The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-02 00:00:00

MR. SCOTT.

CdlioNcn,'s INQu ET.—Yesterday evening, ai
seven o'clock, an inquest, was held at Chalk
Farm House, before TnoNAs STIRLING, EN.
Coroner for Middlesex, on the body of John
Scott, Esq. aged 40, who was mortally wounded
in the late duel nearthatFarm.

The first witttess.examined was the Carpenter
who provided the shutter, on which the deceased
was carried from the field to Chalk Farm Itouse
after he was wounded. He knew nothing of thfr,
persons concerned ire the duel. All that ,he could
say was, that when he went to the field he. saw,-
four pr live Gentlemen standing near the body.pf
the deceased, Who; on being. placed on the., slut-
ter; shook hands with the Gentleman whO had
shot him, and wished him good-night.
The circumstances of this lamentable case
are already before the public. The ostler
belonging to Chalk Farm Tavern saw most

what took place. Two Gentlemen called
at the Tavern on the night of the duel, a short

time before it took place, and called for a bottle
of wine and two glasses of negus,
they drank and paid fbr; leaving the two. last part,.
ly unfinished, observing that they would rcturn
in a few moments. These two, the ostler suspects
to have been Mr. Christie and his friend. Sus-
pecting that all was not right, he followed them
down as far as the hundred-yard stone._ and per-
ceiving then that they took a directiOri to lead
them off the Farm, he went no farther. On his
return he encountered two other Gentlemen, who
inquired if he had seen any persons.going through
the fields, and he pointed out to them the way-
they went. Qn his return he heard the 'report
of a pistol; which confirmed his suspicions ; but
before he could well determine what to do, a
second shot was fired. One of the Gentlemen re-
turned for assistance, saying his friend had met
with an accident. They took a. shutter, and found
the deceased .lying on his hack, covered with a
coat and a military cloak. The parties were 40
yards distant from him, conversing together. On
arriving at the farm-house; Mr. Scott displayed
symptoms of the most acute agony. The feelings
of Mr. Christie were not less acutely painful ;
he repeatedly expresied a wish that he was hi
that situation instead of Mr. Scott. •

The Landlord of the Tavern gave similar tes-
timony to that of the carpenter and the ostler.
Dr. George Darling's testimony was important.
lie attended the deceased frequently, and attri-
butes his death to the wound which he received.
—Witness referred to a memorandum which he
made of what Mr. Scott said to him. Mr.
Scott, referring to his wound on Saturday morn-
ing,.between nine and ten o'clock, said, " This
ought not to have taken place ; I suspect some
great mismanagement—there was no occasion fur
a second fire." After a short pause he proceed-
ed—" All I required from Mr. Christie was a
declaration that he meant no reflection on my
character. This he refused, and the meeting
became inevitable. On the field Mr. Christie be-
haved well ; and when all was ready for the first
tire, he called out—` Scott, you must not stand
there, I see your head above the horizon, you give
me an advantage.' I believe he could have hit me
then if he liked. After the pistols were reloaded
and every thing ready for a second firer Mr.
Trail called out—" Now Mr. Christie, take your
aim, and do not throw away your advantage
as you did last time.' I called out immediately,
4 What ! did not Mr. Christie fire at me i' I was
answered by Mr. Pattmore, You must not
speak ; 'tis now of no use to talk ; you have
nothing now for it but firing.' I'he signal was im-
mediately given, we fired, and I fell." Does net
know Mr. Christie or Mr. Trail's Christian name.
Deceased expressed himself satisfied with Mr.
Christie's conduct, whom he described as very
kind to him after he was wounded.
Mr. Pettigrew attended deceased on the day
after lie was wounded.
John James Gurline, surgeon, proved, that he
extracted the ball, and in every other respect
confirmed the testimony of Dr. Darling, as did
also Dr. Pointer, who was the first medical per-
son called in to attend Mr. Scott.
At till; stage of the business, there being n,)

other witness present at one o'clock, the Coronet

aid Jury proceeded to view the body, and after-
wards adjourned to lalf-past five o'clock this day.

. The Sheffield 31-ercuisj says, it is with ',heart-
felt satisfaction that we obtain, from - va-
rious sources of information, the gratifying intel-
ligence of the improvement . which has taken
},?ace in the unmufacturing affairs of this town ;
and, though the increased demand for cut-
lery, hardware, &C. may not be equal to the
additional one that is made for articles of a
'less durable quality, yet we have reason to. think
that the amount of • goods manufactured in thii
plate has not been exceeded at any former period.
A melancholy circumstance occurred on Thurs-
day night at Chatham, Mr. GARVENER, one
of the sub-measurers of the Dock-yard, on 11;3
Way home to Chatham-hill, fell into the trench,
near the Sallyport, through which he was Ipt
by the centinel late in the evening ; he was found
dead in the morning and shockingly lac'erited.
Part of the family had been, seeking Um. all the
night, and in the morning had to witness, tho. mi-
serable catastrophe that . had happened.--.-.(Ken-
tisit Ga:ette, Peb. 27.)

BIRTH. • • ='•
Y6sterdey, at the hanse of her mother: Mrs. Tcishoil',S. taut-
Nies. Henry Rouse, of Nlotitague-street, Ittitse;l-
- Of a r!an,hter.