The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-15 00:00:00

FATAL ACCIDENT THROUGH THE FROST.—
Last evening an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs,

at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Wilma
Phillips, a groolu,in the service of Mr. Biiv,gs, livery-

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stable-keeper, of Brick-street, Park-lane. It appeared
in evidence that on Saturday afternoon deceased was
riding on horseback through Hertford-street, May-
fair, and that the animal he was on, having placed
its foot on a loose piece of ice on the street, slipped
and fell. Deemed was thrown of, and the horse
fulling on his legs, broke one of them. He was
brought to the above hospital, and mortification set
in so rapidly and extensively, that he died yesterday
morning. The poor fellow had been eighteen years
in his last place, and has left a wife and six young
children entirely destitute. Verdict " Accidental
Death."

DEATH OF A LADY FROM DRUNKENNESS.—
On Tuesday an inquest was held by F. J. Osbaldes-
ton, Esq., at the King William, Watford. Herts, on the
body of Mrs. Emma Bishop-, a widow lady, of inde-
pendent fortune, residing near Watford. It appeared
from the evidence that the deceased, who was possessed
of considerable property, had ltterly bo.n in the habit
of drinking spirits to the greatest excess, and was very
rarely sober. On Wednesday she was taken serioutly
ill, but did not send for any medical advice, and from
the evidence it appeared that between that day and
Sunday, when she died, the deceased had drank a great
quantity of gin, which was her favourite liquor. A
person who lived in the house with deceased, and who
had been in the habit of fetching the spirits for her,
was severely reprimanded by the Coroner for his con-
duct. Mr. Kcmhail, the medical gentlemen Who was
called in to see the deceased, and who made a post
mortem examination of the body, stated that the brain
was highly inflamed, and the stomach was covered with
spots, the system presenting all the appearance of the
deceased having drank to excess. After a short deli-
beration the Jury returned a verdict to the eff Tt—
" That the deceased died from natural causes, acce-
lerated by her having taken to excess ardent spirits."
PROPOSED DINNER TO THE RIGHT HON.
T. B. MACAULAY.—We understand that a numerous
and respectable meeting of the subscribers to the pro-
posed entertainment to be given to the Right Hon.
T. B. Maeau;ey, called by ci•culars, was held in the
C Mfr Royal on Monday last, the Lord Proves' in the
chair. It was unanimously agreed to forward an invi-
tation to that gentleman to a public dinner, as a mark.
of their respect and esteem ; and his Lordship was re-
quested to forward the requisition. We are informed
that a letter of acceptance from Mr. 1111caulay was re-
' ceived by his Lordship yesterday morning.—Edinburgh
Courant.
THE SILENT SYSTEM IN THE METROPOLI-

Ts.:4 Palsoss.-"On Monday, in the course of an in
quest held in the House of Correction, ColThath-fields,
before Mr. Wakley, on the body of a prisoner, who died
of asthma, the Coroner inquired of Colonel Chesterton,
the Governor, if the silent system was carried out, and
whether he found any beneficial results from it ? Mr.
Chesterton replied that since its introduction the result
had heen very beneficial, as the following committals
would show :—ln the year 1833 there were 12,000
or committals,oa e r then whilsta pl
larsetay year therewhat
adwe eorte
warmingo nlyB ,6Cl‘Ov. The
c
in-
troduced throughout the prison dusraiindg the present in-
clement season? Mr. Chesterton
prison had been built forty-five years,noned at all. The
introduce any mode of heating the gratan pO'retieontiwwoyutldo
have to be pulled down. He had, , however,e
any complaints from the prisoners,
rning
the thermometer in the workroom was about degrees.sonl
The Coroner remarked, that he thought ;f a lit ti
e con-
versation were permitted among the prisoners
it would
tend to keep them much •Ntrmer. and ti,,tneveor had
BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE.—Mr. Ewart
having declined the acceptance of the recent invitation,
by requisition of upwards of eleven hundred electors
of the borough of Marylebonc, to become a candidate at
.the next election, the Reformers have been on the
alert to secure a fit and proper person in whom the
battle against Toryism is likely to be fought success-
fully, After mature deliberation, the choice has fallen
on Thomas Milner Gibson, Esq. ; and that gentleman
honoured a meeting of the most influential Reformers
with his presence on Saturday evening, when the proba-
bility of his success having been fairly stated, the Hon-
Gentleman begged the delay of A few days before his
decision, in consequence of having to attend the great
anti-Corn-law dinner at Manchester yesterday. It is
currently reported, that in the event of Mr. Gibson of-
fering himself to the electors, Mr. Young will retire from
the contest.—Morning Chronicle.