The Express. — 1846-10-29 (London, England)

THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF WINTERTON.—By Mr. Mills, on the body of the Countess Dowager Lucy Louisa Winterton, aged 56, at her ladyship's residence, Lodge Villa, North-bank, St. John's-wool.—Elizabeth Stairs, her ladyship's waiting-maid, said deceased had been an invalid for the last five or six months, complaining of pains in the back and chest. Her ladyship consulted Dr. Elliotson about three months ago, who told her she laboured under affection of the heart, and prescribed for her. His prescription her ladyship had been taking almost up to the time of her death, which occurred at half-past four o'clock on Monday morning. Her ladyship having taken her medicine retired to rest at eleven o'clock on Sunday night, appearing in better health and spirits than she had been for some time past. At a quarter to four next morning witness was aroused by her ladyship ringing the bell violently and calling for assistance. Witness hurried to her instantly, and found her pacing her bed-room apparently in great agony, and exclaiming, " I am very ill— lam dying." Witness, applying what aid she could, sent some of the other domestics for Mr. Watkins, a surgeon, who arrived as soon as possible, but in the interval her ladyship expired.—Mr. Watkius, who had opened the body of her ladyship, said the cause of her death was ossification of the semi-lunar valves of the aorta, which had impeded the natural action of the heart. Verdict: " Natural Death."— EXTRAORDINAY SUICIDE OF A CHlLD.—Before Wm. Carter, Esq., at the B ittle of the Nile, Albion-street, Itotherhithe, as to the death of Elizabeth Dudley, aged fourteen.— The father of the deceased is foreman at an engineer's, and the unfortunate child was in the habit of taking her father's breakfast. On her return home on Saturday morning her mother, who is afflicted with deafness, taxed her with having loitered by the way in order to chat with some young friends of her own age, instead of going direct to the manufactory. Some denial of this was made, and the deceased said she would not go any more, when the mother gave her a trifling pat on the head. Nothing more seemed to be thought of the occurrence until some time after, when, as the deceased could not be found, one of hersisters searched through the house, and at last found her suspended by a handkerehieditied round her neck to the bedstead. Upon an alarm being made she was immediately taken down, but life WAS suite extinct, and had been so for some time. Mr. Dudley said that when she brought his breakfast he observed nothing peculiar in her manner, and so far from it, that she said she would bring him some bread and cheese for his lunch. The deceased was of a very cheerful disposition and highly moral conduct.—All the witnesses agreed that they could in no manner account for such an act.—The Coroner remarked on the singular and very melancholy end of the poor girl, and the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." The whole of the family have been highly respected in the neighbourhood where they live for the excellence of their character.  THE LATE CAPTAIN FLlNDERS.—Sir,—llaeing seen In sour paper of the 17th inst. that the late Premier was so dush of public service money that he gave a pension to a descendant of a man who had rendered some service to King Charles the Second, I beg to inclose you the copy of a memorial which, in the year 1836, was presented by a peer of parliament to his late Majesty, William the Fourth. The memorial will tell its own tale. His Majesty, upon its being read to him, observed, "Poor Flinders, I knew Man well end he directed a right hon. baronet, then high in office, to take special charge of the memorial, and to deliver it with his own band to the then premier, and express to him his Majesty's feelings and wishes upon the subject Week after week, and month alter month passed away, and nothing was done ; the reason assigned (and no doubt substantial one) was, that the memorial was not to be transmitted in the usual way, and a favourable opportunity of complying with his Majesty's directions had not occurred. At Late it did occur the memorial got to the hands of the Premier, who, after many months, decided that "nothing could be done." How is this! The memorial, penned from the widow's own hand, had the knowing clause In it, which, in the one presented to his Majesty, was, by the advice of persons in °Mee, omitted :—" That it was hoped some emolument might be derived from the publication of the voyage ; but the Admiralty baring given some money towards the printing of the charts, claimed the copper-plates as their own, and, by giving away the charts, entirely ruined the sale of the letter-prey."-1 remain, 8:c. A Common. Rims*. Oct. 24. 1846.