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London, England, 1824-04-02 00:00:00

4 DJOURNAD /A•Q UES T on COUNT SCHULENBC,

Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, the Jury assembled at the
One Tun, Chandos-street„ to receive further evidence, touching the
death of Count Ferdinand Schulenburg. On Mr. HIGGS opening
the Court, one of the Jurors intimated that the name of the
tlernsui, the owner of the carriage and horses, was George Garro,„
Esq. (nephew to the Learned 'arot)), and not Garrand, as two,:
reedy stated.
Thomas Smith, footman to Mr. narrow, called and examined.
stated, that on the 16th of March, he was standing behind his
master's coach, as it was proceeding through ( handos-street, in the
direction of the Strand, and when near Redfordbury, he said to the
coachman, " Gibson, you are going too far," not knowing at that
moment that 31r.Salter, his master's silversmith, had removed ; how.
ever, the coachman turned round to the right, and said he was safe,
and during that time the deceased must have been knocked down
by the horses, as instantly an alarm was given, and the people
stopped the carriage ; the witness, on Its driving on, saw the de.
ceased in the mad ; he had not seen him before ; his attention was
not taken up by any other object at the time of the accident; there
was no other conversation ; the coachman is a particularly careful,
good, and steady driver; the coachman did not point or make any
look er gesture to attract his attention ; he was not in the habit of
speaking to the coachman, except when he was going wrong.
Juror—Pray, is it usual for coachmen to turn CO the right ?
Always.
Juror—Then I think that is highly improper, and a coachman
must be incompetent for his situation by so doing ; by taming to
the right he gives the reins a jerk, and consequently the horses,
finding the reins lengthened, dart forward ; had he turned to
the left, the very reverse must have happened, as the horses receive
a cheek.

The witness said, that might be very well as a matter of
theory ; but as one of practice he believed it never was adopted,
Ole custom always being to turn round to the right, for this reason,
that the driver never loses command of the reins,—but by turning to
the left, the moving of his body causes them to loosen and check
unnecessarily. . . .

The Juror said, he was convinced. had the coachman followed
the direction he explained, this accident would never have Lap:
pcned, as the horses could not have gone rapidly forward.
Mr. Skelton, the Foreman of the Jury, asked the witness why
be had not attended the summons before.
The witness said he was very awry, but it was caused by a mis.
take : he, by the delay he had occasioned, meant no disrespect
whatsoever.

Mr. (*arrow rose and said, he had directed every inquiry to be
made, and the witness and coachman to attend ; but in mese.
quence of the neglect of the summoning officer, the mistake had
arisen. A piece of paper was left, with " One Tun, Chandos.
street, at half-past two o'clock precisely," written on it ; and this
i was supposed merely to relate to the time and place of the (bunt's
death, as it did not appear to relate to the inquest. He could as-
; sure the Jury, that on his part he was moat anxious for inquiry,
land regretted very much such an unfortunate casualty should have
caused the death of so respected and aged a gentleman. Every
polite attention had been paid by himself, Mrs. Garrey, and the
family, to the Count since the accident, it being found pecuniary
54 was not required.
The Jurors expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with the ca.
planation, as they also did with that of Mr. Salter, who stated that
the wish not to have the inquest, or any inquiry, was made by the
Count's friends, so satisfied were they of his death being acci-
dentally caused.
Dlr. Morris, the surgeon, here said he had, with others, exa-
mined the head, and found the brain lacerated, and a small lump
of coagulated blood on the brain; the vessels were inflamed, and
one had burst ; there was no fracture of the skull ; the concussion
produced these effects, which had caused his death.
The Coroner thought the case so simple a one, as to require
scarcely any deodand, but that was for the Jury to consider.
A Juror said it was high time to prevent careless driving; acci.
dents were almost hourly occurring: he mentioned one that oc-
curred near Somerset Mouse on Wednesday evening, through the
rapid driving of a coachman.
Mr. Skelton, the foreman said it was a practice that would be
checked, he hoped: hut in this case he really thought the coach.
man entirely exonerated front blame, and they could not levy se
cscessiv* deodand upon Mr. (larrow's property with any degree of
fairness, the accident not having been caused wantonly.
Atter sonic other conversation, it was decided, that as the at.
riage pole first came in contact and knocked the Count down, it
was the primary cause of his death, therefore a deodand of Is, was
placed on it, and a verdict of " Accidental Death" was recorded.