The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Yesterday, 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,
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The•CORO-NER 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,la 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 haire been very painful and caused great
loss of blood. . ,

The i jury then proceeded to the bedroom of the de-
ceased,!and upon Lheir return
William Wentworth, greengrocer, of N0..31, Devon-
shire-street, Elizabeth Perry, cook, and Eliza 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 hld 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. lle was to all appearance life-
less, and remained so for three hours. The usual reme-
dies were applied, and upon the deceased rallying ho
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 1001.,
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. Ile 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 lett 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 Friday night.
Mr. Oxenford, solicitor, and nephew of the deceased,
saw Mr. Alsager on Thursday week, when he was very
low-spirited. Witness attributed the. lowness to some
of the occupations of the deceased having ceased.
A juror—What were his occupations?
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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
had occurred with the Times, further than that an ac-
tive mind was thrown out of its employment.
Mr. Mrus 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 „ea
time, but the mind often changed in the course of
.a
wish to
hours. One of their number had expr,fsanseddbhisad wath t
return a verdict of " temporary lunacy,
nt
' would be
an-
swered most satisfactorily; but the
se-
veral questions, which, though
verdictirreleva
room should be cleared.
consultation, found that the
had been
theirs, not. his. (the
fter aCosrhoonretr wish_ ed,
certain
The jury, ,a
exhaustion, the effect of
haustion,
deceased died from ex
of mind at the time he so
as to his state
but that no evidence had
wounds.
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THE FATAL AFFRAY IN ROSEMARY- LANE.—IreS.
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Hospital,re
Stars, Rosemary-lane, Whitechapel, in an affray between
them on the evening of the sth of November last. The
evidence adduced on the previous inquiry has already
appeared in The Sun. The accused was taken
into custody, and was 3 esterday morning, before
the case came before the croner's jury, committed by the
magistrates at the Thames Police-court, for man-
slaughter. The evidence before the jury was very
lengthy and contradictory, it being sworn positively by
one witness, named Ann Cook, that a violent kick was
given by Duggan; on the other hand, three witnesses
said they did not see any kicks given. The jury, after
two hours' deliberation, returned a verdict of " Man-
slaughter against John Duggan."
The ceremony of cutting the first sod upon the line
of the intended Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Junctionß
ailwpasyrishtooofkNploarcteono.n Saturday, in a field in
the adjoining
WORKING MEN'S CHESS CLUB.—On Saturday
evening a meeting of working men was held in Bunhill..
row, for the purpose of forming a eras club.