The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-30 00:00:00

KING'S COUNTY.

The committee resumed-their inquiry to-day, at
11 o'clock ,• Mr. Stephen Cave presiding. The other mem-
bers were Mr. Gore Langton, Mr. R. W. T. Hamilton,
Mr. Townley Mitford, aril Mr. John Abel Smith.
Counsel for the petitioner: Mr. Longfield, Q.C., Mr.
Cooke, Q.C., and Mr. O'Hara. Counsel for the sitting
member (Sir Patrick O'Brien) : Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., Mr.
Serjeant Ballantine, Mr. Coffey, Q.C., Mr. Biron, and
Mr. J. W. Gray.
The following additional evidence was given in support
of the petition :
Jas. Jackson, who acted as poll-clerk in the barony of
Ballybut, stated that Thos. Ryan, whose name appeared at
the end of a page, voted for King and Hennessy. (His vote
was not included in the total of figures opposite his name,
being the total of the column.)
('rose-examined—l know how he voted by the total.
The deputy-sheriff crossed out the vote of Mr. Wallace,
because he had voted before. There is a Wm. Wallace on
page 9. I could not swear he is the same man. A Wm.
Wallace came in and he did not belong to the booth
at all. That was found out after his name was written
down and the deputy sheriff struck out the name. Ido
nut know whether the correction was struck out before the
list was made or not. It was made before, I think. lam
certain of it. I cannot tell when I made the list. It might
have been when the poll was closed. I think it was after.
[Left sitting.]

FOUND DROWNED IN THE THAMES.

INQUEST.-(THIS DAY.)

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This morning an inquiry was held at the Essex
Head, Essex-street, Strand, by Mr. W. J. Payne, the coro-
ner for the Duchy of Lancaster, touching the death of a
woman whose name was unknown.
John Morrissy, Thames police-constable, No. 2, said
that on last Friday morning he was on board the Royalist,
the Thames police-station, near the Temple-pier. He
saw the body of a woman floating in the
river, and he got a boat and towed it ashore.
She was a woman of above 25 years of age, and the only
clothes she had on were a black alpaca dress and white
petticoat, and a pair of leather boots and white stockings.
From her appearance witness thought that she was a mar-
ried woman and the wife of a river bargeman. She wore
a gold ring. Every inquiry had been made by the police,
but no clue could be obtained as to her identity.
Dr. John Walsh said that the deceased had not been
dead more than five days when she was found in the river.
The cause of her death was drowning. There was a mark
under her left eye, as if she had received a blow before she
had fallen into the water. That blow might have been re-
ceived by the deceased striking her head against some hard
substance whilst leaping from a bridge into the river.
Witness believed that the deceased was not a female of
the lower class of society, but that she had moved amongst
the respectable classes. Her hair was done up in the
fashionable style, and she bad a very ladylike
appearance and her skin was remarkably white. She had
on her finger • gold keeper ring. She had been a
mother. _ . .

Joseph White, coroner's officer, said that the friends of
two young women, who had been missed in London within
the last week, bad called to view the deceased's body.
One party stated that on Tuesday evening a young
woman, named Elizabeth Helston, living in Bethnal-
oven, ran down the steps on the city side of
London-bridge and leaped into the water ; before she
could be rescued the tide carried her away, and she waa
drowned. When shown the body of the deceased, he said
that she was not his friend. The friends of the other
young woman who was missing also failed to identify the
deceased.

A juror said that the deceased had evidently committed
suicide by leaping from one of the bridges.
The Coroner said that as there was no legal evidence as
to how the deceased woman became drowned, the jury
must return an open verdict.
The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased female,
unknown, was found drowned in the Thames, but under
what circumstances she came by her death there was no
evidence to show."