Star.
London, England, 1803-11-10 00:00:00

WOODBRIDGE, NOV. 9.

On account of the advanced period of the feafon,
and the badnefs cl the weather, the troops in this
neighbourhood are beginning to break up the ground
of their encampments, notwithitanding the boafted
threats of mvalion held out by the Corfican Conful.
The 3d Royal Lancathire Militia, commanded by Sir
H. P. HOG H TON, Bart. which were encamped on the
coal dole to Landgaard Fort, yefterday (truck their
tents, and marched to the new barracks at Ipfwich.

It is fuppofed, that of the three Regiments encamp-
ed at Bromfwell, the 24th infantry will proceed in a
few days for Norwich, and the South Lincoln and
North York Militia for Ipfwich, where they are to
be quartered for the winter.
Both the barracks here and at Ipfwich are getting
on very fall ; nearly two thonland men are employed
daily on each ; they alfo work on Sundays, for which
day the Artificers, both Military and Civil, receive
double pay.

CORONERS Noy EST.—Yeflerdayat one o'clock, Mr.
HODGsnm, one of the Coroners for Middlefer, proceed
ed to Hornfey Sluice Houle, for the purpote of hold.
ing an inqueft on the remains of the late Mr. DEWY.

The following Gentlemen being ambled and
(worn on the inquell, viz.

ME. I.IOONSON, Foreman, Mr. PITHER,
Mr. 1.. DAVIS, Mr. GROVES,

Mr. J. KEll LE,
Mr. IV. BROUGHTON,
Mr. TUOMPSON,
Mr. J. DOWER,
Mr. J.WittOMT,
Mr.- WALTER,

Mr. FRTATT,
Mr. CHALIIZRI,
Mr. HOWARD,
Mr. LACIE,
Mr.Bvualrr, and
Mr. WILMOT.

They proceeded to the room where the dead body
lay, for the purpofe of examination, and after tom,:
time returned to their Jury Room. The only per-
fon prefent who could give any teLlimony as to the
circumliances of the fetal accident, was Mr. Surgeon
Leese, of Copthall•court, Throgrnorton-greet. This
Gentleman depofed, that he is Surgeon to the Bth
Regiment of Loyal London Volunteers, cr,mmanded
by Colonel CANNING, in which the deceafed was a
private in the Light Infantry Company ; that on
Wednefday, the 2d inftant, the Regiment went out
to Hornfey Fields to eremite on a fkirmilhing party,
in which one portion of the Regiment was oppofed
to the other. It was ordered that the Light Corn-
pany fhould take poll in ambufh ; after tome time,
the oppofed divifions became very clofely engaged.
A fhort time before ten in the morning, he heard the
word Doaor I Doaor ! vcciferated through the
ranks, and being on horfehack, he rode as fall as he
could towards the place from whence the call came,
where he found the deceafed lying on his fide on the
ground, furrounded by a number of other Volun•
teens ; and being told that he was wounded by a !hot
in the fide, be examined the part, and found an ex-
tenfive %sound, which bled much; he immediately
applied fome dry lint to the wound, which from its
aspeß he thought dangerous, and ordered the de-
ceafed to be carried to the next houfe, which happen-
ed be the Sluice Haute. Thither he attended the
deceafed, bled him, and ordered him to be put to
bed, and immediately fent for Sir Wtxxram BLIZ.
AID from town, to confult him on the cafe of the de-
ceafed. The eceafed had vomited blood when be
firft lay wounded on the ground, and afterwards
threw up blood from his lungs, and bled much from
his wound. About five in the evening, be was lei:-
ed with fymptoms of inflammatory fever, to mitigate
which he was frequently blooded, and his fiver
much abated. The wimefs and Sir W. BLIZAID fe-
duloully attended the deceafed. Witnefs fat up with
him for feveral nights the whole night ; attended him
betides thrice fome days, and not lefs thatttevior any
day. In fadt, be gave up his whole attention to him.
Every thing that could be done, furgically or medi-
cally, had been done, he was codified, to Pave the pa-
tient's life. Witnefs departed from him on Monday
evening between nine and ten o'clock; he was then
in a dying Rate, and he underlined that he died about
twelve the fame night.
Yefterelay, the witnefs, in the pretence of Sir WIL-
LIAM &mean, and another Surgeon, attended at
the define of the friends of the deceafed, and opened
his body, for the better afcertaiaing the caufe of his
death. He found, on opening, that the &Mance
which had made the wound, .bad fraanred the
feventh rib in his right Me, and that the fraßnred rib
beaten in bad wounded the pleura, and much injured
the right fide of the limp, and the upper part of the
Romach. He found, in the cavity of the break, a
quantity of estravatated blood. The fabßance which
canted the wound, and fraaured the rib, did not
enter the cavity, but took a direaion upwards to-
wards the (boulder blade and arm-pit. It lacerated
the nerves and larger blood-veffels near the latter,
and the former he found fraaured in two places,
through its fubßance ; in faa, it was blown to pieces.
Under the (boulder blade, he found a piece of paper,
which he conceived to be that which had contained
a cartridge. This was the only extraneous tobßance
he found, and he conceived it to be the fubflance
which had infliaed the wounds and fraeures as Rat-
ed. He knew nothing of the name of the perfon who
fired the flat ; and the deceafed, previoufly to his
death, had frequently declared be (Wald not know
the perfon, as he had only obferved a flight (bade of
his face at the time of firing. The deceafed was laid
hold of, as taken prifoner at the moment, by a per-
(on whole face be knew, and inftantly the Owe was
fired by tome other. Witnefs lays, that neither the
deceafed nor any other perk)°, ever imagined that
the flat was fired with a wilful intent to do any injury,
but was merely an accident in the ardour and hurry
of the moment.
Colonel Cassino then tendered his tetlimony ;
but, as he could fay nothing of his own knowledge
touching the retire fee, be was not (worn. He de
dared, however, his fulleß convietion that the unfor-
tunate event refulted merely from accident; that he
knew the deceafed, and believed he bad not an ene-
my in the world ; and that, on the morning when
the coupe 'trembled to march, not one of them, except
four of the *ricers,' knew where they were to go,
what they were to do. or how they &add be Rationed.
The evidence of Surgeon Lease was then recapi-
tulated by the Coroner. The Jury, after a momen-
tary deliberation, returned their verdia--.laniskerd
Des& . .

Lem bore willow/ay to the bootees muta-
tion which had beta paid to the decoded. dozing
to
whole ef his alibis Auk by as family et
the bode.