Coroner's Inquest.
Yesterdayatlernoon a coroner'sinquest was held before T_ro,asA SHELTO, Es.Pq at the Red Lion, in Poppin's-court, Fleet-strect, on the body of 1 lr. John Appleyard, an elderly gentleman, whc came by his death iunder the followingmelancholy circurnstances.:_ JardlBs3Davls, a clerk to llasrS. Hale and Lynn, ale.brewers stated t!ton Saturday evening, about six o'clock, he was engsge3 in putrnkdown twvo barrels of ale into the cellar of the Red Hart public-house, in Shbe-lane, and that while putting down the %fecond barrel, the wnggoner of Dlessrs.Shears. the coppersmiths in Shoe.lane, camoeup with his waegon and wished to pass. Wit. ness Tequested lie would wait until the ale was put in the cellar which he did; but whien this was donc. he attempted to pass wit- nes told himt there was not sufficient room, but he replied there was, and drove bis wapgon on, which came in contact with the dray. a hcel, and drew it back several yards;, the deceased was at the tirmne atanding near a 'pst at the corner of Stonecutter's-Street, and the dray came against him, and jammned him between that and the pest. Tho deceased almost immediately fell, and, on being picked up, said he did not think he was much hurt. Witness called out to-the driver of the waggon to stop, and went towards the deceased to en- deavour to rescue him from his perilous situation, but could not reacb him in time. There was not roanm for the wa,ggon to pass without the wvieels going on the foot pavement. The deceased was afterwards taken to a house in Shoe-lane, and surgical assistance im- nediately sent for. George Large, a drayman in the employ of Messrs. Male and Co.. and several other persons who witnessed the accident, deposed to the lame effect. Alr. Wiray, the surgeon who wvi called in to attend the deccased, raid he found him in bed, and en examination discovered that seve- tal of his ribs were broken. He applied such remedies as he thought *necessary, and attended him until Mlonday evening, when he ex. pired. On examining the body after his decease, he found seven of the ribi on the left side broke, and which rere forced into the intes- tines. Those injuries were the cause of his death. The Jury returned a verd-ct of MansrlqA-teer against Richard Jehnson, the driver of the waggon; and the Coroner issued his warrant for his apprehension. Johnson was in attendance, and said the affair was qtite .iccidental. lie received an excellent character from his employers, in whose tevice he had lived many years. The deceased waS isearly 90 years of sge, anld e vey respectable ?3> of indepcndent property. CORONER'S INQUEST.