The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-22 00:00:00

THE POOR-LAW AT LINCOLN,

On Monday week, there was a numerous attendance of
guardians at the Lincoln Union-house, in consequence of
an investigation before Mr. Assistant-Commissioner
Wesle, by order of the Poor-law Commissi niers, as it re-
gards a neglect of duty on the part of Mr. C. Wellington
Kent, one of the surgeons, and Mr. Joseph Cunnington,
one of the relieving officers, in the case of a poor old
woman, named Elizabeth Tye, who lived at Cherry Wil-
lingham, about two miles east of the city of Lincoln,
and was accidentally burnt on the 27th of November
last, by her neckerchief taking fire, which much injured
her about her head, and she died three weeks afterwards.
On the inquest, it was shown that Mr. Kent was sent for
several hours before he attended, and that on a second
call, he went late at night, without ordering any other
application than that of a bread poultice; for about a
week he attended the patient at intervals of two or t:lree
days, but afterwards saw her no more; that he gave no.
instructions about the dressings, but ordered she should
receive 21b. of mutton. He hid said that a nurse should
be procured, but this the relieving officer did not do, pre-
tending that no person could be got to attend upon the
poor woman; she did not receive the mutton ordered,
and with the exception of a neighbour sitting up with
her the first night after the accident, which was before
she had received any attendance from the parish autho-
ritfes-, this poor old insane creature of fourscore, with a
bed
a neighbour ignorantly employing train-oil to
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Board of Guardians of the Linculn Union immediately in-
formed the Poor-law Commissioners, and suspended both
mas aeavter7lictino
the surgeon and the relieving officer. The result of the
inquiry on Monday fully bore out the previous state
ments made at the inquest, and though the decision is
not made known, there is no doubt it will be in the dis-
mission of both parties. The relieving officer had ten-
dered his resignation to the Board of Guardians imme-
diately after the inquest, but they declined to receive it,
pending the inquiry they had solicited from the Poor--
law Commissioners.

PEDESTRIANISM.
WILD AND RAWLXNGS.—E. Wild Merry-legs) and R.
Rawlings (r4' Kilburn), ran their mile race on Tuesday, over
Ham-common. It was a hollow thing. The men toed
scratch about half-past three, and made a very fair start.
The running was good for the first 150 yards, when Raw-
lings left his man. At about 800 yards Wild gave in, as to
pull up the lost distance whs hopeless. Rawlings thencefor-
ward strode in an easy winner. •
'HANDLEY (OF NOTTINGHAM) AND CHARLES JENKINSOX
(THE LONDON SrAo).---These seen are again matched (dis-
tance this time, 200 yards) for 501. a-side. A deposit is
down. Handley is also engaged to run, at Birmingham, With
James Newton, of Ashton, 160 yards, within two months,
for 50/.

CURIOUS EsCAPIS OF A POACHES.—Avery curious
escape of ijioacher happened the other day.. As the game-
keeper on Craigie-hill was going his usual rounds, he came
' upqn a number of wire gins", in one of which was a strangled
grimalkin. Believing, from the early hour, that the person
who set the gins, would not be long in making his appear-
ance to examine them, he lingered in the Shade of some
trees at a little distance, keeping a sharp look out. He had
not been many minutes ensconced when the poacher made
his appearance, walked up to the gins, unfastened the hare,
and plunged it into ids capacious pocket; but he had no
sooner done so, than he detected the!gamekeeper emerging
from his ambush, and making towards bins with all speed,
He, of course, made off as fast as his legs would carry him,
and direiited his way to the centre shaft of the railway tun-
nel, leaped into a bucket which was being lowered at the
tune, and went doWn into the bowels of the earth. The
gamekeeper arrived at the side of the pit just in time to see
his head disappear in the darkness below. He took the op-
portunity of descending with the next bucket, considering
the delinquent in quite as:secure a trap as the hare,-hut the
poacher perceived him, and got into that which was ascend.
ing—there being always an ascending and descending
bucket at; the same time—and slipped past, the gamekeeper
without being perceived by him, and arrived safely at the top.
The gamekeeper having no idea of being so out-lAA/I,o"ra'
*only discovered his mistake when he was at the bottom; anj
there, to add to his disappointment, he was compellA%l to give
a douceur to, the workmen ere they would allow
him to
merge again into daylight. He did not find his man, belt
we hear he is one of the bands employed At the
is likely to.be traced out.—Pert/While tgAlleis and
The following aneod,oto of Mr. Webber, formerly
President ef, cambriclise .liege,
illustrates tl
When sailing one'edlaeculiiarity of
bis plat liedatical gen us.
palsy for pleasure, he accidentally fell overboard. day c.oin
er sink-
ing pret-y deep, he at length came u d •
p, and raisin raising lAie heisd
above the surface of the water, .11
e „gayety oksAme.di o it is 'expected," YOUIT;11
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