The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-04-28 00:00:00

CO RO 1%. E INQUEST.

On Monday an inquisition was taken at the Plough inn,
parish of Heidiboom, near Croydon, before Charles Jemmy'',
E.q Coroner for Surrey, on the body of Mr. Ittehmil Wuod.
The deceased was a respectable farmer, hetet at Down,
in the county of Kent, and on Wednesday Is.t left home to
go to a bone race on Erma Downs. He was seen on the
race .course shoat the middle of the day, and was supposed
to have spent the remainder of the day there, or in that
rseighboothood, as he was overtaken by • man going to work
at the solar mills at Reddinglots, between one and two
o'clock the next morning (Thursday). It wa■ theta very
dark; he was welkit.g, and leading his horse along • by-
road, towards Croydon Contusion. He was afterwards seen
to mount the horse, and ride homewards, and did sot ap.
pear to be intoxicated. A abort time after this, some men aho
were going to work, not many yards from the spot where
he was last seen, found him lying with his face downwards,
in a stream of shallow water, which is part of the liver
Wardle, quite dead. The horse was discovered in the mea-
dow on the other side of the stream, graziog,ii ill, the bridle
and saddle ma. The circumatance excited a great alarm, as
he was .apposed to have been attacked by robbers, and
murdered, as Emmy robberies have been late:y committed
about Croydon Commit'', and consequently the Cormier
took great pains to gain the best information.
The investigation lasted I hours, butt nothing lend-
ing to phew that any violence had been offered by any
person to the deceased could be elicited, there being no
marks of violence upon the body, and it could nut lie iiis-
covered that be hail even lust any property.
The Jury had no doubt hot that the horse, from the dark-
ness of the night, or rather morstinz, at umhled into the water,
and threw the deceased, who h, nig unable to extricate
himself, was drowned. Verdict Accidentally drowned."

On Monday night Mr. KROUSE was sent off with
dispatches to Italy. Mr. K. is an extra courier,
and was dispatched by coder of Lord CA.TLE-
MESON. This foreigner appears to be much more
employed than the regular King's Mrsseugers.
Does this man go cheaper, or is he more faithful to
his duty, as this is the fifth time within a short
period he has been in England ?
By the receipt of acetified* from Halifax and New
Brunswick, of the rod of last mouth, we learn that
several vessels belonging to different ports of Nova
Scotia had been seised in the harbours of the
United States, and the excuse stated for this pro-
ceeding it, that there is no chore in the Commer-
cial Treaty which provides fur colohial vessels
touching at American ports, even in disii.c..
A letter from St. John's, New Brunswick, men-
tions the arrival of Captain 8-1_ ANFORD. of the Three
Sisters, who staled, that. having occasion to put
into Vineyard Sound, being short of provisions and
water, he was not only refused the supplies he stood
in need of, but nariowly escaped being seized. lit
other places British vessels were without ce.einoily
seised and minden§ net. ; mum% others the schooner
James, of Holirdx, shared tilts fate.
Yesterday the Surrey Sessions commenced at
Horseniongsr-lane, before Mr. 1-1 A Retsom, the
Chiiiimaii, and a Ari.igiatrattrs.
The calendar cumuli's no case liki ly to be in-
teresting.
The Inns of Court still continue to be infested
by a set of artful thi vies, who contrive to n h the
Chambers, between the hours of four and six "'clack
in the &term:mil. On Saturday last the Chain to IA
of a Grotlemato in Lincolo's 100 Were robbed 4:f a
gold Watch, two dozen shirts, ea few iik ludo. Ii *lid.
kerchiefs, and a new cost. Whit residers the toms-
nett ti the more sicgular is, twit property io a Ci.ll.