The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-31 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

. Yesterday afternoon a Coroner's Inquest was taken before
Mr. Higgs at St. George's Hospital, on view of the body
of M. Fitzgerald, aged eleven years, who met with an ac-
cident on the Great Western Railway. W. Tustin, an
excavator on the Great Western Railway at Hanwell, de-
posed that on Monday afternoon, the deceased was assisting
to drive a horse for a man. The horse was attached to a
waggon, which was on an inclined plane, when while on the
descent. the deceased's foot caught against a check rail,
which flung him off his feet. He laid hold of the horse by
the bridle. Witness ran for that purpose, but before be
got up to him he fell, and the cart went over him. He was
immediately assisted up and brought to this hospital.—
Verdict —” Accidental death ;" deodand 101., with a re-
commendation to the Company not to allow a waggon to be
used without a break. _

Yesterday an inquest was held at the Salutation Tavern,
Woolwich, before Mr. Carttar, the coroner for Kent, and
a jury, on the body of John Matthews, aged 18 years, tho
apprentice to Mr. Corson, the gunpowder-lighterman, who
was blown up on Wednesday by an explosion of powder
in his master's skiff, while lying alongside the Maltese brig
Guiseppe, in Woolwich Reach, which was sunk at the
time, the boatswain killed, and several other persons se-
riously wounded. The body of the unfortunate lad was
found by a seaman named Richard Brewer, belonging to
the Diamond, a collier, in the upper part of Woolwich
Reach, on Tuesday morning, while the crew were engaged
in uomporing the ship. The body was in a very mutilated
state.- The chest, shoulders, and face were blown away,
and the father and relatives of the unfortunate boy could
only recognise the remains by the trousers and boots the
deceased was wearing at the time of the explosion. After
some discussion among the jury the coroner summed up, and
a verdict was returned—" That the deceased was killed by
an explosion of gunpowder in the River, but that there was
no evidence to show how the powder became ignited."

We learn from a source likely to be well informed
en the subject, that her Majesty intends honouring Brighton
by her presenca about the first week in October.—Brighton
Guardian.

Last night the metropolis was again visited by a
thunder storm, which, although by no means so severe as
that of Saturday, was very violent during the short time
that it lasted. The north-western suburbs suffered most by
it. The rain fell in torrents, doing considerable &image to
gardens, and flooding. several houses in low-lying situations.
There were some heavy claps of thunder, with very vivid
lightning, but we have not beard that any serious accident
was occasioned by it. There was a report .towards the
evening that a hay-rick had been fired by the lightning in a
field at Kensall-green, on the line of the London and Bir.
mingham Railway ; but on inquiry we find that there is no
foundation for the rumour. The fields within six or seven
miles of town look much refreshed by the abundant showers
that have recently fallen. The effect on the potato° market
has been to lower prices very considerably.