The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-20 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

An inquest Wes held yesterday afternoon at St. Barthel.:
mew's Hospital, before Timm** SHELTON, Esq. oe the
body of Andrew Johnson, a lad.
James Wall, a waterman, stated, that on Saturday eves,
ins be saw the deceased go towards Waterloo-bridge, as if
heintended to go across, but he turned dorm the shpt
towards the water ; witness shortly afterwards, in looking
over the bridge, saw the deceased lying on the landing,
and went down to him, when lie Gond him lying does,
and quite josensible; a wound was on.the side of his
and lie was bleeding. IVitness took him np, and earriel
him to Mr. Stanton, a surgeon in the Strand, who bled Isha,
and lie was conveyed afterwar is to this hospital. ,
Mr. H. A. Stafford, 'loose surgeon to the hospi.a.l"; Hated
that saw he the deceased i 1111 l se•liately he was brought to the
hospital. On the right side of his head there was a slig,,t
wound ;be was quite insensilsle. On examination, the
skull appeared to be fractured. Every assistance was ac,
forded which his case required, but he died the following
day from the injury he had received.
the jury returned a verdict of .'ecidenlal Death.
Another inquest MIS held by the same Coroner at the
same place on the body of J tines Davis, who was Lined by
an overdrove bullock. William Saunders deposed, that on
Monday, about four o'clock, while in his own house is
Play-huuse•yard; Barbican, he heard a noise, and went out;
he saw a bullock run by, which attempted to run at him,
but be escaped by shutting his door. Soon after wimps.
saw the animal toss the demised with violence against
the ceiling of an archway, and be fell with great violets'.
on the ground. The dee, aged was considerably hurt, and
bled profusely from the nose, tomtit, and ears.
Other witnesses corrol•orated the above evidence, and
added that the enraged animal had done greet injury on his
route: a woman was a., much hurt that she lies in the
hospital without any hope of recovery. The deceased ie
four nears of age. Ile was t•ken to the hospital, when it
was found that the declared had several Revel e bruis!s ran
the head and on the Chest. He died shout eleven the same
night. The inquest was adjourned, to ascertain aho the
bullock bellowed to, and n holier any blame was attribut-
able to the drovers.
An !west was held, last ni.:lo, at the Marlborough Inn,
Blenheim Street, before Mr. BRAN. I).•pnty Coroner, on the
body of Julio Thompson, shout '27 years of age. ticoree
Waite, Surgeon Dentist, i;s:rlingron St,eet, brew the (Ir.
ceased, and attended Lectures stills hict at Mr. Brook ••,'..;
deceased called upon nitness on Tuesday after at'endin!
Mr. Drookes's lectures; he then appeared well and in givi
spirits; he took leave of witness, atd went int ) Mr.
Brook-s'e Dissecting Room; Mr. Itraoltes's ran told wit•
ness shortly afterwards that a young man was taken ill in
the Dissecting !town ; witness inonettiazely repaired th-re,
and found the tleceved in a s•ate of im.ensibinty; his tort
was taken ulf, and Mr. Brookes bled him, and tie was re.
'nosed into the parlour, where 1)r. Agar atten led him;
every attention was paid him, but he grew worse, and ex•
pired in a few minutes after he was removed into the p i:-
lour.—Verdiet—" Natur..l Death."

On Tuesday las', an extraordinary feat was performed at
Queensferry, by a child batvern Three a:1,1 Gorr yeari of
age, the son of a military gentleman re,i,ling in Kau-
kiellour Street, Edintiorgti. tie WAS hacked by his father
against a sporting gentleman in the nei4labourhoo I, for
tivo guineas, to run 01.0 Mile Wt.& lough soul, in t esmtv•
minutes. The young soldier performed the task ith
great ease in seventeen minutes, in presence of a number
of gentlemen; and what is more remit-b.:l'de. lid Steil' Pit
to enter as keenly int) the spirit of the r.sc.!, as- those
whose stakes were at issue.

The other day u very voting boy accidentally fell over the
Ride of a vessel in Leith harbour. lids brother, 41113ther bor
about It of ago, happened to trim -se toe accident;
and, though a very indifferent ssrimmer, flung himself int.
toediat,ly into the water, an•t contrived, at the rick of his
own life, to keep the younger boy above the water, anti!
assioed with ropes, &c. from the vesseL On getting upon
deck, and finding that his brother was still alive, lie caught
him in his arms with a sort or cowtoey, and, crying himself
with pleasure, be touched the feelings of all who witne,sed
the scene, by the artless manner its whit Is he evinced so
much natural affection.—(gdint r g/4 paper.)

As a sample of the Polbm Reports of the Irish metropolis.
we errant ttte following from the Dublin Morning Post of
Saturday
A man named John D )yle, was taken up by the ',Wale at
Chapelizod yesterday, fur running through that town c;uite
naked.

At an early hour yesterday rooming, a carman named Mad-
den, was stopped by two footpads armed with pistols, about
two miles from Ratoath in the County of Meats, and robbed
of a bowl of butter and his great coat.
Informations were lodged yesterday at the Head Office of
Polite, by a Mrs. Harriet Roe, against a girl named Ellen
Drew, for aiding and assisting a girl unknown, in feloniously
stealing a pot ofjam !
A man named James Sharpley, was charged yesterday at
Mountrath-street Police Office, by a Mr. Cuomo, a ith the rob-
bery of a salmon.
Same day, a girl named Maria Wilson, was eiarged at the
same office, by a Mr. John Watson, with having robbed biro of
three pence !! !
Four men, namely. Thomas Horan, Thomas Gogarty, John
Duffy, and Joh, Ke!ly, were yesterday charged at Usher's-
quay Police Office.by Peace Officers Stephens und If awd.orne,
on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery of a quantity
of plate, from the 'Muse of the Rev. Nathaniel Preston, at
Swainstown, near Dunsbaughlin, at an early hour on Monday
morning last.

BlRTHS.—Teaterday, iu Portland-place, the Lai l• of Wm. C tut s,Es i of a
daughter.
On Sunday se'n night, the wife of Timothy Daly. a poor latoinring ma... re-
sident at Ourtnalohy, in the parish of Duttnallig. lay.la of Tuft
EDIMIN. Wile are all do: 1g well.—.(Cork Poe..)
MARRIED.—On the 19th lust. at artixtioui Ilert.,the Rev. 11. Haney.
of Ealing-. to Johanna Maria. youngest daughter of me late Dry. John Alder.
of Itlakdon, Gloucester-hire.
An the 16th Inst. William Patten, E. 4 of Lukrate.hill, to Mites Parnell, of
Itiekmansworth._

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l'estenlay, t Limehonee Church. NI r. Solomon II uffam, ten of C. Haffams
Es.i. of Limehouse, to Louisa, eldest daughter of R. Taylor, Es+ et the
eatue place.
WI the 16tb inst. at St. Leonard's, Shorotiteh. the Rsv. itroota-
Laub, Of Winksworth-builditiv. City •ritail, to Catharisie, widow and relict of
the late Win. Sall, Esq. of High Wvcouihs. Buck,
DIAD.—On the 19th. at big hautie in Welbeek.street. the Rev.-101ln Fres
derie Browning,. 1).1). aged 76. Rector of Titebw,3 and SuannerdeM, in tLe
County of Norfolk, and Prebend el Salisbury.
On tie 13th init. the Rer. Dr. !Wye, Itecter of Stratton, in the county et
tileeester, and Radcliffe. In the county of Racks. aged 69.
On Wednes lay last. at Leamington, Print! Itiatai re, tme, of the Nev Zea-
land Chiefs, who were exhibiting but a few days sines in that place. tie was
son of the reigning King of Patna. or the Bay et Islands, and only IS rear.
of are. The Prince was iuterred In the church-yard at Leaatington, aicol
ing to the forms prescribed by the Established Chapel'. having. previously to
his departure (ruin New Zeiland, been converted to Christianity by one of
the bliaslonaries.—(Coveutry Mereury.)' •