The Sun. — 1845-01-13 (London, England)

MAY. On Friday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the City of Paris, Bishop Bonner's-fields, Bethnal-green, on the body of Mr. W. May, aped forty-four, silk manafac. turer, of King-street, Old Ford-lane. The evidence condensed showed that the deceased had been missing since the 9th of last December, and his body was not found until Thursday night last, when it was discovered in the Regent's Canal, between Bonner. hall-bridge and the new union workhouse. When deceased was_seen last alive he had in his possession several sovereigns—when found he had but one. The body was found a mile distant from his house, and in an opposite direction, and his hat and a handkerchief more than a mile from the canal, and: some bills belonging to him at a quarter of a mile from his home. He usually carried a snuff-box and spectacles in his pockets, but they were not found on him after death. The Coroner said that the finding of property belonging to deceased in sueh opposite directions, and so far apart, gave the case a very mysterious complexion. Mr. J. Salter, a silk manufacturer, who parted with deceased at the Job's Castle, Norton Folgate, on the night of the 9th ult., at eleven o'clock, left him in good spirits, and of sound intellect, and was of opinion that his death was caused by unfair means. Mr. Storey, surgeon, of the Mile-end-road, who had examined the body, 'found the tongue protruding, several cuts on the forehead, on the right eyebrow, and beneath the same eye. Several of the upper teeth were forced from their sockets and were found loose in the mouth, and there were cute inside each lip. The left arm was fractured and so were several of the ribs. The witness thought, both from external and internal appearances, that deceased had been immersed in the water during life, but that the sever of the injuries described had been caused after death. probably by the bottoms of the barges. He considered it rather a case of suicide than of death from violence on the part of others. It having been proved that deceased was a sober, sensible man, in prosperous circumstances, the foreman and jury intimated that they could not come to a conscientious conclusion without furtherevidence. They proposed the adjournment of the inquest for it week. Adjourned accordingly,  DONCASTER RAcEs.---The nominations, which dm on the Ist instant, have surpassed, in point of numbers, the expectations of the most sanguine lovers of the turf, and opened a prospect for the future of a more attractive and gratifying character than has been presented on any former occasion. For the present year, the nominations for the Champagne are 42; for the Two Year Olds, 41; Scarborough Stakes, II; and for the Gascoigne Stakes, to 153, 105 31,F, ocaranrldBo4t lh6de, r.tphraeordnkuocHn: lnal n,a td3i 9o:sfofTrorhthetehreeFSoaart.elLsaieger amount tasoke9s,foll.B4th7: Tand 28 for the North of England Produce, 1848. The nominations, for the St. Leger of next year are unprece. dented in point of numbers; the highest previously, in 1841, being 13$. This circumstance is to be attribute) to the recent alterations adopted. The second horse Will receive 300 sovereigns out of the stakes, and the third 100 sovereigns—an alteration which will induce a greater number of horses to come to the post than has been the case since the period when the race was altered from 25 sovs. pp. to 50 h f.—Doncaster Gazette. HEALTH Or SIR CHARLES METCALFIL•—TII4I friendi of Sir Charles Metcalfe have contradicted the 11C. count of his health given by the Spectator of Saturday' last. Letters have been received in England from his medical attendant, which state that although it is taws that he had completely lost the sight of one eye, he, was not when the last advices came away in the =teemed danger" described by our weekly Contemporary. Letters have indeed been received from Sir Charles himself, dated Montreal, December 11, written in his owes hand, and in a more cheerful strain than those whisk had previously been received from him.