Star.
London, England, 1818-11-28 00:00:00

MORTALITY!—There is not one Judge in the Court
of King's gench, who sat there ten years ago:--nor
one in the. Court of Common Pleisand but two in
the Exchecjiier.: 'ln that time, Teo, we have buried
eleven Prelates, of distinguished talents--and, in that .
time, we have also lost eight Aldermen
STRIKIkki REVERSE OF FORTUNEITI the STAR
and other Papers, the week before last, was given
the trial of J. Robinson, a Cotton-spinner, at the
Salford quarter Sossions, for a conspiracy, in con- •
junction With other Cotton-spinners, to raise their
wages, during the late turn-out.—This man, with his
elder brother and two other persons, built that large
pile.pf buildings, which stand on the banks of the fr.
well,.at Manchester, (still known by the name of Ro-
binson's factory). In this they carried on an exten-
siire and lucrative business for man} years ; they also
purchased large estates in Yorkshire, and the elder
brother commenced building a wall of three miles in
extent, round his park and mansion. They failed;
however, from over-speculation ; and the brother,
.who was the principal in the firm, is now an inipate
of the Poor-house; the other is reduced to the hum-
ble situation. of a journeyman Spinner.—Sic transit
gloria ,nundi.
E::TRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCR.—Yesterday an
Inquisition was taken, at Christchurch Workhouse,
upon the skeleton of an ii.fant, when the following
particulars transpired in evidence ;—About a fort-
night ago, the cook of Mr. Muggeridge, of Bennet-
street, Blackfriars, who had been in the service of
that Gentleman for a ,period of ten years, died • her.
name was Ann Pace, her age about 50. Mrs. Mug-.
geridge expecting that her relations would claim her
wearing apparel and the whole of the property .
which she died possessed, determined upon taking en
inventory of the various articles ; and accompanied
by two female servants, went into the room for that
.i urtxj.s n ose, where the deceased domestic had slept.—
opening i trunk she was struck with horror at
the -sight at the ikull of an infant r and, being ex-
ces4vafterrified, she abandoned the idea of. further
search, and coipmunicated the circumstanc( to Dr.
Gaysley; the medical attendant of the family,., who
re-opened the trunk, and found it to contain the
whole of a human.skeleton, the head severed from
the body. On the suggestion of *an undertaker who
was employed•to provide a coffin and inter it, a con-.
sultatipn was Jeld between Mr. Muggetidr and .
..
parish officers, and it was determined to bring the af.
fair under the ,notice of the Coroner and Jury: It:
was stated, that during the time of her service in Mr.
Mu,ggeridge.sfamily, the deceased servant had never
shewn any symptoms of pregnancy. Her conduct
was kene ral 1 y correct, her character irreproachable:
,she had alivays shewn an extraordinary anxiety for,
di'.iafity Cif thi trunk in. which the skeleton was
fouhd. The canse•viacnot suspicted ; it was conjeo.•
turesl that it contai'aed her best clothes. Dr. Gaysley.
staitcdoli:it when she aisiovercds the skeleton, it was.
. fivily squet thit 4 with difficOlty F e parit.eol
host (rpm e back; the separation of the h
''grra.causek.l ii.. eta'i. }lx considered that it rou
Syc been in, the- trunk,duringa 'period of 15 or X 0
years. :The pria4allio' rxes.peing entire, no circpni-
souice e4istcd.-te ;guide his jpdgment in Termini Jo
lif
idea 1r4";1,74ing the . .ofLhe brain's ch;a4„ 74.1.
.Jury ,itod for o'; Siderable time, and ietoryiedl
.A verdict of—Pound id, and very malt deltaie&
in a box belonging to 4nn Pax.