The Sun. — 1821-08-29 (London, England)

CORONER'S INQUEST.-Yesterday an Inquest was held at the Bricklayers Arms, Mount-street, Grosvenor-squaie, before Mr. GELL, Coroner for Westminster, on the body of a gentleman drowned in the Serpentine-river, Hyde-park.-It appeared from the evidence produced, that the deceased was about the middle age ; he was well dressed, but had no property about him.— About four o'clock on Sunday, two gentlemen saw him-walking on the bank of the Serpentine, looking into the water. One of them observed to the other, that he meant to drown himself, but took no further notice of him at that time.— Iry a short time afterwards they saw his clothes on the bank, and applied at the receiving house for a boat to search for the body in the water. A woman, who answered from within, said her husband was in bed, and she could not disturb him. She refused to let them have the boat or drags. They then went to. the Horse. Barracks, Ilyde-park, and brought some of the soldiers to the spot where, they suspected the body was; but the soldiers bad no means to drag for it. At eleven o'clock next day a boat was procured; the body was found in the identical place, and was carried to St. George's Workhouse, in Mount-street. The Coroner and Jury censured the conduct of the people at the Receiving House for not endeavouring to get the body out at first, as perhaps then by proper attention life might have been restored. The circumstance of the deceased having undressed led them to believe that he went to bathe in the water, and they consequently returned a Verdict of—Accidental Death.  A pike, which weighed twenty-one pounds, was caught in the river near Barcombe Mill, in Sussex, on F riday last, and presented to the Duke of Yottx. at: Brighton.  The spirited Corporation of Liverpool have expended, within the last two years, upwards of 150,0001. in the purchase and taking down of old and useless buildings, for the improvement of the town.  Mr. LOCK has liberally presentid his celebrated cartoon of Leda, by MicuArr. ANGELO, to enrich the collection of the great Masters forming in the Royal Academy by the President and Academicians.  A respectable meeting of the 'inhabitants of  tile hamlet of Highgate- was held on Monday evening at the Gate-house, for the purpose of considering and adopting the best measures to discover tile tietpetrator of the late atrocious murder of the watchman in the neighbourhood, and for providing for the future security of that neighbourhood ; when it was determined that the Chairman, the Rev. Dr. OWEN, should wait upon the Under Secretary of State, and request that a reward should be proclaimed for tile discovery of the perpetrator or perpetrators of the murder. It was agreed that a hundred guineas should be offered by the Hamlet for the same purpose. A subscription was immediately set on foot to raise this sum, and Dr. OWEN was requested to conduct its application. The-Hunterian Museum of Glasgow was some' • _  time ago presented by Lady KEITII with a gold sovereign of the reign of Queen ErAz.terru, two antique coins found in a temple in the plain of Marathon, in Greece ; two antique coins found in the Temple of Juno, at Athens ;'and three ancient coins from the Temple of Jupiter Olympus, at Athens.  _ . SINGULAR PuuriomENoN.—The following remarkable occurrence took place near Tockington, Gloucestershire, on Saturday last :—A heavy fall of small shells, of the snail species, was observed which covered the surface of a field of about three acres, to the depth of nearly an inch. The shells are streaked, and. about the size of a pea.—(Bristol Gazette.)