The Sun. — 1846-11-17 (London, England)

CORO-NER said,—Gentlemen, your first duty will be to view the body of the deceased, which lies in another room. You will find three wounds or cuts in the throat,la small one on, the extremity of the left side, one on the jaw, and a larger one on the chin. You' will also find a very considerable one on the wrist, extending in length about two inches and a half and very deep, which must haire been very painful and caused great loss of blood. . ,  The i jury then proceeded to the bedroom of the deceased,!and upon Lheir return William Wentworth, greengrocer, of N0..31, Devonshire-street, Elizabeth Perry, cook, and Eliza Bowther, housemaid to the deceased, were sworn. From their evidence it appeared, that on the morning of last Friday week, the deceased not appearing at the usual hour, the cook went up, and the deceased in a faint voice desired her to come in. The curtains were drawn, and seeing what hld happened, she ran out and called in assistance Wentworth came, and attended on. the deceased until his death. Last Thursday the deceased made his will, which Wentworth attested. The deceased never made the slightest allusion to any cause which induced him to commit the act.  Mr. G. F. Whidbourne, of No. 60, Gower-street, surgeon, deposed that when he was called in he considered the deceased to be dead. lle was to all appearance lifeless, and remained so for three hours. The usual remedies were applied, and upon the deceased rallying ho appeared to be in a favourable condition. Last Thursday the deceased desired witness to get his pocket-book, and against witness's wish gave him a cheque for 1001., saying that his family were well provided for. About three hours before the death of deceased he was delirious. •Previous to that witness believed that the deceased was perfectly rational and of sound mind. Ile was a man of very superior strength of mind. In witness's opinion death was caused by exhaustion from loss of blood. Miss Margaret Alsager deposed that upon the morning of last Thursday week her father lett his residence at Kingston. He had, at times, appeared much depressed, which was attributed to the death of her mother. The deceased had always repudiated the idea of suicide, and when he left said that he should come down by the last train on Friday night. Mr. Oxenford, solicitor, and nephew of the deceased, saw Mr. Alsager on Thursday week, when he was very low-spirited. Witness attributed the. lowness to some of the occupations of the deceased having ceased. A juror—What were his occupations? Mr. MILLS considered that a questton which they had t 0 00 dright witho this saaircet oinfttoh;owdheacteascoeuldd?the occupation have The juror was anxious to ascertain the cause of this act.  Mr. Oxenford said he was very anxious to give every information he possibly could. The juror—Was he not connected with the Times? Mr. Oxenford—Yes; the deceased wrote the City articles; and having tendered his resignation, it was accepted. When witness met him there was a lowness of spirits, but it certainly did not arise from anything that had occurred with the Times, further than that an active mind was thrown out of its employment. Mr. Mrus said that he had caused the inquiry to go further than he ought, for the purpose of affording an opportunity for the strictest investigation. The jury had no evidence of the state of mind of the deceased_at „ea time, but the mind often changed in the course of .a wish to hours. One of their number had expr,fsanseddbhisad wath t return a verdict of " temporary lunacy, nt ' would be answered most satisfactorily; but the several questions, which, though verdictirreleva room should be cleared. consultation, found that the had been theirs, not. his. (the fter aCosrhoonretr wish_ ed, certain The jury, ,a exhaustion, the effect of haustion, deceased died from ex of mind at the time he so as to his state but that no evidence had wounds. inflicted the said producedbweoeunndsinflicted on himself, 's)and'if they ey