The post-mortem took place on the afternoon of that same day, and the results amply accounted for the strange symptoms which poor Randall had so faithfully described in his last letter to his mother. On the right side of that portion of the base of the skull which contains the delicate organs of hearing, we found a small, bony excrescence growing down into the labyrinth or inner ear. This, though small, was undoubtedly the cause of the terrible attacks of vertigo which the poor fellow complained of, and in one of which he met with his tragic death.
The coroner's inquest was resumed on the following day, and, of course, Carleton was abundantly exonerated.
It was two years afterwards, however, before I accidentally saw in the Times the announcement of his marriage with Miss Farnham.
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MR. JUSTICE LOPES.
Born 1828.
AGE 34.