Star.
London, England, 1825-10-28 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

Yesterday an Inquest was held at a public-house,
called the Margate Town, in Jacob-street, Bermond-
sey, before R. CARTER, Esq. on the body of a child,
eight months of age, which was smothered in conse-
quence of its mother lying upon it, on Monday night,
while in bed. Since the occurrence a very general re-
port prevailed amongst all classes in the neighbour-
hood, that the parent had intentionally put an end to
the existence of her child, in consequence of which
the parish authorities considered it necessary to sum-
mon a Jury, in order to ascertain the true cause of
its death, when the following evidence was adduced :
Mary Lister, who lodges in the same house in which
the parents of the deceased reside, deposed, that on
Sunday night she heard the cries of a child in Mr. '
Parsons' room.—ln about two hours afterwards, wit-
ness was awoke by hearing Mr. Parsons cry out Oh!
my child is dead." Upon going up to him she saw
the child in his arms, which was quite dead at the
time. Mr. Parsons was called, and he gave the follow-
ing accoint of the cause of the child's death :—He
deposed, that on the night in question, on going home
he instantly went to bed, when his wife put the child
into his arms, and he fell aslels afterwards.—ln a
short time, however, his wife awoke him, asking where
the child was ?—She sat up, and found the infant lying
at her back ; it was dead.—She exhibited great grief.—
In the course of the investigation, it appeared that Par-
sons and his wife were frequently in the habit of going
to bed drunk, and on this night in particular, they
were b,.th in liquor, which it appeared was the cause
of the infant's death. The Jury returned a verdict of
Accidental Death, and expressed their indignation at
the negligence exhibited by the parents.
A second Inquest was held at St. Thomas's Hospital,
on the body of Timothy Keates, a smith, in the ser-
vice of Mr. Crookes, 61 Maid-lane, Bankside.—The
deceased was holding a chisel for another to strike with
a sledge hammer ; when his foot slipping, he threw
his head forward, and received the blow of the ham-
mer, which caused his death. Verdict,Accidental Death.
A third Inquest was held at the Green Dragon,
Stepn y, on the body of R. Turnbull, three years and
a half old, who in the temporary absence of his mother,
set his clothes on fire, and was so dreadfusly burnt as
to cause his.death in a ft w hours.—lt appeared that
no fault could be ascribed to any one, and the Jury re-
turned a Verdict—Accidental Death.

In consequence of- the Lae delightful summer, which
furnished food in abundance to the bees, the crop of
hooey is so plentiful, Oat it is selling in some places at
five-pence and six-pence a pound.
Muse-lamb, which is generally considered a delicacy
and rarity at Christmas, has, owing to the mildness uf
the season, already made its appearance in some of the
butchers' sloops, at the moderate price of from ten to
ti: teen shillings a quarter, or about two shillings a pound.,
Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, as a potter was
c.irryirg a bale of clolo along Piccadilly, and when cp.
pobiLe we hou e of M. Clarke, the bookseller, the shop
blind being let down rail er ti o low, he came in con-
tact with it, when the concussion threw the load from
his shotol&rs, by which a servant g,rl, who was passing,
was vi .le !try precipitwed off the pavement. The bate
weigh.d 2001bs. Fortunately nu SiLitefial injury was
OccAti. ntd on either sit ;e: