The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-07 00:00:00

James Fritl, of No. 6. John-street, II lnway-street, Oz.
ford-street, painter, stated that he knew the deceased as a
fellow-workman at the British Museum; they had been at
work there about a fortoight ; he has left a wife and six
children ; on Monday last witness and others were at work
in the new library on the north side of the Museum ; they
were painting the ceiling. and standing on a scaffold erected
for the purpose ;_ it was about twenty-five or thirty feet
from the floor, which was principally slated, and partly
boarded ; the deceased and ten others were at work with
witness on the same scaffold ; a piece of quartering whie'a
supported the scaffold gave way, end a part of the seaffutd-
ing fell, and witness and all the others fell with it ; witness
recollected nothing from the time he fell, as he vtas much
hurt and became insensible ; the scaffolding had beer.
erected the same day ; it had been put up in other partr, of
the building, and stood very well to the same sort of work.
Mr. Edward Taylor, house-surgeon, stated that on the
deceased being brought into the hospital he was found to
be dead. Witness afterwards removed the scalp from the
skull, and found twenty pieces of the fractured portion of
the skull driven into the brain.
The Jury, after viewing the body, returned a verdict of
Accidental Death," with a deodand of 21., and a strong
recommendation to the employers to use suitable scaffold-
ing in future.

DESTITUTION.—Yesterday forenoon a Coroner's Inquest
was taken at the Bricklayers' Arms, Chicksand-street, Mile
End Old Town, before Mr. BAKER and a respectable Jury,
on the view of the body of James Brown, ages fifty, a
trunkmaker, who severed his windpipe with a razor.
Charles Norris, a weaver, deposed that he resided at the
back of the house where the deceased lived, and which
was at No. 11, John's-court, near Hanbury's brewhouse,
Brick-lane. He had a wife and five children, all of whom
were in the greatest distress. They were frequently suffer-
ing tinder typhus fever, from not having a sufficiency of
food ; while he had frequently seen the children almost in
a state of nakedness. On Thursday witness was looking
out of window, when he saw the unfortunate widow rush
into the yard towards a shed, in a few minutes be heard
her screams. Witness then entered the house, and found
that the deceased had cut his throat ; he had a razor in his
hand, which was taken away by a policeman. Mr. Mitts,
a medical gentleman, attended in about half an hour, but
:ife was then extinct.

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The summoning officer said that he understood the de-
ceased was in the receipt of parochial relief. Fie was offered
an asylum in the workhouse ; but though lre was in the most
abi,ct state of wretchedness, without a blanket, a bed, or a
chair, he would not accept the offer. - -
Elizabeth Brown, the unfortunate widow, whose appear-
ance exhibited that she had frequently not partaken of the
necessaries of life, said that her husbanti was formerly in
the employ of Mr. Pended, trunkmaker, near the Monu-
ment, eighteen years. In consequence of the misfortunes
of the firm he lost his situation at Christmas last, since
which time he has scarcely been able to get a livelihood.
By the Jury--She had on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sour-
day each day, a shilling and two loaves. They had no
other means of support.
Juror—lt is impossible that they can live with that al-
lowance.

summoning officer said that the deceased was under
an order of removal.

The witness said that she did not know her ht ;band I.ad
refused to go into the workhouse.
Thomas Hartnond, the relieving officer of the Tower
Hamlets Union, said that when he heard of the distressed
situation of the deceased of his own accord he gave 4s. the
first week. The following week, by order of the board, ho
gave, in money and value of bread, 73. 6d., and the next.
week 7s. 3d.

A Juror asked for particular items.
The witness said that the last week the deceased had
six four pound loaves, Is. 6d. on Monday, Is. 6d. on Thurs-
day, and Is. on Saturday. On last Monday he left Is.
The widow stated that since her unfortunate husband's
death she had only had one shilling from the parish.
Harmond said that she told him she had sufficient as-
sistance from several charitable individuals.
CORONER—That is very creditable to her, and shows that
she had no intention to impose on the parish.
A Juror asked if the deceased assigned any reason for
not going; into the workhouse ? Ilarmond said he thought
that in a short time he would be able to do without
troubling the parish.

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Verdict—" Temporary Insanity."
The Jury remarked that they compassionated the un-
fortunate situation of the deceased, and they, with the. Co-
roller, subscribed about 20s. for the widow's relief.
Last night an inquest was held in the Board-room of the
North London Hospital, Gower-street, Bedford-square,
before Mr. STIRLING and a respectable jury, on view of the
body of Mr. 'William Henry Booth, a barrister, aged 52,
who was killed by being thrown from his horse, under cir-
cutnstances of a very dreadful and lamentable nature.
William Squires did not know the deceased in his life.
About a quarter before sevrn o'clock that morning, witness
was in the New-road, St. Pancras, when he observed the
deceased riding on a grey horse ; it was going at a walking
pace, when the animal stumbled and threw its rider over
its head, and fell itself on the person of the unfortunate
gentleman. Witness and others ran to his assistance ; he
was extricated from the horse, and taken up in an insensible
❑nd apparently dying state. A cart was obtained, in which
he was conveyed to the institution, but he expired on the
way.

Mr. Taylor, the houso-surgeon, Ftat e d that he had no
doubt but that the vertebrae of the deceased's neck were
broken.

Verdict—" Accidental death."

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INTOXICATION.—Last evening a lengthened in-
vestigation took place at the Cumberland's Head Tavern, .
City-road, before Mr. Baker, the Coroner and a jury,
touching the death of George Martin, aged 28 years. From
the evidence it appeared that on Saturday last the deceased,
who was a dustman, had been employed at the distillery of
Mr. Gordon, in Goatvell-street, and in the course of the
afternoon had drank a great quantity of liquor, and his two
companions, fearing he would be takes to the.station.itouse
by the police, placed him in the yard of the house of Mrs.
Bragan, in Pear Tree-street ; that he was afterwards heard
to sing two or three songs, and then went to sleep. At a
quarter past eight o'clock on the same evening he was found
to be quite dead, having been in the place about three
hours, and it was alleged that his companions had ill-used
him. Alter examining several witnesses the jury returned
a verdict--" That the deceased was found dead," as de-
scribed, leaving the case still open to further inquiry by the
tnagist; cm, and the police, in the event of anything traus-
piring that might attach criminality to any party.
A RUN TO CALAIS.—AII in all, Calais is a dull
place for a man fresh from England--from London—nay,
even from Dover. In vain it has its theatre open three
times a week'';' its London and Dover steam-boats to land
their half-dead passengers for the amusement of her idle
residents-and the profit of her hotels ;in vain is there a
rotunda in the labyrinth of the copse called the Jardin des
Plantes, where they dance on Sunday evenings, at six sous
enttance—the Vauxhall rival opposite is, alas! shut up ; in
vain is there a fair once a year ; in vain those wearisome
merry bells ; it will not do, except per force ; it is so dread-
fully dull. What is this dullness ? I don't know—" the
reason why I cannot tell." Ralph Restless (vide " New
Monthly"), who confesses be cannot be quiet thict months
in one place, and will soon get tired of New York dinner,,
would would here he tired to death in three days—exactly my
Not even the impending fete at Guinnes could tempt me ;
so I popped myself on board the 21//e/ville steamer, turned
into a berth, and dosing through the night, found myself
early in the morning very comfortably winding up through
the reaches of old Father Thames.—United Service Jour-
nalfur
September.
At
Nottingham fair last week, an exhibitor of
hocus-pocus put the following announcement, in large let-
ters, outside his show-booth :—" Amongst other feats of
legerdemain will he shown, with dexterity equal to 11;s
Lordship, the trick of Sauter le Coup, by which Lord do
Ros won so much money Graham's Club, London."
Mr. Bonfield, the landlord of the Knap Inn,
near Ford Abhey, having caught some time age a young
badger, has trained it to such a state of docility that it
rims about his premises like a domestic animal, and asso-
ciates with a large house dog with as much familiarity as if
h*vc
they were both of the seine species.—Sherhorne Journal.
A sailor Pil board one of her Majesty's ships, who
had hen for several years on a foreign station, and had.
r
peer been
proceeded to AlverFtoke, where, for
on shore, askedit s
sleave tofu
funeral, a trip by
lau:l, and
the first time itslife,iw witnessed a ral. He was
evideatly very much surprised at the ceremonial, and when
he returned on board at night could. talk of nothing but
what he had seen in the churchyard, " Why, what d'ye
think they does with the dead corpses ashore ?" said he to a
I never stir," replied Jack, " but they put
• te " Raw uhould I know r said the other. " Why
snipma •
::,ennu4)ll4iall4hTixa yes and (*tots 'em."