The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-14 00:00:00

UNEXPECTED TERMINATION OF THE
IN Q UE ST.
MONPAY.—The Inquiry adjourned on Saturday at
Courtbrack, was. ••resumed on Monday, at Mathca, in the
parish of inniscarra ; the accommodation at the latter
place being considered far superior to the other.
Richard Barter, Esq., M.D., deposed as follows :
I examined the body of Denis Mahony ; he had extensive.
marks of gunpowder on the left side of the face ; I also ob-
served a gun-shot wound on the left side of the chin on
the lower jaw.; it was perforated in six places ; the upper
jaw was perforate) in three places ; the lower jaw was
fractured across in two places, and much shattered ; at
this stage of, my examination of the hody, I observed a
few swan drops lodged in the lower jaw ; the tongue was
much lacerated ; those wounds, and subsequent suffocation,
in my opinion, was the cause of his death.
Here the Rev. Mr. BERESFORD entered the room in a
greatly agitated manner, and said—l wish, Mr. Coroner, if
it is within pin province—that you now suspend any fur-
ther proceedings in this unfortunate case.---(Here the Rev.
Gentleman burst out into tears.) I think in a few minutes
you will perceive that a termination of those proceedings
can take place. lam ready to admit that I loaded four
of the pistols with swan drops, but I have witnesses to
prove that I gave strict injunctions not to use them. I
never meditated the loss of life.—(Here the Rev. Gentle-
man burst out again into tears.) I never contemplated
it, but, as it has occurred, no person can deplore it more.
deeply than myself.
The Rev. Mr. Cahill—l am sure from what has now
dropped from Mr. Beresford 'that there is not a man here
who does not fully believe 'that he never foresaw the event
—the unfOrtunate event which has occurred.

• .Itev. Mr. Beresford said, in an a(gitated 'manner,
while-he again burst into tears, J will provide for the fa-
Anh--4-vvill provide for them amply.
gs arict-ilie"..ienliiinents now so
The CORONER—The feelings
fully expressed by Mr. Beresford, are highly creditable to
him—they are indicative of the kind and humane feelings
which have ever characterized..himself and his tinnily. He
was in this instance asserting his right to a claim which the
law sanctioned, and he had a legal and a perfect right there-
fore to enforce it.
The Rev. Mr: Beresford—lt was under the opinion of
au eminent legal gentleman, Serjeant Jackson, that I pro-
ceeded to recover my tithes in this manner.
The CORONER again expressed himself in very marked
terms of commendation towards Mr. Beresford.- He was
confident loss of life was never premeditated by' him.—
(Loud and general cries of " No, no, it never was.") He
concluded by hoping a similar occurrence would never again
occur in this country—a country, he said, governed by law..
and suppoied to be civilized.
"The CORONER, after a short pause, said—Mr. Somer-
ville, direct a policeman to enquire whether there be any
more evidence to be tendered to the Coroner.

No other witness appearing,
The Rev. Mr. Beresford was happy so general a feeling
—a feeling so gratifying to him, and so creditable to them-
selves—was expressed by all present. He hoped the public
would seethe entire occurrence in its proper night—namely,
as a homicide, arising out of an affray betwcei: the peasan-
try and men engaged in his service. He deplored sincerely
the result, and he hoped that he had shown throughout the
inquest nothing that could be-construed into an unkiud,
feeling on his part.—(" No, no.")
The Rev. Mr. Cahill expressed himself very strongly on.
the part of Mr. Beresford, whose private and public cha-
racter, was, he said, more than ever exalted by the sympa-
thetic and christian-like manner in which he had this day
addressed all present.
The CORONER then charged the Jury at some length,
recapitulating the evidence all through, when they returned
the following verdict without any deliberation.
We fled that on, Friday morning the Bth inst., that
Richard Hudson came by his death by several blOWs and
.injuries received in the head, which broke skull ; but by
:vhom said blows and injuries were inflictect there is no evi-
dence to determine."

THE REFORMED CORPORATION
AND THE TORY TOWN-CLERK.

(From the Hull Observer.)
The following letter upon this subject has been received
from Colonel Thompson
13, Hanover-terrace, Regent's Park,
oth January, 1836.
DEAR Sta—l wish we had had a little more time before us
in the matter of the Town-clerkship. The thing altogether
was clearly devised by the Tory party as an insult to the Libe-
rals—a putting the fico upon them ; and it is, consequently,
their duty to drive a coach and six through it if they can.
Penal statutes are to be construed strictly„; land this,was a sta-
tute to inflict upon the Liberals the penalty of contumely,
such, as'in ordinary eases, men do not ask one another to sub-
mit to. Is there any direction in the Municipal Reform Act,
what salary shall be paid to the Town-clerk? A'nd is, or is
not, the office during pleasure ? If either of these be the
case, what use is there in, standing upon what ryas the inten-
tion df our enemies ? Do men, in the ordinary course of life,
make a point of standing upon such intentions : or do, they
not, on the contrary, 'do all they can to blow up and. dissipate
them? If the. Town-clerk was elected during pleasure by
the old and corrupt Corporation, it is clear that this, in honour
and in conscience, gives him no claim to continuance to the
displeasure of a Reformed body, No man at his election ,
by the corrupt body, would have given sixpence for the chance
of his continuance under the Reformed; and therefore it was,
that all such men stood heart and soul by the,old mischief.
What I say is, get rid of your Tory Town-clerk if you can,
as you would get rid of a pitch-plaster which your enemy had
clapped before your nose and eyes to " burke" y ou. Do not
advance lies against his individual character and conduct, as
his party did to me ; but do every thing short of immorality
and falsehood.
Yours very sincerely,
T. PERRONET THOAIPSONT.
W. Kennedy, Esq., Hull.
P. S. The questions as to the Town-clerk seem to reduce
themselves to these. Can you make his salary any thing you
please, and so give him a broad hint to quit ? Can you dis-
miss him at pleasure? Finally, .can you muster force to get
this done? Would it not be worth while, even to make a
good fight on any of these points, though without ultimate
success?
I submit that the speech made, by the Town-clerk, after his
election on Wednesday last, is in itself good and Sufficient
reason for a motion for his immediate removal. It is the Speech
of a political enemy, triumphing in having been forced upon
unwilling_ electors by the agency of their public opponents;
and the .Corporation have a clear right to dismiss him on it if
they choose. The speech is, in fact, one of the grossest poli-
tical insults to a public body to be found in history ; and if
the Corporation choose to put up with it they may. It is like
nothing but a man's saying to a woman the day after marriage,
" I know I am the last man in the world you would have
chosen, only there was a fortune, so and so, depending' on it ;"
with this one striking difference, that in the case of marriage
the thing is irremediable, and in this case it is not.

SHOOTING.—The long-expected match hetwen
the gentlemen of the Greenwich Snipe Club against the
Woolwich Sparrow Club will speedily be brought to a close.
None of the matches which have taken place for the last
two years have excited so much interest as the one alluded
to. Both patties are backed by their friends to a consider-
able amount. There are to be two matches, one in the
parish of Woolwich, the other in Greenwich. The Green-
wich gentlemen are for choice, in consequence of having
such shots as Turk, Leach, Danford, and others ; the Wool-
wich will have Sadd, Miller, Mr. S., and others: It is cal-
culated there will be three or four hundred persons present.
SPLENDID METEOR.-About half-past six yes-
terday morning a splendid meteor was seen in the southern
hemisphere, appearing like a globe of light of extreme
brilliancy, and about the size of a cricket ball. When first
observed it was a little below the moon to the S.E., and,
proceeded steadily, in a declining course, to the S.W. The
moon, though shining bright in the clear vault of Heaven,
seemed for the moment to be lost in the superior light of
the meteor, which was visible half a minute.—Brighton
Guardian of Wednesday.
MAD DOGS.—Wc regret to hear that several cattle
in Liddlesdale, supposed to have been lately bitten by a mad
dog, have shown such violent symptoms of rabidness as to
induce the owners to cause them to be killed.—Edinburgh
Advertiser.
IRELAND.—A sensation of general gloom pervaded
Clonmel on Tuesday evening, when it was announced that
the Venerable pastor of the parish had breathed his last.
The Very Rev. Dr. Flannery was upwards of 80 years of
age, and he was Parish Priest of Clonmel for 50 years.
FUNERAL OF LORD VISCOUNT BROME.--"011
Tuesday last the remains of this laMented young nobleman
were deposited in the family vault at Linton church. The
funeral procession proceeded from Linton-place on foot, at.
tended by the whole of the parishioners and work people, ill
deep mourning, with which the Noble Earl had given direc-
tions that all in his employ should be furnished. The
Noble Lord appeared as chief mourner, followed by the
Countess and C. W. Martin, Esq., Lady Jemima being too
ill to attend. Many of the poor mourners were affected to
tears, at the severe loss they had sustained.—Maidstone Gaz.
A gentleman residing in Bishop Wearmouth found
a pin in egg which he was eating, on Tuesday morning. A.
few weeks since three hens, belonging to the same gentle-
man, died in one night, and, on one. of them being opened,
a pin was found in the intestines.—NewheaußSoil,bse
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