The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-10 00:00:00

CORONER'S. INQUEST.

Mr. Guazzaroni, the surgeon who was called in to 01;
tend the deceased, said there was a pool of blood on try
floor. He did not then move the body. Deceased 1131.1 have been dead some time, as the body was quite CO'7
but that might be attributed to the quantity of blood 1°,5;
The next day he examined the body by direction of tv
Coroner, and found an extensive wound, commencing °o
the left side under the lower jaw, separating the inter,
meats of the neck with the carotid artery and juguain
vein on the right side of the neck and both of which we
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divided completely. There was likewise a mark or „
on the left temple, about the size of a sixpence, aPPII;
rently from the muzzle of a pistol, or the flash of a
by
might have caused it. Witness examined the part,sur
found no wound, neither were there any marks of vt
lence visible. Witness had no doubt deceased died I')
his own act.

- A gentleman, whose name did not transpire, but wh6
said he was a brother officer of the dect'ased, stated ths,
he had been for the last 14 years on terms of the grestesof
intimacy and friendship with the deceased. He
eccentric visgL
ecctric habits, but was a man of a strong mind until P
was afflicted, when he became dejected. Deceased ti!o
subject to paralysis of the brain, which affected 01
eyes. Deceased used to call it his severe affliction.
L fist saw the deceased about a month ago in the strand;
when he recommended him to go into the cocntry, and
oTered to go with him, and the deceased told him 11e
would let him know, but he never did. It was deceased.:
impression that he should die blind, and that affected hi
mind more than disease.
The Coroner then addressed the jury, and said tilerr°
could be no doubt, after the evidence that had been a"d
dated, that the deceased had died by his own act, an
an end had thereby been put to the many extraordw,r'n
and ridiculous rumours which had been in circulatle,
relative to this case. If the evidence was conclusive.: e 0
the minds of the jury that the deceased was of silLin
mind at the time he committed the act, they wouldy .
accordance with their oath, return a verdict of se
murder ; or, if they considered the evidence showed too„
he was deranged, they would return a verdict accordingly
but if, upon the other hand, they felt that the evidence
was inconclusive as to the state of deceased's mind, the/
would express so in their verdict.
The jury, after some consultation, returned a verdict'
" That the deceased died by his own act ; but as Wetb
state of his mind at the time there was not suffimeni
evidence before them to show it."

MR. HORACE SMITH'S NEW HISTORICAL 13I;
MANCE.—" Arthur Arundel" is the name of the 11,`,e
historical novel, by the popular author of ,c Bramile‘fiffi
House, and the story is illustrative of that stirring I!0-0
highly interesting period of our history—the Revelutlve
of 1688. The principal characters in this attractlea
work are the prominent personages who were engsgrir
in bringing about this important eh nage in the G°vet-he
ment. Amongst them are the Prince of Orange,
," of
Pensionary Fogel, the Bishop of London, the Ear' t
Sunderland, Colonel Sydney, and the other Protestaljo,
champions ; and James the Second, his Queen, hia.e°3o
fessor, and the most distinguished of his Popish frleihe
and advisers. The intrigues of the two parties, an° fir
general excitement which existed throughout the.CO'ir
try, are well pourtrayed, and nuke the narrative
markably animated, whilst the imaginary' personag
scenes, and events, which the able author introdaces,it
with great effect to give variety to his story, render .s
one of the most entertaining of all Mr. Horace Soot "
productions, not excepting even " Brambletye Trat°e
s:lf.

THS'.
On the 2d inst., the lady William Duckett, Esq., a Ru -
selstown-park, Carlow, of a daughter. lads
Of
On the 6th inst., at Darsham House, Suffolk, the Diu;
Frederick Newton Dickenson, Esq., of a daughter. ~., wieh
On the 7th inst., at New Bank-buildings, Mrs. re
a son. the
On the 7th inst., at Buckland St. Mary, the lady of
Rev. J. E. Lance, of a daughter. '
On the 7th inst., at Highgate, the wife of W. T. Rich
son, Esq., of a son. the
On the 7th inst., at Hyde-park-gate, Kensington-Pr
lady of James Pratt Barlow, Esq., of a daughter. 4 Co'
On the 7th inst., the wife of Henry Hayman, Esq., "
ventry-street, of a son.
On the 7th inst., at Lorne-road, Brixton, Mrs. •CAN9k
of a
On the daughter.
a°. Bth inst., in Bread-street, Mrs. R. K. Day, off or
On the Bth inst., the wife of T. C. Renshaw, Esq.,
coin's Inn, of a son.
On the Bth inst., at Dane-end, Herts, the lady of
Surtees, Esq., of a daughter.

MARRIED. gel%
At St. George's, Hanover-square, this day, by the of
0
W. T. Hadow, Rector of Haseley, Norman, eldest .„ of
Norman Uniacke, Esq., of Mount Uniacke, in the eoull"-.1,k-
Cork, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of the late Colonel l:or
water Bethune, of Balfour, in the county of Fife. Lord
On the 7th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square,
and
William Hervey, second son of the Marquis of Bristol, e'„st
Secretary of Embassy at Paris, to Cecilia Mary, 7re.,,%cii
daughter of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas 1r
Fremantle, G.C.8.,
At St. George's, Camberwell, A. F. Croom, e' 00
to Sarah Maria, eldest daughter of Mr. Saner, of PeeP—
Surrey.
On the 26th ult., at St. Pancras Church, Alexander Ilaig
Esq., surgeon, to Jane, eldest daughter of John Chad
Bristow, Esq., of Eusemere-hill, Ulleswater, WestmoreTourge
On the sth inst., at Llanaber, Merionethshire, 6' iv
Blaxland, Esq., of romley, Kent, to Rebecca, eldest dal 'g
ter of W. Jones, Esq., of Glandwr, Merionethshire. J, h¢On the 7th inst., at St. George's, Hanover- squara,to
Thomas Jessop, Esq , of Mount Jessop, Longford, Irelana
of
Maria Lucy, eldest daughter of Alexander Copland, Esq
Gloucester-place, Portman-square.

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On the 10th fast., at 16, Ranelagh-grove, Chelsea, -
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llaekblock, widow of W. Haekblock, Esq. toret
On the 3d inst., Sir Robert Eden, Bart., of Windle,
and Beamish-park, in the county of Durham.
i.nrooduer
On the 3d inst., Frances, wife of John Willis, 0' "
Surrey, Mrs. Vi 1
borough, Kent, Esq., aged 74. re
On the 3d inst., at Hasland, near Chesterfield, Esther,
lict of Bernard Lucas, Esq.
On the sth inst., Mr. Charles James Payne, of St.
court, Leicester-square. Toini
On the sth inst., Sarah Caulet, second daughter of '
Patch, Esq., of Upper Gower-street. act
On the sth inst., at Y k d Lambeth,Susanna, r -
or -roa , A Bd.
of the late Mr. W. Baker, of Kingston-upon-Hull, aka.
e.ter-
-On the sth inst., Robert Kirby, Esq., of Cambrulg
race, Hyde-park, aged 69. Anna,
. Hants, A
On the 6th inst., at Anstey, near Alton,
widow of the late W. Lee, Esq., aged 81.
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London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOU
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No•:-/
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the Courl'o
Middlesex, Tuesday, September 10, 1844.

Yesterday Mr. Wakley resumed the inquiry into ye
death of Captain Dixon, of the 88th Regiment of Foot.
The Coroner, on taking his seat, inquired if any ,
the relatives of the deceased gentleman were in at'
tendance ?
Pummell, the summoning officer, said that Colonel
Dixon, a brother of the deceased, had been expected
from Bath to attend the inquest, but he had not yet
arrived.
The following evidence was then gone into :
Anne Bowdler deposed that she was a servant-of-e
work at that house, and had known the deceased about
three weeks, during which time he had lodged there,
On the afternoon of Thursday last, about twenty ai.i°
nutes after one o'clock, she found the deceased dead in
his bed-room. On that day she went up to the deceased
room in the earlier part of the morning, to know if hi
would hare his breakfast. Deceased said he wanted
some more sleep, and would ring for his breakfast when
he was ready for it. Witness asked the deceased how he
was, when he said he was much better, but, having bog
up very late on the previous night, required more sleet?'
Deceased had been confined to his bed for a week on t"'
previous Tuesday, and had been attended by a physician
from town, and Mr. Gaskell, a surgeon, at Chelsea, 1,
a pain in his limbs. When witness went up the second
time to the deceased's bed-room, she knocked at the door
several times without receiving any answer, and, 2/1
trying the door, found it locked on the inside. $""„
then went down and told her mistress, who said the
deceased had never before locked his door, and sake
Mr. Rolleston, her husband, to go up and see if an}'
thing was the matter. He did so, accompanied by, wit,
ness, and having knocked at the door without recovia4
any answer, he burst the door open. Witness and Mfa
Rolleston then both entered, and found the deceased
lying on the floor in a pool of blood, with his head t°'
wards the door. Witness immediately ran down stairs
into the street and raised an alarm, when Mr. Guazz3.
roni, the district surgeon of the Kensington train
who happened to be in the street at the time, was fetch',
in, and saw the body. About ten minutes after witilf
had been to deceased's room she heard a loud noise, as
of the smashing of a looking-glass, and told her mistres°
of it, who said it was very likely that the captain had le!
the glass fall, as his hands were so weak that he could Os
hold anything he took hold of, and about twenty minute:
after eleven o'clock she heard a similar noise, but woe
louder. On the Sunday before the deceased's death be
told her he should never get off his bed again, and thet
he was sure he should never get over it. He was obligee'
to be helped off the bed, as he could not walk. Pe.
ceased had twice refused to take sustenance, but she had
never noticed anything odd in his behaviour or in what
he said. Deceased told witness he had known Mrs'
Rolleston eight years, and that she was the only friend
he had.
Mr. Arthur Robert Rolleston deposed, that he was ti°
landlord of that tavern. He had known deceased shoal
two years, and he had been a lodger at witness's house
since last ChriAmas twelvemonth. The witness the
confirmed the statement of the first witness as to the
breaking the door open and finding the body. Had fre.
quentty heard the deceased lament what a state he $O9
reduced to, and say he had better be dead than go on I°'
Deceased was very weak in his knees and could not go
up stairs without assistance. During the fortnight Pre.'
vious to his death he had been worse, and had kept
bed during the last ten days. Mr. Gaskell first attended
deceased, and Dr. Macleod was also called in. Did nit
know that the deceased had pistols in his room until after
his death. The deceased was very eccentric at tunes'
and a very little thing would throw him into a violent
passion ; but he had not been so bad of late. Decease'
was a perfectly sober man. _
Police-sergeant Hogan, T 25, deposed to being called
-
in about half-past one o'clock on Thursday, and on goint
into the room seeing the deceased on the floor dead. .',"
chair was by the side of him, as if he had slipped off. `-';
the dressing-table witness found the white handled ral°'
produced, which was stained with blood, and also the
pistol produced, which had a cap on. Witness saw no
powder or ball in the room.
Mr. Rolleston recalled—Had since found some powcluer
and caps, but no balls or shot. On the previous day tue
deceased was down in the bar-parlour with witness
his wife until two o'clock on Thursday morning. Ere 71
then very cheerful indeed, and partook of some wine an
water.