Star.
London, England, 1819-01-07 00:00:00

TIIE DROPPED CHILD.

An Inquest was held yesterday, for the purpose of
ascertaining by what means the child found in Tash.
street, and which afterwards died in the Work-house,
had come to its death. The evi»knce went to prove,
that the child, when first found, was eviden ly labour.

ing under the effects of some ~oporitic medicine;
but it was the opinion. of Dr. Dennison, that the
quantity was neither sufficient, nor probably intt-:.'ed
to produce death, No circtunqance t:alspired which
could lead to a discovery of the mother, whose lice::-
tionsness sinks absolutely to nothing, wden compaA
with her barbarity in ,attieriag this iniant to b.:
posed, on a frosty night, in the open streets : but the
deposition of the following winter; explains the
whole transaction, with this exception:
Elizabeth Winter sworn.—About two months aye,
being in want of a nurse-child, I applied to Nits.
Ann Symons, a midwife, residing in Kirby-street,
[Luton-garden, for a child to nurse, my own having
died ; she desired me to call in a few days, as a laity
who was far advanced in pregnancy, would soon
be brought to bed, and the (hill be put out to nurse;
but that it would be only for a few days. I refused
to take it for so shin t :t period, and told Mrs. Symons
that I wanted one for a length of time. Mrs.Symons
then said, that her sister, Mrs. Evans, who lodged in
the same house with use, would take the child, and

I should have another to dry-nurse. I did not see
Mrs. Symons again until alter the deceased was
brought by Mrs. White, sister.in-law to Mrs. Sy-
mons, to the house where I lodge, to be given to
Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Symons's :sister ; it was brought
on Saturday, the Nth of December last, between
twelve and one o'clock, and as Mrs. Evans was not
at home, I had the care of it until the Tuesday fol-
lowing. On Tueiday morning Mrs. White, the
person who brought the child to me, came and said
she must take it back to Mrs. Symons, as it was in-
tended to be sent to wet-nurse on its father's estate
in the country. The child was perfectly healthy
during the time it was with me, and lived on milk
and arrow-root; it was not above three hours old
when it was brought to me on Saturday. I dressed
the child on Tuesday, and carried it to Mrs. Sy-
mons, in Kirby-street, and delivered it to her at four
o'clock in the afternoon ; she paid me 7s. for nursing
it, and informed me that it was going to its fathers
country-seat, about twenty-five miles from London,
to he put to nurse. Whilst I had the child Mrs.
Sys-mans advied me to get some poppies, and give
thmn to the child, as it would keep it constantly
quiet, and was an excellent thing to give a chile
that was cross. On Tuesday ever.;ng, the 15th et
December, I heatd of a child being dropped in Tull.
street ; I went to see it, from an impression en my
mind that it was the same child I had taken to Mrs.
Symons the same afternoon.; I saw it at the Work-
house, and knew it from two red pimples on oi,e
shouldt—, and the mark of red wine, which 1 sup,
pose ;he mother ieceieed while pregnant of it, being
between both its eyes. lie dress the child %vote,
when I delivered it into Mrs. Symons's hands, wrs a
new and beautiful dress : and that now produced ii
mean and dirty, not the same dress, except the-shirt.
It had very black hair ; I am !aire it was the same
child ; I saw it again on the tiAluwing morning, and
was sure that sumethiag had been given to it ine
properly ; it was so mush altered in its appearance
that 1 should not have known it but from the marks
1 have already described. It was drowsy and f.tii•
pitied ; and the ntir,,e told me it had beeu so ever
since she had it. llad the child remained with we,
I feel satisfied it would have been alive at this time.
I advised the nurse to shew it to a doctor; I visited
it six times in the Work-house, and it Sot worse
every time. It was a very piercing cold eight when
the deceased was dropped. I never learned from
Mrs. Symons who the mother of the child was.
Here the evidence closed, when some of the Jur)
proposed to examine Mrs. Symons, who was present,
but some of the Overseers stated, that it would be
highly improper to examine her who was intender
to be prosecuted as a party, and who was now wt.
der bail to answer for the offence, and that they
could not call on her to criminate herself. Here di'
room was cleared.
The Jury, after a sitting of seven hours, and

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consultation of two hours; in compliance with tam
opinion of the Doctors, returned a verdict—Died of
the visitation of Gen,

MARRIED.
Lately, at Tou:, R. S. Stucker, Esq. R. M. to Arse San'S
eldest daughter of the late Rev. William Strong, Rector o:
Norton, in Kent.

DIED.

Monday, in Charlotte street, Fitzroy-equare, after a ft* dart
illness, Nlif. llewers, widow of Captain J. 11. Betters, of t.:
Royal Navy.
On Sunday, the 15th of December, at Berea, in Frarer
Anna Maria, wife of C'pt. Far.shawe, R.N. and second daue
ter of Maior-General Jenkinwn.