The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-13 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the
White Horse, Cornwall-road, on the body of Mr.
Joshua Mayne, aged 69, a gentleman who had ac-
quired considerable celebrity as a skilful and able
inventor of machinery. A report prevailed in the
neighbourhood of the deceased's residence that he
died in consequence of eating two tarts which be
purchased on the day preceding his death at the
shop of a confectioner in the city. The deceased,
it appeared, had been a great traveller, and was re-
markable also for his knowledge of chemistry, and
uniformly prescribed for himself when sick.

Elizabeth Drinkald had been in the service of the
deceased for the last three or four months, he re-
sided at No. 18, Roupell-street, Lambeth. The
deceased always enjoyed good health until Thurs-
day last. About one o'clock on that day he said
that he was going into the city; he did go, and re-
turned home
.between five and six o'clock, at which
time he complained of pain in the arm. He drank
a cup of coffee, but ate nothing with it; soon after
which he complained of pain internally, and desired
witness to pour him out a little rum in a glass, to
which was added water, and he drank it, as he said,
for the purpose of allaying the pain. After drink-
ing of the rum and water, he complained of cold,
and was attacked with a shivering fit, and desired
witness to place two pillows at the back of his chair
in order to see if they would impart heat to his
body. She did ,:s he directed, but he still corn-.
plained of coldness, and expressed a wish to go to
bed, previous to which, however, he vomited a good
deal in the fire-place. Witness having assisted him
up to the bed-room, and seeing he was so ill, asked
him if she should go for a doctor, but the deceased
replied, " No, there is no necessity for it; by God's
help I shall be better in the morning." The next
morning, on going to the house, she found the de-
ceased dead.

A juror stated that he was acquainted with the
deceased in his lifetime, and described him as a man
of considerable ingenuity and talent. The deceased,
he said, was an excelletst chemist, and was well
conversant with the whole of the .iifateria Medico.
He (the juror) had heard the deceased often com-
plain of a sore on one of his legs, which gave him
much pain, and also discharged a good deal. A few
days prior to his death, ho informed him (the juror)
that he had prepared a strong acid, which he applied
to the sore, which remedy he described had done
much good, and effectually stopped the discharge
from the sore.

At this stage of the investigation the deceased's
son entered the room and stated that his father had
been attacked with a violent fever in Spain about
15 years ago; and on his recovering from the dis-
ease, his legs swelled and became sore. He had
been labouring under pain from them, and latterly
his frame became weak, and he had some difficulty in
walking. A short time previous to his death, he
told witness that unless the discharge was stopped
he should be rendered unable to walk at all, and ex-
pressed his determination to stop it. Witness en-
deavoured to dissuade him, fearful of the conse-
quences, but it appears that he applied a remedy to
the sores, which were found to be perfectly healed
up to the time of his decease. The witness had
every reason to believe his father's death was acce-
lerated in consequence of the application he had put
to heal the wounds.

same
Coroner and Jury perfectly concurred in the
same opinion as to the cause of the defendant's
death, and a verdict Was returned accordingly.

On. Saturday a respectable inhabitant of
Southampton, by trade a fishmonger, was convicted in
ihree several penalties of 51. for having two pheasants and
a bare in his possession.—Rants Advertiser.

Boxrso. —Neale, by whom Roach of this
city was so completely served out a few weeks since, and
Baldwin, more generally known by the name of White-
headed Bob, are at present in this city giving private
lessons and public exhibitions of their sparring abilities.—
_ Exeter Paper.

The following extracts from letters received
by a gentleman of Inverness from his friend in Edinburgh
will be reed with interest :—" I fear that some of our poor
Highland shearers have become victims at the slaughter-
'Muse in the West Port, as I observed several hooks lying
in Burke's room, which I have visited. I yesterday ac-
companied a magistrate to see him, and asked if he or
Hare had destroyed any persons of that 'class, but he ap-
peared_not to recollect. I afterwards asked Hare (who is
in another cell) how the hocks same there, but the hell-
hound scowled a denial of all knowledge of the circum-
stance, though he coolly admitted the destrUction of 13
persona." Two days afterwards (January 5), the same
gentleman writes as follows :—" I can learn nothing more
about the truth of my conjecture respecting the poor
Highland shearers. .1 have again questioned Burke on the
subject, when after repeating his former statement, he said,
6. 0 Sir, that dissecting-room ought to be better looked
after !" He promised faithfully to us that he would " ex-
pose the whole infernal business before he left his cell for
execution." The public mind still continues in a state of
great excitement, the lower orders calling for more victims
to gratify their vengeance on the participators of these
horrid crones. The declaration of Burke in the Mercury
of this day seems to correspond very much with his ad-
mission before me, -and I am inclined to think it is a
part of his more extensive confession."..—inserness courier.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.

The subscription room was very thinly attended yester-
day, and no alterations whatever took place work remark,
with the exceptiOn of Canvas and Brother to Moses for
the Derby ; the liu•mer having jumpel up two points, and
the latter one. On these bursts some lettings were made
to highish figures, and the general s ate of odds. will be
found in the following stasement