The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-29 00:00:00

INQUEST UPON CAPTAIN
°TWAY, R. N.

At seven o'clock last evening an inquisition was
taken upon the body before Mr. Hines, at the Georg.:
the Fourth Tavern, Montpelier-square, Knightsbridge.
There were several persons of rank rresmt -during
the investigation ; and the Jury having bees sworn to
inquire into the death of Captain Waller Oz way, they
proceeded to the hospital ward of Keightsbridge l-ar-
racks, where the body was deposited in a shell. The
deceased's face was extremely thin and pallid. His rge
was stated to be 36. And the Jury having performed
this unpleasant part of their duties, returned to the
inquest room, where the following witnese3 w..lre ex-
amined :
Michael Manning sworn.—l am groom to Lord
Charles Clinton, and was following his Lordship down
Rotten-row, Hyde-park, on Friday afternoon about six
o'clock, when I observed the deceased on horseback on
the green. When I first saw him the horse was in the
act of rearing up, and the deceased pulled the reins,
and the horse fell backwards. and the rider was under-
neath. I went up immediately, and several other ser-
vants and gentlemen also rendered assistance. Inc
deceased was perfectly insensible, and appeared to be
very much injured. I gallowd etr to the barracks for
assistance, and he was conveyed thither, and remained
there until his death. He was placed in the officers'
room.
By the Jury—Two or three other gentlemen were
riding near the deceased, but I did not see any of them
cross him when his horse reared up. Ido not know
what caused the horse to rear up, but I believe it vas
purely accidental.
The CORONER said he should like to see the medical
gentleman next.
The summoning officer replied that he was not in
attendance.
A corporal of the Life Guards stated that Sir Ben-
jamin Brodie, Sir Asticy Cooper, and Dr. Campbell,
the regimental surgeon, had made a poSt mortem exa-
mination of the body, and had written out their evi-
dence for the purpose of its being laid before the Coro-
ner and Jury-
The CORONER said he could not revive tie docu
ment in evidence unless some oce of those gentlemen
was present to be sworn to the truth.
Corporal Cecil, of the Ist Regiment of Life G eards,
stated that he was present when the pest mortem exa-
mination was made, and he saw that the bones of the
pelvis were completely broken, and a pertion of the bone
perforated the bladder.
. . .

After some discussion it was determi.ied to take the
corporal's evidence, as all the surgeons we;e some dis-
tance from the Court.
Charles Thomas Cecil was then sworn, and said—l
am hospital-corporal of the Ist regiment of Horse
Guards. The deceased, who was a stranger to me, was
brought into the officers' house in Hyde Park barracks
soon after the accident happened, and he remained there
until he died. Sir Benjamin Brodie attended Captain
Otvo.y about an hour after he was brought into the
barracks, and Sir Astley Cooper arrived within two
hours afterwards. Dr. Campbell and Dr. Burned, the
regimental surgeons, also had the deceased under their
care. 1 attended the decnsed in the officers' house,
and he suffered very much during the time he remaieed
there. At times he was se:isible, and he told me it vas
an accident. I was present at the post-martern exami-
nation, and am satisfied he died of a rupture of the
bladder.

George Reeve, regimental servant to the Horse
Guards, examined. I was looking out of one of the
windows in the officers' house at the time the accident
took place. I did not sec the deceas2d fall, Lit I saw
him soon afterwards. In a few urinates there were a
great number of persons collected round him. I ran up
and saw that the lower part of his boly was covered
with blood, and he appeared to be in dreadful pain, and
said, "if anybody touched him there (pointing to his
abdomen) he should We." He was sensible, and told
those about him it was an accident. Tile horse did not
run away, but stopped and began feeding.
The Coroner remarked that it showed the animal
was not a vicious one.

Hugh Douglas Grace sworn—l am &erk to the Ist
Life Guards. The horse the deceased rode was his
own property, and he expressed a desire that it should
be sold, and the proceeds appropriated to a nasal
charity.
CORONER—Did he make a will ?
Witness—Only e verbal one he expressed
to his mother, father, and sisters.
By a Juror—Was the son of Admiral Sir Rabe: t
Otway. He was perfectly sober at the time.
Corporal Grace here remarked that the deceased only
obtained his captaincy on the day of the melancholy
occurrence, and Lord Clarence Paget, a brother cap-
tain, who was with him at the time, did not leave the
unfortunate gentleman's bedside from the time be was
brought into the barracks until he died. Indeed, the
accident caused such a sensation, that the Queen,
Prince Albert, and the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, sent hourly to inquire after Captain Otivay's
condition, and the Duke of Wellington also sent several
times. The officers of the Guards nad likewise slaawa
the greatest attention and brotherly feeling to the de-
ceased. Colonel Cavendish gave up his suite of apart.
mets in the barracks to Admiral Otway, and Colonel
Hill most cheerfully resigned his to Lady °Ewa), and
her daughters. In short, every attention possible was
paid to him and his family.
Toe Jury then briefly consulted together, and re-
turned a verdict of—" Accidental death, with a deo-
dand of Is. upon the horse."

EGYPT.

ALE/ANDRIA, APRIL
_6._

The Pacha is straining every nerve to re-fill his
treasury, and has ordered another payment of the Ferdi,
or Poll-tax ; he also ordered a postage of one piaster a
drachm weight for each letter sent through his post to
and from Cairo. This will be a very great coo
venience to us Europeans, as the Paella's mail is
transported in th;rty hours between these towns, it
has hitherto only been open to the Consuls and a few
of the merchants. His Highness has just sent an order
to Sennaar for the immediate levy of 10,000 more :Tacks,
who are to be sent as soor. as caught to Cairo. He has
also ordered the seizure, purchase is the word used in
the order, of all the grain in the upper country. 'rills
year's crop is very abundant ; but it is expected that
more than one-half of it will be lost in consequence of
—.int of labourers to gather it. The few who have not
" -4 for soldiers have left thr.

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- •tee deslVlt.l,Viett.ll theeliiredvoilufainse,s'
been seat,-
L, still persevered in, and
hidden themselves in ..
enrolment of the Civic Guam'
the. Pacha has given great offence to LV..I 1204 of in-
vincih!es, by ordering their beards to Iv pat off. It is
very amusing to see these poor devils wal.l/444 ►niN a
barber's shop. with beards which would have done
honour to the patriarchs of old, and in two minutes re-
appear with their chins as smooth, though not a► fair,
as a damsel's of 16 ; these worthy soldiers positively
shed torrents of tears at their loss.

A few days since about 50 or 60 C:iristians were
seized by the Government for '° katibs" (clerks). Many
of them were highly respectable merchants, and not
clerks ; they were imprisoned in the citadel with chains
round their necks and feet, and then marched to the
Nile, where they were put on board boats, still in iro[:s.
and sent off to Sennaar, where they are to refiilin and
keep the Paella's accounts. This is of course not despo-
tism, but fatherly care—a desire to employ the needy.
A merchant vessel ha; just arrived at Suez, with coal
from England. By her we learn that the Paella is
withdrawing all his trcops from the Hedjas. bawd
Pacha has already evacuated Odeida. Mahomed Aii has
also recalled the troops from Jedda and Mocha. Every
thing is now quiet at Aden ; the Arabs have at length got
tired of keeping up the siege, and our troops now get
plentifully supplied with the products of the country.
The evacuation of the Hedjas by the Paella, wilt be
the making of Aden ; the merchants are all pre-
paring to take up their residences there, and we are
sure of having the whole coffee trade in our hands. It
is impossible to imagine how valuable Aden may br-
come to us—as a military possession it is the key of the
Red Sea, containing two safe and capacious harbours.
As a mercantile station it will become the emporium
for the trade of Arabia and Africa, and yet our Govern.
ment is hesitating about the expense of erecting proper
and sufficient fortifications. Why, three years posses-
sion of this, to England, invaluable bit of land, will
repay all sums that may be expended for its defence.
The Paella has quitted Alexandria for the Delta, Lnd
has sent his harem to Cairo.

An exceedingly respectable meeting assembled on
Tuesday, at the Adelphi Hotel, to hear an exposition of the
principle adopted by the Metropolitan Patent Wood-pavement
Company, by Mr. J. Lee Stevens, who also exhibited models
of the invention. Upon the motion of the Worshipful the
Mayor, the Chair was taken by John Holmes, Esq. Ctiairtn-0
to the Board of Commissioners for Highways; and after an
address of some length from Mr. Stevens, that gentleman
answered many and very detailed questions to the appal out
satisfaction of the querists, (among whom were many scuattific
and practical men), and the meeting unanimously passed are.
tilenn s
solution approving of the scientific principle thus successfully
Patentve and profitable Wood-pavement
illustrated, and thanking the expositor for the lucid explana-
tions and ample information furnished by him. It was stated
Company are works,
doubt, from
and there appears to be no the very general feeling
at the meetingalrtheaadtytehre,gllagleetdroinpoel
manifested on the occasion, that a specimen, at least, of this
pleasant and useful pavement will very soon be laid down in
Liverpool.— Gore's General Advertiser.
Hyde Park, yesterday, was thronged from five to
seven. All the leading politicians were in the rides and drives.
The venerable Earl Grey and his daughter, the Lady Georgina,
were among the equestrians. The veteran Statesman was
looking well. The Duchess of Roxburghe drove herself in
her unique britska phaeton.
Yesterday nearly 150 workmen commenced re-
moving the green sward in the Green Park, St. James's, in
numerous places, preparatory to digging the earth, for the pur-
pose of levelling the ground for the intended improvements.
Shrubberies, tastefully laid out, serpentine gravel walks, and a
grand carriage drive from Piccadilly to Buckingham Palace, are
to be made Hundreds of loads of earth are being removed
from Trafalgar-square into the Green Park, for the purpose of
filling up the ditch at the back of the Ranger's lodge. Several
elegant porters' lodges are to be built, and superb entrance
gates are also in preparation.