Star.
London, England, 1826-07-08 00:00:00

COTIONEn'S INQUESTS.

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ttRIZADPIII. MISTAKE.
Thursday, an inquest wss held at the Coadh and
Horses, in 13ruton street, Grosvenor square, nn the
body of Mrs. Sarah Coates, the wife of Mr. Gorge
Coates,livery stable keeper, Barlow Mews, Bruton-street.
Mr. Gelrge Fenwick examined—l am a veterinary
surgeon.. This morning I was in my counting house,
when Mr. Coates came to me, with a phial in his hand,
and asked me rb let him have some mixture to take a
splint out of one of his horse's legs. I said that I had
none by me at the time; that my friend Ssepherd was
making up some, and as soon as it was ready I would
send some in the phial which he had left. Soon after I
filled the phial and sent it by my son to Mr. Coates's
house. My son returned, saying be had left it with
the man in the stable, desiring him to say it came from
Mr. Fenwick, for Mr. Coates. Soon after Mr. Coates
came to my house, in a great fright, and said that the
preparation I had sent had been given to his wife by
mistake. 1 said, " Good Gon! have you administered
the white of an erg ? it is an antidote against it."
Mr. Coates mule no answer, and I hurried off with
him to his house; but on our arrival the deceased Lady
had cea•ed to exist.

Master George Fenwick examined—l am son to the
last witness. This morning I went into my father's
drug room. My father was there; he said " this bottle
is to he taken to Mr. Coates." I took it accordingly,
and ihr first person I saw was a little gitl on the stairs.
the daughter of the deceased. I asked her if her father
was at home. She said she thouq4 he was in the
Mews. I sent into the stable, and the little girl foUovied
me and asked one of the men if her fa:her was about
the premises. He said " No," and asked what I wanted
Leith him. I said I had brought this phial for him.
The man said " I will take it, and give to.him." I gave
it to him, and desired him to give it to Mr. Coates.
In going down the yard I read the label on the phial—
it said " This draught to be taken directly." My father
did not tell me what the phial contained, nor did I
know. Tie phial had been used, I believe, for human
medicines before, and had been supplied by Mrs. Coates'
medical attendant, and the label had not been torn off
sir obliterated.

Henry Huff examined—l work for Mr. Coates. as
hostler. 1 was aware that Mrs. Coates was indisposed.
This mornimg the last witness came to the stable door
and inquired for Mr. Coates. I said he was not at
home; but I would go and find him. I accordingly
sought him, but he was not about the premises. I then
asked the lad what he had got for my master; he
'hewed me a phial. I read the label; and said; " Oh,
this is a draught for Mibtress."—l gave the phial, on
reading the label, to my master's daughter, a little girl
abo it fouiteen, saying it was medicine for my mistress,
and the little girl tt,ok it up stairs directly.
Mr. Fenwick said that it was not usual, in his pro-
fession, to adopt that precaution of labelling their medi-
cines. No Gentleman, if he knew it, would allow poison
to be applied in ally way to his horses; anitin that case
phials were so labelled, they would be in pinsession
of the fact, and it would be ruination to the profession.
He ceit iinly took blame to himself. inasmuch as that he
had not erased the label, but he declared to GOD that
he rever read it.

Mr. John Barrow examined—Toe deceased was my
patient, and had been unwell twodays. The phial was
sent from my shop a day or two ago, and contained a
draught for the deceased. On the phial was written
" The draught to be taken directly." Yesterday she
vas cnnsiderably better, and did not require my ats,
tendency;
.but this niorniqg I was seat for in a very
great htirry to attend upon her, and before I could get
ready to goo second messenger came. lost po. time
in-gbing-; ii on iiaching the house I beheld one of
the most .appalling spectacles the human mind can
imagine. The unfortunate Mrs., Coates was Ijing
stretched'on the bed a corpse, and her husband, seven
children, and several other members of the family, sur-
rounding and clinging to her in the agonies of despair:
the husband was like a madman, and cried repeatedly,
44 o'l, my dear, dear, Sarah I" and the children were
weeping over their ill-fated parent. Slch a scene he
never before witnessed. The . baneful decoction was
handed to hint by the husband, and there could be no
doubt. but that had caused her dissolution.

Miss E. Coates, a little girl about 13 years of age,
was next exAmined. On being led into the room, sue
burst into a flood of tears, and sobbed aloud. She stated
that she was the daughter of the deceased, and was the
eiJett but one of seven children. She said that on re.
ceiving the phial from the hostler, she took it up stairs,
and gave it to her eldest sister, who is about 12 months
older than herself. Her sister chewed it to her mother,
and reading the label, she said, al mother, here's
som:thing to do you good—you must take it imme-
diately." Her mother, on seeing the bottle, said, "Oh
dear, why will the D tentr keep sending so much stuff.
when 1 am getting well?" Her sister urged her to take
it, saying, "I am sure, mother, it will do you rod—
now do take it ;" and, so saying, she poured out two
sp.).sluls of the draught, and putting it into a wine
gl.t,s, handed it to her mother, who swallowed it, and
tl.e next moment she exclaimed, "Oh! my dear girl, 1
an, pois,,ned, I am poisoned."
The Jury returned a verdict—That the deceased Mrs. Sarah
Coates came by her death by being accidentally poisoned,

Yesterday evening J. W. Uswri, F.sq. and a most respectable
Jury, assembled at the Crown and Anchor, Cireshire-street, Bethnal-
it ern, to inquire into the clicumstances attendant on the death of
Ars. Faubridge, the Lady of Mr. Fatibridge,s Gentleman residing
in that neighbourhood. It appeared from the evidence of several
witnesses, that as the husband of the deceased' wis driving a- pony.
ch.ake, containing himself, the deceased, his mother, and a child,
:bout nine o'clock iu the evening of Tuesday three weeks, front
I laJley to Barnet. the Liverpool mail-coach drove violently against
toe chaise and overturned tit. The Lind wheel of the coach came
against the head of the deceased and kiiled•hrr. 'llse pony-chaise
was all the proper side set lily road, and there was plenty of room
for the coach to have .passed without coming in contact with it...—
A verdict of Matuteogaiet was returned against Richard Wells,
GI It/Cr of the Liverpool mail, and a warrant was immediately issued
tor•his appr.hension.

The Diik- de MoNrtiaztmo, son of the celebrated
Marshal LANNLS. Comic de MONTALIVIIiTi a Peer of
F.anC.', Colotiel MARLOIOW4 Aid•de-camp 40 General
J‘itytioaN, and several other distinguished Carrigan's,
.•a:rved in Cimbridge University during the Flesent
ureic, and expressed the bighesi gratification at their
visit to this repo • ned :ea, of learning.
FA timer 'FAlL—Yesterday, according to annual
custom, it bsing the hr t Friday in July, the festivities
of Faiths!, cosainenced at an early hour, and continued
t'.taughqut the day with great spit it. The •ery layout-,
ab e state rrt the. weather (the heat not being so op-
pressive as in the earlier days of tie week) occasioned
inametnis citizens and their wives to congregate around
the celebrated oak, wLich is novr " fast mouldering to
ovcay"—scarcely a vestige or relic of this once famous
cal remaining, to tell of its forme! greatness.

ST. OLAVES, ITART-STREE-T.

Thursday. a Generai Meettng.of the Inhabitants
the Parish of St. Olives, Harte•street, was held in t

Vestry, pntsnant to ‘e nequisiffiih.7 fur dte plopose of
receiving the Report of the Committee in relatio9.
Tithes, nnd the Advowsons of the Parish.
A little before the tune of meeting, IN. Owen at.
tended, and to k possession of the Chair, by vistse of
his right, as Rector.
The Report was read by the Ch4rman. It detailed
the prlceedings which bad taken place on the subject
since the former Report, and represented that she enor-
mous grievance under which this and other pari,hes
suffered, in respect of Tithes, was now beginning to be
appreciated by all classes.—Upon the presentment of
the Petitions of the parishioners to both Houses of
Parliament, those •ehement supporters of what were
called the tights of the Church discontinued the lan-
gna3e with which the complaints of the inhabitants we,e
first met, and they were now no long-r called spoliators.
The Report recommended that the sufferers under tithe
exactions should carry their complaints, from time to
time, to Parliament, and make known some of the con-
stant cases of extreme oppression. The Report com-
plained that the inhabitants had suffered greatly !roil
the misrepresentations made by the Bishop pf
through, undouhteally, communications from the Rec-
tor. His Lordship had stated that he was ignorant of
any bargain, or proposed bargain, between D►. Owen
and the parish ; but the Committee were enabled ti
state that they had the proposal from the Doctor
him.elf.

Dr. ()wen —Where is it? I shoul4l like to see it.

Mr. Jones (the late Churchwarden)—There it is, signed, Doctor,
by yourself.
It is as follows: " Dr. Owen to receive for his life 1,0001. per
annum. For Al tithes above that sum br. Owen is willing to ac-
cept the sum of $,OOOl. The public bodies then to be on a footing
with all the rest of the parish. This plan h understood to depend
upon the concurrence of the Bishop of Louden, but Dr. Owen is
willing to use his influence with his Lordship, to obtain his consent.
(Signed) " H. B. OM EN.
" E. H. JONES."

The CHAIRMAN stated, that they had proposed to
give the Doctor 6,0001. instead of 8,0001. provided that
the Bishop of London would consent that the stipend of
the future incumbents should not exceed 8001. instead
of the exorbitant sum of 1,8001. per annum, and pro.
vided that a Bill was carried through Parliament to
this effect. They wrote to the Bishop, and expte•sed
their hopes that he would consider the proposed stipend
for the present and future incumbents liberal, when he
recollected that the living was vested in the Elders of
the parish for the inhabitants. His Lordship acknow-
ledged the receipt of their letter, but seemed to think
that their proposal could not be entertained. What was
their astonishment on hearing him express his surprise
in the House of Lords that it had gone to the extent
mentioned, and declare that tbere was but one course
left for him to pursue with respect to it—namely, " to
stigmatize it with his • most decided reprobation."—
The public were led by these observations to suppose
tit►t they had entered into some surreptitious or im-
proper bargain with the Doctor. As the proposal ori-
ginated with the Doctor, they had sent a respectful
letter to his Lordship, reminding him of his knowledge
of the transaction; that he had not previously thought
it one deserving of reproba ion : and expressing a hope
that he weuld do them the justice of vindicating them
from the aspersions to which they were subject in con
sequence of his erroneous statement. To this letter
they received no answer.—(Hear, hear).
It was moved that the Report should be received and adopted.
A long discussion ensued, in the course of which Mr. Saunders
addressed the meeting on some legal proceedings, against the intro-
duction of which Dr. Owen gave in a written 'protest.
It was moved then by Mr. Younger? seconded by Mr. Clife.
That the Report of the Commiuee, together with the correspobd-
enee to which it teferred, should be received, adopted, printed, and
dreulated. This motion was carried unanimously.
On the motion of Mr. Bukbunb, seconded by Mr. Southey, it
woe resolved, That an early Vestry should be conveuekto consider
what further measures should be adopted.