The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-01-26 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Saturday night an Inquisition was held et the At
ple-tree, White Hart-yard, St. Mary-le-Strand, be-
fore 11t)Gli Liam, Esq. on the body of Johr
Connor.
On the Court being opened, a Gentleman who sail
he lived in the Strand, stated to the Coroner, Or
is consequence of report that the deceased was ref
treated and turned out of a notorious brothel, kel
by Mrs. Bates, 35, White Ilart-)ard, be made lie'
sonal enquiry respecting him. Ile found that lie b:
lodged at the house of a milkman named Crevy,
Wild.ereet, he had beers formerly in respectahl
circumstances, but his wife having (lied, leasing hi
with a large family of children, he was reduced
three'of his slaughters unfortunately became prost
lutes, two of them are 110%11 under sentence of deal
in Newgate, and the other is harboured in the hoe
of Mrs. Bates, whose the poor man died ; i,e wi
only 52 yeah of age.
The Jury viewed the body, which was !ail on
table in another room in the house, it was quite
duced and emaciated, but these were no extern,
marks upon it.
Mr. John Delham, No. 11, Bartholomew-clot
parasol and umbrella•maker, deposed, that at sin,
o'clock on Friday night he was going along Drui
lane, and saw the deceased fall upon the patent,
at the end of Clare-court : he assisted him in gets
up, he was very weak, and apparently deprived
utterance; a mob collected, among whom wad
young woman who said the deceased's daughter lost,
ed at Sirs. Bates's house, No 35, White Hest-yer
he was accordingly carried there, but Mrs. Bates
fused to take him in at the soge,estion of witness.
Mr. Stanton, Surgeon, of the rtrartd, wee sent ff
who came as soon as possible, but the deceased
pired before his arrival.
Elizabeth Scofield, servent to Mrs. Bates, w
easnsirserl. She said he nag known there ; that
daughter lodger% in the house; she did Ilia k's
whether he had taken any food since Tuesday nigi
wept one bison of gruel.
The deceased's daughter, who lodged ttt Si
Bsies's house, said Mrs. Bates refused his her
taken into her room. She admitted being a luro,
tote—only 16 )ears old ; her sister is only 13,
also upon the town. The deceased did not encour,
them, but to the contrary, he often said they bra
his heart.
The ConoNta addressed this gill its very affect
terms.
The Jury returned their verdict—Lied by the
silalion of God.

Whoever COUSUIIi a Map of the Ustlto STA
will see that Amelia Island and Galrestorza are
most valuable portions of Florida ; -therefore it
quite natural to expect that the Atnericang *ill be
de.irous to obtain those two important Ports,
Adventurers are to obtain the Three import,
Prit.s of £30,000 each, among the Ope florid,
Capitals in the present Lottery, which, with
wards of Three Thousand other Prizes of Var
values, constitute a Scheme unequalled .elnce
18 Geo. IL—And in addition to all the Prizes
Sterling Money, Three Blanks receive T•r
Pipes of the best Port Wine in the Kingdom. •
CottaT.MatrnAt.,.W.nrrchALL.—TheCuurt.M:
611 on Paymaster SMITH leas concluded. lie
accused by Colonel FAutannaasarr. The char,
were for having fraudulent!) tormented lire fact,
be had,in his possession 160 dollars, the property
the late Serjeant, *ho died in February fast at It,
hadoes, not sa ithstandifig several applications hail-hes
made to him concerning the effect. of the deceased
for disobedience of a'regiMentai °air respecting
balances of money ; and for having Withheld fri
Major TEhitir 511. The decision.osits the aPpru,
of the PRINCE REGENT.,
'the new tragic Play, taken from the Poems
Lord BYRON, is frog the pen of Mr. DIMOND. Th,
hero of the Piece is to be persouified by Mi. Kt.t,
It is iatersrersed with =sits •