The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-09 00:00:00

THE SUN,

CORONERS' INQUESTS.
DEATH FROM DRINKING,—OH S iturd ay Mr. W. I
Carter held a:i Ing11,.:51; tile Silly and Mermaid
Tavern, Snow's fields, Bermondsey, on the body of
Mary, Sullivan, aged fifty-seven, who, it was alleged,
died from violence. Tr.e deceased resided in the no-
torious place called the Camperdown, or Rookery,
chiefly inhabited by the low Irish people. A few
nights since the deceased returned home very much
intoxicated, and when her daughter awoke she found
her in a kneeling position by the side of her bed,
with her head resting upon her arms. She was
raised, but she was quite dead. Her left eye was
much swollen and contused. The jury returned a
verdict—That the deceased died from excessive
drinking of ardent spirits. At the close of the in-
quiry the whole of the jury complained in strong'
terms respecting the abominable nuisance the inhabi-
tants were subjected to by the continual dis-
turbances which took place in the Camperdown,
the foot passengers being unable to pass without being
molested.
DISTRESSING SUICIDE AT BANKSIDE.—On Satur-
day an inquest was gone into before Mr. W. Carter,
the Surrey coroner, at the Smith's Arms Tavern,
Park-street, Bankside, Southwark, on the body of
Henry William Scholefield, aged forty-three, butcher,
who committed suicide by cutting his throat.
The jury returned a verdict of Temporary Insanity.
FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE.—A long inquiry was
gone into by Mr. Bedford, the coroner, on Friday
night, at the Westminster Hospital, on the body of
William James Giles, aged eight years.
The lad's death was caused in the same extraor-
dinary manner as that of Mr. Tomlin, the barrister,
of Paper-buildings, Temple, which caused a great
sensation a few months back.
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Vine-street, Westminster, and on the nignt of Tues-
day last was heard running down stairs. The noise
suddenly ceasing, the wife of the witness exclaimed,
46 my God, he has got out of the window 1" and
when they went to look in the yard there the poor
lad was found lying in an insensible state on the
stone paving
.beneath. He was taken to the West-
minster Hospital, and seen by Mr. Purdy, the house
surgeon, who discovered a fracture of the skull,
from which and laceration of the brain he subse-
quently died.

Mr. Crow, the constable, stated that the part at
which the deceased must have gone out was at the
top of the landing ; he was only surprised no one had
gone before, so dangerous was it.
The jury returned a verdict—That the deceased
died from injuries caused by accidentally falling from
an unprotected window.
FRIGHTFUL DEATH FROM SONNAMDULISM.—OH
Saturday Mr. Carter held an inquest at the Rose
Tavern, Richmond .street, East-lane, Walworth, as
to the death of Mrs. Mary Johnson, aged 91, an in-
dependent lady, lately residing at No. 11, Richmond-
street, who died under the following shocking cir-
cumstances :—The deceased was a widow lady under
the care of a nurse, and on Wednesday night, by
some means left her sleeping apartment, and wandered
about the upper part of the house as she had done
before. At an early hour on Thursday morning a
young man heard a heavy fall, and when he looked
into the street he saw the deceased lying on the
pavement in a state of nudity. Mr. M. H. Perritt,
the surgeon, was called, but the deceased, who had
sustained a dislocation of the spinal column, expired
in half an hour afterwards. The deceased had walked
out of one of the windows on the second floor, as the
flower pots were found; removed, and the, window
wide open.
The jury returnel a verdict of Accidental Death.
AWFUL DEATH OF A FARMER WHILE SHOOTING.
—An inquest was taken on Friday evening by Mr.
W. Carter, the Surrey coroner, in a small cottage at
Chepstead, near Reigate, on the body of Mr. James
Sharman, aged 26, a farmer. The deceased was out
on his estate with two dogs, on Thursday last; he
levelled his double-barrelled gun, and fired at a covey
of partridges. The report was heard by a shepherd's
boy, who went to the field, and saw the deceased
lying face downwards with a dog by his side, and the
gun under his body. He had died from apoplexy.
Verdict—Natural Death from apoplexy.

WRECK OF A SPANISH iII.CI?CHANTITIAN
OFF MARGATE.

MARGATE. SUNDAY NlGHT.—During the last twenty-
four hours heavy gates have been blowing off this coast,
and it is feared that many wrecks have occurred. The
result has been that several crews of the intrepid boat-
men of the district have put out to sea, with the view of
endeavouring to render assistance to any vessel that
might need it, and one, at least, has been successful in
rescuing the lives of a number of their fellow-creatures,
who otherwise would probably have been consigned to a
watery grave. The lugger Nelson, commanded by John
Knight, with a crew of three picked boatmen, cruising in
the neighbourhood of the Sunken Light, observed, about
seven o'clock this morning, a flag of distress flying from
a boat at some miles distance, and immediately pat off
to render assistauce. At a quarter to eight they reached
the boat, and found it to contain nine Spanish sailors,
and to be in an almost sinking state, the stern being
completely stove in. The unfortunate men having been
taken on board the Nelson, it was ascertained that they
comprised the crew of the Spanish brig Cervantes,
Captain Felix Loyo y Castro, from Christiansand to
Barcelona, with a cargo of salt fish, which ran on shore
on the Lorg sands at half past eleven last night. The
crew stood by their vessel until five o'clock this morning,
when, finding that their vessel was going to pieces, they
took to the only boat left to them out of three, in which
they remained until they were picked up by the lugger,
their boat at this time being about 24 miles from Mar-
gate, 6 from the Sunken Light, and 8 from the Kentish
Knock. The rescued crew having been refreshed with
hot coffee and other necessaries, were conveyed to this
place, and received under the care of mine host Walker,
of the Queen's Arms Hotel, where every possible atten-
tion was paid to their wants. The Spanish Consul at
Ramsgate having been informed of the position of the
unfortunate men, immediately sent his clerk to inquire
into their condition, and they will be sent to London to-
morrow (Monday) morning, and placed under the care
of the Consul-General. It is worthy of remark their
brave deliverers have no claim for compensation, though,
had they brought in as many dead bodies, they would
have received 53. each. l'here cell be no doubt, however,
that the Spanish Government will reward them; and we
are happy to be able to state that several visitors here
entered into a subscription to reward them. It is reported
that a screw steamer is now on shore at the Lorg S Inds,
and several boats have put off to see if they can render
assistance.

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