Star.
London, England, 1825-10-14 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUESTS.
DitEADIPI* Dearn....l4dnesday evening, an Inqui-1
sition was tan at the Queentharlotte Tavern, Chutes;
street, Depteird, eirthe body of Mr. George Lewis, .a
master lighteemaa, of Princes sweet, Lambeth, who-met
his death brthe following dreadful catastrophe :—Mr.
James West, of Lewisham, stated, that on Monday af-
.ternoon.last.a bullock was driven from Smithfield to the
house of Mr. Getty, a butcher at Lewisham ; the animal
seemed, when with the drove, to be perfectly harmless
and quiet. It was separated from the others, and placed
in a yard fenced in belonging to Mr. tatty, when it
became quite furious and unmanageable, owing to its
being placed by itself. After numerous attempts to free
itself from its place of confinement, it c ffected its escape
over several garden grounds, and gained the high road,
and pursued its course towards the metropolis, to the
danger of the foot passengers—two Ladies, who were
walking on the footh-path, near New Cross, were neces-
skated, to avoid the furious beast, to jump into a ditch
by the road-side, by which stratagem they fortunately
escaped its notice. On its arrival at New Cross, the
bullock turned out of the road into the footpath, and tee
deceased, who was coming towards him, held up his
arms, as if to turn it back, when the beast ran at him
and struck him on the breast with its heed, and just as
he was. falling, one of its horns entered the left eye of
the deceased, who fell to the ground quite insensible, in
which state he was carried to the workhouse, and re-
mained so till he died. The bullock continued its course
for about 200 yards further, when it was turned into a
field amongst other beasts, by which means it was pre-
vented from doing any further mischief. M. Haifa,
a surgeon, deposed that the deceased's left eye was out,
the hewn of the beast having entered just above the eye.
lid, and passed through the orbit into the brain.—All
the witnesses said that there could be no blame attached
to any one, and they considered the case purely accifi
dental.—Tne Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental
Death.—Deodand five shillings on the bullock." The
unfortunate deceased, who was nearly fifty )ears of age,
has left a family.
Saturday, about one o'clock, a poor man was found
by John Reece, serjeant of the watch, in S:. Pancras
parish, atting down on a step -at a door next to the
King's Head, at the corner of Tottenham-court-road
on being questioned by the watchman as to his resi-
dence, he said he lived in St. Giles's. Reece assisted
him up from the step of the door; he appeared very
feeble, and walked with a stick and a crutch. Reece
walked a little way with him down Tottenham-court-
toad, and left him; shortly afterwards, as he was cross-
ing the road, the man fell down, and Reece again went
to him and helped him up, and told him if he could
not walk home, he should be taken to the watch. house,
but he said he would rather go home. About three
o'clock Reece again saw him, between Pancras and
Francis-street, leaning against some railings; he spoke
to him, and asked him why he had got no farther ? he
said, he had stopped to rest himself, and would go on
directly: be seemed very much fatigued; the watch-
man then left him. Soon after nine o'clock, on
the same morning, a person called on John
Wyatt, one of the beadles of St. Pancras parish,
and told him that there was a man lying in the
street in a dying state: he immediately went to the
spot and found that the watch-house keepers had
just put the man into a hackney coach; he got into the
coach, and proceeded with the man to the workhouse:
he appeared very ill, and it was feared would die
in the coach, before he reached the workhouse. Wyatt
endeavoured to learn who he was, and where he lived,
but the only answer he could obtain to the question
he put was "-sixty-nine." The man was much ema-
ciated, and his clothes bespoke the most abject state of
poverty. When he arrived at the workhouse, his
pockets were searched, in which were found 9d. in half.

pence, and a few pieces of paper; and in his hat was
found three-squared file, but nothing was found on
him to elucidate his name or residence. He was taken
to the Infirmary and attended by two surgeons. He
had cut his nose in falling, and his legs were much
bruised. Everything that could afford relief and assist
his recovery was promptly administered, but he died
about four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day.
His head was afterwards opened by the parish surgeon,
and a great effusion of serum found on the brain, the
effect of inflammation, arising from acute disease, and
which no doubt caused his death. An Inquest was
held on the body, before THOMAS STIRLING, Esq. the
Coroner, on Wednesday, at the Elephant and Castle,
Hampstead-road, and the Jury returnee a verdict of—
" Died by the visitation of GOD."

The triple line of Custom-house Officers on that part
of the Northern frontiers of France adjoining the Ne-
therlands, is more vigilant than ever.
SHIPWRECK.—On the morning of Friday, the 7th
inst. the Betsey of Whitehaven, a small vessel of about
ten tons burthen, sailed from the Isle Of Whithorn, in
Galloway, for Whitehaven, in ballast. Her crew con-
sisted of two persons—the master, Robert Love, and
his son, a boy of about 13 years of age ; and when half
way between Whithorn and the Ross, the father con-
fided the helm to his son, and employed himself in re-
moving a piece of coal, which by accident had got into
the pump-box. During this operation, a heavy sea
struck the Betsey on the broadside, and made her heel
with such ♦iolence that poor Love was pitched over-
board, and unfortunately drowned. His son, who was
thus left entirely helpless, was incapable of rendering
him the smallest assistance, and his story is, that he
never saw his father afterwards. To save his own life,
the poor lad ran the boat ashore at Brighouse Bay, and
succeeded in getting safely to land ; but the vessel has
became a total wreck.

Friday night, between ten and eleven o'clock, as Mr.
W. HADDERIICH, son of a Gentleman of large fortune
residing at Rickerscote, near Stafford, was returning
from Rugeley Races, and had arrived at Silkmore-lane,
about a mile from his father's house, the horse on which
he rode became restive, and in his endeavours to ma-
nage him he was carried with great violence against a
tree, by which be received so violent a blow upon his
head, that he was thrown from the saddle, and killed
on the spot. The horse galloping home alarmed the
family, some of whom immediately proceeded to :he
place, and one of the first to discover the lifeless body
was his agonised father, who is thus bereaved of an oily
child. The unfortunate young man was about 25 years
of age. A few minutes only before the melancholy
catastrophe, he had parted with some friends who had
accompanied him from the Races.
The admirers of brutality to the canine species had
an exquisite treat on Tuesday evening, at the badger-pit
in Holborn, in a dog and a bitch fight, for ff:y sove-
reigns. Wedgbury seconded the winner, and M.mt
'the loser, which died in the pit, and the other was
'taken away nearly dead, after three hours' fight.ng.