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London, England, 1807-02-04 00:00:00

CoROUER'S

An Inquest was held. at three o'clock yetterdar,
at the Grange Inn, in Carey street. on the body of
Henry lloadley, fanner, of Lir:she'd, in Surrey.
who did suddenly, last SAturtly afternoon, in the
'tap of the Angel Inn, back of St. Clements,
S:rand.

ANTHONY Cosner.
The fir,t Witness examined, was Mr. Wiliam
Fisher, who keeps the Art-1 Inn Tap ; he stated.
that last Saturday, the Slit of January. about lour
o'clock in the afternoon, the deceased was broutot
into his tap-room, by two men ; he appeared to hint
to be very much in liquor. The two men said, they
found the deceased sitting on the step of the door
of Mr. Jones, fruiterer. at the corner of the A-gel
Inn gateway. The Witness permitted him to be
seated on a bench, near the entrance of the tap-
room, and finding he leaned forward, and was in-
cl,ned to fall, and there being nn table befiae him,
he had him removed to another pert of the room,
where there was a table. Oa being seated tllere, he
immediately slid down on the floor. wh• re be ley.
on his face, snoring, and, is all appearance, sound
asleep. Deceased lay in that situation, to the best
of Witness's recnlleeion, about two hours, when
Mr. Totion, a horse far:ier, who was in company
with two or three pc sons, in the taproom, lifted
him up. and said—" I think the man is dying."--
Upon which. Mr. Fulmar ran Ire assistance. and
sent for Dr. Stanton, of the Strand. wlt‘i came, and
examined the decean d. Wit ess being alarmed.
anJ called away, did nit know what paired, till
about half an hour afterwards, he was inlorntl-
ed the man was dead ; and was desned by th .se pre-
sent to search his prickets ; he did so, and found a
ten pound Bank of England not-, No. 6,9 CB—dated
the 12th day of Novernher, l 846; me gum-a, ist
gold ; sit shillings and six-pence, in silver ; three-
pence in half-pence ; a silver watch, a pocket-knife,
a pocket-handkercnief, and a pair of gloves. Mr.
F h-r's evidence being closed.
Mr. John Stanton. surgeon, of No. 3s?, Strand.
heing sworn, said that last Saturday, about sic
o'clock in the evening, a person came ham Mr.
Fisher, of the Angel lan Tap. desiring him to
come, as there was 4 man dying there. Mr. Stanton
being at that time very busy, sent hi: Asaistaot, who
attempted to bleed tne deceased in the arm. Mr.'
Stanton came a few minutes afterwards. d tiptoed,
the temporal artery, but nn blood issued, and the
man appeared to him to be quite &Ad ; be et-'
amined the head and body, very minutely, hut d s-
coveted no :narks of vialnce, nor did o • perceive
any smell, which could lead him to tnink the de-
ceased had been in liquor. Being irterrogatca oy
the Coroner, as to his opinion of t..c cause of the
cl•-atn, he answered, it was a fit of anonlexy.
Mr. Thomas Hnadiey, of Chedningstrine, in
Kent, elder brother to the decenserd. said, that
the deceased was subj it en an unthula, from ac
child, and would be, rat tunes, for twelve or fourteen
hours, in a state of saffocatioii; and that it was at t.
first breaght on by a fright. On 'being questioned v."
as to the fright, he said, his brother having gaae to
call his father dinner, a man called fur a gni, so
shoot him; from which time he never enjoyed a
good state of health. -
The evicle.ice being closed, the Jury returned a
erten& of—Died ty the *swami of (earl, tarousii an
The Coroner granted his general warrant for the
removal of the body, which was ca.ried away last
night, in a caravan, u, Linsfield, in iitari y.
The deceasen was a very respeelanln farmer, abr. ut
45 yeais of age, and has left a wite, and ii yen
children ; the eldest feu teen years old, and the
youngest only seven weeks. He left his home •ast
Saturday morning, and c ime to the three lulu, at
Croydon, tr••m which pl ice he oat at twelve
c'elock the same day, an.: came to .own, in com-
pany with a Mr. King, i neighbouring farmer. He
had left his horse, in the Borough. and intruded o
return home the same night. The watch ; actor, in
;he case of his watch, led to the discovery n !is
name, &c. The Overseers of St. Clement's a-* n-
tled to much praise, for the pains which they n
on Sunday, to discover his friends, and Lien. „in-
caution in breaking the melancholy news to his fa-
mily, in the most humane manner.

As Mrs. Stutsom, the wife of an attorney in Po
land-street, Oxtord-street, was sitting alone. in the
absence of Mr &smote, in h-r kischen, ~n Monday
night, after the rest of the fermi) having sew .1 to
rest, her clothes eccidental.y caught fire. A Geo-
dentin who lodged in the house, frightened by the
sirce.l of the burning clothes, came down stairs and
alarmed the neighbours, but ton late to save the
Lady's life ; she expir-d at five •i'cl-ick next um
ins, in great agony. She was a han4s, me woman,
about 40, and ha+ left a son and tour daughters.
A fire broke out la t night in the hack roam ,f a
house in Craven•Heild:ngs, in consequ -race of the
curtains of a bed t.king fire, as a servant rn
was making it. The Aimee were eringrughed
without much injury • but in the crinfusion
the fire elicited, those Ml.,as e vied the boost of
Mr. Nina u am. the Register Office, in W• eh street,
and proceeded to rob it —Tory were d stem-red,
and attacked by the neighboui ing ich thitaet4. but
the villains made a desperate resista: ce. and. 1126 g
fought their way through the crowd, effected them
escape.
s.):t Mnu4ay eveaing, a yeang man, of rented'
appearance, irho, we understand, was reeently a
clerk in an extensive mercantile establi.. n:ent,
made an attempt to put a period to his erstense:
by shooting himself near the Half-way House, at
Knightsbridge He had d.sc..arged a pistol iC lis
head, which providentially jsaJe cm:y a slight
wound, and he was prevented from any buds.r et-
tempt of a similar nature. The young nil had
recently gone into business for himseaf, but d d not
succeed, and he became, in con.equet cr. dtritltged
in his intellects. Ile was taken to tit. house .t bit
brother in Portland-street. •
There are no less than seven misnames for murder
in the Cum ty Gaol of Sr:rty :—Tien tot du• nrorder
of Mrs. Prast.air„ at Hor'alyd two; out for tie tuns.
der of Mr. Calyces, at Cliphans ; Asersist. tisk
black, fur the mut,:er of P. Tea Wit s.tasts, his
m •ssmate; a Genrl?man's cnac..man. for

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