Star.
London, England, 1807-02-28 00:00:00

CORO" ER',,' IN (9 b'EST.

ST. HARTHoLOMEWI HOSPITAL.
Mr. Shelton, the Canner for lim.for, and the Jury
which u•a:: implimellei on Tucklay lad for the pm-
p tie r f h,vefligatiug the cattle of the late melanchrly
cataltrollie in the Old Bailey, lad night terminated
their inquiry, after perhaps the longed fefii-n that
was ever held by a Coronet's Jury. They fat there
days, and for a great many hours e.tch day, during
which time they examined upwards of nne 14rindred
witneffes ; fo that the moll minute fcrtitiny has been
had as to every circtindiance that could by prnbahi
lity lead to a ditcovety of the fit ft cattle of the fatal
events that wok place on Monday lad at the Old

Bail:y.
At fix o'cl-ek yeflerday evening witnelres were
called in ; the fi• II was Mr. W. B. Godfrey, a pupil
St. Batihelomew's.• Ile dtfcribed the (late of the
crowd in nearly the fame manner as the oiher wit
reffesshad done. He was the nss n down upon fime
reaplr, and f)m... others were on the top of him. After
Suffering a great deal of pain by the weight upon his
b-dy, and the cot flied politiou in which he was kept,
he got up and was brought into a (hop, where he law
two dead hodics, at d in the inner part of the !hop a
man in a fit. That pelf:in gave his adtiref,
ruith's Fo:let lane, arid was carried away in a
coach. law J. Thu, n, the overnan, down on the
ground neatly tlipatte Mr. Hazel's oil Chop, but
could not info' m the Jury what threw him down, nor
whethet any prii:ais Icll over m.
Thomas W.-riler, a pyeman, who fload about the
middle of the It, eel at a !tarn diaance from the Tail,
which was fix-:d acrofs from the raft to the well fide
of the Old BaiLy, at the end next St. Sepulchre's
church, dept fed that the rail broke down.with the
weight of the pe3ple. The force of the people tum-
bling off the Tail kni•cked him down on the top of
his bafket, an,l he r• Sled over it. Several others fell
down upon himond he was nearly fqueezed to death;
however, he was, after f ,me time, brought out of the
crowd alive, and is now a patient in St. Barthel°.

mew's.
James Diviße, weaver, alto a patient in the Hof
plod, gave a mod melancholy piCture of what paired
on Monday morning. He had been down amongft
the ruins of mortality for about four or five minutes
—he found his cafe to be fo defperare that he hood
up on the bodies—he tecolleEled that he had one foot
placed upon a man's lac+ and the othus. upon tome
one's throat ; the pile of bodies w.ts at lead as high
as a table, and he jumped up from the heap on the
heads and thoulders of ihofe that Road near him, and
then crawled along on his knees and hands on top of
the people's heads till he got •it a window, where he'
was taken in, and after tome thrill time was fo far re-
covered as to be able to bear being cart ied off to the
hofpital.
Thomas Oliver, Robert Hewett, and Wm. Davis,
gave neatly a liitilar defeription.
The evidero-e being doled, the Coroner obferved,
that he had n I the (*mallet doubt that the Jury were
long !ince fa:isfied as to what was the immediate
eillft of the pe Tie's death; aeon whole cafe they had
aireinhlett, namely, that they died either by coot-
preff.on, beiog trampled uipon, or by infrocation,—
He• had confirmed his refearch, however, with a view
to find out, if potliole, as hat it was that occalioned
the fir 11 falling down mining the people. They mull
fee that this was in form degree c“tineeted with fome
local circurnitance ; as the accidents were confined
nearly to one loot. He mull therefore conclude
that, As the carts had (lopped up the greater part of
the entruoce at the riwth e"d ot the Old Bailey, the
cut rent if the people that flawed in towards the plat-
f at was like a great body of water that is propelled
- by a powerful f »cc behind into a very rarrow
gage before it ; when it has paired through and en•
deavonred to expand kid'', it dallies round with the
greater fury on every fide. No doubt, lois.. ever,
there were many inaances individaal weaknefi, or
other cii-curnilances peculiar to the cafe of every in
dividnal that had coffered. Thefe points, however,
it was inntollible fur them to afcertain ; and it relied
with them to determine on home general verdia that
would be futE:iently complehenfive to embrace every
cafe that w.ts then before them.
After this the Jury deliberated for a confiderable
length of time ; and then agreed upon a verdiet, cc
w!,ich the following is the ttbit:nice—That on Mon
day morning lad the feveral perfons decealed had al-
fembled in the Old Bailey, at the North-well end,
near the Weil fide thereof, and oppolite Great Green
Arbour Court. Thar man carts and carriages were
placed acrots that part of the Old Bailey by fome
perlon or perfons unknown, which considerably nan.
t owed that entrar.ce to the fail at eet or place. That
a vaIL number ot p ople had Kilt, colleCted there for
the put pole of feting the execution of criminals which
was to take place that morning. That the 'mirage
bring rat rowed in mannet alorefaid,cauteci a confider-
' able degree (.1 confufion among thole who were in
the crowd, and were ;welling to get forward to fee
the execoion, ia con'e•cience of which les era' per.
foos were compteiled, trampled upoto and flithicated.
That the decealed perfons woe i 11111111,4 the litni.ber
of th,:ct, who, thns futiering, died through corn-
tieing trampled upon, and huff cation. The
Coors broke op at :tall after twelve o'clock.
A LLVD,I:iD R.—An inqueil was held before
G. W1Y.1C•1,2, Esq. Coroner for Ivliddlelex, on Thtof
rit,,Lt, at the \'shire Halt, Leather lane, on the
dy of. the o ite ot S-ephen B who was reprirt•
ed to have hen roorde,ed on \Vcdnclday morning.
The Jury mgr at fix o'clock, arid the invelligation
tatted until midnight, during which a wear number
ot w itnri.res were examined, in order to throw all
porlible 'tight on the my actions fobjeet.
Rogers, a watchman, whole box ilood near to 53,
Leather-lane, was the first man who entered the
bottle, with the liaband. Boyce called him out of
his box, between twelve and one c'elock„ un Wed-
nefday morning, and informed him I,mathing was
the matter w'..h his wife, i.r the attempted to talk,
and he could nut tinderuand her, reotteilingthat he
the witnefs would accompany htm borne to his hcufe,
in a court at the back of the pienti:es of No. 53,—
On the watchman entering the houfe, he di:covered
the deceased 'tying on the ground, and a quantity of
blood was in another part cf the room. Boyce lifted
up the head cf the decealed, and exclaimed the
has cut lizr thro•ao” The decealed was net quote
dead, and the attempted in vain to articulate. The
Ito"bind apl-eared gt eatly diareficd in mind, and he

ran round the court in a frantic Rate, calling out that
his wife had killed het (elf. Other watchmen came
to the home, and a fuigeon was fetched. The cafe
knife midi which the ael had been perpetrated mai
lying near the body. There was no light in the
room, nor did there appear to have been any.
Ann Hendon, who lived in the fame court. proved
that Boyce and his wife were cutillatitly quart ellii:g,
the latter being much addieed to drinking. On the
day preceding her death the deceafed informed wit-
nefs that the had not Peen her ku(b rod since Friday.
—On the deceafed going int.) her houle atnrut four
o'clock in the afternoon, witnefs fpoke to her, but
the did not make any anfwer.
Mary Tucker, a fervant to Mr. Stubbs, while
back premiles are situated in the court., lta:ed, that
when in her apartment the cr)uld hear the deceased
and her hufband converfe together. Witmis had n .t
heard the flighteft noife in the court that night until
Boyce called nut that his wife had cut her throat.—
She was fitting up f her mailer, and the flighted
mile could nor have 4:leaped her. She heard fume
perfon walk up the court about five minutes before
Boyce gave an alarm, but the did not know who it
was. Witnels knew the deceafed to have been a
drunken woman.

Trott, the ()nicer, had heard. the hab (lid threaten
the deceated when engaged in a quarrel, and be knew
that B. rce had been confined at the tint of his wife.
Mr. Blewett, who had employed Boyce, defcribed
him as an induflrious, inoffer.five man. He had
known him and the deceafed fiEeen years. In May
laft Boyce obtained form money by the lottery, and
(ince that time witnefs believed that the deceafed had
been iniine through continued inebriation.
Several other witnefres were examined without
throwing any additional light on the lubjed. It was
°braved by tome of the w•itneftes, that the deceafed
was left handed, and it was the opinion, from the ap•
pearance of the wound, that it had been inflided with
the left hand.

Mr. Honcsom delivered an apprrpriate charge to
the Jury, who returned a verdiet

Among the diforders of health we clafs an habi-
tual collivenefs, and ohfiruClions in the velrels con-
nefted with digegion, which, from the ufe cf purga-
tives, are not relieved, but they become a conliitu
tional complaint. Calomel, antibilious medicines,
and various formula have been employed, but they
certainly only difchai ge the accumulated matter,
leaving the caufe Ilill eliding ; and every one, tinder
their operation, finds the neceffity of continuing, and
periodically increafing the dote, from the tone and
fenfitivet .la of the Ilumach and intetlines being par•
tially delis oyed. The fuccefs of SP I LSBURY'S Patent
Antifcorbutic Drops, in removing glandular obflruc-
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irritation canting head ache, fenfc of weight, nerv, us
affeSions, &c. gives full value to thefe antifcurbutics,
as when employed in Gout, Rheumatifm, U;cera
dons, or. Scrophula.—Mr. Settsatta it is not account
able for any mixture fold, notefs the-words " By the
King's Patent" are inferteci at length nn the hill of
direaions, bottle, and wrapper; the (tamp alfo (the
King's duty) is printed in black ink instead of red ink.
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