The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-11-28 00:00:00

INQUEST.

Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the Board-ronm,
in Mishilescx Hospital, berm-, THONIAS S'etnt.usa, Esq.
Coroner. on the body of Mr. John Turner, aged 21 years,
whu inthesed several wounds npun himself, at his lodgings
in Wells-street, Oxford-street, on Monday last.
1 he Elm witness examined was Mr. Thomas Harding, who
said he rented the hoes., No. 41, in tYcila-street, where the
deceased bulged; ha was a carpenter. Witness was from
hawse when Ilse accident occurred, but his little girl tame
and informed him that a person had thrown himself oat of
the two pair of stairs window. lie immediately hastened to
the spot, sod on casting his eyes into the area observed the
deters' s' II iug on his back, and his mother crying over him.
11itnitss 'imitated him to the Hospital. Has throat wan eta,
and his clothes appearril very bloody. He went for the sur-
geons, came previous to the dereased being taken there.
They said to him (witness) " Look for the instrument,"
which he slid, but found nothing ; both his side and body
wrie tut, he observed, while the surgeons were dressing it.
They found an iron holdlast, which was very bloody, bat
could not say is las ther he had committed the deed with that
or Nor. This witness concluded by saying there was no one
iu .the house likrty to dip him any harm.

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Mr. Arthur Wyatt, one of the surgeons in Middlesex
Hospital, stated, that the deceased was bronght in on Mon-
day anti noon, about four o'clock, with his throat cut very
Jeep: shoe was also a large wound on the left side of the
chest, through which a considerable portion of the contents
of the belly were protruding, there was likewise a third
wound lower down, and believes that to be the extent of the
injury. The deceased died thefulluwiugevenintr about twelve
o'clock. He was occasionally rational in answering questions
that were put him. His mind appeared In work a grrat deal.
lle sunk under a low fever, and hail cm (freed a great loss of
hood, but did not appear so alien brought to the hospital.
't he fever resembled typhus, and very low. Witness said
that the deceased was sensible enough to have told who had
injured him, had it out been his own act. The wound on
the throat soil Cheat might have been done by himself, but
That do the belly was caused by the 'pike in the fall. Af-
ter his death hi. hotly wan (opened; a razor was found, turn.
ed hark, and lying on his stomach, having been, forced
through the cheat into the cavity of the belly.
Cooroosser—'4 Hive you rot that instrument?"—Witness.
1 felon ve it is iyiug fur your inspection."
itir inquiry the razor could not be horrid.
(Ine of site. laryniesi expressed great surprise that no ques-
tion was put to the deceased respecting the run set.
Answer from witness—" Nu question of the sort was pat
to him from the decant,' situation he laboured under.'
Mr. Peter Acbard sworn, 'dated he slept with the de-
ceased. He and the deceased went to bed at an early boor
'oil Sunday last; it might be about nine o'clock. He per.
ecisud the deceased very restless, and frequently awoke hit,
during the night. Me appeared generally dry during the
tiled ; sad willies' often observed him taking something
whirb he supposed was pills. There was a razor kept in the
drawer of the table, which was wow missing.
John Frieder, foreman *herring deceased worked, stated,
that be had appeared to him to be very ill for the last five or
six weeks. On *rhuraday seek the wispier' visited hits; he
told him he had no apatite, and could hardly draw his
ho rills. It appeared vet y much to affect his bead. He seat
fur him (a ittiess) shoal an hour before the accident hap-
prised ; slid nut go himself; another person went, but re-
tunort again soon after, saying, he was pate gone. Witness
slid not ate him until the accident bad occurred, and that
was in the erenirig.
The *hole of Ilse evidence 'hiving been gone through, the
Jury retired to view the burly. (In their return the Coroner
addresser, them in a few *olds, alien the following verdict
tram recorded That the deceased. after cutting his throat,
threw himself out of a window iu a state of owatal deringe-
merit"

SUDDEN DEATD.—On Thursday evening.. as
Titosiss ItEtvEs. Esq. of Denmark-hill, Cam.
lierwell, was speaking to the driver of one of the
Camberwell roaches. opposite the fialf-Moon Inn
in Griterchurch.stiert, he fell down sod instantly
expired. A sae and eleven children are left to
ru Isis loop.

lflfal WAVER THIN DAY AT LONDON BRIDGE.
91.uning 59 attar 1. I Enning it 7 Mar t.