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N°. 17,906 LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVE
N FEBRUARY 13, 1850.

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BEERS ASSIZES.—Last night's Gazette contains an
Oder in Council dircctiug the ensuing assizes to be held
at Abingdon, and not at Reading.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Her Majesty's Theatre will open in the first week
of March. Arrangements and engagements are still
pending of the highest interest, but what has been
already effected is of such nature and magnitude as
to justify this preliminary announcement, in the con-
fident reliance of the general gratification it will occa-
sion. The direction of her Majesty's Theatre, most
anxiously alive to the duty of maintaining its old
established character as the greatest lyrical institution
of Europe, ha-, in preparing for the present season,
directed its most strenuous and unremitting exer-
tions to those points in which, owing to the unavoid-
able circumstances of the times, the greatest deficiency
:has shown itself in all, and particularly in Italian
lyrical theatres. The monotony arising from the con-
stant repetition of the same works, and from the absence
of new compositions of sufficient pretensions, has been
hitherto the most constant and insuperable subject of
regret. It lei therefore, with unqualified satbfection
announced that this great desideratum has been ac-
complished most triumphantly and beyond all previ-
ous hope, not only by the revival of neglected works
of the first masters, under the most novel and propi-
tious circumstances, but by the composition of operas
of the highest possible promise, totally new, and to be
produced for the first time this season. The names
of the.principal operas, and the order in which they
will be produced, will be the following :
The short season before Easter will begin with the
performance of Mayer's celebrated and highly drama-
tic opera .Medea, of which that celebrated prima
donna, and universal and much respected favourite of
the public, Madame Pasta, whose triumphs in this
part are on indelible record, will some over purposely
to watch the miss en shine for the re-appearance of her
great pupil Mdlle. Parodi (to whom her lyrical mantle
has so justly devolved.) The next opera performed
before Easter will be one never is yet produced in
England, La Prigione rli Edimburgo, founded on!Sir
Walter Scott's Heart of Midlothian. This remark-
able work is the chef dceuvre of Ricci, the author of
Scaramuccia, Chiara di Rosenberg, and so many other
successful operas composed in the purest and highest
classical taste, and performed with the most unquali-
fied success in Italy, France, and G-ermany. It is
with unalloyed satisfaction announced that this emi-
nent composer will visit London to place his opera upon
the stage, and conduct it for the first night. After
Easter, the subscribers to her Majesty's Theatre will
be gratified by the production of works of still
greater promise and magnitude. Among the first to
be produced will be the noble composition of that en-
chanting composer M. Auber, a totally new production
of his universally recognised genius, an opera seria,
entitled rEnfant Prodigue, and about to be produced
at the Academie de Musique. A distinguished poet,
M. Gianone, has written an Italian libretto almost
contemporaneously with the French version. M.
Auber has consented to visit England during the
production of this opera. Immediately afterwards,
to contrast with this work, and as affording a singu-
larly suitable and felicitous part for the rentrie of that
greatbuffa
willbe public
pfraudvoutterietde favourite, Signor
bas Lablache,
ben an
enacted
opera
in England, but which has for years been known to
all professed dilettanti, and which has enjoyed in Ger-
many the highest possible success, entitled 11 Burgo-
nsestre di Saardam. The libretto of this opera is
taken from the well-known and favourite French
vaudeville.
An invitation has been addressed to the celebrated
author of this opera, Herr Lortzing, and hopes are
entertained that he will come to London and direct
the production of this work upon the stage of her Ma-
jesty's Theatre. Another work of the greatest mag-
nitude, and of immense expectations, written by a
composer of the highest and noblest poetical inspira-
tion, whose operas are now as triumphantly performed
in every country as in his own, and whose smaller
works have lately experienced an enthusiastic recep-
tion in England, will be among the new pro-
ductions. M. Halivy is engaged in writing an
opera expressly adapted to the troupe and the stage
of her Majesty's Theatre. The ,dramatic portion is
written by the most successful dramatist of the age,
M. Scribe, and the Italian version by a distinguished
poet, M. Gianone. The subject and the ruling
thoughts, the dramatic situations as fir as lyrical
exigencies would allow, are taken from a poem
which has been the subject of the deepest admiration
for successive ages, The Tempest of Shakspere,
which its immortal author palpably allied to a lyrical
intention, and which has always been produced, in
England, partly in a lyrical form. This new opera,
La Tempesta, in which 11f..11alevy has drank deep
of the inspiration of our great countryman, and in-
dited his strains with more than wonted enthusiasm,
will be produced in May, M. Scribe and M. Halevy
being engaged to come purposely to London for the
occasion. The opera will be mounted with the ut-
most research and new effects, in harmony with its
fairy-like conception. Of the power with which it
will be cast a sufficient idea may be formed, when it
is known that Madame Sontag will be the heroine,
and Signor Lablache, When. Another pleasing
novelty as regards the Italian stage, which will be
produced during the season, is 11 Domino Nero,
the Italian version of M. Auber's most popular and
universally-admired comic opera Le Domino Noir.
Ia consequence of its immense success when lately
executed in Paris by some of the principal artistes of
her Majesty's Theatre, it is in contemplation to pro-
duce the chef d'avre of that great classic master,
Gluck, the admiration of all real dilettanti, and en-
titled Ifigenia in Aulide. As ninny of the best
works of the old repertoire as time and circum-
stances will admit, will be repeated. Other operas
will be produced, such as are adapted to
display the gifts of a number of artistes of
established reputation, added to the troupe,
and of new and most promising young artistes lilie-
engaged this season. The great prima donna, Ma
damemost sSu oc
cn
et se
sgiu
lw
pne or
st
no
an
tl
iyu
uree-, abpupte ar i
likewise
n her
iu former
Don
Giovanni, in Lucia, Puritani, Elisir d'Amore, and
Don Pasquale, whilst, if time should allow, those
f,vourite and long-neglected operas of Rossini, 11
Conte Ori and Matilda di Shabran, will be revived.
It is with real and deep gratification that the direc-
tion of Theatre has found that such is
the
credit
r e di hert
aulsdlajy's
confidence
est
in its intentions, produced
by the experience of its past efforts and general con-
duct, that shortly after the close of the theatre, and
without any inquiry as to the programme of the pre-
sent season, new subscribers have presented them•
selves, amongst those distinguished personages who
enjoy most justly universal respect. The direction
ventures respectfully to hope that this anticipated
view of the programme of the present season will
prove that the utmost exertions have been made to
merit the confidence so kindly accorded to the estab-
lishment.

SADLER'S
WELLS THEATRE.
A new five act play under the title of I?etribution,
was produced here on Monday night, with unequivocal
success. The author is Mr. George Bennett, the tra-
gedian. The play is by no means free from the con.
ventionalities of the modern stage, but they are never
thrust prominently forward, and are always made
subservient to the chief points of interest, and al-
" ''
though the incidents are complicated, and there is too
frequent a reference to antecedents, yet the plot is
extremely interesting. Retribution is a tale of the
Cavaliers and Roundhoads. The principal character
is Sir Baldwin Briarly (Mr. George Bennett), a
villain and a Roundhead, and his great enemy is
Ralph de Lacy, a cavalier who has assumed the name
of Blackbourn (Mr. Phelps). De Lacy was formerly
the owner of large estates, and Sir Baldwin Briarly
to possess himself of hem, excites the cavalier
to jealoasy of - his wife's honour, and
a period having arrived when there is some cause to
suspect that this jealousy is well founded, De Lacy
destroys his wife and at the same time her brother,
whom he has been taught by Baldwin to believe is
her paramour. After this deed, De Lacy flies the
country, leaving the author of his misfortune to
continue his career of villany. Baldwin then con-
trives a deep scheme to bring about a marriage be-
tween his only son, a youth some seventeen years
of aseier R
, and Alice
Rabyliceß (Alr, A. Younge), and aby (Miss Glyn), the daughter
of
repre-
sents to the unsuspecting girl the improvement which
has recently taken place in his fortunes. Alice, how-
evera
f amdling whom her
has been taught to regard Elwin (son to Bald-
win) only in the light of a brother, and she has
pledged her love to Philip,
father has fostered. At this juncture De Lacy, or
many Blackbourn,
years having been
as
absenthe
chief object is to seek out his ruthless betrayer and
avenge his wife's death. He is now disguised as a
trooper, and his conduct exercises so powerful an in-
i n appearsf
tn ig ion
part,
s p,
fluence over the mind of Baldwin that he orders him
to be chained in a dungeon attached to his castle.
Whilst he is thus confined a scene takes place between
Blackbourn and Baldwin which leads to the discovery
that the former is the possessor of certain important
documents in which the interests of the latter are most
deeply involved. Blackbourn
.is then liberated, and
in the course of events he avows himself as the
injured De Lacy, who has been driven from
home as the murderer of his own wife. Baldwin is
still determined to make Alice Raby his daughter-in-
law, and in order. to effect this object he causes Sir
Robert Raby to be imprisoned upon a charge of
i having threatened mischief to the king. He more-

'over concocts a tale that Philip is the brother of Alice,
and he assures her that the only means of restoring Ulf-
! happiness of her home, of preserving her honour, and
saving the life of his son (who has been stricken down
by grief and disappointment) would be to. becon •
his daughter-in-law. At the moment he imagine-
that his proudest wish is likely to be fulfilled.
Blackbourn again appears, and through the instru-
mentality of the documents already mentioned, die-
closes the machinations of Baldwin, who falls speech-
less ; his son is removed from the chapel where the
wedding was to have taken place, and Blackbour,
avows himself as the long-veiled Do Lacy and the
father of Philip. This is the author's tale of " Retri-
bution " worked out to its climax. Considerable power
is shown in the development of the two character..
Baldwin and Blackbourn, and their various phases
are most artistically discriminated. Baldwin is a
part by no means new to the stage, but the objects
of his ambition are displayed with so much origi-
nality and dramatic effect as to give the character
the charm of novelty. Mr. George Bennett's Baldwin
was a powerful piece of acting. Mr. Phelps played
Blackbourn with a rugged manliness, which, as op-
posed to the cowardice of his betrayer, won for him
a large share of applause. At the end of the third
act his performance was so powerful that Mr.
Phelps was compelled to appear before the curtain at
the close of the scene. Miss Glyn played with
much feeling and energy. The other characters were I
very well filled.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, TUESDAY.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of
Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princesa.Boyal, the Princess
Alice, the Princess Helens, and the Princess Louie a,
and attended by the Countess of Desart, Lady in Wait-
ing; the Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. Elizabeth
Lennox, Maids of Honour in Waiting; the Marquis of
Ormonde, Major-General Bowles, Colonel the Hon.
Charles Grey, Colonel the Hon. Alexander N. flood,
Colonel Buckley, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Alexander
Gordon, and Mr. Birch, left Windsor Castle at ten
minutes More three o'clock yesterday afternoon, for
the station of the Great Western Railway in Windsor,
travelled by a special train to the terminus at Padding-
ton, and from thence proceeded with an escort of Light
Dragoons to Buckingham Palace, where the august
party arrived at a quarter before four o'clock.
The Queen and the Prince were received at Bucking-
ham Palace by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, the Mar-
quis of Breadalbane, Lord Edward Howard, and Lord
George Lennox.

Mr. Duncan, M.P., had an interview with Sir G. Grey
yesterday at the Home-office.
The Finance Committee of the Commission for the
Exhibition of 1851, consisting of Earl Granville, Sir
Alexander Spearman, Mr. Jones Loyd, Mr. F. T. Gib-
son, and Colonel Reid, RE., met at the Board of Trade
yesterday.
Sir James East, M.P., Mr. Bonham Carter, M.P.,
and Mr. Charles Saunders, waited on the Home Secre-
tary of State yesterday, in reference to the case of deer-
stealing tried at Winchester sessions last Easter.
Sir Edward Colebroke had an interview yesterday with
Lord John Russell, at his official residence in Downing-
street.

HEALTH of LONDON- during the WEEK.
(From the Registrar-General's Re turn.)
In the week ending last Saturday, the deaths regis-
tered in the metropolitan districts were 957, a number
which exhibits a considerable decrease ou the returns of
the labt two • months, December and January, during
which the deaths were usually above 1,050, and in one
week were 1,156. The result is also favourable as
compared with the average, corrected for increase of po-
pulation, of corresponding weeks in ten previous years,
1840-9, which is 1,144, showing a decrease of 187. The
sudden decline in the mortality from diseases of the
respiratory organs is remarkable; bronchitis, pneamo-
nip, and asthma have numbered in the last three
weeks successively 237, 234, and 165 deaths; the average
for last week, derived from returns of the same week in
ten years, is 187, or, if corrected for population, 204.
But tee deaths from phthisis (or consumption) have
scarcely varied; they have been in the last three weeks
128. 137, and 135 respectively; the average of last week
tr this disease is 155. The deaths enumerated in the
zymotic or epidemic class of diseases were 152; the cor-
rected average is 245. Small-pox was fatal last week to
8 children, scarlatina to 11, hooping-cough to 36, wades
to 18—all cf these epidemics being under the average,
and the first two being much less fatal than usual.
Diarrhea% was fatal in 20 cases: in the corresponding
weeks of ten years the deaths from it have ranged from
3 to 32, and show a decided tendency t ) increase in
later years. No deaths occurred in the week from
cholera. From typhus there were 27, a comparatively
light mortality from this cause. From influenza there
were 2 deaths, from erysipelas 10, from cancer 17 deaths,
of which all except three occurred to women; and ,9
women died after childbirth. In 2 persons fatal diae..ae
is stated to hale been the result of intemperance. T 1 .e
death of a woman of 47 years, which occurred in
Jdnuary, was aocelerated by "destitution and exposure
in extreme cold." She had been previously removel to
Bethnal-green workhouse.

The mean height of the barometer in the week at the
Royal Observatory, Greenwich, was 29 457 in. The
mean temperature was 44 chg., showing al excess of
10.7 dsg. on the average of the same week of seven
years. It was higher than the average throughout
Vie week. On Sunday the mean temperature was 12
deg. above the average, and on Friday and Saturday 14
deg. above it.

In the Registrars' reports we find that Mr. Leonard
of Charing-cross (sub-district) reports the death of a
boy of eight years, in Princes-court, who died of " gas-
tritis nrt-r eleven days' illness, having been seized sud-
denly with intense pain, vomiting and purging, after
eating some pie crust picked up in the att.<' lie
further adds, " this child and another (who partook of
a smaller quntity) were similarly affected. The former
ai taken, in the first place, to a public institutior,
and the symptoms were attributed ty his friends to
a fall ; but on the day of his death the other fact was
communicated, and a post-mortem examination proved
that he had been poisoned. The other child is slowly
recovering."
With reference to three deaths at 2,3, and 8 Church-
lane, St. Giles's, Mr. Simpson makes the following ob-
servations:—

'• I cat.not refrain from again calling attention to the
present state t f Church-lane, Carrier-street, and the ad-
jacent courts, which are densely populated, and inha-
bited principally by poor Irish people, mu of whom
are in a starving condition, while the malaria arising
from their offensive streets and houses, for want t f
sewers, drains, water, and ventilation, is productive of
disease. Scarcely a week elapses throughout the year
that a death is not registered in Church-lane, and I have
this week (when the deans in the metropolis are below
the average) to record three—one at No. 2, a second at
No. 3, and a third at No. 8. This cannot be wondered
at when we find things allowed to continue as formerly.
From want of privies, the night-soil and decayed vege-
tables are strewed from one end of the lane to the other

till remote I by the street orderlies; and so long as this
is permitted you cannot fail to have disease amongst the
inhabitants, who are sunk in the lowest depths of misery.
I should have expected tkat something would have re—
sulted from the publicity given to the repoit of the Sta-
tistical Society of London when they visited this horrid
and most filthy locality."

RAILWAY SHAlt.e.; MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Fan 12.

STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market sti'l continues inani-
mate, and little business has been transacted. The only
alterations in prices wore—Great Western, Quarters, 15%
—Midland Stock, 44

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
An inquest was held at the Fox and Hounds
public-house, before Mr. Cuter, the coroner, and a
highly respectable jury, on Wednesday last, upon
the body of John Burley, who met his death in the
manner detailed below, on Monday last. The first
witness called was Elizabeth Burley, the widow of the
deceased. She appeared to be suffering severe mental
►ffliction from the loss she had sw,tained. Upon being
worn she stated :—The deceased was my hu,br.ni ,
le was gardener to Mr. Teuton, of Tenehley Park,
Limpsfield. On Monday morning vi e left home to
•iait our daughter, who had been very seriously ill,
i i London. When we got to Croydon, we lt.ft,the
bore and cart at the Swan and Sugar Loa r, and pro-
:eeded on to London by railway. Upon our return
n the afternoon we took the train at London-bridge.
[t was the quarter before five o'clock Epsom
xpress train. We entered the last carriage
which was a second-class one. The train
Atopped at Forest Hill, and other stations on the op-
posite side of the carriage where we sat. iVe arrived
at Croydon, but were not aware that we had done
so. Just as we were arriving at the station, I asked
where we were ? and deceased said he thought it
could not be Croydon. I was sitting ,by his side
when we arrived at the station, but by some sudden
impulse I then moved opposite to him. The train
was by this time in 'motion again. Deceased
looked out, and said, "it is Croydon Station ;" he
jumped up, and putting his head out of the window
on my right side, he said somothing, but I could not
catch what it was, when the door suddenly opened
and he disappeared. I just caught a glimpse of him
when a train passed by. I was taken on to Car-
ahalton, and then returned to Croydon, where I
first found out what had occurred. In answer to
questions from the jury, the witness said her husband
had travelled by railway three or four times before,
but she was not aware whether he knew of the ex-
tension of the line to Epsom. The side of the car
riage he went from was on his left side, so that he
would fall on the up line of rails. Witness could not
say whether the door was fastened, but she was Cer-
tain that no one got out on that side. Deceased was
perfectly sober. Mr. James Bryant, a gentleman
residing at Sutton, said he came from London in
the- same carriage with the deceased. The
train stopped at Croydon, and several persons got out
of the carriage. I noticed the last witness and two
men were sitting at the other end of the carriage,
and beard the word "Croydon" mentioned. The
moment this was uttered I saw one of the men rise and
look out of the window on my left aide. (I was sit-
ting with my back to the engine). The door opened
immediately, and he went out. Ido not know whe-
ther the door wasfastened, buthe leant out of the win-
dow (in my opinion) as if to open the door. To the jury
—I heard the usual call at the station of " Croydon.
The train stopped there a minute and a half, or two
minutes. I think the deceased got up under a sudden
impulse to get out, and that the accident did not
occur from any carlessnesa on the part of the railway
company. After other evidence the room was
cleared, and the jury returned a verdict of " Ac-
cidental death," without imputing blame to
any party. Mr. Russell attended to watch the
proceedings at the request of Mr. Teuton, who
informed our reporter that the unfortunate deceased
had been in the service of himself and his father for
23 years, and was an excellent and quiet man, that he
had left a family consisting of nine children, eight of
them under the age of 14 years. It was mentioned
that a subscription would be set on foot
for the family, the Rev. Mr. Stewart, Rector of
Limpafield, having kindly consented to receive such
contributions. We have been informed the coroner
and jury very liberally subscribed 11. 11g. -6d. before
they separated, and one of the jury collected a fur-
ther sum at the Greyhound Inn the same evening.—
Surrey Standard, Feb. 9.

INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, WANSTEAD.--AN elec-
tion has taken place at the London Tavern, Bishops-
gate-street, of 50 additional children into the institution
—Mr. Benjamin Cubhell, M.P., in the chair. The names
of the successful candidates were declared, and the meet-
ing broke up._

fnemns NAVIGATION.—It has been found, since
the establishment of railways, that the lock t ills on the
river Thames have fallen off to a very considerable ex-
tent. -The Commissioners c.f the Themes Navigation
have just announced that they consider it " expedient, as
the best means of retaining arid augmenting the t •ade,
to r..duce the old lock dues and tim Commissioners'
tolls, upon the navigation, 20 per cent. from the first day
cf Apeil next." An adjourned general meeting of tl •
Commissioners is immediately to be held, at which the
propositim is t, be brought forward. It will be neces-
sary, however, before the contemplated reduction can
ta'te place, that the bondholders and others holding ac-
curitie3 upon the tolls, should concur in the proposed
reductive, and also in the reduction f the interest upon
their respsctive securit'e., for should the tolls I e reduced
20 per cent, it will be necessary, as a matter of course,
that the interest upon the bonds and securities should
he correspondingly reduced. The b mdholders have been
summoned t. attend the meeting t f the Commissieners,
in order that their sentiments and feelings may be
clearly ascertained on the silbject.
REVENUES OF MISSIONARY SOCIETIES.—The Lon-
don Missionary Suciel commenced its operations in
1800, and up to 1849 it had expended 1,922,3461. 18s. 2d.
The Baptist Missionary Society commenced also in 1800,
and up to 1842 it had expended 620,4311. 1 ls. 6d. The
Wesleyan Missionary Society commenced in 1803, and
had expended up to 12349 2,269,8551 9s. The Church Mis-
sionary Society commenced in 1805, and had extended up
to 1849,2,153 7501. 183. 11d. The Society for Promoting
Christianity among the Jews commenced in 1809, and up
to 1849 it had expended 594,7'204 Ile. 4d. The British
Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jew.
commenced in 1845, and up to 1849 had expended
12,0287. 10s. The British Missions commenced in
1819 and up to 1849 Ia I expended 169,9651
15s. 9d. The Moravian Missions obtain an average
income from England of 3,0001. a-year, which, for 50
yr a-s, is 150,000/. The City of London Missions
(flume Missions) commence' in 1836, and to 1849 it
had expended 114,811/. 14.. 10d.; total, 8,007,9211.
lls. 6d. To which must be added the income from all
sources of the Society for the Propogation of the Gospel
in Foreign Parts during the same period, 3,000 0004
Grand total, 11,007,921/. 11s. 6d.—Preston Guardian.
LONDON AND NORTEI- WESTERN RAILWAY.—
HONESTY REWARDED.—It appears the number of ar-
ticles returned by the sixty-seven cabs employed at the
Euston-square station, for the past year, is 381, consist-
ing chiefly of carpet-bags, 'trappers, coats, umbrellas,
and money. Of the articles 115 were claimed by the
owners; the remainder has been deposited at the Ex-
cise-offce, according to law. The finance-committee of
the London and North-Western Company have given,
" s 3 a mark of the directors' approval of their conduct,"
a gratuity to twelve of the men who returned money
paid to them in mistake.

FREE TRADE IN WATER.—A gratuitous lecture,
the first of a :sties, was delivered on Saturday evening,
by Mr. J. Acland, in the largo concert-room of the
Princess's Theatre, on "the character and eft cts of the
existing water monopoly," which was respectably at-
tend.-d, there being, a greater portion of the time, ur-
wards of upwards of 600 persons in the room. The
lecturer expressed his firm conviction that this great
metropolis would eventually be principally supplied, by
means of the Artesian system, with pure water from the
chalk formation, which substrate•, to a considerable ex-
tent, what is called the London basin.

• SALMON FISHINGS.—We are glad to be able to re-
port an almost unprecedente ily successful opening of
the season, both on Dee and Don. At, the various sta-
tions of the former river upwards f 1,000 fine fish
have been taken.' Twenty-five were taken out of a tag
not, at tt e mouth of the Dee, on the opening day. Gen-
tlemen who prefer catching their own fish have also
found profitable employment. On the Nesr, the Spey,
and other northern rivers, the season, notwithstanding
the heavy floods, has commenced propitiously, and the
Montrose Review records the take in that quarter as
being a fair average.—Aberdeen Herald.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—SUICIDE BY 1 COMPOSITOR.
—Yesterday afternoon an inquest was taken before Mr.
Bedford, at the St. George's Hospital, Hyde-park Cor-
ner, on view of the body of John Walker, aged 44, a
compositor, who committed self.-destruction under the
following very determined circumstances :—Theevidence
proved that tte deceasei was employed for many years
at the establishment of the United Service Gazette,
and he hal also worked upon several of the morning
rapers. He had lately been employed by Messrs-
Schultz and C J., the foreign printers, in Poland-street,.d
Oxford-street, and on last Saturday week he received
notice of dismissal, in consequence of intemperate
wehe
habitr. On the beginning
surgeon, in _
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r destroying.
Golden-square, for
thielenPuraPLY f em.
himself, but
Crown, Heddon-street, him b}
"I:ndlorndegionft.sttrheeet, Angelti whoseaid
Mr. Davis, go
reevtient to bed quite sober on Satur-
dayhouse t© lodged.
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nine
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b°
ounds in his throat,
night last, and about
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several w which he had
discovered lying by his
razor
morning he was found in e
inflicted with a
aide. The deceased was quite sensible, and said to Mr.
Davis, that " he was ashamed to look him in the face,
but he was compelled to do it, as he had fir en in great
agony all the week." The deceased was spte.lily
placed in a cah, and on being removed inside the
hospital I e was found to be qui•e dead. Mr. Francis, the
house surgeon, said the wounds in the deceased's throat
were not sufficient to cause death, and from the appear-
ance of the stomach and the intestines, he was of opinion
ti,at the deceased bad taken some corrosive poison which
hsd caused death. The jury then adjourned the inquiry
for the purpose of having tho contents ef the deceased's
stomach analysed.