The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-04-12 00:00:00

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CORONERS' INQUESTS.

Yesterday an inquest was held at the Rose and Bell public.
house, Bankside, on the body of a respectable looking woman
(name unknown) who was found drowned.
From the evidence it appeared, that on Monday morning, at an
early hour, a female's bonnet was discovered lying on some timber
near the Southwark-bridge, and, on search being made, the body
of a female was found at some distance immersed in the water.
There were no marks of violence on the body.
The Coroner suggested the propriety of having hand-bills
printed and circulated, giving a description of the person upon
whom the Inquest then sat.
The Jury perfectly concurred in the recommendation, and direc-
tions were given that it might be carried into effect.
A verdict of Found Drowned was returned.
Another inquest wad, held at the White Swan, in the Great
Dover road, on the body of a young man named Henry Lecithin!,
aged Id, who destroyed Itimeelt by taking poison.
From the evidence of the mother of the deceased, ii appeared
that her son was winter at the Doctor Butler's Head tavern, in the
Old Jewry ; that on Monday week he left his situation and came
home. On the Thursday following lie left home, as he said, to
go back to his place, but beMre he went out he complained of
sickness at the stomach. He returned in about two hours, saying
that he wtta worse, and complained of having a violent pain in his
head. He then retired up stairs to bed, and became excessively
sick. Witness. thinking it was produced by an attack of bile, did
not send ,or medical aaststance. He. however, became worse, and
expired the saute night. The decetteed's oother repeatedly asked
hum, previous to Ilia death, whether he had taken any thing, but he
persevered to the last in declaring that he had not. After his death
his body was opentd, and In die stomach a great quantity of white
arsenic was discovered, which had cdumlttely eaten away the
whole hitting of that organ.
Subsequent to the deceased's death It was discovered that on the
Monday preceding he had enlisted into Joe East India Company's
sertifie, and tewerse ut having taken this step was supposed to have
preyed • upon his ruled, anti led to the shocking alternative of
destroying hintself.—A verdict of insanity was returned.
Oo Monday an Inquisition was taken at- the White Horse,
Knightsbridge, out the body cI Cams. Armstrong, a fine youth
aged twelve years. who was unfortuttately shot by his brother with
a loaded, gun on the estate of Lady Fletcher, at Walton-on-
Tbatnes.
It appeared that the deceased and his brother, a lad about four-
teen years of age, wete employed to drive away the orows from the
lands of part of a I..rtil belonging to Lady F. They had a gun
with them. About In o'clock nn IVednesday morning the two
Iseys„ who were quite friendly, bought tome gunpowder and shot,
No. 1, with which they fired et a mark, and by accident the de-
ceased was killed by Iti•trother.
John ruin, Steward to Lady Fletcher, stated that when he
gave the gun to the eldest Intl on the previous evening, It had a
small charge•in it. After the deceased was wounded, a doctor at
Walton saw him, Red he was conveyed to St. lieorge's
hi r. John Bowling, house-surgeon ottft.fieorge's Hospitel, acid
lie attended the deceased lad ; he was wounded in the arm and side.
The shot hail lacerated the longs, passed the diaphragm, and sonic
(4 them were lodged in the liver. Near four ounces of blood were
in the right csvity of the thorax, and a little in the abdomen, which
was quite sufficient to rouse death.
Edward Armstrong 4 the brother of deceased, sold, the gun went
off at half-cock. I had no intention of firing it. We had hired
three times before the accident occurred, and when it took place, I
hat! the stock in one hand mid the barrel in the other ; the lock got
entangled with my smock-frock, and by that occurrence it went ofi
and snot my brother, who was at the moment not three yards
from lute.

The Jury returned a verdict that thodeccated WLS accidentally
shot —Deotiand n. on the inn.

The Act relating to juries', which has recently been
brought into operation, renders a',l !Odgers liable to serve,
who pay a rent of not less than 201. • year.
111,‘NoriNe..—Yesterday -nonting some wag, for the
want of bettyr eniployment, affixed •to the floor of a me,
dical t.racti,iener (a mirgeon of considerable repute in the
neighbourhood of Cierkenwell), just over the bran plate
on which his name was engraved, part of a hand-bill, cir-
culated by a poor washerwoman residing near llagnigge-
wells, which to the passers by read. thus:—" Mangling
done in Mc neatest manner by Mr. Surgeon."