The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-26 00:00:00

DEATH OCCASIONED BY WANT.

An inquisition was yesterday evening taken at the sign of the
Crown and Two Chairmen, Dean-street, Soho-square, on the
body of a fine young woman, aged 21 years. Her name was Eli-
zabeth Collins.

Mrs. Turner, landlady of the house No. 10, 3fead's.court,
Dean-street, Soho, stated that some time before a young woman,
named Scott, who lodged with her, brought home the deceased,
but she had never seen her but once. On Monday morning she
found the parlour door open, sad on going into the room, she wits
induced to enter the bed-room, where, to her surprise, she found
thi deceased quite dead on the bed, and nearly every article of her
apparel taken away. Scott and a young woman named Chariot+,
who lived in the room with her, had absconded, the f,rmer leaT-
tog unpaid.
From the manner in which the witness gave her testimony, the
jury were induced to make some very strong remarks against her,
and it was resolved to have the two young women produced.
Elizabeth Scott. —Now resides in Bear-street, Westminster ; up
to Monday last she had lived at No. 10, Mead's Court, Deari-
street, at which place the deceased was found. Witness had only
known her, about a fortnight, when she met her in Regent-
street; crying bitterly ; she then wished the witness to give her
in charge to a watchman, but she declined, and at her most earnest
solicitations she took L-- home, and they slept in one bed, with la
young woman named Charloo.,- wa-
4+. the
at_
ceased. she se; 3 id,. had lain in ~,,,atilLevious night, her
able to pay her rent. The deceased had .eaten no v-Lnot been
three days, and could scarcely stand. In the course of the wit-f.
;be became much better, having taken two ounces of salts It
once. Mrs. Turner saw the deceased in witness's room, and wish,-
ed to have the deceased turned out of the house, saying, " Sup_
pose she (the deceased) should die." To which the deceased r
plied, " I'm not in &dying state, and mean to go to the Hospital. '
On Saturday last the deceased appeared quite recovered, and pr
posed going out; but on Sunday morning, on awaking, she fonn
her quite senseless, in fact she was dying: Witness was so frigh
erred that she did not call any person to her assistance. The last
words the deceased said, were " lie on the ground if you like.l'
This was said in answer to a request, on the part of the wits
that the deceased would lie more to the opposite side of the CI
Part of the deceased's clothes were taken away by a person r
dent it Westminster, bot witness did not know where she reside
lite deceased told that person to keep the things, as she did not
expect to leave the hospital alive. To some pointed questions pui
to the witness, she answered one of the principal as follows--1.
" pelisse I now wear the deceased gave me a long whil'r
before, as I had pledged my own things for her support." The
witness said she had pledged two books and a be4-gpwn belonging
to the deceased, whose brother was servant to the Coi.omsl of th
First Regiment of Foot Guards, who had been quartered $
Lewisham.
Charlotte Hackett, the young woman before alluded to, was
'text called, and fully corroborated the testimony of the witnest
Scott. This witness admitted that she and Scott went out o 4
Sunday, and on Monday evening, the day on which the deceased
was found, and joined a concert party at the Robin Hood, West.
minster.

(Here the jurors unanimously joined in an expression of disgust
at the unfeeling manner in which the deceased had been treatad,l
A Juror—This is really shocking.
Several Jurors, joined by the °C,oroner—" I never heard of
such a case before. It is evident they have divested this poor
creature of every article."

COPMNER—ReaIIy, Gentlemen, of all the cases that I have been
called on to preside at; I have never found one to equal this.
A Juror—The deceased, it is evident, has been stripped of
her clothes.
Mr. John Gallagher, of 54, Berwick-street, stated, that he had
examined the body minutely. The deceased died from an effusion
of
:arum on the brain ; the lungs were diseased, and adhered to
the cavity of the chest. The deceased seemed not to have received
any nourishment for a length of time. The bowels were com-
pletely emptied.
Coroner—This I think, gentlemen, is all the evidence we have.
Juror—Why, really, Sir, I think there can be no doubt on the
•.:ace. The poor creature has evidently been neglected. Want
had helped to shorten her naisery.--Verdict " Died by the visita-
tion of God."

Yesterday afternoon, soon after two o'clock, as a
number of young men were engaged knocking a bung about on the
Tower ditch, and collecting in a great body, near the Bastion,
facing the Minories, the ice suddenly gave way, and three of then;
leer, Suddenly immersed in the water. Every assistance was im-
niv
used to liberate them : two of them were got out by
meansTa'lol7 a ladder pushed to the spot; the third, after a quarter
of an hour's exertion, was got out in an exhausted state.
MANCHESTER, JAN. 2'2
Beleby, a Young lady *—On Saturday last Miss
, manner, residing in Salford, 19 years of age, died
in a very sudden
On the preceding evening she was
the
invited to a party, at
of a gentleman residing in
Broughton, where there wee dance,a house
indisposed, she declined joining, in which, as she felt a little
but played on the pianoforte for
the dancers. As it was late ing'th
up, she slept all night at the houseee:ening when the party broke
and rose in the morning, to all appeafrthe gel:Allman who gave it,
in Old health. She
vies in the act of wasting her hands, when
mahe suddenly exclaim-
ed to a young lady who Wu in the bed-roe: with her. " I have
got the cramp in one of my hands ;" and afte
added, "and in the In a very rfePwaumsiningLitanmsohne'er't
en-
tirely lost the usell both hands and both ar,,,,g, Feeling a good
<:eal alarmed at the circumstance, she went down stairs
,eareely got to thi bottom, when she began to feel the C and had
Sarre 2.;
nation in her feet, and in a very short time lost the uleg:i•-i,4*
limbs. This ,torpidity than gradually extewied over her whole-er
et rue, and in a few hours put an end to her existence. After
death, a ~-...irgie,..11 examination was considered necessary, a T 4 took
place yesteldaet, whets it was ascertained that her decease was
~ving to the rupture. -.2: .4 blood-vessel in the spine, anda come-
Tient effusion of blood upon igiii .i.nal cord;