The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-10 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

Wednesday evening, at seven o'clock, an Inquest was
held in the Committee-room of Middlesex Hospital, before
THOMAS STIRLING, Esq., Coroner, on the body of Richard
Banbury, aged 26, a tine young man, who came by his
death under the following melancholy circumstances :
Mr. John Newman, pander and glazier, of No. 25, Greek-
street, Soho-square, being sworn, stated, that a few days
ago the deceased called at his shop and requested him to
give him a job. Witness was not in the immediate want
of a workman, and at first refused him, but the deceased
informing him that he had a wife and three children who
were in the greatest distress, and that he had been some
time out of work,' he took compassion on him and ordered
him to call on him on the following day and he would send
him to work. On Monday last, at about half-past eleven
o'clock ix the forenoon, the deceased wasinstructed to paint
one of the pediments of the church of Saint Arnie, Soho,
which was about 60 feet from the pavement, for which
purpose one of the most substantial ladders belonging to
the parish was procured and placed againit the church.—
The deceased got on the ladder, and was standing on that
part which was fastened by the ropes, until witness arrived
within a few yards of him with the man-help, which he
was reaching to him, when the ladder snapped in two; the
deceased was instantaneously precipitated headforemost
from the ladder to the pavement.
The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death."
Another Inquest was held at the same time and place,
before the same Coroner, on the body of James Epelett,
aged 30. The Jury. returned a verdict of " Accidental
Death."

MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL, Nov. 7.
MONTHLY RETURN of PATIENTS from Ist to Slst Oct.
In• Patients admitted by letters 1.37
Ditto, Accidents

160
Out-Patients admitted by letters lll
Ditto, Accidents 122

.........-•••••• Q 94

Total 894
In-Patients discharged l3B
Remaining iu the Hospital lB5

A mechanic of Corsham, Wilts, is said to have dis-
covered a perpetual motion, and to written a letter to
the King, informing him of the circumstance. It is
represented to be a wheel set in motion by the help of
magnets, and it had been going several days when the
letter was sent.—Morning Paper.
PUNISHMENT BY TIUt SPANISH INQUISITION
or 1820.—The following fact, shews that the inquisitor. of our
own days do not fall below the standard of those of old. ••*"
was present when the Inquisition was thrown open in 1820, by
the orders of the Cortes of Madrid. Twenty-one prisoners were
found in it,,not one of *born knew the name of the city in which
he was: some had been confined three years, some a longer period,
and not one knew perfectly the nature of the crime of which he
was accused. One of these prisoners had been condemned, and
was to have suffered the following day. His punishment was to
be death by the pendulum. The method of thus destroying the
victim is as follows :—Tlie condemned is fastened in a groove;
upon a table, on his back ; suspended above him is a pendulum,
the edge of which is sharp, and it is so constructed as to become
longer with every movement.--The wretch sees this intplement
of destruction swinging to anti fro above him, and every moment
the keen edge approaching nearer and nearer : at length it enters
the skin of his nose, and gradually cuts on until life is extinct. It
may be doubted if the holy office in its mercy ever invented a
more humane and rapid method of exterminating heresy, or insur-
ing confiscation. This, let it be remembered, was a punishment
of the secret tribunal, A.D. 1820 ! !

LIBRARY OF THE SERAGLIO.--The Library of
the Seraglio is built in the form a Greek cross ; one of the arms of the
cross serves as an anti-room, and the remaining three arms, together
with the centre, constitute the library itself. The entrance to it
is through the anti-room by a door, over which is written in
large Arabic characters, " enter in peace." The'library is much
smaller than could be conceived ; for, from the extremity of one
of the arms to the extremity of the opposite one, it does not
' measure twelve yards. Its appearance, however, is , elegant and
cheerful. The central part of the cross is covered with a dome,
which is supported by four handsome marble pillars ; the three
arms or recesses that branch off from this, have each of them six
windows, three above and as many below. Su small an apart.
ment cannot but be rendered extremely light by this great num-
ber of windows, and, perhaps, this effect is not a little increased
by the gloom of the mosque, and the darkness of the anti-room
that leads to it. The book-cases, four of which stand in each of
the three recesses, are plain, but neat. They are furnished with
folding wire-work doors, secured with a padlock and the Seal of
the librarian. The books are laid upon their sides, one above an-
other, witk their ends outwards, and having their titles written
upon the edges of the leaves. The whole number of ,MSS. in
the library amounts to 1,294, much the greater part of which
are Arabic ; there are, however, most of the Perak!' and Turkish
writers, but not one volume in Greek, Hebrew, or Latin ! (J
the Koran there are 17 copies, and of commentaries on it, 143.
Collections of tradition relative to hfahomet compose 182 vo-
lumes, and treatises ou hlishomedsci , jurisprudence 524, which,
together, are more than half the whole number in the library.
Hence it is clear how many falsehoods have been advanced re-
specting the famous Library of the Seraglio.
litottLANpEits.—We lately fell in with a rare old
idnigo:uwe;
..,..ithie
book, which Luis the following passage, copied from the Vienna
the
Gazette of 25th October, 1761. It is curious, es showing
the Continent in the costume of their country, made upon thef
minds of the natiees, The opinion then formed of them, so ar
impression which the A rst appearance of
,Highlaud soldiers, on
like and general good con-
speak, volumes in praise of their soldier.
Britain.—They
.
Maiden the Scots High-
dasucittLs elkirroinnebouursp,),,isorabtsheerrverla.ughable ; but. uponlatnhgetagewho,lnel,ani-t
A few days ago passed through
lniteursil,e rast:d
and still run with a
are caught in the mountains. i
Aii'theY" are strangers to fear, they
surprising degree of swiftness.
I, en; The men are ()flow stature,
Make verygood soldiers when „g. ' They discover an extraordi-
Cul most of them old dr verY
A eleven their officers, who are all young
nary submission to, an", the goodness of their disposition in
a tempers, Pople from totally
th ed i froetwhrel:rtniinnyhotail:lnieigitia.;tiatrsesosi
polished and civilized French and English ;
'for the f:lCors are much. better treated by these half-
savages than b.,
eavnedryhati
goodness of their disposition,say, which,
rectitude I by the bye,
from the
of human nature before it is vitiated byexa-
shows theprejudice,
it is to
,be hoped that their King's laudable,
Pla fir Preinendeavours to civilize and instruct them in the prin-
ciple' late,
..,willmeet r hula"
'of Christianity,
their'natural antipath • they couldnot look on any
s to be
seem
' iers here directly, but side-wise, and even that with
of our prism . f . . .
t strongest expression a indignation and Aversion.
the The French held them at first in great contempt ; but they
have met with them so often of late, that they firmly believe that
there are 12 battalions of them in this army. Marshal Broglia
himself has often said, that he once wished he less.
size since he a man six feet
•
high, but that now he is perfectly reconciled to his
has seen the wonders performed by these little men,'