An inquest was held on Thursday on the corpse of
Captain Walter Otway, of the First Regiment of Life Guards, and son of Admiral Otway.The death of this gallant and accomplished young officer was caused by a sad accident. lie was riding. on the green to the left of Rotten Bow, Hyde Park, on Friday evening, when his horse reared ; he pulled the reins, and the horse fell backwards, Captain Otway being underneath. Lord Charles Clinton's groom, who saw the accident, im- mediately went with others to the spot. Captain Otway was taken to the Barracks insensible, and placed in the officers' room. lie lin- gered there, in great pain, till Wednesday, when he died. Lord
Clarence Paget never left his bedside till his death. From the evidence of the surgeons, it appeared that the bones of the pelvis were broken, and the bladder ruptured. One of the witnesses %rho first saw him, said the lower part of the body was " completely smashed." Verdict, " Accidental Death," with a deodand of a shilling on the horse. The Queen and Prince Albert sent daily to make inquiries. The Life Guardsmen at the Barracks testified their grief and re 2a by perforating their routine duties as silently as possible. The whole place seemed to he perfectly still—the sentinels creeping along, afraid lest their thotsoTs slItItild be heard.
An inque:4 was held yesterday on the corpse of Mr. Tristian Madox, formerly a Lieutenant in the Army, brother of Lieutenant-Colonel Nadox, and a gentleman of fortune. He was found lying on his face in Kensington Gardeas, on Wednesday ; and it appeared that he had poisoned himself. 1.41Illicient evidence to account tot' the suicide not being produced, the inque‘A, was adjourned to Monday.
A man who played the pianoforte at a public-house in Baia& way, killed himself' on Wednesday, by chewing a large quantity of opium. Ile was in the habit of taking laudanum; but not having his phial with him on that evening, lie sent for a pennyworth of opium to a druggist's shop. A woman in the shop sold the quantity asked for, and the pianoforte-elayer pit it in Ids mouth and kept it there till he fell down in a stttpor. The stomach-pump was applied in vain. [So, it appeals that oohno is sold by r.strytmillt.,, to anybody, by Loudon druggists.;
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