Star.
London, England, 1830-03-06 00:00:00

SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT HAMMER-

SMITH.

On Thursday eveniniconsiderable excitation Was occa-
stoned at Hammersmith, in consequence of a dire calamity occurring
in the family of 3lr. Thomas Hunt, the proprietor of a seminary fur
young gentlemen, and which has plunged them into the deepest
affliction imaginable. Between seven and eight that evening Al r.
Hunt's only Alp, a youth thirteen years of age, was missing from
the usual evening exercises, and the servants having in vain sought
him gireugh the play.groundp, Mr. Hunt went pp to his sleeping.
mom, the door of which was fastened inside. Having called re-
peatedly without receiving any reply, he burst open the door, and
a scene of the most dreadful description was presented to the sight
of the unhappy parent—the corpse of his son lying upon the bed,
the clothes of which were saturated with blood proceeding from •
wound on the left side, and a recently discharged pistol was found
on the floor, at the opposite end of the mom. Mr. Bowling, a
medical gentleman, was instantly sent for, but he found on his
arrival, that the unfortunate lad had been dead some time. In.
formation of the lamentable occurrence was forwarded to Mr. Stir.
ling, the coroner, and an inquest was holden yesterday afternoon,
before the coroner and a respectable Jury, at the of the
father of the deceased, when evidence to the fopowing effect was
adduced :

Maria Martin, servant so Mr. Hunt, deposed that she saw the
deceased for the last time between five and six o'clock on Thursday
evening, when he came into the kitchen and cut a slice of bread
and butter foe himself. He had been in the ground playing with
the other lads, and he then appeared In his usual health and spirits.
Upon the discovery of his lifeless body, witness ran up stairs to the
room door and saw the deceased in the arms of his father, dead and
covered with blood. "My porn master," said the witness, "looked
wild with despair and anguish. I could not bear the sane, and
ran down stairs, and the footman went for Mr. Bowling, the
surgeon."
By the jury.—Witness had not seen a pistol in the deceased's
possession before his death. Her waste: would not allow any of the
scholars to use them. The deceased was of a good temper and
disposition, and very high-spirited. When he came Into the kitchen
at *he time stated she did not observe any thing in his manner
different from usual. ge had not quarrelled with any one, nor had
he, to her knowledge, been scolded or chastised by her master.
No conversation passed between bim and witness in the kitchen.
She had never heard him talk of self-destruction. He was a
youth greatly beloved by his parents and every person in the house.
Fanny Matthews, another servant, stated that she was with her
master when he burst open the door of the deceased's room, and
she described the situation in which the unfortunate lad was found,
as already stated.
On her aoss.muunination by the Jury, she stated that on Thurs.
day the deceased was in his usual high spirits, and nothing occurred
during the day to disturb his mind. lie had evidently been sitting
on the side of the bed when he received the fatal wound, and fell
backwards. His trunk, containing books and other articles, was
open; there was no light in the room, nor had been that evening.
Mr. Hunt was stated to be in a state of mind most agonizing, and
the Jury, unwilling to add to his already lacerated feelings, dis-
pensed with his testimony.
The beadle informed the jury, in answer to their enquiries, that
the deceased had purchased the phuol for 11. of Mr. Owen, in the
town, on the morning of his death.
A large-sized pocket pistol was here produced, and some of the
shot of the size which had composed the charge. These were of the
sire No. 4, generally used in the destruction of game.
It was remarked by the Jure, that the pistol being charged with
such shot tended to prove that the lad bad not intended self-destrue.
tion, but was examining his newly-purchased pistol, when it went
off and killed him.

Mr. Bowling, the surgeon, described the nature of the wound.
The charge had entered the left side of the chest, and lacerated the
heart and lungs. Some of the ribs were fractured and driven into
the chest. Death must have been instantaneous. Mr. Bowling
added, that he had seen the person of whom the deceased purchased
the pistol, who stated to him that he then appeared collected as
usual, and in extremely buoyant spirits. A quantity of powder and
shot, the latter of the description produced, was found in the de-
ceased's trunk.

The Jury made some comments on what they considered the iin.
propriety of selling a dangerous weapon to so young a boy, and
ate: some consultation they returned a verdict—" That the dc.
ceased was killed by the accidental discharge of a leaded pistol."

BIRTH.
In Upper Harley-street, the Lady of R. W. Hall Due, Esq.
of a too.

MARRIED.

At ham Church, Sussex,.leTiil'hitwell Tone, of Snydall
Hall, In the county of York, to Jane Helena, eldest daughter of
Major-General Batson, of Henley, in the county of Susses.

At Woolwich, Captain Charles Hamilton Ballingall, of the
Royal-Marines, •fints the effect of severe wounds received in his
Majesty's service.
On Monday, the lat inst. at Clandon, in her 37th year, Mary,
Countess of Onalow.

William Robert, •only son of the late Claud Russell, Esq. of the
Bengal Civil Service, aged 13 years.
After a short Mina, at Reading, Berke, Miss Austwiek, daugh-
ter of the law Lastamlot Austwiek, Esq.

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