The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-04 00:00:00

A MAN SUFFOCA7ED BY A PIECE OF

MEAT,

Yesterday evening Mr. Langham held an inquest
at the Westminster Brewery Tap, Holywell-street,
Westminster, touching the death of Geo. Charles
Knight, aged 56, a tailor, lately residing at 48,
Marsham-street, who was choked whilst eating a
piece of meat on Friday evening last.
Police-constable Cooper, who resided in the same
house where deceased lodged, said on Friday even-
ing last he was called upstairs by deceased's wife,
who said she thought her husband was choking.
He went up and set him on a chair, and ran for Dr.
Pearce, who attended in about three minutes. They
went upstairs together. Deceased only breathed
about twice afterwards, and died. He saw some
bacon, beef skirt, and melt on the table.
Wm. Pearce, surgeon, of 46, Marsham-street,
said he was called to deceased about seven o'clock
on Friday evening. He found him lying on the
bed on his back. He made one or two efforts to
breathe and then ceased to exist. He had made a
post mortem examination. He discovered a large
piece of meat firmly fixed in the larynx, which had
caused suffocation. The piece of meat weighed
about one ounce and a half. He thought it was
melt or sweetbread. It would have been difficult
to swallow it had it gone down the right passage.
He had been told by the wife that her husband had
been drinking all day, and that when he was in-
toxicated she was in the habit of feeding him.
When she found him choking she put her fingers
down his throat to force the meat down. Witness
thought that by this means it had got more firmly
fixed in the larynx. There was no doubt as to the
cause of death.

The Coroner having summed up the evidence,
The jury returned a verdict that the deceased Oa
accidentally suffocated.

GOUN2.RY MARA.E2S.

COLCHESTER—Nov. 1.

A moderate supply of wheat, for which last week's rates
were easily obtained. Fine barley is rather dearer; other
samples no material change in value. Beans and peas are
a slow sale, at late rates.
Wheat, white 62s 56s Beans,Mazagan..34s 26s
red 44s 62s middle & amall.36s 44!
Barley
Oats

GLOUCESTER—Nov. 1.
We had very large supplies of grain today. Wheat
sold at last week's rates. Foreign wheat in fair demand'
Barley and beans were unchanged. New oats were dal!,
but old firm.

CHELMSFORD—OcT. 31.
The supply of wheat to-day at market was fair, and
the trade was moderate. Previous prices were maintained
for all kinds of grain.
Wheat; old white 39s 56s
new 39s • 52s
old red... 44s 50s
new 40s 48s
Barley ..30s 37s
Chevalier .......30s 40s
Grinding 24s 32s
61s 67s

Peas, Partridge 37s 410
White 39s 400
Boiling 4os 43°
Dun 35s 38;
Ditto new .. —8
Beans, Tick, old 34s 0",
new —s
Harrow Ticks 3ss 400
new --s
Mazagan 3os 380

Chevalier . 64s 69i
Oats 20s 28s

KIRKCALDY GRAIN—NOY. 1.
To-day there was a moderate supply of all kinds °1
grain. Sales steady. Wheat and barley is per qr dearer,
Oats much as last week.

Wheat. Barley. Oats.
First....36s Od I 23s Od 2os Od
Second ..42s Od 27s Od 22s Od
Third... Xis Od 33s 6d 26s 3d

COAL MARKET.
(Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market.
s. d. g.
Wylam ..16 6iNewton Main ..14
West Wylam 15 9 '
Carway and Duffryn
Malting
Do. Anthracite 21
Lambert's West Hart-

Walla End. 6
19 6
i Hetton ..
; couch Hetton 19 6
Russel's Hetton 19 0
) Thorpe .. ..1S 6
i Haswell l9
:et, 35 ; sold, 34.

ley 17 9
Tanfield Moor Butes 14 6
Ships at mark,

FO.R.EION MAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.
-,2.
19
Aur.ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. No.
via Marseilles .. Nov. la'
Arlan and Cape Verds, by British packet. NOV
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Dec. ;''
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southarnpton.Nov. i t
via Marseilles ...Nov. ~
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Nov. ~`"
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Nov• 13.
via Marseilles N°°' 0,
India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Nov. i
--via Marseilles Nov. ''
Lisbon
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Nov' 17
via Marseilles
Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... NO 6.
_
by U.S. packet.... /.
by Canadian packet. Nov. ,0.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Nov. 4,
Bahamas, via New York
... Nov•' 4 4).
~
Mexico.. -
All Westparsoandßritish lndies,
tish C
includingolurabi.
aChili, Peru, j Nov.
California, Vis

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The Telegraph° of Barcelona states that there 1°
now living at Almagro a woman of the most extraordineri
edea,ug has had ad
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fecundity. She married on© of her cousins 20 years ag°:
and, although at yearsporenseonnteonoloyea4o6o
f ag
tchhrilederteinm,ensi,naend,
being hying. She has had twins two of
birth.
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