The Sun. — 1844-01-12 (London, England)

MTRGEON.--•• An adjourned meeting of the Board of Guardians of the parish of Newington, Mr. Pugh in the chair, took place on Tuesday evening, at six o'clock, at the workhouse in the Camberwellroad, to investigate the charges brought against Mr. Daddy, the parish surgeon, for alleged neglect in a fatal case of paid. wifery. Twenty-three guardians were present, and a very large number of medical gentlemen. The evidence taken at the inquest of the deceased, a Mrs. Hayes, together with a coo. demnatory verdict of the jury, had been ordered to be priited, and was in the possession of each of the Guardians. Mr. Boddy was exonerated from the charge of being the cause of the death of the deceased, and a motion for his dismissal front the parochial office was negatived by the votes of 18 guardians against 5. A vote of censure was, however, carried against Mr. Boddy ; and Mrs. Fox, the midwife, who has bean hie therto employed by Mr. Boddy, was declared to be no longer worthy of trust. Mr. Boddy has been 18 years parish ourgeon, and this, it would appear, is the first charge involving his professional reputation. During the course of the ipvesti. gation, which lasted until midnight, Mr. Boddy produced an engrossed vote of thanks from the same parish, which had, together with 401., been presented to him in the year 1841. THE SUICIDE AT CllALKFAßM.—Yestenlay Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the, Elephant and Castle, Old St. Pancras-road, on the body of Joseph Taylor, aged Vs a bookbinder. A lad, named Jones, said that he was at work in the Chalk Farm-fields at half-past eight o'clock on li,aen• day morning, when he saw deceased near a hedge loading a pistol, to fire at some starlings, witness thought. Immediately after he heard a report, but could not see deceased. He went soon after to the spot, and found deceased lying there, with hie face and head blown away, and two large pistols on the ground; beside him. One of the pistols had been recently discharged.' The police soon came and took the body to the St. Pancras workhouse. Joseph Taylor, bookbinder, of No. 35, Marshallstreet, Golden-square, said deceased was his son, and left home on Tuesday morning, about seven o'clock, witness thought, to go to his work, in Apollo-court, Temple-bar, where he was an apprentice. Deceased complained lately of head.ache sad general languor, and laboured under mental delusions, sod about a month since spoke of destroying himself. Witness did not think he spoke seriously. Deceased got the pistols from the kitchen of the house in which they lived ; the belonged to the landlord of the house, and witness believed that deceased destroyed himself. The Coroner remarked that he did not think the death accidental. He thought the pistol bad been placed in deceased's mouth, from the fact that nothing remained of the head and face but the point of the chin. Verdict, that " Dee ceased destroyed himself, but in what state of mind there wee no evidence to show." understand that itthuant et II t eEvr. upTrA. TBI urnsON T 1 oe ft 1 for America, as one of a deputation from the Free AMERICA:isIey e;W FridayreChurch, to ejlieet information as to the various modes of theological education pursued in that country. It is understood that he is to be joined by the Rev. Mr. I. of 'Dundee, and a Mr. Ferguson of Liverpool—Scuts. paper.