The Sun. — 1810-07-27 (London, England)

IIVQVOTS.  An inquisition-was tak6n.yesterday at, the Ligl3t Horseman, in Orange-street, Letester-quale, 1-101toNY (SELL, Esq. the Coroner for Middlrs, x, on the body of Andrew Tranter, footman to the Prince of Wales, who .shot himself at Carlton. •  Tne first witness was John Barr,, a foreigner, and who ;at. d himself to be, the PrinCe's Hussar.. He stated, that he had beep upall night in the lyotman's room', and a little betUre. six o'clock. on Tuesday morning, Tianter, who,lia(t-been about eight years in. the Piince's service, came in reeling against the chairs, and aSkd' witness the hour; and on being told, he opened the shutters of the hail, and asked n he could get the Prince's cloaths to be :brililsed, and said something. about a review that morning. Witness informed Tranter it WaS LOU soon to get the cloaths,• as the Prince's page in waiting was, not up, and they then both went out at the it'll door. Witness went to the porter's lodge, and . on ,ios return, in anout ten minutes, he saw Tranter sitting in one corner of the footmiin's room welterif. his blood ; he inquired the cause of it, but the tormer did not answer him. • Witness gave an. alarm - to a cook, and to Seijeant Wright, a night porter, at he lodge; neiore Wright and witness,. got ~ back to the deceased, the'', heard. the report of a pistol, and on entering the room;Tranter had moved, and was sitting in 'the 'middle of the room—his coat, waistcoat, and cravat weie off, .and his shirt was on fire, ,s was also his waistcoat, which was lying on an adjoini .3. table, and there w,ls a pistol smoking under the cravat. Wright asked Tranter what was the matter, and 'who had hurt him c The former replied that he had done it himself, and he should be off in a few' minutes. He left a paper in the window, addressed to his sister, which witness, un7 de-rstood to'be a sort of will, which stated that she should have what. property he possessed, after giving 401. to a .natural child of Ms. Tranter lived about twenty minutes atter the second .shot was fired. Witneis conceived him. to be a good fellow-servant, end never heard of his having been. given to gaining, or any other propensity ,that might rack the mind'. The deceased, to usethe_witness's own words, was rather snuh, (meaning tipsy) when 'he came in, but he was accustomed .at ~ttmes" to get inebriated. Witness never conceived him •to be in any -way deranged, nor could he account :ur;the cause of suicide.  3. Wright corroborated, the testimony of the- prer ceding withess, ai.d he described the words of the deceased, on being inerivgatL.,cl,: thus : I have done'the deed, and I iiave )but a few minutes,to live," Witness saw the det>eased come in at twelve, and go out again at one-On Tuesday mottling. He talked with him sometime, and he appeared rather wild, and went off ,in a great hurry._ Be wasaccustotned to drink very freely, and witness could not account in any otlier way for his rash conduct. TWo pistols were found in the room.  Mr. Phillips, d Surgeon, proved that the deceased had met his death by two Pistol,balls, one of which bad entered the breast, and he conceived must have lodged in theback-bone, and the other .which had entered on the left side, must, have lodged in the lungs. • To prove a kind of derangement three witnesses appeared, one of whom, the Prince's chairman, G. Bowring, stated, that the deceased had been much -altered for some time, aid that about ten days ago he exy.),,,:seil, much lipsiety at hong obliged to drop the acquaintatict-fof,a Jewess, in the city, in consequence of religion prove tin th,ir UlllOll. Witness, 11/110 was in great .contiociice jocosely asked him how, tie would get rid of three other aid he expressed gnat Two or three ens ago the deceased ibtormed th.z.witnesi that he had quarrelied with, himself,. and lie had agreed to in ke it up with liinbelt by a treat of a glass of ale, and after -running on %v.:114, he observed, that the best nay to rid himself of his troubles wohld be to clap a pistol to hi 4 head, as one thing and, another distracted him.  'Mr. Rymer, and another witness &so spol:e of a material alteoi ion in the deceased for three months past!._ _  The Coroner left it entirely to the Jury. to. weigh the evidence,.and they returned a ,yerdia.ofLunacy. The deceased-wab 40 years of age., Another inquest was held by the same:Coroner, at the Coffeehouse, in Villiers-street, Melphi, on the body of a young woman,- eighteen-years of age, named Leah Wall, who was drowned by falling into a water-tub, at a house, No. 18, Dukestrce+, Adelphi, • • The Jury were-i long time in examining the pre.miseei. The tub into r: hick she 'tell was sunk in the back yard, and the deceased was in the habit of filing it. On Tuesday, night she was missed for above'half an hour. Ott search being made, she was discoVered it) the tub, which is only three feet deep... Her head was downwards. On being taken our, there was not any sign of . life. Medical -assistance was immediately procured, but' it was too late. The Jury returned a verdid of Accidental Death. - •  Another Inquest sat on the body of Mr. Pevet; whom we stated yesterday to hare cut his throat, and it turned out that the loss of an 'only daughter had caused -a despondency in him which led to suicide. Verdict—Lunacy.  On Wednesday evening, about 9 o'clock, a party._ of young fellows, having been in a boat to see the -Vauxhall wherry rowed tor, went on shore at Bankside, to a public hou.se, where, after thinking freely, they re-entered. their boat, to go to. Pepper Alley Stairs; near London Bridge :_a quarrel took place between two of the Party, who went to blows, When they both fell merboard, by ,Nshiclt one 'of, them, of the name of Soames, about 20 years of age, was drowned ; the other was, with much difficulty, saved .tram sharing the like fate, by another . boat coming up at the time.  As Mr. fticimrd Young, 'of Killingholm, in Linculn.hire, firmer,. was returning from plough, on Friday evening fast, the two horses he was leading were stricken by lightnitz; and-killed on the spot: hitnitil and his little boy, who had hold of his hand; /44 not recdse.the,led'st injury.