The Sun. — 1837-07-14 (London, England)

CORONER'S INQUESTS.  MELANCHOLY CASE OF SUlClDE.—Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the York and Albany Tavern, Regent's Park, on the body of Henry Jenkins, aged 47, who committed suicide by drowning himself in the Regent's Canal. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had been for a number of years coachman to Mr. Perkins, the brewer, which situation be recently left owing to indisposition. His body was discovered on Tuesday morning, in the Regent's Canal, by some lad who went to the spot, for the purpose of bathing. It was conveyed to the above tavert:Severa: witnesses spoke to the deceased's state of mind, and the jury returned a verdict " That the deceased d: owned himself jn a state of temporary mental derangement." Yesterday evening an intiQest was held at St. Olave's Workhouse, Southwark, on the Pody of George William Fountain, a fine youth, aged 17, who was drowned while bathing in the Thames, near Wandsworth, on Sunday last. Verdict—" Accidentally drowned."  Wednesday morning, shortly after twelve o'clock, a fire (which threatened destructiOn to that:portion of the Surrey Zoological Gardens where the buds are exhibited) broke out in a detached building used as the skittle ground of the Lion public-house, Penton-place, Walworth. The premises are situated in the rear of the principal entrance to the gardens, and are entirely composed of wood. On the discovery the keepers i -istantly commenced removing the birds from the cages to another pant of the garden% but in the confusion several escaped. The flames extended r4dly, and the reflection was seen by the watchmen on Southwark-bridge, who gave ief. rmation to the head station of the fire establishment in Watling-street, whence an engine with a strong body of the brigade was immediately dispatched and soon arrived on the spat, by which period tho cages and several fine trees bad caught fieß. The firemen, however, with the assistance of the persons employed in the gardens, succeeded in stopping the progress of the flames. The premisCs arc burnt down and the cages damaged. The cause of the fire is attributed to a pipe containing lighted tol,acco being thrown amongst some straw, which ignited. Mr. Cross, the Proprietor of the Gardens, is, we understand, not insured, but the occupier of the public.house is insured in the Pheenix Fire-office. The damage done by the couflagration in the gardens is not extensive.  Between eleven and twelve o'clock Wednesday morn• ing as a gentleman in a four-vrheele I chaise (accompanied by a lady) was driving along the City-road, contiguous to Provost-street, the horse suddenly became restive and kicked and plunged so violently as to break both the shafts and to throw both lady and gentleman out upon the footpath, running furiously along to the great dismay of the passers by, and he had not proceeded many yards before he struck against a lamppost with such violence as to kill himself upon the spot. The lady and gentleman were immediately taken into the shop of Mr. Price, druggist, &c., close at.band, when it was ascertained that neither of them were seriously injured, and they soon afterwards were enabled to proceed to their residence at Islington in a hackney coach.  Falsehood and exaggeration seem necessary-stimulants to induce ordinary people to exert themselves in plitics, as brandy is necessary to make cowards fight. The Lelings of duty and honour should be sufficient incentives in both MCC It is the well-known nature of heat to expand any object to which it is imparted ; and this is true in the moral, as in the physical world. A man of generous tempera-vent will do far greater things than one of colder nature, though of equal talent. Politiekns, probably, do not so often fail from lack of ability as from lack of enthusiasm—which, by the wry, is a very ditferent thing from the passion and acrimoniousness which origi. nate in vanity of self-interest.