The Sun. — 1830-12-08 (London, England)

CORONER—I did not communicate to the police or any other person what the deceased had said. Witness proceeded—The deceased complained very much of a burning sensation in his eyes when he had been in the cage a short time, and this haring been communicated to the police-constable, he offered to take him to the station-house, and send for a medical man, but the deceased declined, saying that light would affect his eyes still more. The deceased sat on the tipper part of the bench in the cage, and appeared anxious to avoid conversation; and witness, as well as the other persons locked up, went to sleep, about tetro'clock the same night, and on awaking the next morning at six o'clock, they discovered the deceased lying dead on the floor of the cage, with one hand placed on his breast, and the other by his side with a piece of newspaper in it. At this stage of the investigation, it was stated that a penknife, and also an empty phial were found in the possession of the deceased after death. The Jury were of opinion, that the knife must have been concealed in the deceased's coat. The Jury here requested that the letter found on the deceased might be read, as it would show the governing principle that actuated the deceased. The letter was of immense length, and its contents plainly evinced that he was an unbeliever in the doctrines of Christianity; it vowed great love for the person to whom it was addressed, and strongly censured the conduct of the friends who had prevented their union. He declared that he cared not what became of his body after death, and cited instances where suicide was admitted in some cases to be perfectly justified. The epistle concluded with the writer expressing his determination to destroy Mr. and Mrs. Westbrook and himself.  Mr. Plower, surgeon, of Camberwell-green, examined the body of the deceased, and assigned his death to have been produced by taking prussic acid. The CoRoNER inquired if any person was there to speak as to the deceased's state of mind.  ..... The answer being in the negative, the beadle stated that he had been that morning at Mr. Carlile's shop in Fleet-street, and that person said that he knew the deceased, who had lived with him a few years ago in the capacity of clerk, and that he (the deceased) had suffered imprisonment for three years, in consequence of his connection with. him (Mr. CE►rlile.) The latter did not know the deceased's friends, but believed he had none in London. The Jury retired for about a quarter of an hour, and returned a verdict offelo de se.  Yesterday an inquest was held in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, before W. PAYNE, Esq., the City Coroner, touching the death of Thomas Bradley, aged seven years, the son of a respectable tradesman, in Brill-place, Somers town. The decanted, it appeared, was brought into the hospital, on , the 261h1 ult., in consequence of having introduced a nail (a kind of trunk or coffin nail) into his ear, which he was afterwards unable to extract. The unfortunate occurrence took place at school, where, having told his play-fellows that he could play the hocus pocus, and astonish them by his art of conjuring, he said he would put a nail into his ear, which should pass through his nose. Shocking to relate, the nail remained fixed in the ear. He was immediately taken to a surgeon in the neighbourhood, but who, from the boy's impetuosity, was unable to extract it ; and he was afterwards brought to the hospital, where the surgeon found it so completely jammed' into the ear as to baffle all attempts then to get it out. In this state he remained until Saturday, when the nail was extracted by the forceps ; but on. the Monday following he died of inflammation of the brain—Verdict, " Accidental death."  Yesterday afternoon an inquest was holden at the London Hospital, before Wit. BAKER, Esq., and a respectable Jury, on the remains of Martin Martens, an infant 10 mamba old, who came to its death from tl e cruel treatment of a girl named Elizabeth Smith, in whose care it was left, and who is at present in custody on a charge of having wit. fully inflicted those injuries which produced its dish solution.  The first witness called was the mother of the deceased. She said that the girl Smith was very good tempered, and always took the greatest care, and appeared most fond of the deceased. She could hardly think that she indicted the injuries wilfully. but had exposed the child to the tire in order to frighten it. An aged man, the grandfather of the deceased, heard the accused, about a fortnight ago, say to the infant that if it wetted itself again she would do it some mischief. In reply to the Coroner, however,