The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-04-03 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

Yesterday an inquest was held by ANTIMNY
GILL, Esq. upon the body of Martin Cieloneton, a
salesman, in the habit of attending Covent-Garden
market, who was killed by a fall from a window, on
the third &tor of a house in Hart-street, Covent-
Garden, yesterday morning, between two and three
o'clock. The first witness was Ann Serval. She
stated that she inhabited, for six m..nths past, the
room next to that occupied by the deceased and Lis
wife. Mr. Culli-gton. she said, was a man much
given to liquor; upon the first of April he cams
home at 12 o'clock at night, seemingly very drutik,
and went to bed. Between two and three o'clock
in the morning, Mrs. Culling:on alarmed her, by
knocking at her door, and calling for a light, as her
husband had fallen out of the window. Witness
arose from her hed, and ran into the street, with Mrs.
Cullington, where they found the deceased lying
dead. Mrs. Collington, whose attendance was hu-
manely dispensed with by the Coroner, told witness
that her hu.band arose, according to his usual cus-
tom, to look out at the a indow, tor the porpcse of
ascertaining the hour, and she immediately after
heard a crash. Witr.ess juiriptii out of bed, ran t.s
the window, and found he: husband suspended y
his hands from the window ledge, w'th nis I:et
downwards. She screamed, and he fell.
Surgeon H. wson sail he was sonkfor to at !
the deceased, wlvari he found dead in the
with only his shirt on. His collar bone, and one •,f

the bones of one arm, were broken ; t.is face was
smeared with blood, aad 1:e had twn drip cuts
upon his knee. Ha bad no dou'lt but that thtbe,
and the cnncuuion of the brain by the fall, had oc-
casioned his death. Verdiß—.lerielental Dead

On Monday evening an Inques: was held before
J. N. Usw:w, Esq. at the sign c.f. the London
Hospital, on the bodies of ttro children, who had
been burned to death. ft appeared that one of the
children had lived in Spitalfieids. and the other at
Shoreditch, and, having been left alone in their re.
speaire rooms, accidentally set kr. t their clothe,
and were burned in so shocking a manner, that they
died in a few hours after they were carri:d to the
Hospital. The Jury, in both case, retut wad a ver-
dia of--Accidental Death.

The Arasta frigate, with the fleet under convoy
from Portsmouth, and the Rein Deer sloop of war.
with the fleet under convoy from Cork, arc arrived
at Jamaica. Tae Ruby, —, of and fr...m Dublir
for parte I from the fleet on the 7th Ja-
nuary, in lat. CA. 20. long. 'a. 30.
The (burn Charlotte, CL A Rl(' from Surinam, far
London, is burned off Dungeness.
Yesterday the Loyal Whttechapel Volunteers had
a general muster, previous to their being reviewed by
General CANSUTHERS. They went through the
new manual and platoon exercise with great eclat.

The following Corps of Riflemen and Yager',
being a division of the Light Brigade, will muster
at Kennington, on Thursday, the 11th instant, in
service order, and march to Kingston ; %% here they
will he quartered fot some days on permanent duty:
Hon Attalory Carneany rapt. B • +el.
61:t L0.:..1 London Cal t D.peffelt.
LoyolSoArwark Capt. Smithy+.
Lepel Whitochapel .Caps. Wilcox.
This day the Seventh Regiment of Loyal London
Volunteers, with their Rine Company attached,
will muster, according to order, in the 'Venter-
ground, Goodman's-fields, under the command of
Major PRATT, in the absence of Lienun tot-Colony'
Su w, to be inspeded by General LA • 111. They
will go through their new exercise; after which
they are to have a grand field day in the Kast India
Company's Ground, City-road.

About seven o'clock last evening, a middle aged
woman, who has lodged for some tim at a haver'r,
in New Inn Passage, Clare Market, threw herself
out of the two pair of stairs window, and broke
both her legs, and was otherwise dreadfully tr u.sed.
She was carried to the Workhouse. Insanity is con-
sidered to have been the cause, as when in the aft
she was heard to exclaim,—" I must go :" Must
Bo On Saturday night considerable alarm was ex-
cited at the Royalty Theatre, by a fellow in the
gallery crying out " Fire, fire .1." In an instant
All was confusion : Mr. Asrt.ev came forward and
Assured the audience there Was not the smallest
foundation for surh a report. But nu one wouli
listen ; but pressed to the doors. Ihe whole com-
pany came on the stage, and joined in the assurance;
peace was at length restored, with the loss of some
shoes and bonnets. The mischievous culprit, who
is said to bra Jew, was taken into custody.
On Monday last, Jacos Moses, a lands/run, liv-
ing in Reeemary-lene, started from London Bridge,
at an early hour, in a skiff, to tow to Gra' esend
(which is 93 miles by water) in one tide. He had
himself laid a considerable wager, and several other
bets were depending ; and, though but a slender
man, he performed this great undertaking in less
th in three hours and a half. However, he derive
a considerable advantage from a sailing cutter with
sweeps, which kept the whole of the way before
him, and. by dividing the water, mad. his progress
much less difficult in her wales.

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