Star.
London, England, 1805-10-02 00:00:00

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1 On Sunday night died, at his houfe in George-
yard, Lombard-ftreer, in confequence of the bruifes
and fevers treatment he received a few nights be-
fore, Mr. MUSH, a refpeetable wine-merchant.
At (even o'clock yefterday evening, an Inqueft was
taken before . SHELTON, Efq. one of the Coroners
for the City of London, and a refpeitable Jury, touch-
ing the caufe of the dotallt of the above Gentleman.
The Inqueft was aliembied at the George and Vul-
ture Tavern, and the Jury being (worn, proceeded
to the houfe of the deceafed, immediately adjacent,
to view the body. On their return to their Jury-room,
the fir ft witnefs examined was Mr. Atkinfon, an
Apothecary, who ufually. attended Mr. Neifh's fa-
-1 mily. He Rated, that he was called to the deceafed
1 on Wednefday morning, in confequence of the in-
jury he had fullained on the preceding night. He
found the deceafed with both eyes quite black, in
confequence of a blow on his nofe ; he had a flight
contution on the right fide of his forehead, with a
trivial rafure of the fltin from the temple, dole to
the bruife ; he complained alfo of a pain on his right
fide, which, on examination, exhibited a black fpot
on the lower part, over the tecond tib : the deceafed
faid he felt the fenfation of a fracture of the rib, but
there was none. He Rated, that he was coming home
the night before from the Star Tavern, in -/ktag's-
headeetire, Gracechurch-ftreet, to his own houfe,
throttat the courts that lead into Nicn-)las lane; that
be had flopped for a neceffary occafion; and that
Come perfon from behind knocked him down ; but he
could give no defcription of the perfon. There was
no fymptom of inflammation from the blows on his
head,)aor did he complain of any pain in that part.
His eyes were black merely from extravafation of
blood in the cellular membrane : the only painful
fenfation of which the deceafed complained, was a
pain on his fide, from the contofion received there.
Mr. Atkinfon ordered him tome proper medicines ;
he was not confined to his bed, nor even to his room,
ate his meals as ufual, appeared in bodily health the
whole of Wednefday and Thurfday, but on the latter 1
night Mr. Atkinfon was fent for at a late hour, and
in a great hurry, to the patient, and found him then
rather light-headed, and talking confiantly and inco-
herently. It was fcarcely poffible to induce him to
go to bed; he had a very bad night, grew worfe
next day, talk inceffantly, could not be induced to
keep his room, and became fo unruly towards Fri-
day night, that recourfe was had to the aid of a
keeper from Mr. Warhurton's private madhoufe, at
Hoxton, and a ftrait-waillcoat was put on him.—
During the whole of Saturday and Sunday he was
quite ungovernable by ordinary means ; two men,
even with the ftrait-waiftcoat, were fcarcely able to
reflrain him. About eleven on Sunday night he was
feized with convulfions, and died about twelve. Mr.
Atkinfon then Rated, that he had attended the exa-
mination of the body, with Mr. Norris, an eminent
furgeon ; they found the head, about the forehead,
eyes, and underneath, fuperficially black, from fome
external violence, and, on opening it, obferved the
;nteriorblood-veffels remarkably turgid, and between
the convolutions of the brain much coagulated lymph,
' the extravafation of which, with the turgidity of the
blood-veffels,theyconfidered as the fymptoms of inflam-
mation,and caufeof the delirium whichhad occafioned
the death of the decesfed ; but they did not confider
thofe fyMptoms as proceeding from the external injury
the deceafed received ; there was no fraiture, and no-
thing that could evince any contufion or bruize that
broke even the fkin, the efflux of blood having pro-
ceeded from the note. On opening the abdomen,
they found the liver much enlarged, hard, and of a
very dark colour, quite in a Rate indicative of difeafe
from bard drinking, which Mr. Atkinfon believed to
be the caufe of the inflammation and confequent deli-
rium. The deceafed, whom Mr. Atkinfon had
known for fourteen years,was:much addiEted to drink-
ing during the tail ten. Mr. Atkinfon was Rill the
more convinced cf this, becaufe, about 16 months
ago, the deceafed, in confequence of a fit of exceffive
drinking, was feized with an epileptic fit ; and, af-
ter he had recovered, he remained for forty-eight
hours in a Rate of high delirium, and under indifpen.
fable coercion. Upon the whole, Mr. Atkinfon was
fully convinced the inflammation and delirium of
which the patient died, was the refult of habitual and
exceffive intoxication.

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The written report, figned by Mr. Norris the fur!
geon, who had been cbliged to leave town, exadly
agreed with the teßimony of Mr. Atkinfon.
Captain Reynolds, of Profpat-place, Bermondfey,
Rated, that on Tuefday, the 24th of September, he
was at the Star Tavern, in Nag's Head-court, Lorn-
bard-fireet, with five or fix friends. The deceafed
came in about half pall ten ; he was very much in-
toxicated ; about half pall eleven he asked the wit-
nefs tato into the court with him : he did fo, and
returned with him. Soon after the deceafed role
and bade the company good night. He went away,
and aiMr. Lullam and Mr. Anfell followed ;—Mr.
Anfell returned. In four or five minutes the com-
pany heard fomcbody knock at the door ; witnefs
did not know the deceafed he was in loch a bloody
fituation ; he asked him whether he had been knoc-
ked do4n ? The deceafed faid,he recollected that fotne-
body came behind him and knocked him down. The
next day witnefs law him, and he repeated that Come-
body came behind him while he was under the gate.
way. The deceafed was much addiaed to drinking;
he was 35 years of age.
Mr. Anfell laid lie was at the Star when the de.
ceafed came in. After Come time he entered into
converfation about a turtle, which he was to have
provided. Mr. Lullam took up the fubjelt warmly;
the deceafed Raid till half alter eleven, then- went
out, returned, and remained a little while. He then
went away, and loon after came hack with his note
bleeding. The witners had gone out with Mr.
Lol-
lam, and returned, but Lullam did not. Wituefs
was in the room when the d•rceaftd departed.
Mr. Fulkar, the landlord of e Star, corroborated
1 the foregoing evidence.
Mr. Lullam Rated, that he had Tome words with
the deceafed, but they were not words of heat or ani-
mofity. He never laid be would give him two black
eyes. He left the Star before the deceafed, and went
direelly home. His clmaths had not been cleaned
fence—they did not require it.
The Coroner obierved, mat it was quite nnnecef-
fary to proceed farther with rile examination. It
was very right to examine :qr. Lullam, in order to
preveut the effeft of reports to his prejudice! It was

evident, from the teßimony of the furgeon, that the
biows could not of themfelves have caufed death
and that the deceafed mat have 'received them in
confequence of a sadden fit, and the violence of his
own ltruggl:s.
The Jury were unanimoufly of the fame opinion,
and by their verdiet rezurned, that the deceafed died
" by the vifitation of GOD."