CORONER'S INQUEST.-An inq...
The Times, 1824-10-29T00:00:00

CoIIONI'I:S IN2QUEST-.-Al inqiiisition wvas taken vester- (Jay evening, at the hous1Cof'iltr. Morris, the sign of' the Founiain. in Shire-lane, Temple-hbr, before Thomas HIigs, Esq.. Coronerfmr Weestminster, on view of' thc hody of Francis 1ignold, a b9otma;ker, aged 33. It appeared from thle inquirY, that tec deceased anl his vif osupped togCtiCr about ;iml o'clock oI thc preceding night, on bread, butter, beer, and ovsters; at which tinui he appeatret In go(odt health and spirits. They retired to bed ahout ten, and at 12 she wac awoke by hearing a kind of guggling noise in his throat. She callc-d and shook liini ; but to no purpose. She becamre alarm?ed. and jumped out of bed, and procuredi the assistance of' the inmates. Suirgeon Dolbin, of' Carey-street, was inimediately sent or; but be- f'ore he arrived, the dece5ased breathed hislaqt. A vein was opened, and( othier means used to restore animation, but to no purpose, lite being totally extinct. The surgeon being of opiiion that his death wcas cansed hy apoplexy, the jury returned a verdict-Di,d by r4e visaittion oq (God. lie has lef't a wife anti twocltildren unprovi(dd for. One of the westerin coaches, ott Friday night, was nearly upset a few miles from Basingstoke, by the carelessness of the driver of a van, wbo was asleep on itii box, and drove the ponderous ma- chine against the cosch. The pole wat. broken in consequence, and so ntuch lamazee dee to the coach. horses, aliti harncss, t:itt the ptassettgers were delayed twvo hottrs on their iourney, being obliged to wait in the road, in darkness, tuitil another coach was procired ftom Basingstoke.'Tan7tdon Couricr. AmERICAN St.tt'ER.-(From the Mirror, printed at Il:rtford, Connecticut.)-We fbund the other clay, tle following remarkable account of thte eats of a st,ider, whiich, though it was not vouched for by any signature, and though the haindwriting was not kttown, vwc concluded to insert. If it be true, it is certainly worth notice. A spider is the most ingenious rope-utaker, the moit adventurous sailor, tl:e boldest fighter, and the mrost ifidepen(lent proprietor of his own possessions, that we ever saw or heard ot: Sstini mischievous industry and such venomious perseverance is hardly to be matchicd by an animal trota a mamnmoth to a bctd-bug. "One day last wveek the workrmen of' Mr. Peck's machine-factory, in Southtington, discovered unider one ot the work benches a black snake, of the white throat species, and aboxt six inches liong, su- penled by the web of a spider. The spider wds of the commton htnuse sort, and tiot uncommonly large. WIien first discovered, thlc little insect lIad raised his victims about half a foot fromt the floor, and hadi hung him by a single thread. The ingeniuity and power of a rpider were truly wonderful. Passing rapidly down his line, lie wouldi fitsten his cordage round the neck of a snake, pass back to his iiwn nest otn the under surface of the bench, then goiing, again (lorn, cast a hithi' around the tail, and returning to his ncst would avail hityself of the contortions of the snake. alternattly hauling up his lines so as to bring his game nearer home. In this tnanner he continued his labour until evening, leaving the snake alive. but so completely exhausted and secured as to bo safe for the night; in the mornlnl it was dead."