The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-18 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

11011Prithly Overdo, an inquisition was held at the sign of the
Jelly M•llers. in Webber-row. Illieckfriars-rand. before--
1 Su a..tio x, Esq. on the bodies of Thotnas and William Higgs,
Iwo infants. under 1-ten yea,s of age, who perished in the late
coningrittion. The 'Jury :having been swo.n. retired to view
the bodies, which presented a horrid spectacle, and were in a
mutilated state.
IW. Yell,Colll, of Nn. 9. Finhdenspinee, hat.maker, staled, he
•moted a sepnrater..nat in Mr. Higg' house for his business.—
About half past seven Mr. Hire' left home. nod requested his
jourrieituten to orepore the hate for the dr % int stove. The coin-
isreows;ir::isinmudiserd, i:- spirits ofw
on thelneb.satadanetnripente
tt,iineok;
its:vhorm.deplisiiicreitd,
dropped from it. which inststttly blazed tind set several (Ahem
on Are. The drying stove is situated In the lower 11/411 of the
house under the Valour. The family generally resided in the
pmrlonr. but bud, within them few dais. retired to the hr.!.
room above stairs. They consisted of Mr. Aid Mrs. Higgs rind
four children. When the witness first perceived the lire, he
went tote two pails of water in endeavour In extioguish it,
hot not having she desired elect. he ntarmed Mrs tiletc, whit
immediately one down stairs, with her youngest infant in her
arms. and before she could return again. the tames had in-
creased to ..nth an extent, that nll efforts proved fruitless. Wit-
ness attempted thrice to return to preserve the other children,
but found it insliossible.
A Jutyman observed he was near the spot at the time the
lire was horning, mid its a few minutes it bidder was placed to
the Ent-flsor whitlow, when a person of the a tme of John
Rewires, in the most proise-wmihy twormer. mad at the bagaid
of his own lire. ascended the ladder. and succeeded iu reselling
nee of the three remaining children from destruction, the other
tw.. fell a snerithe. He was most dreadfully hurried the or-
casino. mid was convesed to Goy's Hospital, where vets little
hopes are entertained of his recovery.
John Fenster. kowneymon to Mr. Higgs. ohsersed. he was
stiffening the huts with the composition jit the time. to prepare
them for the drying hove, when some spirits dropped souse how
K other. which lie could not account for—thi. communicated to
the other hap near. and set Clem on fire Witness endeavour..
ed to fetch water, hut to no purpose. The vi hole of she pro.
petty was destroyed. The stove, he (witness) observed, might
contain front six to eight hats nt slime.
No more evidence being Rddneed to the Jury,
the Coroner
addressed them.- whoa they botostly return* A verdict of—
; —Accidental Death...___._:...

On lest Teesday night, as Mr. King, Superintend- I
ant of the improvements nob making et Burlingto9l44
house and gardens, was sitting at home with his
wife, to whom he was reading, in the parlour, a fa•
testae lapdog of Mrs. King's, which lay on the
hearth-rug, began to bite Mr. King's shoes in ale. •
• rious manner. Supposing the animal was only !s-
-howing under a fit, Mr. King kicked him away;
which only excited his fery, and he made several, at-
tempts to bite Mr. King, who, to save himself, at.
tempted to posh away the animal with both his
bends. At length, he laid hold of two of Mr.
King's fingers, which he tore in a dreadful manner.
Mr. end Mrs. King became mach alarmed, *and our.
gical assistance was immediately sent for ; the place
bitten was immediately burned* with caustic, and the
wound dressed. Nest morning, Mr. Thompson,
surgeon, of Holton/Orden, and twin other medical
gentlemen, attended; the dog was killed, and the
intestines carefully examined by the surgeons, who
from the appearances were convinced that the 'dog
laboured under hydrophobia. The part bitten las
.thee cemptetely cutaway from Mr. King's fingers,*
and the wound fresh dressed. The surgeons, we are
happy to learn, have no apprehension of Mr. King's
ultimate recovery, from the circumstance that the
ting's‘teeth were perfectly cleaned
..from the saliva,
co. the ember of, tinge' it hit through Mt. King's
clothes, pleviout to biting