Saturday 18 Jan 1845 (p. 3, col. 2) INQUESTS. ----- (Before Mr. CARRICK, Coroner.) On Tuesday last, in Caldewgate, on the body of a new born child, found that morning in the river Caldew. A post mortem examination showed that the child had not been born alive; and a verdict was returned accordingly. (Before Mr. LUMB, Coroner.) An inquest was held on Monday at Preston Quarter Workhouse, on the body of John BENSON, a pauper, aged 45 years. The deceased, who was an eccentric character, was a joiner by trade, but not being able to obtain work, he had been a pauper in the above-named workhouse for about five weeks. On Thursday last the deceased, with a sharp pocket knife, cut his throat, inflicting a frightful wound, four inches in length and three in depth, by which he completely severed the windpipe in two. In this frightful state the unfortunate man lived, breathing through the wound in his throat, until about two o'clock on Sunday morning, when death terminated his sufferings. During the few days that this wretched man survived, he occasionally smoked a pipe, but whatever food was put into his mouth came out of the wound in his throat. The jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity."