The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-25 00:00:00

CORONERS' INCiCEST.

THE SKELETON DISCOVERED lE4 LINCOLN'S INN.—Yes-
terdny at two o'clock, a length'cned inquiry took place in
the Council Chambers of L
ilacoln's Inn, before Mr. Stir-
ling and a highly respectableand other legal gentlerr Jury, consisting.of the Benchers
investigating the eir .en of the Inn, for the purpose of
Jumstances attending the discovery o: a
human skeleton ;:n New-square, Lincoln's Inn, on Thurs-
day last.

The pro'ceedings excited considerable interest, and the
'Ast--room was crowded to excess. After. the Jury
empannelled the subject of the inquiry- *vas brought
into the room on a board, the bones havir4g- been previ-
ously systematically arranged by Dr. Mo'jre, of Lincoln's
Inn-fields. They were placed on the t
the Jury sat. .able around which

The evidence brought forward wr4s as follows :
Jeseph Moore, M.D., of LinerAn's-inn-fields, examined.
On Friday, at the request of the benchers of the Inn, I exa-
mined the skeleton, the subject, of the present inquiry. I
arranged the bones, and four,d that only a few were want-
ing, belonging to the hands. and feet ; I was distinctly en-
abled to ascertain that the. skelrton was that of a male, and
I should say that of a per.son" certainly not exceeding 25
years of age, but, as a wafter of opinion, under 20 ; I speak
thus decidedly from " seton" or division in the skull
being quite apparemt —in adults above 25 such is invariably
obliterated ; thz ;jaws of the skeleton are also in excellent
preservation, thr, three teeth remaining being quite free from
decay.—[it "ins here stated by a gentleman present, that
when the skeleton was discovered the Saws were full of
teeth, wl.iieh had been very improperly removed.]
Ev.mination continued.—There was some natural hair
on oac side of the skull, as likewise a larger quantity de-
tr..ched, which, on minute inspection, I should certainly say
is the remains of a wig ; some of the rib bones were broken,
as well as one of the bones of the fore area ; these fractures
evidently took place after death. I detected considerable
disease of the bones, particularly c,a the scull, which of
course took place during life ; but the disease, as far as, I
am able to judge, was not to thP.t extent as to account for
death.

By the Jury—l am unablr) to ,say whether the death of
the subject was the result of violence ; I cannot determine
the length of time it. has been under ground,.but from the
gravity of the bones, and the entire absence of all animal
secretion, I should sr.y considerably more than half a cen-
tury. I have seen human skeletons at Teneriffe that have
been under ground 500 years, they have been in better pre-
servation than those now before us. Ido not think the
skeleton, respecting which the Jury are inquiring, was ever
the subject of an anatomical operation. None of the bones
are sawed, or in the slightest degree mutilated.
In Dr. Moore's further examination, he said that he yiad
examined skeletons that had lain in St. Clement's Che.rch-
yard for fifty years. These were not in so good a state of
preservation as the one before the Jury. He har'a known
persons who had preferred being interred out cif church-
yards, upon. many occasions on their own pr(Jmises, most
frequently in the gardens.
The CORONER observed that the well-known Horne
Tooke was, at his own request, interred in 'his own garden.
It was by no means a ra-..e circumstance..
James Perris, a labouring man in the employ of
Mr. Mitchell, a builder, said, on Thursday I was
employed at 'No. 9, New-square, Lincoln's-inn in
digging cot the ground for the construction of a
vault, it doing which I discovered the . human skeleton
now produced ; the bones lay within the compass of
about five feet, and about four feet from the surface of the
ground. At the sides and ends were piece?, of planks, in
a state of great decay ; it did not appear t,.) me to be either
the remains of a coffin or box, but woo ;t placed around to
support the body. I gave informatio:n of the circumstance
to one of the messengers of the J:11n; and the skeleton was
removed to the Steward's office.
By the Jury—l searched about the spot where the ske-
leton lay, but only found.
one large clout nail ; nothing hav-
ing the appearance oK the handles or plate of a coffin was
discovered.

At this stagq bt the inquiry, the Coroner and. Jury left
the room, anti proceeded to inspect the situation of the
place &Are the skeleton was found. On their return a
discudsior. took place between the Jury as to the period of
the, erection of the range of buildings where the skeleton
was found. One of the gentleman said. that the Inn was
instituted in 1682 ; that in 17i5 a great part of it was con-
sumed by fire ; within the last half-century, Nos. 9 and 10
in the square was the old Stamp-office..
No other evidence was adduced to further the inquiry,
and the Jury, after some observations, returned a verdict—
'That the bones of a male skeleton were found in the
earth on the 20th 9f October last, but how they came in
such a situation, and by whomand there deposited, there
was no evidence to the Jury."

:.he Miss Boyle who intends venturing' a literary
work before the public is a daughter of the Hon. Sir
Courtenay Boyle, one of whose daughters was one of the
maids of honour to her Majesty.
LIVERPOOL REGISTRATION.---We still lit;c the
look of things—we like it much—and very much, Tha
accounts from all the wards are of the most cheering na-
ture. In every direction we hear of' a determined spirit to
resist the aggressions of Toryism. We trust that no
chance will be thrown kway by the several Committees—
that no effort will bs.. spared to reap every advantagf: from
the excellent disr,osition which is abroad. While e.'.l other
means are se; in motion to serve and forward the good
cause, we earnestly hope that Mr. Walmsley's admirable
speech., which has been printed in the form of a pamphlet,
NO.'. be widely circulated and universally read. We arft
told that its contents are as wormwood to the Tory faction.
This we readily believe. It sets before us things as they
were and things as they are, so well and so prairdvi con-
trasted, that the most casual reader cannot but be struck
most forcibly with the picture presented to him t,f "men
and things "in " the good old times." Let tb.:s then, be
put into every hand. Let every other means be tried.
Let every man apply his own shoulder to the wheel. Let
the good of all be the work of all—let no eue throw the
toil upon his neighbour. We have the r.nembrance
what we accomplished last year fresh upan our minds._.
and surely what we did so well then, we can do quit,e as
well or better now—we can—and—WE WILL.—Liv, spool
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