The Sun. — 1822-09-11 (London, England)

CORONER'S INQUEST.  Melancholy Suicide and Singular OccurrenCe• he On Saturday last an Inquest was held at t Globe, the corner of Baker-street, in the New-road, beforF„S' STIRLING, Esq.' Coroner, on view of the body of Mr. Wllln Thornton, aged 75, a respectable gentleman, possessing , property in the neighbourhood of Marylebone, who had n° mitted suicide. It' appeared from the evidence of the wife of a person rale Strong, that' deceased had for some time been labouring Om mental derangement, but had of late been much better. '",,t Friday morning last she came down from deceased's romp/ lit his request, to get him some barley water, which she brolgeif in half an hour, and deceased at that time expressed h,i14113„„a much better; she returned into the room about 9 o „„ing on her going in, she observed the blood flowing from a in the throat ; deceased had at the time a knife in his right "'— and the wound was inflicted on the right side of the threat',.ves Isaac Strong being sworn, deposed he is a builder, and in deceased's house. Witness usually goes out in them 710 at six o'clock ; but previous to his so going he general' c •day on deceased to see the state of his health; he so called on Plait morning, when deceased appeared perfectly calm, and better than he had been for some time befote. Ile then left4-...„' and about 10 o'clock was sent for by his (witness's) and When he arrived he found deceased weltering in his b19014/0- tit a knife clenched fast in his right hand. A surgeon was refor, who used such means as he thought proper. Writn,re"„; the mained with deceased from that time until he died. ..;er.e best of witness's knowledge, deceased has no family whate' de, Mr. Norton, of Gloucester-place, New-road, surgeon, bre posed he has attended deceased for many years, and fbr„t frt. past he has been suffering under mental derangement, v,e4/505 quently making use of many incoherent expressions. 11 ',she was sent for to attend deceased on Friday morning last, he found him in the state as described,by the former wi sv. ses. Deceased had a wound in the right side of his threat,;c;, parently inflicted with a sharp instrument, and which stoned his death. uP The Jury having viewed the body, the Coroner sum the case, and under his direction brOught in their ver' " Died in a' state of temporary derangement." „bell Soon after the verdict was given the Coroner departed, oith the witness Strong requested to have the ki-life given Ilim;',11 bC which the deceased had committed the rash act, and wil"„ned stated belonged to ,him : his request was accordingly complied with ; it vas one of those knives that contain eight or ten 0, ferent instruments : the blade was so very blunt, that it ad prised every one how the deceased could commit the with it. • titsa The witness had no sooner, however, received the knifesn for he said, " Gentlemen, it is now all settled ; I thanki';fhis the verdict you have given, but I am his natural son.% eel created a gnat sensation through the Jury-room, and uvt as one was eager to know why he did not say so before ; 'd the the case had been fully inquired into, a verdict given, went: Coroner gone, the matter was obliged to rest for the 1„r however, seven" of the Jurymen then in the room, drew, theirresolution, and presented it to their foreman, ,giving itAter to Opinion that a fresh inquest ought to be taken. A,'" Corothat effect was transmitted on Monday morning to We , icas ner, who in the evening returned his answer, that as the, nest, nothing in the statement of Strong to warrant a fresh ing he could not comply with their request. cecl' The matter therefore rests upon the verdict first proneld gs Mrs. Thornton is a very old and infirm lady, nearly as 4 $5 her unfortunate husband : she appeared to be so very in.'' conot to be able to take any part in her household or fam"Yrt in cans. The 'deceased has been for many years Mary-le-bone, and at his death was owner of between tee 60 houses in the' same parish. Thornton-place derives its from him as the builder. reside oa  :cer A sporting schoolmaster, a few days s'torio, bought a dog of the pointer breed; but the animal, CO the not possessing the nessary qualifications, was returned the purchaser, accompanied by a note, quaintly stating, tll3. " dog knew nothing of Punctuation !" •