Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-09-28

| lnOuS0t ourselves necessarily tUu WHO occupies
much of our thoughts, can forget that we exist,
or at least act as if she did so, that can we'll
excuse the bitterness of poor Byron's feelings Oh
this point, Though not the published sarcasnis
caused by this bitterness; and whatever may be
the suffer,nss of Lady Byron, they are more than
avenged by what her husband feels.
Death from, Starvation; or, The Effects of com,
ing to a Fortme.-An inquisiion was held in
the pairing workhouse, Huundsdtch. London.
touching the death Of Mr.. ] Corris aged So,
formerly carrying on an extensive business in
Stepney as cooper. William Reading, watch
man, stated. that on Friday morning last. be-
| tween three and four o'clock, he saw the deceas-
ell lying under the shambles in Aldgate, and
again IN the same spot on Sunday morning about
one O'Clock. He appeared to be in very weak
state; 50 much so, that when witness lifted him
on his legs he was unable to stand upright, and
! he was nearly destitute Of clothing. On being
Questioned by witness, he said that he had ap-
pied to the oyeTseers of ST. George's-in the
East on the preceding Wednesday. for the pur.
pn.e of being admitted into the house, but that
they told hlm he must apply again on the follow
tusea. Ne: he said that the magistrates Of Lam
beth street were as bad as the parish officers
| Co,oner-Did he say he had been before them?
No Finding, on ltung him up, that he had re
ceived severe cut over his eyebrow from fall,
| | got a barrow and wheeled him to the parish SUR
| geun. who pronounced HIN 10 be in bad way,
and ordered hlm 10 he taken TO the workhouse,
where he followed him himself, and Immediately
had BIN put 10 bed. and there administered To
his wants. The oyerseers OF St George's-iD -the-
| East denied Sing knaw'cd@r IT the deceased,
or his application Mrs. S narvey, OF FaIr-st.,
S.epney. stated that t.e deceased had resided
xi:a her g.. ne iasj TO years. Dat had been un-
| fortunate ia ,,losss. hOnut IS months ago he
| had received 9l60, since Which he had become
Idle and good tor nothing; and about six months
ago he left her i'll state OF poverty; since which
she had never seen him until he vas brought into
the workhousc. lie had considerable property
in Chancery; but, being very hashiul, he would
never ask boon of any one. Mr. Davis, Qua
ker, in AIdgate, said he had known the deceased
for many years. but had not seen him for length
Of time until last Wednesday evening, when he
called upon witness; but, IN 80 emaciated n state,
he did not recognize HIM. Witness offered him
some beef and porter, but he could not eat. He
then said he was going tn be taken INTO st.
Georges workhouse the following day; but Wit
ness doubted his going there, as he always had
an idea that the surgeons, after death, claimed
the bodies. thing which he felt greatly alarmed
at Mr.. Davis, the parish surgeon, deposed,
that when he was called upon to attend the de-
ceased he found his pulse weak, and that from
his emaciated state he was convinced he died
from want. Every thing was done for him in the
workhouse to recover him, but he died on the
same day he was brought in When witness
first saw him he was was covered with filth. Sc
verai other respectable persons who knew the
deceased, stated that had he only inform
ed them of his situation, he would instantly
have been relieved by them. The Jury returned
verdict: That the deceased died from starv-
alton; but are of opinion thai every possible at
tentiun had been paid to him in the workhouse."
I'm account Of several desceats IN a air'p q
BeH.-Tne curiosity and arx,cty OF people ~
Portsmouth, New-Hanpshire, were considerably
excited during the autumn Of 1906, by an ad-
venture many times repeated, winch, in that
par, of the United States, was the first of the
kind ever attempted.
About two wears previousls,a gondola, con.
tanning nearly twenty tons of bar iron, was &C.
cdentaly sunk in the Piscataqua river, at the
distance OF thirty Yards from SImes's wharf,
where at low water, there IS depth Of sixty.
two feet.
Ebenezer Clifford, Esq. Of Exeter, and Capt.
Richard Trlpe of Dover, formed determine.
ton to attempt ITS recovery, and accordingly
prepared diri,g bell, five feet nine inches high.
whose diameter at the bottom was five feet, and
at the top, three in the clear. With aid of this,
it was their intention to get such hold Of the gon-
dos as to suspend and bring it ashore. Seats
we're fixed for the accommodation Of two men, and
spank of an old anchor across the base Of the d..
wing BELL served as resting place to their feet.
A competent number of iron weights, each Sc
lbs being properly secured on the rim of the
base, SO as to make the whole apparatus amount
to nearly two tons, Clifford and Tripe descend
ed to the bottom of the Piscataqua. the former
six, ard the latter ten or twelve times. Several
others occasionally followed their example. and
the confidence Of safety was, at'length. so great
that some of the men, who assisted the adven
turers. preferred going down in the diving bell
to working at the windlass. bv which it was low.
cred and holsted. Two persons usually went to-