An inquest was held on Wednesday afternoon, by DR. DODGSON, deputy coroner for the Lordship of Egremont, at the Queen’s Head Inn, Great Clifton, touching the death of ISAAC STARBUCK, aged 61 years. The first witness called was MR. ANTHONY PEAT, of Workington, surgeon, who deposed that he knew the deceased, who resided in Church-street, Workington, and had been attending him since January last. He was poorly and out of sorts, and labouring under a considerable degree of depression, and want of tonic. Had not seen much of him lately, but he came on the 10th inst. to witness, and complained that he was no better, and wished him to prescribe for him. Told deceased that he would give him some tonic, and he left. He was a comparative stranger to witness; but he had been a very hard-working, industrious man, had spent a good deal of his life in India, and then came home to settle down and enjoy himself. He was a very shrewd and intelligent man. JAMES GRAHAM, coalminer, deposed that he saw the deceased near William Pit, at Clifton at ten minutes past three o’clock on Monday afternoon. He had a dog with him. WM. DONALD deposed that he was an engineman at William Pit. Went to work early on Tuesday morning. The cage was out half-way down the pit shaft, and witness drew it up. When he did so, he found the body of the deceased lying on it, quite dead. The deceased had fallen down the shaft about 25 fathoms before reaching the cage. He could not have fallen down accidently, because the shaft was fenced round to prevent anything of that kind. MRS. STARBUCK, the wife of the deceased, said that her husband had been ill for some time. He left home to take a walk between two and three o’clock on Monday afternoon, and took his dog with him. Witness never saw him alive again. Thought he did not like Cumberland, in which he had lived about twelve months. The Deputy-coroner briefly summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict that the deceased committed suicide whilst labouring under temporary insanity.