The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-09 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

On Saturday evening, an adjourned inquest was holden
at the sign of the Phcenix, in East Smithfield, before gr;
BAKER, the Coroner, touching the death of Mr. Edward
Cheaper, a gauger in his Majesty's Custorms.
From the respectability of the decened, and it being al-
leged that his melancholy death had 'oeen occasioned through
the negligence of the servants bf the Dock Company, ul
leaving the loop-holes throwgh which he had fallen into the
vaults in so dangerous a state, the inquiry excited consicle'
rable interest, and flae inquest-room, during the proceed'
ings, was crowded almost to suffocation by Custom-house
and Crown r'l7cers, who are employed in the St. Kathr
rine's Dricks and others, as well as the friends of the de•
eeas'ta, all of whom appeared deeply interested in the result'
The Jury, previously to entering on the inquiry, pro"
ceeded with the Coroner, and minutely examined the spot
where the unfortunate accident occurred. In doing this,
they were attended by Sir John Hall, the Secretary to the
Dock Company, who gave them every facility in his power'
and minutely described the situation of the place where the
accident occurred.

After the Jury had returned to the inquest-room, evi'
dente was adduced.

The CORONER, in summing up, remarked that there W 0
not, in his opinion, anything in the present case to distill'
guish it from some hundreds which came before him since,
he held the office of Coroner, in which Juries returne4
verdicts of " Accidental death" without feeling bound t°
accompany it with any remark or censure.
The Jury, after remaining in deliberation for upwards of
half-an-hour, returned the following verdict, which thel
had written and handed to the Coroner :
" The Jury are of opinion that the deceased came 17Y
his death by accidentally falling down a loophole, at the (I
wharf of the St. Katherine's Dock ; and it is the opini°P
of the Jury that gross negligence is attached to the Coto'
pany's servants in not using due precaution to prevent sc.
cidents at the said loophole."
The Jury also requested the Coroner to write to Sir
John Hall on the subject, in the hope that the danger would
be remedied.

The CORONER would most readily comply with the %vigil
of the Jury, and he felt perfectly satisfied that the matter
would be at once attended to.
The inquiry lasted upwards of four hours.

It appears by a letter written to the Marquis de
Ci'aq-Mars, in the reign of Louis XIII., by the celebratea
Marion Delorme, that a man, confined in the Bicetre by the
Cardinal de Richelieu as a mono-maniac, had discovered in the
application of the steam of boiling water a substitute for the
power of man, and the force of water in directing various ol'e.
rations. Marion Delorme saw this pretended madman during
a visit which she paid to the Bicetre, in company with the
Marquis of Worcester, who is always considered in England
the first discoverer of the power of steam. We are ignorant
whether this letter has been proved to be authentic.—Cour"
tier Francais.

A FREE PA RDON.—A short time ago Mr. Jaine 2
Ogden, a jeweller and silversmith, residing in St. James'
walk, Clerkenwell, was committed from Hatton-garden Volice;
office to the Old Bailey on a charge of transposing the Oa'
mark of the Goldsmiths' Company from one ring to onothe;
He was tried last session, and, after a long inquiry, ha yrsr
found guilty ; the Jury strongly recommended him to merc„',
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believing he did not transfer the mark with a felonious in%
tion. After the trial the leading goldsmiths in the metroP°',o
examined into the facts, and the result was that they cameo "
the same conclusion as the Jury. A petition, signed by thr.
tradesmen, was therefore forwarded to his NlP:esty by 14
Flower, of the firm of Alderman Harmer an' Co., who CAA
ducted the defence of the unfortunate nvl, and we are n°o
glad to state that it has been the means of restoring him to 11
liberty, the King having granted him a free pardon.

BIPTTIS.
On the 7th inst., in Guildff,rd-street Lady Pollock, of a so'
On the 7th inst., the wire of T. N. Harward, Esq., of Caltherr
street, of a daughter.
On the 6th inst., at Oxford, Mrs. E. Hawkins, wife of the Ref'
the Provost of oriel College, of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 7th inst., at St. George's, by the Rev. Dr. Made, 1-
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Re';. Charles Martyn, to Clarissa, daughter of the late Sir Char"
7,lower, Bart. -

On the 3d inst., at St. Mary's Dover, John Drake Finch, „091;P
of Greenwich, to Georgiana, youngest daughter of the Rev.
Maule.

DIED. 78t11
On the sth inst., in South-place, Knights-bridge, in his
year, the Right Hon. Lord de Dunstanville.
On the sth inst., at Ranscomb Park, New Cirencester,
Guise, wife of Sir John Guise, Bart., H. C.B. of
On the sth inst., at Leamington, Francis Newdigate, Esq''
Arbury, Warwickshire, in his 85th year.
On the 4th inst., in Welbeck-street, Mary Elizabeth, widovib6°f
the late Geo. Huddleston, Esq.,-of Greenford, Middlesex, aged,..eeti
On the sth inst., Captain John Mayer, R.N., Rutland-5'
New-road, Whitechapel, aged 90,
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On the 6th inst., in his 21st year, Alfred, fifth son of
Lawford, Esq., jun., of Clapham-common.
On the 30th ult., at Toronto (late York), in Upper Can4w'
Hon. John M,Gill, late Receive':-General, and senior member
the Legislative Council 0.", the province, in his 83d year.
"On the 6th it,' Mary Ems''
the wife of Thomas Ballance, D
HaCkm";, aged B'2. it 6 of
On the 2d inst., at Oswestry, aged 68, Elizabeth, the "'
John Jones, Esq., Brook-street

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