The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-11 00:00:00

APPOINTMENT.

Woomum, AUG 10.—Assistant-Surgeon Henry C.
S. Wilson, M.D. (1847), to the Highflyer steam-sloop, at
present on an experimental cruise.
Rear-Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, K.C.8., and Com-
modore Sir Thomas Herbert, K,C.B, Lords of the Ad-
miralty, visited Woolwich-dockyard to-day, and were
accompanied by Commodore - Superintendent Henry
Eden and Mr. Lang, master-shipwright, during a
lengthened inspection of the Agamemnon, 90, fittieg
with engines of 600-horse power and screw propeller by
John Penn and Son.
The Tyne store and troop ship, Master-Commander
Peter Wellington, is still at Woolwich refitting for
further service, and has not left this port since she
returned with old stores from Rio and the Island of
Ascension.
The Widgeon steam-vessel went down:the river a short
distance this afternoon to try her engines, and, when
completed, she is to be taken round to Pembroke to be
employed as a tug vessel at that port, instead of the
Troyer°, now unfit for service.
The works connected with the enlargement of the en-
trance to the outer basin are now nearly completed, and
the caisson, after being lengthened 9 feet, or 4i feet o❑
each side, has been replaced in its former position, and a
new platform raised over it. When necessary, two large
volumes of water can be discharged at a considerable
height through it from the water in the basin, which has
the effect of deepening the entrance considerably, and
the fall causes the current to carry off the mud deposits
to a distance from the wharf wall.
DEVONPORT, MONDAY.—Lady Montague convict ship
sailed this afternoon with 290 male convicts for Van
Diemen's Land.

A Mr. Wilkinson has been hero to-day and visited the
Belleisle, 72, Endymion, 44, and Andromache, 44, with
a view to their being purchased for the merchant ser-
vice. A party of gentlemen from Lloyd's have visited the
dockyard this afternoon.

TITEBDAT.—Orders have been recEived at the dock-
yard at this port to diicontinue the sale of old rope. In
the trial of a party at the recent BNlcoin assizes, on the
charge of embezzling Queen's stores, the judge took oc-
casion to remark on the impropriety of the Government
disposing of articles of this description. The present
order is supposed to have arisen out of these obser-
vations.

CHATHAM, MONDAY.—The Daphne, 18, Captain Fan-
shawe, came to Chatham this afternoon to be paid off.
Sinbad naval lighter arrived on Saturday with stores
from Plymouth and Portsmouth.

EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Carter held an inquest at the
Hero of Waterloo, Waterloo-road, on the body of
George Charrott, a coachman recently in the employ of
Mr. Dimack, the banker, residing at Forest Hill.
ao
Mr. Charles Ansel], the keeper of the Bridge
between ffe
house, 52, Lower Marsh, said on Sunday la9t,
five and six o'clock in the morning, the deceased and his
wife were brought in a cab to my house from the Tower-
street police-station, and I wes induced to accommodate
them with a bed. They were shown to the back first
door room, and the woman who was very tipsy as
as-
sisted to bed. After that the deceased and the man
who had brought them to my house left together; but
deceased soon after returned. He appeared very much
distressed at the conduct of his wife, who had a pair of
black eyes. In the course of conversation he said her
cause of
misconduct had been the his leaving his
situation at Forest Hill, the *
night previous ; and
he repeatedly spoke
about the ditsoeor.aceThsehye
was bringing upon herself and him
both remained there the whole day ; he had dinner
and other refreshments, but she had not. I saw them
both repeatedly during the day. The woman was covered
with bruises, and on m
asking
how she got them she
told me it was in consequence of her falling about. The
deceased got some lotion which he applied to her eyes;
he also administered to her a black draught. Altogether
he evinced the utmost solicitude about her, and towards
the evening after having some tea she appeared to be
getting a little better. Between 8 and 9 o'clock, whilst
I was in the kitchen at the back of the shop, I heard
a noise in the room above from some one falling
heavily on the floor; and on a
going l
oing to ascertain the cause
I found the door fastened on the inside. I then knocked;
but not being able to get a satisfactory answer, and, fan-
cying the woman might have hurt herself, I got on the
leads of the back kitchen, and, opening the window of
the room, entered it by that means. I then opened the
door, and sung out to my servants to bring a light ;
he, however, mistook what I said, and brought a
knife. I took the knife from him and laid it on
the washstand, and he immediately after brought
me a candle. I then, with his assistance, lifted the
woman into bed; directly after which, on looking
round, I found the man suspended by a cord which he
bad taken from a box he brought with him, to a hatpee•
on a cupboard door near the side of the bed. I 4imme-
diately cut him down, and sent for Dr. Sewell, who
promptly arrived, and pronounced him to be dead.
woman
also sent for the police, and they conveyed the w
to the Lambeth Workhouse, and the man was taken to
the deadhouse.
By the CORONER-It must have been his own act; the
woman could not help herself.
The CORONER—Had she any knowledge of his being
in the position you found him in?—No.
In answer to further questions, the witness stated that
when deceased was talking about the conduct of his wife,
he appeared very low-spirited, and even cried. The last
time witness saw Ceceased alive was about six o'clock;
and when he went up to the roon2 on hearing the fall,he i