The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-08 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

An inquest was held on Wednesday last at the Queen's
Bench prison, before Peter Le Pepre, Esq , Coroner for
the Crown, on view of the body of Charles More Ulli-
thorn, Esq., solicitor, of Red Lion-square, a gentleman
highly connected and much respected, who died in that 1
prison on the day preceding.
Mr. Hooper, a surgeon, on being examined, said—l
was called in yesterday fortnight, and found the deceased
in a very excited state of mind, and he complained of a
pain in the right side. His mind was in a very wandering
state. I should say his chronic disease having existed so
many months, had so broken down his physical powers,
that any excitement of the mind (particularly imprison.
merit) would tend to aggravate the disease, so as to cause
d. ath. I never saw him take any spirits or stimulants be
yond what I prescribed. He had symptoms of delirium
tremens, which is produced by mental excitement. This
wes one of the causes of his death, and this can be pro-
duced without the aid of •spirits on a weak and impaired
I mind.

In reply to questions from tile-Jurors, Mr. Hooper said
he had some experience as a surgeon in that prison, and
found that going through the Insolvent Debtors' Court
caused great excitement, and produced, in many instances,
what was called within the walls, the " schedule fever."
In the present instance, he believed the cause of death to
have been a diseased liver, occasioned by imprisouiren!.

Francia Howlett deposed that he had been clerk to the
deceased for eighteen years. The deceased had been im-
prisoned about two months, and for some time previcus to
his being taken in execution, and since, he had expressed
much anxiety on account of his nffedrs.
Mrs. Searle said she attended the deceased during his

imprisonment. He was often much excited, more at on'
time than another. He often complained of :he noise and
singing of Boatswain Smith over his head, and she though -
this aggravated his symptoms very much. On the Sunday
(the day before his death), he was particularly annoyed at
the noise, and jumped out of bed in consequence of it, and
paced the room, in a very excited state, in his shirt.
James Clegg, an under turnkey of the prison, deposed
that on the.everting of Sunday, Nov. 30, he went up to
Boatswain Smith's room, by desire of Mr. Calwell, the
head turnkey, and requested him not to sing or make a
noise in consequence of the deceased being in a dying
state underneath him, upon which he ( Smith) replied, I
have left off for the night, but that would not have made
any difference if I had not.
Juror —Had Mr. Calwell directions. from the Marshal
to request Mr. Smith not to sing or make a noise on this
particular night ?
Witness—l was told so when I was sent to him.
Juror—Did Mr. Smith say. any thing more than ycu
have stated

Witness—Yes ; he said what does it signify if a man is

dying.
This being the whole of the evidence, the Jury, after a
few minutes' deliberation, returned the following verdict :
—" That the deceased Charles More Ulli:born died a na

tural death, which was accelerated by very great mental
anxiety, produced by incarceration in the Queen's Bench
prison for debt, upon a constitution already impaired by
diseased liver and chronic inflammation of the kidneys,
and that the noisy and tanatica singing of Boatswain
Smith, a prisoner in the same staircase with deceased, em-
bittered his last moments and the Jury cannot separate
without expressing their deep regret at the unchristian and
hypocritical conduct of the said Boatswain Smith."

SHIPPING INTULLIGENC,E.

(LLOYD'S.)

LOND3N, DEC. 7.—Wind this day at noon, moderate
brecza from the southward, and fine.
DEAL. DEC. s.—Wind N. W., moderate. 6:h.—Wind
E.— Arrived the Urania, Metcalf from Sierra Leone.
Sailed the Christina, Blair, for •Sj (lacy, New South
Wales; Fortitude, Hutton, Port Philip ; Persia, Stevens,
Ceylon ; Chieftain, Paulson, Madras.: Corcyra, Cort-
land, Cdpe Palmas; Anse, Burgess„ Tobago; Charles,
Dsllen, ditto; Baelenghamshire,-Moore, Bombay.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 6.—Wind S., light.—Arrived the
Frankfield, Mitchell, from New Orleans; Victoria, Bahia;
Irish Lass, Grardy, Savanilla ; Congress, Marshall,
Charleston ; Algonquin, Turley, Philadelphia ; Franklin,.
New .Orleans ; Bombay packet, 'Bonny—sailed September
12th, and Fernando Po 19th. Sailed the Judith, Harvey,
for -Arica; &e. ; Cambria, Robertson, Calcutta ; Hope,
Robert, Rio Janeiro ; Traveller, Armstrong, Pernam-
buco ; Cureyman, Longford, Demerara ; Laurel, M'Bride,
Savannah ; Frances, Browne, and Huddersfield, Jones,
Africa; John Dugdale, Milibard, Singapore ; William
Sharpies, Jones, Bombay ; Irt, Ludlow, Bahia ; Rose-
anna, Read, Rio Janeiro ; Ann Hall, Tucker, Mobile ;
Cockermouth Castle, Bell, Jamaica ; Sarah, Cousens,
Savannah ; Maddison, Wood, Virginia ; Sterling, Cooper,
Charleston; Robert Fulton, Broeson, New York. Off
port, the Jupiter, from Charleston.
BRISTOL, Ds.c. s.—Arrived Harvey, Simpson, from
Quebec; S suza, D.., la Gallia, Fayel.
SWANSEA, DEC. 4.—Arrived Alexander Harvey, Alex-
ander, from Cuba.
MILFORD, DEC. 5.—A boat marked oW 81(1.1 " S M
Ann, of Newport," and inside, " Williams,
_Master," was
washed on shore yesterday in Freshwater Bay.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 4 and s.—Wind variahle.—Arrived
Tagus steamer, M'Leod, Gibraltar ; sailed 26th ult. Off
port, Hercules, Renaus, Quebec; Howard, Bartlett, Mi.
ramichi ; Java, Dothill, Batavia ; Victoria, Deoia ; Belle
Alliance, Doxford, Calcutta. Off port, Sampson, Stur-
gis. New York.
YARMOUTH, ISLE CF WIGHT, DEC. 4.—A quantity of
wreck. apparently a spar, yards, sails, &c. was passed on
the 2d instant off the Eddystone, by the Confidence,
arrived at Southampton.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 6.—Wind N. N. W.--The Henrique,
Savarosa, which put into this port leaky, and was laid on
shore, is so much strained, that the fills with the tide ;
cargo discharged.
DUMFRIES, Dec. s.—The Vernon, from Liverpool to
Glasgow, which was on shore, has been got off without
much damage after discharging, and gone to Ciniethorn
to :re-load.
CLYDE, DEc. 4.—Arrived. the Terranova, Denniston,
from Newfoundland ; James Lyon, Hamilton, ditto ;
Clutha, Colman, Quebec. Sailed the Maria, Miller,
for Hobart Town ; Amphitrite, Kerr, Calcutta ; Severn
Lass, Wright, Honduras.
KINGSTOWN, DEC. s.—Arrived the Camerton, Shields,
from Demerara.
LIMERICK, DEC. 4.—Arrived the John and Mary,
Wright, from Quebec.
CORK, Dec. 4.—Off port, the Henry Clay, Schriver,
from New Orleans; Pavisborough, Hetherington, Mar-
tinique.
GALWAY, DEC. 3.—Arrived the Midas, Moore, Quebec.
ILFRACOMBE, DEC. s.—Parts of a wreck, such as masts,
yards. sails. &e., have washed on share on the western
point of Sandy Island.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—Tht! SOSall Marr, from Lima
to London, 15th ult., lat. 28, lon. 37, by the Jane,
Thompson, arrived at Cork. Starter, Leghorn to Cork,
out six weeks; Jane, Gibraltar to Dublin ; Ellen, Denia
to London; ,Castlereagh, Couch, Denia to Liverpool, lat.
41, lon. 10. by the Speedy, \Ville, arrived off Salcombe.
Eleanar, 25th ult., lat 48, lon. 6, by the Wilna, Brown,
arrived in tha river. Jessamine. Jarvis, Messina to Ant-
werp, 7th ult., lat. 39, lon. 9 E., by the Cynosure, Yabs-
ley, arrived at Liverpool. Bareas, Liverpool to Seville,
21st ult., off Cape St. Vincent, by the Nonpariel, Hard-
ing, arrived at Liverpool. Maria Elizabeth, from Ham-
burgh, 25th ult., Ist. 42, I,tn. 13; Cartaretta, Bilboa to
Newfoundland, 27th, lat. 45, lon. 11, by the Amity, Nos-
siter, arrived in the Downs. Wilmot, Lomboak to Mauri-
tius, 29th Sept., lat. 20, lon. 65,E., by the British King,
arrived in the Clyde. Clyde, of Glasgow, for Leghorn,
12th ult., lat. 47, ion. 6. by the Euphemia, Turpie, arrived
at Dundee. Her Majesty's ship Viper, 20th September,
her Majesty's ship Buzzard, 3d Oct., lat. I S,. lon. 6,
Johan, Lisbon to Pernambuco, 27th ult. lat. 6 N. lon.
20, by the Bombay, Packer, arrived at Liverpool. A steamer,
supposed the Royal Tar, 2‘l inst. lat. 45, ion. 9, Liver-
pool steamer, Falmouth to Malta, Scc. 3d, lat. 47, lon. 7, by
the Tagus steamer, arrived in the river. Salamander, Bor.
dcaux to Valparaiso ; Tourville, Dunkirk to Bourbon ;
and Gabriel, Bordeaux to Mauritius, by H. F. M. ship
Orestes arrived at St. Helena. William IV., Labrador
to Malta, 16th, lat. 37, ton. 3, by the Cynosure arrived
at Liverpool. Gangea, bound to Sydntyy, New South
Wales, 24th October, lat. 15 N. lon. 22 \V. ; a barque,
supposed the Stains Castle, 25th, lat. 16. lon. 22 ; Wool-
sington, bound to Ceylon, 28th, lat. 19, lon. 23, by the
Senator, Grindlay, arrived in the Downs. Catharina,
1-1-itriburgli to Rio .linciro (sod not from Rio to Ham-
burg h, as before reported), 14th, lat. 56, lon. 14, by the
Nailer, Wilson, arrived at Shields.

Various rumours are afloat with regard to the re-
ward of honours and promotion to the gallant officers who
have distinguished themselves on the coast of Syria.
The only visible mark of her Majesty's approbation is shown
in granting the Commandership of the Bath to Commodore
C. Napier ; and the Admiralty have .promoted Messrs.
Cumming, Price, and M'Guire to the rank of Lieutenant.
The prevalent op;nion appears to be that Sir R. Stopford
will be effered a Peerage, and the appointment to the Go-
vernorship of Greenwich Hospital ; that the captains and
commanders of all the ships will be trade Companions of
the Bath • the commanders in the line-of-battle ships and
sloops, and all the first lieutenants and senior mates, will
be promoted a step, and brevet given to some ofthe marine
officers. If this act of justice be accorded to them, it will
have to be followed also by other promotions resulting from
anticipated success on the coast of China ; these, con-
jointly, will be deducted from any promotion looked for on
the birth of Princess Royal, or it may defer such a boon to
an indefinite period.—Hampshire Telegraph.
TUE EARL OF LONSDA LE.—Ramours having
reached us that the Earl of Lonsdale has been detained at
Lowther by serious indisposition, and knowing the anxisty
of the public
.on the subject, we have made particular in-
quirks, and are happy to state that his Lordship is fast
recovering from an attack of cold and rheumatism, which
confined him in the house for a few days. His Lordship
was out in the course of this week, nue it is coefidently ex-
pected he will very soon be able to undertake his journey
south —Carlisle Patriot.
OFFICE OF BRIDGE-MASTER.—There is a
vacancy in the City in the office of bridge-master, which
will be filled up by the livery.
There is generally a very
severe contest for the office, notwithstandina that it Is Oct
in any respect a political appointment, The candidates at
present are—Mr. Heald, one of the members of the C(.rn-
tnon Cooncil ; Mr. George Ledger, who was for Sr vcrkl.
years an active member of that Court; and Mr. Gibbs,
one of the unsuccessful candidates at a former election.