The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-06-20 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

On Saturday an Inquisition was taken before rxwisr. Eeq
at the Duchess of York Public-house. Kingsland.road, on the body
of Thomas Wells, a Ishourer at the Ga.s Works in that neighbour-
hood, who was drowned in a tank at that establishment on-Thurs-
day last.
It appeared by the evidence, that the deceased and a fellow la-
bourer were at work on a stage over the tank, about five o'clock on
Thursday, when by some accident they were precipitated into the
tank. containing water 14 feet in depth. One of the men, Mat-
thew Crowley, was immediately taken out of the water, but the de-
ceased was unfortunately drowned. and his body was taken out in
about fifteen minutes afterwards. Mr. John 14 all, a Surgeon re-
siding near the spot. tried all the usual methods to restore anima-
tion, but without effect.
Matthew Crowly, and another labourer, named Daniel Brooks,
who witnessed the occurrence, were examined ; and it clearly ap-
peared that no blame was attributable to any person. The stage
on which only the deceased and Crowly were at work, was large
enough to have held six persons.
The Jury instantly returned their verdict—Accidental Death.

SHOCKING MURDER.-45nFrit1;y last, about eleven
o'clock. a man was found murdered at the Ford of Kiltoon, about
four miles and a half from Athlone, in a plantation, a few yards
distance from the high road to Roscommon. His head was dread-
fully mangled, and his hands almost beat into jelly. The body
was exposed from Friday morning till Saturday evening, by order
of the Coroner, for recognition ; but the deceased was wholly un-
known in that part of the country. The Coroner's Jury returned a
verdict of " N ilful Murder against some person or persons un-
known."
Monday forenoon, a young lad, son of a Dissenting
Clergyman, in Greenock, fell into the west harbour there, acci-
dentally and unobserved. A book having been noticed floating on
the water, and subsequently a hat, suspicion was excited of some
one having fallen in. Aleans were apeedilyvetorted to for making
the requisite search, and the insensible body of the youth was at
length brought up with a boat hook. Probably more than ten
minutes had elapsed during the immersion, yet by long and mud-
duous exertion the suspended animation was restored, and the
youth is rapidly recovering.
Sox Na 81.71.1Sat.—P1TTITIFT.D, Apart. 23.—Mr. T.
Dean, of Adams, in this county, son of the late Dr. Dean, had
employed himself for some weeks In thrashing during the past
winter. One night as he was about closing his labours, he ascended
a ladder to the top of the great beams in the barn, where the rye
which he was threshiag was deposited, to ascertain what number of,
bundles remained unthrashed, which he determined to finish next
day. The ensuing night about two o'clotk, as was supposed, Mr.
Dean was heard by his mother to get up. and go out, and had no
further recollection of hint during the night ; he repaired to his
barn, being in sound sleep, and, altogether unconscious of what
he was doing, set open his barn doors, ascended the ladder as he
had dots the day before, to the haymow, thence on to the great
beams of the barn to where the said rye was deposited, and threw
down a flooring, and again descended and commenced thrashing it;
when he had completed it he raked off the straw, and bound it into
bundles, and shoved up the rye to one side of the floor, and then
carried the straw tip the ladder and deposited it on some rails that
lay across the great beams of the barn ; then threw down another
flooring of rye, which he thrashed and finished as before ; thus he
continued his labours until he had thrashed five floorings, and on
returning from throwing down the sixth and last, in passing over
part of the haymow. he fell off where the hay had been cut down,
about six feet on the lower part of it, which awoke hint. He at
first imagined himself in his neighbour's barn, but after groping
about in the dark for a long time, ascertained that he was in his
own barn, and at length found the ladder on which he descended to
the floor—closing his barn, which he found open, and returned to
his house; on coming to the light he found himself in such a pro-
fuse perspiration, that his clothes were litterally wet through ; he
went to bed, and the nest morning on going to his barn, found
that he had thrashed during the night five bushels of rye—had
raked the straw off in good order, and bound it up and deposited it
on the great beanie, and shoved up the grain to one aide of the
floor, all In a workmanlike manner, without the least consciousness
of what he was doing, until he fell from the hay. Mr. Dean was
disposed to have concealed these extraordinary facts, until his
neighbours inquired the cause of his thrashing nights, when his
family disclosed the secret—.4inericom J./trice.
[ADVE RTIII EWE T.—Tennis-court, Great Windmill-
street, opposite the Top of the Haymarket, for the Benefit of Ben
Burn, This Day (ltionday).—Every arrangement is made for a
superior day's play. Belcher, who regulates. will exhibit for the
first time this season. lien Burn and Josh Hudson will spar for a
sovereign and half a dozen of wine, the best in ten minutes. Samp-
son and Jem Born will meet for a friendly set-to after their fight.
Bough Robin and Bob Burn will be matched, and the eay will
close with making the stake of 200 sovereigns for the fight between
G. Cooper and It. Baldwin.