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

A MAN SUFFOCA7ED BY A PIECE OP

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 14',"iday 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 thcee 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, Marsha m-street,
said he was called to deceased about sever,' 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 was
accidentally suffocated.

COUNTRY MARAELS.

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COLCHESTER—Nov. 1.

A moderate supply of wheat, for which last week's rates
were easily obtatZled. Fine barley is rather dearer; other
samples no material change in value. Beans and peas are
a slow sale, at late naves.
Wheat, white 528 56s Beans, Mazagan..34B 368
red ...44s 52s middle & 5ma11.363 42s
Barley
Oat• .... 2os 26s gray 38s 42s

GLOUCESTER—Nov. 1.
We had very large supplies of grain to-day. Wheat
sold at last week's rates. Foreign wheat in fair demand.
Barley and bums were unchanged. New oats were dull?
but old firm.

CHELMSFORD—Om 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 378
Chevalier 3os 40s
Grinding 24s 32s
Malt
Chevalier . 64s 69s
Oats 20s 28s

Peas, Partridge 378 400
White 39$ 400
Boiling . 4os 430
Dim 365 38s
Ditto new .. —s ---0
Beans, Tick, old 34s 39s
new --s —s
Harrow Ticks 3sts 400
new -5 —s
laszsgan 3os 38s

KIRKCALDY GRAIN—NOT. I.
To-day there was a moderate supply of all kinds of
grain. Sales steady. Wheat and barley is per qr dearer.
Oats much as last week.
Wheat. Barley. Oats.
First.... 36s Od I 23s Od I 20s Od
Second ..428 Od 27s Od 228 Od
Third ....618 Od 338 6d 26s 3d

fiRKET.
the close of the market.

COAL 1
tPrioca of Coal per Ton at
s s. (1.
. d.
14 9
Wylam ..16 6 Newton Main
West Wylam 15 9
Carway and Duffryn Walla, End.
Malting 23 6 Hetton ~. l9 6
Do. Anthracite..2l 6 South Hetton.... . 19 6
Lambert's West Hart- Russel Hetton 18 6
ley 17 9 Thorpe .. .. 18 0
19 6
Tanfield Moor Butes..l4 6 Haswell ..... ... ..
Ships at market, 35 ; sold, 34.

FOREIGN MAIL _PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.

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AuPlralia and Mauritius, via Southampton Nov. 19.
via Marseilles ... Nov. 13*
Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Nov. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Dec. 2.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Nov. 2.
via Marseilles Nov. 13.
Falkland Islands Nov. 4.
Gibraltar, via Southampton ..
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Nev. 2.
via Marseilles Nov. 13'
India (Bombay), via Southampton Nov. 10.
via Marseilles Nov. 4.
Lisbon
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Nov. 2.
via Marseilles Nov. **
Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo ..
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Nov. 6.
by U.S. packet....
by Canadian packet.Ziov. 7,;.
Nov. 20'
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Nov. ,"
Bahamas, via New York Nov.
20.
2.klexico. .
All -arts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Nov. 13'
eth;omia, and British Columbia..

The Tekgrai...nho of Barcelona states that there 10
now living at Almag:b a woman of the most extraordinarl
fecundity. She marries : one of her cousins 20 years ago,
and, although at present only 40 years of age, has had 20
children, nine being living. .sbe has had twins two or
three daughters at *
three times, and, on one occasial)
birth.