The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-15 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. G. BENNETT.---On
Sa-
turday afternoon a respectable:Jury was empaneelled
before Mr. Baker, at the Birdcage Tavern, Birdcage..
walk, Bethnal-green, to is quire respecting the death of
Mr. G. Bennett, aged 64, which occurred under the
awfully sudden circumstances subsequently detailed.
The deceased, who had travelled as a missionary into
the interior of Africa with the Rev. Mr. Tyerman,
M.A., and through many other unenlightened portions
of the world, was a member of the Religious Tract So.
ciety, and a liberal subscriber towards various other
religious and scientific institutions. Several gentlemen
connected with the Religious Tract Society were present.
Mr. G. M. Searle, No. 11, Grove-place, Hackney,
said that deceased resided in the same house. He was
a single man, and was always in perfect health. He
breakfasted with witness that morning between seven
and eight o'clock, and had a cup of coffee and a slice of
bread and butter. He made no complaint, and shortly
after left to attend to his occasional duties in town. He
was never in business, but bad .a coasiderable•indepen-
dent property. In answer to a Juror the witness stated
that the deceased was a most abstemious man. He
never partook of fermented liquors..
Smith Robinson, a labourer, residing in Morning-
lane, said, at a little past eight o'clock that morning he
observed the deceased before him in the Birdcage-walk,
walking slowly. He suddenly stopped, and tried to
support himself by his umbrella, which was in his right
hand. Witness was in time to support him for a
minute, when be fell. He was taken to the Birdcage,
where he was seen by a surgeon, who found deceased
dead.

Mr. JoneF, landlord of the Birdcage, produced de-
ceased's property found on him, which consisted of a 5/.
note, 61. 10s. in gold, a gell watch, chain, &c. He
stated that Mr. Wallts's assistant saw deceased, and
said that he died in a fit of apoplexy. Deceased's
name and address was on his umbrella.

Mr. Oakley, deceased's nephew and executor, and
who inherits his property, sa'd that the gold watch de-
ceased had with him all round the world. He also kid
before the Jury a manuscript note, written by the de-
ceased that morning, and which he (Mr. Oakley) stated
referred to a manuscript which bad been presented to
the Religious Tract Society, and which bad been sub-
mitted to him for his judgment.
Mr. Searle, see., stated that the deceased officiated
at family prayers that morning, as was his custom, and
that there was no appearance of any change in him.
The Coroner observed, that, from the suddenness of
the death, it was likely that the deceased died of a
rupture of a blood-vessel of the heart. Verdict—" Died
by the visitation of God."

Her Majesty has just presented the liberal do-
nation of 5001. towards the funds now being raised by
subscription amongst (Id Etonians, and others who feel
an interest in the institution, for effecting several ex-
tensive projected improvements at Eton College. His
Royal Highness Prince Albert has also presented to the
Committee the sum of 1001. The subscriptions.amount
o very little short of 10.000 E
AN 02JECTION UPSET.—WhiIi some beau-
tifully-made wheelbarrows were placed before the Prince
Royal, one of-the Persian noVemen (who always affected
to despise European improvements) said,—"'Phis is all
very well, but it will consume a considerable time to
empty these wheelbarrows." Sir James Sutherland said
to him, " Indeed, Sir, it will not ; and if you will on),
get into the wheelbarrow I will show you-it will not."
The Prince insisted on making the experiment. Sir
Jathes trundled him away at a quick rate ; and, ap-
proaching a muddy part of the square, he gave the wheel-
barrow a cant, and to the great entertainment of the
Prince and spectators, turned the Persian Khan into the
• mud.—Bridge's Mission to Persia. -
DEPLORABLE POVERTY.—TIC rector of West
Hackney has offered his parishioners the benefit of an
evening service on Sunday, if they will furnish the means
of lighting the church. There is 0) Church-rate to
meet this expense ; and it is understood that out of a
congregation of 1,000 persons, many of them till now
supposed to be wealthy, a candle fund cannot be raised
RAILWAY CLERKS.. GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.—We are most gratified to learn that the Di-
rectors of the Great Western Railway Company have
very handsomely raised the salaries of the clerks along
their line. Both the leading Companies, the Birmingham
and the Great Western, stand high for the character of
their officers, and the liberality of their establishments.,
and it is by feelings of good will being cultivated, both
on the part of the employers and the employed, that
this reputation is to be maintained.—Railway Magazine.
GAVRIGAN MINE —A correspondent informs
us that a very rich lode of tin has been cut in this mine,
near the Indian Queens.—Cornwall Advertiser.
DESCRIPTION OF THE CATHEDRAL OF
ARDAGH.—Ardagh Cathedral, which is already in a
state of great forwardness, will be of the purest Greek!).
architecture, and entirely built of the very finest cut
stone, joined throughout with sheets of lead. Its front
will exhibit six magnificent lonic columns, enclosing a
spacious portico. The tower (nearly two hundred feet
high) will be partly composed of alternate tiers of Co-
rinthian pillars. The interior will be divided into
-three aisles ; will contain seven marble altars ; and the
roof will be supported by twenty-six lofty lonic columns
of polished variegated marble. Its site is the town of
Longford, the very centre of the diocese, and of Ireland.
It will be dedicated in honour of St. Mel, first Bishop of
this ancient see, and nephew of St. Patrick, by whom, at
the very commencement of his apostleship, he was con-
secrated, in the same parish where the Cathedral now
stands. For the last three hundred years, a Catholic
church of this splendour would not have been tolerated
in Ireland ; nor indeed had the Catholics up to the pre-
sent adequate means, nor were they in sufficient numbers
in Ardagh, to accomplish so glorious an undertaking.
When finished, it will be the chastest, most extensive,
and most eleput church of modern tunes, in any part of
the United Kingdom.—Dublin Evening Post.
AIDS TO AMATEUR STOCK ROBBERS.—A
singular publication has just made its appearance in
Paris
ap rthe
completes." T hVshape
explains Ope r t Operations nt so ofth teh e
uninitiated Bourse at
ofoo t
ffsifiloieeusre., pocket volumes, compri:ia,g
the meaning of bargains for the Account, anti time
bargains, as well as the different modes of speculating.
The second passes in review all the French and foreign
public funds, which are negotiated at the Bourse of
Paris, the "Temple of Mercury" (or thieving), as the
Cliarivari calls it. The third is devoted to a treatise
on money, and the various European exchanges; and
the fourth comprises calculations made expressly for all
descriptions of monetary operations which can take place
in the public funds. The whole (say the publishers),
comprises an invaluable ensemble of useful and instructive
" notions" explanatory of the puzzling tables which 4P"
pear in.the daily papers.
learn
is' below the
THE POTATOE CROPS.—We regret; w
that throughout Wales the potatoe crop S
'i!f -the country
average. In some of the earlier no
the long continuance of wet weatilerti"9
being taken up, and large quantities ,
other parts of the
ze;berereenntielthdetior
have rotted "in the ground ;
countrY 'they have failed to a no
Carnarvon Herald.
MAID.--Mrs, Sarah.
AN ECCENTRIC insiderable extent.—
Bedwell, spinster, at Woadbri„
'housekeeper to Mrs.
aged 90. OLD.stre died on the 15th ult.,
elnn a tin canister were found more
considerable property.
cash in the bank, and reortgeges
h"e'aesp formerly
urou habits had accumulated
Doughty, and by
than 70 sovereigns,while
25 silk gowns, four dozen da-
mask7s chemises, 30 bonnets,
fi
and a chest o bed-clothes ; and yet
table-cloths, .
amounting to about 1.r,000/. She had in her possession
she expired covered
with mere ) a piece of old carpet,
Sunday 'I imes.
without a nightcap.—
HOP INTELLIGENCE.—WORCESTER, Noy.
demand for New Hops continues steady, and
12.—The
prices
• arc firm as last quoted. The supplies from the
planters are got very small
Duty expected to be known
in a
fortnight. Weighed on Saturday last, new, 335;
and old, 85; and 205 new, and twelve old pockets in the

week.
We understand that Sir James Graham, after the
fullest consideration, felt himself bound to reject the
appeals made for a commutation in the case of the con-
vict Up to a late hour on Saturday no
ire-
prieve had been dispatched from the Home-office,
li
Mr,
at tt e desire
Lill
y't
ofle Queen's nurse, was,
her Majesty, appointed
some
to a landing waitership in the port of London.
tlien:cott ba ofr

NEW •Bislior s PALACE.--It is believed that
St. Albans Abbey will be made the Cathedral of the new
See, when the contemplated alterations take place in the
diocese of London ; and that Barrington Hall, at Hat-
&inroad Oak, will be converted into the new Bishop's
-Palace.
THE MARCHIONESS DE BROGLIO SOLARI. -
—We take this opportunity of informing our readers
that the noble family of the Marchioness are natives of
" Astia in Piedmont," and have no relationship with
the family Solari, of the "Reviera de Genova,' men-
tioned in the affair of tho Exchequer bills. The stock-
broker now alluded to, some time -since was the ex-
hibitor of_ a painting of the travels of Queen Caroline
in the Holy Land.—Brit Queen.

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