Star.
London, England, 1821-10-16 00:00:00

DREADFUL EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION.

Yesterday an Inquisition. was taken before Jour:
WRIGHT UNwIN, Esq. Coroner, at the Golden. Hart,
Lamb-street, Spitalfields, on view of the body of
.Elizabeth Sui.pter, aged 19. It appeared that the
deceased was bar-maid at the house of Mr. Jackson,
the Salmon and Ball, Wooler-street, Spitalfields, and
that on Friday forenoon, about twelve o'clock, she
was discovered by Mrs. Jackson lying on the floor of
an apartment up stairs, drunk and insensible. The,
deceased remained in this state till about fotir o'clock,
when persons in the street were alarmed at seeing
her get out at the attic window and stagger about in
the gutter; when in attempting to sit on the parapet,
she was unfortunately precipitated out into the street
from a height of four stories, by which her head was
dreadfully fractured, but not one of her limbs re-
ceived the slightest injury ; she was carried into the
house in a dying state, and expired soon after. Ver-
dict—,, That the-deceased came by her death by ac-
cident, being at the time in a state of intoxication."

There is now sojourning at Brighton a Gentleman
ninety-two years of age, who was never before ten
miles from London, and who, it is said, frequented
an inn in Bishopsgate-streA daily, for upwards of
• fifty years ; and at which, it is farther reported, he
.latterly allowed himself five bottles of port wine per
diem, and that upon calculation and proof it appeared
-he had actually drank at the abovementioned house,
no less a quantity than 35,609 bottles, or 57 pipes,
Of that generous and genial juice!
Alarrier in the country lately made out a bill to a
farmer who had employed him, and whose Christian
'name was Jacob, which he conttived to spell without
Using one single letter contained in the word Jacob.
It•would puzzle some people, perhaps, mote learned
'than the farrier, to put five letters uvther, none of
which are in the word Jacob, and make it sound st,
well as Getup, which was the way the doctor (as such
persons are called sometimes in the country) spelt it.
Oa the sth instant, at a horse-race, in the neigh.
bourhcod of Aughuacloy, near Newry, T. MOORE,
Esq. of Dawn, a most worthy and respectable cha•••
meter, seas killed in the-following manner:—After
the first race was over, a Gentleman galloping over a
field, ran his horse to a ditch—the animal being un-
manageable, took a contrary direction to that which
the ruler intended, and having made his way over,
came in contact with the horse on which Mr.Moone
sat—both -.horses and their riders fed ; and the Gen-
tleman's hot trampled on Mr. Moofte's head, and in
a moment the vital spark was extinguished.
Earl TEMPLE was overturned in his gig on Sam-
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day evening, near Braintree, on his return to town
• from Gol.seld Hall, in Essex; but neither his Lord-
ship nor the servant who was with him, received any
serious injury. -

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. Wednesday forenoon, a melancholy accident hap-
Fcled at Boos a :—The Lincoln old coach, from Lon-
con, was on the point of setting off, alter changing
Losses at the Bull Inn, when the sp►rited animals took
bu:ldea alartr, and drew the coach out of the usual
mad,- over a heap, of building materials lying neat!
the sew Town. 11.111; the consequence was that the
vehicle was overturned; and the driver,:loseph Bright- I
more, had the tnisformae to hive both his arms and.'
'both his thighs broken, No other pet son was htli t
The unfortunate maa lies in a very dangerous state.
-He had deserve.lly the character of a steady coach-
m:in, and was highly respected at Lincoln, where
• be has a wife and large family.
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An accident happened to tlieTunbridge coach com-
I gto L')ridon, on Saturday evening. It was upset at
Bromley, and the coachman, and a Lady, an outside
'passenget, were severely hurt. The re,t of the pas-
• sengers, both inside and outsi received some bruises
Monday se'nnight, about eight o'clock in the even-
ing, a man rode up the Bath road, near Bristol, and
meeting a cart, with seven passengers, sti tack the
horse with his stick, by which the animal was fright-
' ened, and ran away; the car t was upset, the passengers
thrown not, and some of them Holed ; the horse then
• ran against a wall, and dashed his brains out.
A melancholy accident happened on the 9th inst.
near Calliot Castle. William Frampton, of Fawley,
was unfortunately droWned; whilst as,isting a seaman
in putting ballast on board the yacht of Air. Pare,
with whom he lived as servant; the boat'being over-
loaded, sunk a few yards from the shore, and the
• poor young man being, unable to swim, disappeared
almost immediately. The sailor was picked up soon
after Wards by a fishing-boat, and recovered.
At Doncaster, a short time since, a child, four years
. old, son of Mr. Clarke, Church-street, fell from the
a
window of the attic story, but fortunately man was
passing at the time, when the head of the child came
in contact with his shoulder, by which the fall was
much broken, and the child was taken up only very
slightly injured.
Monday se'rinight, an inquest was held at Ply-
, mouth on the body of John Williams, a seaman be-
longing to his Majesty's ship Tartar, who was
drowned under the following circumstances:—The
deceased Lad applied to the Commanding Officer to
obtain leave for himself any others to go on shore,
which being refused, he communicated to his com-
rades his intention of swimming to the beach, and
procuring a boat to take them nut of the ship. He
accordingly leaped overboard, and had only p;o-
-ceeded a little way, when he sunk to rise no more.
.Verdict--Accidentally drowned.
SWINDLING.—At Kirkby-Stephen Fair, a few days I
. ago, a young man was completely tricked out of a
horse of £25 value, in the following manner:—A'
person came up to him and proffered to exchange
horses, during which time a man, who seemed in no
way connected with the parties, whispered in the
young man's ear to strike zhe bargain, and he would
give him V 25 for the other horse, as it exactly suited
him. The youth seemed to hesitate, but agreed the
former should get upon his horse and fry its pacings,
while he himself held the one proffered to him; the
man accordingly mounted and rode,_ so far, that, as
Paddy observed iu the song, he" was .seen clean out
of sight," and forgot to come back again. In this
dilemma the_ young man looked about fur the man
who had agreed to give 1:25 for the horse he held,
but to no purpose—he had fled also ; consequently
he was left with a five pound bargain in exchange for
that of £25.