The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-05 00:00:00

THE LATE DUEL ON WIMBLEDON THE JESTS OF HIEROCLES
COMMON.

ADJOURNED INQUEST.—YESTERDAY.
(From our Second Edition of last night.)
Mr. Scott's statement continued—He then told me that
Mr. Broughton had kindly offered my services in case
of need. Eliot then walked away a short distance, but
I -did not see where, as the pistols wore about to be
loaded, and my attention was engaged in seeing that all was
fair. All the pistols were loaded by Mr. Eliot's second.
Mr. Mirfin brought his pistols. After they were loaded,
the pistols were all put together, and they threw up
for choice. Each second was anxious to have their own
pistols. The toss was won by Elliot's second ; and the
first shot was fired with Eliot's pistols. If a second
shot was fired Mr. Eliot's second wished to have the same
pistols again. Mr. Broughton objected to that; this was at
first : they tossed again, and Mr. Broughton won that,
and it was arranged that if there was a second shot
Mr. Mirfin should fire with his own pistols. All
being arranged, Mr. Broughton then walked up for
Mr. Mirfin. I waited at the bottom of the hill. Broughton
placed his man, and Eliot's second did the same. The parties
were placed at twelve paces distance. The seconds then
walked up to the pistols, and took one each of Mr. Eliot's,
which were given to the principals. By arrangement the
signal was given by Mr. Eliot's second. I was then standing
with Broughton, Mr. Eliot's second, and two or three gen-
tlemen I did not know, at about seven paces to the side. One
of these gentlemen saw the pistols loaded ; they were connected
with Mr. Eliot. The words were then given—" Gentlemen are
you ready ; stop." At the word "stop" they were to fire, which
they immediately did. They fired at the same moment—they
both discharged at each other; neither of them fired in the
air. I saw the ball from Eliot's pistol pass through Mirfin's
hat, and I walked up and told him of it. Mirfin took off his
hat and looked at it, but said nothing. The seconds then in-
terfered to reconcile the parties, but Mr. Mirfin would accept
no apology but a written one, which Eliot refused.
Mr. Mirfin insisted upon a second fire. The parties never
left their ground, and the pistols were given to each as be-
fore—the pistols which Mr. Mirfin brought. The words were
repeated by Eliot's second as before. Eliot's pistol was fired
a little before Mirfin's; I could hear two distinct sounds.
They fired at each other again. At that moment I
did not perceive that either ball had taken effect. Mr.
Mirfin walked up to me about six paces, and said I am
wounded, and at the same time held his left hand to his right
side. I said, Where? lam exceedingly sorry to hear it. He
then rose his fingers to shew me where he was hit. I then
shook him by the hand and said, Good bye, God bless you ;
he said, Good bye. I then assisted to lay him on the grass,
and I immediately unbuttoned his jacket and waist.
coat, tore up his shirt, and found he was wounded be-
tween the fifth and sixth ribs. I then thought it was be-
tween the fourth and fifth. I probed the wound with my
finger, on doing so I immediately pronounced it fatal.
Broughton then walked up and said, what shall I do ?
and I said, Leave as quick as nossible. The other par.
ties were standing a few paces from me looking on. Mr.
Broughton then went away. Some one returned and
asked if the wound was a fatal one ? By the voice I
thought it was Broughton, but I could not see, being engaged
with my patient, I said Yes. The other parties went away
without rendering any assistance. In about five minutee,
tall gentleman, one of the parties, returned, and asked how he
was getting on? I said, He is dead, or dying. The
deceased died in about ten minutes after receiving the
shot, and very shortly after the gentleman was there. I
asked the gentleman to wait, saying, You cannot be any
worse off than I am. The gentleman, after promising he
would stay, ran off towards the mill, and I have never seen
him since. I did not know him, but I should know any of
them were Ito see them. Other parties came down after
some time, and I asked them to assist me in carrying the body
up the hill, which they did. There was no one left on the
ground but myself and the body, and I was anxious to get
away as soon as I could. The deceased was then placed in a
cab, and brought to his own house. I have seen none of the
parties since. I only know the residence of Broughton,
who resides at 22 or 23, Bryanston-street, Bryanston-
square. I had not been told by the deceased or his second that
a duel was to take place, but from all the circumstances that
came under my observation, I believed such was the case. I
understood on the morning that I was sent for that it was an
appointment for the parties to meet. There can be no doubt
but that the deceased lost his life through the pistol shot
wound. I have no knowledge when the appointment was
made, but I should say it was after I left Mr. Mirfin
on the Tuesday at eleven o'clock. I was not at the
Saloon that evening. I never heard the deceased mention
Mr. Eliot's name, and have no knowledge of the occurrence
that led to *he meeting. The deceased had been living very
abstemiously for some time, having had a fractured rib on the
left side. Did not hear him mention Mr. Eliot's name in re-
lation to the fractured rib. That is all I have to state except
that I brought home the body, and called in a professional
man to examine it.
Mr. Scott was then sworn to the foregoing facts, and after
the Coroner had read his deposition to him, he said there was
only one additional observation he had to make, that neither he
nor the deceased were aware that the pistols had hair trig-
gers, and that the mere cocking of the pistols did not touch the
hair. The only advantage Mr. Eliot could have had would be
the touching the spring below, which acted upon the hair,
that might account for the report of Eliot's pistol being heard
before the report of the deceased's.
Mr. Scott then signed the deposition and left the room.
William Lawson, the servant of the deceased, was then
recalled, and said that Scott and Broughton breakfasted with
his master on the morning of Wednesday the 22d.
The CORONER and Jury severely reprimanded the witness for
for having stated on the former occasion that his master left
his house alone.
Witness—Well I did not see any body go away pith him.
A Juror—Who opened the door for Mr. Scott ?
Witness—l suppose he opened it himself.
A Juror—Did he not say anything to you as be went out ?
Witness—He called to me to fasten the door.
Another Juror—l think you have been bribed. Did any
one dine with your master the day before ?
Witness— Not that I recollect.
The Juror—You don't appear to recollect anything.
Several of the Jury here stated to the Coroner, that they
thought this man ought to be committed.
The CORONER then said that all the parties had not as yet
been identified. There was no doubt that Eliot was the
principal, but they had not as yet ascertained the name
of the second of Eliot. He therefore submitted whether
it would not be right that the police should have further time
for the purpose of finding the rest of the parties.
Field said, that at two o'clock this morning, he received
information that a certain gentleman was on the ground. He
had not seen that gentleman, but he believed he was in town.
The CORONER—If you think there is no chance of
getting any further information, I would now make a
few remarks at once to the Jury, by way of summing up the
evidence.; but if you think there is a chance of getting fur-
ther information, although we have sat here three times, it
would be our duty to adjourn.
Field—l think there is a chance of getting further evi-
dence.
The CORONER observed, it was a matter of great import-
ance, not only in justice to the party who had lost his life, but
to the country generally.
Richard White, livery-stable.keeper, Walworth, being
sworn, said, on the 22d of August, the horse and chaise be-
longing to Mr. Mirfin left his yard, when Mr. Broughton
gave him his card, requesting him to buy a pony for Sir John
Broughton. The chaise left the yard about half-past four
o'clock, and bad not been out that day before.
Inspector Field said he found the horse and chaise at a
house belonging to Mr. Young in Chester's stables.
Mr. White said he knew Mr. Broughton; his name was
Edward Delves Broughton.
Mr. Field promised to be able to say on Friday whether he
would carry the case any further ; and it was arranged that
the Jury should adjourn till that day.
Mr. Scott was then recalled, and informed by the Coroner,
that as the information he had given had been voluntarily given,
he would not deal harshly with him, and he would allow him
to be at large on his own recognizances, to appear on Friday.
Mr. Scott was then bound over in the sum of 1001., and
said he had not acted on his own advice in keeping out of
the way, but on that of his legal adviser.
Adjourned till Friday.

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One day last week some workmen, in digging away
the earth in a yard at the north side of the Brack Mount, dis-
covered, at the depth of 13 feet from the surface, in the solid
chalk, a perfect human skeleton, deposited in a light mould in-
termixed with portions of charcoal, and on the left side of it
the hones of a large boar's head, also perfect. The skull of
the skeleton is in the possession of a gentleman residing ;:t.
Lewes.—Sussex Advertiser.
EXTRAORDINARY VEGETATION.—There is at
present gtowing in the garden of Mr. John Prichard, near
Clodock Church, a Savoy cabbage of the remarkable circum-
ference of 11 feet 10 inches ; extreme breadth, 3 feet 10
inches ; length of the largest leaf, 2 feet ; breadth of ditto,
1 foot 6 inches.—Hereford Times.

(From the Bristol Mercury.)
As no English tradition has been given of the "Jests of
Hierocles," since one that appeared in the Gentleman's Maga-
zine more than half a century ago, I shall think no apology
necessary for presenting the public with a new one in the pre-
sent paper. Porson said that most of the modern jests might
be found in the ancients. To say this was to say too much ;
but the reader will doubtless recognize, among those of Hiero-
cles on the pedants, some that he had before seen related of
Irishmen. A pedant, indeed, or secluded man of reading, was
to the Greeks or Romans, as a subject of jest, what an Irish-
man is to the English—whatever absurdities they wished to
publish they published as committed by pedants. Hierocles
was a Platonic philosopher, who flourished at Alexandria:about
a. n. 485, and wrote a commentary on the Golden Verses of
Pythagoras, and a book on providence, of which latter there
remain only fragments. The present translation of his Face-
tic, or Jests, is given from the edition of Schier :-
1. A pedant, attempting to swim, and being almost drowned,
swore 'that he would never enter the water again until he
should have learned to swim.
2. A pedant offered a horse for sale. A purchaser coming
up and looking at his teeth, asked whether he had cast once
or twice. " Twice," replied the pedant, "for he cast both
me and my father."
3. A pedant, meeting another pedant, said, " I saw you in
a dream lately, and spoke to you." " Did you ?" replied the
other, " then I must beg pardon for not answering you."
4. A pedant, visiting a sick man, inquired how he was ; but
the patient was not able to answer him. Upon this the
pedant got into a rage, and said, " I wish that I myself may be
sick, and unable to answer you when you come to see me.'
5. Another pedant had a horse to sell, and a man camel
to inspect his teeth. " Why do you look at his teeth ?" said
he ; " see how he eats and walks."
6. A pedant meeting a physician said, " Pardon me, an
a
do not blame me for not having been sick."
7. A pedant, wishing to catch a mouse which was continually
gnawing his books, sat down eating meat opposite its [bole).
(The text is here either corrupt or imperfect, Schier's Latlo
is carnem mandens c reglone ejus consedit.)
8. A pedant, wishing to teach his horse to eat little, dimi-
nished his quantity of food gradually every day. The hors:
at length dying of hunger, " I have suffered a great loss,
said the pedant ; " for just as I had brought him to live upo'
nothing, he died."
9. A pedant having a house to sell, carried about with bon
a stone as a sample of it.
10. A pedant desiring to know if be looked well when he
was asleep, attempted to look into a glass with his eyes shut- ;
11. A pedant, having bought a house, stood looking out 0'
a window of it, and asked the passers-by whether the hous°
became him.
12. A pedant having dreamed that he had trodden on e,
spike and hurt his foot, bound it up. Another, having learned
the reason, advised him not sleep without his shoes.
13. A pedant, meeting a physician, hid himself behind !
wall. Somebody inquiring the reason, he replied that it Ws:
long since he was sick, and that he was ashamed to look tb
physician in the face.
14. A person said to a pedant, " Your field has been carried
away by a flood." " And what shall I say to the flood ?" re"
plied he.
13. A pedant, having a cask of wine, sealed it up. But his 0t
slave, boring a hole in the bottom, drew off the greater part
it. The pedant, finding the wine diminished, and the seal u 0
broken, expressed his surprise how the liquor could have been
taken away. " Perhaps," said his friend, "it may have been
drawn out at the bottom." " You fool," said he, "hove ese
that be, when it is the top part that is missing."
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16. A pedant seeing some sparrows on a tree went up o°.tl,Bf
to the stem of it and shook it, spreading out his garment at
same time 'to catch the sparrows as they fell.
17. A pedant meeting another pedant, said, " I thought Yeti,'
were dead." " But you see me," said the other," still alive.
" And yet the man who told me," said he, " was much Mere
worthy of credit than you."
18. A pedant, walking out in his field, inquired whether tbicei
water which he saw in a well there was good. He was toe;
that it was very good, and had been drunk by his forefathers,:
What long necks they must have had," said he, "to drill.
water at such a depth."
19. A pedant being told that a crow would live two WI•
dred years, bought a young one to make the experiment.
20. A pedant being in danger of shipwreck, and seeing:Pi,
fellow-passengers clinging to different things for safety, le
lowed their example by grasping the anchor.
21. One of two brothers died. A pedant meeting the SW'
vivcr, said, " Was it you that died or your brother ?"
22. A pedant being at sea in a storm, called for writing 111
terials to make his will ; and seeing his slaves afraid ofsh'l(
wreck, said, " Do not be concerned, for I make you all free' to
23. A pedant desiring to be ferried over a river, came °P',OO
the side of the boat on horseback, saying that he was i'et '
great a hurry to go on foot.
24. A pedantic student, being in want of money, sol t
books, and writing to his father, said, " Rejoice with me, fel. a
last my books support me." r of
25. A pedant, whose child was dead, seeing a nurnbe.try
persons collected to the funeral, said, " I am ashamed to e*
such a little boy through so great a crowd." gas
26. The son of a pedant, being about to go to the w
nein!'
vowed that he would bring home the head of one of the e botal
" I should be content," replied the father, " that Yeusf
ad
come home without a head, if I might welcome you sae
sound."
27. The friend of a pedant, who happened to be staying
Greece, wrote to him, requesting him to e him cereal
books. The pedant, having neglected the commission, 2' 00
procur. !,3 to
his friend, the next time he met him, " That letter, which Y
sent meabout the books, I did not receive." err
28. A pedant, a bald man, and a. barber, travelling togeth
agreed for their mutual safety, to watch during the night toes
four hours. The barber's turn was the first, who shaved
pedant as he lay asleep, and, at the expiration of the top
waked him. The pedant, putting his hand to his bra*
scratch it, and finding- it bald, cried out, " You rascal
barber, you have walcCd the bald man instead of me." or 0
These are all the jests of Hierocles sons f
pedants, lies.
least all that have been printed. It has been said by Sart $
in a letter to Salmasius, that there were others in the Pe 01
sion of Isaac Voasius. which have not yet been published ;t yet
he produced one on two cowards, of which, as it has 13°I.celf,
been translated into English, I shall, though it is SC:OO4
worth the trouble, give a translation here : A coward be,
another coward a penny : "It is tied in my purse," sele 0
4. which hangs atmy girdle, loose the string and take it. tioi,
is enough," said the other, " go, lam satisfied." I.l,!gootlie
dity was so great that he was afraid to take the pennythe
other's purse when he was told to take it, though be krle
other to be a coward as well as himself.

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"SKYING A COPPER."—An accident, wine,. a fee
have been attended with serious consequences, oectire'e
terday at the house of a lady named Fleetwood, residing is MO
John's Wood, from the dangerous practice of clearingof the
by an explosion of gunpowder. It appears that one w pre'
domestics, finding the flue of the copper would not dra„
cured some gunpowder and threw it into the fire, virile', Or
diosion took place; which scattered the brickwork of tb lid the
per about the kitchen to the severe injury of the girl a
alarm of the other inmates of the house. •
PRIZE CUP S.—New and Second-handSl/11001:j
PRIZE CUPS are offered at very Reduced Prices, snd
may be made from a great variety, both of Sizes and rattoob'',l:
T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Sheet
London (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street). •14'' fetter'
Drawings of Cups will be forwarded by post, as a single -
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answer to a post-paid application.
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VW It is desirable Letters for Drawings should men-1 citOr/
tke Size or about the Price of the Cup or Cups that may 1_2:.1.:,...

BIRTHS.
At Genoa, on the 19th ult., the lady of the Rev. Thon.../siloct;
vev, M.A., her Majesty's Resident Chaplain in that city,ree
On the 31st ult., at Barwell, Leicestershire, the lady of
T. Hook Pearson, 16th Lancers, of a daughter.
.01,113' soe',d
On the 2d inst., Mrs. Atkins, Broadway, Deptford, of
On the 3d inst., at the Lawn, South Lambeth, Mrs.
Bicknell, of a daughter. datioteal,
On the 2d inst., Mrs. Collisson, of Harpur-street, of° odbeff/
On the let inst., the lady of J. T. Berkley, Esq., " of
Stoke Newington, of a daughter. Ise/
On the 31st ult., at New Timber-place, Sussex, the so„ps
Charles Gordon, of a daughter.
On the 2d inst., at Chiswick, the wife of William Xinsef, t.
of Suffolk•street, Pall-mall, of a daughter. ter #1
Lieu ,/
On the Ist inst., at Hoddesden, Herta, the lady of
Colonel Baker, of a son.

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On the Ist inst., at St. Pancras Church, James gb•ter
of Devonshire-street, Portland-place, to Maria, only &Au of
the late Captain John Hudson, R.N. .t
, 110'
On the 3d inst., at Stockwell Chapel, Titus Rictfoe
Streatham Paragon, to Miss Martha Lee, of IFJP°
ton-rise.
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On the 25th ult., at Trinity Church, Chelsea, of tb-bolo•
Dix, Surgeon, 94th Regiment, to Miss King, daughterd,
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James King, Esq of Saltwell Cottage, near Gateshea pot
ter 0E
On On the lst inst., at Lewisham, Kent, Leon, son dattS
Famin, of Tours, in France, to Harriet Sarah, fourth
Martin William Livermore, of Chiswell-street. 014.,
Sq.
In August, at Clapham Church, George Back, ENvolke
to Margaret, youngest daughter of the late William
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of Brunswick-square, and King's Bench-walk, Tentfiela,
On the 30th ult., at the Cathedral Church, Lienfore9ll;,orie
Herbert Woodhouse, Esq., of Lyswayes Hall, S,tl,, sir
Helena Sarah Charlotte, ldest daughter of the lab--
Oakeley, Bart.

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On the 2d inst., at Mr. John L ciapto ,
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Jobs
Ellis, formerly of Lewisham, aged 48. the late
On the Ist inst., at Southgate, Mary, widow onr, ) 184.. t
Wilkinson, Esq., of Ebury-street, Pimlico, aged '''''. let dell°
On the Ist inst., at Ipswich, Mrs. Elizabeth
On the 3,1 inst., George John, third son cit. I‘,-.r eetr
Le. ott
Boulton, of Wellington-place, West Hackney, aged •-f park-
On the 3d ult., at Paris, John Channon, Esq., ° 01
' ...rosvenor-square. bter
On the 2d inst., at Blackheath, Isabella MoYle•daa
On the Ist inst., at Blackheath, Harriet, fourth 4°'
Major Goldie, Bengal Native Infantry, aged 14. ,rbonaas
On the 3d inst., at Pelham-crescent, Brompton, e 1100 A
tell, fourth son of Mr. Charles Jopling, aged la 'fair' tli 1)
On the 30th ult., at Douglas Castle, Nor",n mi,r1,1,0-I(fr
Captain George Douglas, R.N., brother of the 1% b ~ore,
Douglas.
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