The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-24 00:00:00

SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.

Dr. Lankester, the coroner for Central Middle-
sex, prosecuted an inquiry at Middlesex Hospital
yesterday touching the death of Daniel Clayton,
labourer, 54 years of age, residing at 32, Crown-
street, Soho.
Henry Lawson, cabdriver, living at 46, Augustus-
street, Regent's-park, stated that he was walking
down Tottenham-court-road shortly after 12 o'clock
on that day week, and hearing another cabman di-
recting a policeman round the corner of Oxford-
areet into Boziers-court, he ran round. He there
saw the deceased standing by a lamp-post, with his
right arm extended and bleeding dreadfully. A
heavily-laden van was passing along, when the
policeman ran after it to atop it, and he procured a
cab and brought the bleeding man as quickly as
possible to the hospital. Subsequently deceased
told witness that while he was pointing out to two
gentlemen the way to the Exhibition a van came
past and suddenly pinned him against the lamp-
post, and either a piece of metal or one of the wheels
caught him violently by the arm, tearing it in a
shocking manner. He told witness nobody was to
blame, and it was also stated by the two gentlemen
that there was no fault attached to the driver.
Other evidence taken went to confirm the state-
ment of Lawson, that no blame whatever was attri-
butable to the driver of the van.

George Grimmer, the driver, said he lived at 22,
Manning .street, Edgware-road, and was carman to
Mr.
.Wright, of the Rose Inn, Smithfield. He knew
nothing whatever of the accident until a gentleman
stopped him some distance from the spot. He had
five tons of yellow metal bolts in the van, which
was drawn by three horses.
Mr. R. Hunt, the senior house surgeon of the
hospital, said deceased was brought there with the
arm severely lacerated, the arteries exposed and
bleeding profusely. He sank on Saturday from
pycemia caused by exhaustion and hemorrhage.

FATAL CONSTQUENCES OF FURIOUS
DRIVING.

Dr. Lankestar, the coroner, held an inquest at the
Horsa and Groom, S tephen-street,Tottenham-court-
road, last evening, on the body of a child named
Arthur Gunn, aged three years, living with his
parents, at 26, Gresse-street, Rathbone-place.
The evidence adduced from Mr. Jarvis, a veteri •
nary surgeon, and a man in his employ named
Wallis, went to show that on the 18th inst. Wm.
Brooker, driver of a van, drove down a place called
Stephen's-mews, where a number of children were
at play, according to habit, and caught the deceased
in the wheels. Severe wounds were inflicted upon
the unfortunate child, of which it shortly after-
wards died.
Mr. Jarvis deposed that Brooker was in the habit
of driving fast down the mews, although the road-
way was a peat descent, and at the time of the ac-
cident he could not have been driving much less
than nine miles an hour.
Wallis heard that Brooker had been cautioned for
his rapid driving on former occasions,
Wm. Brooker volunteered a statement to the
effect that he certainly was going rather quick, but
nothing like nine miles an hour. The horses were
apt to go quick at that point, but he stated posi-
tively that he did not see the children at play until
was d9wn upon them) and directly ho did ate

them he pulled up as w, ell as he could. He ad-
mitted knocking the deem sed down, and called a
witness who saw the acciden,'9and who deposed that
ix he (Brooker) was not going lore than four or five
miles an hour. He further ds'uosed that the child
absolutely ran out from one side
~,f the road against
the van, and that Brooker was usit,,g due caution.
The Coroner put it to the jury w;tether this was
a case of manslaughter or not, and til'e jury, after
deliberation, returned a verdict of Accidental Death,
with a very strong censure on Brooker, 'Which was
duly passed upon him by the coroner.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING TEE

IVREA:

(From the Regzstrar-Genera. 8 Weekly Return.)
The deaths registered in London in the week that ended;
last Saturday were 1,185, showing a slight increase on the•
previous week's number, which was 1,138. If the deaths
from epidemic cholera in the 38th week of 1854 are ex-
cluded, it will be found that the average number of deaths
in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,029, which,
corrected for increase of population, will become 1,131.
Hence it appears that the deaths of last week are 54 in ex-
cess of the estimated number. The increase is chiefly due
to heart and bronchial affections.

The deaths from zymotic diseases were 385. Under this
head are included 55 deaths from measles, 18 from whoop-
ing-cough, 66 from typhus, 85 from scarlatina, 8 from dip-
theria, 67 from diarrhoea, and 2 from cholera.
A journeyman carpenter, aged 27 years, died at 22, Dal
ston-terrace, Dalston, of cholera, one week. The son of a
ballast-heaver, aged six months, died at 1, Painter's-rents,
Ratcliff, of cholera infautum, five days. Three children,
aged two, eight, and eleven years respectively, died at 207,
Bethnal-green-road, from scarlatina maligna, aggravated
by the foetid exhalations from an adjoining sausage factory.
A carriage painter died at 36, Upper Park-place, Maryle-
bone, from chronic lead poisoning. A female, aged sixty -
nine, died at the Poor-house, Bermondsey, from old age,
accelerated by want of proper nourishment and warmth.
She was formerly a dealer in hair for building purposes,
and was destitute of bedding for a long time.

Of eight nonagenarians whose deaths are recorded in the
week the oldest persons were a man and a woman, who had
each attained the age of 96 years.

Last week the births of 872 boys and 888 girls, in all
1760 children, were registered in London, In the 10 cor-
responding weeks of the years 1852.61 the average number
(corrected) was 1833.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 30.045 in. The baro-
metrical readings rose from 29.70 in. at the beginning of
the week to 30.27 in. on Thursday. The mean temperature
of the air in the week was 58.6 deg., which is 2.3 deg.'
above the average of the same week in 43 years (as deter-
mined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature
was 73.8 deg. on Monday; the lowest night temperature
was 43.6 deg. on Thursday. The range of the thermometer
in the week was therefore 30.2 deg. The mean daily range
was 18.9 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point
temperature and air temperature was 7.3 deg. The mean
degree of humidity of the air was 78, complete saturation
being represented by 100. The mean temperature of the
water of the Thames was 60.6 deg. Rain fell on Monday
The general direction of the wind was north-east.

COUNTRY MAR4L.O.

,i,•
LEEDS-TUESDAY.

At to-day's market we had a good supply of wheat, the
trade in which was inactive, though holders were disposed
to accept less money than on Friday. Barley gives way
in price. Beans in limited demand. Oats and other arti-
cles at last Friday's rates.