The Sun. — 1815-05-15 (London, England)

CORONERS' INQUESTS.  On Saturday night, about eight o'clock, an TriAuisition was taken at the King's-head cellar, in Uolborn, by Mr. SnEtTozz, on the body of J. 11. Ainslie, who met his death on Friday ,morning by accidentally stabbing himself with a knife. Miss M. Morgan, a relative of the deceased, deposed, that hisinvther being dangerously ill, sl.ie attend-. ed her, and on Thurstbey night the old Lady wanting something about three o'clock-, they both got up to make t fiye ; he began to split sonic wool with the knife produced, a common desert knife, the end of 'a piece of wood rested on his breast, and the edge of the Itnift: towards him. Witness heard an exclamation, ‘g I ,am stabbed, pray call up Mr. Cain the laodlord,"  Mr.,Cain the landlord cfenosed„ that, early on Friday morning he was called by last witness be saw the deceased as alrelidy stated ; fie instantly procured a surgeon, but he ci(pired, before the surgeon came; he was lying near his mother's bed.  Xt.. Davis, a surgeon in Holborn, stated, that on examination lie found the plaid jacket, flannel waistcoat, and shirt of the deceased, were cut, and a wound four inches deep between the ribs in his left breast. Witness after'; arils opened the Lady, and form(' the heart had been penetrated, which caused hi-s, immediate' death. (Cross-exitmined). Ile could oat conceive the kiiife produced would inflict- such a wound by slipping from 3 "piece of VVOqd. _ ,  . _ The Coroner said, no eviutenee was produced to -prove the deceased committed suicide, and notwithstanding Mr. Davis's opinion, it might be probable that it. the left hand slipped from the end of theinife, although it was extremely blunt, it might penetrate•with still greater force than ilintentionally plunged. In this opinion the Jury agreed, and returned a verdict—AccidentalPeath. ..Friday an ll:quest was held -at the Golden Anchor public-house, in Coppice-row, Clerkenwell, on thc_bsuly of Sarah Rayner, aged I 9 years; who died in Clerkenwell .Workhouse. J. Jontes, the beadle of said parish, stated, on Thursday toot' the deceased was brought to the :Workhouse in d • dying state. She said that site was a servant out: of place, and resided at the house of her krother'-.. In-law, in AVllitecross-street, St. Luke's ;• that she had bought four pennyworth of arsenic at ashop in Aldersgate-street, and went to a 1 called.for half a-pint of beer, ‘ mixed the poison with it. She -then drank it, and Walked about for a short tune, :airi 171 eid n iSt , P andtaifieidt' when the poison began As operate; a short timeafter the above confession, she expired. Mr. Thiry stated, that he resides in,Ardersgate,street ; that die deceased came to his shop, and a4;ed- for. tour pennyworth of arsenic,:saying, that her titer was removed to a new house which swarmed with rats.,—The Jury. :returned .a -verdict of In3anity. •  The Bill for continuing the two-Acts 44th and 46th-(E0. M. to enable his MAJESTY to accept thelservices of the subjects of Foreign States, by enlisting them itito the British Service under certain restrictions, has gone through a Con,mittee, in which the blank has been filled np; and the aboveinentioned• Acts are continued for One Year from the period of time expiration of the said Acti respectively, and, until twelve months•after the termination of any Izat by the Ratificationt a definitive Treaty of Peace. About 600 men belonging to the 27th regiment of foot, in three transports, from Bermuda, destined fur Portsmouth, anchored in Berchaven Harbour, inireland, on the Ist inst. • . On. "Pebi"g a bale of cotton-wo,ol,lst week at themill of Me,srs.Grimshaw,White-hcmse,greally to time astonisLment of all present, a. small tortoise was turned out. 'lt appeared at time time 'to be in 'a torpid state, but on being ,washed, and a short' time exposed to the (Tett air, it became animated and lively., Itimmust have been at least six months excluded front the air, depriVed of food and tno-; don, may have .been so for two- years, as frequently happens that cotton-wool has' been so long pn4ed before QQJIIeS to tile band of tilt: aniinuticturer:•-•-(BelaSt Purser.)  . 11'4