The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-20 00:00:00

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Yesterday
afternoon an toques
Crown and Cushion, in Russell street, Covent-
Garden, upon the body of Samuel Wilson, Ward.
robe-keeper of Drury,lane Theatre, who died sud.
,denly on Wednesday afternoon, between two and
tlirCe o'clock.

Smith said, she lived at No. 51, Isedfor4
5 treet , Strand the deceased was Wardrobe
deeper at Drury-lane Theatre he was betiveert
40 anti SO years of ake,. On Wednesday, about
qumiter past two o'clock, the son of the deceas-
ed, to Witness in the following terms :
".Mrs. Smith, come and assist my father." Wit-
ness went to his tissistartee; and fOnnd him sitting
-itt:a chair, supported 45, his son. He died almost
instantaneously.

Mr. John .Cole, surgeon, of Great Russell.
street, said, he attended the deceased in the \Yard-
robe-roont of Drui.v-line'theatre ; he Opened the
temporal artery, strd a wean' portion of hlood of
but there was no pulsation either flow the
wrist or the heart. Witne.ss was of opinion that
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the deceased died from strangulation, produced
by a' fit of ciattvulsive cough. Upon this evidence
the. Jury returned a verdict of—" Died by the
Visitation of God." .
Mr. Cole, the surgeon, then -asked the Coro-
ner (Hugh Lewis, Esq.) it no remuneration was
ever made to professiOnal Gentlemen who lost a
considerable portion of their time by their attend-
ance before a Coroner's Inquest ? The Coroner
said: that was a question which had often been
put to him, particularly by a professional' friend
\vitt) bad spoken to him that day (yesterd4y) on
the subject. Coroners could issue warrants for
the attendance 'of witnesses.
Cole But,' Sir, 1 presume that profes•
siottat persons may refuse to give their opinious,
unless thev,are.retnunerated for so :going. I know
that, in the course of a year I have been several
times called out of my business to give evidence
beforeanitrisition, and by so doing 1 have sloe
only incurred the displeasure of my patients, but
I have suffered by it both io 'reputation and
The Coroner observed, that 'he hard authoh:
city to make any order of remuneration to medical.
peotit.
gentlemen for their attendance on such tnelaw•
choly occasions ; he thought, however, that the
ofliCera'of the parish were' the persons to whops •
application •should be Made for the remunetatios
of the ettemlaoce of professional gentlemen..
Mr. Cole in answer said, that on the next occa.
shut that his attewlance was necessary, be Aida
refuse,: - in order that the point might be. taken
into co'nsitleration; „and as. many other gentlernets
in his „profession had bad reason to make lar
complaints, it may be the means of establishing
a precedent, upon which 01 may act upon equal
termt,, •
the Of the Jorore also' asked the Coroner, lino
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allowance was to be made to them, as it tvos
often their misfortune to he called out of their,
.business to attend. Coroner's Juries, in orde4
perhaps, to decide upon the death of ameighbOur;
isdea, in illiost cases of this kind, Ii po
.
vision was made. to the landlord for the prepara*
ftien'eterd use of his room; and in order to corn..
pensine hitn foe nts geeeeally
obliged to expend .a shilling 'or eighteett-perpy
• r
PkCe;
The Coroner was 'banal for the pari,,h
to niiike,some alloSvaace to Juries for their attend-
ance ; at the same time, he must inform them,
that theY.could he compelled to attend withoni
eemtnieration.. lbe'pe'rishei of• St. George ana
to
St. Margaret, 4ie Anew the: Coroner gave 59.
the Jury„whieleavas repaid by the parish? 440 •
to the, claim of the publican at whose house erlt
inquest was held,' he thought it consistent 11
m eo,t
parish should make some allowance. So
of the Jury sioified their intention of suskiog 511
apptication-to-the parish ott some future locclui"d•
-• When our Reporter left the rooln,a man "sine
NO; asked him .for.santething as a douceor for
his being-permitted to' be present. at the halas'"
lion,; he, hoWever, Verr propel ly'rerused to
any thing,..ohaerving . that it wits 211 opera War
tippqinteti"by the oldest laws, and that be, or 01
other person who lisikhnsWps,' haft
act intlu~"
table 'right 'to be I►'reaent.:-,(11./orning" Paper)

A.! number of Gentlemen Amateurs at{ FAI"
burgh haVe formed a Muskat Institution-, for te
purpose of enroursging the practice of Saari
Music. They have lately had severs! Public Con-
ceris; in which some of the grandest Chorusses
of
HANVEL Ailli'••“ATlM were performed with great
precision end effect, by a very numerous and wra
disciplined Cltoii; This, perhaps, may be a pre-
Jude to the introduction of the Organ into the
Churches of Edinifu'rgb, Glasgow, and the otho
consitieratilet taw it) Scotia utl—thott,t4ll this sub..
lime instrument, ;is it was in. the age of Jong
Knox, is slat contemptuously. called by the swill
iu tlist country,. the Derit's Pips%

BIRTH.

...reiterilay, the Lady of J, Corwood, Esq. Barrister at Law,
of a !laughter. ,

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HARR! ED.

Telterriay, at Mary-le-lane Church, Abel Ram, Esq. eldeit
son of titept,cn ' Ram, of itanispitrlti in the County of We►'
fold, of Poifswootr Lodge, Satithatoptoo, Esq. to
Kuarp, only dtk.igiiterof the 'late Jerome Knapp, Esq. ,

DIED.
;)e- place; Sussex.: •
Oo S;lttrl•ty, at Lewes, Sir John Bridges, Kitt. aged 83,
ilate.'of•Co.i
Ou the ith lost.- the Ilight Hun. Lady Catherine Murcat. •
widow, of W. d, Murray, Esq, of Broughton and
er
fl ladyship was the daughter of Alexander Stewart,
_hart Of Galloway, and of the Lady Catturine Cochrane hid
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H Ou the nth init. at Hayes, aged •43 John Price Witting,
ton, Esq. •
(in Wednesda♦ night, at his house inDorset-street;. Mae:
chester-square; Sir William 'Pepperell, Bart. He hedie,t'
completed the 70th year of his age. ilitonly
.son hating d'"`
some years since, the Ilarotietage it become extinct. g,
'rite same day; in Statthope-street, GeOrgina, the wit% 0:
oge4tyn4stou,E.q; .
• 4kt
the svitte, on tin: -Z7Ol of Novembir, of a dectinetiXalac,
! tine, the of the Eee.the ArchdeacOn De Lacy, and "ugh*
, ter of the.late Captain Moutrav of the Royal ,
On IMOnday, .14:ilward tote, ofCapel-churt, wed!
years in he -boase of Down,
'Et.urntoti,

1.40.y.)QN: trirjted by J. 11, CAUSTAIRS, N 0.7, Craves.'
htlildings: and pilhiished hv W. A. SCRIPPS. of prixTeft;
3t the SuN-Orrics..No. I. Strand; where Advert-T..
menti, Orders Letters Ac. ,pQst-paid) oust be addr"". - 7