The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-28 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

Yesterday a Coroner's Inquest was held before J. WaIQUT
UN WIN, Eq.? Coroner, at the Reindeer Tavern, in the parish
of St. George in the East, to inquire how, and by what means,
John Collins, a youth 10 years of age, came by his death.

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the spot where workmen were employed in removing some old
materials, and taking down some store-rooms, which had for-
merly been used as cellars belonging to the London Dock Com-
pany. The witness, with his friend and other persons, stood
on the brink of the arches, looking at the workmen employed,
when, in an instant, three of the arches gave way at the same
moment; and the deceased, who had been standing at some
short distance from the witness, was buried in the ruins; it was
about 20 minutes before the deceased was found, when he was
taken up quite dead, and in a dreadfully mangled state.
CouoNE R—Was there any other sufferer than the unfortu-
nate boy of whom
_you have been Speaking ?
Witness—Mysolf and friends, with several other persons, fell
in with the ruins, but fortunately escaped with only being
severely bruised.
Mr. Ellis, foreman of the works, stated, the Dock Company
employed watchmen and officers, both day and night, to caution
fpersons against approaching the spot where the deceased had un-
ortunately met with his death, but it was impossible to keep
them off, for both young and old were determined to satisfy
their curiosity.
ConoN au to the witness.—What is your opinion upon the
case ?
Witness.-1 am decidedly of opinion it was an accident, and
that every precaution has been taken by the Dock Company to
avoid any misfortunes. _

The ConasrEit then addressed the jury, and intimated that
it was; his opinion that the deceased had been killed accidentally.
The Jury were of the same opinion, and returned a verdict
accordingly.
COHONER to the Jury.—Gentlemen, the next thing for your
consideration is a deodand.
Mr. Ellis, the foreman of the works, now came forward, and
said that he had received instructions to inform the Coroner and
the Gentlemen of the Jury, that the expenses of burying the
deceased would be defrayed by the London Dock Company.
The Jury were unanimously of opinion, under such circum-
stances, a deodand might be dispensed with.
Yesterday evening, at seven o'clock, a respectable Jury as-
sembled in the board-room of Bridewell-hospital, before Taos.
SHELTON, Esq., Coroner for London, to inquire into the
death of Samuel Morgan, who on Saturday afternoon last
sprang from a boat into the Thames, and sunk.
On the return of the Jury from viewing the body, the follow-
ing evidence was adduced

George Osborne, a waterman, residing in Jackson's-place,
said he was plying for fares at Blackfriars-bridge, on Saturday
last, about three o'clock, when the deceased and another man
came up, and aked him to row them over the water. He com-
plied ; but the companion of the deceased, on getting to the stairs,
refused to go, observing he would not for 50/. The deceased,
however, went into the boat, and the witness having rowed as
far as the middle arch of the bridge, looked round to avoid a
barge and boat, and the young man jumped into the river and
sunk, exclaiming " God bless you !" Drags and every means
were used, but he never rose again. Ile looked rather wild,
and spoke not a word. The witness does not think he was
intoxicated ; he walked steadily into the boat ; he did not stand
up in the boat before he threw himself in, but appeared to wit-
ness to go in head foremost. The witness could not save
James Schofield, a gas-man, deposed that he had known the
deceased fir two years, and worked with him at the works in
Dorset-street ; he was discharged from his situation at Christ-
mas last. On Saturday last, about half-past two o'clock, the
deceased came to him and wanted him to drink beer, but the
witness declined ; he then left him. He was a man that would
drink excessively, and was a single man, 29 years of age ; lie
was latterly in the employ of the Imperial Gas Company. At
the time witness saw him,
a loan, a stranger to witness, was
with him; the deceased was not drunk then.

The deceased's brother, a soldier, attended, and said, that
when he saw hind last March' he seemed dejected, but would
paper, being a list of small sums owing to mine
never explain the reason. The witness produced a piece of
persons, and
signed " Their dear and affectionate friend, S. Morgan." The
witness said that the man described as being with him was
named Allen, and is a hackney-coachman, and must have
known of the deceased's intention, as the above paper was
given by deceased to him, but the witness could not find hint to
bring him forward the witness had heard the deceased was ill,
during the last week, with a rheumatic afflxtion.
Ile•C°R°l4Ett, in addressing the Jury, said there was no
possibility of getting any more evidence ; and as it was a
singular case in the absence of any evidence to show the state
of his mind, they could come to the conclusion they thought
answering the case; it was probable that something might
have been hanging about his mind which produced aber. p
ration of intellect. The Jury returned a verdict--.`' That he
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drowned himself in a fit of temporary derangement."

A Berlin Paper of the 9th instant announces
the baptism of a soldier belonging to the ipth
Regiment, of Hebraic extraction, in the garrison
church at Potsdam. The soldier's sponsors were
his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke NicitoLAS
and his Royal Highness the Cuowx Putticii of
Prussia.