The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-30 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY REVERSE OF

FORTUNE.
An inquest was held on Tuesday at the Wheat-
sheaf, Holywell-street, Strand, before Mr. Higgs, on
the body of Cecilia Maria Watkins, aged 64. The
body lay at No. 42, Holyvvell-stret-t, in a room
containing no more furniture than an old sofa and
two broken chairs. The examination of the witnesses
lasted upwards of three hours, but the substance of
the evidence may be briefly given. The deceased was
very respectably connected, and for three years
previous to July last kept a lodging-house in
Howard-street, Strand. The last year of her
residence in Howard-street she was in the deepest
distress; all her furniture was seized for rent. She
would often have been without food for days, if it had
not been for the kindness of one of her friends, Mrs.
Longmore, of No. 35, Arundel-street. She was
besides very reluctant to make her wants known.
In July she removed to No. 42, Holywell-street,
and there continued to live upon the charity of her
friends, and a little money which had been sent to
her by her brother a clergyman, and one of the minor
canons at Chichester, and an allowance she received
from the Governesses Institution. On Friday one
of her friends found her at home without any food,
and only I id. in money at her disposal. This, and
more that was given her, was expended in food and
fuel, but the deceased was then so ill that she could
not leave her bed, and on Sunday morning last was
found dead. Mr. Farquhar, surgeon, said that the
cause of death was pulmonery consumption, accele-
rated by want of proper sustenance and attention.
In her room were found some letters, showing that
she had recently received post-office orders from her
brother, who had also arranged to make her a regular
allowance, but, it was believed, that she expended the
money in paying her debts. Verdict, died from
disease of the lungs, accelerated by want of sufficient
sustenance and attention. In the course of the in-
quiry the Dean of Chichester entered the rooT,ellnecl.
denied a statement in a morning
paper th.a
f Chhester.
ceased was the sister of the late Dean 0
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happened near Wareham,
accident, terminati.ag faolnatYet
h above line of railway. It
on Saturday raoriun% •
man,level
ethv'en..greataet-lketerepienr,paa"cianrgeftuhle
O.Pwas directed to assist in attaching a car-
aPaapeearts tthheatrear of the train. This he proceeded to do,
hriuT,eunafortunately, on it being pushed up to the train,
irorasseidngi3reotwthn:s pltahcee.,
the poor man was dreadfully crashed between the buffers
as the carriages were joining together. Immediate
e
mdical aid was broht to him, but the frightful nature
of the in:uries he had sustained precluded the possibility
of his surviving.
CHEAP SEWERS FOR MANCHESTER.—Mr. Francis,
who has been engaged as surveyor for the paving and
sewerage of the township of Manchester for upwards
of twelve years, writes to us, that he has three makers
engaged in producing the larger pipes of burnt clay for
drains and sewers, storing them up (having engaged
a wharf expressly for the purpose) until he has a
sufficient stock to make a fair start, and legal forms
will allow of their use. " I am confident," says he,
" of ultimate success, and that we shall save by their
use 2.0001. a year in this township alone."—The Builder.
TELEGRAPHIC BUSINESS.—We have heard of a
curious transaction, by means of the electric telegraph,
which is said to have occurred in our London Stock
Exchange on Wednesday. 500 shares were bought at a
certain price in the market ; the news, per telegraph,
was sent off to one of our provincial towns, and in an
hour advice was sent back that they were sold, with
"go it again." 500 more were thereupon bought, the
news transmitted to the agent, who immediately dis-
posed of the shares of course to a profit.—Herapatt's
Journal.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29.—The Queen
Dowager and the illustrious persons at present on a visit
to her in this country, having signified their wish to
visit the Queen and the Prince Consort at their marine
residence in the Isle of Wight, the Court will remain at
Osborne some days longer for their reception, and con-
sequently is not expected at Windsor Castle until Wed-
;today next, Ow 6th of October,