The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-12 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

Yesterday afternoon an inquest was holden at the
White Hart public-house, Vine-court, Spitalfields,
before Mr. STIRLING, touching the death of Anne

Brown.

Anne Teton lodged in the same house as the pri-
soner Reeves. On Sunday afternoon she saw the
deceased and her husband (the male prisoner) leatei
their lodgings, which was nearly opposite, and come
to those of Mrs. Reeves. Shortly after she heard
the noise of a scuffle, and of a blow, which seemed
to have been struck by the hand of the prisoner
Brown. His wife called out, and said " All Oil
disturbance and piece of work is caused by your
whispering to that -; you have now done it
three times, and that in my presence." The female
prisoner (Reeves) on the blow being struck, ob-
served to the deceased, "It serves you right." On
Monday she saw Brown come to the door of Mrs.
Reeves, and after some conversation the latter ex-
claimed "Good God, what a shocking thing this is."
Robert Brookes, another lodger, had seen the de•
ceased come into the house at an early hour ort
Monday, and heard her say that her husband was
then there. She then went to the back of the pre-
mises, an broke one of the windows in Mrs.
Reeves's room. Mrs. Reeves came out, and a guar.
rel ensued, during which the deceased fell in the pas-
sage. Mrs. Reeves seized her by the legs and flung
her with considerable violence into the street. The
deceased got up, and accused Mrs. Reeves of har-
bouring her husband, and rushed at her, when Mrs.
Reeves struck her a blow on the breast, and knocked
her down.

The jury deliberated for a short time, when they
returned a verdict of acquittal for the prisoner
Brown, and one of manslaughter against Elizabeth

Reeves.

Yesterday evening Mr. STIRLING, Coroner, and a
respectable Jury, assembled at the late residence of
John Birkenger, Esq., No. 43, Doughty-street,
Brunswick-square, to inquire into the circumstances
attending the death of that gentleman.
Elizabeth Stanley, housemaid to Mr. Birkenger
(the deceased), deposed, that on Monday morning
about eight o'clock, her mistress rang the bed-roots
bell; on going up to the room a most shocking scene
presented itself, the deceased was stretched on the
floor weltering in his blood, his throat being cut in
the most dreadful manner, and her mistress was
hanging over him with her hands clasped, and in the
greatest agony ; her master had been in a low and
dejected way for some time past, but the witness
was unacquainted with the cause ; he was a single
gentleman, and about 32 years of age ; his mother
resided with him.
Mr. John Brown, an intimate friend of the de-
ceased, had been much in his society within the
last few months; the deceased's mind was much im-
paired. Witness could not assign any cause for the
deceased's altered state of mind : formerly he was of
a gay and volatile disposition.
Other witnesses spoke to the deceased's altered
state of mind within the last two or three months,
but could give no reason for the change.
The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a
verdict, " That the deceased destroyed himself while
labouring under temporary mental derangement."

The very unusual occurrence of deferring thc
meeting of a Council, which was to assemble for the im-
portant purpose of receiving what is commonly known as
the Recorder's Report, has excited considerable observa-
tion. It is asserted that the indisposition of the SOvsßEic. N
is not of such a nature as to incapacitate hint from dis-
charging this duty without serious inconvenience, and in-
vention and conjecture have been put in requisition, to ac-
count for a circumstance which is, in ordinary cases, one
of very rare occurrence. We have heard the matter at-
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tempted to be explained in a variety of ways ; but the
version of the history which seems to be most received,
Ascribes the delay to the Royal disinclination to come into
direct personal contact
.with the COMMON SERJEANT,
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MaJEsTr having put off hie visit to Brighton, for which
that indisposition was assigned as the reason for thi, shone
of purpose.—Morning chronicle,