Inquest On The Abbe Papil...
Yesterdav at three o'cleck, a respectable jurr assembled befoi 511r. STIRLI5)G, tlhc Coroncr, at the. Wrcesrer Arms public-house, George-street, Portan square, to inquire into the death ef the vene- rable clergyrman whose Mwfuly-sudden death we announced in our *aper of yesterdaY. Tke room wss thronged with members of the French gmbsassy andl several Roman Catholic lergemen n Phineas Coyne, M.D., wvas the first witness calied..Ee only kner the deceased personally. He wats attending divine service in the French chapel on Sunday. ~The deceased prelate was preaching to his Excellency the French Ambassador and suite. It was abomat 12 o'clock in the day, and he was in the midt -of his discourse wbs hig voice faltered gradually, and he appeared grawing i-l, and lesat down in the pulpit, and then endeavoared to get on his teet, but wa6 still sp)eaking. He was unable to stand, and sank on his knees. 'He stopped speaking, and his head dropped forwards. 'T'he witnsess andi the chapel clerk went up to his assistance, and on taking him into the vestry-room, he became insentiible, and died instantly. He never from firling forward in the pulpit disptaed any symptoms of life- At the momaent of being seized with d. , he was preaching on the subject of eternity, and on the necessity of being at all times pree pared for death. The witness could not recolleet the precise words. Natu.re i him appeared perfectly exhausted; he leoked like u man of the age of 90 years, but was only 80 years old. The witnmess hats no doubt lie died by the visitation of God. Mr. George Keating, bookseller, of Duke-gtreet, gave evidence to the same effect, adding, that the deceased was very infimi - asaont 12 ttonths rince he fainted on the altar while celebrating the mass; he wss remarkably abstemioas- the crowdeti state of the chapel to a man of his venerable agc, would certainly produce seriousT ef- fects. Thehead chaplain, L'Abbe Chene, went up to the deceased, and not the clerk. Dr. Coytne. in answer to some of the questions put by juroDr. 5aid, it rould be fatal to the deceased, supposing he was recoverable, to have then bled him. Some persons wished him tO bleed the deceased, but he refused. The decmsed was remarkably infirm. and vas far from being of a full habit, had he bled him at that time, the last spark of life remaning would have been exhausted. Mr. Keating said, at the moment of receiving the stroke of death, he we7 preaching on the necessity of being at all times prepared for death, and on the necessity of penitence. The Jury here expressed themselves satisfied, and after viewinng the body, returned a verdict of " Diet by the visitation of Go." I ArQJQUEST ON THE ABBE PAPILLOY.