The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-31 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

Yesterday at two o'clock an inquest was held at the Sad-
lers' Arms, Swallow-street, Regent-street, on the body of
Mr. George Vance, aged 67, a surgeon of considerable
eminence, whose death and the circumstances under which
it occurred have been fully detailed in this journal. The
circumstance has created a most painful sensation in
the medical profession. The inquest-room during the
proceedings was greatly crowded. The evidence being
concluded, the Coroner summed up, after which a dis-
cussion took place amongst the Jury, some being of
opinion that the case was one which ought to be visited
heavily—a most valuable life had been sacrificed. They
considered a verdict of " manslaughter" would place Mr.
Broadley in a situation where there would be no fear of
the public suffering from his further violence. Others of
the Jury objected to the verdict of Manslaughter, contend-

inn that the evidence did not bear it out. Eventually a
verdict was returned—" That the deceased came to his
death by coming in accidental contact with Mr. Charles
Broadley, who was at the time in a state of insanity, and
the Jury arc of opinion that the said Mr. Charles Broadley
should not in future be suffered to be at large."
THE LATE FIRE IN EXETER-STREET, CHELSEA.—

List night a lengthened investigation took place before
Mr. Stirling, at the Sir Hans Sloane Head, Exeter-street,
in the Fulham-road, on view of the remains of Mr. John
Battye, aged 77, late a solicitor, who on Tuesday morning
last lost his life at the destruction of the house by fire in
Exeter-street, where he resided. After hearing evidence,
the Jury returned for verdict—" That the deceased lost his
life by fire ; but how it originated there was no evidence."
Mr. Joyce was insured to the amount of twelve hun-
dred pounds, but it was much below the amount of his pro-
perty, that being stated to be near three thousand pounds.
The house was insured in the Westminster, and the stock.
in the County. Mrs. Baldwin had insured many years ;
but for some months past she had neglected to do so.

An inquest was held on Wednesday evening at the Co-
born Arms, Mile-end, on the body of a young lady of the
name of Helen Mlria Wright, whose death had taken
place under mysterious circumstances.
Mr. Henry Vincent Jarman, surgeon, of Bow-terrace,
Bow-road, bad known the deceased lady and her family
for some years, and the most friendly intercourse had
been kept up between them and his own family for some
considerable time. A few weeks ago Miss Wright ad-
dressing him, said, that as he had been always consulted by
herself and her mother when in difficulties of any sort, she
then wished to consult him on a matter that was extremely
important to herself. She then reverted to something
that had occurred to her about ten years ago, when her
connexion with a gentleman led to her pregnancy. Some
time before she had renewed that acquaintance, and the
consequence was that she was in the family way again,
and begged his advice as to what she had best do under
the circumstances. He advised her to acquaint her mo-

Cher and sister (Mrs. Hay) with the circumstance, but she
replied that she would rather die first, as her mother had
treated her unkindly when in the same state before. He
again urged her to reconsider the matter, and offered to
break the thing to her mother but she said she was
sure she would not survive it if he did not adopt some
plan to keep it from her mother. He then told her the
best thing she could do was to get her mother's per-
mission to go out of town for the benefit of her health,
and get a medical man to attend her. She replied,
that she would prefer being confined near home, and
have him (witness) to attend her. He then stated to her
that he knew a Mrs. M'Dowell, on Bow Common, where

he thought she might go, and subsequently called on Mrs.
M'Dowell, and made arrangements for her going there. He

had also arranged that he should meet her (Miss Wright)
in town, whichhe did, and took her to Bow Common in a
coach. He attended her in her confinement in nine days
afterwards, when she gave birth to a male infant, who was
still living, and she was going on very well until seized by
shivering fits, which continued at intervals till her death.
He felt it necessary to call in Dr. Conquest, who saw her
twice ; the last time on the evening previous to her death,
when his opinion of her was favourable, and he said he con-
sidered she would be much better on the following day.
Had his opinion not been favourable, it was his (Mr. Jar-
man's) intention to send for the friends of the deceased,
whether she wished it or not. She died at a quarter past
three on the following morning, from the effects of fever, to
which women are subject after confinement, and not from
any other cause. He was present at the time of her death.
The jury-room was cleared of strangers about seven
o'clock, and the Jury, after being locked up until eight
o'clock on the following (yesterday) morning, returned a
verdict of " Natural death."

Higher mountains there are, by a couple of thousand
feet, in Switzerland than are to be found in the Pyrenees ; but
they are neither numerous, nor situated together. Thus in the
district in Switzerland which contains the greatest number of
high summits—the Oberland Bernois—six mountains, ranging
from ten to twelve thousand feet in height, are to be found ;
whilst in a similar extent of Pyrenean scenery, twenty-one
mountains, varying from ten to eleven thousand feet in height,
may be seen and counted from various points of the department
in which we now were. The Swiss scenery may be called an
aristocracy of mountains—the Pyrenean, a republic ; in the
former, a few isolated summits domineer far above the others ;
in the latter, they are more upon an equality.—Summer in the
Pyrenees.
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TnuTHs.—The many are sacrificed to the few ;
ninety-nine in a hundred are occupied in a continual struggle
for the preservation of a perilous and precarious existence,
while the remaining one wallows in all the redundancies of
luxury that can be wrung from their labonrs and privations.
Luxury and liberty are incompatible ; and every new want you
invent for civilised man is a new instrument of torture for him
who cannot indulge in it.—Headlong Hall.

On Saturday last a waggoner, named William
White, employed at Mr. Rutherford's stone-quarry, Stone-
edge, was loading his waggon' when his thumb got entangled
in the wheels of the crane, and was completely severed from
his hand. The man, with the most perfect nonchalance,
picked up the shattered fragment, and exclaimed, " Whoy, I
dow declare if it hasn't ta'en my thumb off."- He coolly re-
placed the dismembered joint and bound it firmly to the stump.
The parts are now adhering.—Derbyshire Courier.