The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-09 00:00:00

cortONElts' INQUESTS.

RELANCIIOI,I( OCCU.RRENU: An !min Was held last'evening at the Shin; Vauxhall-road,
before, Mr. H1G684 the Deputy Coronet -ft* lireirtniinster, on
the.bedy of Mrs. Louisa, Ravers Hammondewife of a most
spectable'inhabitant of Garden street.
Ann -Nesbet; sister of ddceased; stated, that for some time
since the deceased had been very unwell; on Thursday morn-
ing last She told the 'witness to go to adnctor's, and get a penn,-
Worth of bitter tipple, Which she had never before procured
,fer
her. .Witness went accordingly' to .Mr. Pearce's, a doctor,
and asked him for thebitter, Amide, pills ; Mr. Peasee said he
had noire in pills, but gave her ?time in a paper about a tea-
epoimful and a half, and said the deceased was to make it into
pills; he did not say hair it was to betnade up: The wititelis
accordingly took it home,tredeeeated; she mixed .it in a cup,
with water, and instantly swallowed it;, she_ at, the time ap-
paired rather low; She had not taken her' 'breakfast, but ate
something" fter it. About twelve' o'clock she' 'was very sick
and in great pain. Witness's mother purposed sendi for a
doctor; deceased objected to it, and be was sent foranghoOt
three o'clock 'she tentiriued getting worse,' and 'was in great
pain; the doctor 'said the pennyworth of bitter apple would
make sixty pills ; he did not caution her about the dangerous
nature
o clock. of it. Deceased died on Thursday night,' at half-peg Al
' •
Mr.
George Pearce was next examined ; .recollects on Thum-
day lag a little girl (last witnesa) coming to his shop and ask.
infefor bitter ;vile • he informed' her it was a dangerous drug
and not to be yed. with, to which' 'she replied', her sister was
in the habit of making pills of it, and she knew how to mix it,
he accordingly supplied her with a very small quantity, and
wrote on the back of the paper the name of the ding and' the
nature of it, and charged her at • the tame time to be careful
how she used it. An ordinary dose is about four or five grains,.
but it is seldom adininistered by medical men alone ; in ex-
planation of what the last witness hail said respecting its being
enough to make sixty pills,' the ;witness said' he obseried
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would make that number if Mixed with other medicine.
Mr. W. It Painter, 0116, Reinney-terrace, apothecaq, said
he was sent for last Thursday afternoon : his assistant imme-
diately went, and, shortly after he followed ; Mrs. liammond
was then in . a dying state, vomiting, and the extremities. cold';1
every Means were used accordingly, but deceased died in the,
course of the evening; he was informed Ile had taken a pentip..,
'worth of hitter apple, but he cannot ;pretend to sarthe 10
grains in the pennyworth of 'bitter apple would occasion death,
unless the person seas of a delicate habit ; bitter apple is so
rarely given by itself: -
Mr. Hammond, the husband of the unfortunate deceased,
was next sworn. lie stated, she had for a length of time been
in a weak declining state;' she had frequentlY taken bitter apple
pills, as an opening medicine, and' which was the'onlY kind
:that she could take : on Wednesday night she spoke of being
univell in her stomach, and said she would procure some
pills. On Thursday morning 'witness entreated her not to
take any thing until he returned borne in the evening,' When he
would bring some proper ones., Ile, returned home about fivq
'o'clock. when he found her dying. She said she wes.killed,
she was dying, &c. She' had never taken the powder before,.
anti the witness considered she had taken it; being Ignorant of
its effects.
Nroner.—Can you say that she took.it, not being avrargr,ac
the time of its fatal effects ?
Witness.—That I can.positivelY say. • •
Mr. Pearce again called.—Cannot say that the bitter apple,
was-the cause of her death, Some of the 'Jury were then of opinion the belly Shoidd be 'opened, while anther part were
firmly convinced she had died from the effects of.bitter apple.
Sarah Nesbit, the mother of the deceased, Was then called.
On Thursday morninifshe saw her daughter with the cup_ and
the bitter apple in herliand ; they were both unconscious of its
nature, antithe.tleceased swallowed it. Some short time after,'
deceased was in the greatest Agony, and the bitter apple operat-
edin a- most deplorable manner epon. her. 'She died. in the evening from its effects. She was always on the happiest terms
with her husband.
The Jury, upon this, expressed themselves satisfied, and re-
turned the tollowing verdict That the decea4ed` died Irons
taking too large a quantity of bitter apple-powder,'nea knowing
at the time it would occasion her death.” , •
Yesterday an Inquisition was taken before Mr. t.rowro,
Coroner, at the Black 8011, in Old Montague-street,
chapel, on the bode of John Rowe, a jonrneyman whitesmitb,
in the eniploy of 41 r.'. of Great Garden.street. It ap-
peared that on Mcinday evening the 'deceased came home intosti.
cated, and hail a ,violent quarrel with his. wife, in the ener„,,f
which he beat her. Peace was, however, reatured by the intely
Jenne° of some rteighbours, and they sat down in a mein on the fine tiqor to spend the remainder of the evening 'with a party Of
friends, The wife having occasion to leave the rooru.went dotvn
stairs," anti` the deceasetl' hearing the yerd-door shut,asked
where she was gone, and" being told by a female, 'one oasf the „
party, that site was gone out, but would he back again in a Mi-
nute, he instantly jemped up,. and rushing ,to the stairs at-
temisted to descend, 'hut Missins foeting at the second step, ,
lie fell bead foremost to the bottom of a flight of nine 6r ten
steps, and was found at the bottom, lying crnple'ely doubled
up, with his head undermost. Ile was immediately4trised
up and carried up stairs to bed ; his'neck and under his ear ap.
peered to be much injured, hot he Was perfectly sensible, and
spoke rationally and collectedly. The next day, -about 'five
o'Clock, he desired 'a young, woman who lodged in the 'same
bowie to reed to him, !Or hewas sure, he field, that he was di.
ing. A person. was • accordingly called in, who prayed by' fir"
bedside, and a doctor was sent for, who prescribed
some powders •
and' a draught, which were administered ; but about half-paSt '
seven" he breathed 'his last. The witnesses'concurred inaserib-
inghia death to.the fall, as he was in perfect health previOns
thereto, and in stating that he was intoxicated at die time., .A, •
inalleioutt and ill-founded rumour having been spread abroad
in the neighbourhood; hiscribing his • death to the Violence of
his wife,. the witnesses were particularly examined as tai That
point, and all agreed in the tact of her being outitide,. of the •
house'in the backyard, the door of which ,was shut, at the.
time of the fall:.:-Veriliet,," That the deceased came to ti's."
death by accidentally falling down stairs, being intoxicated at
the dine."

•
FALL OF THE CLIFF AT SCAIIIIOItO6OII%-,--Arl
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accident happened at Scarborough about• four
o'clock on Thursday' last,' in the afternoon, by a
great fall of earth ;from the cliff; about 50 yards
from, the Spa, on the 'sands between it 'and 'the
town, and caused for a while great consternation
in the-inhabitants., It was, however, at last as-
certained that the extent of the destruction was
a man and two horses, part of a team of three,
the property ofSouthwell, the bather, employed
at that time in procuring soft graVel, irvbieh is dug
from the bottom of the 'cliff 'in that nei4hhour.
hood. 'This Wes the general conviction win,ll our
information was sent away, derived from a boy.
employed With the
‘man, and who had a %err
narrow escape. The' leading horse was oitrieated
with great difficulty, and we presume that the
precipitation wait 'very conSiderable; as, wheti our
`correspondent wrote,' there had not been thin' to
iliscoliir any traces of the sufferers. It was for-
tunate that, at, the awful moment, the tide was'
;well up, otherwise some of the crott ds Who 'were on The sands during the. day might have met
Untimely fate.--(11ull Rockingham.)

CPAL-SIARKET, OCT, it
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AfARRIED.
On Tuesdab the 7th instant, at Clapham, Mr. Stephen
NViltliittus, of Bedthrtl.ro!, to Elizabeth, second daughter d
t_; eorge'Stephensoti,' Esq., of Clapham.
()PTite*Zay; the 7th instant, at Great Ilunden, C. Mr.
Ti Stacey, .to Jane, second'diughter 'of the tate Mr.;Johti
-14, at enrith, Cumberland.

- . I - DIED.
On lbc,7th instant, at Iloxton, in his 80th year, 31r. Whom .-
* -
Try,' itife of the Stock-Exchange.
On •the l'tlt, inatanty at'Sotirers-town, Lient.-Colonel Itoheit
Prqtt, late of the sth regiment of foot, in his 713th year:
On the afternoon of Sunday 1aut,311,-, ,-,th inatant, ut her how q
:at lierixitigton.goie, Airs:Fitzgerald, widow and religt of the
.14:te dam Ilizgesald, Esq. ' `'
At llubbey, Herta, on Monday last, in the VritiLyettt :of iser
it'el Mrs. -0141 field witlqw'of the Lce IL-nry Ohilititl, of I 4 jltifq ,
Cintiniaticitt Ilalgain: . - '

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