The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-01 00:00:00

ono'Ntrts INQUgstt.

At eight o'clock on Tuesday evening an in—
quisition was heldnt the sign of the Marlborough
A Fins, 'Jhornhanghl-street, Bedford-square, be-
fore Mr; StutelNG, one of the Coroners for, ;he
county of Middlesex, on view of the body of
. Cwt.. T. Garland Murray, of the Hon. East India
Company's service. The deceased lived for.up-
wardS of 12 years. at No. 1, Upper Gower-street,
in a house furnished in the first style. The Jury,
after viewing the body, which 'Was in a leaden
coffin, returned to (heir aury-yootn3 and took the
inflow ing depositions :
Matthias Ralph, being stVortt and examined,
said, I am a watchman in Thornhaugh-street and
Francis-street : as I was calling
.half-past one
o'clock on. Mobday morning, I heard the cry of
" watch, watch," and J accompanied the watch-
man in Gower-street to the door of No'. 1, in
Upper GOwer-street ; the street door was wide
Open, and two women at the windows of the third
• floor calling nut " watch, watch," the other
watchman and mylelf entered, and fearing there
Might be robbers in the house we passed the first
second floor, and went" Up to the third floor,
where the 'servant maids vvele, who told us that
there were pistols fired in one of the rooms under-
neath, and that they feared their Master, Captain
Murray, was unordered. We then took Our light,
and went down to thesecond-floor, on which was
the deceased's bed-chamher anti dressiug-room
the door to the lobby was unlocked ; but ltitit
doors of the bed-room were locked on the inside,
and to our knotking and calling
.we could get no
answer. We observedsome blood on theyarpet„,netti•
the room dont. ; the papering'OriAllewall between.
the door and window was also much stained With
blood, and the short white window.,ettrtaiw-tvas
clotted with blood, as if grasped in a bloody hand,
and was shut in between the.sash and v..indowitil.
The footman- went for at surgeon, who lives in
Francis-street, who came in as few minotes ; and
on his arrival ordered the other watehruan and me
to tweak one of the doors, which we did,. and I
was the first person who entered, followed by the
other watchtnen, the surgeon, and the footman.
There was a lighted candle stood on a stand at.the
toot of the bed, oti Which the dec.'ased lay on hit
back, weltering in his blood his throat Cu,d his
face and both cheeks very much torn and lacerated,
and he quite dead, with a double•barrelled
pistdi. lying M) his breast,- which he lick! grasped
bet Ween both his hands i it appeared to be it-
eently fired, as the cock was down, and the pan
open, .We searched both rooms for_the instru-
ment with which he cut his throat, hut we could
not. fins! it. I have no doubt, therefore, but the.
explosion of the pistol was' the cause of his death,
and that it could out be dude by any other pe'Vscin
roan hinr:tlt', tiS both dOOES Were seeorely, fastened
On the inible, the door leading to' the' lobby being
locked, and the key on t*.i,ie" inside, and the door
into the di essing•rooin hutted on the inside, 'so
that no person coolif yin admittance Until this
door wits forced open.
Williath Henry Acret, being sworn 'and exa-
mined, said, 1 ant a surgeon, and live in,FrenelS'-
'sfreet ; frequently seen the deceased he,
fore, but was not:actpetinted with him ; he ap-
pe:Lred to he between 40 'and stt years of age.
About two o'clock`. on Monday morning I was
sent for, and- Went to No.-I; in Upper Gower-
street ; rehear learning the suspicions of what.had
happened, I ordered the watchmen to force open
the door-, both being fastened as `described by the
last witness. When I entered! the. toom, I found
the deceased lying on his back`iii bed, quite dead,
with 'a diMble,harrellcd pistol 'on liis breast. which
'he held with; both hands 3 it appeared to have
been recetirly dischai get{ into his month, as the
cheeks and 'fare %vete much torn and lacerated,
and the tetils appeared to have passed through the
roof of tilt moat b and hraiu, and Caine out at
the.top Ot the head. I on die nodouht but the pi,-
. tot was recently fired,' from the Strong smell of the
guppowder, and both the pans being Open ; and that
it was fired by the `dereasedhimselt, as no persons
could hav'e ente.ted the room without foreiug the
door, I found there was also a laege-Wound on the
titre part of t lieneek ;hitt it waS nOt. deep enOugh, nor
in a phwe to cause immediatefdeatb it appeared
to be indicted razor; or 0411 C Other Shoip, in-
strument. I caused both the hell-rrrom..and dress:
ing-room to he well searahed, but we could find
neither knife 'nor searching the bed-
room. 1 discovered blood' on t.}..; floOr, and some
blood on t he wall, as if squirted &on) 'the wound,
from which I nit of opinion that the deceased
had' preVionsly cot his throat in hii dressing-room
but that, not doing it effectually,• he threw the
razor out of the Window, as the apPearance..Of the
curtain, being g,rttsped 'by at bloody hand in, raising
or lowering the sash, warranted ; and then bolting
hiMself in his bred-chamber he no-doubt effected
his purpose with the pistol. .
The Jury being perfectly satisfied that the
ceased' 'came to his death hti.. his .own act, .the
COroner called fOr evidence to prove what state Of,
mind he had been in at the time.

'Milian' Cody, being sworn, said, I lived foot-
man with the. Ifecvased ; I have been in his ser-
vice 3.ytars and 7 inuntlis ; he was about 45 years
(date; Was married, but had no children ; he and
Mrs, Murray lived very happily together ; she left
town ori-Satnrday .for her, country-house at edge,
ware, where she generally went every Saturday ;
tny master seldom went until lie left town for good
in the season : he was a very regular sober man,
and was never mit later than 1p o'clock ; he was
a very mild man, and the-best of,innsterA ; I never
kaew hint to be unwell, or any way deranged in
his mind ; he took no Medicine, anti hint no medi-
cal man to attend Oti Sat urdtty,he, tva very
well ; but all 'day on Stinday he appeared very
ill, very melancholy, and very low spirited ; he
never lett .hiS. bed-rooni all day; he'had no break-
fast, no dinner, no tea, nor no supper : I took bins
lip his brealefast, which' he took from me at the
room-door; he .wits dressed in his dressing-gown :
did not ;46 ih: he might have taken a cup or.two of
tea, but lie eat nothing: liegenertilly got up at 10 or
leVery Morning, unless be was indisposed, and then
he did not get' up until .five or. six -in the evening.
lie frequently ruog during Sunday for a 'glass of
wine and warer, which was the only refreshment
lie had. There' Wqe two female serys'uts and
myself' io ti4e house, my mistress and the rest be-
ing at the country-liOtise. Tile Maid-servants-

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went to-Bell at eleven o`cioil 5
.1. sitettilieti
on my lied, taking off only thy coat, that I it4.lg.
be in- readine,s to At tea, fiq 111 V master
posed ; he said tie wowld the.ale,
case he wanted me. A little atter one o'clock,. I
teas alarmed 'tribe iepoit or tArti
succeeded each other altuokt inslantaticon:;iy. ',/
alarmed the maid-set wants,
,who were so flight
ened, that they threW up their windows and calloi
the watch "I Went down and 'Opened the i,:rcct,
door, and .railed the Watchmin. I was pret;enc
when the room door was .forced open, and 1 ac-
companied ftetn in, and saw him as already dc=
scribed. My master alWays kept loaded }iiytal's 11l
his bed-room ; he had the pistols before I caint;
into his service; he always shaved himself,.
there is one of his razors now missing out 'of 1,14
dressing-caie.
Here the evidence closed, and the Coroner c!:,
plumped the cale,tothe Jury,:. he stated, that thee"
was not a doubt but the deceased was the autha
Of his own death, 'and it was. for them to Conside
what State of 'mind .he was in when he committees
the dreadful act there was no proof of his being
in a deranged state of wind, only Irons, his being
shut up in his room all day on Sunday, eating no'
thing, anti being in a melancholy state. The
.Jury were of opinion, that lie was in a deranged
state of mind at the time, and returned• a verdict,
of lunacy.

Another Inquest ,was
,held yesterday at did
Faliiiburgh Castle, Aldgate, liclote J. ‘V. wNI
on the body of I.V.egoos Loughtim, bunt'
flintier, who was found s-tispended by. a cord in 1113'
IPdgipp 011.SUUdayinPrPipgi4St,+RObVil StetV3ed
deposed, that he had seen the deceased On 4'.4.a.tor-
any evening between six and seven o'clock, ‘viit)
then. in it low and tnelancholy way; ittui told.
that.hehad got the hprvtirs ; he did mit 49,0
Lis room on Sunday worniulio which, caused
nlitrin, and a ladder teas procured, wlicu he tyipis
found hanging to a stro4.' nail in the %val.! IV a
cord, qttite ,dead.--71Elizitheth 4 Arnold..deposed
some ilicolierent COll
UCI, the
(ICC:MI*O. fVel'!
'diet —LI y

Yesterday an inquest was lichl
„bcfarcH'lL.
LEWIS, Esq. at the Green Man, fireen-street,
p,o'svelior-tqure; on the body of i\l r. faints (fns.
—Jeffrey Woolley, of acid, bc
went to take a Walk With Ole decreased 101110
Poitnon•square, when they ail :vecl at the end
Viirinnin-street he euddenly dropped down
sen.,eless state on the flagi; %I:lC[l6s becaloe
alarmed and called a eoiell, wkieh he conveYl:ll
hurt to Iris house.in,Green.,street, there
"issistittite was soon 'obraitied:bnt without elfec,c;
he expired soon afterwards.—Verdiet—'-Died,..V
ihe, jot of OW.

Another inquest was held by the sante c0r1,7
net., at thel'irinmphant Chariot, l'embrOke'-trkeivs,
Grosvenoil-place, on the body of J 01) Pudd'ik"
(Ilea nn :the pieeeding'llaiin 'St. GeOrge's'flospi,,
tal. , It appeared from, the.evidenee of Elizabeth,
Crawley, niece to the deceased, that he,was
51 years ot age, aril had 'been :I at.a
fee""nEe iu Coventl.Girtien, which pl:tce
he I►ti'l
left about .six weeks hack, and 'irice that roadie'
with her it her 11104,1)d 'tl HpAVtikigllo, Over
stable in Selintonr-thers,,,,%i'ell-street, JerinY9,-
street ; during that rime he antieared ill a rne[3l"
eltoly state of mind, often expressing his fears Ito
J110111(1 be redneed to aLWorkhouse, :and. come "°
rant ;on the rtitlay preceding his ileath,, ar
peared 'verylciw ana desponding; often talking
himself until about fire o'clock in the afteinnottl.
he threw himself out at the window of the second
floor, into the stable yard, front which he 0141
removed. into witness's apartment, where he 11.-
Attained until about nine, when he was reinnved
the,Uospital, where he died.--Nerdlet,..Littrtacy;

FATAL AFFRAY.—An"affrply took place on 't t,ti!P"
day last, in Great Boughton; near Chester;wfiicil
terminated in the death of a yotiog wonoto of tin:
name of Cook. The father,of the deceased, and
a Mr, 'Bradshaw, residing to Boughton, ‘''scl4',
drinking on the above evening at the Wheat Sltel
public.-houseth i raid
eir'wive a daughter of fac)t
'
met at the same house, when some ill 130g"3144
took place between the parties, which tendo ra**
titer to irritate than allay tile differenCes
131bves followed words ; anti the tirrodfoki
result was, that the young Immo) named
received a violent blow from her opponent, Bray;
'haw, which occasioned her death. A Cor"ner''
s t•
Inquest was held on the body on Saturday I''s
Verdict—Manslalfghtfr against 'Bradshaw and her
father.
DIST
RESsixOEVENT.--A most distressing. a!la
melancholy event occurred on Sunday last. T`,`4;
young tutu, one of them. Josspit Iloortta,`"l`i
oldest son of Mr. cutler, of Do by, "'4e'
25, the other JOHN HA FORD,' soh ot Mr. 1/Asl;
FORD, Reptoll, age,l 21, and en assistant t{
Mr, SOWTHR, draper, also of that place: Were
11,
•fortfillately drowned in the river Derwent.
went together early in the morningwith the
.iner
tention of bathing ; and nowi tthstandinl the rlni,
was considerably swelled by the hue:rain, ttnf
Namely it (141 not deter theM from their put P,
They entered the water at the usual hatbi::t':
place in the old meadows, and it is supposed I'►tti,.
were immediately carried beyond their depth. t
tile incresqed bulk and rapidity of the current, aOl,
both drowned.

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BIRTS. • -
On Fatrurda; last, at RrynbellaH, the Lady ofJohn Saln'b
Pi_otzi Saluabory, Eiti. of a datil-, titer.
tliii
• .I..ately, at 'Flavin, the wife of Mr. Barker, of a.'n
Gentleman h father of 29 children-,

• - Rai ED; ,a,lford'
On Tuesday list, James Window, E. of 11a'place, to Cktroline, yop.ticect ot the hate Janie
ristet, Esq. of Brunimck-pquaro.

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At Stirlint-, Scotland, on)11 the 15th July, William
lane, It. N. late Surgeon of his Majesty's ship Crescent) /*

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