The Sun. — 1817-09-15 (London, England)

DEATH.—On Friday an Inque,t was held at the Adam and Eve, Hoxton, on the body of Thos. Humphries, who was found drowned in an irom pot, he being on his knees, and his head in the water. Adam Lane sworn, said,. he lives in Miles'3 madhouse ; about three o'clock the preceding morning he was 'in bed ; a patient called" him, and. desired him to get up, as there was something the matter. Witness immediately got up, struck a light, and went down to the stair foot door. The patient, wbo was in the yard, said, Come hither. Witness went into the yard, and saw the deceased on 163 knees, with his head in an iron pot, which was under the cock of .the water tub ; %vitness was so alarmed he ran into the house, and called his fellow servant, with whose assistance he pulled him out, but found him quite dead. Witness saw him the preceding 'night alive„and as well as usual. Witness is unable to say whether he committed suicide, or fell in by accident. The deceased was decidedly ;insane, and.catne to that house by virtue of a'clitificate from Dr. Mosely, of Chelsea Hospital. Verdict—lnsanity.  A stn" MODE OF BRINGING A GHOST TO LIGHT,  Mrs. WATER, a widow lady, who, with her family, occupies a cottage at llathpstead, doting the last fortnight has been much alarmed by unusual noises in various parts of her premises at the dead hour of the night. At first she was induced to believe these sounds proceeded from thieves, but having missed nothing to•confirm her suspicions, this idea %.cas abandoned, and one of a more solemn description found place in her breast ; namely, that the disturbance arose from some supei natural agency, a belief which was confirmed by both her servant maids, who affirmed most positively that they had Seen things which hid the appeir ance of a human figure clothed in white, flitting through the garden- after night fall. The terror arising from the continuance of these supposed visitations from the other world, which were kept a secret from the neighbourhood, at length induced Mrs. Water to apply to her nephew, who at.once suspected the cause, and by agreement was secretly admitted on the premises, in company with a friend, without the knowledge of the servants, on Thursday night ; when, biking their station behind suite trees in the shrubbery, they patiently 'waited the midnight hour, being provided With a dark-lantern, in the event of artificial light being` necessary to unravel the mystery: Siaon after • one, a figure, enveloped in white entered the garden front a door leading into an adjoining field, and approaching directly to the house, rattled several of the shutters and doors. This turned out to be the signal Of his arrival, and in a tew seconds a female came from the house and jOitted the td;sial vkitaut, which, withoutArinch ceremony, encircled hcr, not in his shadowy, but sinewy arms. While in this state of bliss the friends apThroilched with as much silence as possible, but not with sufficient precaution to prevent alarm, and before they could secure the spirit, it had vanished, not into air, but into an adjoining pig-stye,' which happened to be untenanted, and.was filled witis dry straw. The  • female vanisheti much ceicrit.y into ti" horse, and shut the door, wait tig jr: a s,'R.' More easily conceived than ittiagiitort.he of the untoward interruption to her,joys• friends having approached the pig-Stye, exh,ole` the spirit toconie forth, wiihv eerY arganicmc of which they sere masters, but in vain, tin length one of: them very delibera!ely. set fire 1", the straw, the light and smoke of whi •11 produce° the desired effect and to their infinite surpris° :4 II d aostisement ont crept a young :gention6,9' ,those parents reL'ided in the vicinage, end s had adopted this mode of carrying oil' an intriitu. with the housymaid. It islieedlcss say that thE' shame of his exposure,. as well as the danger vvhic4 he had incurred, operated as a sufficient cauti°" ° • prevent the repetition of similar idle and rnischie7: votes expedients, by ‘vh,icli, on more occesions':' than one, the lives of our feilo%v-creatures lidtie been sacrificed. •  AN