Star.
London, England, 1824-06-09 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUZ.ST.

Yesterday afternoon an Inquest was held at the sign
of the Bank public-house, Xing-street, Druiy-lane, be-
fore TllollASSetaileio, Esq. Coroner for Mi (Wiese Ts on
the body of Elieabeth Forth, aged forty. It was re-
ported about the neighbourhood that the deceased had
come to her death by unfair means, and the case ex-
cited much interest.
Bridget Binely being swormdeposed, that she was fre-
quently employed by the deceased to wash. and had
been acquainted with her for some time. On Sunday
morning iact the husband of the deceased called cn wit-
ness, and requested her attendance at his residence,
No. 25, King-sheet, Drury-lane, as his wife was, taken
very ill, and deshed to see her. She instantly pro-
ceeded to the house, where she foend the deceased in
bed, excessively ill, and she comrleined of burning in
the inside. On questioning the deceased, she info, med
her that she ha taken some peatl-ash in mistake for
salts, and iikewise some mixture which her husband was
in the habit of taking to cute the gout. She died at
four o'clock, being two hours after witness art i
William Forth, husband to the deceased, deposed,
that the deceased uas in the continual habit of getting
intoxicated, and would freqnently return home in tic
most senseless condition. Witness, in con:equence of
being afflicted with the port, provided himself with
some meadew-saffron, which he mixed with some rum,
of which he used freque.elv to take a couple of spoons-
full, and the deceased was occasionally in the habit of
drinking smail quaeti;ies. Ile kept it in a cupboau d, to
which the deceased had free access. On Sunday Lut,
die deceased informed him that she bad drank a cup
full of the stuff, whizli Lad made her very ill; witness
told her " that she had poisoned herself, and was a dead
woman," advising her to prepare for death as quickly
as she possibly could. She went to bed, and at her re.
quest he went to Mr. Jones, a doctor, who sent the de-
ceased an ereetic, which, with considerable per sun-ion,
she drank. Witness understood that she had taken
pearl-ash in mreake for salts.
Mrs. E. Lee, the landlady of the house in which the
deceased lodged, deposed that the deceased was fre-
quently intoxicated, and on Sunday last she called w
it-
ness to her room, and told her that she had taken peed-
ash instead of s tits, and she was so very ill that she was
desirous of having medical advice. Witness rendered her
every assistance, but she died soon after. The deceased's
husband was a sober industrious ntateand a good husband.
The Coroner said, there was no doubt but the de-
ceased had taken the meadow saffron and rum by
mistake, while labouring under intoxication.
The Jury being of the same opinion, returned a
verdict accordingly.

THE CALCULATING Boy.—The patrons of George
Bidder, the celebrated calculator, whose juvenile powers
excited so much astonishment in his day, have obtained
for him an appointment in the Royal Engineers. He
has recently joined the patty now stationed sit Cardiff,
employed in the great national survey carried on by
Major Colby, in order to be instructed by an eminent
piofessor in the surveying department, for which his
natural talents so eminently qualify him. He is a very
tractable, promising youth, and has attained a good
classical education, under the gratuitous direction and
tuition of some eminent scholars at Edinburgh. He re-
tains the power of memory and calculation unimpaired
in the slightest degree.
It is stated in a letter from Amsterdam, that the
Dutch Government. has repealed that law by which it is'
forbidden to the subjects of Holland to make loans to
Foreign Powers. The Dutch merchants have, in con-
sequence, instructed their correspondents in the different
capitals of Europe to convey early information of any
intention on the part of the different Sovereigns to enter
into new contracts, in order to enable them to come
forward as competitors.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have de-
termined, that in future Ambassadors to the different
Courts shall be conveyed abroad in a vessel fitted ex-
pressly for that purpose, instead of employing frigates
on that service, as has been the practice of late years.
The HERALD (formerly the Termagant) has accordinely
been commissioned at Portsmouth for this express pur-
pose by Captain H. J. LEEKE, and Mr. JOHN SHEA is
appointed Purser.
The Stanmore, a Calcutta country ship, under Eng-
lish colours, has been captured off the coast of Chili, by
some Royalist privateers, and carried to the Island of
Chiloe, the whole of which beautiful] country is still in
the possession of the Royalist troops. This ship was
decidedly smuggling on the coast, and though under
English colours, was known to belong to Chi'lairs be-
fore she sailed from Calcutta, and of which she was
cautioned by the Indian authorities.
PRICE OF PROVISIONS AT PA RlS.—The price of bread
for the first fifteen days of June is fixed at fivepence-
halfpenny the loaf of four pounds. Mutton and beef k
sixpence-halfpenny and sevenpence ; veal from nine-
peace to tenpence. Fowls from half-a-crown to three
shillings a pi,ce. Mackatel from eightpence to a shil-
ling each, according to size and freshness. Green yeas
are fallen to fivepeace a quart. Vegetables in general
are dear. The tine weather of the last three or four
days encourages hopes of a reduction in pikes.
The Scotch Papers state, that the iron-works in Scot-
land fully participate in the general briskness of trade.
The great Carron iron-works, from the extensive home
demand a:A la-ge foreign orders, have found it neces-
sary to erect new furnaces, and are at present more
busy and employ more men than at anv time since the
conclusion of the war. The neighbouring iron-wra k at
Grahamston, though not long established, is scarcely
able to execute the orders which are accumulating upon
them for the supply of tie home market.
There is at present in the garden of a respectable
farmer in tlw pat ish of Monimail, a pear-tree, bearie:4
1252 pears, all fully set. What renders this fact moue
remarkable is, that it is only four years since tl:e tree
I was planted, and it Lever before produced fruit.
Thursday a destruc;ive fire took place in Moncricff-
istreet, Gorbals, Glasgow. The fi:e quickly cornnaini-
i cated to two other fous,,,s, which, notwithstandine. the
Iprompt arrival of the engiale, were burnt to the ground.

INDIAN ANECDOTE.—When General LINC9LN went
to make peace t‘ith the Creek Indians, one of the Chiefs
asked him to sit down on a 'log. lie was then de•ired
to move, and in a few minutes, to move farther. The
request was rerea'ed till the General got to the end ef
the log. The Indian slid, " Move farther ;" to which
the General teplied, " I can movrt no fat ther." Ju,t
so it is with us," said the Chief; " you hive ny:ve.l us
back to the w.iter, and then ask us to move farther !--
Likretry Ch, on