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ing Mr.Dumont instantly to come 

 to him, as he (Mr. Brougham) 

 was unable to leave his room ; 

 but it was of the utmost and 

 most pressing importance that he 

 should communicate with Mr. 

 Dumont before the inquest should 

 be proceeded in. The latter 

 gentleman stated himself to have 

 been upon terms of the strictest 

 intimacy with the deceased, and 

 begged he might have time allowed 

 him to attend to the solicitation 

 of Mr. Brougham. The Coroner 

 recommended Mr. Dumont to 

 use all possible expedition in 

 visiting Mr. Brougham, and ob- 

 served, that in his absence they 

 could continue the examination 

 of the intermediate witnesses. 



The above witness (Surgeon 

 Maybrey), in continuation, said, 

 that there was a great quantity 

 of blood on the floor, and a por- 

 tion of it in a basin. The wound 

 appeared to have been inflicted 

 i with a sharp instrument. There 

 was a bloody razor lying by his 

 side. This witness pulled from 

 his pocket the sheet of paper, 

 which he deposed as that held 

 by the deceased. It was in dif- 

 ferent places smeared with blood. 

 At the sight of it, a start of dis- 

 I tressing horror pervaded the 

 1 inquest-chamber. The paper 

 was blotted with ink; the words 

 , Sir, witness, or wishes might be 

 i traced ; but so illegibly, that 

 much doubt prevailed as to the 

 correct indication of the charac- 

 ters so construed. The remaining 

 marks of the pen were feebly 

 traced, and might be compared 

 to those an infant would produce 

 I for its amusement. 



John Knox, surgeon, residing 

 65, Great Russell-street, deposed. 



that he was sent for to the resi- 

 dence of the deceased at half- 

 past 2 o'clock p. m. Mr. May- 

 brey, the former witness, had 

 previously arrived. On witness's 

 entrance into the bedchamber, 

 he found the deceased lying on 

 his back on the floor. He exa- 

 mined the body, and found a 

 large wound in the upper part of 

 the throat, which had completely 

 severed the wind- pipe. The blood 

 had then ceased to flow, as also 

 circulation in the wrist ; respira- 

 tion continued in an imperfect 

 state until 3 o'clock. Witness 

 was of opinion that deceased's 

 death was occasioned by loss of 

 blood, and the obstruction of 

 breathing, from the separation of 

 the windpipe. A considerable 

 quantity of blood was on the 

 floor, and some in a basin ; a 

 razor lay near the deceased, 

 stained with blood. 



Coroner. — Did he appear to 

 have been shaving ? 



Witness. — Judging from cir- 

 cumstances, I should conclude 

 that he had left his bed to commit 

 the deed. 



A notice was here read by the 

 Coroner, signed Dr. Alex. Mar- 

 cet, stating that such was the 

 agony of mind of Dr. Roget, 

 from the melancholy event, that 

 it was impossible that he could 

 attend the inquest relative to the 

 death of his late uncle. 



The Coroner and Jury then 

 proceeded from the inquest-room 

 to the residence of the deceased, 

 in Russell-street, for the purpose 

 of viewing the body. 



[Upon the arrival of the Jury 

 at the house of the deceased, a 

 considerable anxiety was mani- 

 fested to gain admittance to view 

 i, 2 the 



