About three weeks or a month ago, Major-General — went
with a young female to a house of ill-fame in Woodstock Street, which Louse be bad been accustomed to visit with the same companion for some months previously. About three o'clock he was taken suddenly ill ; and his complaint being of an apoplectic nature, medical assistance was immediately sent for. As this was the third or fourth attack during the last year, information of the circumstance was furnished to his family ; and his son and wife immediately attended. The usual re- medies in attacks of such a nature were applied; but they were inef- fectual, as the General expired the following morning. As there was nothing extraordinary in the circumstances or manner of the death of Major- General —, the funeral took place in the ordinary way. LA nature that 1Y/ bad took' be a Matted ! Fully to appreciate the int tires vhicb correspondent of the Times who furnishes this account, contradicts a have led report which has been published in most of the papers this week, that i accomplish the end in view (namely, the appearance of Mrs. Joilie in the court there were some suspicious circumstances attending the death of the of King's Bench on the 8th of January ncxt, to ree( ice judgmem 1, two conss person alluded to ; and that attempts had been made on the part of his were open to the prosecutor,—one to issue a Judge's warrant, to which ,7c family to hush up an inquiry which the Parish-officers intended to in- be put in ; the other is to issue a writ such as that which has been served upos,
stitute.] the latter course; • and on Wednesday last, Ms Junk., a widow, the mth
week's Spectator, was stabbed by her husband in Southwark Square, was held on Monday afternoon. The poor woman survived the wound only a few hours. No additional circumstances of interest transpired on the inquest ; and the Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against the prisoner, Benjamin Bedwell. There appears to be some reason to believe that he is insane.
An inquest was held on Tuesday, at a tavern in Lambeth, on the body of an old woman who was drowned hi the Thames last week. There was no question as to their verdict among all the Jurymen, ex- cept one, who insisted upon having a surgeon examined, on the ground that timely medical assistance had not been rendered to the deceased. He declared that the Jury were all drunk but himself; and that the Coroner was a fool ; and that he would keep the Jury all night with- out giving a verdict, if the surgeon who was called to the assistance of the deceased was not examined. To avert this unpleasant alternative, the surgeon was sent for and examined. The Juryman then laughed heartily, and said, " Now that I have had my Own wey, I will give a verdict." The Coroner said lie would take care he should never be again on a Jury called in his district. Verdict, " Found drowned." [Is not indecent behaviour, such as this men was guilty of; punishable by the laws which regulate inquests fl Yesterday, in the Bankruptcy Court, there was a meeting of the creditors of Charles Gregory, of Luton, Bedfordshire. The proceed- ings, as regarded the debts, were not of any interest ; but it appeared that at a private examination, a few days since, Commissioner .hleri- vale threatened to commit the brother of the bankrupt, unless he ex- plained some imputed acts of collusion. On this the bankrupt took a large clasp-knife from his pocket, tore open his waistcoat, and made two thrusts with the open instrument at his left side. Several persons rushed towards him, and, after a severe struggle, took the knife from him. From the first stroke, the blood flowed copiously ; and Gregory fell back apparently in a dying state, to the consternation of the whole Court. The wound was examined, but found to be very slight, and by no means dangerous. He afterwards passed his examination satisfac- torily.
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