The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-04-25 00:00:00

CORONEIVS INQUEST.

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An ingsest was held yesterday at the White
Horse public.house, in Gilbert-street, Clire.
market,*? Avertioser GUI., Esq. Coroner for
Westminster, on the body of James Cowling, a
deserter from the West London Militia, in which
be was a private, who cut his throat with sk razor
at the above house on Monday afternoon. The
first witness called was William Huftlet, a carpet.
ral of the 4th company in the West • London Ali.
litia.. The witness stated that on Monday last be
went into the Crooked Billet public house in
Portsmouth-street, in the parish of St. Giles—he
saw the deceased sitting there, and recognized him
as a deserter belonging to the second company of
the West London Militia, from which he had de.
sorted five or six months ago. The witness ad.
dressed the deceased, and said, ' Cowling, how
do you do ?'—' Roza do you do ?' said the de.
ceased, in answer, calling the witness by his name,
and laid down a pipe of tobacco which he was
smoking at•the time, and went out of the house.
The witness followed him, and called to him, in
Sheffield-street, Clare-market—the deceased stop.
p"tl, and witness said, ' Where are you a-going ?•
The deceased answered, to a friend round the
corner.' The witness told him, he must not part
with him, as he was 4 deserter from the regiment,
and he must follow him. The deceased answered,
that his friend had settled all that business, and
that he was to pay the thirty pounds to-morrow
(meaning yesterday) for his discharge. The wit.
nest asked him where his friend lived ? The de.
ceased answered, g Round the corner of Gilbert.
street ;' and he went into a tin shop. The *Riess
following him into the passage, the deceased said,
' I have made a mistake—this is not the right.
• house ;' and they came out together ; the deceased
went into the adjoining house, the hite Horse,
in Gilbert-street. The witness laid hold of his ,
apron, before he got into the passage—be did not
me any force ; but said, ' You must not come
in here.' rhe deceased said, he must go in to
see his friend, and went to the foot of the stairsv,
the witness keeping close to him, hut finding the
stair-case dark, the witness said, ' you mustnot go
up,' and a second time laW hold of his apron, and
perceived the deceased fumble in his pocket*, at
which he, the witness, was very much terrified,
thinking he was going to dosomething to hi:n—the
deceased got about fire stairs up, the witness•sail
holding some part of his garment, at arms' length,
and observed him take something out of his pocket
and put his hand towaral his throat, and itnmedi.
ately afterwards the witness heard something trick.
ling on the stairs, like drops of water, but imagin.
ing it was blood, he (the witness) became alarmed,
and called out for assistance. The first person that
came was the maid-servant belonging to the house.
The witness said to her, Fur God's sake call
some assistance, for I am afraid the man has done
slime mischief to himself.' The young woman be.
ing terrified did not say any thing. The witness
ran to the tap-room, and desired the landlord and
another man to come. They went and brought'
the deceased down into the passage. Ile had a
razor covered with blood, and a case, which he
held in his right hand. When he was brought
down, he pointed to Corporal If efflet, and said,
That is the man' Ile was taken to St. Cie.
mcnt's Workhouse.
Air. William Wilson, the landlord, said, that
about three or four o'clock, on Monday after.
noon last, as he was in his bar, he perceived two,
men going along his passage towards the stairs ;.
he did not see their faces ; 'the witness, told hi;
maid-servant to go and luquire what they wanted;
.the two men bad got about five steps up the stair.
case ; the servant returned into the bar, and drop-
ped down in a fit. The witness went up fisa steps
of the stairs ; he found the deceased leaning
against the bannisters, and brought him down iu
his arms into the passage ; he perceived some
blood issue from his mouth, and some coming:
through his neck handkerchief. He MO 'per-
ceived a razor covered with blood, and a razor.
ease, in his right bald; while a chair: was pro.
cared, -the deceased, pointing to (end 'Huff.
let, said, That is the man, that is the nsdd,. *pd
spoke no more, bat threw the razor and Owl
away. The witness sent' round the okiihhour.
hood-fur surgical assistance, and even went him.
self, but could not procure any. Ho then as.
sisted touter the man to St. Clement's work-bows,
*hero surgical assistance was imaiediately ;of
cured, but the windpipe was divided, 1111 w as
the jugular vain, and he expired about 'ten ad.
notes after be had been taken into the work.'
house ; the Jury returned a verdict of se(fonwrikr,
by cutting his throat with a retook
The deceased had deserted several times from the
regiment, and lately was employed as a porter to
an upholsterer in • bloor.fields; be was about
forty.fire years of age, and has left a wife and two
children.

Theiilst Regiment, which sufferedno much in
Walcheren, and which still continues so sickly, is
ordered to the Mediterranean fur change of air,
and to sure the ague.
It is impossible for Britons, natives of the fa:
soured land of Liberty, ts contemplate, `without
the highest degree of sympathy, a gallant people
struggling to preserve their independence; it caa.
not, therefore, appear surprising, that the lives
and portraits of Horne, the celebrated Chief of
the Tyrolese, and the two deputies from those
gallant mountaineers, inserted in the Repository
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patriotic virtue the strains which have so often led
on those heroes to battle and victory, in the Ty.
ROLEiE MARCll,:itisl published by him, and which,
for melody, brilliance, majesty, and science, is
not surpassed by any piece of martial music ex.
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The Public will please to observe that the only
person in partnership with the late Sir J. Brans.
comb, at the time that firm shared and sold the
Grand Prize of One Thousand Tickets, which
produced .21,765 (in last April Lottery), was E.
Eyton, who is now removed to No. 2, Cornhill,
near the Mausion.house.