The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-19 00:00:00

qORONERS' INQUESTS.

MELANCHOLY INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATIL-.---YOS.•
terday an inquest was held at the White Hart Tavern,
King's road, Chelsea, before Mr. STIRLING and a respect-
able Jury, on view of the body of Mrs. Mary Brooke, aged
36, the wife of Mr. Wm. Brooke, the extensive hardware-
man of Tothill-street, Westminster, and Kingsland-road,
Chelsea, whose death occurred under the following very af-
flicting circumstances :

Rebecca Thorpe, nursery-maid in the family, deposed
that on Saturday morning the deceased rose in her usual
health. About noon, witness passed her mistress on the
stairs, coming down to the kitchen. On her return to the
drawing-room, witness heard her mistress fall on the first
floor stairs. She (witness) was shocked atdiscovering that
she was apparently lifeless, and with the help of the other
domestics removed her to a couch. Mr. Barnes, a medical
man, was instantly sent for, and pronounced her quite dead.
lie considered the rupture of a vessel near the heart the
cause of death.

Verdict—" Died by the visitation of God."
The deceased has left a family to deplore her loss.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A PRISONER AT QUEEN-SQUARE
POLICE-OFFlCE.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the
Hoop and Grapes, Queen-square, Westminster, before Mr.
HIGGS and a respectable Jury, on view of the body of Ro-
bert Barnes, aged 48, who died suddenly on Tuesday morn-
ing, while waiting for a re-examination at Queen-square
Police-office, on a charge of felony.
The deceased was seized with a violent palpitation of the
heart on his way from Horsemonger-lane Gaol, whither he
had been, a few days ago, remanded. Shortly after he
reached the office, he seemed to be better, and he was
placed by the fire. Some brandy and water was offered to
him, but he was unable to take it. A surgeon was sent for,
who tried to bleed him, but only a few drops of blood could
be obtained, and lie died in a few minutes.
Verdict " Died from natural causes."

EM B EZZLEM EN T.-A clerk in the Argus Insurance
Office has been within the last few days, apprehended upon
suspicion of having embezzled property to the amount of
1,000/., belonging to the Company. The accused was in the
employment of the Company as an accountant and book-
keeper, and great confidence was reposed in him. Mon-
day, the 12th of December, was the last day he was seen at
the dice, and the next day had been appointed for auditing
the accounts, which it was his duty to prepare for the audi-
tors. On Tuesday morning, however, he never made his
appearance, and what excited a good deal of surprise was
the cash-book was not to he found, although the most dili-
gent search was made for it. When the accused went away
on the preceding day he did not appear to have any book in
his possession ; but he might for what those in the office knew
have had the book in question under his cloak. His mother
and brother had been at the office in the course of the Mon-
day, and had a box or bundle with them, and departed in a
coach, after having been up stairs in the apartment which
the accused occupied. It is stated that on the Sun-
day night previous to the last day's visit of the accused to
the office he had been there, and that he had all the books
and papers strewed about the place. It was soon ascer-
tained, after be had decamped, that there were deficiencies ;
but the disappearance of the cash-book has occasioned
some embarrassment amongst the Directors, the accused
having evidently disposed of it, in order that if any mischance '
should happen to him that sort of evidence might not be
producible against him. It is, however, notwithstanding
this trial of skill upon the part of the accused, believed that
a strong case will be made out against him. The accused
was two days ago privately brought before two Magistrates,
but it oddly enough turned out that they were both Direc-
tors of the Company. The most active measures have
been adopted by the prosecutors for the purpose of bring-
ing the delinquent to justice.

On Friday a man named Scott, about 70 years of
age, was found dead in a ditch in a garden at Warley.
He had left his house in the night, which was near a quarter
of a mile from the place where he was found—it is sup-
posed to procure a light at a cottage he was in the habit
of going to, and from the inclemency of the weather, and
not having all his clothes on at the time, fell down and pe-
rished. He was an extremely parsimonious man, and de-
nied himself the common necessaries of life, although he bad
at his death, and has had for some years past, 6001. or 7001.
in the funds. He was in person loathsome, and was in ,
the habit of picking up pieces of bones, sticks, &c., and
filth, to save firing : the loss of an egg or two was terrible
to him. Some time since he lost eleven sovereigns out of
his pocket ; a neighbour found them and took them to
him in the night, and with the utmost difficulty he screwed
a trifle out of him to drink. The same party took him to
London to receive his dividend at the Bank, and he could
hardly be got away from the cashier, as he hoped he would
give lien a little more interest, as he was such " a very poor
man." No inducement could tempt him to part with his
money to purchase any new clothes. He vas in every
thing a second Elwes, and was the butt of the boys when- •
ever he visited Brentwood.—Chelmsford Chronicle.
TH E DRAMA AT PA RIS.—A considerable in- 4
crease took place last year in the number of new pieces and
authors. In 1834 there were 148 authors, and 188 new
pieces, 127 of which were vaudevilles. In 1835, 183
authors, 221 new pieces, 159 of them vaudevilles, being
an increase of 43 pieces and 35 authors. At the Grand
Opera there were 4 novelties (2 operas and 2 ballets) ; at
the Francais 7, (2 tragedies and 5 comedies, besides 25
revivals) ; Opera Comique 12, besides 12 revivals ; Italian
Opera, 1 ; Odeon, 3 ; Gymnase, 17 ; Vaudeville 22 ; Va-
rietes, 25 ; Palais Royal 28 ; Gaite, 32 ; Ambigu-Comique,
27 ; Porte St. Martin, 12 ; Cirque Olimpique, 4 ; Theatre
Choiseul, 14 ; Folios Dramatiques, 14 ; Pantheon, 40 ; St.
Antoine, 34 ; making altogether 296, of which 218 are vau-
devilles.

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elegant and most extensive assortment of Silver Tea Services, vary—
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and Milk Ewer. The ground-floor, and first, second, and third floors,
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BIRTHS.
On the 17th inst., in Brunswick-square, the lady of J. Cortazzi,
Esq., of a (laughter.
On the 15th inst. Mrs. James Ormerod, of Halliwell Lodge,
near Bolton, Lancashire, of a son.
On the 17th inst., in Upper Norton-street, Portland-place, the
lady of W. A. Greatorex, Esq., of a son.
On the 16th inst., in Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, the lady of
R. Plimpton, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 14th inst., at Hastings, the wife of J. G. Shorter, Esq.,
of a son.

On the 15th inst., in Huntley-street, the lady of F. J. Prescott,
Esq., of a son.

On the 14th inst., at Hatfield, the wife of the Rev. B. Peile, of
a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 17th inst., at Morton Kirby, Kent, Josiah Rolls, Esq.,
Old Kent-road, to Helen, only daughter of the late W. Ray, Esq.,
of Farningham, Kent.
On the 17th inst., at St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, Thomas
Bless Pugh, Esq., of New Dorset-place, Clapham-road, to Eliza,
second daughter of the late T. Allpress, Esq., of Kensington.
On the 17th inst., at Limehouse Church, Henry St. John Joy-
ner, Esq., of Avely Hall, Essex, to Frances, eldest daughter of A.
Batson, Esq., of Limehouse.
On the 17th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Maryielone, Major
Mair, 99th Regiment, to Miss Margaret Grace Palmer, of Upper
Seymour-street.

DIED.
On the 11th inst., at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, at Fingask Castle,
Sir Patrick Murray Thriepland, of Fingask, Bart.
On the 16th inst., at Shanks House, Dorset, the Right Hon.
Viscount Weymouth.
On the 10th inst., at Thornham, Suffoll., aged 61, the Right
Hon. Mary Dowager Lady Henniker, relie,t of John Alinet Lord
Henniker.

On the 16th inst., at Worthing, Mr. Eflmunds, aged 65.
On the 13th inst., Evan Pugh, Esq., abed 86, father of the Skin-
ner's Company.
On the 16th inst., at New House, Watford, Peter Clutterbucks
Esq., aged 55.
On the 3d inst., at Dresden, aged 20, Geerge Cooper, youngest
son of J. Baines, Esq., of Shooter's-hill.
On the 13th inst., Susannah Snell, wife of Mr. H. Woods, of
Bayham-terrace, Camden-town.
On the 15th inst., at the Forth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Mrs. Hodg-
son, widow of the late John Hodgson, Esq., of Buckden, Hunting-
donshire.

On the 24th ult., at St. Petersburgh, Sophia, wife of John 'Wil-
son, Esq., merchant, of that city.
On the IGth inst., in Soho-square, John Green, Esq., late of
Preston, Lancashire, aged 78.
On the 14th inst., Mr. Thos. Mansell, of Castle-street, Blooms-
bury, aged 80.
On the 16th inst., in Guildford-street, Miss Heylyn, aged 73,
daughter of the late E. Heylyn, Esq., many years an inhabitant of
Islington.
On the 16th inst., Francis Charles, third son of the late Alex.
Gibb, Esq., of Russia-row, aged 14.
On the 16th inst., at Rochester, Mrs. Calder, wife of Mr. Geo.
Calder, of the Crown Inn..
On the 14th inst., at Hintleshone Hall, Suffolk, Miss Lloyd, in
her 77th year.
On the 15th inst., in Charles-street, Grosvenor-square, Frank
Upton, Captain, R.N., and a Commissioner of his Majesty's Dock-
yard, at Trincomalee, Ceylon.
On the 16th inst., aged 83, Catherine, wife of John Eckersall,
Esq., of Portland-place, Bath.
On the 16th inst., at Notting-hill, aged 30, Clara, wife of Wm.
J. Keene, Esq.
On the 15th inst., aged 44,, Anne, wife of Mr. G. Creed, or
Great Russell-street, Covent-garden.
On the 13th inst., aged 44, Charles Ely, Esq., of Nottingham-
place, Marylehone.
On the 13th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Lieutenant John Reade, of
Bridge road, Lambeth.
On the 13th inst., Elvira, wife of Mr. Thomas Dodsworth, of'
the Colonial Office.
On the 14th inst., Mr. Thomas Wizen, of Hampton, Middlesex,
aged 87.

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