About seven o'clock on Su...
The Times, 1824-10-26T00:00:00

About seven o'clock oa Sunday evening, a woman, ap- parer.tly between 20 and 30 years af age, went into the King's Arms public-house, in Blackman-street, Borough, and called for a glass of gin, which she rcqacsted iniglit bc put into a large ttumbler. She tben called for a little water to be added to it, and a lump of sugar. Upon taking the glass, she took front her pocket a paper, the contents of whichi shc emptied into the glass, and swallowed off the draught. The mement it was drank she exclaimed, " I have taken poison, and I hope it will kill me!-" The person who served her *with the gin, &c., on hearing the exclamation, rit oat into thc street, and seeing Warbey, the street-keeper, inforned hin of the circum- stance. At this2period the unfortunate woman enricavoured to rmin away, but sitc had ouly proceeded a fbw steps from the King's Artnn, whien she placed her back against a shop-window, front wvhence she was conveyed to St. T7homas's Hospital1 after vialent struggles to esicape from the persons who were conveying her. On arriving at the hospital, AMr. Jukes's patent mrachine was successftilly introduced into her stomach, and the poison dislodged, which, upon analyza- tion, proved to be sugar ot lead. Aifter the operation was over, the patient was put to bed, where site soon fell into a sound sleep, attd on awaking, shei only conmplained of a slilht sensation of numb- ness at the extremities, and also a degree of tendemess in the scmo- phagus, the latter proceeding from the introduction of the instru- ment. We uoderbtood yesterday at th bhospital that she wa flearly in a convalescent state. Shc still refuses to give lier name, br assigin the cause of her taking tho poison. OXFORDSHIIm E.-On iMoiday last, thie counly sessions cominence(l before W-. 1. Ashurst, Esq., AMP., Chairman, the 13arl of lacelestield, ILord Churchill, IV. B. Taunton, Esq., and a nuntero,s and highly respectable Bench of tMagistrates. The Ciair- mtan, in his charge to the Grand Jury, said that he had frequently had occasiom to refer to the mischievous practice of employing Roundsmen, which still ltrevailed in many parishes. * He now again recurred to the subject, in consequence of the recoimendation of a Committee ol' the House of Comimons, which sat daring the last ses- sion of Parlianimnt on the state of the labouring classes of thc coutn- try, and who stroagly recommendedI to magistrates aliit country gen- -tihuten, to discountetiance this practice, as beinghighly prejudtcialto tbe interest of the employers, and subversive at' the good principldg' of the labourer. 'Imhc Chairman stated, that it mnust ptincipallY,dite pend on the co-operation of the gentlemen in the class of l-fe'oMthoW he was then addressing, to get rid of this injurious syster%, and, he confidently lookedl to thcr to assist in so desirable an object. The Ciairmnai, in caUing the attention of thme (jrmnd Jury to this sub- ject, sp,oke not only his own sentimnents, but those of tile whole of the magistrates of the county. FoRngSeso 'r.-Tlse osvcrthirow of some persons' fortunes, and the sudden rise of those of others, gre worthy Bubjects'of reflee. tioi; consequently, says a French observer, I[never give alms to a beggar without sayitig to him-..." Friend, think of men if yoA hmappen 1O bccomp a 41unlater, a directri, of a deputy."