The Sun. — 1862-07-31 (London, England)

DEVONPORT.—A rumour is current in this borough that the gallant admiral, Sir Michael Seymour, will, prior to the prorogation, accept the Chiltern Hundreds, and thus vacate his seat as one of the representatives of the borough in Parliament. One of the Pagets, a brother of the Secretary to the Admiralty, is at the same time named as the Treasury nominee to succeed Sir M. Seymour. The report also provides for the gallant admiral by giving him the command of the Mediterranean fleet, vice Martin, whose time expires in April next. The reason for carry ing out this little Parliament try arrangement so far in anticipation of the Mediterranean vacancy is said to be well understoo I in the borough. SUICIDE ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH —Dr. Lankester, coroner for Central Middlesex, instituted an investigation at the Duke of Hamilton Tavern, New-end, Hempstead, on Monday, touching the death of Thomas Preston, aged 57 years, residing in Brewhouse-lane, Hampstead. Jane Preston deposed that deceased was her husband, who was engaged in business as a pork butcher. On Friday evening he came home tipsy. He went to bed at eight o'clock and slept till ten o'clock, after which time he be • came very restless and irritable until four in the morning, when he arose from his bed and went out of the house. She never saw again alive. In answer to questions from the coroner and jury, she admitted having struck him last Tuesday night, but contended that they afterwards became ' reconciled, and that he did not complain of the blow. Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald, a neighbour, knew deceased for the last 15 years. She supped with him and his wife on Tuesday night. Deceased was tirsy, and he and his wife violently quarrelled, which resulted in the former striking the latter with a poker. Police-inspector Webb stated that he was stationed at Hampstead. At midnigbt on Tuesday last the deceased carat to the Hampstead policestation with his wife, whom he had given in custody for stabbing him. He was examined by the police ivisionai surgeon, Dr. Brawn, who upon an examination discovered a wound at the back of the left ear, and said it was but superficial, though it bled profusely. The wound had been inflicted by a common table knite. The wife was detained and locked up in the station all that night, but deceased declined to give evidence against her the next morning, and she was discharged from the custody of the police, Crane, a donkey driver, deposed that at half-past seven In o'clock on Saturday morning, while he was at work Hampstead Heath, he found a hat which he knee, on Preston's. His suspicions were aroused by h to beaving seen Preston the day before, when ho said he should " make a bole in the water." He went to the station and got the body out of a pond on the he for the drags, ath. came and examined the body, and Dr. Brown e Proneunc d The jury returned a verdict of suicidehim dead. drowning whilst in a state of temporary by suffocation from coroner strongly censured Mrs. Preston insanity. The conduct towards her deceased husband. for her violent A marble statue of the late Dr. Todd has bee° placed in the vestibule of King's College Hospital, an institution to the efficiencyof which Dr. Todd largely contributed.