The National Register.
London, England, 1818-11-15 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

On Tuesday afternoon. so inquest was held at the Duke of Argyle
public house, Great Wind:mil-street, St. James's, on the body of
Sarah Peareet aged te. who came to her death under the following
melancholy arcumstances :
Mr. James Pearce. of No. ‘2B. Great Windmill Serest, stated, did
the deceased was his daughter. and lodged at a friend's house opt..
site his own. She was amM by a young man named John Hid,
who is a harness maker.working at the corner of hsherd Street
Oxford Street. and who lodged in wituess's house. n Sunday three
weeks. he told her that he was going to St. Anp'a church, to publitils
the bans for their marriage. She sent a farldle friend to the church
to ascertain the fact, and the following Sunday went herself, bat
found that her name was not called. She returned Lome quite me-
lancholy, and was observed to be in a state of dejection. horn that
till the hots of her untimely death. On Sunday List the deceaaea
was with witness and her mother all the day ; about the afternoon,
Hill came home, bringing with hint a young woman. whom he
desired his landlady to tell the deceased was his intended wife ; apd,
m a further insult to the poor girl, be kept the female to tea, during
which the deceased was in a state bordering on fftnsy. Witness
detained her in his house till near one o'clock in the morning, trying
to moth her but to no effect. Next morning Mrs. Jones. wigs
whom the deceased lodged, nuns to witness, and said she feared
something had happened as she could not make her hear when she
called her. Witness. full of tenor. tan ova; the door was locked;
he forced it open instant's. and ran to the bed o no one was there,
nor had it the appearance of having boas slept in. Thinkingsbe
had wandered out, he was about to retrace his steps. but as he turned
round, was honor-struck to see her hanging. by • silk handkerchief
from a railing against the cupboard. Snatclung up a knife that lay
on the table, he cut the body down. and then ran into the streecnot
kno what he did.
Mwing r. E. Dixon, of 66. Wardour Street, surgeon. stated, that about
ten o'clock on Monday morning he was called to see the deceased.
There was a deep mark round the neck ; the to protruded. and
was much swoln. The body was quite cold, saddle had been dead
some hours; consequently he did not attempt to administer any Op-
medics. She had all the appearance of a person strangled. •
Mr. Jones, of No. 16..Wsodmill Street. with whom. the deceased
lodged, deposed that she worked at shoe-binding. and that on /floes
day morning some work was sept Miser from Mr. Puzefs. in Picca-
dilly. Witness went to call her but received no answer. (This
witness here confirmed the evidence of Mr. Pearce.) She was a
111011 CM. prudent, good natured girl, and much respected ; but lately
her conduct has been that of a lunatic.
On being asked by the Jury to give his opinion as to the cause of
her melancholy. Mr. Jones said, " I have nodal* but that rascal of
a fellow (Hill) deceived her."
The Coroner briefly summed up the evidence. and the Jury, •
through the medium of Mr. Savage, their foreman. returned the Id-
lowing verdict :•—•• The deceased hanged herself in a deaf insanity,
produced, in the opinion of the Jury. by the culpable, and they #4es
criminal conduct of John Hill."
The London Dock Company have take' down the .bense lend, •
occupied by Mr. Hors, which fronted the basin, os the outside of tim
Cofferdain. With the exception of a slight railing for about teen* •
yards along the margin of the excavation, the whole. as far as iki
river, is destitute of any defence. and the materials sod subbleh tam •
the have have raised the ground upon a level with the r ;so •
that along the whole line there is a precipice. frona.which an M*l4-
zdual in die dark may meet with immediate destruction: An inquest
on the body of Esther Hutton wan held on Thursday week, who woo
'nod dead in the basin on Wednesday. R. Angel, the Master of it
brig, heard a plunge into the water the preceding evmsft,'lnit coda
see nothing; there was twelve feet of water. J. surgeon, .
' saw no marks of violence to occasion death. Other witnesses wen
examined, and the inquest adjourned but it was ioeskie fee dap
Jury to ascertain whether the deceased met her by accident
or suicide. The Coroner said, the facts should meet the eye df• •
Idiom immediately concerned. Visdiet—Pound dead. afforest', by.
drowning.

Lord Chief Jastiee Abbot has made the following new. apple,- •
moots—Clerk at Nisi Prim vice the Hon. Charles Latre-Assochtee
and Marshal of Causes, vice W. Jones, Esq.—Cryer, vice It. Smith,
&in.—Clerk at Chambers, vice Thooae Platt, Msg.—Clerk of the
Errors, vice IL Smith, Esq. The names of the Gentlemen who haft
been appointed to succeed to these Officers thus dismissed by the
new Lord Chief Justice, have not yet transpired, nor the reams iw -
signed for their removal in a way so unprecedented.
FATAL ACCIDENT TllllO4/011 Poison.:• A shocking aikido*
happened to Mrs. Richardson, landlady.of the Three Compasses, Lints
Wad-street, Lineohes Inn Fields, in consequent of her taking
oxygenated salts. tor Epsom. She had desired her husband to take
the mks from off a shelf in the bar and mix them • when he, tc.
knowingly, took those used fur boot tops, and sent them upstairs by
his daughter. Mr.. IL swallowed the whole, and shortly afterelo-
pired in great agony.
Characierietk Traits.—Every nation has its traits; the Spaniards
sleep on every affair of impurtante; the haliansfiddk upon every:-
thing ; the Germans smoke upon every thing; the French promise
every thing and do nothing ; the British islanders eat upon every
ththinging ; and the windy subjectsof American colocracy, talk upon every -
!
M. Hunt, according to hie riddle's to the PeAllsof Westntinateri. •
is determined to stand the contest at the ensuing efeCtion.
Mr. J. Beghurst, of Rochester, has been actively employed in
hay-making for the last fortnight, and on Saturday week finished the
making and stacking of upwards of sit acres or meadow-hay, in .a
very fair condition.
An apple-tree in the garden of D. Sutton, Esq. at. Kensington.
opposite Holland House. re now covered with a second crop of apples ;
and there arc several others in the same garden which have also bad
a second produce this year, though nut in such abundance.
There is now in the garden of Mr. fakir. at Folkiatnic, a womb"
cherry-tree, which bore fruit at the usual period, and has again
blossomed and bears rive small cliewries..

Report says, that a great proportion of the discharged Made c
Soldiers will be sent to Atom.
It is perhaps unknown even to the commercial world,
that two vessels at least are completely laden annually
on the coast of Hampshire, near Lymington, with a
fine red gravel, for the purpose of supplying the me..
tropolis with that article, to strew on the bottoms of
bird cages. This, like other articles of trade, has fre•
duently had a considerable rise, in consequence of the
supply not equalling the consumption.
The fine estate of Cliefilen, on the banks of the
Thames, with the site of the ancient mansion and two
entire wings, came to the hammer on Thursday, sad
was knocked down for the sum of 39,5001.

SCA

On the 11 th instant the remains of Sir Satnuel
Ilotni:ly and his Lady were interred in the finally vault,
at Knill, near Presteign. The mourners were his
and Nephew, with hi: Brothers-in-Law—Mr.
NVilittaker and Mr. Davis. The bearers were, Lord
Linsilown. Mr. Brougham, Sir Harford Jones; Mr.
FranUand Lewis, Mr. Richard Price, Mr Whishaw,
and Mr. Allen.—The Rev. John Grubb, Vicar of Wig-
more. performed the funeral ceremony in a most im-
pressive manner.
Lord Castlereagh did not attend the Concert at Aix-
la-Chapelle, on Saturday, the 7th inst. ; nor the party
•of the celebrated Nladame lat tim t on the following night.
His Lordship's absence was attributed to the melancho-
ly event of Sir S. Romilly's death, the account of which
:had been received but a very short tithe before.
It has been erroneously stated. that the tinnily of the
late much lamented Sir S. Remaly consisted of one son
and five daughters. He has left one daughter and six
sons; the eldest is a student at Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, and three were at Durham-house Academy,
'Chelsea, but are at present with Lord Holland, at
Kensington.
The Morning Herald has made • another match for
'Westminster :—" Lord John Russel, (it now says) who
is lately returned from the Continent, intends .to be one
of the Candidates in the ensuing election for Westmin-
ster. lie is supported by the Whig and Burdett inte-
rest. It is not yet decided whether Mr. Douglas Kin-
naird will again start for Westminster.
The town of Portsmouth was on Tuesday thrown into
the utmost consternation in consequence of Godwin and
-Co.'s Bank having stopped payment. - Such was the
confidence of the inhabitants in that firm, that there is
scarcely an individual in any sort of business there that
dies not hold some of their notes. _ _

All the Masters of vessels at the port of Bristol, on
Friday se'itnight hoisted their colours half-mast high,
in. memory of the death of the late Princess Charlotte of
Wales.

-A great disturbance took place in the Tower about
4 o'clock last Snnday afternoon, in consequence of' the
appearance of one of those gentlemen called "Dandies"
among the company who assembled on the promenade
to hear the miiitary band. The " Dandy," whose
checks were highly painted, was pushed from side to
side, and, at last, was so roughly handled, that he was
:obliged to seek protection front the soldiers. The same
parson appeared on the public walk, in the Tower,
yesterday week, when the people threatened to pull off
his stays, &c. His re-appearance yesterday increased
their disgust and indignatiou. • He was received with
hisses from both sexes, and would have been driven
from the walk, had he not sought shelter in the guard.
room. Several hundred persons were present.
The Times says—We have heard, but we should be
sorry to pledge ourselves for the fact, that Mr. O'Meara,
who lately officiated as medical attendant on Burnet-
parte, has' been removed from his Britannic Majesty's
service. The einannstances from which this alleged
removal has arisen arc described to us to be of a nature
which will 'not admit of their being' concealed. it is
Said that the Doctor has charged the Governor with a
proposal to him to poison the prisoner.
.1 considerable degree of uneasiness was excited
during the last week, in consequence of certain indica-
tions of a )rebellious and refractory spirit among the
boys at Eton College. For several days they kept the
town in a state of uproar, and in their own immediate
qaarters did some serious mischief, as well as offered
tees grossest indignities to Dr. Keate, the head of the
college. At first it was apprehended that all subordi-
nation was at cud, and that it would be impossible for
the business of the institution to proceed : by the firm
and decisive conduct of Dr.- Keate, however, aided by
tl:c other masters, and by making a proper example of
some of the- ringleaders, peace was restored, and on
Saturday the whole of the school had returned to a
p-oper sense of their duty.
The following. melancholy event took place at West
Hundred, near Wautage, on the eveoing of the :nth
ult. • •Mr. Edmund Coventry, aged :20, son of Mr. Co-
vt-etry, farmer,.of that place, having hail some dispute
with his parents, retired into the sitting room and lock-
ing the floor, took down a short double barrelled gun,
and applying the muzzle to his temple, discharged the
contents into his head, and instantly expired. The
door being forced open, he was found weltering in his
blood, and on the window seat 4ty a paper containing
the tidlewing address, which appears to have been
written after he had retired to the room in which he
committed the fatal act :

• . .
Dearest Friends. I wi.h you well. I am now going to tnff•r.
ant sdrry YOU slrould blame me so lardy in things you did. I should
with you to speak well of me when I nun gone, and pmy for my
sins. Don't make a fuss atter lam gone. Tell my poor sister 11et•
azy I should like to have seen her once more. thee John Petit my
elarionet. I was horn a poor unlucky fellow. I owe no one any
thing as I can think of. 1 am sorry my mother was so set against
me. I hope we shall meet again in I leaven. I love and forgive all
the world. Farewell for ever. Let this he seen for all young men to
take a warning In. Father. prove that story as You told inc was
true t I think you %still find it was false. Dearest friends, farewell

A • coroner's ingnc•st sat tn► the body the following
dav, and after a full inci•ssigation of the eireutmtatives
attending this toLlatichol) event► returned a ►erdict
of—lnsanity.