The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-29 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.

A new piece, entitled Two Seconds, from the
pen, as we were given to understand, of Mr. PEAKE,
was last night produced at this Theatre. The chief
attraction of the thing was the appearance of BART-
LEY, as Townsend, the well-known Bow-street Of-
ficer; he failed, however, to make a hit " a palpable
hit," as Handel would say, though some were taste-
less enough to applaud him. At the close of the
piece considerable disapprobation was heard ; ap-
plause, however, predominated, so we suppose the
piece will be repeated. We forbear giving any ac-
count of the plot, for there was none to give.

THE MAN FOUND IN COOMBE WOOD.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

On Sunday afternoon last the inhabitants of
Wimbledon, and also of Merton, were put in
motion by a report that the head of a man was
to be seen suspended from a tree in Mr. Lamb-
ton's wood, which lies mid-way between the two
above-named villages. The report proved per-
fectly correct, and it appears from a Coroner's
Inquest, held yesterday at the Dog and Fox,
Wimbledon, before Carter, Esq. that a boy
named Andrews, about twelve years of age, had,
with two other boys, gone from Merton into the •
woods of Mr. Lambton to gather nuts. About
sixty yards deep in the wood from abridle-road
that passes through the estate, the boy Andrews
discovered the head of a man suspended from a
tree. He stated before the Inquest that he was
nnich alarmed, but still he looked further, and
almost instantly discovered the body without a
head, leaning against the bottom of the tree. The
body had not fallen quite to the ground, but was
in
_a slanting - position, with its back upper-
most. Near to the body was a hat, and on a
bush close by waa a white neckcloth, in which
stuck a gold pin. The above is the evidence of
the boy Andrews, who first discovered the body.
He then went on to state, that he was so much
alarmed that he got out of the wood as fast as
he could, and went immediately into the bridle-
road, and pursued his way towards Merton. He
had not gone far when he met a travelling tinker
and a woman, to whom he related what he had
seen, and pointed out to them the direction in
which the body lay. When he left them, the
tinker went in the direction towards the body.
On the boy Andrews reaching home, a distance
of about a mile and a half, he gave the alarm,
and the authorities of the parish, with several
men, went to the spot ; and it was in evidence
yesterday before the Coroner, that when they
found the body, it lay quite on the ground, and
On its back. The head remained suspended
from the tree, but the white neckcloth had been
removed from the place where first seen by the boy,
and the gold pin had disappeared. It was ge-
nerally reported in the neighbourhood, and quite
believed, that a pocket-book, with two letters in it,
were found ; also a snuff-box and gold watch.
There was no evidence yesterday to support any
such thing ; there was, however, strong reason
for believing, that the tinker had plundered the
body, but no trace of him has yet been disco-
vered, and the boy Andrew had never seen him
before. When the body was found by the peo-
ple from Merton, it was discovered that it lay in
the parish of Wimbledon, and the parish officers
of the latter were called on to remove it. They
did so, with as little delay as possible ; but from
the state it was in, it was impossible to move it
five yards without a shell. One was immediately
ordered ; but it was not until morning that the
head was taken down from the tree, and with the
body removed to the inn above-mentioned. The
only additional evidence yesterday before the co-
roner was that of a medical gentleman who had
examined the body ; he stated, that it was quite
impossible to form the least idea of what the un-
fortunate man had been like; he thought that
the body might have been dead for several
months—from four to six ; he was certain, from
its present state, that it had been dead six weeks,
but the probability was, that it had ceased to live
for a much longer period.
The verdict was, " Found dead in a wood
belonging to John George Lambton, Esq., sup-
posed to have hanged himself; name unknown."
The dress of the unfortunate man was a good
blue coat with yellow buttons, black waistcoat,
drab pantaloons, and Wellington boots ; on the
neckerchief are the letters I. M. and No. I ; his
hair a very dark brown, and curling. A silver
pencil-case was found in the waistcoat-pocket,
supposed to have esc►►ped the search made by
the tinker.

MR. CANNING'S GENEROSITY.—About
three months ago, when the unfortunate O'Brien,
convicted of an assault on Dr. Collins, at the
Cork Assizes, was in a state of utter destitution
in London, he addressed a letter to the lamented
Mr. Canning, stating the circumstances of his
life, and appealing to that benevolence which
never slumbered. The answer to this application
was a note from Mr. Canning's Private Secre-
tary, inclosing 51. and an order on a Commercial
House in Dublin, for 201. more. With the as-
sistance of this supply, O'Brien found his way
to his native country. It is a single instance of
the ...departed Statesman's unostentatious libera-
lity ; but ex U7lO disce °nines.
The Gazette of last night contains copies of
dispatches, enclosing Addresses of Condolence to the King,
on the death of his Royal Highness the Duke of York ; one
from the Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward's Island,-
with the Address of the Legislature of that Island ; and
another from the Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada,
with the Address of three thousand, three hundred and five
inhabitants of that Province. The Gazette also contains
an Address on the same subject, from the Barbadoes Auxi-
liary Bible Society of the Free People of Colour. It like-
wise contains Addresses of Condolence to his Majesty, on
the death of the late Premier, from the inhabitants of
Keighley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and from' the
inhabitants of Birniiugham and its vicinity.
The following are the- fees payable for burial
in Westminster Abbey the Abbey, 541. 18s.: in the
cloisters, 191. 6s. If a grave-stone be erected, there are
additional fees—viz., 7 guineas in the Abbey, and 4 gui-
neas in the cloisters ; and for the burial of Peers, both in
the Abbey and cloisters, the fees are much larger than the
above, amounting to something between 1201. and 1501.
There is, we believe, a penalty of 50s. for burying in linen.

An elopement •of a curious description is
mentioned as having - taken place a few days ago. 'f he
gentleman is described as walking with the aid of crutches,
and the lady as having " one leg in the grave !"

An inquest was yesterday held at the Lord
Nelson public-house, Trafalgar-street, on the body of a poor
woman, the wife of a dustman, named Chambers, who
took a quantity of arsenic on Saturday, in mistake for Ep-
som salts, and died the same night. The Jury found a
verdict, " That the deceased came to her death by taking
arsenic in mistake for Epsom salts."

It is with feelings of no common regret we re-
cord the death of James Buller, Esq., of Downes, who for
a period of twenty-three years was the faithful representa-
tive of this city in Parliament. He was first elected in
1790, and retained his seat until 1796, when, after a
severe centest, being strongly opposed by Mr. Baring and
Sir Charles Bampfylde, the latter gentleman displaced him.
In 1801 he was again elected, and kept his seat until
1818, when lie resigned the arduous duties of a seat in
Parliament for the comforts of retirement. Mr. Buller
was a man of inflexible integrity in his public life, ardently
attached to the glorious constitution of his country in church
and state, and as the representative of Exeter, enjoyed the
confidence and esteem of his sonstittfents,-..P/ymouth
Gazette.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

St. James's-Palace, August 27, 1927.

The King has been pleased to appoint James Earl of
Fife to be one of the Lords of His Majesty's Bedchamber,
in the room of the Marquess of Londonderry, resigned.

Whitehall, August 27.

The King has been pleased to grant unto the Reverend
David Frederick Markham, Master of Arts, the place and
dignity of a Prebendary of his Majesty's Free Chapel of St.
George, in the Castle of Windsor, void by the resignation
of the Honourable and Reverend Richard Bagot.

Crown-Office, August 28.
MEMBER. RETURNED TO SERVE IN TIIIS PRESENT PARLIA-

AIENT.

Borough of Yarmouth (Southampton).—Thos. Wallace,
Esq. of St. Stephen's-green, Dublin, in the room of the
Right Hon. Thomas Hamilton, commonly called Lord
Binning, now Baron Metros, a Peer of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
George Hart, Commercial-chambers, Minories, corn-
merchant.

BANKRUPTS.

Henry William Smith, Lawrence-Pountney-place, mer-
chant, to surrender Aug. 31, Sept. 14, and Oct. 9, at
eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Lane, Lawrence-
Pountney-place.

Robert Willerton, New Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, car-
penter, Sept. 6, at four, 7, and Oct. 9, at eleven, at the
Bull Inn, Horncastle. Eyre and Coverdale, Gray's Inn
and Sellwood, Horncastle.

George Fearn, Nottingham, dealer in shoes, Sept. 4,
14, and Oct. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners.
Hamilton and Ullithorne, Tavistock• row, Covent-garden.
Humphrey Goodman, Kidderminster, Worcester, carpet-
manufacturer, Sept. 7, at five, 8, and Oct. 9, at eleven,
at the White Hart, Hartlebury, Worcester. Dangerfield,
Craven-street, Strand ; and Brinton, Kidderminster.
'William Hill, Cheltenham, victualler, Sept. 25, 26,
and Oct. 9, at eleven, at the Imperial Hotel, Cheltenham.
Packwood, Cheltenham ; and King, Hatton-garden.
Joseph Alexander, Conisborough, Yorkshire, draper,
September 5,6, and October 9, at twelve, at the Commer-
cial Inn, Sheffield. Blackwood, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet•
street ; and Branson, Sheffield.

John Braithwaite, Leeds, ironmonger, Sept. 10, 11,
and Oct. 9, at one, at the Royal Heel, Birmingham.--
Clarke, Richards, and Medealf, Chancery-lane ; and Tyn-
dall and Rawlins, Birmingham.

Joseph Miller, Cummeradale Toll-har-gate, Cumberland,
innkeeper, Sept. 12, 13, and Oct. 9, at eleven, at the
Crown and Mitre Inn,. Carlisle. Birkett, Taylor, and
Cog, Cloak-lane; and Blow and Ralph, Carlisle.
Samuel Clegg, Thomas Mather, jun., and Kenneth
Pringle, Etna Iron-works, West Derby, Lancashire, foun-
ders, Sept. 24, 25, and Oct. 9, at one, at the Clarendon-
buildings, Liverpool. J. and .1. Lowe, Southampton-
buildings, Chancery-lane ; and Orred, Lowe, and Hurry,
Liverpool.