regent-street for charity, under
pretence of selling soap. The policeman said the nuisance
of the flower girls and others had arrived a such a height,
that complaints had been made by the inhabitants, and still
more frequently by the passengers. As the defendant was
one of the most persevering, he took her, as she was an-
noying some carriage persons.
The girl, with great glibness, when called upon for her
defence, said—l wath thelling a pieth of thented thoap
to a coathman thitting a thop of a coath, when the pleth-
man came up and thaid I'd been inthulting thombody ;
but I'll tholemnly thwear I hadn't thaid a thingle thillable
to any perthon, ecthept to sell thickthpenn'orth of thoap.
After receiving a suitable reprimand, the girl was discharged.

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Mr. NORTON—Have you tried Mr. O'Connell ? Ap-
plicant—O'Connell ! O'Connell, did you say? Is it th
man that's the coadjutor—the factottinz—of the Govern-
ment ? Oh, no! there would be no use in trying him vvho
is part and parcel of them I accuse.
Mr. NORTON—But they deny it.
Applicant—Deny it they may, but let them give me but
a fair opportunity, and I'll prove it to demonstration.
The applicant again urged Mr. Norton to accompany
him before the Judges at the Old Bailey, so that he might
be enabled to prefer his bill, which he said was all ready,
and all he wanted was to have the necessary recognizances
taken.
Mr. NORTON again refused, on the grounds be bad
before stated, and the applicant left the office.

CORONERS' INQUEST.

On Wednesday evening an inquisition was holden before
Mr. BAKER, at the King and Queen, Hare-street, Bethnal-
green, to inquire relative to the death of a male infant child,
which was stated to have died in consequence of the chi 1-
of the father, to whom it was illegitimately related.
Police constable H 33, sworn, said that the deceased
was the illegitimate offspring of a woman named Elizabeth
Owen, and who cohabited with a man of the name of James
Harrison, a brassfounder. They lived at No, 17, Bath-
street, Hackney-road, along which street witness does duty"
of a night. During the last month he has repeatedly seen
the mother of the deceased sitting on the step of the
door where she lived. A fortnight ago, when there, he asked
her why she did not go in. This was about one in the
morning. She replied that she dared not until her husband
had gone to sleep. On 'Wednesday last he heard that A*
had been delivered of the deceased, and on Saturday night,
after twelve, he met her in the street with the deceased hat
her arms, when, in answer to his inquiries, she stated that
her husband had turned her out of doors. He then as-
sisted her to a house in the neighbourhood, where she vv3s
admitted. She was very weak and could scarcely walk..
A woman took the child, which was scarcely alive, accom-
panied by witness, to Mr. Hawkins, whose assistant at-
tended to the deceased. They returned with it to the
mother's, where Mr. Hawkin's came. The infant shortly
after died.
Mr. Francis Beston, relieving officer of the parish of
Bethnal-green examined—ln consequence of information
from Stokes, the beadle, on Monday morning, he went to
the mother of the deceased. He found her laying upon a
bed on the floor. The room was in a wretched condition.
She said that her husband had severely ill-used her, and
turned her out of doors. Witness had her removed to the
workhouse.
The witness stated that of his own knowledge lie could
not state the cause of death. The father, however, was
now in prison on a charge of having attempted to stab a
man last Saturday night, for which, partly on that account,
and partly on the present account, he was required to find
bail. Witness saw some bruises about the child.
Mary Major, a midwife, was present at the birth. The
deceased was so small as not to have the appearance of
being full grown. There were several marks and bruises
about the body, particularly an indentation in the heel,
dently showing that the mother had received ill-usage. It
was too weak to suck.
By the Jury—The mother had no assistance but what
her neighbours afforded her. Witness believes the child
died a natural death.
The Jury returned a verdict of " Natural death, by the
visitation of God."