The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-28 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

DREADFUL OCCURRENCE AT A BRICK-KlLN.—Tues-
day evening Mr. Baker held an inquest, at the London
Hospital, on the body of Jeremiah gray, aged thirty-
five years.
Mr. William Webb, of No. 10, Albion-road, Dalston,
tailor, deposed that about nine o'clock on Thursday
night, . whilst at supper with his family, he was alarmed
by hearing cries of distress prsceediug from a field at
the rear of his house. Ile immediately went out and
discovered the deceased standing with his arms out-
stretched, having the whole of his clothee in a complete
blaze from heed to feet, and calling for God's sake to
help him." Witness, with the assistance of a policeman
and a young Imin, drtag the bin cling remnants oil his
body till he was completely naked. Witness then took
off his own coat and wrapped it over deceased, and with
assistance he was carried to a chemist's shop in Queen's-
row, from whence he was subsequently conveyed in a
cab to the above Hospital, but,' owing to the density of
the fog, nearly three hours elapsed before they reached
that establishment. The deceased, whilst in the chemist's
shop, was quite sensible, and said that having had a
penny given him he bought some potatoes, and had pro-
ceeded to the brick-kiln, near which he was found, for
the purpose of roasting them, when he was overpowered
by the vapour, and, falling asleep, his clothes became
ignited. He further stated thut he had no home er
friends, being quite destitute.
The house-surgeon said the deceased, when admitted,
was burned in a most dreadful manner. He lingered until
the next morning Verdict—" Accidental death."
SUICIDE IN A STATION-HousE.—Tuesday afternoon
Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Chequers, Tothill-
street, Westminster, on the body of Sarah Edensaw,
aged 34, who destroyed herself in the New-way station-
hOuse of the B division, on the night of Saturday last.
Abraham Wright, police-constable 99 B, deposed that
about a quarter before eleven o'clock on the night of Sa-
turday last he took her to the station-house, and
charged her with being drunk and disorderly. She was
locked up, as she had been before hundreds of times.
To the best of his belief deceased had been drunk for the
last seven weeks, and she told him herself that. she had
net been in bed for three weeks. She occasionally
worked at the Nag's Head, and during the interval of
the house being closed and the opening in the morning
she would go and sit on the pavement in the Almonry
and smoke a pipe.
William Glimpson, police-constable 162 B, stated that
he locked the deceased up in the cell of the station-house
shortly before eleven o'clock. On visiting her at a
quarter before twelve he found her hanging by her apron
from the top of the door which leads from the cell into
the yard. He cut her down instantly, and she was at
once conveyed to Westminster Hospital, where bleeding
was attempted, but without effect, as she was quite dead.
Verdict—The deceased hung herself whilst in a state
of intoxication.

MELAXCHOLY SUICIDE.—On Tuesday an inquiry was
gone into before Mr. Higgs, at the Union, Jerinyn-
street, to investigate the circumstances attending the
death of Edward Arthur May, Esq., aged 24, of 17,
Duke-street, St. James's, the son of Sir Stephen May,
Bart., who put a period to his existence.
The first witness examined was Charles Belzoni. the
landlord of the house, 17, llnke-street. who stated that
deceased's aunt bad taken a furnished bed-room at his
house, and the deceased arrived on Friday last, having
just come from Madras. The last time witness saw him
alive was when he came home at eleven o'clock on Sun-
day night ; he asked for, and was supplied with some
bread, butter, and porter. On the following morning
deceased's cousin, Mr. Brinsley de Courcy Nixon, came
about half-past ten o'clock to call him up, when he found
the door of his room fattened on the inside. He had not
done so before. An entrance was effected by a door
which communicated with another room, and on merely
looking into the room arid seeing some stains of blood
on the bed, witness immediately ran and fetched
Mr. Miller, a surgeon, who, on examination, said
he had been dead several hours. The manner of the de-
ceased gentleman was very strange, and witness was of
opinion he was not right in his mind. He was found
undressed in the bed with his throat cut, and he had
evidently inflicted the wound with the table knife, which
had been sent to him with bread and butter (the knife
vras produc,d covered with liood). His Iclothes were
much the worse for wear.

A Jotter rig/led by the deceased SVPS produced, di-
rected to the ett,torn-house [went, to clear his luggage
from the barque Mary Anne, by which he arrived.from
Madras.

Robert Jaqueq, captain of the barque Mary Anne,
said, from his conduct at Madras and during the voyage,
it was evident he was rot right in his head, lie was
dismissed from the Iladra.: army by the sentence: of a
general court-martial. He was very melancholy during
the voyage.
Brillsley de Courcy Nixon, of 20, HAes-street., Ca-
vendish-square, a cousin of deceased, said he was for-
merly a Lieutenant in the Hon. East India Company's
army of Madras. He dined with witness on Sunday,
when be appeared to have a very wild, vacant, and rest-
less look.

The jury returned a verdict of "Insanity."

THE LATE TRAGICAL EVENT AT
MILE-END.
OPENING OF THE LETTERS.

The doubts that prevailed in the vicinity of this melan-
choly occurrence as to the actual poison with which the
yonng couple had destroyed themselves, were finally set
at rest by the post mortem examination which the bodies
underwent in the course of Monday afternoon by Dr.
Letheby, an eminent professor of chemistry at the Lon-
don Hospital. The scent of prussic acid was immediately
detected on their being opened, and on the contents of the
stomach being carefully analysed on Tuesday at the above
Institution, upwards of half an ounce of the pure acid
was extracted. From inquiries instituted, it appears tilt'.
Duckett purchased it at Batley's, in Fore-street, Cripple..
gate, having procured it by representing himself to have
been sent by a druggist who deals with ;he firm, The
buttles, which were found on the ma el-piece, and
which contained it, were labelled "Sobelld's Prussic
Acid."

According to the request of the deceased, inscribed on
the letter found in the apartment, and directed to Miss
Chapman, in Lucas-street, it was delivered in the course
of Monday afternoon at her residence, and opened in
the presence of Mr. Porter, the constable of Stepney.
On the envelope being broken open it was found to con-
tain two epistles, both of which were addressed to that
young lady, and written in the handwriting of Duckett.
One was a piece of poetry in twenty-four verses, and is a
beautiful piece of Penmanship. The title is, " The Last
Lay of Two Broken Hearts, written and composed by
C. A. D.," executed in the illustrated style in old Eng-
lish, with a variety of inks. It bears the date of Nov. 8,
but it has evidently been written as far back as Sep,
tember, which date was erased, but which is still par-
tially discernible. The theme shows a wild paroxysm
of Live on his part, roanifestiug the most fervent attach-
ti P
/Twat to the ill-fated girl. He bids adieu to his parents
qnd other relations, and pray furgivene s. overt
y
had blastedprosvnts, and
44 SinVP! Fate had marr'd their earthly bliss, they would
seek en (-nth" krav”.''
B,,rhe wild torsin is nispla)ed thrzlighout the whole

His [tizzy hogging tiwt :fight be her grave
The langua;,,e of it shows the unfortunat, i.vriter to have
I.er,n a, meat intoficct!!al young man, out the extravagant
01.0=43 uE hiSlacisit..,n which it displays prove, almost