The Sun. — 1845-11-06 (London, England)

ARUNDEL CASTLE.—The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk are receiving a select circle, this week, at the Castle. Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess Nicholas Esterhazy, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, and Lady Clementina Villiers, arrived on a visit to the Noble Duke and Duchess on Tuesday, from Brighton.  The Duke Torlc.nia has left INlivart's Hotel for Rome, after a sojourn of several weeks in this country. According to the last census taken of the Austrian empire, its population, including the army, amounted to 38,000,000 of souls, being an increase within a period of 25 years of 24 per cent. THE LATE ACCIDENT AT YARMOUTH SUSPENSIONintIDGE.—A question was recently raised as to the validity of the inquest on the bodies of the persons who were drowned by the tailing •f the suspension-bridge at Yarmouth. A notice of the grounds of objection appeared in this paper about three weeks since. The whole matter was referred, under the charter, to the adjourned quarter sessions, when the case was argued. It was contended, on the authority of the case " Queen v. West " (1 Gall and Davis, p. 461), that one inquisition would be sufficient where several persons were killed at the same time and by the same accident. Therefore, that the Coroner had no right to charge lee seventy-nine inquests. In the next place, it was eonteoded that some inquests were net proper in form, as they did not set out the precise cause of death, whether by drowning or by the falling at the bridge; and in the next place, the inquests had been adjourned sine die. It had been held in Hawkins's Pleas of the Crowe, that the adjournment must be to some particular day and place. No adjoutnment appeared on the face of the inquisition. Mr. Baron Alderson had laid it down in the " Queen v. Connor," who was tried at the Central Criminal Court for murder, that after an adjournment sine use, the Coro• ner's jurisdiction ceased ; and lastly, that they were invalid, as ti • jurors had not been sworn on view of the bodies. To the two last points the Coroner replied, that he could not fix a day, because he could not tell when the Governs:ova engineer would arrive; and that the jurors were sworn at the church-hall and proceeded to view the bodies—that the form of the oath was, " You shall dill. touchingßtobredder ideastahofof whose body you shall the—formr was incorrect. Mt-. Evans,en tl magistrate, gentlyha, e a inquirevie view." Recorder s aicitheproper form was, " You shall dill. y inquireand presentmenttrue make touching the death 01 and Ladjournmenthere lying dead. The Recorder agreed, and on that ground ground that the adjournment sine die was illegal, and that the jury ought to have been sworn whilst viewing the body. iL pronounced the inquests to have beets illegally holden; and, therefore, that he could not allow Costs. He, however, thought that as inquest should be held on each person. This important deciallies has been elicited in consequence of the heavy charges of the Coros ner, who claimed 11. 61. 8d for each inquest, besides fees to lb. jury and rewards for finding the bodies, tk.c. The Town-Counct offered to pay whatever sum the Recorder thought fair. The Recorder suggested 50 guineas, exclusive of fees and reward+. This was agreed to.