The Sun. — 1838-01-03 (London, England)

THE LATE, AND PRESENT READERS OF YOUR JOURNAL. Limehouse, Jan, 1, 183t3,  Tho H  „r 4101, Captain Curzon, private Secretary to tluoett Adelaide, is to have a suite of apartments in Marlborough House. Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the Thatched House Tavern, Lower Road, Islington, before Mr. Stirling, and a respeetabe jury, on v iew of the body of Francis Davey. aged 14, who committed suicide by hanging himself under the following circumstances:--Mr. Robert Davey, of No. 14, Lower Road Islington, deposed that the deceased was his brother, and had lived with witness for the last ten months; lately the lad had been in a very depressed state of mind, for witnesa was unable to assign any cause. On Sunday witness and his family spent the day out, leaving the deceased In charge of the premises; on witness's return, about twelve o'clock at night, he was unable to obtain entrance for s,me considerable time ; at length a lodger opened the door, when witness inquired respecting the deceased, and was told that he had not been seen since 3 o'clock in the afternoon. On search being made, the unfortunate lad was discovered hanging to an iron beam in the shop by a cord; he was instantly cut down, and Mr. Martin, the surgeon who attended, pronounced life to have been extinct some hours,-...Verdict, Temporary mental dera ngernent. Last week, at Little Torrington, three children of a poor man, named Burch, their ages from two to five years, were taken alarmingly ill. One died the day after, and the other two the day following that, A Coroner's Inquest was held on tho, bodies, before H. A. Vollack, Esq. ; and there b.:ing no evidence to show that the extraordinary fatality was occasioned by other than natural means, the Jury gave a verdict ” Died by the visitation of God." They were buried in one coffin —Bristol Mercury, On Thursday se'nniuht a serious accident happened on the works of the Great Western Railraad, near this city, owing to excessive carelessness in the use of gunpowder. It appears that one of the men had just brought a fresh supply of gunpowder for blasting the rock, and had deposited a considerable quantity in his cap, which he placed near to the candle used in the blasting. One of the men in passing accidentally kicked down the candle, which communicated with the powder, an explosion took place, and the five following persons were more or less severely bm'nt, viz. :—John Ilosgood. and 'William Wyßtt, dangerously; James Wyatt, John Aldridge, and Thomas Bolt. The unfortunate sufferers were conveyed to the Infirmary.—Bristol Afirror. A malt named William a weaver, was on Monday committed to Lancashire Gaol, charged with the wilful murder of a female of the name of Alinshull, the daughter of Thomas Higginson, of the Legh's Arms Publichouse, Warrington, who was found dead in the privy, on the morning of the Bth inst. Dr. Vimont, a celehrated phrenologist, has discovered a new crg4n—that of mairiage! which he locates on either side of the organ of philoprogenitiveness, upon which it somewhat encroaches. On Christmas-day, as a female guard (the gaoler's servant) of the Tipperary Brider.ell sans in the act a admihigering to the oqh.trclrts of the inmates some bread and milk, one tlay.tug fellow took the fair one by the waist, lodged her in a cell, and having put her safety under lock and key, in oceeded to release his c•ornpatilons in durance vile, consisting of fore notorious offenders, who had been lately committed for having bnrglariously entered the house 4,1 a farmer of th t vicinity; the alarm was instantly given, when Constable Mulholland with a party lost no time in makin; a diligent search, which: however, proved nnsuacessful.-4interie4 Sky.  a ::.! - .