The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-08-21 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.

An Inquisition was taken yesterday afternoon, at fotir
o'clock, before Mr. HIGGS, Deputy Coroner for Westmin.
ster, at the Bell, Cecil Court, St. Martin's Lane, on the
body of Win. Henry Mears, aged 40 years.
Mr. John Morgan, surgeon, Great Newport Street, de-
parted, be was called upon between three and four o'cknic
on Tuesday to attend the deceased ; witness went immedi.
ately, and found hint lying across the bed in a two-pair
hark room of No. 19, Cecil Court, almost in a state of
nudity; he was very faint, and had a wound just above the
ands of the left foot, about three-fourths of an inch in
length, peaetrating in an oblique direction. The auterine
artery W 45 dividrd. Witness asked why he did the art 'tt
He replied, he was a distressed Mall, and by that urged on
to do it. lie was sensible, and aitswered collectedly.
he perpetrated the deed himself. Witti-tss dressril h;s
wound, hat had a very faint hope of his recovery. About
six o'clock. witness was again sent fur, and went about
seven ; he had hem then dead about ten minutes, and cer-
tainly dird from the aforesai•l wound. No other mark of
violence appeared on hi r person.
William Turner, 19, Cecil Court, deposed ; the Herds-. 4
occupied a room in his house, and worked for Mr. 4;7 ';i.
sell, a figere maker, in the Strand ; he always appearal
to witness to he a singular sort of man. On a Sunday
he would lock himself in his room, always about 2 o'clock,
and would not be seen by any one; at other times lie world
lay a-bed for two or three days together, that he wonl4
, a spree: he never went to church, but would call lock.
ling himself up on a Sunday going to church. About /iv.
weeks ago lie came into witness's room to see a child, of
which witness's wife had just bees delivered. He thew
observed, " Turner, why dont you pat a striag round that
chill's neck, and put it out of the world." Witness never
considered him insane, hat a very eccentric character; he
bay been with witm as twelve mouths.

Juror.—ln that twelve months have you sees so •rn:p.
toms of inPanity ?
Witness.-1 have net.

Coaoreca —Did you ever converse with him on reli;:i-
cous subject'?
Wit .ess.—No, he o'ce lent my wife a book,eutitled Gait,
a ilfistery; which she offered several times to reiiirn, and
as onen he requested her to re•+d it again, saving she
profit by it. When he entered the room et the derea.effs
wiimss said, " Oh, my God! what Is tVe. yoa done:'• The
deceased answered, " Oh, nothing!" and aidc.of witness
to take a parcel to Hunt's Court for him; a frakilre 1,4%
lying by him, with which he appeared IQ have committed
tl:e set.

Elijah Debille, of Hunt's Court, St. Lane,
posed he received a letter from the deceased about Owes
o'clock on Tuesday, which letter purported that the witness
shod,' receive .mine money due tcat.n a Benefit Snarly, ms
account of his borial, and reTtes:ed that he might Se hurie I
very humbly,• and the surplus arising therefrom to be ap.
plied to the liquidation of some debts he owed. It C,14•
eluded by atlvertinir to the ca•e of a young womin with
whom he had been i:.timate, and in a great dearee tended
to boor° his dissolution, in consequence of some bickering
that had taken place. Ile bequeathed his property to the
witness, and then bade hint an verlastingt farewell. Wit-
ness thought h• had a;tneareti 10,. and dejected of bite, anti
considered his mental I:twill:les in saint degree affected.
Mr. Thomas ;teeascli, Strand. deposed the deceased Ind
been in his employ eig!ti yerrs: ha hattbeen very itret,ti-
lar for the last foGr or fire years in It's attentioo'to bushiest:
the o•her Farts of his evidence were immaterial.
The Jury cotifotiteil h,r some time together; sad then re-
turned a verdict of —" I it-unity.'

ENORMOUS TUMOUR. —There is at presentin o,e rmiela
County Infirmary, under Cre care a Surgeon Cro!eip, a
man who had II tumour removed farm his ri.zlit *Moulder
and arm, which weighs 9lbs. evairdaiasio--.nee ir -es too
feet In circumference at its largest part or b and mi.
foot at its apex or neck. It is of that description culled
adipous Of fatty, and abounded with blood-vessels of cry
treat size. The man is in in a fair way of recovery.—
(Irish paper.)
An extraordinary. case of hydrocephalus exterritts, or
water nn the brain, is just now exciting the interest of the
medical gentlemen of Salisbury. The head of an infant,
before any operation was performed. at the are of sic (noir
only seven) months, was of the following astonishing di.
mensions :—Round the forehead and back part of the bead
30 Inches, and from ear to ear ssrciss the virt,x 21 inches,
which measurements will be better understood by stating',
that the larger circumference of the adult head averageo
bnt 22 inches, and from ear to ear hut Ili; and of a brellthl
child of six months old the largest circuinferenee averages
16, and from ear to ear nine inches. 'I lte infant, belonging
to respectable parents, is under the immediate treatment of
one of our surgeons, and is submitted to a novel practice,
viz. the removal of the water by degrees, through the means
of operation, and at the same time the employment ofpress
sure. The infant has undergone the operation Eve
and 110 ounces, (nearly seven pints) of w....ter have been
removed. The present state of the infant. and the effects of
the operation and treatment, are such as afford well ground-
ed hopes that for this disease, considered hitherto hopeless.
a remedy has at length been fonnrl.—(Salisbary Juernal.)
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—Sanastcl Cheraw', the driver of
thelVariniuster wogeon,was on Tuesday afternoon hronght
to Hatton Garden Office by Charles Read, one of the Bow
Street patrol, under the following dream-takes :—lt ap-
peared that about 3 o'clock on that day Charman was pro-
ceeding with his waggon along Holborn, on his way out of
town, and had reached that port of Holborn which is just
beyond Little Turnstile, where there is a hackney coach
stand, when a gentleman'e carriage attempted to piss him ;
to afford room, he immediately drew his waggon rime np
by the curb atone. The coachman, however, in aveitli tie
the waggon, brought his hind wheel in routrat t with the
hind wheel of one of the coaches on the stand, when the
shock was so great that the carriage was overturned, and
the coachman thrown from the box finder the waggon, the
wheel of which passed over his thigh, which it litte!-olly
crushed. In this state, with but slight hopes of h 1 reco-
very, the unfortnnwe man was conveyed to the Middlesex
Hospital. The persons inside the coach fortunately escaped
with but slight bruises. The carriage in its fell bappeeing
to strike against the waggon, caused it to &nerve so much
as to force the load of the waggon against one of the new
iron lamp posts, which in consequence was broken in two,
leaving only the pedestal standing. The above statement
was confirmed by several persons who witnessed the ;:e i.dent. The Magistrate, atter hearing the, statement, ob-
served, that no blame whatever appeared to attach to the
waggoner, who, after keying his address, was permitted to
depart.

WATLRIED.—On the 19th instant, at the parish church'in St. Julie. Ilack-
ney. James Baffles. Esq. of Tavistoek-square, London, In Miss Walton, 4
Sanford-place, Stoke-Newington; and Jackson Walton, Esq., of Sanford.
place afomaid, to Miss Dempster, of Mitcham, in the County of Surrey.
Yesterday morning-, Thomas Holmes Bosworth, Esq. of Westerhain. gent,
to Sophia. daughter of Francis de Berates,. Esq Finsbury place. Loadon.
On the 19th, at Mary-le-bone church, Captain Fiankliu,ll.N..to Eleanor
Anne, youngest daughter of the late William Porden, Esq.of Berner'slitreef.
DIE h.—On Tuesday night, at his house tlarles-street, Berkley-square.
George Nassau. Esq. aged 67.
On ruesday week, at Cheret, agel3l, from the stroke of a hone upon hb
head, Mr. William Milthorp, of that place. His nuptial with an asalablesod
Interesting young tidy were to have taken place two lays sabseitwatly
that on which he died.

R. EADY respectfully calls the atientiJn of those
afflicted, to his peculiar and effectual method of
cure, and although ha will not presume to pledge in fdlliniiity
in every description of case, yet as far as human ai !, assist-
ed by medical and surgical experience tan be app.i ed, be
promises a speedy and permanekt restoration.--Dr. E. is
consulted daily at No. 38, Dean-street, hobo, b) patients of
both sexes. Country letters Medi respectable attention by
return of second poet.

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