The Sun. — 1847-10-05 (London, England)

CORONER—The deceased was perfectly sober, but his brother John had been drinking. The whohemfir.st Thosebegan swcuhalo ihn:fd come from the ortw oarsmolsdiNevritshthad no bayonets barracks. She did not see any of the soldiers try to prevent the blows. The deceased had not come up when the affray first commenced. George Roberts, the husband of the last witness, confirmed her evidence, and added that one of the soldiers told him that they had leave for the night. Witness had been drinking, and could not tell which soldier knocked the deceased down. He recollected that one of them threatened to run him through with his bayonet. John Morton, stove-grate fitter, said that the deceased was his brother. On the morning in question, when he heard the soldiers singing, he told them that it was Sunday morning, and not a proper time to sing. They both went towards witness, and one of them replied that "he could sing or do anything else better than he could." 'Witness told him that he thought otherwise. One of them then laid hold of witness by the hair of the head, and held him down. When he left hold witness went towards the Barrack Tavern, and at the bottom of the lane he saw four soldiers coming from the barracks. They stopped at the bottom of the lane, and went up to a man, and said they had a good mind to run their bayonets through him. He did not then know who that man was. He saw the gun of one of them lifted up over the other's head. Heard Mrs. Roberts scream out " Watch !" and Thorpe, the watchman, came up, and took one of the soldiers away. He then saw that the man they had been ill using was his brother. lie was covered with blood. He assisted him up, and conveyed him to the Army Hotel, and he was put to bed. A surgeon had attended him, but he died on Thursday. William Thorpe, the watchman, said that, about twenty minutes past one o'clock, his attention was attracted by hearing a female scream. He went to the spot the sound came from. He there saw a man on the ground, and a soldier on the top of him. He seized him by the collar and pulled him off. He asked him if he was going to murder the man ? when he replied that he had been insulted. The sergeant soon came up and insisted upon witness giving the soldier up. Corporal Johnson said, that on the morning in question he was on duty as sergeant of the guard at Sheffield Barracks. He ordered privates John Johnson and John Greene to take their bayonets off their fire-arms and put them in the scabbards. They did so, and went with witness through the gate. A few yards outside he heard a disturbance on the road. Near the Barrack Tavern he saw the watchman and private James Rennyson. They had hold of each other. The watchman was pulling him, and he was resisting. He directed the guard to seize Rennyson, and to take him to the guardroom and place him under confinement, which was accordingly done. Two men, Mulrannon and Rennyson, are now in custody ; they had leave of absence that night. He inquired of Rennyson how the affair took place. He said that he was coming along with Mulrannon, and they went to the Barrack Tavern to get a glass of ale, but could not, as the place was locked up. As he was coming away he was struck by a civilian and knocked down, and he fought the best way he could out of it, and was taken by the watchman Mulrannon said that he took no part in the fight, but got some blows, and made the best way he could to the barracks to inform witness. When he came he told witness that some civilians were beating his comrade. The CORONER said that they were placed in an awkward position, the two soldiers being in custody, and they could not hear the evidence against then. He should, therefore, adjourn the inquiry to a future day.--The inquibtvas d,ccordirtgly a.j9Urned.,l  MONEY MARKET and