The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-11 00:00:00

DEATH FROM STARVATION.

On Saturday an inquest was held at the Lamb
and Flag, Homerton, on view of the body of James
Ghibbarci, aged 67, a grainer.
ElizabetlaHymns, a married woman, No. 42,
Long-%lleY) said that she had known the deceased
nearly 30 years. He was latterly occupying a kit-
chen in a house in Skinner-street, Bishopsgate. He
was iu very distressed circumstances, and witness
has often supplied him with tea and coffee, though
she was scarcely able to do so. He had but a bit
of a bed to lay upon, and complained of a cold at
his chest. On Wednesday last his landlady would
not have him stop, and wished Wm to be removed
to the workhouse. Deceased did not like to be re-
moved at night, and wanted to remain till the
morning. Ha was removed away that night
iu a cab to therCity of London Union Workhouse,
Homerton, and he died on his way there. Witness
want with him to the workhouse.
Coroner—Was the deceased able to walk ?

Witness—No, sir, he was not able to stand. He
laid down in the body of the cab. He died about
the London-fields. He was removed about hall-
past 7 o'clock.
Foreman—Do you think it was dangerous to re-
move him ?

Witness—Yes, I thought that it was removal in
the cold wLich caused his death. It was very cold
on the night he was removed.
Wm. Rawlinson, summoning officer of the parish
of Hackney, stated that ho called upon the reliev-
ing officer of the East London Union, and he was
informed that be gave an order for his removal.
He alio called upon Mr. Fowler, medical officer of
the district, who said he thought that the deceased
was in a fit state to bs removed.

Coroner— He seems to have been improperly re-
moved on a cold night.
Mr. Benjamin Clarke, medical :officer of the
workhouse, said that the stomach and bowels of
deceased seemed to have been thoroughly empty.
The body was very emaciated. Ho had evidently
been soma time destitute of common necessaries. _

Verdict, Natural death by the visimtiou of
God ;" ani that demased'a death was accelerated
by. cold and privation, and that his removal in in-
clement weather was, in the opinion of the jury,
highly improper.

CLIRIFYING SUGAR BY SOAP.—This new process,
invented by Mr. Garcia, a sugar refiner, late of
Louisiana, was brought under the notice of the Academy
of Sciences at Paris by M. Ba,set a few days ago. I!
is founded on the well-known property of lime which
combines with fatty sub,tauces, whether free or trans.
formed into alkaline snarls. When the saccharate of
lime is brought into contact with a dissolution of soap
of soda the sugar is set at liberty, the lime combines with
the adjd of the soap, and the soda remains in dissolution
in the liquid. When the clarification has been effected
with an excess of lime, and the liquid has been skimmed
a first thine, it must be allowed to cool below 104 &g.
Fahrenheit, and the solution of soap is then poured in,
the liquid being gently stirred all the while. When the
whole has been well incorporated it is brought again to
the boiling point, after which the temperature is suddenly
lowered, again by the suppr,usion of the steam-current,
and the new scum is removed. The latter consist.
of a calcareous soap, which in rising to the surface bas
carried away with it all the impurities and extraneous
substmmes contained in the liquid, and bas an excellent
taste. This process requires no new apparatus, increases
the beauty of the sugar, yields more, and is consequently
more economical.