The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-11 00:00:00

INQUESI ON MK. WARREN.

Yesterday evening an inquest was taken before Mr.
Bedford, the coroner, in the board-room of St. Martin's
workhouse, touching the death of Mr. William Thomas
W arren, aged 56 years, who died in the above workhouse
under the following very distressing circumstances:—
It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was
a❑ auctioneer and eitate agent, and was possessed of
considerable property. Ike also followed the business of
n market gardener, and lived upon his property, with his
family, at Islewortb. The deceased was very eccentric
in his manner, and would frequently roam from his
family, and no tidings could be obtained of him, until an
advertisene at was inserted in the morning journals,
offering a zeward for his discovery. This plan generally
led to his returning home to his friends. About three
months since the deceased again disappeared, and ad-
vertisements were again inserted, but on this occasion
without success. On the morning of Thursday week,
about two o'clock, Police-constable Pearce, 140 F division,
found the deceased sitting upon the step or a door in St.
Martin's-lane. He appeared very ill, end was groaning as
if in pain. He was unable to walk, and the constable
wlted him where he lived. He replied, at a coffee-
house, in liieg-street, Covent-garden. He also told the
constable that his name was William Thomas. The

cnnstable endeavoured to take him to the coffee-
house, bat he seemed reluctant to go there, and he was
ultimately conveyed to the above workhouse. Directly
he was placed upon a bed, and before a surgeon could
attend, he expired. The deceased was most 'respectably
dressed, and upon searching his clothes no money was
found in them.
Mr. Btsinbridge, the parish surgeon, said he had made
a post 71107 tern examination of the body. On opening the
heed he found under the arachnoid membrane an unusu-
ally large quantity of serous fluid. There was also a
similar-fluid in the ventricles of the brain. He attri-
buted death to apoplexy, which had been accelerated by
exposure to the cold and night air. Witness had no
doubt that state of the brain bad existed for years, and
was likely to affect his mind.
Mr. M. Warren, the son of the deceased, said he was
of opinion that his father had temporary fits of derange-
tnent. The letter found upon deceased was respecting
the sale of some property upon the Duke of Northum-
berland's estate.
The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the
medical testimony.

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DEATH OF War.SMITII,,, -L-, SQ• —This gentleman
lienll7e'trhlilancom..
died at his residence, the Mount
many years one of the
turday week. Mr. Smith was for
leading woollen merchants in Leeds, Stha-e
house of Messrs. Smith and
Dickinson. Stead nndieiaear
wpOasatrl
borough, and for t
mission of the peace for themagistrate, after wo successive
years filled the otlice ofchief the passing of
the Municipal Reform Act—his election a second year being
considered a well-deserved compliment for the faithful and
manner in which he had discharged •
satisfactory .
of his public
duties duriug the first year his mayoralty, and previously
as an alderman of the borough. The remains of the decease,:
wag
• istrate were interred yesterday week, at St. Peter's
( Wesleyan) Chapel; his funeral being attended by a large
number of persons anxious to pay to his memory the last
trite.te of respect.—Leeds Mercury.
EPISCOPAL SESTENCE.-111 the case of a clergy-
man in the upper part of this county, recently charged with
a very serious offence, both in regard to law and morality,
a sentence of three years' rustication passed upon him by
the bishop of the diocese has been submitted to, and further
proceedings of a criminal nature Lave been in consequence
abandoned. —Essex Standard.
His GRACF4 THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.—AS we
know that considerable anxiety exists in the public mind
relative to the health of the Noble Duke, we have great
pleasure in informing our readers that, notwithstanding the
very alarming symptoms presented last week, and, contrary
to the expectations of his Grace's medical advisers, he has
again rallied a little.—Nottingham Journal.
We observe that James Morrison, Esq., of Basil
don Park, lately M.P. for the Inverness Burghs, has added
another to his extensive possessions by the purchase of
Lord Ribbisdale's fine estate at fdalhain, in Yorkshire,
which comprises over 10,000 acres, The sum given, we un-
derstand, was about 92,0001.—Inverness Courier.