The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-26 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

Yesterday an inquisition was taken by RICHARD
CARTER, Esq., Coroner for Surrey, at the Hero of
Waterloo, Waterloo-road, upon the body of Anne
Sabina Ray, aged 22 years, wife of M. Adolphus
Ray, a French cook in the establishment of Mr.
Grange, confectioner, Duke-street, Piccadilly.
Sarah Price stated that she lived servant to M.
Ray, who occupied apartments in the house of Mr.
Wright, No. 30, Bazing-place, Waterloo-road. Her
master and mistress, during the short period she had
lived with them, (three weeks) appeared to live
upon happy terms ; and her mistress in particular
seemed to be devotedly attached to her master, in-
variably going to meet him on his return home from
business in the evening. On Sunday morning last,
at half-past ten o'clock, they took breakfast toge-
ther, when the deceased appeared extremely cheer-
ful. At a little after twelve o'clock, witness asked
her master where her mistress was ? When he re-
plied she had gone into her bed-chamber to dress.
She knocked at the bed-room door, but could ob-
tain no answer, the door was fastened inside. Wit-1
ness returned down stairs into the kitchen, and. at
about one o'clock she went up again to ask for the'
table cloth in order to lay the table for dinner, when
both herself and master knocked at the door, but no
reply could be obtained. Her master calling to her
mistress, said, "Anne, my dear, why don't you an-
swer?" He jokingly said it was nothing but a whim of
hers, and that she was in the habit of locking herself
in her chamber when they had had words. She had
beard no quarrel between them that morning, nor,
indeed, during the time she had been there. Wit-
ness having placed the dinner upon the table, her
master again knocked at the door, requesting his
wife would come to dinner, but with the same
effect ; and he then dined by himself. When her
mistress went to her chamber, she took with her
three volumes of a novel called " Ethelinde," and
when it grew dark, her master expected she would
come out, as she could not see to read any longer.
At about eight o'clock, finding her mistress did not
come out, hermaster went ont,desiring her (witness)
to tell her mistress he would return at half-past ten,
and to say that her absence had caused him much
uneasiness, and that it was very foolish of her to
act in that silly manner ; but her mistress not leav-
ing her room, she could not tell her. About half-past
one in the morning her master came home, and,
learning the deceased had not been seen, caused the
door to be forced open, when her mistress was
found hanging to the bed-post by a silk handker-
chief, quite dead. Witness remarked, on the pre-
ceding Thursday, that the deceased appeared very
low-spirited, but she knew nothing that was likely
to cause it. Her mistress was a very great reader
of romances,

The witness stated, in answer to questions by the
Jury, that her deceased mistre,=s was in the habit of
receiving letters addressed " Miss Ray" by the two-
penny-post, and she recollected, on one occasion,
when a letter came, her master was at home, and
requested to know from whom it came; but she
refused to tell him, and put it in her pocket, at
which her master was much displeased, and they
had a few words.

Mr. Francis Wright, the landlord, said that the
parties had lived in his house about seven weeks.
They were very respectable, and appeared to live on
terms of happiness.
A letter, of which the following is a copy, was
then read by the Coroner. It was addressed to
Adolphus Ray, but was without a date :
"Dear Adolphus,—l solemnly swear never to behave
so ill as I did on last Saturday night ; but if you will not
forgive me at once, and send me to walk the streets for a
morsel of bread, death shall soon put an end to my exist-
ence. You know, my dear Adolphus, that I love you too
much ; but did you ever know true love without jealousy?
No, never ; but I will sacrifice every thing for your com-
fort, if you will forgive me this once. Do, my dear
Adolphus, forgive me; if you have ever loved as I love
you, I am confident you will forgive me this once; but if
net, I am your wretched ,‘ ANNE."
CORONER—This letter explains every thing. We
had better at once proceed to the examination of
the husband.
The husband was then called into the room. He
stated that his name was Adolphus Ray, and that
he was married about two years ago to the deceased
at Kensington Church—(whilst giving his evidence
witness frequently shed tears). He stated in his
examination that his unfortunate wife had for some
time expressed herself jealous of him, and persisted
in accusing him of being acquainted with other
women. So strong was the impression upon her
mind, that she was in the habit of watching him
every night from his place of business. He was
confident that she must have been in a state of de-
rangement, produced by jealousy, when she com-
mitted the act. The letter which had been read to
the Jury, she had sent him by a boy about four
months since, owing to a quarrel they had, and he
had threatened to leave her on account of her
jealousy.
CORONER—Did you notice any change in her
manner on Sunday morning ?
Witness—She looked wild, I thought. Just
before she went into her bed room she read aloud an
account in a newspaper of a man drowning himself
in a waterbutt through jealousy, after which I
thought she seemed altered.— Verdict," Temporary
Insanity, produced by jealousy."
The Coroner and Jury then proceeded to inves-
tigate the circumstances attending the death of Mr.
James Yates, aged 49 years, one of the equestrians
at Astley's Theatre.
The following evidence was adduced :
Edward Crosbie, sergeant of police, 15 L Divi-
sion, examined.—He stated that while on duty in
the New Cut, Lambeth, on Monday, about one
o'clock, he was applied to by a young woman to go
to the house of Mr. Nutman, corrichandler, West-
minster Bridge-road ; he went there, and on the
first floor landing saw Mrs. Yates in a state of great
excitement ; she said that she wished the door of
her apartment to be broken open, as she feared
Mr. Yates had destroyed himself; the door was
broken open, and the deceased found lying on his
left side, with a handkerchief round his neck, which
was fastened to a top handle of a chest of drawers;
the deceased was quite dead. The witness here
produced a letter which he found on the drawers ;
it was directed to Mrs. Yates, but it had neither
signature nor date. It was as follows
I saw a person that asked me after you and Yates,
which I thought was the one
that knew him when he first came to London, and was
He said no, for Yates was twa
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ried long before that, he would swear, and that he did
not know whether she was dead or not, for he dare not
go to Manchester for years ; and his name is not Yates.'
He was obliged to change it ; and there was something
he bad done that he said he would not throw a chance
away for 10,0001., and he was astonished that he ever
went near Manchester again ; and he said you were the
third, if not the fourth, wife Yates has bad, but the third
wife he would swear."
It appeared that the deceased could not read, and

therefore the letter, if it had any effect upon his
mind, must have been read to him. Several' per-
sons connected with the theatre said that the de-
ceased had been to Manchester, and he was to have
been separated from his wife on the day he com-
mitted suicide. There had been much said of the
constant visits of a coachman, named Matson, to
Mrs. Yates, and that the deceased was jealous of
the proceedings of his wife. It was then agreed to
call Mrs. Yates, who was supported into the room,
apparently labouring under great mental affliction.
She said she had not the slightest knowledge who
sent:the letter in question. It was not in the same
state in which she received it ; but there was neither
date nor signature to it when it was left at the door
for her. She never had any letter upon a similar
subject before. Four years she bad been married
to him; he had been unwell lately, and when he
drank a little it had a great effect upon him. At
times he was all life, and at other times was de-
jected. A young man hung himself in the same
house about three weeks since, and, after my hus-
band had cut him down, he observed to witness,
that she would some day find him dangling in the
same manner for her amusement. On Mond ty he
was, as usual, at the theatre, and was there about
eleven o'clock, and returned about three o'clock ; it
was then she read the letter to him ; the deceased
expressed himself very much surprised, but observed
that it alluded to no one who could do her (witness)
any harm; he then confessed he was never married
to the last woman (Elizabeth Orange), although he
had lived with her for 17 years; she died about
three years previous to her marriage with the de-
ceased; upon her going to the Theatre, she took
the letter with her, and read it to several of the
females in the ladies' dressing-room ; her motive for
so acting was to obtain their advice; on Tuesday
morning she stated to the deceased what she had
done, when he said she might do her best or her
worst, for he was not born in wedlock, and his
name was not Yates; he was very restless all night;
about nine o'clock on Tuesday morning she got up,
leaving the deceased in bed asleep, and had her
breakfast alone; the deceased got up about ten
o'clock, and had his breakfast and went out; he
appeared extremely dejected; she could not say
where he went to.—(Mrs. Yates was here so much
affected that she fainted away.) On his return, the
deceased entered the house, and went into the back
room, where he remained about 11 minutes; he
then went into the front room, and sa by the win-
dow playing with the child; she remained in the
other room ; about twelve o'clock, he inquired
where Joseph (his son) was ? on the boy's return,
she sent him into the room, but the deceased never
spoke to him; she thought the child remained in
the room, instead of which he went into the yard,
to spin his top ; the other child, by this time, had
got on the sofa and fallen asleep; the deceased then
got up and locked and bolted the door ; on hearing
this, she sent her little girl to say she wanted to lay
the cloth, but the girl could get no answer; she
went herself, and thumped and knocked at the door,
but with no effect; she and the landlady tried to
force the door, but they could not open it ; she then
ran down stairs, anti in about ten minutes a police-
constable entered the house, who forced open the
door; she entered the room ; she thought she saw
him move his hand ; the police-constable, however,
informed her he was dead ; she could form no opi-
nion as to the cause of his death.

Juror—The witness said the deceased was ex-
tremely jealous of her; he should wish to know
whether he had any cause? Mis. Yates—Never ;
he had no cause. . _ _ _

..
Juror—Did Mr. Yates ever charge you with being
acquainted with Mr. Matson ? Mrs. Yates—He has.
Juror—Was Mr. Matson in the habit of visiting
you frequently ? Mrs. Yates—Yes, daily, he used to
call. _ _ _ .

Juror—Did he ever charge you with having an
improper acquaintance with him ? Mrs. Yates—
He has. He has also been jealous of several other
persons. On one occasion the deceased invited a
gentleman from Liverpool to come and see him, and
upon Mr. Yates getting in liquor, he became jealous
of that gentleman and beat her very much ; Mr.
Matson had frequently declined to call, on which
Mr. Yates used to go and request him to call again
at the house.

In reply to several other questions,
Mrs. Yates stated that Mr. Matson bad never
sent her any letters ; she, the deceased, and family,
on Sunday week went down to Greenwich to dine
with them ; on Thursday last, the deceased in-
formed Mr. Matson that he did not wish him to call
again, and Mr. Matson did not come to the house
until Tuesday ; she and the deceased had agreed to
part, and it was arranged they should do so on the
day on which he destroyed himself.
The brother of Mrs. Yates here stated that the
deceased and his sister lived very unhappily to-
gether, and he advised them to part; on Thursday
he saw the deceased, Mr. Matson, and a Mr. Keen,
when Mr. Matson expressed his surprise that Mr.
Yates should be jealous of him after so long an ac-
quaintance, which he (witness) believed was of 23
years' standing.
Mr. Frances, the door-keeper of the theatre,
stated that on Monday morning the deceased seemed
very low spirited; for the last three weeks there had
appeared to be a great alteration in the mind of the
deceased.
This being the whole of the evidence, the jury
consulted for a few minutes, and then returned a
verdict, "That the deceased destroyed himself in a
fit of insanity, brought on by jealousy."
The two investigations occupied about nine hours.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS
AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET.

(From the London Gazette.)

TO-MORROW, Sept. 27. M. IL
L. Wood, cow-keeper, Tabernacle-walk 2 at 11
J. Dudderidge, woollen-draper, Whitechapel.
G. Trent, dealer, North-street, Lisson-grove
O. Southall and W. Milnes, coal-merchants, Pedlar's-
acre-wharf, Lambeth 1 9
DIVIDENDS
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C. Haynes, carpenter, Mitcham, Surrey
Zt
J. and W. Slater, wax-chandlers, Strand
W. G. Stubley, hat-manufacturer, Castle street, Southwark
W. Marshall, pocket-bo( ,k-maker, Holborn-bars
J. Grimble, sen., and J. Grimble, jun., coach-spring-makers,
Elm-street, Gray's Inn-lane

WRECK OF THE AMPHITRITE.—The only
officer of this ill-fated vessel who survived the wreck was
a Mr. Towsey, wbo contrived to reach the shore, but des-
titute of all his clothes, money, &c., and in a most de-
plorable condition. Lieut.-Colonel Maxwell, who was at
Boulogne, hearing that Towsey had formerly been assistant.
master in the Navy, and that he had borne an exemplary
character, wrote in his favour to Sir James Graham, who
in answer stated, that if the requisite testimonials be pro-
duced, and Towsey came within the naval regulations, he
should be appointed to a ship as second master. Sir James
also enclosed 51. for the use of Mr. Towsey.

The St. Louis Republican states, that Mr.
Brooks, in giving the mileage of the principal rivers
which pour their treasure into New Orleans, does not
mention the extent to which the Missouri is navigable by
steam. This was deemed of some importance, as there
was no accurate knowledge on the subject. The American
Fur Company have sent their steam-boats 2,100 miles
above the mouth of the Missouri, and in high water steam-
boats of light draught can ascend 2,600 miles. The
Mississippi is navigable by steam between 600 and 700
miles above St. Louis. These rivers pass through an ex-
ceedingly fertile country, and when a just system of in-
ternal improvement can be carried into operation, not only
New Orleans and the great valley of the 11lississippt
will be benefited, but every portion of the United States
is expected to feel the invigorating influence of such a
course.

CALAMITOUS DEATH BY BURNING.-
About eleven o'clock on Wednesday last a most awful
death befel William Powell,. a workman at the Brecon
British Company's Lime Kilns at Llangattock. As he
was taking his position to sift the lime in the kiln, he un-
fortunately came over a hollow part, and the bar gave
way, and, as he bad placed his weight altogether upon it,
he fell into the middle of the burning chasm. The
wretched man was not more than two minutes in the fire
before he was literally consumed. He has left a wife and
several children to lament his untimely end. A Coroner's
inquest was held, and a verdict of " Accidental Death"
returned.--Monmouthshire Merlin.