The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1842.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Last night an inquest was held at the Edinburgh
Castle, Strand, on the body of Charlotte Closson, aged 63.
Mrs. Deborah Johnson. 31, White Hart-street, Drury-
lane, said that she met the deceased accidentally about
three weeks ago. She was talking to a person witness
knew. She stated that she was very hungry, when
witness took her home and gave her a cup of tea and
some bread and butter. She called to see witness at her
tea-time several times since. On Saturday she called
again, when she appeared almost in a dying state,
and she stated that she had not had anything to
eat all that day. She could scarcely hold her cup of tea,
and witness thought every moment she was there she
would die. Witness offered her a red-herring to eat,
when she stated that she was too far gone to cat. Wit-
ness then observed to her that a person in her state ought
to go to the workhouse. During the conversation she
observed that she knew Mr. Short, proprietor of So-
merset House Tavern, Strand. Witness and her sister
had led deceased as far as the passage to take her there,
when she died in their arms.

By the CORONER—I sent to the deceased's sister, who
lives in Upper Bland-street, a letter on the Saturday,
in which she was told that the deceased was dying from
want. The letter was returned, and some pieces of printed
paper were pasted on it, to the following effect :—" Peni-
tent sinner ! On earth to-day, to-morrow in hell.
Seek pardon—delay not." When she read the con-
tents she was almost immediately seized with death.
Witness has since seen the sister, who stated that the
deceased left her husband thirty-five years ago with two
children, and that she had been frequently relieved by
them. She was brought to the state she was in owing to
her own misconduct.

Other witnesses were examined, when it appeared that
she was bequeathed 500/. at her father's death, and that
she had been supported by her family, from whom she
had alienated herself by her own misbehaviour.

Verdict—That dece;.sed died from want, brought on
by her own stubborn temper.

MUNIFICENCE AND LIBERALITY
OF THE EARL OF KINTORE.

Provost Blaikie has just received the following com-
munication from the Earl of Kintore, enclosing a check
for 300/. " Keith-hall, Christmas-day, 1841.
" My Lord Provost—By the Herald of the 27th of
last month, I am so far glad to infer that Aberdeen at'
present is an exception to Paisley, and several places in
England, where the manufacturing interest is distressed.
" We are well aware that the Corn-laws are the alleged
cause of this distress. Whether this be bona fide the
case or not, I am not prepared to say ; neither do I, at
the eleventh hour, sufficiently understand the bearings
of this vital question, to enable me to vote pro or con ;
and I consider it far too intricate a question to vote at
random on. lam no Monopolist ; I wish, if possible, to
see fair play extended to both interests, and not to dam-
age one, with the unfounded hope of benefiting the
other. As far as I can glean at present. I see heavy taxa-
tion on the one side, and starvation in some places on
the other. God forbid 1 should, for an instant, hesitate
to extend my sympathy to honest operatives out of work,
destitute of food and raiment ; still, I would fain hope
that Parliament, while giving every proper allowance to
the present distressed state of the manufacturing interest,
will, at the same time, give every fair and due protec-
tion to the agricultural interest ; and, when any Par-
liament, be it Whig or Tory, shall be enabled to de-
velope the quo modo, by fixing such an equilibrium as
shall generally satisfy the country, then I, for one, shall
willingly subscribe to the same, be it for or against me.
Meanwhile, I tender you my voluntary contribution for
the distress you do have. I beg it may be applied as ne-
cessity demands.—l remain, my Lord, with much re-
spect, your Lordship's faithful and obedient servant,
—Aberdeen Herald. KINTORE.