The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-26 00:00:00

MYSTERIOUS CASE.

Yesterday an inquest was held at Greenwich, before
Carttar, Esq., coroner, on the portion of the body
of a female found off Ship Dock, on Saturday.
The jury proceeded to view the remains, which had
been deposited in the bone-house, and which presented
a sad spectacle, having apparently been imbedded in the
mud for several months. The upper portion of the body
above.the breast-bone was wanting.
Henry Sprigg, waterman, at Greenwich, found the
mangled remains. The only clothing on it was the boots;
there were no stockings on.
Mary Casey deposed that she resides in George-street,
St. Giles's. She had a daughter by her former husband,
named Catherine Donovan, about twenty-one years of
age. She was an unmarried woman. The last time she
aw her alive was on Easter Sunday, about four o'clock
n the afternoon ; nor did she know what had since be-
come of her. When she left home she was dressed in a
new striped cotton dress, stays, petticoats, new cotton
stockings, boots, and a fancy pattern shawl. She saw
the body yesterday, and knew it to be that of her
daughter by, the particular position of the toes.
Mary Quindon, cousin to the deceased, deposed that
about four o'clock on Easter Sunday she saw the de-
ceased pass her door. Three young men accosted her,
and asked her to go to Greenwich with them. Her
cousin told her what the young men had proposed, when
she advised her not to go, as they were strangers to her,
and she had no money in her pocket. One of them
pulled out a quantity of silver, and told her she should
not want for anything. The young men then went
across the street to a public-house, and witness went in
doors. In about ten minutes after she saw deceased and
the young men in company repass her house, when she
said she was going to see an acquaintance, and should
shortly be home. Witness went and told her mother,
never having known her keep company with any young
man. She has since, upon two occasions, seen one of
the young men in Wardour-street, and she believes he
lived at No. 71 in that street. Could swear to deceased's
boots, as she was with her when she bought them, on the
Saturday before Easter Sunday, and was with her when
she put them on, when, having broken one of the silk
laces, witness gave her a cotton one.
The boots found on the body were produced, and corn
pared with another pair bought at the same shop by the
last witness. They were examined by one of the jury
(a shoemaker), who pronounced them to have been bound
by the same person, and they were evidently a new pair
of boots, and had not been worn more than one day.

Examination continued—When witness first saw- the
boots taken off the body, the one had a cotton and the
other a silk lace in it; but in taking them out of the
boots they broke in small pieces of about half an inch in
length, consequently she did not preserve them.
The CORONER, at this stage of the proceedings, said
he should adjourn the case, in order that there might be
a surgical examination.
The inquiry was adjourned until Tuesday next.

EMPLOYMENT OF CONVICTS.—It was stated in the
last annual report of the Inspectors of Millbank Prison, that
arrangements had been made for supplying the convicts,
both male and female, with work during their voyage to the
places to which they were transported, and in the report
just issued a very satisfactory account is given of the good
effect which employment has produced upon the discipline of
the ship and the health and conduct of the prisoners, as
also of the amount of work executed. Several of the
surgeons-superintendent have asserted that more than double
the amount could have been executed, had sufficient
materials been placed on board. An increased supply has, in
consequence been provided. It is added by the inspectors
in their last report, just printed, " These results of the ex-
periments of furnishing work to the convicts during the long
voyage to Australia are highly gratifying, and reflect much
credit on the officers in charge of the ship, and on the
prisoners."
ABUNDANCE OF CUCUMBERS,—The very warm
weather with which we have been favoured this summer,
seems to have been favourable to the growth of cucumbers—
no less than two tons of which (a novel way of reckoning
this fruit) were brought to Norwich on Tuesday night last.
They were taken to the market the next morning, and in a
few hours nearly the whole of them were disposed of. Two
or three small heaps remained about one o'clock, which were
being retailed at four a penny. They were brought from
Bedfordshire, where they are grown in the open air, in great
quantities. Though small and not very inviting in appear-
ance, they are by no means ill-flavoured, and are -well adapted
far Chrtmicle,