The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-09 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUESTS.

On Tuesday, Mr. W. Baker, the Deputy-Coroner, held
an inquest at the London Hospital, on the body of Mary
Ann Dee, aged sixteen, the young woman who lost her
life by jumping out of window, at the fire which occurred
on Saturday morning last, at the premises of Mr. Powell,
King's-place, Commercial-road East. One of the house-
surgeons said, that deceased was admitted at an early
hour on Saturday morning last, with a fracture of the
skull, which was so severe that the brain was forced
through the ear. She survived till Monday morning.
Mrs. Rosina Powell said that the deceased was her ser-
vant.- She slept in the top room of witness's premises.
On the morning of Saturday last, about a quarter-past
two o'clock, witness was alarmed by hearing the deceased
screaming violently. On opening her bedroom, witness
found that the house was on fire. Deceased was at
that time on the upper landing. She called to the
deceased to come down, but she replied, " Oh, I can-
.not." At that time there was very little smoke in wit-
ness's room, but she supposed that deceased's room
was filled with smoke, from her having slept with the door
open. Witness, her husband, and child, got out of the
first floor front, and by walking alortg the ledge over the
shop front, escaped. A ladder was 'called for, but before
it could be adjusted, the deceased threw herself out of
the window. On leaving the premises, witness found
that the place was all on fire at the back. She did not
know how the fire occurred. There was a great quan-
tity of straw in the back cellars, used for packing
earthenware articles. Nearly the whole of the property
was destroyed. It was insured, but not to the full value.
—Mr. H. Powell said that a neighbour brought a ladder
to the premises, which was too short to reach the top
floor, in which deeeaed was. Whilst he was fixing it
on the ledge over the shop, deceased threw herself out
and fell on the foot pavement. He could not tell how
the fire occurred.—ln answer to a Juror, it was stated
that the Rettrvit fire-foop9 wall fit§ol2l34 at 4114419, $99

great a distance off to have been of any assistance
Verdict, " Accidental death."
The same Coroner afterwards held an inquest at the
same place, on the body of David Bates, aged seven
yfars. Emma Roberts, of 14, Crown-court, White"
chapel, said that the deemsed was in the care of it'
grandmother, who lived next door to witness. Ort tb`;
morning of Saturday last, about two o'clock, the cbilq
attracted the attention of witness, by screaming 131°,'
violently. On going out to ascertain the cause, s"e
found the deceased's clothes in a general blaze, the child
at the time was rolling itself on a bed in-which a feria3lc
lodger was sleeping. Witness procured a couple °f
pails of water, which she threw over the bed and child'
and by that means succeeded in getting the fire extin-
guished. The deceased was taken by witness to t 1?
above hospital. The grandmother at the time• was in
the court, in a state of intoxication. Had it not been for,
witness's arrival at the house of deceased, she believe"
that the lodger would also have perished, for the Non'
was filled with smoke, and the woman appeared nearly
suffocated. Verdict, "Accidental death," and the Jury
f
requested the Coroi.er to censure the gross conduct c)r,
the grandmother, for leaving the deceased unprotecte'
at that early hour of the morning.

EXECUTION OF TH.bTRABET-

GAMES.
We learn from Perpignan that the four Trabucaires
who were condemned to death on the 28th March last b.);
the Court of Assizes for the Pyrenees of Orienteles, an
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of whose trial we gave a report, were executed on tr
27th ult. They seemed to have fully anticipated tl'ef
failure of their appeal to the Court of Cassation, and °
their petition to the King for pardon, and received tile
announcement of their fate without any apparent ewe;
nion ; all the bravado they displayed at the moniell
when they received their sentence having subsided into
complete resignation, and they received the last offices °
religion with all due htimility and respect. They asl`,e,a
pardon of all the world ; and Pujade, the accomplice iv %
turned informer, and was admitted as a witness again
them, being brought to them, they said, " You are t`:_,
cause of our death, but as you said nothing but the trututic
we pardon you, as we hope you will forgive us." Aboo
four in the morning Icazes and Matheu, who were t°"00
executed at Perpignan, were brought out of their prls
to be conducted to the scaffold. A long procession to .
Black Penitents from Spain was waiting in the street
receive them, bearing a crucifix covered with 1315 ch
cloth, and carrying lighted torches of red wax, win-cAe
with the doleful sound of the tolling death-bell, 10,,d''
the scene unusually solemn. The two men walked ",
through a dense crowd. On reaching the foot of tbl;
ladder, Icazes mounted without any hesitation, but wit .
a face so pale that his emotions were evidently severe,
painful. W hen his fate was sealed, Matheu's tum came ;,
nature assumed her empire over him, and he shrunk bee
io
from the fatal ladder, and asked for something to dri,%e
this, however, was refused him ; and then, yielul,-;
to the instances of the executioner and the exhor'
tions of the confessor, he went slowly up the stlh
When on the platform, he first begged that a S!,o2'ller,
priest who had been in attendance upon the prisoll,o
might be allowed to come to him once more. This I.`co
assented to, and they embraced each other. The Vries,
having retired, Matheu entreated that the blood of Lazo,'
which still stained the axe, might be washed off ;
this being done, the executioner and his mari seized bl.ei
fastened him to the plank, and performed the last
upon him. The two bodies were put into coffins, 90,
carried to the church, still attended by the Black 13?'y
tents, who recited the funeral service ever thew• or
all persons condemned to death who have availed th( is
selves of the services of the Penitents become Menlb
of the fraternity, the names of Icazes .and Mathen,l 0,
inscribed as such in the register of the congregate al
Half•an-hour after this scene was over, Simon and Sogis
the other two victims of a just judgment, were taketlAo
a cellular van to Ceret, where they were to unde'
capital punishment at four in the afternoon.