The Statesman. — 1822-10-28 (London, England)

ATTEMPTS AT SUICIDE.—A man, of the g • field, driven by the distress of the times poor house, made an attempt, last week. to pet to his existence by tutting his threat. man lies ins dangerous state--Jsmee Clay, a joecuep., ilit man plasterer of Brighton, against whom a warrant had been Issued for having deserted his wife sod family, and takes up with a lewd woman, suspended himself by the peck on Wednesday night; but was dianovered jest he time and cat down. He is in a fair way of recovery, aid very repentant. EATAL Accuntwrs.—ln the momentary absence of its parents en Sunday last, a child, at Cliailey, near Lewes, pulled down a pot of boiling water, which so se' rarely scalded it, as to cause its death. Verdict—Acci. dental Death.—A fine child, of four years of age, named French, at Fishboarne, near Chichester, unhappily emits clothes on fie% in a neighbosrinz house, on Tuesday eveslog: the little sufferer lingered till Um seat day, when at 2 o'clock it expired. Coaonga's ImutritsTa.—On Saturday night, so in. quest wits held at the Coach and Morse, Tavern, Jew'sti.w, Chelsea, before Thomas Stirling, Esq. Coroner for the county of Middlesex, upon the bodj a kir. John Corbett, who was found dead iii bed.  t  1 s  - . The deceased was sixty.five years of ate, a leather. seller by trade, and had lived in tleorge•street, Chelsea. He accumulated immense property, hot he had no family, and was of very penurious habits. The loss of his wife, who died aboot 20 years age, hid such an ef. feet upon him that be since lived a secluded life. He would never speak first to any one, and whim* to a customer, bat merely serve bins with whatever be wasted. On Wednesday night, be was in his usual state of health ; but next afternoon the neighbours observing his shop still locked, a relation of his broke late the house, and found him lying is bed in his nightclothes, quite dead. A medical gentleman was sent for, bet he could render no assistance. There were aro marks of violence on the body, and the Jury returned a sadist— Natural Death. Another Inquest was held on Savor.loy night. :114. Cooper's Arms public.house, Strettos,..grouud. We 'ter, on the body of Eleanor Porter, aged 40 years. • The degreased bad been in respectable eireenostatiees at Bristol, bat bad the misfortune to elope with aa est-pres': ... 'loner of Chelsea to London. They set spa print' in Streams Ground, but the fellow soon deserted her, taking her money, and leaving her and her child, lure years old, destitute. For some time past, site maim. tatted herself by selling things, in the street, friday afternspn, • fellow lodger went litto her apartment, sod tonsil tar eilassiat en the Soar, a quantity of blood ha4vetiaariell tram her mouth and nostrilm, and was q‘te . . • Coregier Jwwere of opinion, the the bitted was cawed Org of a vessel internally, sal Ix., returned a vista* Ili effect. The child As Beet the workhouse. .- .... The bope we ventured to express in antsassaid* the disappearance of Louisa Brachial's, the Poitettesif Geri. that she had found some more congenial retreat dims She cold and unrelenting grave, is, we are sorry to find, di,. appointed. Accounts from Halle, of 0,1. 5, give the following details:—“ The Poetess Louisa Beacham*. who has lately on I occasions betrayed marks at a broken and diseased mind, produced by as nafertuseet attachment to a young officer, was recently OR a visit to Professor Schilling, now removed from Breslin, to whose wife she was related. On Sept. 16, late in the evening, she disappeared from the Professor's house, having no other clothes on but her night dress; and, though the greatest exertions were made to trace her. they were for several days in vain. At length, oa the 21th. her corpse was found on the Smile, Sot far from the Steintsaiihle. A heavy stone was tied to the left arm. An inquisition was held on the body, which, on the following. day, was very handsomely boned.—let the world)udge her alienation with charity. An inquest was held at Cheltenham on the body of Sarah Kent, aged seven years. tt appeared that on Friday her younger brother, about fonr years old. thre:v some lighted shavings at the drc-r.sed, which she transpled upon in the hope of eminvnishing the dame, which communicated with her clothes, and she was so dread. fully burnt, that ohs expired on Saturday.—Verdict, " Accidental Death."