The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-07 00:00:00

CORONER'S:INQUESTS.

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OP • YOUNG FERALE.—Be-
fore Mr. Wakley, jun.—by adjournment—at the Lord hill
public-house, Paddington, on the body of Margaret Plus
raid, aged 24 years, who died from injuries she received
under the following eirmuutanoes will be 'emeriti:tired
that on the first meeting of the jury it was stated that the
deceased was a milliner. end resit in Limn-grove. On
Friday evening, the 26th ult., she left home fur the puerile
of visiting some Wends in Paddington, and on the following
sera* eke was seen by • polictroonstable in Maids hill,
ilieraing with • cabmen about his fare, and directly after.
Weak tee was lying upon the ground in estate of ineensibi-
Mw. She was lemma to the surgery of Mr. Ourwood,
where she died in a few hours afterwards. The inquest was
afiesesed, to enable the polies to produce the cabman ; end
ea the kul_re-aseernoling yesterdsy, John Castling was en-
mimed. He said that on Saturday mining, the 26th ult.,
he took up the deceased in the Haymarket ; she appeared
es if she bad been driaking, and dedred him
to drive her to Oxford-meet. Os arriving there
she add she wanted to go to the Migwaris.road, and he
amordingly drove her to that place. BIN then directed him
to drive to one street and then to another, refusing to give
the nataber el the hues where she lived. He stopped near
Maids-hill, and aria asked her where she lived, bat she re•
fend to tell him. He drove ea, for the purpose of taking
her to the station-boom, when he felt a jerk is the cab, and
en tansies Nuad saw the cab door open, and the deemed
lying upon toe road. She was quite inesasible, and he
as-fisted in removing her to Mr. Our wood's, where he loft her.
—Mr. Iheveneon, wpm et Ms. Garwood's, said the de-
ceased had • braise on the left knee, sad also under the left
ear. She was brought in soon atter 10 o'clock, and she died
about half-pea 3 the IMO afternoon. Ho had made a post
SWUM rumination of the body, and diaeoured a simple
fruiters of the shell, which had ceased death.—Verdiet :
" That the deceased died from a fracas* of the skull, but
whether she julped from the nab,
there was no eve.
dance to prove.'
FATAL STEMS-KW AOCIDIST.—At St. MAIN
Workhouse, before Kr. Rodftied, ea thembeesrlrerel C. CUM"
ter. 46. who weldrowned at the II Skean beat
the 29th ult., the =try riFistivnerill4seenmer, ISM tlfre ea=lb
the pier he the purpose of disemberkiew pemengsee. He put
the stage across Item the pier to the beat br the
to gee oat safely but as usual • great many jam frets the
boat on to the . Amongst these was the seemed, who
in jumping backwards tale the water, and immediately
sank. Hie body was net found oath Seturday lest. It was
a very dangerous, but yet a very mime& prudes for the
K.....vn.wzgakia., eves before-the hu
an aseldoa/s ddled stepped, and
not .
Verdict—" Asti/Intel death."

OhsVe-1111t, Joni Osier Stephan and
Thomas Hughes Oveenhend, Esq., INN side day milled to
the degree of barrister-at-law, by the heseurable society of
Ortty'rins.
DEBTRUCTIVI CONTIAORATIOtIe AND Loss or
Ll7l.—This' won between twelve sad oar, atatro-
pita was visited with two dreadful fires. The first happened
at No. 7, Bt. Jamee's-plaes, Hackney-road, be the own•
patios of lar. Dolman, a solicitor. The Bemis, Weft
inn perceived, were raging in the Int floor beck, used
ea • bedroom, and in which a child of Mr. Der
ma's woo la bed asleep. The mother of the ham%
'eh phi •to the apartment, Mai the whole of the
bed • in a general blase, sad se timely did the ire
prover that she ioald not enter the room to reuse the
The hem owned with seek serifinees that before
the inmates el the upper rooms become sensible of the wet-
break, tie ire had extended to the stairs. By diat id
gnat inertia& they, however, miosseded in gaining the
read. When. the firemen arrived there, day Mod
the whole Wilde, from the base to the root enveloped
in the Mina. 'The Are Deadened its ravages nee
aysry room in the premises was bunted sat, the wetly
(Waite" end wearing apparel of the muss mad
raised m ome. The total loin met be.esesiderable,sl"Z
saileNastile her. Duman wee not insured. At 2 Vele*
tub emweintl thg e body et 11r. Dansea's eland had not been
amuse* huhew the state of the premises there le no
dwelt ire khan lima bussed toe einder.—Whilet the ohne
Wm Weie moles alarm was given that another bad N.
event Dm lie &bow, Boston Old-town. The
firemen Aare fens& the wises of lir. Bummers, boot ma-
&shrines; in the in Beam The mumble
whe wee oa daty saimeeded in alarming the nil
dotter. Plenty of water bevies been prattled, the
engines VIM Mg to week, . end the houses on either side
were saved tram arrousiaa. The prosier of XL Saw
mere °outlawed to barn with the greatest velmwens until
pet two Velma, and it was not until ahnese every putt el
the building was destroyed, the sleek W
enM& reduced to
reties, end the Isfahan of tho veriest espbese hurliela
that oho ecoeflagration would be extinguished. XL Baum%
was partially lamed in. the Ban amoeba.