The Sun.
London, England, 1814-09-02 00:00:00

SUSNCION (fl' MURDER.

CORP*iER' • INQMEST.-Vesteniay 'an inquest
was ,beld at t he, Distillers' Arms, Gieat Salfron-
hill, before GrmaGE HonGsox, Esti, on the hotly
of Ntirgaret Byrne, :vlinse husb;And. Thomas
-Byrne, is now,in•cnstorly, On. snspitiokt.`
d,f having
murdered -her. Atter the'J ury were impannelled,
they pros ei.ded to the place where the body lay,
'which exhibited several- black marks on various
parts of the body.
Margaret Dunn deposed; that both she and her
husband, Patrick Dunk, who lived in. Back-alley,.
Blue-court, Saffron-IW, next door to the • de, _
• ceased, came about ,half'-past ten on Monday
night, the 22thof A.tiguSt, to the room of the de-
'ceased, far the purpose of thinking a pot of beer;
together ; she knew the deceased and het: husband
about years; the deceased was ill with a slight
fever the. preceding week, and was confine.dt4.her
bed five days. When witness and her husband went
to Byrne's room he was in.bed, and the deceated
sat by the fire sinoaking her. pipe; she appeared in
liquor, but not drunk.. Witness's husband brought
in hi%) pots of porter; the first pot the twonten
drank ; .the second pot Byrne never tasted of ; the
de.ceased partook of it., At half-past eleven
wit-
ness's husband went borne, and she followed him,
,about twelve o'cluc,k, taking about half. a 'pint
of beer that was left with her, and liken,ise the
candle ;• but on entering her own door the candle
went out, ant she-retutned iback again to light it.
The deceased opened the door, gave witness a
light, and shut the door after her. Witness did
not see her 'aftei•ward.s, until 'between seven and
eight o'clock next morning ;. she went there to
light, a candle ; Byrne vas gone to work, and the
deceased was I ying'stretched on the bed, with part
Of her clothes -'on ; I.y4tness asked a fettle girl
a 1 ok. years of age, their daughter,
what was the matter with tier ingther-; the
child answered; She is very bid-;—she fell rkt
the dbOr, and her' lip is, all cut." " D,d your
father beat her, or had they any Words?"
No." The deceased then turned round, and sat
tin in .the.bed,, and said, " 0 ! I 'am very bad,
Dunn." " What is the matter with you ?"
and iuu cd, I am tindo'ne, Lnever will do any
gout." . She. took her"hand off her month, and
witness saw her . mouth shockingly' cut„ so that
She turned aWay her face; and could not' bear' to
10.0 k ny)re 'at it ; she appeared so :sear,, that wit-
4-less Biel not speak iuot to .her; but
.she said. that
upon,her soul her husband did not touch her, but
'that she had .a tall, and her last frill ; she did not
say,where'she 101. Wh a her husband came home
lie got a'coaC'h, p.nd.l'YitnesS and another wothan
assisted him to put her into it; soniie.of the•blooa
from_ her mouth‘got on the breast of his shirt as
lie .Was carrying her to the coach ; she was then
taken to St. Bartholonw's Hospital,, where she
remained until last-l'slanday, when she was brOught
hoMe in a Chair, and died about eleven o'clock
next day, (luting which interval' she was qThite

William James deposed, that he was surgeoi's,
pupil at Sr. 'Bartholomew's Hospital; that *be-
tween 19 and 11 o'clock Tuesday morning, the
-23 d of August, he was called fo the deceased
found her sitting in, a chair ; her lower lip was
diridzd,and four or five'of the teeth Of the upper'
jaw were out ;' she appeared• under the influence
of-liqua„ her breath smelled of it when he was-
stitching 'her lip ; she had no marks of violence
on any part her body, except a slight mark of no
cOnsequente on her right shoulder ; she had no
fracture,. but was in, a high fever ; she was put to
bed, and ordered to be kept as quiet as
,posr
sible, and tint -to be allowed to speak to any
body on account of her lip, except to her
husband, and -to be. kept' on a low milk diet.
—Witness was informed that she told the
n_nrse thal she met the accident by falling under
a heavy load of oysters, on which no particular
examination took place ; in two or three days
her fever increased ; her husband appeared very
attentive to her. On Monday, when witness
called to see her, he learned that her hd, usband had,
taken her away, without his knowledge, telling
the nurses that sloe would be happier to the at
home with her children. He had since exathined
the body, and found no other marks but what
proceeded from putrefaction.
'['lie Jury, after a-long investigation; returned a
verdict—Died by tine Visitation of God.

A fire broke out at eleven o'clock On 'Tuesday
night, at the veneer-manufactory, Battersea,
which raged with unex.tinguishahle fury for three
lours-and au half, consuming the whole.stuck rind
premise-3.

- The tire in the Borough of Southwark, on Sun-
day night, was visible at Rochester. It excited
gocrai alarm ; tint we have the pleasury to add,
that.thc present yer, lys p.vrenteo comparatively
few acciidents of this kind. So inudi,,ii2D,E.l4c, £t
neat arthelinswan4 Offices.