The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-24 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Yesterday morning an inquest was held by Mr.
Carter, the coroner for Surrey, at the Lambeth
Workhouse, on the body of Mary Charrett, aged 38,
who died under the following singular circumstances :
—The deceased and her husband, George Charrett,
were in the service of Mr. Dymock, the banker, at
his residence near Forest-hill, Sy denham, but iu con-
sequence of her intemperate habits her husband was
at last obliged to give notice and quit his situation.
They left on Saturday, the 7tb of August, at eight in
the evening, intending to walk to London across
Peckham-rye. By the time they reached this spot
the woman became so intoxicated that she lay down
upon the grass, and, notwithstanding the remon-
strances of her husband, she remained in that condi-
tion all night. Early on the following morning a
policeman came to the spot, and advised the husband
to take a cab and remove her to some coffee-hence.
He adopted this suggestion, and after endeavouring
ineffectually to obtain admission at different places
they drove to,the police-station, and thence to An.
sell's coffee-house, Lower-marsh, Lambeth. Here
the woman went to bed, and the husband went
out for a walk. After dinner he went out again,
but was not seen to return. In the evening
Mr. Ansell heard a heavy fall in the woman's
on going upstairs, he knocked, and
replied that she wanted some water.
Otrhoneonibil'm nagnadan'sked for her husband, she said that she did
not know where he was, and that she could not find
the door in the dark. An entrance was effected into
the room, and the woman was found lying on the floor
much bruised about the head. She was lifted into
bed, and the husband was discovered hanging in a
closet in the room and quite dead. An inquest was
heldo a onand an open verdict returned. The
m
body,
ved to Lambeth workhouse, where
wn w theas
rem
she remained very ill. It was assumed that the hus-
band, exasperated at his wife's conduct, had beaten
her dreadfully in an attempt to kill her, and then
hanged himself. The woman, however, in her lucid
intervals said that she received the injuries by falling
about. She died from the effects of them on Friday
last. The house surgeon, who examined the body,
found that the cause of death was rupture of a vessel
in the dura nutter and infl.inunation of the brain, the
result of external violence, but how inflicted he could
not say. The jury returned a verdict in accordance
with the evidence—viz., that the woman died from
injuries produced by violence, but how she came I).Y
those injuries there was no proof. It is somewhat
remarkable that at the first inquiry no inedi"i
worn most likely °lltloarill'aayse,
evi-
dence was called as to the nature of the
Airjurairthey that(' on the at.;
bus_
be
And, his state of mind might have been. inferred from
n.
that and his subsequent seif-destructio
ibieaedn itinilapiepteeadrei;y

AII,WAT TRAIN.—
LEAP OF A PRISONER FitoM A
uth Shields, took into
Oa Friday Sergeant Richardson,)o
fttbS:nanie a John Brown,
custody, for robbery, a person in Lis being liberated from
obas Quick, a native of Shields, o
ner to Newcastle, which
his Pr's°
soned. Thu officer conveyed
o'clock train, travelling in a
town they left by the eleve:.
h prisoner handcuffed.
third elass open carrigse, ''
hl, and Shields station the prisoner,
Alorpeth gaol, where be had been for twelve months impri-
Between Brockley„Wni;y, leaped out of the carriage and fell
watching to iollow him, but was
his 01)1,0.01, was going
Thet
ti
on the rails. by his fellow-pasklngers. The train at
prudently preven
...„„,,eeding at a rattling pace, and the prisoner
the time was 10,•--
was observed Po et up and walk with a limp along the line.
train slackened its pace at the High station,
As soon as
Tteurned in pursuit. An alarm was: given, and a
officers were instantly dispatched in search of the
realthough the officer was not more than ten
turning to the spot where the escape took place,
t,e searc was made, no tidings whatever could
arid an ac- h 1 t ' .h '
'ned of t e os prisoner, w o remains at large, and
ioftheng ifrom
mB oiaurddi
indifferent
Tradeen
t
arrivednle_y )
beobtal . .
infntluuligienwatorfesii;ioenfrb. e h
evades the vigilance of the police.
in town from Germany, considerably better.
ase Pbreeensidsueffnetr
TUE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BURNLEY. BURNLEY
SATURDAY EVEYING.—The fears entertained for the reco-
very of four of the persons most seriously
terrible disaster have, we regret to state, beeninjured by this
rea-
lized, death having terminated their suff tearfullyn
whori bh
Whitaker, 17, mechanic, died at ten • sufferings.
George
last night; William Winterbottom, 29, minutes after 'eleven
before one this morning; Joseph,ownsWarper, at a. quarter
quarter before five this morning; and °P
51, warper, at a
weaver, at a quarter before six. The John Thornton, 39,
names of the other
persons injured are as follow :--Richard
Robert Heys, weaver; George
wchard Jackson, weaver;
Jackson, weaver; Samuel Bra hitaker, warper ; Robert
Robin-
son, overlooker ; and William F‘ive yell, smith
atson, Peter
overlooker. Several
of these persons are so severely
greatest agony, and are b scalded as to remain in the
more can be said as to
they no means out of danger. Little
was stated yesterday. An inquiry
causes of this sad accident than
the
Court-house on Monday, will be opened .at
..
ay, when doubtless a full investigation
will take place, pending which w e must defer any remarks
we may make on the subject.
THE Mons.—The weather has been very unpro.
pituous for the grouse shooters this season. In Inverness-
shire the ground has been in a very bad state; but the birds
oceu
are plentitul and strong. Most of the shootings are
Pied, and a good deal of game has been bagged, but the re-
re-
turns are not at all Vine to those of last season. In Aber-
deen and Banff shires the sport has been better, and the Dee
side heather promises to he in a good condition and well
supplied. In the western districts the 'game is remarkably
plentiful, and the shootings thus far have been good.
THE FRENCff GoVERNMEpT
el AND THE FISHI4R.
Arm, —SinEmps, Apo. 23.77 Le
rieircina large and handsome
war-steamer belonging "a r!
to t h Government, is at pre-
sent in our harbour.
She has two tenders cruising off the
coast. It appears that a number of French boats are engaged
and that
in the herring fishery, they are paid a premium by
n what they catch. As they fishout-
side
the Government upon
very
the men y act in concert with
our boats,
our men, and purchase fish of them instead cf engaging
themsei
• v_es in fishing. hence the watch set upon them.
There has been a considerable take of herrings off this coast
during the last few days, and, notwithstanding great qnanti-
ties are sent by railway into the interior of the countio, they
been selling as low as ','s. 6d. • thousand. Some of
have per
the Penzance boats have been very successful.
LONDON, AUG. 5/I.—The Endeavour, Lynn to South'
ampton, was run down off Dungeness 21st inst.