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public-house in the neighbourhood. 
Shortly after, Lee, a night con- 
stable, came in with his truncheon 
in his hand. The deceased jocosely 
asked him, whether he ever struck 
any body with that stick ? He with 
good humour replied, he did some- 
times ; and raising it, as if to flou- 
rish it over his own head, it unfor- 
tunately alighted on the other’s 
head, where, injuring a vital part, 
almost instant death was the conse- 
quence. 
The same day, at Charing Cross, 
as the mother of an infant, about 
nine months old, was handing it out 
of a stage-coach to another person, 
it dropped between them, the horses 
at the instant moving, the near hind 
wheel went over the child’s head, 
and killed it on the spot. 
A second Roman pavement has 
Jately been discovered in the metro- 
polis, of which a coloured print will 
be published. ~ 
22d. A duel was fought on Gal- 
Jey wood Common, near Chelmsford, 
Essex, between lieutenant Turrens, 
and Mr. Fisher, surgeon, both of 
the 6th regiment of foot, in barracks 
there. The parties, with their se- 
conds, arrived on the spot appointed 
for the encounter, at day-break, 
when the preliminaries having been 
settied, they took a short distance, 
and turning round, fired at the same 
instant. The lieutenant received his 
antagonist’s ball in the groin, and 
immediately fell; on which Mr, 
Fisher went up and took him by 
the hand, expressing much regret at 
the lamentable consequence that 
had ensued; as, from the nature of 
the wound, he was apprehensive it 
would prove mortal. Assistance 
having been procured, the wounded 
gentleman was removed to a wind- 
mill, at a short distance, and as soon 
387 
as possible conveyed from thence to 
his apartments in the barracks, where 
every attention was rendered that 
his unfortunate situation could re- 
quire. ‘he ball having lodged on 
the side opposite to which it enter- 
ed, was extraéted by Dr. Welch, a 
four o’clock the same afternoon, but 
he expired between nine and ten 
o’clock on Sunday morning. An 
inquisition was taken before J. O. 
Parker, junior, esq. coroner, on 
view of the body, on Monday, and 
verdict returned of wilful murder 
against Mr. Fisher and the two 
seconds, one of whom is under ar- 
rest: Mr. Fisher and the other have 
absconded. 
A Woman to trt!—There,is a 
custom, which most likely is: pecu- 
liar to a small district in the western 
part of Cumberland. A few days 
ago, a gentleman from the neigh- 
bourhood of Whitehaven, calling 
upon a person at his house in Ulpha, 
was informed that he was not with- 
in ; he was gone to church ; there 
was ‘* a woman to let!’ On en- 
guiry as to the meaning of this sin- 
gular expression, it was thus ex- 
plained :—When any single woman, 
belonging to the parish, had the 
misfortune to prove with child, a 
meeting of the parishioners is called, 
for the purpose of providing her a 
maintenance in some family, at so 
much per week, from that time to a 
limited time after delivery ; and this 
meeting, (to give it the greater sanc- 
tion) is uniformly holden in the 
church, where the /owest bidder has 
the bargain ! And on such occasions, 
previous notice is given, that on such 
2 day there will be ‘* a@ woman to 
Tet !” 
Dick Jarrett, called the miser, at 
Rye, lately died possessed of pro- 
perty to the amount of nine or ten 
Cc2Q thousand 
