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meant. From the personal examination I an quite certain
that the prisoner was recently delivered.
The coroner in addressing the jury said, his observations
would be very brief, inasmuch as it being in evidence that the
child was still born, their verdict must be to that effect, for
his jurisdiction did not extend to the concealment of preg-
nancy, which must be dealt with elsewhere. He should how-
ever, hand over the depositions to the police magistrate, who
would doubtless take cognisance of the case, the details of
which were too revolting to be dwelt upon.
The jury then returned a verdict to the effect that the de-
ceased had been " still horn."
The coroner then directed the proper officer to detain the
prisoner in custody in the workhouse until her case was made
known to Mr. Rushton, and a decision was come to as to
future proceedings against her.
The prisoner is rather a young woman, of fair complexion,
with sandy or reddish hair. She appeared pale and slightly
depressed, but has doubtless in somewhat earlier life been
good-looking. There was certainly nothing in her appear-
ance to indicate a proneness to the commission-of an act so
revolting as that which she is supposed to have committed..
We have heard (though we know nothing of the fact our-
selves) that she was formerly the wife of a respectable shop-
keeper in Whitechapel (or Paradise-street), now deceased.

ROBERT ROSE, ESQ., THE BARD OF COLOUR,

AND OURSELVES.

This person, whose impertinent letter to us last week we
mercifully suppressed, is, we find, running up and down our
town in a black passion, threatening horsewhips and we
know not what besides. If the gentleman will aspire to a
ridiculous notoriety we shall oblige him ; and for this pur-
pose we give, at foot, his letter verbatim et literatim—(and
a curiosity it is)—together with two other communications
which have reached us upon the subject. Here they are :
Liverpool, Gth June, 1842.
SIR,—As my time, during my short stay here, is valua-
ble, I should not have given myself the trouble of calling on
you personally, except out of respect to the author of " A
Voice from the Town." He did not present bis poem to
you, but gave me copies of it to distribute as I liked. I
selected your paper among others, and therefore considered
myself justified in writing what I did, as you would never,
but for me have had the work presented to you. The respon-
sibility rested on myself of laying it out (.1) with the press,
which responsibility is at all times unpleasant, especially in
your case, as it has proved. However, as you have
taken a different view [of what ?], I take the opportunity,
previous [previously ?] to my leaving town, of sending
you a volume unmarked, and would thank you to return
the other per bearer, which I left you, as I do not wish
you to have my autograph, (!) as your vanity would
infer. lam gratified, as far as the notice of the work is con-
cerned ; and having performed my promise to the author,
and given you a substitute for the volume I left, I find no
cause to look with disatisfaction on my part in the affair,
and take leave of you with merely stating, so far as my own
impression goes, that it is unworthy of an editor, provided
he possess gentlemanly feelings, or good taste (to which you
appear not to have the least pretensions) to make public
what is scarcely worthy of private notice. If you were short
of matter to fill up your paper, you should have extracted
from the book sent, and not have put forth such trash as you
did. 1 feel almost ashamed to take up the pen to reply
to it ; but having said this much, I, with the most per-
fect good feeling, am willing to make every allowance for
your apparent ignorance of the amenities of life, too often
owing to a deficiency in a polite education, or to a want of
having mixed in good society, which, in justice, I must own,
has not been yourfault, but your misfortune.—Your's, &c.,
R. ROSE.
P.S.—lf you will tell me, in confidence, where you got
your education, I promise you it shall go no further.