The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-15 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESit.

On SAturday e'Vening an -Inquest was held at
the Rainbow, Fleet-tnarket, on the hode of the
lintnrtnnate vtbose death was amionneed in.
THE SUN of that evening. Tice folloWing wit-
nesses were examined

rotts, draggist, of Fleetiltfeet, deposed,
that he was called upon on Friday evening to at-
tend the deceasell, whom he found In a hackney-
coach at the:c-O.!:ncr of Chancery-lane, lying on
his barkin 'a dremlfully convulsed state, and a
proinse perspirakion visible on his skin. At the
suggestion of the witness the deceased was con-
veye'd to the ltairibi)w, where strong emetics
were administered, and an attempt made to bleed
him, but without erect he never spokeafterbe-
ing taken' from the coacl‘, and did not survive
inure than a quarter of an hour. Witness then
de—rihed the articles found on the person of the
deceased, and contents of the scrap. of paper, as
before stated.

Mr. Charles Parry, a linen-draper in Holborn,
said he knew the deceased f,r many years. He
was originally in the medical profession, but af-
terwards carried on that of a teacher of languages.
On Monday last he called upon the witness, and
said he had just arrived from Birmingham, where
he had resided many years. He then appeared to
be labooringunder a great depression of 'bloc!, as.
lie did also on a sub,equeni day that witness bad.
seen bin''. At this witness was not surprised, as
lie had known him to be before subject to fits of
despondency. The deceased had a sister in town,
who, although notch shocked at the melancholy
intelligence of her brother's death, scented to re-
gard it as an o'ent which she had long anticipated.
The Coroner ti:lvi;tg briefly charged the Jury,
they ro,urkied a vet 4.ict InsanitY:'
t 3 n lovisitio 1 was.taken on Saturday evening
hef,,re .1 11 Gr,r.t., E-q Coroner, at the King's
Bowling-avy, St, Joint's, Westminster,
on the body of Thomas Merits, the son of Mr.
Merits, of Westminster School, who put an end
to his existence by throwing tti uselt into the
'Thames.—He was between 19 and 20 years of age.
John Button, waterman, Prince's-place, Black-
friars, on Saturday morniog about nine o'clock,
whilst rowing his boat up the Thames, neatly
opposite the House of Lords, found the body of
the deceased, who appeared to have been dead se-
veral days.

Mr. V't ancis Merits, the father of the deceased,
stated, that the deceased had been at times in a
state of mental derangement. [le was subject to
have violent tits, and they nearly bereft him of his
faculties. On last zsunday week be was at church,
and his mind was so deranged that he got up in
the pew during divine service, and ran about the
church quite distracted. Wednesday night last he.
was at home, and appeared 1nel11191)01y and des-
ponding as he usually did, except he was in fits,.;
he got out of the room unobserved, and was not
heard of by him or any of his friends until he was
found drowned.

The Coroner said, it was evident the deceased
was insane ; they could hAve vet y little doubt
that he drowned himself, though there wa; no
evidence who saw hint commit the act. Verdict—
" Found drowned."

EXTRAORDINARIt DEATH.—On Friday an In-
que,t was held at the Adam and Eve, Hoxton, on
the body of Thos. Humphries, who was found
drowned in an irom pot, he being on his knees, and
his head in the water. Adam Lane sworn, said,.
he lives in Miles'3 madhouse ; about three o'clock
the preceding morning he was 'in bed ; a patient
called" him, and. desired him to get up, as there
was something the matter. Witness immediately
got up, struck a light, and went down to the stair
foot door. The patient, wbo was in the yard,
said, Come hither. Witness went into the yard,
and saw the deceased on 163 knees, with his head
in an iron pot, which was under the cock of
.the
water tub ; %vitness was so alarmed he ran into
the house, and called his fellow servant, with
whose assistance he pulled him out, but found him
quite dead. Witness saw him the preceding 'night
alive„and as well as usual. Witness is unable to
say whether he committed suicide, or fell in by
accident. The deceased was decidedly ;insane,
and.catne to that house by virtue of a'clitificate
from Dr. Mosely, of Chelsea Hospital. Ver-
dict—lnsanity.

A stn" MODE OF BRINGING A GHOST TO LIGHT,

Mrs. WATER, a widow lady, who, with her
family, occupies a cottage at llathpstead, doting
the last fortnight has been much alarmed by un-
usual noises in various parts of her premises at the
dead hour of the night. At first she was induced
to believe these sounds proceeded from thieves, but
having missed nothing to•confirm her suspicions,
this idea %.cas abandoned, and one of a more solemn
description found place in her breast ; namely,
that the disturbance arose from some supei natural
agency, a belief which was confirmed by both her
servant maids, who affirmed most positively that
they had Seen things which hid the appeir
ance of a human figure clothed in white, flit-
ting through the garden- after night fall.
The terror arising from the continuance of
these supposed visitations from the other world,
which were kept a secret from the neighbourhood,
at length induced Mrs. Water to apply to her
nephew, who at.once suspected the cause, and by
agreement was secretly admitted on the premises,
in company with a friend, without the knowledge
of the servants, on Thursday night ; when, biking
their station behind suite trees in the shrubbery,
they patiently 'waited the midnight hour, being
provided With a dark-lantern, in the event of ar-
tificial light being` necessary to unravel the mys-
tery: Siaon after • one, a figure, enveloped in
white entered the garden front a door leading
into an adjoining field, and approaching directly
to the house, rattled several of the shutters
and doors. This turned out to be the signal
Of his arrival, and in a tew seconds a female
came from the house and jOitted the td;sial vkitaut,
which, withoutArinch ceremony, encircled hcr,
not in his shadowy, but sinewy arms. While in
this state of bliss the friends apThroilched with as
much silence as possible, but not with sufficient
precaution to prevent alarm, and before they could
secure the spirit, it had vanished, not into air, but
into an adjoining pig-stye,' which happened to be
untenanted, and.was filled witis dry straw. The

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female vanisheti much ceicrit.y into ti"
horse, and shut the door, wait tig jr: a s,'R.'
More easily conceived than ittiagiitort.he
of the untoward interruption to her,joys•
friends having approached the pig-Stye, exh,ole`
the spirit toconie forth, wiihv eerY arganicmc
of which they sere masters, but in vain, tin
length one of: them very delibera!ely. set fire 1",
the straw, the light and smoke of whi •11 produce°
the desired effect and to their infinite surpris°
:4 II d aostisement ont crept a young :gention6,9'
,those parents reL'ided in the vicinage, end s
had adopted this mode of carrying oil' an intriitu.
with the housymaid. It islieedlcss say that thE'
shame of his exposure,. as well as the danger vvhic4
he had incurred, operated as a sufficient cauti°" ° •
prevent the repetition of similar idle and rnischie7:
votes expedients, by ‘vh,icli, on more occesions':'
than one, the lives of our feilo%v-creatures
lidtie
been sacrificed. •

AN EXTRAORDINARY FACT.—it iX some lime
over three weeks-since a carriage drove or) to
inn in the town of Ennistymon. It was abort
eleVen o'clock at night, -and a lady with a fen
%ric
attendant who were in the carriage agreed it
the proprietor of the house for a certain per
lion of it, to which no access should he had,
in their stay, but by themselves. The preliinvs
milks being agreed upon, the Onknown fair (;,I.ei.
rook possession of their apartments, and the
ritge immediately drove off. In a few days after till
lady was delivered of a male cltil 1. The landiur-
Vra applied to, and a healthy no se procured,
whortut the child was handed with five gineas, 8o
m 9(
an assurance of being attended t once a ""I'';
About eight or ten days after the accoucbente,3-
the carriage returned at night, when the lady ffis:
Charged *her hi!l, and rtivested to add a goil't
for the strict 'adherence to her original agiTel"e"
She then stepped into the carriage with her Al
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teadant, and directly drove off. On enteriog an!r
departing front the inn, as well as daring
stay, they both appeired masked, rand the ti"°_
of their chambtr teas never opened
admit a hand with whate' er might be necesarY.
from time to time !---(Ennis Chroniciej c
Tuesday last Benjamin Caines, Captain 0,
kingswood Gang, only 23 years of age, w'is Ivo
terred in the biarial-ground at Bit ton, in dies nly
grave with his brother, who was hung 50"'e
ago, and at whose funeral Ben attended,
stead of paying attention to Ike salcuot
sat on a wall whistling the whole (fare, A 'lot,
roes concourse of his aegnaintaace attended 66
procession front Cock-road (near two miles) ,
pall was supported by six females, dressed in "1"1,
wider than vat
The body was taken into the church, and
the Psalms and Epistles were read, thett
preached a very' impressive sermon to Gaines nll4,
mero'is associates and friends, front EPl'"irbei
iv. 28, " Let hint that stole steal no wore" 'O,
greatest attention was paid•by them to tills etc
delivered discourse, and the body- teas
,wards committed to the grave by candle'-liaree
Among the attendants were ilia- aged father; tl,tn.
brothers, sisters, &r. This is the second
„;lar
the wretched father has attended on a
occasion, and two have then trattsportcd'
carding to the custom of the place (cert,B,l:.),
"`inore honoured in the breach t!u the obseilln dt
his' body was ' previously exhitoteo at C('"-":,(1,
at his father's bowie, to all who choose to al
and -the visitors left some trifle to eitabig
wretched family to give deccOt 017,0'
(the highest of their wishes) . His body teas br()Yi.eJ
from-Gloucester-by his own brother, who to" lt;
all night with it on Saturday last, and
it home oil Sunday morning to his fL“lier.
. (Bath Paper.)

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BIRTHS. sbutC,
At Gloucester, Sept. u, the Lady of Hardwicke
M.D. of a dauginsthter. ' b-t I)er'e
On theloth .at Edinburgh, the Lndy of 110-e'
crotoliy, Esq. 'M.P. of a daughter.
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MATtitIEI). , , MCI
011 Thurschy last, at Cothermonth, John L{atli'V,r.l:ll:
Ilgr, F-Sq• eiiirst son of Emeard Armitai‘e, El"1•‘ jet 5i "ths.l
Hall, iii t.lic, Cont)'ii of Yorli, to 1,,1izai.02+.14 Punbst 4'
, i,
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strati'c
ter of Ilenry TFoiiip,oo, I.,:sq. of Cheltr ninon.
On Sat rilav invrning Lon. at St. Clement Vitn"'trect;
Mr. Wil!iato.i"ratheril, Wine-merchant;Feochuich-s'
Miss Fowler, of Surrey-stre,A, Strand.

, 170.
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On Soil y, the 7th inst. at Dieppr. in Franc
0,013,00,
Henson, Esq. of liaintun-1.-luuse, near Staniturti, N •
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tonshire.- , dest 5 .
(_)",th"1111, just- Robert Allen Crawford, Feiti• el • ~.
of Hubert Crawtord,• Eq. of I)evon-ltire square• ' •ift,rbdfl'e,
On Thorsday evenitig last, in Dean-street, Cn,reorr'
square, Mr. James Basset, ,a Student:of the Middle
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, tiol'i
acrd 29. . .•,, . vi: a 'P .
On Monday last, Mr. Bowyer, baker, of Por.sL f In' :
il o , 11
Iwo hours before his dissolotiUn lie fir,t roctiplai"e dtio,, ~.,4
it"li4i""ed; after partaliiilP" of soine invigorating 1 4,01, 0
returned to his daily occupation, when be drol'Peliad oi,
ciirpe in his bake-house! lie has left • a . 'l,Yid°w
young children.

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