The Sun.
London, England, 1816-06-21 00:00:00

coitoNalts. INQUESTS.

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Last night an Inquest was held upon the body
of Benjamin Twig, private in the Guards; 4110
was stabbed in Catherine's-lane on Tuesday night,
and died immediately after. A great number of
witnesses were examined, amongst whom wad
those who gave evidence at Lambeth-street Police
Office...--There was nothing, however, adduced
to bring the charge home against JosV Peru, who
is in confinement upon the charge of cutting Jolla
Moody's throat, and the Jury returned a verdict
of " Murder against some person or per.,
sons unknown."
Wednesday morning the body
,of Mr. Richard
Burns, of Pentonville, was found drowned in the
,New River, near Sadler's-wells : the body, when. '
found, was quite warm, and did not appear to have
lain many utinues in the water. It was carriadto
the Blue-coat Bny, at Islington, where the means
prescribed by the Royal Honnsae Society, for the
recovery of persons apparently drowned,
MOW'
sued, but to no purpose, as the vital spark Was'
extinct. Yesterday a Coroneeaslnquest was held'
on the body, but nothing appearing in evidence.
to lead the Jury to suppose the deceased drownea
himself, or that the act was committed by any.
other person, they returned a verdict—Found
drowned.
Wednesday evening, an Inquest was held by
:Mr.-SHELTON, COrOnee for London, in the Board
Room, St. Bartholomew's HoSpital, on the b,),iy
of Samuel Freeman. It appeared front the evi-.
Bence of several persons, that the deceased, who.
derangement and some time ago Was confined t,
was an elderly man, had been in a state of mew."
a priv.:te mad-house, but his friends conceiving ban'
recovered, brought him home. Since that he a. t'
tended regularly to business, until early on Sunda"
morning lie wandered from his house id SI"
tal• fields to Crown-street, Finsbury-square, %Ole"
he entered an unfinished house, and standing oa
the.:rafters he cut his throat in a dreadful manner,
-and then fell into the cess-pool of a water-closet,
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underneath, where he was discovered soon 1104
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and-pi:UNFIT by mean of ropes he was instaflol
'conveyed to the hospital, where he expired
Tuesday morOing. It was also stated, that the
family were subject to the saMe. affliction that
his .sister, about tour months before, cut her
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throat
at her own house, with a razor, and bled to death
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over a washing-tub before she was discovered'
Verdict,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREETr—DISORDICRLY PUBLIC HOliit' -
Yesterday John- Darrant, landlord of the Queen '5
Head publicrhouse, in Tavistock-row, C"c":*
garden, was brought to the, Office by stimonn't
charged with the-forfeiture of hissrecognizancet
which be entered into, on the licence of the hot%
being tranferred to him from Mrs. Butler, for I`'
good government of the house, not to sutra "P.
&c. The Beadle was bound over to
cute the landlord at the Sessions.
%Ina Ryan, Ann Mason, and William Camerford'
were. citargrd with obtaining, .uuder /4 ter
tenets,. a ,number of passes from Mr. Silvel'n,
the Engraver, of the Strand, who eng!live ails t
der( ing
for the 117#r-otEce, for the purpose cit t ero ,
the Bing of 'various sums of money. ril`i
committed for further examination.

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DIED. itig°
On Tuesday, at ber house in queen Aline -street, tha•
HMI. Lady Mary Paiker, sister to the Earl of .Maeelesile'L4
At Genera, the 81,t of May, Caroline .Emmis Smith' "-
17, daughter of llohertP. Solidi, M. P. for Granthuol.,
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On the insi. at Coffsb4rough, Q `'
Queen's Countrt
Palinei , aged 87. old
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On the in inst. at Greenock, Garin Alston, Esq.
bank, merchant, Greenock.
Lately, at Dod.brinike, near Kingsbritle, the net*
Wetiber, the eltie'r, vicar of St. Mather Cornwall. ionaar
\t Canipheltown, onthe 9th
Es 4. of Collector of Customs.

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twildings and "rinliahett 1,), W. A. SCRIPS: of
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at the SvN-Ovruct. N. 112. Strand : where iiss"
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