The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-07 00:00:00

IiATTON-GARDEN.

Oppostriosi CoAcnes.—Yesterday a complaint
of a very serious nature was made to tie Magis-
trates of this office. by ibe Proprietors of the
Paddiogton Times stage-coach, stating, that about
six o'clock the preceding evening, the 'limes
stage-coach, belonging to Messrs. Salmon and
Ball, was on its way from Paddington to the City,
keeping on the near side of the road, and travel-
ling at a steady rate ; it was overtaken by one of
Morris's opposition coaches, driven by James
Parrot, who, in order to get first, and to cause
an injury to the other coach -and passengers,
crossed the gravel to the near side, drove on the
toot-path, and then, with a dreadful crash, fell
trom the high bank,- against the Times, and
did considerable mischief to the coach and horses,
and very much alarmed the passengers for the
safety of their lives ; hut froai the sklfulness of the
dt iver the coach was not overturned. The nagi-
st rates, on hiating the complaint ordered a sum-*
100115 to he issued tor "the matter to be brought
before them on Monday.

CORONER's INQUEST.

DIABOLICAL CASE.

An Inquisition Wiis taken on Wednesday after-
noon, hetore T STIRLING, EST which lasted front
four o'clock till midnight, at the Hog rn Armour,
Great Saffron-hill, Clcrkenwell, on the body of an
illegitimate.child, the daughter of a woman named
Ann Loades; alias Watts.
The Jury being sworn, went to view the body,
and afterwards received the following evidence :
,Esther Uarford, wife to G. liarford, coach-
man, sworn—she is landlady of N 0.112, Saffron-
hill ; about three weeks ago the mother of the
deceased came to lodge in one of her apartments ;
the room was taken the day before by some of her
Itiends ; she came in a coach, and had a child
wrapped tip in some flannel in her arms; she was
taken up
_stairs, and .pot to bed. Witneas had
since learned., that the mother was delivered
of the child on the day before she came to her
house. During the time she lodged in her
house she never suckled the child, and never fed
it, but at intervals site would draw some milk
from her breasts, when she eels spoken to about
her conduct, and would give it to the child with
a spoon. The deceased was not cleaned by its
motfier while it was in herhouse, and appeared to
he dying front Want of food and cleanliness. Wit-
ness spoke to the mother abottt her unnatural
conduct, and she said that " the child would not
live, it was no'use doing any thing to it ; she had
taken the advice of a doctor, and he told her that,
it would surely die, and it was no use her doing
any thing for it." The mother of the deceased
asked witness to let her leave the child in her
care. ott Thursday last ; she promised to attend t.o
it ; site went op stairs when the mother was gone
out, but from the filthy state of the child, she
could not touch it ; all the skin was off the extre-
mities of the child. Witness having a child of her
own which she was suckling, she drew some
milk from her breast, and gave it to the deceased
with a spoon ; she was shocked at seeing the
child take it in such a ravenous mauner, and called
in her lodger to see its dreadful situation ; the
deceased drank tie milk, and would have taken
more, but she was fearful of giving ir, Daring
that time the mother came in, and witness told
her that her child was dying from want of food
and attention ; the mother replied, that " it was
no business of her's, and it would best become •
her if she attended to her awn concerns." There
were no clothes upon the deceased during the
time witness salt' it, and the mother said that
site " had trot done any thing to tire child since
Monday seas Thursday. the 30th tit July,
when this vonversation ,00k place. Witness of-
fered to fetch some clothes for the child ; the
mother refused to have them, and said tier mother
would get sonic at night. 'Witness insisted upon
haviog the child washed, and she stood by while
the mother washed it. Witness then left it, and
went up again in the evening, and found the
in bed ; she examined, it, and asked the mo-
ther if she haul fed it ; she said sire had not put
it to her breast, but had milked her breasts, amid
had fed the child with a spomn. with the milk.—
' The mother told witness that the reason the
child was in such a state was, that wheat she was
pregnant site took some slid to cause an abor-
tiou. The deceased died on Saturday last, and,
in her opinion, from the neglect of its mother.

John;l'aunton, sfirgeon, Hatton-garden, sworn
—He WAS called upon by Bit neyby, the beadle,
tin Tuesday morning, about ten o'clock, to exa-
mine the body of_a chil:l, 'at No. 112, Saffron-
hill, whose death, be said, was very suspicious ;
the searchers who bad examined it were very

intact], disiatisfied witty its a.pf)earanile. 'fie
with the beadle and saw the deceased 5 chic
Was extremely emaciated, but there were 10
ternal maiks of violence; it was eitceedilir
small, and nothing brit skin_ and bone. 'rite
rid
trerre entaciation to which he had allUded,ralOca
to have been produced by neglect. - • landi
Mary Anne Loades, of Nu. 10, Gray's In t'iti
Wife to Isaac Loades, bricklayer, sworn---‘
daughter was the mother of the deceased 5 it ifif
en illegitimate child; she was delivered on
Mrinday three weeks, at her houSe, shout sedjd
o'clock in the eveniog, and witness's husband
not know it ; witness got a coach the f4dit'`;clt
day, and removed her daughter and het* bbil"
it to No. 112 Saffron-hill, which bad been li
gaged on the preceding* night. It waS a verY en.!4
child. The rnother was only 20 years of
The mother of the deceased was called, an.,('
Coroner told her that if she chose to give cinuel-lit
she might ; but she was not bound to answehr 8141;
question that would criminate herself. She t-e"
tore declined giving evidence. Baia
The Coroner But-tned up the evidence; He
there could be no doubt in the minds of •,1
who had heard the evidence, that the tleceoei'li
been treated with very gross neglect ; but " 1,h13,
should consider whether it was from the a
'if-
conduct of its mother, or whether it was mere, e
from her ignorance how a child should be
tte
to.
Juryman--Has the mother had a child- bef(liC
this ?
The firca witness stated, that the Midwife
attended the mother with the dece„seirloo
tU
formed her that she had hail a child before.
COItoNEEL-If you (the Jury) find that the,
et.,
ceased died from the wiltril neglect of its tu('Ilf„I
that veruict will amount to a finding of w
murder, but if you conceive there has been 01.0(0,
gree of neglect, though not with the wick" :00
tul intent to destroy the child, you will ,o;cr,.
propeily return a more indefioite or qualifv2('
diet, and no doubt the parish will consider -.0
ease a fit one 'for a prosecution, when they areas
possession of the evidence, and no verdict Of Y°s1-g,
will preclude the parish from instituting Pfu

cut ion against the mother. • leo.
The Jury after au hour's deliberate, eons“ot
inn gave their presentiments severallY, ei;ject
tound a verdict of " Died from the gross ae;r't
of its Mother ;" and five returned a verd'fat°
Wilful neglect against the Mother after 00'
titer consultation the tollowinwb verdict ‘l"6 de'
animonsly returned :--`•:--`•The death of the f it•
ceased was produced by the gross neglect
mother."-