The Sun.
London, England, 1815-01-24 00:00:00

,Rl-lOCKING. OCCURRENCES.

Yesterdav evening an Inquest.„;%-fiS hel I at the
Lion and Lamb,-Lower Grosvccoor7st:nate, lit fore
A &THOM GEL L, Coroner for Wo.ittninster,
on the body of Sarah Silvester., a Cook in the fa,
mily of the Rev. •Dr. Robert Hodgson, Rector or
`St. George, Hanover-square, who put an end to her
existence by cutting her throat With a razor, in a
hay -loft over, the stable in the rear of the iniuse,
in Lower Grosvenor-Streef, after having delivered
herself of a male ellild,•wilose aody was in,ind
lying dead near her, with a silk handlierchief tied
ailing its neck,, and the body.covered round s itlt
Ity,blitids. It appeared
,in evidence, that be-
tweet) ten and eleven o'clock on Thursday morning,
the deceas-ed.was rnisseilfroum her master's house; it
wits then supposed she was gone out on some
sinessof her own, but not returning as the dinner
hour drvivnear, the butler'inquired for her at the
]tenses of several persons' where she used to fre-
quent, but she was not to be found. Between
seven and-eight o'clovk in the evening, the butler
and the kitchen.-tnaid commenced a (resit search
for tier, and. after looking over every part of the
house, they searched the out-offices ; on their go-
ing tip to the loft over the stable, they found the
.door shut close to ; the butler knocked at the door
and called, but receiving no answer, he pushed it
hard, and found it was unlocked, but kept shut by
something being placed against 'it on the in-
side ; he forced open the door so far as to admit his
head, and looking in saw the deceased lying
against the door with her throat ciu, and the floor
covered with blood ; lie 'turned away -hOyror-
struck.• 'lie made the circumstance known to hiS
master, who sent for Mr. Barrow, a surgeon.—
Dr. Hodgson, Mr. Barrow, and several 'of the
domestics proceeded to the hay loft. The deceased
Was quite.dead, with her throat cut from ear to
ear, and an open razor was lying her side, and
at het-feet was the body of a new-born male in-
fant, also dead, with A. silk handkerchief tied
round its neck, and the body wrapped up iu.a
liay-band. No particular acts of insanitY,,on the
part of the deceased, were laid before the Jury ;
but it appeared that her having the razor in her
possession might.be adcountetFfor,,as it Was ne-
cessary for a woman to have a sharp instrument
for.the purpose of delivery, that she might so
have it without. any ideal of committing suicide,
',and- that her pains
,and the Want of proper assist-
ance* the time
.might hring on 'a inumenuiry de-
yangetneot: On the body of the infant there ap-
peared -no
_particular marks olyiOlence, and the
JM:y •%.v.e're led to suppose. that the cause of the
.handkerchief being tied round the, child's neck
was for the.purpose •of'delive'ring herself,•lhe en-
(pkv ;was tong and minute, :from, the various re,
p'in.l4 in eiyculation,a(length die Jury-,—tinder,
thedirection of*tiCtirorier, returned a verdict of
Lctiocy ; they gave .•tt: verdict, of, Riund dead, on
the body of the child.,TWdc'CeaSeil v,'llS :4 years'
of, age, and between seven and eight
•yearA,,in- the t rt,ily.- • . , • •
•

Yesterday another Inquisition at' Hie
Gioper'S Arrns, llampilen-street, '
before G. IlonpsoN,:E.sq, ~'oroifer for M?tidie,-,
On the body of 'Mrs. finder, a xestibelable widow*-•:
lady, a resident of that place,'wh6 siaddetily"ex--•
i)ired on Friday last. Mts.lliiiler had itititnaled to
Some" of her neighbours, in the beginning of the
week, that she meant to spend
"a few days with her
friends in town : and on Tuesday, as we understand,
she set off to transact sonic business al the- ffank,•
and did, not return until Friday, when' she . re- -
turned company with Mr. o',Farrel,, a gentle-
man Who
.was lately-a Major in the . army, and .
who was the only witness examined before the Co,.
rover. lie deposed that the deceased went to visit •
Lady Frazer, -wliere she dined on Thursday ; did
not. hear her Complain of illness until she was re-
turning home through Russel-square, when she.
complained of a pain in the stomach ^ when she
came to the corner of Ossulston-'street,'she a(vaiti
complained and went-into a-green7grOcer's shop,
where she sat for a few initiates ; on coming out
she only went .a few yards freAn the door, when
she said she must. again return" into the shop, as
she felt very ill ; she sat "down,' and almost in-.
stantly uxpired : Messrs. Squirrel and Moss, Sur-
geons, were called in, but before their arrival life
was-.extinct--Verdict—Died by th:: I'4itation of
God.

LIEUT. DAVID O'NEEFFE, ON TUE KERRY RE...
unfortunaje Gcntleman, whose
conduct for some time past, manifested the
strongest symptoms Of mental derangement, has
terminated 116 existence in such a mauncr, as ful-
ly proves the state his mind must have been, in,
whilst the manner of his death is sincerely to he
deplored by every Christian. The cOnunission of
an act of suicide has hurried him into eternity ; a
Coroner's Jury having found a verdict of murder
against him, for having on Tuesday last shot a
man of. the intake of J Sullivan, a process-server,
whilst the. act-of serving hire with one of those
ovders o'f law—at the histigation of his fatuity, he
fled for the purpose of secreting him Self for the
present, which he probably would have effected,.
had the situation OfliS 'mind enabled him to have.
•pnrsnedArlYratiottal litie.of conduct ; but labour-
ing :under a degree: •Ok insanity, which must have
been consiclevably augmented by the death of the
unforttina:te man whom he 'Shot, he committed a
similar, act towards. himself yesterday evening in
,:the neighbourhood of Tullarees, about 12 miles
front ..this town, and by a pistol-shot, put an -end
to his life--2-(Kel'ry Evening Post.)
DREAPFUL ACCIDENT.-At an early hour in--the
morning of Thursday seunight, a man and woman
travelling in-ii gig from Taunton, to Chard, were
upset in passing theprecipice of Castle-Ike-Roche,
in-consequence of which the man was killed on
'the spot, .the.womaku. had her thigh broken, and
the vehicle was, dpshed -to pieces. From the
sttnituit of the hill to the; abyss into which they
fell, the depth iS not less that43oo feet.
On Sonday-night, about eleVen o'dock, an el.
derly man was found dead at the step of
.a door iti
Bridge-road, kVesttninster Bridge. It is supposed
he fell a victim to want, "and-the. severity of the
weather. The body was conveyed to the work-
house.