The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-09 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

Yesterday evening an Inquisition was taken at the
Green Gate Tavern, City-road, before J. W. Uswni,
Esq. on the body of an elderly female named Mary Walsh.
Mr. Thomas Eyans—l am a surgeon, and reside at 24,
Old-street; at half-past one o'clock on Sunday morning I
was sent for by Walker, the watchhouse keeper, to
visit the deceased ; I immediately went, and found her
dead in the watchhonse. There were no marks of exter-
nal violence on her person ; I understand a watchman
found her at the end of Golden-lane, and brought her in
about eleven o'clock. She remained in the house until
the died; when 1 saw her she might have expired about
20 minutes. Apoplexy, brought on by intoxication, was
the cause of her death.

The Jury returned a verdict of Apoplexy, brought on
by intoxication.
On Tuesday evening an Inquisition was taken before
TIIOSIAS lliaas, Esq., in the Committee-room at the
Westminster Hospital, James-street, Buckingham-gate, on
the body of Henry Homing, who was unfortunately killed
in the new Palace.--Verdict, Accidental Death.

INCREASE OF DAY LIGHT IN LONDON.—in a
city built of red brick, where the immense consumption of coal
overloads the atmosphere with smoke and showers of soot, which
speedily convert the ugly red into still worse hues of deeper.gloom
and black; where in many parts devoted to important business,
the streets being narrow, are still more smoky, black, and gloomy,.
just where light is most required; and in a climate too, where,
except in very extraordinary seasons, we have but little famili-
arity with the rays of the sun; that in such a city, in such a
climate, and in the present age, the inhabitants should go on with
their black light-absorbing walls, groping their way in the dark
at mid-day, when a little lime and size is to be had for love or
money, must surely be very surprising to any person who gives
himself the trouble to think at all on the matter. In every town
in Spain, where a white wall would not be so much soiled in a
thousand years as in London in one month, every house is unne-
cessarily white washed once a year. In Italy, 'many of the
handsomest buildings are stuccoed and whitewashed; and so are
the entire cities of Naples, Faenza, Imo's, Forli, lie. But whether
of atone or brick every house is white outside; is red house seem-
ing as fitting and picturesque to an Italjan, as the sterns of trees
painted blue and red in a cockney Dutch garden. In Spain
and Italy they have plenty of light, without encouraging the re-
flection of it from the walls ; but here, in London at least, there
certainly is none to spare. Were every house white-washed
once a year, or every two years, what a very great and beneficial
increase of light would be produced ! And that the effect might
be greater when most required, the operation might be performed
in October. I have heard it objected, that it is not claseical or
regular to whitewash brick walls. Is there, then, something so
very architectural and classical in our lines of common brick
house*, hideously black, and filthy us boot ? Let the objectors
look at some new building constructed ofwititaolf)r;orsitalett them
not !Goy
the
better,
Observe most of the new churches► the Duke s house
in St. James's-square, and several others of the same description,
and then decide whether they do
though not stuccoed, than if tirysvlre) black.most flaming
British
red, or even of the much admired'thpatience,
at►restore,
lines around each brick !
Talk
lines
who painted their thiejairintbiodngicia
of taste indeed ! Who can vvitirsa s"_,an,y, , the stupid,
very
ysel
irketel ,thaen,d;
taste"dr av ng c,
tasteless, and ezp►ensive
of oiVurecratet"olnfoc: Itt;ine purpose of .A huge
apparatus of aceflolding delicate white
ld' that they say -
" it makes them look
tures of our p
ni°l2inßbuult Imshould think, that
; and that of modern citizens, who so admire the sooty tea-
quite vetiers.-e-"
oc~;►rion for soot. A ♦enerable old even
in
a ruin
there
e matt or woman, dean
ittsOnos °"4'." surely be '
a chimney-sweeper or cinder sifter ! Look at that huge lump
d silvery, would not improved by blackening them
how all its beautiful architectural lines
And proportions are confused, lost, or reversed, by the false shades
of the " venerable" *oat, laid on in regular irregularity, by the
capricioua pencil of the wind !—.
st• Paul's ; see
Correspondent of the Mecha-
nic'sinf l*
211' ogazine,