Star.
London, England, 1817-10-11 00:00:00

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At' Inquest was held at the Workhouse is Gray's
Ina-lane en Wednesday evening. upon the body of
John Lowlan, who was brought to the parish watch-
house of St. Andrew on Thursday se'naight in a dy-
ing state. The inquisition, from the peculiar inte-
rest excited, lasted from seven o'clock until after one
the next morning.
Mr. TAYLOR, the Vestry Clerk, stated to the Court
that he had been ordered by a specific vote of the
Parish Officers to attend on their behalf, in conse-
quence of reports in some of the Newspapers char-
ging the Parish Officers with great inlinotanity—..par-
ticularly one, which stated the deceased to have died
of famine, and that a public inquiry had been on that
account suppressed : he added, that lie confidently
relied upon the peculiar intelligence of this Jury, and
only desired an opportunity of examining any wit-
ness where it was necessary to pa the parish right
with the Public. .

The Concatea assented to the propriety of this
course, and the examination began with the evi-
'dence of Lawrence, one of the parish watchmen, who
stated that he found the deceased, about nine o'clock
on Thursday night, in Liquorpond street; he seemed
extremely taint, and said he lived in St. Gtles's P:-
rish. The watchman gave hint some spirits to revive
him, and passed him on in the ditection of St. Giles's.
Upon delivering him over to the St. G.les's watch-
ni an, the deceased stated he lived in Field-lane, and
he was then passed in that direction.
Mr. Sahhott, the Magistrate, deposed, that he oh-
'sersed the deceased on the pavement. in Bedford-
ab .ut eleven o'clock, in an extremely had state,
and ordered him to he taken to the watch•hcuse.—
Upon farther exantination, he denied having ever
heard that orders had been given not to bring persons
in that state to the watcb.house; and added, that he
observed, as a Magistrate, the management of these
parishes during many years, which explicitly tes;ifie.4
that the Officers had always acted with great hum t-
ufty and propriety.
The Apothecary for the Parishes deposed, that he
was sent for to the watch-house aboui twelve ; that
he found the deceased greatly emaciated, and in a
dying state. There was hot the least appearance of.
his illness having been occasioned by ill usage. It
was at general decay. He ordered cordials to be ad.
ministered, and every care to be taken of him, and
remained iiith him two hours. The room in which
he was placed was over.watrn, therefore he desired
that it might be made cooler. He added, that the
deceased would have had no chance of living had he
been placed on a bed of down.
The CORONER here expressed himself fully satis-
fied; but the parishes wishing to go into farther evi-
dence, the woman with whom the deceased lodged
was called. Sue stated that the deceased lived in the
same house with her, No. 2, Field-court, Field-lane,
where be bad resided upwards of two years. He
had had a bad asthma, and was out on Thursday
for a little air. He was not in want. * He that day
nad dine.l.cff beet steaks, had drank half a pint of
and. bad smoked his pipe. He was not a pa-
rtsl'ichm- of these parishes.
Via-diet—Died by the visitation of.Gon.
Inquisition war taken yesterday, at the Hun-
tcts' Arms, Comptne-street, Russell square,
tins, ()palm body of Mary Ann Low, aged two years.
Mary Love, of Inrsex Campton-place. Compton-
,tract, the mother of the deceased, said t!tat on Sun-
day afternoon, alroalive o'clock, the deceased, her-
self, and two other of her children, were in the coon.
on the first boor. It was about tea-time, and the
kettle was no the hob of the grate; she went to the
window, and was looking through, when she 'heard
the screams of the deceased, who had got to the tea-
kettle and drank a quantity of hot water. She was
in great agony; her mluth, throat, and stomach,
were badly scalded. Mr. Uppom, surgeon, attended
her ; she lived in extreme pain till Tuesday, and then
expired. Her children %sere in the habit of drinking
.datiteler, spout of the tea-kettle when it contained cold
w and she was of opinion that the deceased
thought that cold water was in the kettle when she
drank out of it.—The Jury told the witness that they
thought her conduct was not altogether free from
blame, in suffering her children to drink at the spout
of a tea kettle. Verdict—Accidental Deaths

Tuesday morning, between four and five o'clock,
en alarming fire broke out on the premises of Messrs.
FRANKLIW, H.I.IMPHRTS, and FRANKLIN, tobacconists,
on the Back, at Basta!, which raged with considera-
ble fury for nearly two hours ; but by the prompt ar-
rival of the engines, and great exertions of the neigh-
bours, &c. was prevented from reaching their valua-
ble manufactory. The upper part of the house is
completely destroyed.

Thursday, early in the morning, a young woman,
hating the appearance of a respectable servant, called
at the house of a Lady. in Grcre.lane, Camberwell,
with a request purporting to be from a particular
friend, that she would oblige her with the loan' of
some ,able spoons, which was immediately complied
with. and it is unnecessary to add, she has not since
been heard of.

Eleven of the convicts In Clonmel Jail lately made
An attempt to escape. They bad cut off their bolts,
broke through a wall, cut through five iron and three
wooden doors, and got to an inner yard where they
tore open a necessary through which they entered into
the sewer that communicates with the main sewer in
the street; having entered the main sewer, they bad to.
pass through iron bars placed across it for security,
and actually got to another grate of a similar, kind
which they cut nearly through, but king missed a
search was made, and the .street opened at the last-
mentioned grating, where they were all taken..
Bunco AT BIUGHTON...The amateurs of the fisik
art had a morning's play at Brighton on Tuesday,
to keep pace with the Londoners, at Sheppenon. A
pitched battle for. ten guineas to the winner, and.five
to the loser, was fought on the race-counsel, between
jiyivhose, a.empenter of the town, and Alm Broom.
a groom. The carpenter had a atone in weight against
superior science, end he bad all the lead he could
wish in the firstfour rounds; the groom began after-.
wards to team him, and to show his science about
his head, until he brrioght it accessible to his right
ht ad,srescb,he used unmercifully. Having brought
bit adversary down to .his weight, Brawn won tole-
'ably-easy hitt* suure.l49 Abut .4 NM. • .