The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-05 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

Yesterday afternoon an Inquest was held at the Lion
and Lamb, Drummond-street, Somerstown, before Mr.
Stirling, on view of the body of P. Conner, aged 34, in the
employ of Mr. Heckett, a builder, of Hadlow-street,
Burton-crescent, who was killed by falling from a scaffold-
ing in Belgrave-street, Argyle•square,'New-road.
The deceased was perfectly sober at the time of the ac-
cident. Nothing of importance was elicited from the wit-
nesses who were examined, and the Jury returned a verdict
of—" Accidental Death."

The Coroner desired the Foreman to cause the parts of
the broken pole to be burnt.
The deceased has left a widow and several orphans.

Yesterday afternoon an inquisition was taken before Mr.
Stirling, the Coroner, and a jury assembled at Chalk-farm
Tavern, on view of the body of Wayland Richardsod, aged
28 years, whose death was occasioned by the falling in of a
portion of earth in the tunnel of the London and Birming-
ham Railroad, near to Primrose-hill. Mr. Joseph Curties,
of No. 3, Union-terrace, Camden-town, surgeon, stated that
on Monday morning last he was called to see the deceased,
and found him lying dead at Chalk-farm Tavern ; he had
expired a short time previously. Witness was informed
that the earth had fallen on him in the tunnel of the Lon-
don and Birmingham Railroad ; his death was occasioned
by the heavy pressure of the soil causing such severe in-
ternal injury as to destroy life. Edward Price, of No. 2,
Bridge-wharf, Hampstead-road, contractor f9r the brick-
work of the tunnel at the London end of the London and
Brmingham Rail-road, said the deceased was in witness's
employment, and was at work with witness in the shaft
No. 5, filling the excavated earth into buckets, which con-
veyed it to the surface of the shaft. A portion of earth
overhead, nearly a yard square, fell suddenly upon him and
crushed him underneath it. The other men at work with
the deceased had been warned to retire which' they did,
but the deceased neglected to do so. Witness was only
about•three, yards from him when the accident occurred.
The Coroner inquired whether any mode for the workmen
carrying on their employment could not be adopted which
would afford a greater security against these melancholy
and fatal casualties ? Witness—l cannot think so. I have
worked in mines for fourteen years, and the accident oc-
curred through the deceased not taking warning of the
alarm given to him and the other workmen of the impend•
ing danger. Several other witnesses were examined con-
firmatory of these facts, and the Jury, after a very lengthened
and rigid inquiry, returned a verdict of " Accidental death."

POLICE IN TELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.

Patrick Tho»zpson, who was lately a city policeman, was
brought before Mr. Alderman BROWN yesterday, charged
with assaulting Frederick Ment, a jeweller, who resides at
Pentouille.

The complainant said that about nine o'clock the pre-
ceding night he was looking in at the door of an auction-
room in Cheapside, when a young woman, in passing, said
" Don't spend your money there, or you will be plundered."
He said he did not mean to spend his money, for he thought
the same of it as she did ; and some person coming out of
the room told him to go on. The prisoner also came out,,
and tried to shove him down. Complainant threatened to
give him in charge, upon which the prisoner struck him in
the face and knocked him down, and struck him again as
soon as he was on his legs. He supposed Thompson was
a fictitious bidder.

. Mr. Alderman BoowN asked the prisoner if he denied
striking the complainant ?—Prisoner said no ; but the
complainant provoked them by saying they were puffers.
Mr. Alderman BuowN—You felt this appellation was
not befitting, You were not a puffer ? Prisoner—No.
Mr. Alderman BROWN—You were a bona-fide bidder?
—The prisoner made no reply.
Mr. AlcLerman BROWN—The assault has been sworn to,
and you must find bail.
Persons who may have occasion to make declarations
under the new law, should not sign their names to them
before they take them to the Magistrates. Where this has
been done, Mr. Alderman Brown invariably erazes the sig-
nature, and causes it to be written anew under his obser-
vation, the new Act requiring the declaration to be sub-
scribed. as well as made in the presence of the Justice of
the Peace,

MARY LEB ONE.
Yesterday two middle-aged men, named T. Druce and
TV. Starling, the former a butler out of place, and the lat-
ter a shopman in the service of Miss Harriet Hatton,
brush-maker and wax-Chandler, of No. 5, Mount-street,
Grosvenor-square, were charged before Mr. Hosinfis, un-
der the following singular circumstances :
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Edward Freeman,
wax-chandler, of No. 3, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-
square, that about six o'clock Qp the preceeding evening,
the prisoner ilrgeo onteped his shop, and offered for sale
of wax and spermaceti candles. Mr. Freeman sus-
pecting that they had been stolen, asked the prisoner how
him to sell by
4 ether Plis°lof;
he came by them, when 4
the 116 replied they had been given to
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and that he (Starling) had
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pqi:chased 60 candles honestly of different gentlemen's ser-
vants,
This answer not being deemed satisfaCtory, the pri-
soners were ultimately taken into custody and lodged in the
station-house.
Police-constable Williams, 51 Di s,tq lito raccla
ing the prisoner Drue4 Indg,itit7l9 t. 111.11, %Ye'. #*,e'h
IX house" Blount-street; 116' found an immense trunk
, , 9 1 .•4- .
cram:lea. full of wax and spermaceti candles also a num-
and v4itiahle hair,bruslies,• itnd other property ;
marked with the name of Bedford, Miss Hatton's rede-
atilesrO °
af "Teal box, containing other articles, which was.

cessor in the business. Ho afterwards went to Miss Hat-
ton to apprise her of what had taken place, but found her
confined to her bed, and consequently unable to attend. The
property was here produced.
Starling, who has been four years in his situation, de-
clined saying anything. The other prisoner said the pro-
perty produced wahis. They were both remanded for
the attendance of Miss Hatton to identify the articles.