The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-26 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

On Wednesday evening an Inquisition was
taken before T. W. UNWIN, Esq,, at the Black Horse Tavern,
High-street, Poplar, on view of the body of John Goodfellow,
aged 16 years, an apprentice on board the country ship Albion.
The proceedings created an intense interest in the neighbour-
hood, as the supposition was, that the death of the deceased
had been caused by the cook of the vessel, which supposition
was strengthened by the appearance of external injuries, anti a
dislocation of the neck. Immediately after the body was found,
the Coroner' was sent for, and a jury summoned. After the
assemblage 'of the latter, they proceeded to view the botly,which
lay at the bone-house ; it presented several marks ofd iscoloura-
tion, and one of the jury -seemed to think that the neck must be
either broken or dislocated, from the facility with which the
head was moved either from side to side, or from back to front.
On their return to the jury. room, the following was the evidence
submitted :
Samuel Eaton stated that he was a seaman belonging to the
ship Albion. On Tuesday last, about twelve o'clock, he and
the deceased were in the ship's boat, intending to go on shore to
bring on board another boy ; they were both pulling. Witness
let go the boat's painter, ,and desired the deceased to pull hard,
and clear some timber that lay in the way ; he shortly looked
round, and saw the deceased overboard; he then perceived that
the deceased was not in the boat; he thinks that the slipping
of the oar from the-notch, and the concussion, knocked him
overboard ; lie did not see him fall ; neither did he know of it
until he saw the oar floating by the boat's side. The mate
came to their assistance, and endeavoured to get the boat clear
of the timber ; the grappling-irons were not sent for, but a lug_
boat coming alongside, they threw out a net, hut did not pick
up the body; it was picked up this morning; there was no one
present at the time of the occurrence but himself, and is sure it
was purely accidental.
Foreman—Do you know if he struck himself wliile falling ?
Witness—l cannot tell, as I did not see him fall.
Foreman—When you knew he was overboard, did you call
for help ?
Witness-1 did, and the mate came up.
Foreman—What kind of a character had the deceased?
Witness—He was as good a boy as ever' came on board a

Juror—Were there any boats or persons near at the time ?
Witness—There were on the timbers.
Coroner—Do you know if any of the crew entertained an
enmity against the deceased ?
Witness—To the best of my knowledge there was not one
who did.
Smith, the parish beadle, stated, that from the reports which
were in circulation as to the cause of the deceased's death, he
considered it his duty to call in a surgeon immediately after
the body was taken out of the water, and desired him to examine
if there were any marks of violence, or if the neck was dislo-
cated. After examination, he told him that there were no fur-
ther marks of violence on the body than what might be occasion-
ed by its lying so long in the water; but that hehad not so
minutely examined the head, owing to the same cause.
There being other witnesses to examine, and the Jury wish.
ing to have the surgeon before them, adjoutned. the further in-
quiry until yesterday.
The Jury having accordingly re-assembled, expressed a wish
to have the witness re-called.
The Coroner observed that he did not perceive any occasion
for so doing, as they had got all the evidence he could giro.—
The Jurors, however, persisted, and Eaton was again sworn.
Juror—Are you certain you heard no splash when the de-
ceased fell overboard ?
Witness-1 ant quite sure not ; our boat was quite near the
raft.
Coroner—Do you know if any of the crew had a quarrel
with the deceased, or beat him ?
Witness—l do not know.
Coroner—Did you ever beat him yourself ?
Witness—l do not know that I ever did.
Peter Verdett sworn—Stated that he washed the deceased,
and found no marks of violence on him.
Juror.—When you brought deceased from the stairs, did you
hear any one say that he knew how he came by his death ?
‘Vitness.—Yes ; a rigger said he could prove that the de-
ceased was murdered, and thrown overboard, and that he heard
a cry of " murder" on board the Albion the previous evening.
Wm. Clough, the mate of the Albion, stated that he had
seen the coolychastise the deceased a little at sea.
Mr. Baillie, surgeon, corroborated the evidence of the beadle.
Coroner.—Can you give ally reason for head of the deceased
turning round so easily ?
Witness.—Yes • it was in such a state of putrefaction, that
it might be turned in .any direction.
Mr. John Scott, owner of the ship Dunlop, stated that he
the deceased'cross his ship about five minutes before the fatal
catastrophe.
Juror._Did you hear a cry of murder from the deceased's
ship ?
Witness—No.
The evidence here terminated, and the Jury, after considera-
tion, returned a verdict of " Accidental Death."

An Inquest was on 'Wednesday held at the Chalk Farm
Tavern, before T. STIRLING, Esq., Coroner, upon the body
of Miss Sheppard, a young lady of respectability, who died
suddenly on the afternoon of Sunday last. It appeared by
the evidence that the deceased young lady was very respect-
ably connected, and on Sunday afternoon took a walk to-
wards Chalk Farm, and on entering into the gardens, she
sank to the ground. Some persons imagining she had
fallen to the ground in a fainting-fit, went to her assist-
ance, and tendered to herslips some refreshment, but of no
avail, she faintly breathed and expired instantly, and it was
the medical opinion that she died from apoplexy. A verdict
to that effect was returned.

Another Inquest was held at the, Old Southampton-anns,
Tottenham-court-road, upon bliss Sarah Feeling, who, while
travelling in her chariot, from her residence at Islington, to
see a friend at Kensington, expired in her chariot. A verdict
of—" Died by the visitation of God" was returned. •

The French Journals received- last night con-
tain some intelligence from Greece, which we
have extracted, and it will-be found in another
cOlamn.

The Moniteur has a copy of the Royal Decree
issued by the King of SPAIN, ordaining the sup.
pression of the permanent military commissions
created by a Royal Decree of ISth January,
1824, in the capitals of each Province, and ii.
Mujorca, Minorca, and Ivica, and the other
Balearic Islands. This circumstance would ap.
pear to warrant a conclusion that FERDINAND IS
about to return to a sounder system of Govern-
ment.

We have just received the Diode of Thursday
by Express. It contains nothing of importance.
It has, however, letters from Tine, of the 7th
July, which say, that an Express has been dis-
patched to the Greek Government, declaring
that Missolonghi must fall, unless speedily suc-
coured. Our accounts from Constantinople, given
from theAllgemeincZeitung, state that Missolonghi
surrendered to the Turks 17th July. The ex-
tracts in the Mo. iie from the Augsburg Gazette,
are confirmatory of the accounts we published yes-
terday, relating to the meeting between the Ser.
askier, and Jusur PAULA and the Capitan PAcnA,
whose arrival in the Gulf of Patras seems to have
been unexpected by the Greek Admiral NENZA.
This conference took place on board the Capitan's
ship, and lasted several days.
It is stated that in the report on the operations
before Napoli di Romania, sent to the Port,
Inn MUM PA MA attributes the little success
gained to the English constantly favouring the
Greeks, by furnishing them with ammunition.
This circumstance, it will be seen, is also ad.
verted to in our extracts from the Allgemeine
Zeitung.

The French squadron at Port Royal, Marti.
nique, was to leave there on the 20th June to
return to Brest.

We have received the Allgemeine Zcitung of
14th August, and have now, on the authority of
this Journal, to announce the fall of Missolunghi.
Our private letters from Cefalonia confirm in
every respect the accounts lately published in
THE SUN, and state that IBRAHIM is about to
commence his operations against Napoli di Ro-
mania. The policy of the Greek General in these
letters is represented as that of the defensive, (a
fact, indeed, sufficiently evinced by
his apparent
supineness), under the hopes that when the
country is exhausted, IBRAHIM will be corn-
pelled by famine to draw off his forces, and re-
treat as well as he may be able from the Morea.
How far this hope (a hope in which we heartily,