The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-11 00:00:00

Last night an inquest was held at the King's Arms,
Broad-street, Bloomsbury, before Mr. STIRLING and .a re-
spectable Jury, on the body of John Colyer, aged 58, a
Waterloo pensioner, who died in St. Giles's station-house.
Richard Ethridge, police constable E, No. 163, about
half-past five o'clock on Saturday evening last, observed the
deceased in the street, surrounded by about a dozen persons.
He (deceased) appeared intoxicated. A man, who said he
was his (deceased's) friend, was supporting him. The de-
ceased expressing a wish to be taken to some place of
safety, witness thought it best to take him to the station-
house. Witness also took his (deceased's) companion, who
was also tipsy, to the station-house. The deceased, on
reaching the station-house, inquired for his bundle and
money. Fowler, the man who had been in his company,
produced the bundle, but denied having any of his money.
Witness, however, searched him, and found two half-sove-
reigns, two half-crowns, a sixpence, and some half-pence
The deceased was placed in one of the cells, and witness
did not see him again, but went on duty.
Francis Fryer, police constable, E 69, repeatedly visited
the deceased whilst in the cell. He (deceased) was laying
along the bench. Witness at each visit inquired if all was
right, when the deceased replied " Yes." Between twelve
and one o'clock, on witness going into the cell, he found the
deceased on the ground. He lifted him up on the bench.
At one o'clock witness found him frothing at the mouth
and insensible. He informed Inspector Campbell of it,
who, after seeing the man, sent witness for a surgeon, but,
the deceased getting worse he was placed on the stretcher,
for the purpose of being conveyed to the workhouse. He
expired on the way. Fowler said that the deceased had
been in the army thirty years. On the Saturday he (de-
ceased) received his pension, and drank more than did him
good. He had been wounded in the head at Waterloo.
The Jury, after some consultation, returned a verdict—
" That the deceased died from the effects of intoxication."
Last evening an inquest was held at the London Hos-
pital, in the Mile-end-road, before Mr. BAKER, the coroner,
on the remains of Elizabeth Sims, a very fine young woman,
cf 18 years of age, who died in that institution on Friday,
from the effects of the most frightful burnings. George
Phillips, a youth of 14 years of age, the son of Mr.
Phillips, of No. 2, Savage-gardens, Tower-hill, lighter-
man, on Wednesday afternoon last about three o'clock,
was in the kitchen of his father's house, and saw the
deceased, who was a servant in the family, go to the
fire and take from between the bars of the grate a large
poker, which from being in the fire for some time was quite
red, and place it against the fender. She then commenced
winding the stove so as to widen it, and her apron having
touched the poker it became on fire. The deceased, who
became dreadfully alarmed at the circumstance, called out
to witness to extinguish her apron by rubbing it down. He
attempted to do so, and had nearly succeeded when the de-
ceased kept going closer to the door, the flames broke out
afresh, and with greater avidity. He went on to state that
a young man who lodged in the house here entered the
kitchen and threw a pail of water over the deceased, and
this together with his (witness's) mother, having rolled a
rug round her, extinguished the flames, and she was con-
veyed with as little delay as possible to the hospital.
Mr. Frost, a pupil in the hospital, deposed that the de-
ceased lingered in the greatest agony until Tuesday even-
ing, when death terminated her sufferings.
Verdict—Accidental Death.