The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-09 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

EXTRAORDINARY AND MYSTERIOUS DEATHS.

Tuesday an Inquisition was taken at the Mitre
Tavern, Edgware-road, before THOMAS STIRLING,
Esq. Coroner for Middlesex, on the bodies ofJohn
Jennings, aged seven weeks, and Helen Rose,
aged three weeks. 4:he Inquest commenced at 12
• o'clock on Tnesdsy, and the investigation did not
conclude till three o'clock on Wednesday -Morn'.
ing.
Ellen Rose, of Paik-street,• said, the deceased,
Helen Rose, -was her daughter. AbOut a fort-
night ago it was sent to Mrs. Jennings to wet-
nurse;. it was.then about three days old; her o w
child was five Weeks old ; witness did not see the
child till Tuesday night, "the 30th instant ; the
nurse brought it to her house, and said it was ill;
Witness examined the ehild'4 tongue, and found it
blistered; the back was also sore; witness pro-
posed sending Mr. Richardson, her own .doctor,
to see the child ; did not see him till Friday night;
went with hint to nurse's ; I,e said the child was
poorly ; he prescribed some medicine, hut not hi
writing ; sent it home by a female servant) wit-
nesS sent the Same to Mrs. Jennings by her ser-
vant;- the servant %vent
.about nine o'clock, and
was gone about three-quarters of an hour ;
.witness
could go in twenty minutes ; on her return the
servant said the child had taken half the quantity
prescribed, which wars-4.tea-spoonful. Satur-
day morning, ab.out two o'clock, Mrs. Jennings
came to witness, and said the child was poi.tyrr-
ed ; she immediately sent for Mr. Richardson,
who came in a coach, and they proceeded to the
nurse's house in the Edgware-road ; Mr. Richard-
son said he thought they would recover, and .were
only labouring. under the influence of the medi-
cine; he gave them both something he brought
with hint ; it had a beneficial effect upon witness's
child; she opened her eyes, but, about five o'clock
she went off again, and was seized with convul-
sions ; Mr. Richardson staid till the hour of
their deaths, which was about three o'clock in the
afternoon.

Messrs.•. Lee,. Green, Bryant, and Richardson,
surgeons, .deposed, that the bodies were -np-ened
by Mr. 13rookcs, the anatomist, of Marlborougk-
street, in the presence of Dr, Ager, and set•ert
Professional Gentlemen. The witaessbadexamined
the prescription, and had often recommended
larger quantities to younger children. It was
simply made of confection of opium, two tea-
spoonfuls of which would only contain the 32d
part of a grain. It was a thing impossible that
one tea-spoonful, containing the 6-Ith part, would
have any effect, unless mixed -by other hands in
an improper manner. On the bodies being dis'4.
sected, nothing appeared in the stomach) except
the girl's, which was a little inflamed, but hardly.
sufficient to cause death ; and the surgeons could
assign no cause for their deaths. Verdict—'-' Died
by the Visitation of God."

Yesterday a Court of Directors was, held at the
East India House, when Captain JAMES JAMESON
was sworn into the co►nmand of the ship Eatl et.
Balearras, consigned to Bombay and China.
NEWMETEIOD OF HOEtsB•STEALING.—On Wed-
nesday morning, Mr. MAKEEN, of Astley's Thea-
tre, rode to Leadenhull-►nurket on a favourite
horse, (who is well known by the public for his
frequent appearances at Covent-Garden and the.
Circus in modern Melo-dramas,) which he gave to
a boy at his friend's door to take care of, and gave
him twopence for his trouble. Mr. M. was in his,
friend's house about eight minutes ; when be
came out the boy and horse were gone. Another
boy informed bin, that a man dressed in a brown
coat and boots, ordered the boy to ride towards
Westminster Bridge, and said he should folloiv
I►im. Mr. MAKEEN and his friend followel the
route which he was informed his horse had- been
taken ; he learned that a person of the above_de-
scriptior► had mounted a horse at the-foot of Lon-
don Bridge. Mr. M.. traced the horse and the
rider to Snowi►ill, when lie lost all clue to theM
he gave information of the robbery to different
Police Offices, but nothing l►as been yet beard of
the horse; which was one of the most Valnable of.
the, stud. This is the third robbery of this d. .
scription within a fortnight which has took place
in the metropolis, and we think ought to prove
a caution► to equestrians to whom they entrust
their horses in future,

INTAmous Tita. tisAcTiAN.--On Tuesday a marl
applied to Mr. Scultup, borsholder, of Maidstone,
to apprehend
,two deserters, One from the 6th and
the other from the 48th regiment. The officer
accordingly accompanied the informant to a
clothes-shop, and there apprehended the two men,
and in a short time afterwards a Serjeant aril
party from Canterbury (from whence the de-
. serters had come) came into the shop and recog-
nized the prisoners to be the men of whom they
were in pursuit. . They all went to the Barracks,
when it turned out that the fellow (a discharged
soldier) who gave the information bad actually•
persuaded the two soldiers to desert, and had
changed clothes with oueof them to assist in dis,l
guising him, and after so seducing them had the
villainy to be the cause of their apprehension. He
was accordingly kept in custody, and it is to 'be.
hoped will be severely punished for his wicked
and treacherous conduct.

SHOCKING ACCIOENT.-Among the many seri.
ous accidents which have lately occurred, owing
to the furious driving of stage-coaches, we have
to relate one of a melancholy nature which took
place on Monday. As the Winslow coach was
coming to town, it was overturned near the Kit-
burn Turnpike, and several of the passengers se-
verely hurt. The coachman was obliged to be
taken to town in a hackney-coach, and three of
the passengers were seriously injured, and taken,
in a litter to the public house. One had his thigh
broke, and his jaw cut; another had his leg dread-
fully lacerated, and the other's arm was broken.
There was only one inside-passenger, and his arm
was put out. It is much to be lamented that a
stop.is not put to coach-racing.
On Saint-play a sloop and a barge, laden with
coals, went through .the Caledonian Canal to
Fort Augustus ; having lain for some hours be—

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low the Aluirtown draw-bridge, die inhabitants
of Inverness were apprised of the circumstance,
and the novelty soon attracted a vast concourse
of all ranks and ages ; the banks were literally
lined with spectators on this occasion.