Star.
London, England, 1809-03-06 00:00:00

CORONER'S /ArQ MST.

On Saturday morning an Inqucs: Was lie'. I, at the
residence of ALEXANDER POWELL, Esq. in 1) v,•Utlrre.
place, on the body of Lord FALKLAND, wl.l ) Jied
Thursday morning early, in conscepteare Lf a pis:o!.
shot wound receivqd by him on Tuesday morn ire!. Lest.
The only evidence adduced before the J,nv, .uc:i-
ing the death of the deceased, was tnat 4 f Mr.
VISIDE; Mr. PQWELL'Sbutler. named N •rve2ll at-4

the nurse who attended him in his last mornein .

There were several Gentlemen prescnt w!;,) v.sert, hi
the Coffee-rcom at the time the altercx.ien t•tcic pl4.:e
between his Lordship and Mr. NIVEL!. ; but the's. •
testimony being irrelevant to the immediate &b]ecz. of •
this inquiry, it was not receiied by the Corm.r..
Mr. HEAVISIDE'S evidence went mcrelyto prove, ti tat,
he had attended the deceased from the time lie was
brought ts Mr. Powell's house to the moment of his
dissolution. His assistance was called in on Tue;day
morning, when he found Lora FALKLAND sitting on a
chair, very faint from the loss of blood. On learning
the nature of his wound, be ordered him to be put to

bed and kept quiet. He abstained from putting any
questions whatever to the deceased, relative to. the
manner in which he came by the wetind, or who was
the author of it. Finding from the symptoms that it
was mortal, he declined probing for the ball, lest the
operation might accelerate the death eF the patient.
Ifs Lordship lingered in great agony Lima Thursday
morning, about two o'clock, when he died. His fa-
culties were perfect to the last ; but he never uttered
any thing to the witness that indicated the manner in
which he came by his wound. Very little conversa-
tion passed between his Lordship and him, and indeed
he seemed to decline rather than court intercourse with
other persons. On Friday morning the deceased was
opened, and the course of the ball was traced from
the lower part of the right side of the belly, where it
entered, passed through the cavity of the abdomen,
lacerated some of the larger intestines, and lodged
finally amongst the lumbar vertebra of the spine, from
whence it was extracted. Mr. Heaviside was clearly
of opinion that his Lordship died .in consequence of
this wound.
Nervell, the butler, stated, that the deceased came
to his master's house on Tuesday morning in a Post:.
chaise. He helped, along with his master's coach-
man, to carry him up stairs, where he was laid upon
some chairs, and Mr. Heaviside was sent for. The
chaise instantly drove off, after his Lordship had
alighted from it, and witness was unable to ascertain
the name of the owner, which he recollected to have
seen painted on the pannel. In about a quarter of
an hour after the deceased came into the house, Mr.
Powell called, but he departed almost immediately,
and since that time witness had never seen or heard
of him. During the time witness was with Lord
Falkland, he never heard his Lordship say any thing
about the manner he came by his wound, or who in-
flicted it ; nor did- he ever hear his master say any
thing which induced him to believe he had any quar-
rel with the deceased. He knew of no .misuader.
ding between them.
Mrs. King, the nurse, proved that she sat up with
his Lordship during Thursday night, but never heard
nim state any thing with respect to the manner he
came by his wound. He appeared to avoid conver-
sation with every beefy, and even with his lady, who
attended him to the last hour of his existencce He
observed perfect silence, and seemed anxious for re,
pose.. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex visi-
ted his Lordship on Wednesday, and remained with
him a considerable time in private. He retained 1..;s
faculties to the very moment of his death ; he heivscl
himself when lie wanted refreshment, and turned ill
bed without the least assistance.
There being no other testimony to lay before the
Jury, as CO the manner the deceased came by his
death,
The CORONER addressed them shortly, and observ-
ed, that they could he but of one opinion upon this
subject, namely, that his Lordship died in consequence
of the wound he had received, which it was manifest
had been inflicted by some other hand than his own.
There was no evidence before them whatever relative
to the author of the wound, or of the circumstances
which immediately preceded the melancholy occur-
rence. It only remained, therefore, for them to pro.
nounce their verdict upon the evidence they had
heard, such as it was, and leave any further inquiry
on the subject to the vigilance of the police.
The Jury, under these circumstances, returned a
verdict of Wilful Murder against some person or
persons unknown." •

On twelve o'clock on Friday night, a most tre-
mendous Fire broke out in the South-west angle of
the great quadrangle of Christ Church College, Ox-
ford, which in a short time consumed the whole of
Professor WHITE'S apartments, and some adjacent
rooms. The fire originated in the rooms of one of
the Members,- who was then absent. Dr. WHITE
was in such a paralytic state that he. was obliged to
be carried out of the house ; he has lost all his valua-
ble library and original manuscripts. The GI eat
Hall was with difficulty saved. The flames r.
with such vehemence till six o'clock the next morning,
that it "was with great difficulty the engines cc,.Uld:
prevent it from spreading. The great reservoir, in
the middle of the quadrangle, was soon emried, and
it was some time before a supply of water could 112.
procured. All the Members of the University gave
their utmost assistance. The Oxford Volunteers also
attended to protect the property. The amount of the
property consumed is not yet ascertained: ene gen-
tleman lost furniture to the amount of Je6Gt.). No
particular accident has happened, if we except one
gentleman, who dislocated his knee in attempting. to
force a door open. The ruins were in smoke all Sa-
tur.tay, and in the night some names were again dis-
covered, but the men on.guard soon quendled them
.with one of the engines.,

At five o'clock on Saturday morning a dreadftkl
fire broke out at the I.ous!. .of. Kr. JONES, apothe-
cary, in Mount•street, Grosvenor-square, which con-
sumed the entire of the house in le :s than three
quarters of an hour. The parish engine was the first
that arrived, and as soon as water was procured,