The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-14 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS. •

Last evening an inquest was held before Mr. NP-
Payne, at the Crown, 131ackfriars-road, on the body
of. Edward Nash, aged 57, a horse-dealer, of No. 23,
Martin-street. The deceased, it appeared, was a man
of very dissipated habits, and was often intoxicated
from morning till night. On Wednesday evening
last he told his nephew, Mr. Maynard, of Shepherd's-
bush, that he had been hocussed by some men, but he
did not state who they were, or give any of the par-
ticulars. The next morning at six o'clock he was
seized with violent purging, vomiting, and pains in
the limbs, and then said the place he was hocussed at
was the parlour of the Horse Shoe public-house, and
that he had been robbed of is. 6d. ; the men who
treated him so believing that he had a great deal of
money about him. Mr. Newnham, the surgeon, of
the Borough-road, attended him, but the deemed
rapidly grew worse, and died on Friday morning.
Mr. Newnham, in his evidence, said he thought the
deceased had died from spasmodic cholera. An
attack of diarrhcea, which led to this, might have
been brought on by something deleterious he had
taken, but witness thought, that from the excessive
purging and vomiting no traces of poison could now
be discovered, and that nothing could be gained by a
post mortem examination. The deceased told him
that he had been hocussed and robbed. The jury,
after considerable discussion, adjourned the evidence
until Wednesday evening, in order to obtain evidence
from the Horse Shoe public-house, and also that a
post mortem examination should be made.
Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Baker,
at the Mulberry Tree, Mill-street, Bromley, on the
body of Samuel Dean, aged 30 years, who died from
Asiatic cholera. It appeared from the evidence that
the deceased was a tobacco pipe maker, living at No.
10, Frederick-street. On Friday morning last, the
deceased was attacked with severe pains in his bowels,
and was compelled to leave off work, and Mr. Gamer,
a surgeon, was sent for, who, upon his arrival, said
the deceased was suffering from cholera. He applied
the usual remedies, but Dean expired the same evening.
Air. Gamer said the neighbourhood was over-crowded,
and in some houses several families occupied one room.
There was not sufficient medical attendance for the dis-
trict, and in some cases death ensued before a surgeon
could arrive. The deceased died from Asiatic cholera,
and his two children, one of them very ill, slept in
the same bed. Witness was also of opinion there
was not sufficient water to carry off the filth from a
drain near the houses. The jury returned a verdict
of natural death, from Asiatic cholera. The coroner
was directed by the jury to write to the board of
guardians to appoint another surgeon for that district.
Yesterday afternoon an inquest was resumed for
the third time, and concluded before Mr. Biker, at
the Captain Man-of-War, High-street, Poplar, re-
specting the death of David Ross, aged 66 years,
who, it was alleged, died from starvation. The case
involved a charge of neglect against Mr. T. 'War-
rington, the relieving officer, and Mr. Bain, one of
the parochial surgeons. Mr. Humphreys, solicitor,
attended on the part of Mr. Warrington, and Mr.
Veering, a barrister, for Mr. Bain. The facts of the
case, as given in evidence by several witnesses, were
these :—The deceased was a broker's man, and he
and his wife had fallen into great distress in conse-
quence of illness and want of employment. About
three weeks previous to his death deceased was unable
to leave his room, and his aged wife, who had been ill
since May last, was also unable to go out. Their illness
and distress were made known to Mr. Warrington, by
two men named Beasley and Hadden, but no atten-
tion was paid to the repeated applications. They
were compelled to sell their furniture and clothing to
obtain food, and the last article they sold was an old
saucepan, for which they obtained ls. They lived
chiefly on dry bread and coffee. Beasley waited upon
Mr. Bain, and expressed to him that the deceased was
dying. Mr. Bain promised to attend on the follow-
ing morning, but failed to do so. The deceased died
on the ensuing Friday, without relief or medical
assistance. Two witnesses were called on behalf of
the relieving officer, and they contradicted in some
measure the evidence of the other witnesses. Mr.
Bloomfield, surgeon, attributed death to conges-
tion of the brain ; and the want of the common neces-
saries of life was one of the causes that would produce
such congestion. The jury returned the following
special verdict :—" That the deceased died from
natural:causes ; but the jury could not separate without
expressing an opinion that the death of the deceased
had occurred under a circumstance which deserves
censure on their part on the conduct of the relieving
officer, and they recommend the board of guardians
to adopt a more extended relief to the poor?'

BRISTOL A FREE PORT.—Yesterday was kept as a
public holiday in Bristol, for the purpose of celebrating
the important fact that her port, which had been so long
bowed down by the gigantic incubus of taxation, and
manacled by her excessive dock dues, was •now free.
Early in the morning the whole of the shipping, from
the Stone-bridge to Cumberland-basin, a distance of two
miles, were dressed out in flags of all nations, whilst the
flag " that braved a thousand years the battle and the
breeze" waved proudly and pre-eminently over all. In
the course of the day a procession took place, unrivalled
in the annals of the port—a procession of the trades,
headed by the two Members for the city, the mayor and
corporation, accompanied by fifteen bands of music, and
numbering over 15,000 persons in its ranks. When'
marshalled and prior to starting it reached from a con-
siderable distance beyond Lawford's-gate to the Council-
house—a space exceeding one mile and a half; and. as
amidst the roaring of cannon and the ringing of bells it
passed through the public streets the cheers of the con-
gregated multitudes rent the air. It is gratifying to
have to observe that not a single accident occurred
during the day to mar the hilarity of the occasion. The
weather was peculiarly auspicious, and everything passed
off in a manner which will cause this day long to be re-
membered.

EXPERIMENT IN FATTENING PIGS.-Eight pigs,
valued by several competent judges at 20s. each, were
shut up together, Dec. 10, 1847. During the first 11
weeks they consumed 16 bushels 21 pecks each of barley
meal, which was worth (the barley being partly " tail")
21. 10s. Four were then killed. They weighed,—No. 1,
234 lbs.; No. 2, 205 lbs.; No. 3, 189 lbs.; No. 4, 180 lbs.
'Petal 808 lbs. or 101 stone. They sold for 191. 3s. 10d.,
leaving a profit of 31. 3s. 10d., or 15s. 1 lid. each. The
other tour, kept a few days longer, weighed nearly as
mint], and yielded a profit of 14s. a head, making the
average profit of the eight about 15s. each. The small
quantity of wash which they had from the house, to-
gether with the expense of attendance and litter, were
supposed to be balanced by the worth of the manure.—
Somerset County Gazette.
DEATH OF MR. MANSFIELD, PROPRIETOR OF THE
" DUBLIN EVENING PACKET."—It is with feelings of
the most absorbing sorrow—sorrow in which we are
convinced all our readers will participate—that we an-
nounce the death of Nicholas Murray Mansfield, late
proprietor of this journal. The melancholy event that
has deprived his children of a fond parent, his intimate
associates of a loved and trusted friend, and society of
an eminently useful end estimable member, took place
yesterday, at his residerce, Simmon's-court. During a
long public career, Mr. Mansfield won and retained the
respect and esteem of his fellow-citizens of all creeds and
classes. His political opponents—even the greatest of
them all, the late Daniel O'Connell—frankly bore testi-
mony to the high sense of honour and integrity of prin-
ciple that guided his every word and action. singularly
urbane in demeanour, kind and affable to all, humane,
generous, charitable, ever giving to the poor with a free
and liberal hand, his loss will indeed be deeply felt, and
his memory sincerely revered. In him the young aspi-
rant for literary fame ever found a gentle critic, a wise
counsellor, and a munificent patron. He became at
once his guide and his friend, as, indeed, he was. the
guide and friend of all who required his advice or needed
his assistance. Gifted with a mind of no ordinary grasp
—possessed of great and varied informationfull of
talent, energy, and intelligence, he won his own way to
the position he held, carrying with him, from first to
last, estimation as high and popularity as enviable as
ever public journalist enjoyed.—Post.