Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-06-27
From a tote London paper .

IuUIiUH HBuHt9 AfBHt LQCfnR.p-On
Tuesday evanis3, an ,nques, was beld befor.
Mr.. Baker, ut the Ko,e snd Crown poblic
house, Charles ST., Sispney, on view VI ,Ls
body OF Miss Beisey llarIu, a Gns young
woman, % years Of age, who came TO her
death under the following circumstances:
Mr.. Richard PaisT,s surgeon, tesidiug in
the Commercial road. stated that ON SUNDAY
evening last, no was ss0, for 10 attend The
deceased. On going to bei nioibef's house.
he found her lying on the csspst in the back
psIlor. She wss then quite dead, but the bodv
was no, cold For ths. satisfaction Of her
friends be opened vein IN hsr arm, but only
few drops OF blood followed the ,neison. -
On that morning he opened ihe body and
head OF the deceased, and found the brain In a
state vi congestion. This, he Imagined, was
produced by compr sssioD on the descending
aria, from a very heavy meal. aud great pres
sure from tho stays OF the deceased, which M
the time OF her death was really incredible.
The effect OF tho pressure was, that the blood
was prevented FROM passing In It's ordinary
course TO the lower eIiremitiss, and conss-
| quently caused g'es'er dow of IL 10 the iuRs
| and braiu. The stomach aud iniestines were
perfectly healthy, bot thu two latter wers
| considerably dis ended with fluids aud food.
| There waa an excessive quantity Of roast beef
aud spiuach ia the stomach. which appeared
10 have bssn bu, recently taken. lie was
oil opinion that tue congestion Of blood on the
BRAN, which she was predsposed 10 ron her
make, and which was occssiOned by tue pres
sure he had before desoIibsd, produced apo
pleIy, which was the Cause vi the death of
| the deceased.
| Mrs. Rogers, a lady living neHt door 10 The
deceased, deposed tbstaboat half past 8 o'clock
on Sunday evening, shs was called Ia TO see
| tho deceased. On entering the house the
deceased lay 10 The passage apparently liielesS,
and seemed as IL she had just expired She was
| removed into the back psro and she wit
| nsss) assisted IN uploosng her clothes, which
| we're extremely tight round the body. Her
stays were laced particularly tighi--so much
so. as Ia her (w,,ness's) opinion to cause D
very unhealthy aud improper pressure. Indeed
she did not know how tue deceased could have
.orns them on, add was nor surprised at their
| having oecasoued her death. There were no
marks Of violence Oh the body. The deceased
lived v i'm her mother and sister, aud, as far as
she (witness) was able 10 Jadge, They lived OH
the most friendly and aifectIonaie terms win
each other. Witness saw tho deceased on
| Sunday morning, wheI she appeared IN psTiees
| health.
Mrs. Ann Maria Wood, sister 10 the deceas.
ed, said that she was nj the house of her
mot her on Sunday evening, when the deceased
died Throughout the day she was in excel
len, health aud spirits. aid ate a hearty din
ner of roast beef, spinach, pudding, bread and
ale, abou, o. o'clock. She made no complaint
Of ,lnsss during the evening, but merely once
or w ice said that she felt rather sleepy. ,Abog
y o clock the deceased was standing with her
mother at the float door, adDiring the be all
ties of the moon. Her mother observed tina, il
was absurd to Imagine that the moon had q
(scr.--Upon which the deceased remarked.
that that which was generally taken for, and
called by some tho man, and by Others the face
in the u pom. were mount aims, and that il (the
NOON formed another world. Just az she
pronounced the lsst word she fell back in tba
. hall. excIaim'og " Oh mama" aud neyeE
spoke more.
Lhe jury, without hesitation, returned q
verdict tha, the deceased died pf spoplsxy,
: produced by her stays being too tightly laced
aud expressed a hope that the proceedings
p, nigh get publicity. ~ they pight serve 10
warn females agsiust practice which was SO
decidedly Injurious 10 their health. and in tnr-
nv instances the cause oil death.
u CHM Con.-Iu late trial at Madrid, the
l. offending parties were sentenced--the lady 10
II close contn- men, 10 prison Tor tea years, and
: the gentleman tn eight years hard labour oI
the coast OF Afrca--aud both to the costs OF the
: trial. What conservation would law Of thiy
kind occasion ~ L1udon!