The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-21 00:00:00

THE INQUEST.

The inquest on the body -of the wretched man was
held on Monday. The body was found laying on its
back, at the foot of the bed, which was in disorder. A
table beside the bed was covered with broken glasses and
lemonade bottles. In an inner dressing-room was strewn
a quantity of new wearing apparel. Five pistols were
found on the table. Some cards of a commercial house
were found in a pocket-book of the deceased.
After hearing evidence, the jury found "that the de-
ceased, while labouring under a temporary derangement
of mind, on the day previous, discharged a pistol at a
' female named Emma Fawcitt, in the house, 24, French-
street, and that in a few minutes afterwards he fired a
pistol into his left lung, which caused his death."
The only important witnesses were the two females'
Stuart and Fawcitt, but they did not throw any ad-
ditional light on the melancholy catastrophe.

NARROW ESCAPE. -One of the most remarkable in-
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gress near the canal wharf. A series of large and
lofty arches is being constructed there, as the foundation
of the intended new good's warehouses in connection
with the Victoria Railway station. Seven arches had
been completed, and the eigthth and last arch on the
side
next to the railway was about to be turned. The
whole fabric was of stone, and was of a most substan-
tial character. On Saturday afternoon, shortly after
dinner, three ma.ons and four labourers were at work
on the seventh arch, which they had just keyed in and
completed, when they were obliged to retreat and seek
shelter from a thunder-storm, accompanied by heavy
rain. No sooner had they descended from the arch and
reached the ground adjacent, than the entire arch on
which they had been working fell in with a tremendous
crash. This circumstance is regarded by the workmen
a; one of the most extraordinary instances of " hair-
breadth 'scape" they ever knew. Sometimes there
have been as many as 15 men working on the arch
at the same time. The only way of accounting for the
falling of the arch is the supposition that the perp
cular timbers were forced out of their place by the light-
ning. endi
[ADvEnTISEITENT.]—THE CHOLERA. IN ENGLAND.—
(To the Editor of the Sun.)—Sir,—lt would appear that
doctors and boards of health are as much
ursat sixes and
sevens as ever, upon the treatment to be pued, either
as a preventative or cure, by parties attacked with
cholera. Now, the public should understand that diar-
rlicEa, the precursor of cholera, should, like any other
disease, be treated by an efficient vegetable purgative,
such as Morison's Vegetable Universal Medicine. Here
lies the great secret of cure, at least, if the testimony of
Mr. Thomas Hudson, now residing at No. 46, Union-
street, Portsea, and, also that of Mr. Thomas Gardner,
of 18, Lawrence-street, Bishopwearmouth, is to be
received. It is unquestionable that in the year 1832
both these parties cured and saved thousands from
cholera solely by Morison's Pills, of the British
College of Health, New-road, London. The report
from these two parties„ can be seen in the second
volume of " Morisonia, page 636 and 397. What
the public require is some cheap remedy to which
the may have immediate recourse without the payment
of never-ending fees to doctors. We now think it
highly important to state that in a letter just received
from our agent at Madras. Mr. R. L. Pereira, dated the
6th of August last, he states that Mr. J. Thompson, of
the indigo works at Cuddapah, mentions the cure from
the bite of a cobra de capello solely by Morison's Vege-
table Universal Medicine. We ourselves bad no doubt
that such a cute might be affected, and we feel delighted
that the fact is now proved. It is a subject worthy of a
commission of inquiry by the Government.--Signed, The
. Members of the British College of Health, New-road,
London, for and on behalf of the Society of Hygeiats.--
Nted this 19th Sept., 1853.