The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-18 00:00:00

CORoNLItS' lIQUESTS.

ALLEGED MArSLAUGHIER OF A MARRIED
WOMAN BY HER IIUSBAND.—Before Mr. H. M.
%Vakley, at the Perseverance, Weston-street, King's-
cross, on the body of Mary Anne Porter, aged 34.
Mary Casey, a midwife from the workhouse, who
was on Thursday lust sent to attend deceased, said
that she had then all the symptoms of Asiatic
cholera. In the evening the husband came home in
a state of drunkenness. He kissed her and said,
" Tell the nurse did I ill-use y,,u." She replied,
" Leave off—don't kill me altogether." She bad
been delivered of a child the previous Monday, and
it died of cholera on Wednesday.
Elizabeth Randon saw the husband, on the day
before the child was born, throw his wife on the bed,
and dreadfully beat her; after which, he and his son
(deceased's step child) went out. Deceased's cheek
and lips were frightfully swollen by the beating.
Matilda Maddow stated, that on the Sunday men-
tioned by the previous witness, deceased came into
her room, and said that her husband had stabbed her
in the arm. Her lips were dreadfully swollen.
Mr. Popham, surgeon, accompanied by Mr.
Eastell, another district surgeon, visited deceased
on the Wednesday before her death. The husband
and her sister were in the room, and attempted
to force her from the cbed, when he (Mr. Popham)
said, " Fellow, what are you doing ? You will kill
the woman." She gradually sunk until Friday,
when she died. He performed a post mor-
tern examination. The body was one mass
of bruises. Her upper lip was swollen and
cut inside. On the top of the head was a wound
which reached the brain, causing congestion of the
brain. There was a wound behind the ear. The left
side along the ribs was also bruised. She died of
Asiatic cholera, and the injurie, might have been
moving causes to the disease. Had she not died of
cholera, the injuries in course of time wou'..d have
caused death.

Verdict—Deceased died of Asiatic cholera, after
having been cruelly and disgracefully treated by her
husband.
At the close of the inquiry the police arrested the
husband to charge him with his wife's death before
the divisional magistrate.
DEATH OF MR. W. WALKER, STOCKBROKER, FROM
CH,L, RA.—Before Mr. Baker, at the Horns, Hackney-
road, on view of the body of Mr. W. Walker, aged sixty,
who died of Asiatic cholera, at No. 45, Curtain-road.
Deceased was by profession a stockbroker, and was a
trt quenter of the Stock Exchange. lie was of the most
penurious habits, and lived with his brother, who was also
of eccentric disposition. They would never allow visits
from any one, and the room which they occupied had not
be..n entered for months by any one except themselves.
It was in a most filthy state, and there were boxes in it
piled one above another. Deceased was in the course of
the last fortnight twice, attacked with Asiatic cholera.
He was attended by Mr. Bowen, who stated that the
room occupied by the deceased was in such a revolting
condition as was quite suffiLunt to lead to an attack of
the disease. Deceased was stated to be in possession of
property. Verdict—" Death from Asiatic cholera."

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING..---The steamer
trom llavre which arrived here this morning
brings but a repetition of our last advices respect-
ing the cotton market. Yesterday's sales were
144 bales for imint.diate consumption, without any change
in prices. The Narraganset, fur New Orleans, and the
Elizabeth, for Constantinople, sailed from Havre yes-
terday.
PORT AND HARBOUR OF CHESTER, RIVER DEE ---
A must impoi tent inquiry took place at the Town-hall,
Chester, during the last week, before two Admiralty
Commissioners. The object of the inquiry was to ascer-
tain how far the River Dee Company had carried out its
engagements respecting the maintenance of a depth
of water for vessels drawing fifteen feet at high
water of a moderate spring tide in this important
and once flourishing navigation. It is contended by
its opponents that the company has embanked large
estates from the estuary of the Dee at the sacrifice of
the navigation. The meetings were numerously and
respectably attended, and among those present were
Sir A. Dalrymple, Mr. Nankin, Mr. W. A. Provis, C.E ,
on the part of the company, Mr. Henry Robertson,
C4l, Mr. Robert Ray, and Mr. Martin, Parliamentary
agent, representing the Chester and Shrewsbury. Railway
Company, and Mr. L. Martiutt and Mr. Hamilton
Fulton, C. E , on the part of the shipping end manufac-
turing interests. The report of the A.:miralty is looked
fur with much interest by all parties concerned, and the
citizens of Chester are sanguine as to the Dee Company
being compelled to restore the navigation to its former
efficiency,
The mortal remains of the late Bishop of Norwich,
who died on the 6th instant, while on a visit at Bruhen
Castle, Inverness-shire, the seat of the Honourable Mrs.
Stewart Mackenzie, will be interred in Norwich Cathe-
dral, on Friday next.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN HYDE PASS.--A French
gentleman attempted to commit suicide on Sunday
afternoon, near the Magazine in Hyde park, by shooting
himself threugh the budy with a pistol. The report
was beard by some boys passing, who gave the alarm to
the police, and the unhappy man was conveyed 00 a
stretcher to S. George'a Hospital. He was severely
wounded in the rild, and the ail, gerl cause of the rash
atteiept was that he had been plundered of 30 000 f. the
preceding evening in the Ha) market.
Cherish your best hopes as a faith, and abide by
them in action.—Eliza Cook's Journal.