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London, England, 1824-08-13 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

MELASCUOLT Accintie.--Yesterday an Inqumst was held
at' the Anchor sad Hope Tavern, Islington, before Thomas Stir.
ling, Esq. Cormier, on the body of Ilemy Robinson, a youth about
thirteen years of age, am to Mt. Robinson, printer, Copplegate.
Henry l'arr, a youth residing at No. 22, Blakeley-street, erip.
plegate, being sworn, deposed, that on Sunday evening last, about
seven o'clock, lie wan walking with a coespanion by the side of thy
New River, Islington, when he observed the deceased sod another
boy undrerstrig themselves, prior to bathing in the river. Witness
cautioned them not to I,ti in in that part, u there were boards
cautioning persons not to bathe there. They however went in, and
began paddling in the water. Witness Trill cautioned them, and
the deceased's companion came out of the water ; but the deceased
continued in it, and shortly afterwards got out of his depth, and
sunk to rise r.o more. Witness made an alarm, and a gentleman
plunged into the water, and brought out the deceased, but lie was
quite dead, having been in the water above a quarter of an hour.
Ilintry Percival, surgeon, deposed, that he was called on to at-
tend the deceased about eight o'clock on Sunday evening. 'l'hc
deceased appeared lifeless; witness, however, applied the remedies
recommended by die Royal Humane Society, but without etfect.
Mr. John M illward deposed, that he took the deceased out of the
water, on being informed that lie was drowning. 11'ittiv.s, with
other persons, cenied the body to ('annonbury House, where they
refused to receive it ; and it occupied a quarter of an hour in bring-
ing the body to this house, where the surgeon was procured.
One of the Jury commented in very strong terms upon the prat'.
thee of publicans refusing to receive the Italics of persons drowned,
or having met with accident, as timely assistance might be the
means of saving a fellow-creature's life. line of the Jury might
meet with an accident on leaving that place, and they would think
it very hard if assistance was relused them. Ile conceived it to be
the duty of every individual, whether private or public-house
keeper, to receive drowned persons, and render every assistance,
and he asked the Coroner's opinion.
The leftmost t:a replied, that publicans were not bound by law
to receive bodies, but although the law of the land did not compel
them to do so, it ;should be expected that the law of humanity
would induce them to act with conitnon feeling.
The Jury did not mean to impugn the proprietor of the tavern
' as an unfeeling man, as they were conch:red of the contrary ; and
returned a verdict of " Accidentally drowned."

Mr. Clarke, one of the Jury—This all nano; of batting on sun.
slay. If the deceased had gone to church the accident would tot
hue happened.
Another Juryman--But some other accident might hare hap.
petted to him. Clarke, r.ow, did you neva go bathing in your litc,
or, when you were a boy, on a Sunday ?
Clarke—Never watt bathing at all on Sundays.
Juryman—Never mind, Clarke, you've done its..ny a worse thing

I MFOOTANT TO TOE COAL Tuatia•—Yesterilay the at,.
tentiun of the Commissioners of the Court of IL:quests, il'e etniin-
stet., was engaged for a considerable time upon a subject of touch
public interest. Mr. Ilraltield, a coal-merchant, of Derby-street,
tVestinineter, appeased to a summons, issued at the complaint of
Mr. Tullock, otie of the principal coal-teeter for IVestminster, for
refusing the payment of Is. under the Act, fur inspection of live
elialdrun and one vat of coals, Pool measure, and delivered by gang
labour (by which it understood the carriage from the coal barge by
men to the purchaser's premiere). Mr. Tullock's clerk appeared
in suppnrt of the claim, which he stated was founded on the fi:fib
section of the Central Coal Act, which allows the meter the suns
sued for in the present instance. Mr. Itradtield resisted the pay.
went, upon a clause in the fifith section at' the Act, which empowers
purchases to dispense with metage if they please. when the reale
are delivered by gang labour. Mr. Medfield strongly pressed the
absurdity of suppselng that any purchaser, having a confidence in
his cad-itiercluun, must necessarily pay a meter for their inspec-
tion; and in the present instance the demand was moat unreason.
able. It is the deity of the meter to attend from five o'clock in the
morning until nine o'clock at night; on last Friday Alf. Ilradliekl
publicly gave notice at Mr. Capper's wharf, that on the following
day, at half-past four in the afternoon, he would require the coals
in question to be delivered, and requested Mr. Capper to eogrige
the men. Accordingly, on the following day, after three ehaldna
of coals were delivered, the mcttr, wltu had been absent altogether
front the wharf, made his appearance, end insisted on being paid,
as it' he had punctually attended during the entire delivery. The
Conuuisaionens (intleyenelently of the clause upon which Mr. Ilral-
tiekl generally rested his case) disotiseed the complaint, as it up-
peared that the meter was guilty of a gross dereliction of duty in
not ‘-:tending during the hours specified. The Court was crowded
to ese,ss, and the decision g.r.v •nar.lsatisfaction.

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of I And Ilyrun's let Wm..: it i< red tram the 'booth of
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•• nay master," says Mr. Fletcher. " continued his usual as.
tom of ridire daily, when tiin wsather would penult., until the leth
of AptiL nut oat that 111.14 d lea! he got ewe 431-3. and netsreturn honie. his Lordship ellan the whole of hie dress, but ht
hail been ten long in his wet clothes, and the cold, of which he had
complained, more or less, ever since we left Cephalonia, made this
attire be more severely felt. Though rather ft s erish slorossothe
sight, his 1.4R33.hip slept pretty well, but complained in the morn.
fug of a pain li. his hones sod a headiache; this al not, however,
prevent him from taking a ride in the afternoor, which 1 grieve to
say was his last. On his return, my master said that the saddle
was not perfectly dry, from being an wet 11.: des before. sad
served that be though; it had made him mone: If. Lordship was
again whited by the wine slow. "ever, and Is was sorry to perceive
on the to at morning that his Woe's appeargd fo be increasing.
He was very low, end complained of rot lte..-ing had ahy sleep
during the right. His Lordship's appetite yes also quite gone I
prepared a little arrow-root. of which he took dogs: or. lour spoons-
fuL saying it was very good, but could take remote. it was not
fill the third day, the 12th, that I began to be alarmed about my
1131111T2. lit all his former colds, he adrays slept well. and wee
never affected by tbis slow fever. I thereon west to 1)r. Bruno
sod 31r. lilillingcn, the two medical attendants, sal inqaired
mutely hue every circumstonee connected with my mister's p-eieot
illness t both 'idled that there was no danger. and ?might make
myself perfectly nay on the eubjert, for all a goad be well in a few
days. this was on the liith. On the following day. I found:ray-
master in such a state, that I tould sot feel happy nit now
clang that he Would send to Zion for Dr, Thoo4e; after avers'.
myJug fears lost Ids laosdaliip should get corer. Aired use to
consu the doctors, shins I did, and was told there wee to deca-
sion fcr calling in any prison, as they hoped an would be well in
a few days. litre I dtawld remark, that his Lordship repeat..
oily said in the course rat the day. be was sure the dome' did
not understand his disease ; to ahich I answered, ' run my
Lord, hare other advice by all means." m They tell e, *la Ins
hardship. • that it is only a cameos cold, Inch 5..0 Lam have
bad a thousand tiniesn •I am sure. ma • that yet
never had one of so serious a nature.' ' I thick I serer had, was
his Lordship's answer. I repeated my supplicatioos that pr.
Thomas, should be um for on the and was a'air. assured
that my master would be better in two or three days. After
these confident assurances, I did not renew my entreaties until it
was too late. With respect to the medicines that were giver( to
my master, I could not persusde wriell that those of a strong
purgative nature were the best adores' for his complaint ; con-
cluding that as he. hail nothing on his stomach, the only effect
would he to create pain ; indeed, this roust have been the case with
a wren in perfect health. The whole nourishment taken b rap
master for thejast eight days consnotil of a small quantity of broth
at two or three different Mites, and two spooasfal of arrowroot on
the Inth, the day before his death. The first time I heard of ttarre
being an intention of bleeding his Lordship was on the 15th, when it
was proposed by Dr. Bruno, but objector to at feu by nay water,
who asked Mr. nlilliann if there ass any gteat reason for taking
blood ; the Istter replied that it might be of service, bat added that
it could he deferred until the next day. Arid accordingly my mower
was bled in the right arm on the evening of the IRth, and a 'pound
of blood was taken. I observed at the time that it had a moatin-
gamed appearance. Bruno now began to sae that he bad fre-
quently urged my flimsier to be bled, but that lie always refused-
A long dispute now arose about the time that had been lost, yind
the necessity of sending for medical assistance to Zante, upon
which I was informed ter the first time that it would be of no use,
as my master would he better, or rip mare, before the atriva! of
I),. •I'hintias. His Lordship continued to get worse, but ISri
Brom said he thought letung blood again would tone his life;
and I lost no time in telling it,, master how DerftSity it was to
romply with the doctor's sishea ; to this he replied by saying, he
feared they knew nothing snout his disorder, and then stretching
out his arm said, ' Here. take my arm, and do whatever you like.
His Lordship continued to get weaker; on tb: 17th he was bled
twice., in the morning at.tt et two oniock in the afiernoon ; the
bleeding at both times was followed by fainting fits, and he would
have fallen down more than once had I not caught him In rep
arms. In order to prevent such an accident, I took care net to
let his Lordship stir without supporting him. On this day my
muter said to me twice, I catiuot sleep, and you well know 1
have not been able to sleep fur more than a week ; I know;
added his Lordship, that a man can only be a certain time with-
out sleep, and he must go mad without any one being abbe to save
hies ; and I would ten times sooner shoot myself than be mad, for I
an not afraid of dying ! I am more fit to die than people think.' I
do not, however, believe that his Lordship had any apprehension of
his fate till the day after, the 111th, when he said, 'l-fear you a- a
Tita will be ill by sitting up constantly night and day.' I arts er: I,
'We shall never leave your Lordship till you are better.' As st,
master had a slight fit of delirium on the pith, 1 took care to
remove the pistols and stiletto, which had hitherto been kept at his
bed-side, in the night. On the 1113th his Lordship addressed me
frequently, and seemed to be very much diss:Athol with his medi-
cal treatment. I then said, •do allow me to send for 11r. Thomas ;'
to which he answered, 'l?* so, but be quick. I ant only sorry I Cad
not let you do so before, as I am sure they have mistaken my di..
ease; write yourself, for I know be would rot like to ate other
doctors here.' I did not low a moment in obeying my master's
orders, and on informing Dr. Bruno and Mr. Alillingen of it. they
said it was very right, as they now began to be afraid themselves.
On returning to my master's mom, his first words were, ' Have you
sent ?' • I have, my Lenin was my answer; upon which lie said.
• You have done right, for i elinitla like to know what is the matter
with ire.' Although his lawdship did not appear to ibion his
dissolution was so near, I could perceive he was getting weaker
every hour, and he even began to hare occasional fits of delirium.
Ile afterwards said, • 1 now begin to think I am seriously ill, 'mull
in case I should he taken oil' suddenly, I wish to give you several
directions, which I hope you will be particular in seeing executed.
I answered I would, in case such an event came to pass; but ex-
pressed a hope that he would live many years, to execute them much
better himself than I could. To this my muter replied, • No; It is
now nearly over;' and then added, ntact tell you all without losing
a moment.' I then said, • Shall I go, my Lord, and fetch pen, ink,
and paper?' Oh, my God, no—you will loose to much time.
and I have it not to spare, for my time is now short.' said
his Lordship; and immediaLly after, • Now pay attention.' His
Lordship commensalby saying, • You will be pros hled fan
I begged him, however, to proceed with things of more come-
queoce ; he then continued, • Oh, my poor dear child ! my doer
Ada ! my God, could I but have seen her! give her my blessirg
—and my dear sister Augusta and her children; and you will
go to Lady Byron, end Ray—tell her every thing—you are
friends with her.' his Lordship appeared to he greatly sheeted et
this moment. Here my master's voice failed him ; so that I could
only catch a word at intervals, but he kept muttering something
very seriously for some time, and would often raise his yoke and
say, ' Fletcher, now if you do not execute every order which I
have given you, 1 wiU torment you hereafter, if possible.'
told his I.onlship, in a state of the greatest perplexity, that I had
not understood a word of what he said ; to which he replied. • Ob.
my (Sod ! then all is lost ! for it is now too late—can :t be possible
you have not understood sue? • No, my Lord,' said I. yeti!
pup you to try and inform Inc once more. 'llow en I?' rejoin.
eel my master ; •it is note 1,,0 late, and all is over.' I said, • Not
our will, but God's be done and he answered. ' Yes, not mine be
done; but I will try--.' His I.oril.hip did indeed make seve-
ral efforts to spoilt, but could only repeat two or three words at a
Olin; such as, • Ofy wife! my child . my sister! you know Ili—
you must say all—you know my wishes;' the rest was quite units.
telligible. A consultation was now held (about noon), when it was
determined to administer some iNVI.IViAA bark and wine. illy
master hail now been nine days without any sustenance whatever,
except what I have alreody mentioned. With the exception of a
few words, which can only interest those to whom they were ad-
dressed, and which, if required, I shall communicate to thenteeltio.
it was impossible to understand anything his Lordship said after
taking the bark. He expressed a wish to :deep. I at one time
asked whether I should call Mr. Parry ? To which he replied,
• Yea, coo may call him.' Mr. Parry desired him to compose
himself. Ile shed tears, and apparently sank into a slumber. Mr.
Parry went away., expecting to and hisu refreshed on his return,
but it was the commencement of the lethargy preceding his death.
The list words I beard my master utter were at six o'clock on the
evening of the Igth, when be said, • I must sleep now; upon
which he laid down, never to rte again ! for he did not more hand
or fax during the following twenty-four hours. His Lordship ap.
peered, however, to be in a state of suffiscation at intervals, and
hail a frequent rattling in his throat on thew occasions 1 called:
Tita to assist me its raising his head, and I thought he seemed to
get quite stiff: The rattling and choking in the throat took place
every half hour ; and we continued to raise his head whenever the
tit cattle on, till six o'clock to the evening of the 19th, whets I saw
my master open his eyes and then shut them, but without showing
any symptom of pain, or moving hand or foot. • Oa my God !' I
exclamied, • I tear his Lordship is gone ?"I"he ilecton then telt
his pulse, and said, • You are riijit—hc is gone.' "

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