The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-23 00:00:00

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EXTRAORDINARY AND L.-- Al
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e HOLY DEATH OF A GENTLEL" pritgrii
On Thursday Mr. Baker held an inquest at floods °.*
Cavern, Commercial-road, Limehouse, on the
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male person, apparently about twenty-six Yer-oefir-
whose name was unknown, and accordingly so ibf
the inquisition.
The first witness examined was Mr. Charles se- tee
proprietor of the above tavern, who deposed that tee"
of February last the deceased came and engagedee
• in his house; he went by the name of Mr. St. jilted
represented himself as connected with the shiPllnntr,serlee
Witness believed it to be a fictitious. name, fro° 'le 01
tenor of his conduct. He was of very gentlellotne
ante and manners. On Thursday morning, about o
he retired to bed, quite sober, having only tahentee Pe
brandy and water, and smoked some cigars in
Cqffee-roOM. A Ao',,er
By the Coroner—Deceased was of sound Min's,
gentlemanly in his manners; but there Iva' win'
• anxiety to conceal his real name, he having cat
'rom his linen.
Edward Lexton, the waiter, said that on del-e,etlilf
stairs adjacent to the deceased's bed-room, on the 7000
'Thursday last, the deceased called to him in
assistance. He went in and found the deceased ly 0;0
bed. He was unable to speak foie some rnintitijgdiV
said he had been reading in bed and fell asleep; bee Pies
shirt on fire, he jumped out of bed, and extingol' t, be
as best he could. It happened at three o'clock, bnere
not call for assistance as he was unwilling •to (sti"
teli
mates of the home although in great pain. leis'?
Mr. Adolphus B c
urrell, surgeon, of the Cetnniresign'
said he was called in and found him dreadfully ail wet,
the right arm and chunkier down to the hip. L.,,,„eps
favourably until Tuesday morning, when CO' 43
place, and he died in two hours. Death was the re''
hele
injury sustained by the burns. en' I'o
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After deceased's death, his desk was opened, Iv test)
a quantity of correspendence therein, it appeared..., pree
brother-in-law to the Hon. G F. Nugent, who is ;10019,41
in Ireland, to whom a communication has been ',eicP
The jury returned a verdict of " Death (reins Ale
burning.' 0/41V
After the inquisition was signed, the Coroner'
Mr. Clenton and signing his warrant for the 10" 0
body, asked what was intended to be done? eoe,,,
Mr. Clenton replied that he should keep the.", eiell!„ bJ
premises as long as be could possibly do so, for
tion, and the delivery of sums rings, &e..• renYti
possession.
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LORD PALMERSTON AS A SPEAKER. tees
taken into account, Lord Palmerston is, perhatreole°, ti
debater among the Whig leaders of the House.goie
In the different qualities which, when comb:_s. i
render a man an orator, he is excelled by
duals among his contemporaries. Lord John r`, '1;010.14
more tact, more intimate acquaintance wittiteeee tett
tory (not with parties, for. in that knn% oten'oetirs
Palmerston beats all men living. having been re of ei `,l
almost every Government within the memo... ernoi
greater skill in pointing allusions to the polilsolige4
opponente,and altogether more refinement in the b
of his Parliamentary case. In eloquence, bt't ,Fe e 409;
tion or in delivery, Lord Palmerston is, of 0101.
by Mr. Shiel or Mr. MacAulay, and even by s„e fleltib
a far inferior rank as speakers. In soundness ";fisvai,Ar,
Argument be cannot stand a moment's col', 00b4,
Mr. Cobden, or with Earl Grey (when tea nth t, Pi,
does justice to his own powers) 'or even
4. ce ofej
? Buller. Each speaker on his own side, in
o'f s the
Vance of him in some particular quality !loee oe
Yet no one would for a moment hesitate t''e) 11; free
Palmer-ton amongst the first speakers in eeierector,
Commons, tit. would deny t hat he bad (111,11 P' iii
hearing one of that nobleman's speeches es reeve
of its kind, as if he had listened to the 014 vo
efforts of Macaulay, the most spirit- stirriectioe,lo' tbf
the most ekilful and satisfying of Lord doh° s,
peculiarity in Lord Palmerston which ,;relies elks
singular ' power of charming with an °I. Otte:lei
whole, the several parts of which arc
Wed to please. if critically analysed, /5 10.11 Oro( d,
and hearty spirit of partisanship, not malign!cetes vitt 0
or mean, es is that of most zealous ady"oseeloei
bndiei opinion or interests, but frank, inardY•Tr` Alm,
and undisguised, so much so as to o'l4o Desk(
sp irtive character, as if t'arliameetary the
mere pastime, a kind of relaxation from ,oat ell
cares or labours of adininistration or
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political life, in which all men are bound by ne, es'-for
compact, answering to the laws of a ganie, 17,thetioll
utmost powers to excel or to overcome each theto
_er
sake of the distinction and applause which ore /7::4
success.— Contemporary Orators. in Fraser.
RAILWAY A CCIDENT. WORTHING. ps1111:011° A
~..,bor , ti).o
terday a young man named Smart, a resident of. , et .
oil the works of the Brighton and Chichester Rai1v,..34, wen
ia,.o
was killed under the following circumstances ,-"De,i 1%011:4
waggons, which had come from Brighton, had roici ogle r
Leominster, and, the steam having been shut off IL'ut foot
the speed of the train was 'educed to a rate of 311';d 00-.'fi,e
hour. The waggons being slack-coupled, there '":;I110,01ryi
them against one another consequent en dirinflisbh.; et515,,,00
the deceased, who was standing up on one of ,t the
jerked out headlong. In his fall, beta een two o'Doth rit. 1, A
broke his neck, and the train pass ng over hint,.heti ,reef
one leg were also broken, and his chest was '4 1' 0
picked up dead—life was destroyed in tantaneouell, rerl-oe t ,
A COSTLY WEDDING ORNAMENT.---111
ie foe,
inform the curious in such matters, that tlinel,e f
seen in a jeweller's shop en the 13ouleva“i olgai ;.00110
precious stones to be worn by the Prince
rib )t;
perol
on her wedding day. This diadem is 000 °(111'
The large cent al diamond is estimated at b'e her 0•01
diadem is to be presented to the bride ept
father. Free reef
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MAJOR BROADFoOT.—The iytonshired in foe
states that Major Broadfoot. who was kill: 90 °I
confliet in India, was a native of Wigtonellirio' ister
Mr Broadfoot, a native of Whithorn, and ni Wel
tit/e'A
cession Church, London. tni' sr',
RAVENSNEST.—A new romance. un-►r,, to Ole,
celebrated Cooper, is announced by Mr. Bentl%tioni:d id 0
days. In the present dearth of good works of " „ere
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tion by this most admired writer may indeed ben',
all lovers of this fascinating department
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81117113 bon, f$
,1i Prlci
On the 17thinst., at Harrow, Mrs. W. Oxen
Os the lith inst., in the Belvedere, weymouto
Gnstavus ilaucoekq., ./.0
0,1 the 19tb inst. , at
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,at a, dsworth, Mrs It. tt• s e see
On the 19th inst., at Wood Ilan, Downhain, '•""
IV. 1,. Joi:es, I,:sq., of a 6011.
On the Mil Met., at Tnchfleld-terrace, IteirelVt ,i;o4°(
Joseph Needham, of the Middle Temple, Esti.,
od 6,00
.MARRIED.
3 r. 0"„,
On the 19th inst., at St. Pancras Church, -1,0,1
Th-,,er, to Miss Elizabeth Maria „Itis
Bench• street, re, ris;
of Mrs. Guest, Tavistock-square. en tut oil
On the 19th inst., at tit. George's, EalloY,ter. t°,l3of
Hallett, Esq., of Great George-street, WestMllflotoef.
daughter of W. Broackes, (-°r ,041
youngest
gardens.
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