The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-11 00:00:00

THE LATE WIII. LANSLEY, BEAR WARD•

We (The Sheffield Mercury) mentioned 13 °llf
last that this unfortunate individual, who was so dregl.f °
mangled by his own bear, had been carried to the Intrmarf
under circumstances which' left little hope of his reco,rl,
After lingering in a miserable state under great pain, 'gee
pired on Tuesday last. The following is an account of A,
evidence taken on view of the body on Wednesday, befits
A. HARDY, Esq. Coroner. .
George Elam, of Sheffield, sworn : I know"the decease. 'op
have known him upwards of five years. I was with ItiOltert
Thursday last. The deceased was a bear ward. Ahottt..el
o'clock in the evening en that day, I accompanied the deCeP4
to his house in the Park. We took his bear out of the ttS.,"n; into a field, to let him roll and clean himself. We had fj"
been in the field more that ten minutes when the bear atiocv-,
the keeper. Deceased did not beat or abuse the bear in 01_,T
presence. The bear was loosely muzzled ; Hs mouth Ifs'
three parts extended. The deceased had neither a dog
weapon. After the bear had rolled himself on the grass,n,alis
played for some time, deceased began to play with him- 0d
bear laid his head on deceased's thigh, and appeared in ea
temper, and perfectly quiet. Deceased got up and cracked
fingers at the bear, and he followed him, and appearedivrt:.
friendly with him. The bear attempted to run away, a""
deceased followed, and laid bold of the rope, which was fast
ened to his nose, and tried to stop him. The bear struck tlegi
deceased over the hand with his left paw, and finding hin'9o
fastened, lie reared up, anti got both his feet round deceased
body, and pressed him down, and laid himself upon hiwh'ear
was not more than three yards from him at the time. The be
laid hold of deceased's left arm with his teeth, and appear `la
be tearing him in pieces. I attempted every means in
power to get the bear off the man, but I was not able to do ovia
for the moment I attempted, the bear endeavoured to get Ow
of me. I went for assistance, and brought a dog belongiaigon
the deceased. I was not more than ten minutes absent, an",.o
my return I found the deceased in the same situation in wo.i„,,
I left him. The dog, on hearing the master's voice, ran to
and the bear then left deceased. His right arm was very OlUd,
lacerated ; die left side and thigh were also very much bruise o
The bear was shot on the same night. The deceased was tap
to the infirmary in a deplorable state, where he langut9,E.
until Tuesday last and expired.—Verdict—" Died in cO"'"01
quence of the lacerations, bruises, and wounds received ft°
the bear."

DEATH OF THE SICILIAN DWARF.—ThIS 110°r,
child had been for some time afflicted with r
cough, and the untoward changes in the weathet.,
during several days of last week had a visible
feet on the general- state of her health. u(i
Thursday last she was exhibited as usual, a 0
received upwards of 200 visitors ; towards We
evening a langour appeared to come over her, CO'
on her way from the exhibition-room, she er
pired. Miss Crachami, the name by which she
was known, was the daughter of a musician :
was born at Palermo, in Sicily, and, on accooll
of her diminutive size, was considered a pheno'
merlon. The Duchess of Parma and a few dig
tinguished persons were allowed to see her, but
0
she was not publicly exhibited until she WA
brought to England, in the latter end of last sonv
mer, since which she has been exhibited at OV
ford, Birmingham, and Liverpool, and of late i°
London ; and was unquestionably the most ell'
rious of all the dwarfish candidates for pithii6'
favour that have visited this metropolis.