The Sun.
London, England, 1814-09-13 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Iciterday an Inquest was held at the Three
Kings, Clerket4well-close, before GEORGE HODG-
SON, Esq. Coroner for Middlesex, on the body of
Elizabeth Robinson, who put, an end to her ex-
istence by drowning herself iii the New River last,
Saturday morning.
James Wallace, a waterman, living at the sign
of the Clown, on Islington-road, deposed, that
having occasion to be up late on Friday night, he
was standing opposite the Clown 'about half past
two o'clock On Saturday morning, wheit he per-
ceived.the deceased standing on the top of d high
wall on the opposite 'bank of • the river ; be rwas
looking at her about five minutes, and he became
afraid, thinking it Was a ghost ;' she had on a
White apron and handkerchief ; he at length Mus-
tered vup courage, and advanced towards her, on
which she instantly-jumped into the river ; he
hea7d her cry out, "U Lord ! o•Lbrd !" and she
•was"carried off with the stream, which was very
rapid under the bridge, and he lost sight of tier.
It was half an hour after before he could find the
watchman',., to acquaint him with it, and three
hours elapsed before the body was found, no drag
being convenient. The body was taken up near
Sadler's Wells Oardens, and ,witness assisted in
conveying it'to the Blue Coat Bay.
. William Sugar, a ‘3,tchtnan, deposed, that the
last Witness came to hint about three o'clock on
Saturday morning, and infOrMed hint that a wo-
man had thrown herself about half au hour before
into the river ; but he then went off with a !laid:-
ney-coaehtnan to strip off the 'harness and pat up
the coach, and he returned to witness in about
an hour after, during which time witness walked
up and clown by the river with his candle and lan-
them, it being very dark, but he could perceive
nothing of the body. After the Last Witness re-turned, he 'pointed out thy spot ; they procured
drag, which took up some considerable time.—
Witness, with the assistance"of some other Per-
sons, di agged the river, and found the body near
Sadler's Wells Gardens, being a considerable dis-
tance from the place she jumped in ; he afterwards
helped to carry it to the sign• of the Blue Coat
Boy. ' ,
Ann Edgeler, sister' to the deceased, residing
in Ray-street, deposed, that the deceased was_a
widow, and resided with her since her husband's
death, which happened about seven week's before.
She then instanced several symptoins of derange.
ment in the deceased, with which the Jury were
satisfied, and they returned a verdict of---;Lunacy.

• Yesterday sc'nnight, as James Hunt, a coal-
carrier, of Clutton, was returning from Pith on
the Upper Bristol road, he was met, whilst riding-
lir his cart, and on the wrong side of the road, by
a young Gentleman on horseback, who demanded
his name; which the other, with violent abuse,
refused giving. The Gentleman endeavouring to

read it-on 'the front of the-cart, was prevented by
Hunt, who, then at the foot of the New Bridge
Hill, leaped out of the cart, and as he was'strik-
ing the other with his whip•or a staff; he received
ti pistol shot; 'and instantly expired. A Coroner's
Inquest was holden on Monday, at Mr. Loi-en-'
•burv's (the 'Brass-Mills Inn), and the Jury, after a
long 'investigation, in which a man who was rid-
ing in the cart with Hunt was the principal wit—
ness; 'brought in a. verdict of Manslaughter against
r: J." Wiltshire, of Bristol, who rOde info Thith
iimmediately after the fatal reneOntre, .dispatched'
Anedieal Gentlemen to the spot where it took place,
ata then called on a Magistrate to acknowledge
what he feared had been the consequence of the
-,act, which, on being assaulted,.had
.. he com-
mitted. -We' understand, that Allr.• W. has settled
an .annuity on .widow Hunt and, Poth•
paper).

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. ,
Bo E.ET.—"FoI; is6llle lila e ="t ics to
a great.exttut -14a4!eibeen coinriri'tted na the• pro..
.pertY of Messrs. Joliffe and Banks, the Cio;'.rac-
tors for Yanxfiall Bridge, and in, coneque!me of
information'tbey received that a grest nun'lber of
deals had bete purdown a calm' beloilging:to One
Davis,' a chimney-sweeper hi
.Sitand-hne, for
several mornings, between the hours of one awl
four, application was made to Bow-street; and
warrant granted to search Davis'.s cellar. G. Ruth-
Yen, the constable, found 21 deals concealed behind
a large soot cloth., and nine sacks; live marked
Sharp, Guildford ; one Gully, Kingston; one.
Thomas Tuck, Edmonton,' and two .1. Lyon and.
Sons. Davis was accordingly apprehended';
on his examination before the ,Magistrate, he
said, that the deals and sacks were not his, and:
were put down his cellar withimt his knOwltdge.
In the course of the examination it ,came out that
one Davis, a 'fishmonger, bad been in the habit
of selling dealS. and planks to his name-sake the
sweep, and on his being taken into custody and
examined, he confessed that he had, on the pre-
ceding Sunday sold the sweep a plank, which was
produced and sworn to be the Contractor's, for
five shillings, worth 12 or 14,.and the, fishmonger
at. first said, he picked up the plank by London
Bridge, two or three nights after thejire, but af-
terwards admittedAhat he had it of a watermen,•
"whole 'he named. The sweep is: building two
houses at Hampstead, and the inhabitants of
Strand-lane have remarked that the dells which
have been put doWn his cellar never remained
there above a day or two, as they'were uniformly
removed at a late hour at Night. in his soot cart.
The contr.2ctors lately sent. in 12.00 deals,.none of
which have been used, and only 4 I left. The Da-
vis's were committed for further examination.
DUELLING, tlc.—Yesterday morning, at five
o'clock, a Meeting took place near Iliillgate, he-
tireen'a Mr. D. and a Captain P. in consequence
of some altercation which took place on Sunday
evening. The parties met on the ground at the
stated time, with the seconds, and, after having
observed the usual ceremonies., fired one shot,
which was ineffectual to both parties,. They Were
about to fire a second time, ‘vh.en ao officer
justice put a period to their progress, and brought
Mr. D. to this office, where his own recognis-
ance to keep the pace was taken by Sir N.
CON ANT

Robert Reiskin, who underwent a former exa-
mination, charged with haring robbed John
Duncan, a sailor, of notes to the amount of 27/.
was fully committed for trial, and the, parties
were bound over to prosecute.

EARLY DfiDR.AVITi.

UN lON -HA 7UI 110//S Idpyd, a youth 'about
da
15, and Win.../w-n, and Lhontas IVestie, the
oldest not more than 11, were brought bef9re Mr.
CtlANlnErts, charged with burglariotisly entering
a suMmer-house in tue garden of-Mr. Frere,
merchant, in the Borough, and stealing several
articles. They were taken into custody by.flolmes,
the constahle,-in conseqUence os a conversation
which he overheard between them as they were
vralkiag in the street. After they. Were in custody,-
Weitie, the youngest, offered to turn King's evi-
dence; •and when before Mr. • Chambers, he
stated, that the other two prisoners wbre un-
known to him, till they came up :to him in
BartholomeW Fair on Tuesday last, where ha,
was lOoking at a show, and asked him if
he would go and have something to eat and drink ;
he went with them into the Borough to a house,
at which they continued • till night, when they
vent to Mr. Freres. garden, which is separate
from his lipase. Lloyd cut a square of Mass out
of the suumer-house window, and the witness was
put throuirh • and unbarred the doOr to admit.the
'other two. They Chen. proceeded to ransack elme
place, and took away a pillow, a bolster, 'a blan-
ket, a table cloth, a man's black coat, and seye- _
ral other articles, and had quittO the premises,
and were retreating with their, booty, when they
were stopped by the Officer;
Holmes produced a sack, which one of the pri-
soners was, carrving• when he.stopped them,, and
which contained artieles7 'resembling. those'men-
tioned by \Vestie.
• Mr. Frere proved these articles to be his pro.-
.
perty; and that 'they had been takfin from his pre-
mises ; a pair of thick shoes belonging to
:Acre were also taken,' iantl.an old pair left in- (he
place of them.
Holmes stated that he had 'no doubt he ;hour&
in a day or two, be able to prove, that these shoes
thus left behind were the prisoner, Lloyd's pro-
perty ; and to afford him an opportunity-of doing
so, the prisoners were committed for re-examina-
tion. When taken 'into custody, Lloyd had a
eutlit'ss concealed under his coat

DEFE-AT OF THREE SOUND MEN BY THREE CRIPPLES.

QuEBN-SauAßE.—YesteMay William Brindell,
a beggar, With two wooden legs, and William Jones,
his companion, with one leg, were brought before
Wthuam FIELDING, ESil. Charged with an 'out-
rageous, assault upon three Officers of Jistice, of
the names of Mills, Moore,'and Mundy, while_in
the execution of their duty, whereby they receiv-
ed alarming injury, the arm of one'. being nearly
broken, the second having his'llead broken, and
the third being unable to walk. It appeared that
the prisoners, in company with another man, who
kad lost both arms, were begging in Great Pye-
street, on Friday night. All those who were not
charitably inclined, they abused in a dreadful
manner,
,and used the , most disgusting language.
The officers seeing this., made an attempt to take
them ,into custody as vagrants, but were repelled,
in the most determined manner by the prisoners,
who wielded their sticks with great dexterity.—
-These were at length taken from them : an alter-
_
native More dangerous was inimedixtelv resorted
to, and having linscrethe d—their wooden•legs, they
soon compelled time officers to a retreat, and aug-
MCIIL their force, which they did ; 'and alter a
short, but sharp, contest, sliceeded in secliring the
prisotierS,.wlni were fully committed far

. •
A good deal of public coriositY•wgs excited on
Saturday afternoon by the passage of a banoon
over the metropolis. Whence it -came moody
kties42 tAe it for. granted it carried -no•hii—
man travellers, but tad lieen-s-ent
tival or merry-quaking near tufvu.