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London, England, 1825-11-19 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

DESPE<ATE Sore tar .—A t half-past three o'clock yesterday
en inquisition was held by .1. li. Gell, Esq. Coroner fur West-
' minster and a respectable Jury, at the house of Jesse lticArs,
Esq. 24, Queen-street, Golden-square, to inquire into the death of
a gentleman named klaurtit Cassmsner, a native of Germany.
The Jury, having been empanelled and e worn, took a view of the body of the unfortunate gentleman. He was lying in his heu
in his chamber, a room adjoining the one in which the inquiry sus
held, and appeared to be in • sound sleep.
Henry Schalniander, Esq. a native of Germany, stated that he
knew the deceased well ; he was also a native of Germany, 'i.e.
they both came to this country about two years ago, moat part it:
which time they had lodged together. Witness has studied Physic
in Germany, and the deceased was an engineer at Berlin; but since
he had been in this country lie had been an assistant to Mr. fie.
milton, a teacher of the German tongue, in Cecil-street, stinc.
The deceased, during the whole of his residence in this cotton,
has been excessively melancholy, but latterly the malady had
creased, in consequence, as witness believed, of the religious doctrines
he held. Witneas, however, never considered him dispossessed 01
hie reason. He was not more than twenty years of age. and in es,
cellent circumstances. He was labouring under a severe cold, and
was attended by Dr. Elliotson. On' evinesday last he retuttk
home between two and three, and found the deceased with the dot,
for ; he seemed a little weaker, but be reasoned quite come*.
The doctor went away, and the witness remained with the decyytd
till six o'clock. when he said he would write a letter to his seta
Berlin. Ile did write, but witness did not know to whom. It,
afterwards searched for a document that be wanted, and recollected
that he had left it with a friend of his. Witness offered to pieta
it, but the deceased said he would not trouble bim ; however, sit.
ness did go, and returned in about twenty minutes without it, as
the gentleman was from home. On entering the house, be met ill
the passage Mt. Patti, a friend of the deceased, who said, you
must not go up to air. Cassmaner until l have spoken to you"
Mr. P. then told him, that the deceased had taken poison during
witness's absence, and asked him if he had fortitude enough tour,
the life of a friend. Witness repliedlin the affirmative, and ma np
stairs and persuaded the deceased to take proper antidotes. Ifs
(the deceased) replied, it was all in vain, he had many years cone.
dered it, and as he was not destined to live, he must de.
Witness procured the attendance of Dr. Gregorie, but was too
much affected to go into the room again, and he understood he died
on Thursday morning about seven o'clock.
Here a letter was handed in by the witness, addressed to him by
the deceased, written in the German language. It was read by the
witness, who shed tears as he !proceeded. Its purport was to In.
form him, that he was tired of his life, and had taken opium, and
requested him to inform his parents and friends at Berlin of his un.
timely death. _

Carona—Where did he procure the opium ?
Witness--It was in my drawer ; I brought it with mc from Get.
many, as a remedy for the tooth.achc, to which I am very subject.
Juror--Did he know you had the opium in your driver ?
IVitness—.o yes ! very well ; he knew I brought it with me front
my native country.
111 r. Corbett, a medical gentleman residing in Titchborne.strec,
stated that he was called upon by Dr. Gregovie on %Vednesihr
eveninaand requested his assistance in a case of poisoning. Wit.
new went immediately, and found the deceased in a very bad
state, and Dr. Elliotson, and several other persons, were nide&
vounng o force him to take some emetics, but could not succred.
Witness, with the assistance of a wrench, opened his mouth, el
succeeded in administering a powerful draught, but it had no efea.
He had taken about twelve drachms of opium pulverized. We.
new, finding the emetic did not operate, procured his stomach
pump, which he introduced, and extracted nearly a pint and a
halt' of the poison. He then injected warm water several times, till
it came off clear. Deceased was then bled, and the usual remedies
resorted to in such cases were applied, bat nothing could sere
him, and he died about seven the following mornin.
There being rn further evidence to produce, the Jury were called
upon to give the'', verdict, upon the testimony that had been brougkt
forward, some were of opinion that the deceased was of unsound
mind at the time, and others were for returning a verdict of flits
de se.
The CORONER then called upon the Jury individually for their
opinion, when eleven were for lunacy, and four forpo de w.
The CORONER said, that in such cases it was usual for the mi.
nority to yield to the majority.
The Jury consulted tor a few moments, end the Foreman Ide.
dared that they were all determined in their former opinion, lard
none would recede.

CORONER—Then, Gentlemen, I have only one course to pursue,
which is to lock you up.
At this moment Dr. Gregorie came into the room, and the Co.
roper having sworn him, he declared it to be his opinion that till
deceased was of unsound mind at the time.
The Jury, on hearing Dr. Oregorie's statement, returned anti-
mously a verdict of " Lunacy," and thanked the Doctor most cte.
dially for his timely arrival.
DEATH FROM WANT.
An Inqulsitirn was last night taken before I'. Moos, Esq., at
the Hope, Blackmoor-street, on the body of Jacob otherwise Za-
chariah Brown, who was found with his clothes on, lifeless, on the
bed, in a back attic of a house, No. 8, Hertford-place, Drury-lane.
The deceased was 72 years of age, but further than the namehe had
stated no one knew who or what he was.

Mrs. Eleanor Lyons, the landlady of the house, stated, that the
deceased had resided in the house for 17 miinth,, but he was so very
close as to his affitirs, that she knew but very little of him. She be.
lieved be belonged to the Society of Friends, hut she was sot sure
of the fact. Ile had not, to her knowledge, applied to the parish
for relief- Ile paid her regularly till the last fortnight.
In the course of the investigation, it mime out that for a number
of days there had not been a particle of lire in the room. so that the
effect of the damp walls were likely to have a fatal effect on the
wormout frame o' the deceased.

Several of the Jurors suggested the propriety of inf. ruling the
landlady of the necessity of having the room made comfortahie
before she again placed a human being in it, as at present it was
only lit to place reptiles In. This was done, and the Jury tourd
a verdict of—" Died by the visitation of God, winch was accele•
rated by want."
After the inquest was over, two of the gentlemen connected with
the Society of Friends, obtained leave to view the body and jarred
the papers, when one of them immediately recognised the un•
fortunate old man, and made the following ceniticate:—
" I bare seen the body on which the Coroner's Inquest Wye.
terday, and know it to be that of Zechariah Brown, of re.pertshW
family and connexions, of Wells in Norfolk ; but has, for raw
years passed, been reduced to poverty by former imprudence. Sni
has lived in seclusion. He never was a member of the earety
Friends."

BIRTHS.
On the 14th inst. the lady of the Rev. S. E. Batten, Harrow,
a daughter.
On the 16th inst. 111ra. Robert Walters, of Lincoln's Intradat,
of a daughter.
On the 15th inst. at Chiddingstone, Kent, the lady of the Rey.
R. P. Whish, of Brosted, Essex, of a son.

JIfARRIED.
On the 17th inst. at Wandsworth Church, Corbyn Lloyd, NI
of Lombard-street, banker, to Emily, youngest daughtcr ofJobc
Falconer Atlee, Esq. of West Hall, Wandsworth.
On the 17th, at St. Martin's.m.the-fields, William. c!de,t ton of
William Row, Esq. of St. Thanes Apostle, to Sarah. Mot
daughter of Henry Winchester, Esq. of Buckingham-tarn.
Adelphi, and Hawkburst, Kent.
On the 14th inst. at Sandridge, Herts, Mr. Benjamin Wilier,
inn. of bong-acre, to Mary, second daughter of Thews' liadc,
Esq. of the above place.

DIED.
On the 16th Instant, in the 68th year of her age, 3lrs. Young,'
wife of Mr. Richard Young, of York-street, Hans-place.
In Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square, on the 13th itts.
Miss Georgina Agar, in her MI year.
On Wednesday, in Cork-street, Mrs. Vernon, widow of timbre
General
eVle6rnthoinnst. in hie 43d year, Charles Cass, E. it linter'.
dente of his brother, Fred. Cass, Esq. of Beaulieu Lodger Irv'
On the 16th inst. Mr. W. Cary, mathematical Instrument ir.ska,
Strand.
About the lid of September last, at Iconium, in Asia KO'
aged 33, after a few days' illness, Thomas Ayre Bmnihesd, 31. D,
tormerly of Christ College, only mrin of the Rev. Edward Boor'
bead, of Repham, near Lincoln. This enterprising traveller, aftgr
an absence of five years from his native country, was hastar4
homewards when arrested by sudden and fatal disease.
On Sunday, the 27th of March, 1826. at Oilton Finn. Vl°
Diemen's Land, Mr. Thomas Oakley Curling, in the 4Sths(l:l
his age, leaving a disconsolate widow and nine children to WV,
their irreparable loss. Mr. Curling was born at Shusrt, hear ":
Nicholas, and began his career under the most fortunate
winces; but the great difficulties under which the aallruinfi
interest here suffered were more than commonly felt by hiell
induced him, in the summer of 1822, to embark with ho
(excepting his eldest son) children for Australasia. Ilia "et 0.
there were unceasing, and his arrangements calculated to ht,
cured success; but the Almighty Pr
, in his infinite wisdom. onl
removed hint from this transitory world, it is hoped the "r,
hand of Government will exert As kind influence in behalf of
surviving sufferers.

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