The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-10 00:00:00

DEATH IN NEWGATE.

Yesterday an inquest was held in the gaol of Newgate,
before Mr. W. Payne, on the body of William Henry
George Baugh, aged 23, clerk to Mr. Lewis, one of the
Coroners for Essex• _ _ _

Mr. M'Murdo, the prison surgeon, said that the de
ceased first came under his notice on the 13th of July,
when be was placed in the infirmary of Giltspur-street
Compter, by order of the Lord Mayor. He was then
evidently suffering under long-standing disease of the
lungs. On the 21st of July he was committed to New-
gate, and was in a state of great mental excitement, as be
had expected to have been set free. He was imme-
diately placed in the infirmary, but gradually grew
worse, until he could hardly breathe, and died on Satur-
day last. His state of mind had an injurious effect on
his health. A post mortem examination, made that morn-
ing, disclosed cavities in the upper part of each lung.
Mr. George Wright, the deputy-governor, said that
the deceased was committed for trial on suspicion of
torgery of a cheque to the amount of 2201.
The CORONER (to Mr. M'Murdo)—Was it likely the
deceased would have recovered ?

Mr. M•Murdo—No—but he might have lived days, or
weeks, or months—it was uncertain.
The CORONER—That being the case, and the de-
cea-ed being here only on suspicion, for men are inno-
ct nt until they are proved guilty, why was not a repre-
sentation made to the committing magistrates to admit
him to bail ?

Mr. M'Murdo—l did not think it necessary.
that could have been done for him.
The CORONER—No doubt you attended to him care-
fully, but as a medical man, you must know that the
best, and almost the only remedy for disease of the lungs
is placing the patient where he can breathe the pure
fresh air.
Mr. M.Murdo said he did not know the offence was
bailable.
The CORONER—Most offences are bailable now—
even homicide, a crime much more serious than forgery,
and this is a case in which the power of the magistrate
might have been judiciously and humanely exercised.
The country air would have been better for him than
the confined atmosphere of a prison.
Mr. M'Murdo signified his assent.
After a short consultation the foreman of the jury said
the verdict they had come to was—" That the deceased
died of consumption, accelerated by confinement."

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FIRE IN WHITECHAPEL.—Yesterday morning
about a quarter-past twelve, the premises of Mr. Ry-
man, 82, High-street, Whitechapel, were discovered by
a policeman to be on fire. At that period the inmates,
consisting of seven or eight persons, were in their beds
asleep. The constable, after considerable trouble, suc-
ceeded in making them sensible of their danger, but by
the time he had accomplished his object the whole of
the shop was wrapped in a complete blaze, and finding it
was impossible to escape by the staircase, the whole of
the persons living in the house effected a safe retreat by
getting out of the second floor back, and passim:
along the roof of the adjoining house. Engines of
the parish, London Brigade, and West of England
Company quickly attended, and, with the aid of a
plentiful supply of water, the flames were speedily ex-
of the disaster is unknown. The loss will fall on the
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APOTHECARIES HALL.—The following are the
names of gentlemen who passed their examination in
the science and practice of medicine, and received certi-
ficates to practise, on Thursday, Aug. s:—George Winter
Rhodes, Huddersfield; Jabez Harwood, Sheffield; Ed-
ward Nason, Nuneaton, Warwickshire; John Edward
Ellerton, Aberford, Yorkshire; John Waddington Hub-
bard, Leicester; Walter Dowley Eddowes, Lough-
borough; Wm. Daniel Michell, Truro, Cornwall; Henry
Axford Mantel], Faringdon, Berkshire.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. South Australian papers
have been received to the 20th of March. The settle-
ment was rapidly increasing in wealth :and population.
The following paragraph from the South Australian of
March 20 shows an amazing rate of increase in a colony
so recently formed, at such a distance from the mother-
conntry :—" Exports—We directs public attention to a
return of the exports from the province during the last
quarter of 1846. They are valued at the sum oef
123,681/. 4s. 6d. In the three preceding quartersi,
4036,
287,0591.131800 6
value of exports was 163,3781. 13s. Total inre
only
the large
wards of 145,0001., is really amazing.
- forcorn—bran, pot-
lard, for the last quarter therBe7i3si.
;for w 001,63,5911.;
lard, wheat, flour—the sum of_7_,
emigrants, upwards
rived from Europe, two of them
whomi
were of the better
of 400 in number, many of
Tbey had all paid their
class of German peasantry.
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175.5., 6
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amounting
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imported.
for years
for copper ore, 48,2761. ss.
able people."
Tun GREAT BRlTAlN.—Notwithstanding the heavy
gale of Wednesday, the stones and wedges, so admirably
vessels bad just ar-
c rived by the Messrs. Bremner, did their duty well.
Considerableont apprehension was entertained until the
storm subsided,
degree; this was to be attributed to the upsetting of
awdhae'ln‘t et,
the sea-side lever, and the displacement of some of the
wedges, and probably the stones also, which latter has
frequently happened after a heavy sea. From the time
Captain Claxton adopted the plan early in April, the
tides have been unfavourable for the outside work, in
consequence of the weather not allowing them to ebb to
behsiidpedh,
that the
their usual distance. However, at the furthest, the ship
is expected to be floated off on Saturday
next, perhaps
a day or too sooner, if the ebbing of the tides will en-
able the workmen to proceed with the tightening of the
vessel more expeditiously. Even though the tides should
be unfavourable for this purpose, so anxious is Captain
Claxton to have her away, that he is determined to
meet any leakage by the aid of pumps. One of these,
called a Marsh pump, capable of discharging three tons
l
in a minute, has been already shipped, and t
darg
it iers
ones on the same model are being prepared;
ay s:nthat h)
expected they will be completed by
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to
ha been floated off
announcing that the Great Britain
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