The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-04 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

Yesterday evening an inquest was held in the
surgery at Middlesex Hospital, before THosr.as STIRLING,
Esq., Coroner, on view of the body of James Boatwright, who
came to his death in consequence of a fracture in the skull, oc-
casioned by a large plank falling on him.—Thomas Wilson, of
Phillips'-buildings, Somers-town, deposed, he was at work
on Saturday last with deceased, at the new buildings in
the Regent's-park, at the corner of a house, and on the
outside of the buildinff, making a trough to place on the
top ; a boy, named balls, was upon the top clearing some
boards away, and which he was so sent to do by his brother,
witness's master. The boy was throwing the boards down,
and calling out as he threw the hoards off, when deceased, who
was turning round the corner of the building, and not having
time to move out of the way, the board fell upon him, and
struck him on the head ; witness immediately lifted him upo
but he was quite insensible - a board was procured, and he was
taken to the hospital. The accident happened about nine
in the morning, and deceased was alive when witness left him
in the evening.—The CORONER said it was a most danger-
ous thing to throw boards down in that manner ; it was
a most shameful affair : had it been the master, he should
have made many more observations to the Jury ; but a
boy, merely of the age of 14, it was a very wrong thing for
him to be set to do it ; had it been a deaf man, they might have
' called out for ever ; poor people, he said, were subject to such
injuries by the carelessness of their masters ; there was a
great inattention in this case, by setting a boy to throw the
boards down that endangered the life of twenty or thirty people,
instead of bringing them down carefully; had the master
hiniself done it, it would- have amounted
,to Manslaughter.
It ought to have been done by a discreet man ; but the
master, he said, might be indicted for a nuisance.—The Jury
expressed themselves very strongly upon the subject, and ob-
served, that such practices ought to• be put a stop to. They
were well aware that if a man had been set to .do it, the accident
would not have happened, anti it was a great wonder the board
did not bring the boy down with it. Theythen, after a short
consultation, returned a verdict of " Accidental Death."
On Mondlty evening an Inquisition was held at the Six Bells,
King's-road, Chelsea, on view of the body of a male child, which
appeared to belong to Elizabeth Fulligar, a young woman,
residing, in Chelsea.—The evidence was yesterday fully given
in the Queen-square police report, and the mother was then
committed, to abide the result of a Coroner's Inquest. Dr.
Thompson now attended, and stated the child was in such a
putrified' situation from lying in the privy, that he could not ex-
actlrsay in what manner it came to its death, but he was of
opinion the child was still born. Under these circumstances
the Jury found their verdict, that the infant was still born, but
found the mother guilty of concealment. .

WORTHING, SEPT. 2.—We have to record the
following melancholy circumstance which occurred here late on
Saturday evening last, or about one o'clock in the morning of
yesterday. Three young men, the principal waiters at the
Steyne Hotel, Sea House Hotel, and New Inn, of the names
of Alex. Duff, Thomas Lindsey, and Daniel Miles, who had
been' spending a little time together after the busineSs of the
day, tempted by the brilliant and beautiful moon-light night,
imprudently got into a very small and unsafe boat, lying
on the beach,'and pushed off with the intention of making a lit-
tle excursion. A man who is employed in an under situation
at the New Inn was with them on the beach, whom they wished
to join their party, but who excused himself on the plea of
having to rise early, and after seeing them row out on the
track of the moon to a considerable distance, he returned
into the house and retired to bed. Yesterday morning their
respective friends were under very considerable alarm for
their safety, it having been ascertained. that they had not
returned, and that there, as the strongest reasons for sup-
posing, as the boat had not drifted ashore, that she had
been suddenly swamped and sunk. Sailing boats were employed
all the day in various directions, under theexpectation of meet-
ing with' the bodies of the unfortunate men, but hitherto
their efforts have been fruitless; and. from the prevalence
of the south-west wind, it is supposed they will drift irf the
direction of Beachy Head. The Esplanade was crowded a great
part of the day, and very great anxiety . manifested for their
supposed untimely fate. We lament to add, that poor Duff
has a wife here with three infant children, whose state of mind
can be more easily conceived than it is possible to describe.
' Lindsey and Miles are both single men ; the latter a native of
'Worthing, and a very fine 'young man. •