The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-03 00:00:00

CHARGE OF MURDER.

Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, a Coro-
ner's Inquest was held before J. H. (lELL, Coroner for West-
minster, at the Water-works public-house, Chelsea, on the
body of Mark, the wife of Robert Mark, in the employ
of Messrs. Johnson, Sons, and Brice, paviers and contractors,
Chelsea, who was found drowned the night before.

George Thomas Marshal, gun-maker, St. George's-place,
deposed, that a few minutes after twelve o'clock on Sunday
morning he was on the Wooden-bridge at Chelsea, and heard
an altercation between a male and a female, who were not on
the bridge and shortly after he heard a female voice say—
" Don't hold my hands ! don't hold my hands !" which was
repeated several times. He hallooed out, " What is the mat.
ter below ?" but received no answer, which caused him to re-
peat the call. lie then heard a violent screaming, and some-
thing fall into the water ; the night being very dark, he called
out to the watch, and ran down to the place where the cry came
from, accompanied by Maclow, the watchman, and a stranger,
and then they saw a man who was leaning on the wall, and who
the stranger and watchman took into custody. The man ap-
peared to he in liquor.
Richard Painter, a labourer, was in company with tha de-
ceased and her husband, Robert Mark, at the King's Head
public-house, Chelsea, from nine o'clock in the evening until
near 12 on Satarday night last ; the deceased and her husband
appearee to be on good terms until about 11 o'clock, when the
husband sang a song, hut did not sing the last verse to his wife's
liking, on which she herself sang the remainder, as well as she
could, which made the husband angry, and lie struck her with
the hack of his hand on the face. They all three then went
away, apparently friends ; the whole were in liquor. On com.
ing into the street, they met a man named George Rope, and
the deceased asked him to take some gin, which he refused,
but the husband pressing him, the three went back to the pub-
lic-house again, and witness went home.
George henry Rope, a labourer, on Saturday night, was on
his way home, and saw Robert Mark, the deceased, and
Richard Painter, standing by the public-house door; the de-
ceased asked him to have some drink. Seeing that she was
in liquor, he declined it, but was overpersuaded by her hus-
band, and the three went in, and had half a pint of gin
amongst them ; they were all in good humour, and about five
minutes came out. Mark and his wife left him, and walked
towards the bridge; they had walked but a few paces, when
witness saw deceased put her hand round her husband's neck.
He heard the husband say, " Take hold of my hand," and
they walked on apparently in good humour. Before witness
and they parted, Mark told him he should be out all night
on the barge, and said that he should not go the Pimlico
way to the barge, but by the bank near the high road.
"William Whittal, coal-merchant, deposed, that on Sunday
morning, about one o'clock, he heard several voices, which he
found to be of persons taking Mark into custody. He heard
Mark express much anxiety about his wife, and wished to have
her searched for; and said had he not been held by the watch-
man, he would have jumped in after her ; and witness thinks
he would have done so.

William Martin, a fellow-workman with Mark, deposed,
that on Sunday morning, about one o'clock, he heard a most
violent screaming three distinct times ; he heard no words, and
the screaming proceeded from the spot where the deceased was
afterwards found. The screaming appeared to him as if the
person was sustaining violence.
Wm. Couzens, a watchman, assisted in taking the deceased
out of the creek or cut, shout four o'clock on Sunday morning;
she was then quite dead, and when found her head was down-
wards, and her whole person was covered with mud.
After a few minutes' consideration, the Jury, without re-
tiring, pronounced a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Ito.
bert Mark ;" and the Coroner issued his warrant for his com-
mitment to Newgate. The prisoner is about 28 years of age.
Ile was previously in custody, having undergone an examina.
tion at Marlborough-street Police-office, but was remanded to
await the result of the Coroner's Inquest.

FRENCH LAW OF Divoace.—The case of
Madame BRYAN (formerly Lady Doyle) and M.
MANSION, a Paris artist, vi as heard in continua-
tion on Saturday last, before the Paris Tribunal
of First Instance. On the preceding Saturday
the King's Advocate had defended the Mayor of
the third l'aris arrondissement, for refusing his
sanction to the marriage of the parties ; and on
this occasion M. Ferey, Madame Bryan's Counsel,
replied to the arguments of the King's Advocate,
after which the Court decided—" That a person
engaged in the bonds of a first marriage, even
though contracted in a foreign country, cannot,
in virtue of a divorce, which the French laws do
not recognize, and of the effects of which French
tribunals are not aware, contrast a Second mar-
riage in France. That, therefore, the Mayor of
the third arrondissement, in refusing to proceed
with the celebration of the marriage of Mary
Bryan with the Sieur Mansion, only made a just
application of Article 147 of the Civil Code."

A letter from the North (Scotland) says—
" Game of every description is unusually plen-
tiful on the Scottish Moors this season. The
young moor fowl were on the wing a month ago,
which is full six weeks earlier than last year.
The young hares also are uncommonly nu-
merous ; partridges, too, are pretty plentiful ;
so that the sportsman may anticipate a season of
exquisite amusement.

In the course of the last sib months, not fewer
than a dozen persons have been killed by boxing
matches. There certainly should be some
!save enactment to prevent such barbarous
sports