The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-06 00:00:00

FATAL AFFRAY.

Yesterday afternoon an inquiry was held by Dr.
Laukeater at the Prince of Wales public-house, Prince of
Wales's-road, Kentish-town, touching the death of Mr.
Septimus Hoskins, surveyor, aged IH, which was caused es
alleged by the effects of a blow on the face, dealt him by
Richard Robert Peru, landlord of the Railway Tavern,
Chalk Farm-road. Mr. Wontner, solicitor, appeared for
the relatives of the deceased, and Mr. Beard watched
the case on behalf of Mr. Parry. Mr. Septimus
Hoskins, son of the deceased, living at No. 74,
Prince of Wales's-road, deposed that on the evening
of Wednesday, Oct. 10, he found his father, on re-
turning home, sitting in a chair, having a black eye,
hie head bandaged and a tooth knocked out. He
said to witness, " Sep, I have been brutally treated mud
half murdered." He further told witness that having gone
into the Railway Tavern, Chalk Farm-road, on the pre-
vious Monday he was turned out by the landlord for
having as he (the landlord) alleged acted rudely towards
his wife, which the deceased deuied. On that (Wednes-
day) evening he went to the tavern to remon-
strate with Mr. Parry, and the latter, after some high
words between them, " shot out" at him from
behind the bar, and having k'.ockeil him down
jumped across the counter and hammered his head against
the ground. The deceased went out next day, but hail to
return. He never rallied, and died last Friday. Mrs.
Amelia Smith, 3, Chalk Farm-road, and Mary Brice, her
servant, deposed to having seen from the window of the
house Mr. Parry striking the deceased, and knocking him
down on the pavement. Mr. Benjernin liailley, M. R.C.S.,
deposed that he was called to see the deceased on Sunday,
the 14th of October, and found him with a severe
bruise under the left eye, and complaining of violent
pains in his head. On maki' g a poet mortem
examination of the body, witness found the dun mater
thickened, anda diffused cosgulum of blood under it. He
believed that death resulted from effusion of blood on the
brain, caused by the external injuries the deceased had
received. John Pegrain, 18, Arnold-street, deposed that he
saw the deceased outside the Railway Tavern on
his knees, with Mr. Parry in front of him. The deceased
picked up something, which he said was his tooth.
The deceased, who had tome drink taken at
the time, then went into the shop, and called
the landlord abusive names. Thos. Roger., 31, Ferdinand-
place, said the discerned abused Mr. Parry, and after he
was struck said he would fight him for an hour. Mr. Win.
Knight, builder, was called by Mr. Wontner, and said that
he parted from the deceased a short time before the occur-
rence, 'when the deceased was perfectly sober. Mr.
Robt. Parry was then called and examined by Mr. Baia
He said that on Monday, the Bth of October, be put the
deceased out of his tavern for grossly insulting his
(witness's) wife. The deceased again came to the
Railway Tavern on the evening of Wednesday,
the 10th October, and after being served with
some gin asked witness why he put him out on Mon-
day. 'Witness replied, because he had insulted his wife.
The deceased then called the witness a liar, and denied
having insulted Mrs. Parry. Witness desired him to go
out, and, as he refused to do so, witness jumped over the
counter and put him out. When outside the de-
ceased used very bad language towards, and squared
up to, witness. He (witness) became excited, lost
his temper, and struck the deceased, who fell
down on the pavement. The Coroner, in summing up,
said after the candid admission of the last witness, it wee
clear the jury could return no other verdict than one of
manslaughter against Mr. Parry. The jury returned the
following verdict :—" That Septimus Hoskins met with
his death from the effects of a blow given by Richard
Robert Parry, under c.rcumstances of great provocation."
The Coroner said that amounted to a verdict of " Man-
slaughter." A warrant for the committal of the accused
was made out, and bail for his appearance accepted. It
may be mentioned that, after the jury had been sworn,
Mr. Wontner objected to the empanelling of five pub-
licans, but the coroner stated that the objection should
have been made at an earlier stage of the proceedings.

At the meeting of the Birkenhead commissioners,
yesterday, it was stated that during the past six months
the ferry receipts (at Id.) between Liverpool and Birken-
head show a falling off of upwada of 1,8001.; and this
disastrous result is attributed to the extraordinarily bad
weather which prevailed during the summer and autumn.
SOUTH KENSINGTON MWlEUM.—Visitors during
the week ending November 3,1866.—0 n Monday, Tues-
day, and Saturday, free, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.,
8,729 ; on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (admin.
Aron 6d.), from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m., 1,413 ; Total, 10,142.
Average of corresponding week in former years, 10,631.
Total from the opening of the Museum, 8,388,771.

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