Star.
London, England, 1824-06-05 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, JUNE 4.

Nothing but uninteresting cases of assault came before
the Court this day, excepting a chlrge of coining
against some low women, who were sentenced to im-
ptisonment in the House of Correction.
F. Webb, the toll taker at the Kensington Gate, yes-
terday appealed against the conviction of Mr. HALL, of
Bow-street, who fined him M. for extorting from Mr.
Cobbett one halfpenny more than the legal toll ; when
the Court confirmed the decree, and Mr. Webb departed
quite crest-fallen.

Yesterday morning, a deputation of Gentlemen waited
upon the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, to bid for a
new Lottery of 20,000 tickets. The first offer was, Mr.
Blatt, £l3 10s. Mr. SIVEWRIGHT, £l9 Bs. The CHAN-
CELLOR signified his determination not to take less than
£l3 13s. which sum was agreed to, and the Lottery
taken by Messrs. BISH, CARROL, and HAZARD.
FUNERAL OF Sia J. HILL.—The funeral of this late
venerable and highly revered Baronet took place on
Friday last, at Prees, in Shropshire. The principal
mourners were Lord HILL, Sir FRANCIS BRIAN HILL,
►Sir ROBERT CHAMBRE HILL, and Colonel CLEMENT
HILL. All along the line of the melancholy procession,
for upwards of three miles, the road was lined with
spectators: the church-yard was filled with others—all
anxious to testify their esteem and regard for the de-
ceased, and sincere sorrow for his loss. The shops and
houses of Prees were closed, as was done at ‘V hitchurch,
though at the latter place it was the market day.
DEATH BY LIGHTNING.—A few days ago, as George
\Vatchorn, a shepherd, was returning to Melton Mow-
bray, from his daily labour, with a folk across his
shoulder, he was suddenly levelled with the cal di by an
electric attraction, from a heavy flash of lightning, to
the prongs of his fork, the handle of which, together
with the clothes on his body, were literally torn to frag-
ments; his shoes were also split in twenty places. He
expired shortly after.
The packet, which left Corfu on the 9th of April, has
brought several letters from Lord BYRON, written be-
tore his illness, all in the highest spit its, and without the
slightest tinge of that anticipation of calamity which fa-
twists pretend that great minds feel long before its inflic-
tion. His Lordship, in a letter written at Missolonghi,
on the 31st of March, not many days previous to his
says--., You have heard of the preparations
which we are making : we want money, but not men,
and they are animated by the best spirit. Rely on my
doing my duty:' This was probably one of the latest
declarations made by Lord BYRON in favour of that
cause to which he has fallen a sacrifice.

The following is the motto to the Hydra Journal,
taken from Aristotle:—" if mash when perfected by
education, is the best of animals, he is also the worst of
all, when not governed by laws and justice."—There
are three other journals M Greece : there is another to
be soon published, under the title of the Gazette Of Atlieus.

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CORONERS.' INQUESTS. "
Yesterday an Inquest. was held in the Committe
Room of Itothe:hithe Parish, before C. JEMMETT, E q.
on a male new-born infant, whose body was placed in a
basket, and sent from town in the Deptferd stage-
coach,
directed to Mr. Stevens, a baker, residino; near
NMI rond--bt Mee. The following evidence was adduced:
Elizabeeh Torner, the first leitness examined, deposed
as follows:-1 am housekeeper to Mr. T. Stevens. On
Wednesday forenoon, about half-past l'2 ~'clock, I re-
ceived a basket by the Deptford stage-coach, directed
for Mr. Stevens, baker, near Millpond-bridge, Rather-
!tithe, and fastened to the handle of the basket. Mr.
Stevens not being at home, the baLket remained in the
shop until about one o'clock, when he came home.--
Soon alter, the basket was taken into the kitchen by
Mr. Stevens's niece, who proceeded to open it, observ-
ing, " that it was a present of a goose to her uncle."
After the niece had ereved with the basket, I went over
and toe!: a parcel out of it ; and. on my proceeding to
open it, I was shocked on beholding the head and side
of the face of a new-born infant, which was pinned up
in a napkin. The witness added, that on opening the
parcel, she discovered a piece of paper ins;:le, sr ith these
words wrote on it—" Derv, bury the dead."
CORONER.—Did the child seem to have been dead any
length of time? Witnesi.—lt had not the appearance
of being dead many .11 ,urs; its face and arms were
qUite red but I Wei 3 so alarmed that I did not minutely
examine it.

Georgiana Anindale, Mr. S.,evois's n7ece, deposed, that
sl'e saw the parcel ta!:e;i in on the day staled. She re-
moved the basket at her uncle's request from the shop
into tile kitchen, s., here she proceedeJ to open it, and
feund a napkin, with something pinned up in it, which
she at first imagined was a present of a goose for her
uncle. She took the napkin out of the basket, and laid
it on the dresser, from whence it was taken into the
bakehouse by the housekeeper, who, to her surprise,
upon examining it,fouud it to contain the body of a child.
CORONER.—IIid the coachman say where be brought
the parcel from ? Mrs. Turner replied, that the coach-
man said he brought it from the Elephant and Castle.
Charles Fisher, book-keeper at Mrs. Fisher's, the Ele-
phant and Castle, deposed, that on Tuesday night a
packet, directed for Mr. Stevens, baker, Millpond-
bridge, was taken into their office, and delivered over to
Mr. Barry's coachman, on Wednesday morning, to de-
liver to Mr. Stevens. In reply to a question by the
Jury, the witness said, that he had no recollection what-
ever of the person who left the basket: whether it was
male or female, lie could not say, in consequence of the
great number of parcels which were left there in the
caurseof the day.
Samuel Stone, the coachman who delivered the parcel

t Mr. Stevens's, deposed, that the parcel was given to
lien at the time mentioned by the last witms, and de-

lived at Mr. Stevens's.

C. Jackson, a surgeon, deposed, that on Wednesday
afternoon he -was sent for to the workhouse, when lie
examined the body of the child. The navel-string had
the appearance of being recently tied, and on the fore
part of the throat these were evident marks of disco-
louration. He then proceeded to open the body, and
on dissecting the back integuments covering t•,e fore
pint of the throat, he found the right jugular vein dis-
tended, as if some obstruction had been offered to the
return of the blood. The lungs had a healthy appear-
ance, and appeared as if they had breathed atmospheric
air. The lungs were put into water, and floated, which
depicted that the child was born alive.
Coal:an:ft.—Might not the child have died imme-
diately on its coming into the world? Witness.—My
supposition is, that the marks of violence which I dis-
covered on the body were the cause of its death. lithe
child had died at its birth, the lungs would not have as-
sumed the healthy appearance which they did.
The Jury retired about ten minutes, and brought in
the following verdict :—.l That the child was born alive,
but how or in what manner it came by its death they
had not sufficient evidence before them to prove."

At eight o'clock on Thursday evening, an Inquest
was held before T. STIRLING, Esq. Coroner, at the
King's Head, Lower Road, Islington, on the body of a
female, name unknown, who was found drowned in the
Regent's Canal, and a verdict to that effect was returned.
After a conversation respecting the duty of publi-
cans to receive dead bodies into their houses, Mr. Srtn-
LING, when earnestly requested by the Jury, stated his
opinion as follows:
" I must state my opinion to he, that a publican can•
not be compelled to receive a cm pse of a suicide, a ca-
sualty, a murdered person, or way-laid traveller into
his house; but if in any quarrel in his house a man is
slain, then the publican is required to keep the body
for the result of an Inquest; and the same regulttion
extends to cases of murder, suicide, or accident oc-
curring in his house; there is no law calling upon a
publican to receive the dead, although he is hound by
many Statutes to receive, defend, and keep the living,
and the Statute (which is the remains of the Norman
Law) for regulating the duties of a Coroner, as regards
Inquests, expressly says, the body shall, until ewned,
be placed in the nearest Church or parish-home, and
shall, if that of a murdered person, remain where found
until twelve honest men shall decide, with the proper
ithin one year and one day, how the deceased
came by his death ; and shall be exposed to the view
and touch of all persons, particularly any who ate sus-
pected.' And having said this much, I must say that
a publican, by refusing to receive the dead body, is lia-
ble to lose his license, the whole of his conduct being
under the surveillance of the Magistracy, who have
power in cases of very gross misconduct to remove the
license; and it is a question yet to be decided, whether
the act of refusing to receive the dead body would not
be defeating the ends of justice, and thereby subject the
'publicans to punishment in many ways."
The Jurors expressing themselves satisfied, the Co-
roner took his leave.

NATIONAL SOCIETY.—There was on Thursday a Meet-
ing of this admirable Society, for the Education of Chil-
dren in the Protestant Faith—the Archbishop of CAN-
TERBURY in the Chair. The Report was most gratify ivg,
and the usual thanks were voted on the occasion.

As Lady HARRIET BARING'S carriage was driving
down Bond-street, on Wednesday, at a. rai id pare, it
came in contact,. with the wheel of Captain BynNE's
stanhope, in which he and his. Lady were, and inune-
. diately upset it. Mrs. BYRNE was at the moment alight-
ing,. and was dashed to the ground ; but no serious per-
sonal injury was sustaitled.
Monday last, there was a general torn-nut by the
journeymen-stocking-rnak•-rs at Leicester, higher wages.
being demanded. Sever:4l large parties of then) paraded
the streets during Monday aneluesday. •