The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-30 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1829.

This day was published, in Two Vols. Bvo. price 245,,
with Plates,
NARRATIVE and SUCCESSFUL RE-
SULT of a VOYAGE in the SOUTH SEAS"
Performed by Order of the GOVERNMENT of BRITISH
INDIA, to ascertain the ACTUAL FATE of LA PE-
ROUSE'S EXPEDITION.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
James Winch, Kingsland-road, victualler.
Thomas Smith, Mason's-Hill. Farm, Bromley, Kent
farmer.

By the Chevalier Capt. P. DILLON.
London Hor3t, Chance, and Ct)., 65, Sr. Paul's Church,
yard.

PRICE 7D.

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

Yesterday morning an Inquest was held by Mr.
W. PAYNE, the City Coroner, at the Black Bull,
Bishopsgate-street, to inquire into the death of a
man whose name is at present unknown. It ap-
peared in evidence that the deceased was brought to
Bishopsgate watch-house between five and s:x
o'clock on Sunday morning by a stranger, who be-
lieved him to be in a state of intoxication. Thomas
Patch, the watch-house-keeper, laid him before the
fire, and by seven o'clock he appeared recovered and
went out as the watch were then going off duty.
He was soon after brought in again by a patrol,
who observed him sinking down on his knees in the
street, and again laid before the fire with his hat
under his head. He trembled excessively, and was
incapable of uttering a word. He remained in this
state until about eleven in the forenoon, when he
was observed to be in a dying state.
It appearing that no blame attached to the watch-
house-keeper or patrol, the Jury returned a verdict
of " Died by the visitation of God."
His dress was that of a seaman, and he had in
his pockets 3d. and a slice of bread. His appear-
ance was that of vagrancy and extreme wretchedness.
Yesterday an Inquest was held at the sign of the
Two Brewers, Millbank-street, 'Westminster, before
Mr. GELL, the Coroner, touching the death of Mr.
William Blackburn; a tailor, of No 65, Millbank-
street, who terminated his existence under the
following circumstances :

Mr. Wm. Blackburn deposed, that the deceased
was his father. On the 21st instant (Monday
week), betweeen four and five o'clock, while the
witness was at the back part of the house, he was
called to go up stairs to his father, and on going
into the bed-room, found him sitting on his night-
ebair by the ben-side, with his throat bleeding. He
impatiently asked his father what was the matter,
and the latter answered, "It is all right." Seeing
a quantity of blood flowing from the deceased, the
witness immediately sent for medical assistance. Mr.
Keogh, a surgeon, first attended, and shortly after-
wards Drs. M'Cann and Mackinnon, who dressed
the deceased's wound, and put him to bed. He
was then perfectly sensible, but no hopes were en-
tertained of his recovery ; and after lingering for
several days, he expired on Thursday last. About
two hours after the witness first discovered his
father in the situation above described, his cousin
found a penknife clotted with blood on the floor
near the night•chair on which the deceased was sit-
ting. The witness had not seen his father previ-
ously on that day, but he had seen him the day be-
fore, when he was very unwell, occasioned by a
nervous disorder, attended with an asthmatic cough,
which had for some time afflicted him, and prevented
him from getting rest at night. The witness was
of opinion that his mind was affected by his illness,
as he used at times to start up in the night and
fancy he had seen visions.

To some further questions by the Coroner, the
witness said that his father was in good circum-
stances, and had nothing on his mind arising from
embarrassments or domestic misfortunes. lie at-
tributed the melancholy event entirely to an aberra-
tion of intellect produced by his illness.
A verdict of " Insanity" was returned.

DEATH OF MR. GREET, OF QUEEN-