Star.
London, England, 1818-08-07 00:00:00

CORONER S LVQI' EST;

An inquisition was taken on Wednesday afternoon,
which lasted eight hours, at the Hog in Armour, in
Great Saffron-hill, on the body of an illegitimate child,
the daughter of a woman named Ann Loades, alias
Watts. Esther Harford, wife of G. Harford, coachman,
' sworn—She is landlady of No. 112, Saffron-hill ;
about three weeks ago the mother of the deceased
came to lodge in one of her apartments ; the room
was taken the day before by some of her friends ;
she came in a coach, and had a child wrapped up
in some flannel in her arms; she was taken up stairs
and put to bed. Witness had since learned that the
mother was delivered of the child on the day before
she came to her house. During the time she lodged
in her house she never suckled the child, and never
fed it, but at intervals, she would draw some milk
from her breasts, when she was spoken to about her
conduct, and would give it to the -child with a spoon.
The deceased was not cleaned by its mother while it
was in her house, and appeared to be dying from
want of food and cleanliness. Witness spoke to the'
mother about her unnatural conduct, and she said'
that "the child would not live, it was no use doing
any thing to it ; she had taken he advice of a Doctor, ,
and he told her that it would surely die, and it was
no use her doing-any thing for it." The mother of
the deceased asked witness to let her leave the child
in her care on Thursday last ; she promised to at-
tend to it ; she went up stairs when the mother was
gone out; but frstu- the filthy state of the child, she
could not touch it ; all the skin was off the extremi-
ties of the child. , Witness having a child of her
own, drew some milk from her breast, and gave it
to the deceased with a spoon; and was shocked at
seeing it take it in such a ravenous manner. When
the mother came in, witness told her that her child
was dying from want of food, the mother replied,'
that " it was no business of her's, and it would best'
become her to attend to her own concerns." There
were no clothes upon the deceased, and the Mother
said she had not done any thing to the child since
Monday (four days.) Witness offered to fetch some
clothes, bur the mother refused to have them. Wit-
ness insisted upon having the child washed, and
stood by while it was done. She went up again in
the evening, and asked the mother if she had fed it;
she said she had milked her breasts, and had fed the
child with a spoon with the milk. The mother told
%sinless that the reason the child was in such a state
was, because when she was pregnant she took some
stuff to cause an abortion. The deceased died on
Saturday last, and, in her opinion, from the neglect
of its mother.--Mr. John Taunton,'surgeon, of liat-
ton-garden, examined the body. It was extremely
emaciated ; but there were no external marks of vio-
lence. The emaciation appeared to have been pro-
duced by neglect.—Mary Ann Loades, of Gray's-
Inn-lane, said, her daughter was the mother of the
deceased ; she was delivered last Monday three weeks.
The mother was only 20 years of age.—The Jury,
after an hour's consultation, returned a verdict—That
the Death of the Child was produced by the gross
Neglect of the Mother. This, the Coroner informed
them, amounted to a verdict of Wilful Murder, and
no doubt the Parish would prosecute accordingly.

HYDROMOBIA.--The Chevalier BRECDESLOW, Cap-
tain of Hussars in the Prussian service, was bitten by
his dog at Dantzig, in the course of February last.—
'lie wound was very slight, but the dog was killed,
it having At the same time torn its mastter s pelisse,
And 501i...5c.! to be attacked by madness. The
hov:ever, paid no attention to the wound,
and did not think it necessary to have recourse to
medical attl. On the 10ili of July having asked for
a glass of water, the sight of this beverage inspired
him with a repugnance which he could not overcome
S:inp. toms of hydrophobia then began to n a ,ifs
ti;ernselrcs. Meidieal aid was called in, but without
effect, and he died on the 14th.
KINWITOS, (JAMAICA) Junta Sap—Tract of a let-
ter from Luca, June 16 s--" We fwd a most atro-
cious atternpt to murder one of our Magistrates and
the Clerk of the Peace on Friday last ; they had been
eugaged in adjusting an ac count between a man of
the name of Donald WCallam and a seaman, for-
merly employed by him, and had decided that a
balance was due to the seaman of Is. Sid. Upon
being told that if he did not pay that sum a warrant
would be issued against him, he drew a brace of
pistols out of his pocket, presented and discharged
one of them at the head of Mr. Alexander M'Callum,
one of the Sitting Magistrates. The ball went in at
his right temple, and lodged in the eye-brow ;it has
since been extracted, and there ate some hopes of
Mr. Nl‘Callum recovering. After DonaldM'Callum
had lived the pistol at Alexander M'Callum, he pre-
seut,:cl the other at Mr. Keys, the Clerk of the Peace.
Mr. Keys observed him, and stooped down under the
desk ; Donald DI-C..allum then stooped down under
the desk, and presented his pistol, and shot him
about two inAies under the arm-pit ; but the ball
-cannot be traced, and he is in most Imminent danger.
Donald M'Callum was secured, and sent to the
county jail at Montego Bay."
Ricaisotm, JULY U.—(From an diveriMit Paper.)
A Gentleman of great respectability informs us of a
very singular event which happened a few days since
in Hanover County, on the plantation of a Mrs.
HAwss, within a few miles of this city. A negro
woman left her sucking child asleep in her cabin to
bring water from a spring. On returning to her
humble dwelling, what was her astonishment and
horror at seeing a black snake coiled round the neck
of her infant, with its mouth applied to, and appa-
rently introduced into that of the child I Words are
too faint to give an adequate idea of the feelings of
the mother. With the wild shriek of horror she rush-
ed from the cabin, crying aloud for assistance, and
flew into the presence of her mistress. There was not
a man near them. They returned with the utmost
precipitation to the cabin, whence they saw the snake
departing, who, glidirtg.through the weeds, effected
his escape. On examining the poor infant, it was
found dead. It is kTiown that black snakes are fond
of milk, and that to satiate their appetite, they will
sometimes twine themselves around the legs of the
cow, in order to suck its teats. It is supposed that,
allured by the smell of milk in the mouth of the
child, the snake coiled around its neck, and applied
its mouth to that of the infant. Its gripe is known to
be very strong, and by this, as well as by introducing
its .head into the mouth, completely strangled the
baby. It had no marks of a bite about it.