The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-17 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST ON MR. CROFTS.

Conti.—On Saturday James O'Brien, Esq. Coroner of the
County, proceeded to Mr. Crofts' house, for the purpose of
holding an inquest on the body. A respectable Jury having
been sworn, the only evidence adduced was that of
Mr. Richard Crofts, son of the deceased, who, being sworn,
stated, that a little after ten o'clock, on .the night of Thurs-
day, the 4th instant, having heard the dogs bark, he went to
an upper lobby in front of the house, and looking out saw
four men approach the hall-door—two of them being armed,
one with a long gun, and the other with a bayonet fixed on a
pole ; the other two persons were unarmed ; and he saw them
retire, one towards the north end of the house, and the other
to a heap of furze in the lawn, a little distance from the
house. The man who had the gun stood on the left hand
side of the hall-door, while the man who bad the bayonet
stood on the right; the latter gave a gentle rap at the door,
upon which the deponent ran down stairs; found the hall-
door open, and saw his father go out and stand on the steps,
upon which he followed, and stood close to him on his left-
hand side. The man who had the gun then demanded 101.
for Captain Rock, but the deponent, being a little deaf, did
not hear the reply, but he laid hold of his father in order to
take him in, when the man with the gun seized the deceased
by the collar, at the same time making a stab with the bayonet
at deponent, which obliged him to retire. He made a second
effort to get his father in, and a third, but was prevented
by, the two men, one of whom presented the gun at him,
while the other attempted to stab him ;1 in consequence of
which he was driven into the hall, when almost instantly a 1
shot was fired, and upon running out to the door, he per-
ceived his father in the act of falling, exclaiming, "Oh ! I'm
shot." At this moment deponent saw the two men running
oft' in another direction from the house. Deceased fell on
the ground near the steps of the hall door; he was assisted into
the kitchen, when it was discovered that he had received a
severe wound in the right side, of which he lingered till the
following tiny, and then died.
The .Jury immediately found a verdict of wilful murder
against some persons unknown.

—FUNERAL or Ala. CROFTS.—The remains of this la-
mented 13entlemen were interred at Buttevant Abbey on Sun-
day last, attended by Lord Doneraile, Sir Hugh huff; and all
the Gentry of the surrounding country for many miles.

A commercial letter, dated Lisbon, 9.4 th May,
says--" All the Foreign Wheat that has hitherto arrived
has been admitted and quickly sold. The latter shipments
were naturally sold for a less currency than the first arri-
vals. These fetched 040 reas, then 800, anti last of all
the price was 580 reas, on board. According to public no.'
tice, by the proper Authorities, on the 12th instant, the Grain
Decree of 28th April, 1821, is to be understood as remaining in
full force. According to its enactments Foreign Wheat can
only be admitted, when the home price at Lisbon is 8041 reas.
At Oporto 1000. To-day the price here exceeds 800 reas.
Barley is 180 or 200. Reports from the country represent the
coming crops as highly promising. Oporto remains shut still ;
but the speedy opening of the port is confidently anticipated.
Colonial produce is very dull of sale."
Accounts frorn Perpignan state, that violent
hail-storms on the lath and 18th ult., in the departments of
the Upper Garonne and the tipper and Lower Pyrenees, have
destroyed all hopes as to the next harvest and vintage.
In travelling northwards, last week, the Mar-
quis of IIuNTLy took post horses from the New
Inn, one of which, from the heat of the weather,
dropped down-near the end of his journey, and
expired, With that generosity which is a clut•
racteristic feature in his Lordship's disposition,
he selected a very fine mare from his own stud at
Iluntly Lodge, and sent it to Mr. ANDERSON as
a remuneration for his loss.—(Aberdeen Journal.)
During the Recess at Covent Garden, Miss
M. Tuts will perform for a short time at the
Dublin Theatre. Ber first appearance there is
fixed, we believe, for the 3d of next month.
About five o'clock yesterday afternoon one of
those frightful nuisances, called Fly Vans, be-
longing to Messrs. Russell and Co., West of Eng-
land carriers, at the Bell, in Friday-street, was
proceeding down the Strand, where, being loaded
according to custom above the roof, to the
height of the first floor windows, it was over-
turned near Exeter 'Change, and carried in the
entire frontage of the Globe and Traveller Even-
ing Newspaper-office, most fortunately without
injury to the life or limbs of either driver or
guard, or any foot passenger, though in one of
the most constantly Crovhded thoroughfares of
this metropolis. The day-patrol were instantly
on the spot, and, by their activity and exertions,
the lading of the machine was quickly trans-
ferred to other vehicles, and the van being
righted, returned to the inn whence it bad just
previously set out.
About eight o'clock this morning, the neigh-
bourhood of llolborw.bridge was thrown into
some confusion, in consequence of an alarm of
fire being accidentally raised from the premises
of Messrs. SWAINES, ALPORT, and LowTnt
extensive distillers. It appeared, on eXamina-
lion, that a quantity of liquor had suddenly
boiled over into one of the fires, which commu-
nicating itself to a vat, instantly set it in a blaze.
Fortunately, however, several persons were on
the spot, and, by their prompt assistance, the
fire was subdued without doing any very material
injury, and not in the slightest damaging the
premises.

FATAL An alarming affray took place
on Sunday, in the vicinity of Saffron-hill, be-
tween two parties of Irish from the counties of
Cork and Kerry, the emigrants from which, to
this side of the channel, it appears, can never
meet but upon terms of deadly hostility. A san-
guinary conflict with bludgeons was waged for
same time between the combatants, infuriate
with rage and liquor, which terminated in the
fall of a Cork man, named McCarthy, from a
kick in the groin, inflicted by one of the Kerry
party, whose name is said to be Thomas Connor.
The appearance of a strong body of police then
caused the mob to disperse, and the sufferer was
conveyed on a shutter to St. 13artholornew's Hos-
pital, where be died in about ten minutes after.