Star.
London, England, 1822-10-09 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUEST&

to extreme eases, but k was desirable, that labeirers and me-
chanics should not be kept drinking and spending their money
1 at late hours in a public-hoine. At the same time, in administer-
ing the law, there could be no distinction of persons.
A licensed Victualler (Mr. Stokes) stilted he kept a house
_where waggons came at all hours of the eight. and where per-
sons came to go by them, and often had to wait for their arrival,
and he wished to know if in future he was bound not to admit
such persons, or suffer them to continue in his house?
Mr. Baviu.—No; these persons are travellers, they do not
come within the meaning .of the Act, and you are bound to re-
ceive them.
Nine young lads, and three girls, found in a house in Flower
and Dean-street, were brought up.
The officer stated, that last night, about twelve o'clock, a per
son applied to him to assist in taking into custody two appren-
tices, who were attending a raffle at a htiuse in Flower and Dean-
street, Spitalfields. He went, and found all the defendants,
with about thirty more, who had escaped. There were frequent
complaints made against the above house for encouraging ap-
prentices to what they termed "a Cock and Hen Rafe."
Another officer confirmed the above statement, and added,
they were raffling for six yards of silk.
The prisoners were all discharged..
John Short was brought up on suspicion of stealing a quantity
of wet clothes, which he had tied up in a bundle; they appeared
as if they had been taken off a line where they had been hung
up to dry. The prisoner said he found the articles.
• The %lagistrate remanded the prisoner until Thursday, for the
owner. to be found.

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THAMES Poctez,—The Captain of the Earl of Egremont was
charged with unlawfully possessing a musket, the property of
his Majesty.
The officer produced the musket, and stated, that on the 31:1
instant he found it on board the defendant's vessel.

The defendant stated that he purchased the musket of a Mr.
Sutherland, a gun-maker, in Brook-street, Ratcliffe, who assured
him that it was not a King's musket, and called upon Mr. Suther-
land to prove the fact of the purchase.
The Solicitor of the .Ordnance Department stated, that the
mere possession of the article laid the defendant open to the pe-
nalty ; and having called Mr. Dallis, Master of Arms, who swore
to the musket being a " King's musket," he urged the Magis-
trate to enforce the penalty.
The Magistrate sentenced the defendant to pay 51.
Edward Welch was charged by Mrs. Brant with a most shame-
ful exposure.
Mts. Brant stated that she had indicted the accused for com-
mitting an assault upon her, and he bad since done all in his
power. to annoy her. On Thursday last she was standing at her
mother's door, when be committed the gross act she complained
of.—The prisoner denied the accusation; btit the fact being
proved, the Magistrate said that the offence came within the
new Vagrant Act, and committed the prisoner to six weeks im-
prisonment, and the treading wheel, in the I louse of Correction.
MA ILLROROUGII-STREM-A person named Hunter charged a
boy with having robbed him of four sovereigns. The boy was
very kindly treated by the prosecutor in consequence of his dis-
tressed situation. Ile was in the habit of.going into the prose-
cutor's house. One day last week, a purse containing four sove-
reigns, and his marriage certificate, were missing from the room.
The boy, having been there, was suspected, and when met by
the prosecutor, who seized him, threw •it down in the street
according to his own admission. A boy stated that he perceived
a watchman the following morning between five and six o'clock
pick up a red purse, which he opened ; there were some sove-
k reigns in it, and Ks put it into his pocket. The place where this
occurred was the spot where the prisoner was seized. The
Watchman being asked by the prosecutor the following day ries
specting it, he said he occasionally found things, but he was not
ohlige.l to declare what they were. The boy, on being promised
forgiveness at the time of his apprehension if he would confess,
acknowledged having .stolen the property.
The Magistrate inquired of the watchman what he had done
with the property?—lle replied that he had never seen it. The
buy, he said, might easily be mistaken in his person, as there
were several watchmen going along his beat at that time. The
Magistrate said he believed he had the property—he certainly
should represent the case to the parish authorities.
The Magistrate then told the complainant that, unless he had
additional evidence, he had better not prosecute, as it depended
upon the boy'. confession, and, as that confession had been oh-
tabled from him under a promise of forgiveness, a conviction
would not take place.—The boy was discharged.
Bottja Ain Whitlty was charged with creating a disturbance in
the streets. lie sanied forth dressed in a bonnet and a shawl
the precedirg evening, and, having met a gentleman, a dispute
ensued, and the noise complained of arose. The Magistrate
desired him to keep on the ladir attire during the examination.
—lie was discharged.

JAN Lamb was re-examined, charged with having robbed his
employers, at Manchester, of £290 In Bank post bills.
Mr. Samuel Parquot, a clerk in the• Bank of England, pro-
duced the LlOO Dauk 'post bill, and said it was presented for
payment by a pe:mni signing she name of •J. Ilart, on the 26th
of July last ; be also produced the £5O bill, but the clerk to
whom it was presented was not in attendance.
J. hart, a Jew, residing in liolywell-street, Strand, de.
posed to the bills being the same as paid by the ptisoner in pur-
chasing the articles to equip him for the excursion -to Paris in
July last.
The Magistrate inquired of the last witness if the deposition
could now he signed by him ? He replied it could not, as it was
a festival, but he would sign it when the case was next heard.
The case was again put off until next Tuesday, for the attend-
ance of the cloak who received the £3O bill.

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• Monday-, an Inquest ivas held at•the Grove House
Tavern, Camberwell-grove, before CHABLIS Jam.
MITT, Esq. Coroner for the county of Surrey, on the
body of a young woman, 28 years of age, servant to
Mr. Preston, residing at N 0.4, Terrace, Camberwell-
grove, who died in consequence of a fall from a win-
dow in Mr. Preston's house, which she was cleaning.
The first witness examined was a servantgirl living
at the house adjoining, who deposed that on Friday
morning last she was cleaning the windows at the
back of the house on -the third floor, and whilst
sitting on the sill of one of the windows, with her
'back towards the garden, she saw the deceased sitting
in the same manner on the sill of a window in Mr.
Preston's house, which she was cleaning, and almost
immediately after witness first saw the deceased, she
heard a dreadful scream, and on looking down, she
saw the deceased falling from the window into the
area below, where she thought she saw her head
strike against the corner of a dog-kennel. Witness
ran out of the house immediately, and gave an alarm.
Several persons came to the place. Witness was so
frightened, tlutt she could not recollect what took
place afterwards.
Rush, who lives at No. 2, on the Terrace, de.
posed, that in consequence of the alarm given by the
last witness, he ran into Mr. Preston's house, and on
proceeding to the back area, he found the deceased
lying on her left- side in a state of insensibility, her
eyes closed, and the blood gushing from her mouth
and nose. The witness took her. up, and carried her
into the house, and immediately went and brought
Mr. Bean, the surgeon, to her assistance.
Mr. Bean, a surgeon, deposed, that he happened
to be in Camberwell-grove, on Friday last, between
eleven and twelve o'clock, just after the accident had
occurred, when he was called in by the last witness.
He examined the deceased, and found three severe
wounds ; one on the forehead, another on the temple,
and a third on the back of the head. There were
several severe contusions on the left arm. He did
not suppose the wounds she received were the cause
of her death ; but he thought it arose from a concus-
sion of the brain produced by the fall. The witness
continued to attend on the deceased until Sunday
evening, when, about five o'clock, she expired.—Ver-
diet—Accidental death.
This is another instance of the danger of employ-
ing female servants to clean windows.
Yesterday evening an Inquest was held at the Batley
Mow, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, on the body
of Timothy Ringrose.
The Hon. W. Harris Arundel, of Sefton Park,
Devon, stated that, on Monday evening, between
nine and ten o'clock, he was with a few friends in the
dining-room, on the ground floor, at Thomas's Hotel,
in Berkeley-square, and heard a noise under the win-
dow, like a person groaning ; he opened the window,
and saw a person supported by a number of by-
standers, one of whom exclaimed "the man is dying."
He instantly sent for Mr. Sheldon, the surgeon, and
took a chair to seat the deceased upon; he then saw

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the deceased had thrown up a great quantity of blood,
and was dying. The messenger sent for the surgeon
delaying, he went himself, and brought Mr. B!reldon
with him, but the man was dead on his arrival. The
surgeon arrived in ten minutes after the deceased
was first taken ill. He went to Colonel Willman, of
the Coldstream Guards, Berkeley-square, whose ser-
vant the deceased was, and informed him of the
event. The deceased- was then carried to Mount-
streetWorkhouse for an Inquest to be held on the body.
The surgeon stated the man was quite dead when
he went with the above witness to see him ; he died
from the rupture or a blood vessel.—The deceased
had been subject for some time to wall ma arid cough.
Verdict--" Died by the Visitation of GOD."

A most melancholy occurrence has lately taken
place in the family of Viscount Dieeon, at Florence:
his Lordship's second son, an interesting and very
promising youth of fourteen, having fallen into a re-
servoir in his garden, where he perished. It is stated,
that the lamented young Geraleman's afflicted pa-
rent, the Viscountess- Du. Low, witnessed this most
At the Cork Sessions, on Thurday, the Sd instant, heart-rending scene.
John Bryan was brought up, charged with being A melancholy event occurred on Friday at Bally-
found in the sheep-yard of J. C. Fitzgerald, Esq at harran, within four miles of Wexford. Capt. Greer,
Cloghroe, on the night of the 28th alt. The evidence of that place, and Christopher Harvey, Esq. of Kyle,
against the prisoner was Mr. Fitzgerald's watchman, had been practising at a mark with duelling pistols.
and was clear and conclusive. After a short consulta- Its the evening Mr. Harvey took up one of the pistols
don he was convicted by the Magistrates, and sen- in Captain Gri.'s parlour, for the purpose of shaking
tenced to transportation for the term of seven years. the powder out of the pan, in doing which it went off',
—Two young men (brothers) named Burden, who and unhappily the ball entered into Captain Greer's
had been found guilty, and sentenced to seven years' back, near the right shoulder. Surgical assistance
transportation, some months back, for having alms was promptly procured, the ball was extracted, but
co:ice lied, and to whom the Vice-Regal clemency there is very little hope of his recovery.
was extended, came forward and took the oath of al- In the afternoon of yesterday se'nnight, a chimney
legiance ; on which Se:jeant LLOYD pointed out to in the Ship public-house, at Chudleigh, was observed
them, in the most impressive manner, the solemn en- to be on fire ; and on the alarm being given, three sol-
gagement they had entered into, and hoped in future diers, belonging to the 9th Laners, who were re-
that they would unite with the well-disposed in pro- turning from Plymouth, where they had escorted a
tecting his Majesty's subjects from the snares of the deserter, entered the house to render assistance, when
wicked, and by every means in their power afford Mr. WINDSOR, the landlord, desired one of them to
assistance in bringing them to justice.—The Court discharge his pistol, which was loaded with ball
was then adjourned. cartridge, up the chimney; but the soldier, more
A forger of notes of the Bank of France was ar- effectually tp bring down the burning soot, added a
rested in Paris, which led to a complete discovery of quantity of shot; and whilst in the act of ramming
all the papers, and instruments used in forgery. A' it down, the pistol accidentally went off, and Mrs.
considerable sum of money, which had been received WINDSOR, who was standing opposite the soldier,
at the Bank in exchange for the forged notes, but received the whole contents in her body, which killed
which had been converted into gold, was also seized.
her on the spot.
The sum, though considerable, was by no means so •
About one o'clock on Wednesday morning a fire
gi eat as one would have expected ;as the forger, was discovered in the rick-yard of Mr. Blake, of Ford,
being completely isolated, and !raving no assistant,
about two miles north of Salisbury, and though an
could only forge a very small quantity. It is certain
that he had no accomplice; and this attempt may alarm was immediately spread, and assistance soon
therefore be looked upon as a complete failure. procured, it continued burning for several hourswith
the greatest fury, and had consumed at ten o'clock
The following i, an extract of a letter from Berlin, dated the
43d Sept.—" A few nights ago, a well-dressed young woman of in the morning, when it was not quite extinguished,
19, was found in front of a house in this city, severely wounded
50 quarters o rley, 20 quarters of vetches, and
in the head and one of her limbs. She was removed to the aboutlmton4s
oafhay.
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Town-house. Upon inquiry she was discovered to be the daugh-
ter of a respectable and wealthy citizen, who, in consequence A young girl, named Moffatt, residing with her
of missing her the day before, had published friends in Palmer's Village, Westminster, was to be
advertisements in
the papers.married to a
pers. According to the deposition made by the young young tradesman on Michaelmas Day.
woman, it appears that two military men accosted her in the The young man had
taken apartments, purchased
evening, as she was returning from seeing a friend; that not- furniture, and carried every other necessary arrange-
withstanding she disengaged herself from them several times,
they pursued her, and carried her by force to one of their emu- ceremony
ment into effect, so that nothing remained but the
rides. They then made propositions to her contrary to her ho- . , ._,_ •
itself. On the very day the intended bride
pour, and on her refusal threatened violence. She had then DO was serzeeswius violent illness, which was soon ascer-
other resource but to leap from a window, the doing of which tained to be a relapse of a pleurisy shs.caught at
bad thrown her into the state in which'slast was found. This of Horsham about three years ago; physicians were pro-
fair has made a great sensation, and it is supposed to have given .
occasion to a severe Cabinet order concerning the military. The I cured, and under their care she lingered until the
three criminals win be severelyiunlshed, goruceiarly if., ask is next morning, when she died, to the great grief of her
reported to-day, thelirlia dead if tier wooada.". - !Pa:CatS and fondly attached lover. • .