The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-18 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

On Monday, at one o'clock, Mr. Mills, the deputy
coroner, and a highly respectable jury, assembled at the
private residence of the late Thomas Massa Alsager,
Esq., who died on the previous day from the effects of
wounds which he had inflicted on himself.
After the jury had been sworn,
The CORONER said,—Gentlemen, your first duty will
be to view the body of the deceased, which lies in an-
other room. You will find three wounds or cuts in the
throat, a small one on the extremity of the left side, one
on the jaw, and a larger one on the chin. You will
also find a very considerable one on the wrist, extending,
in length about two inches and a half and very deep,
which must have been very painful and caused great
loss of blood.

The jury then proceeded to the bed-room of the de-
ceased, and upon their return
William Wentworth, greengrocer, of No. 31, Devon-
shire-street, Elizabeth Perry, cook, and Eliz'a Bowther,
housemaid to the deceased, were sworn. From their
evidence it appeared, that on the morning of last Friday
week, the deceased not appearing at the usual hour, the
cook went up, and the deceased in a faint voice desired
her to come in. The curtains were drawn, and seeing
what had happened, she ran out and called in assistance
Wentworth came, and attended on the deceased until
his death. Last Thursday the deceased made his will,
which Wentworth attested. The deceased never made
the slightest allusion to any cause which induced him to
commit the act.

Mr. G. F. Whidbourne, of No. 60, Gower-street, sur-
geon, deposed that when he was called in he considered
the deceased to be dead. He was to all appearance life-
less, and remained so for three hours. The usual reme-
dies were applied, and upon the deceased rallying he
appeared to be in a favourable condition. Last Thurs-
day the deceased desired witness to get his pocket-book,
and against witness's wish gave him a cheque for 100/.,
saying that his family were well provided for. About
three hours before the death of deceased he was delirious.
Previous to that witness believed that the deceased was
perfectly rational and of sound mind. 'fie was a man of
very superior strength of mind. -In witness's "opinion
death was caused by exhaustion from loss of blood.
Miss Margaret Alsager deposed that upon the morn-
ing of last Thursday week her father kit his residence
at Kingston. He had, at times, appeared much de-
pressed, which was attributed to the death of her
mother. The deceased had always repudiated the idea
of suicide, and when he left said that he should come
down by the last train on Ftiday night.
Oxenford, solicitor, and nephon of the deceased,
saw Mr. Alsager on Thursday weeks when he was very
of the occupations ofn .ithe deceased having ceased.
A juror—What were his occupations?
Mr. MILLS considered that a ouestion which they had
no right to inquire into; what could the occupation have
to do with this act of the deceased?
The juror was anxious to ascertain the cause of this
act.

Mr. Oxenford said he was very anxious to give every
information he possibly could.
The juror—Was he not connected with the Times?
Mr. Oxenford—Yes; the deceased wrote the City ar-
ticles; and having tendered his resignation, it was ac-
cepted. When witness met him there was a lowness of
spirits, but it certainly did not arise from anything that
bad occurred with the Times, further than that an ac-
tive mind was thrown out of its employment.
Mr.luxs said that he had caused the inquiry to go
further than he ought, for the purpose of affording an
opportunity for the strictest investigation. The jury had
no evidence of the state of mind of the deceased at the
time, but the mind often changed in the course of a few
hours. One of their number bad expressed his wish to
return a verdict of "temporary lunacy," and had put se-
veral questions, which, though irrelevant, had been an-
swered most satisfactorily; but the verdict would be
theirs, not his (the Coroner's), and, if they wished, the
room should be cleared.
The jury, 'after a short consultation, found that the
deceased died from exhaustion, the effect of certain
wounds inflicted on himself, but that no evidence had
been produced as to his state of mind at the time he so
inflicted the said, wounds.

CRACOW, Nov. 3.—The Northern Powers have
not been slow to take advantage of the coolness which
has arisen between France and England respecting the
Spanish marriage. It is now determined, and will
speedily be officially announced, that the independence
of our city shall cease, and that the republic of Cracow
shall be swallowed up in the Austrian dominions. In
order to indemnify Russia for her loss by this arrange-
' meet it has been agreed that a portion of Galicia shall
be ceded to that power. Nothing has been said of any
compensation te be received by Prussia. As the exist-
ence of Cracow as a free city was guaranteed by the
Congress of Vienna, we are anxious to learn with what
feelings the announcement of the extinction of that
existence will be received by France and England, who
sere contracting' parties in the treaty, and whose views
3n the subject ought first to have been ascertained by
,heir three northern allies. There can be little doubt
.hat the matter will occasion vehement interpellations
ooth in the French Chambers and the English Parlia-
ment, though it is equally certain that these outcries will
not secure the freedom of Cracow, which the Northern
Powers are determined to treat as a question which
concerns themselves alone, and in which they will listen
to no appeals from the rest 'of Europe.—Times.
Tian Herat BIJOICHOUNDS.-00 Monday the fixture
was at the Black Dog, at Bedfont, where there was a
numerous field, among whom were, the Earl Granville,
several military officers from Windsor and Hounslow,
and many sporting gentlemen from town. The cele-
brated deer, Rory O'More, upon being uncarted at Bed-
font, made for the Union at Staines, over the Moor, and
away to Stanwell, taking through Sir John Gibbon's
park, and on to Longford, thence to Colebrook, and over
the low grounds of Horton Wraysbury and Ankerwyke,
crossed the Thames, near Magna Charta. Island, and
landing on Runnemede, the hounds were brought round
to the race course, over Staines-bridge, and, on being
laid on the scent, made away for Old Windsor, and over
Viscount Ashbrook's park to Priest-hill, headed back to
the Bells of Ouseley, near which place it was taken, after
a capital run of about three hours. To-day is a by-
day, and the meet will be at Pal-hill.
' MERITS OF THE HOLBORN VIADUCT SCHEME.--

A correspondent of The Builder, dating from theAthe-
nmum Club, says —" Having examined Mr. Stead's plans,
I can say, that the hitherto difficult problem or remov-
ing the obstruction at Snow-hill for an easy communi-
cation betwixt the eastern and western parts of the
metropolis has here been simply solved. Having a
knowledge of most of the capitals of Europe, I can
affirm with confidence, that London would then boast an
uninterrupted line of traffic nearly across its greatest.
extent, from east to west, unrivalled in the modern asm
the ancient world. St. Petersburgh may boastits
prospects, but they run principally through woods
and wastes. The Frederic Strasse, at Berlin,is
long, but its sides have in a great measure only.t
houses, or rather cottages, on each side. The CI ze
de Toledo, at Naples, is open on one side to the
sea,—in fact, only a magnificent shore-side prome-
nade ; and, not to weary your readers yvithinstances,
the Prado at Madrid is but a large ride, like Hyde-.park.
How then could they compare with the line beginning at
Kensington Palace a'ong Hyde-park, through old Ox-
ford-street and its superb new promenade, on the site of
ancient St. Giles's through Holborn, and, at the fatal
hill, carried on a level through to the opposite side in
Newgate.street, at various inlets on the Christ Church
side, show symptoms of enlargements, whence the mag-
nificence of Cheapside, the Mansion-house, Bank, and
Exchange, are successively passed in a straight line to
the India House. I must confess that, as you say, the
reduction of Middle-row, and perhaps the removal or
widening the strait at the Poultry, are desiderata in this
extent ; but most of all, the not only unsightly but dan-
gerous acclivity at Fleet-market, where a gradient is
offered to the largest traffic in the world, that is a dis-
grace to the country, and would not have been per-
mitted in any other.capital.