Star.
London, England, 1803-11-08 00:00:00

DEATH OF yoHN SIMPSON:,

The Coroner for Middlerex having fummotted an
inquilition on the body of Phil Simplon, lard of the
Bromley volunteers, who died in confequence of a
wound he received by the bottling of a mullet', the
Jury met yeflerday at the fign of the Holpital, in
Whitechapel road; and aftertaving ken the deceaf-
ad, who exhibited a fhocking appearance, the witnelles
ware called in and examined.

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William White Paid be belonged to the Bromley
volunteers, and lived at the White Horfe, near Bow,
where he worked as a diftiller ; wittiels knew the de.
ceded, he was employed as a matter by Mr. Mill-
wood, of Bromley. About five o'clock 1a1&
clay afternoon, witnefs and the deeeafed, were toge
they in the Bromley corps of volunteers ; the corps
went to Mr. Stoney's fields for the purprife of firing
blank•cartridger; the deeeafed was in the front rank,
and after five rounds had been fired, the piece of Mr.
Sell, who was in the rear, born ; witnefs was alfoin
the rear rank, and at the infiant of the eaplofion, le-
ceiied a violent blow on his arm, which benumbed it
for a confiderahle time after ; the deceafed, who was
on the left of the witnefs, fell at the mouton the
piece burti ; he was immediately conveyed, much
wouqded, to his own honk, and from thence to the
London Holpital. Mr. Sell, who was unhurt, ap-
peared much agitat:d at the accident, and the wh-
iles had no reafon to believe there called the leall
ilt will between the deceafed and Sell ; the latter
was perfeelly fober, and the witnefs could impute the
wound received by the deceafed, to iso other caufe
than accident.
James Lowe; tenant to Captairi Muir, of Bromley,
fkid he was a volunteer in the Bromley corps, and
knew Simplon; the deeeafed, who beionged to the
fame company with him. The deceafed Rood on the
right of the witnefs in the front rank ; he heard the
report of the piece that burft, and at the fame infiant
the deceafed fell againft witnefs, afterwards to the
ground. While on the round his head appeared
deeply wounded, and his right eye limed out on his
fall. Mr. Sell was much alarmed at the accident, and
the witnefs believes the fame to have happened with-
out any previous del-10 whatever.
The Beadle of the London Holpital hated, that the
deeeafed was brought to the hofpital on Thurfday
swelling with his hull frat9nred and quite infenfible ;
be underwent a forgical c:peration, and four (Flint: as
were extrated frrim the frailured part, by fur cons
said and Green (the bones were fltewato the fury);
he did not recover his under Rending, bat expired .on
Fridaj night t every means being ufed foe hit mo-
n) widget effea.
-- Walters, Efq. the doioner, then addrefed
the jury, obferving, that he did not conceive it ne-
tasty to examine Mr. Sell, whole fielincs upon the
fobjea were already much hart; he Selteved it was
obvious, by the teffisidny oY the wiuients alreaJyes.
mined, that the deceafed cattle by hit death in con-
(menet of an accident tailly &tidied from any
deka ; be would not, therifbre, call the turgeons
who attended the deceafed, or take up any more
of the jury's time, as he wat perfnadtd they were
Width.

The Jery, *kb a sentral fentintefit, expralfed their
dmire belief and fatufaaion that the decoded came
by his death accidentally.
He was a young man of amiable manners. highly
rtfpulted by his friends in Bromley ; his unfortunate
death is confequently the fubjea of much regret.-
He had lived a longtime as fervant with Mr. Millwood.