>From The Morning Post ( London, England ), Friday, August 22, 1845; pg.7; Issue 22377. DEATH OF A CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICER. - Yesterday Mr. BAKER held an inquest at the Town of Ramsgate public-house, Wapping Stairs, on the body of Mr. Edward Dobell GELLARD , aged 33 years, who was found drowned, under the following circumstances :- Deceased was a Custom-house officer. On Tuesday, the 13th inst., the Batavier steamer arrived in the river from Rotterdam, and the deceased was one of the officers placed on board the vessel until she had discharged her cargo. About midnight the deceased was on deck, being left by his brother officer on watch. In abour a quarter of an hour he was suddenly missed, and nothing more was heard of him until Tuesday last, when his body was found floating off Wapping Stairs, in a very shocking state of decomposition. In the absence of all evidence how the deceased came into the water, the Jury, at the suggestion of the Coroner, returned an open verdict of " Found Drowned."