The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-12 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.

On Saturday, at one o'clock, an inquest was held in the
Fleet Prison, before T. SHELTON, Esq. Coroner for the City,
on the body of John Cress Morphiew, who put a period to his
existence, by cutting his throat, in his apartments in that pri-
son.—After the Jury had been sworn, they proceeded to take
a view of the body of the unfortunate deceased, which pre-
sented an appalling spectacle. It appeared that the deceased
had inflicted a severe wound in the jugular vein, under the left
car, and the effects following were clearly apparent.
A son of the unfortunate deceased was present at.the inquest
and so affected, as to be unable on the out-set to give his tes-
timony...:

The first witness examined was James Beaumont, a native of
Yorkshire, and a prisoner in the Fleet.—He deposed, that
about five o'clock in the evening of Friday, he was near the
door of the deceased ; his son endeavoured to obtain ingress,
but was unable, and ,Aitness was induced to break the fan-light,
to obtain admission. Witness saw the deceased lying on his
back, with the wound in the part already described ; he .ap-
peared quite dead.

John Holder deposed, that he knew the deceased ; walked
with him on the night preceding the catastrophe ; he said he
had been blooded, and requested some lint to apply to his
right arm, and observed that he had been to Mrs. Lewis to
borrow a knife to scrape it. • Witness afterwards saw the son
of the deceased, to whom he communicated his suspicions of
his father's derangement ; he complained of a constant pain iu
his head, ani spasms ; witness advised him to be bled, as a
corrective of those disorders.

A Gentleman who knew the deceased when a prisoner in
Whitecro::s-street, deposed, that he had long considered the
G entl email deceased subject to mental derangement.
A letter couched in incoherent language, written by the ,
solvent, was herJ handed to the Coroner, by which it would
appear that the deceased writer was not at all times capable of
expressing his sentiments with precision.
Mr. James Phillips, one of the turnkeys of the prison, was
called—The deceased lodged with him, and from his conduct he
should consider that he was not right in his head ; he had the
gout there, which part the witness never heard before was
likely to be affected with that disease ; his ways and manners
were frequently extremely irregular, which seemed to arise fetus
distress of mind.

The CORONER put it to the Jury, under all the circum.
stances, whether they could have any doubt as to whether th-
dec2ased came by his death by his own act while under the ine
fluence of mental derangement.

The Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict to that effect.:

THE MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, APRIL 12.
The arrivals of Grain in general last week were moderate,
but of Oats it was very large; the quantities of Wheat, Bar-
ley, Beans, and Peas fresh up this morning are only trifling;
there are a few more vessels in with Oats. Wheat of good
quality has sold readily at 2s. per quarter advance on the price
of this day se'nnight, and other qualities meet a more free sale.
Flour has advanced is. per sack. Prime samples of Barley
have obtained rather more money, and other sorts freely sup-
port last week's rates. Beans are in demand on full as good
terms as this day se'nnigbt. Peas of both kinds fully maintain
last quotations. Oats are plentiful, and meet slow sale; but
prime are not quoted lower than on this day se'nnight. '
Wheat, Red 6ls 72s I Pease, 'White .. ...... 388 42.4
White ........ 58s ItOs —_-- Grey . 33s 38s,
Rye 58s 44s Iteant 3:l 47s ,
Barley 35s 41s Oats ',Os 28s
Malt —s —s Flour D3s Us •
surtiv.ais LAST WEEK.
English Wheat, s,2l4—Barley, 7,l4ll—Malt, B,32l—Oats,
13,719—8 ye, o—Beans, 172.1—Peas, 288—foreign Wheat, 0
bish Oats, 1,2.10—English Flour, 6,223 sacks.

AVIIItASIC must or CORN IN ENGLAND AND WALES,
IN 'CHIC WX:EK ENDING APRIL J.
Wheat, 645. sd. ; Barley, 345. 5(1. ; Oats, 245. 2d. ; Rye,
475. 7d. ; Beans, 388. sd. ; Peas, 375. 3(1.
The Average Pries of Brown ar Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending the 7th day of
April, 1824, is 31s. 9d. per cwt.