The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-11 00:00:00

SHOCKING OCCURRENCE►

On Saturday last, a DANIEL. WrwAms,
the Magistrate of the day at the Police Otlice of
Whitechapel, was about leaving the bench, an
elderly man, residing in' Love-court, Petticoat-
lane, entered the office, and requested his advice
as to what was to be done under the following
circumstances :—He said that an aged man, re-
siding in the urns house with him, had been for
some days past tin! eard of, and that none of the
lodgers had seen him pass in or out as usual. lie
in coniequince of this went to his door, where he
rapped, and, ,called out several times, but re-
ceived no answer. The door was locked, and
the key being on the inside, his suspicions became
excited, and he apprehended that the old man
had breathed his last; before, however, he
forced the door to ascertain whether his suspi-
cions were well or ill founded, he wished to have
the authority of the magistrates for so doing. Sir
D. Williams instantly dispatched Dalton, one 01
the officers of the establishment, together with
Partridge and Plunket, the parish beadles, who
at the time happened to be-present,,to develope,
if in their power, the mysterious disappearance.
On arriving at the apartment,they at once forced
open the door, when a most appalling sight pre-
tented itself. The wretched man, whose name
was itohert Dennis, lay extended upon a miser-
able flock bed, with scarce as much covering over
him as excluded the external air. His face exhi-
bited a most revolting appearance, the greater
part of time left side being gnawed away, as if by
rats, and his tongue eaten to the very root. The
body was at once removed to the parish work-
house, and on yesterday evening a Jury assembled
with Mr. UNWIN, the Coroner, to take requisi-
tion on view of it, at the committee room of that
place. The following was the evidence given on
the occasion :

John Partridge examined.,.-I am beadle of the parish of
St. Mary, Whitechapel. On Saturday last, by the direction
of the Magistrate at Linabeth-street, f.,accompaniedby Dai-
-1 ton, one of the officers of that establist.ment, proceeded to
the lodgings of the deceased. On arriving there, we broke
open the t.oor, which we found locked. On entering his
apartment, we discovered the deceased.—(He here described
the manner, which ..is given above,. in which he was lying.)—*
The disfiguration of his countenance at first appeared to us
to have been caused by rats, but on a: tardier examination of
his' apartment we discovered underneath the bed a large catt.
which lam of opinion effected it. Ido not. think he died a
want, as there was in the room a basket containing roast beeko,
bread, and_ red-herrings, half a 'one of which had been
gnawed as if by the cat. The apartment was in a wretched
filthy/state, but there was in it a pod Bible, and a few
other books of a religious description. The deceased, I heard>
was a casual porter at Billingsgate, and was numb attached In
the cat which had lacerated his countenance. 1 have no doubt'
but he died a natural death. Ile appeared to be about seventy
years of age.

A certiiicate was here handed in from Mr. Curtis, the parish
surgeon, who had examined the body of the deceased, and.
stating as his opinion, that the deceased died a natural death.;
that there were no marks of violence on the body, except these
,on the face, which lie had no doubt was done by the cat.
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BIRTHS.
On the 9th inst., at near Dorking, the lary of
Colonel Broornhead, of twin daughters.
On Tuesday, the 10th inst., at So. 15, Fe.nehureh-stre.:4,
Mrs. John H. Torriano, of a daughter.

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31.111121 ED.
On the loth inst., at St. Andrew's. Holborn, (Gorge Fraser,.
12.5 q., Lieutenant Royal Navy, youngest son or the late Major.
General John Henry Fra.s,:r, of Ashling-hotisc, near Cbiches,
ter, to Emmeline, eldest daughter of Mr. Redford, of Redford.
row, London.
On the 10th inst., at St. John's, Hackney-, James, eldest
son of the late James Weston, Esq., or Feneburch.street and
Upper Homerton, to Mary, daughtt:r of Josel'h Watson, Esq.,
of Hackney.
On the 10th inst., at Eltham Church, Mr. Thomas Lever
ton Donaldson, to Matilda Georgiana, second daughter of
Thomas Lim:hunt, Esq., s
-h Shooter'ill,

On the Bth DI ED.
inst., Jsne, the wife of Thomas Rickman !Jar-
man, Esq., of Si;.dlesliani.lodgt,, Wrks.
On the 4th inst., at 'Norwood, at the house of his Mal Mrs. Burgess, Jatnet; Short,, Esq., aged 72. -
On Saturday, the 7th inst., Mr. John Stringfield-, of Peck-
ham-rye, in'his 734 year-
surOvinviSngunsdanyolta
st, ond
year of hii age.
rl.4tDialni ,thseocisci7oBri,d encel Colchester,Chrt tec
On the ath hilt" Bernemsfreet, Richard Debary, of Lincolnes.inn-fields,-in the 511th year of his age.
On Sattfrday last, after a fey( hours illness way, at h's tiopse
on the Marine Parade, I)over, the Rev.,Edward -Winthrop,
A.M.; formerly of St. John's College, Cambridge, and late
Vicar of Darent, Kent.

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