The Sun.
London, England, 1834-06-04 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Monday the inquest was resumed on the fen:ale
whose body wa3 found is 11-.0 cellar of a house in
Ewcr-street, on Sunda of -May, end wl
it wi s strongly suspect !cl can c to I.c; delth by un-
fair means.

Inspector Fagan of the M division, stated, that he
had procured other evidence since the day on which
the inquest was adjourned, and that there were several
Witnesses in attendance, whose testimony he was given
to understand would prove the identity of the deceased,
whose name was Ann Thorn, by the clothes found on
her person when first discovered in the cellar.
The CORONER (Mr. Carter) was about to take down
the evidence of the witnesses who were to have been
examined for the above purpose, when he was informed
that Ann Thorn, the supposed deceased, was now in
attendance and prepared to prove that she was still in
the land of the living. The appearance of this woman
caused a good deal of laughter in the room, and the
Coroner said it brought to hisremembrance an inquest
at which lie presided some time back on the body of a
woman whose nari7ts was supposed to be Ann Baker,
during which evidence t:as taken at length of her
decease. To the amazement of all persons present
who should stalk into the room but the very woma
in n
herself, who soon dispelled the mystery which the
case had previously been involveti. The Coronetread
over the evidence of the surgeon, w;;;) it al3P4ar'eti.
was unable to give a decided opinion as to tn' causes 4"'
the deceased's death, owing to the state of deco.7lP°-
sition in which she was found, added to the mutilatlo.'
she had undergone from the rats. He had, however;
ascertained that no fracture or injury of any kind ap..
peared either on the skull or the limbs of the woman.
The duplicate of a shawl was found in the possession
of the deceased, and the circumstance led ultimately
to the discovery of who and what she was.
A woman named Stephenson, the keeper o-f i
lodging house in Kent-street and in the Mint, wats
called, and upon the production of the clothes found
on the deceased she identified her as a woman named
Ann Walker, who lived with her for ten months.
About five or six weeks ago the deceased, who was in
the habit of getting intoxicated, left her service, and
she had not heard of her since until she saw her
•clothes produced on the present occasion. The wit-
ness added that the shawl, the duplicate of which was
found on the deceased, belonged to her, and that she
had purloined it out of a chest in her (witness's) Lett-
room previously to her departure.

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The CORONER here remarked that the identity of
the deceased had now been clearly made manifest.
The question that the Jury had now to ascertain was,
how or in what manner her body came into the cellar
where it was discovered.

After a protracted inquiry,
The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased
was found dead in the cellar, but by what means there
was no evidence to prove."
The CORONER remarked that, in the event of any
further evidence which was likely to transpire to
criminate any person in the transaction, the police
would have au opportunity of taking the parties to the
police office, where it would be further investigated.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE BY TWO

YOUNG WOMEN.

Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr.
Stirling, on the bodies of two young females, of the
names of Matilda Archer and Mary Ann Perry, nur-
sery maids, in the family of a lady residing at Ham-
mersmith, whose bodies were found in the river the
preceding night. It appeared from the evidence that
they must have agreed to die together, for, when
their bodies were found, they were fastened to each
other by a silk handkerchief tied round their waists.
The following examinations throw some light on the
cause of this tragical circumstance :
William Law, sergeant of division T, examined—
This morning the postmaster brought a letter to our
station. house, addressed to James Minnott, one of the
constables of the force. I inquired of Minnott if the
letter was one from the young women who had been
found drowned ; he ( Minnott) gave me the letter,
here produced. The letter was here read by the fore-
man of the jury. The following is a literal copy :
" Dear James—You will never again see the unfortu-
nate girl that now addresses you, for by the time you re-
ceive this, I shall be on the Mall, or somewhere near it.
My dear James, do not think that it is my fault or yours
that caused me to do it. My dear James, you are the only
one I have written to—my heart is too full to write to my
friends. Mary sends her best and kind wishes for your
welfare, and we are both together ; for that man has been
such a brute to her, that he has caused her to do it. If
you will call at the potteries, on the green, you will find
the remainder of the books, get them bound and keep
them for my sake. So now one sad farewell ;we are both
on the point of leaving the house, never to return. 1 have
nothing more to say; all happiness this world can afford
you is the last prayer of

" Yours, affectionately,
" MARY ANNE."
The above letter bore the Hammersmith post-mark.
James Minnett, constable of police, was examined I have known both the deceased young women for
seven or eight months. I was more intimate with
Mary Ann Perry. I received the letter just read from
her this morning by the postman. I saw Perry on
Sunday morning last, but no conversation took place
between us.

By the Jury—l had broken off the acquaintance
with Perry about a month since. I cannot say whether
she was enceinte. I have no reason to suppose that
she was. I did not see either of the deceased girls on
Monday night, nor have I ever received any other
letter from her besides the one produced.
One of the Jurors had ascertained that both the
young girls now dead were in company with a police-
man on Monday evening at nine o'clock, and that one
of them gave a letter to him, which he (policeman)
put in his hat ; now as this was only a few hours be-
fore a Mr. Sawyer heard the splash in the water, with
screams and a cry of " Murder," he (the juryman) con-
sidered that it was essential to the inquiry that the
said policeman should be brought forward.
Mr. Williamson, the superintendent of the division
T, stated, that a young man named James South was
on duty at nine o'clock on Monday night, on the spot
the gentleman referred to.
James South was called forward and sworn—l have
known the two young women now deceased, for some
months. I went to the house of their mistress on
Monday evening, with a young woman who wished to
see Matilda Archer. I had some conversation with
Mary Ann Perry. She said she wished to see me on
Friday next, as she intended to invite me to her wed-
ding; she, however, afterwards said she did not think
it would take place. I did not, at the time, receive
any letter from either Archer or Perry.
A gentleman present attended on the part of Mr.
Noyes, the master of the unfortunate young women,
and it was but justice to them to say, their conduct
while in his (Mr. Noyes's) service had been proper.
Mr. Noyes had no knowledge of any connection that
existed between the young women and the policemen.
Several documents were produced in the hand-
writing- of the female Perry, establishing a premedi-
tated design of self-destruction on the part of both the
young women ; inasmuch that their little property was
left severally to their friends and relatives.
The jury returned a verdict of—Felo-de-se on both.

MR. HARVEY'S CASE.—The committee on
this subject move very slowly. They met on Thursday
last for the first time (after having appointed a Chair-
man). They then received some papers, ordered them
to be printed for their own use, and then adjourned till
Thursday next.

FINE ARTS.—The St. James's Gallery of
Paintings, No. 58, Pall-mall, opposite Marlborough
House, is now open. Admission Is. " The exhibi-
tion, called the St. James's Gallery of Paintings, is a
most excellent and instructive one : there are here
pictures of immense value and importance, chiefly
selections from the best of the Spanish and Italian
masters. Here we find Murillo in his full and perfect
glory, his elaborateness of finish and wondrous effect
also Rubens, with his matchless glowing:combination
thexe
°gwgi
of colours, the twilightcharo-scuro of Ludovico Ca-
racci, and the harmonious sweetness of Annabele;
the elegance of Dominichino, Parmegiano, and the
WeeldgE3Nllepssoe
ingEer.
the thereguloi Ns.tistrkas exquisite beauty
specimenea9
thety ofC
other which, err
great ith
masters :
all our admiration of
of
is lasth exhibited, master
we
consider to be the gem of the collection.—Belts New
PL N TIARY.—An accurate portrait
of Plenipotentiary, the winner of the Derby and Ep-
som, will be given in Bell's Life in London and
Sporting Chronicle of Sunday, June 8. An edition
of Bell's Life in London, price sevenpence, is pub-
lished at the office, 169, Strand, early every Saturday
afternoon in time for post, by which it may be hid
200 miles from London on the Sunday. For the
library, a file of Bell's Life in London (only 52 sheets
annually) forms an excellent index foe reference as t)
all sporting events.

PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 31.

Bork Stock ..... ..... , 222 ISt. 1%0 ick n.iir. (pat Share
Consols, 3 tier cent. ...... Royal Irish Ditto
Gov. Stock, 33 per cent. cali !National Ditto... ......... . N
Ditto, New ........ 95% Patriotic Ditto

4 per Cent

Goo. Deb. 3!4 percent.... 9)% .Provincial Ditto
ILL•ya' Canal Stock ..... Royal Irish Mine
and Canal 5t0ck..„..... 7,ll:prtrial Nine
Ci I)eb. 4 per cent Co. of Ireland
Ba 'ast Office Deb. I r.. e. 'Commercial Buthlinr.s

COURSE OF EXCH.
Amsterdam C.r 12 5
D tto, at sight 12 3
Rotterdam 2 U 19. 5
Antwerp 12 5
Hmthorg M. 13.13 121,
Altona 13 12
Paris, 3 days' sight .25 50
Ditto 2 U. 25 80
Bordeaux 2,85
Berlin 7

Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 1521
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Vienna, effective fl. 2M. 10 0
Trieste --do lO 1
Madrid
Cadiz 1.71,4
B:lboa
liareelona '3d
311
Gibraltar 47

,HGE YESTERDAY.

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Milan 31
Venice 47
Naples
Palermo per oz. 129.
Lisbon 52
Oporto 52%
Rio Janeiro '174
Bahia 3l
Buenos Ayres
Dublin, 21 clays' sight 154
Cork 1312

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THE—QUAR:TERLYREVIEW,No. CII.,
will be published on SATURDAY.

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1834.

The commission appointed to inquire into
the moral and religious education of the Irish
people is one of the greatest importance, and
may be regarded as a proof of the determina-
tion of the Government and the House of
Commons to revise effectually- the abuses in
the Irish church. Though the Government
could not on any ground of reason object to
the resolution of Mr. WARD, and might have
done so with a perfect certainty of being sup-
ported by the house, the result of the discussion
has been nearly the same. By the appointment
of the Commission, as well as by the speeches
of Ministers, the defects of that establishment
are fully admitted, and a full promise held out
that they shall be remedied. It, therefore,
matters not whether the resolutions were agreed
to or not.

If the same House of Commons is
in existence next session, it will follow up the
object of the Commission ; and if it is not
in existence, no resolution it could have
come to would have been binding on
its successor. By the commencement of
next session, the Commission will be able to
make their report to the house, who will then
be competent to come to some definite plan as
to the future constitution of the Irish church,
and the mode in which the surplus revenue is
to be disposed of. We trust that, along with
the report of the commissioners, there will be
presented at the same time a full and
accurate account of the average value, not
only of each living for the last five years,
but also the value of all ecclesiastical property,
whether belonging to rectors, deans, bishops, or
church dignitaries of any description. Without
this is clearly ascertained, no good result can be
. expected. We are afraid, however, that unless
the commission is properly divided, or different
parties of commissioners arc sent through the
country at the same time, no useful report
can be made at an early period. To in-
spect about three thousand parishes, to
inquire into the state and amount of church
property in each—the number of inhabitants,
the number of schools and scholars, and the
respective numbers of Catholics, Protestants,
and Presbyterians, independently of many other
circumstances connected with the moral and poc
litical relations of the church establishment,
will be a task of no ordinary magnitude, and
require the greatest despatch and assiduity on the
part of the commissioners. The government ought
to make it an indispensable proviso in the ap-
pointment, that their report be laid on the table
of the house within a fortnight after the assem-
bling of Parliament ; and from what fell from
Lord ALTHORP last night, we trust this is
their intention. The commissioners, he said,
would be paid, not according to time, but re••
ceive a certain sum for making the report, so that
there might be no pecuniary inducement to
protract the inquiry. That being the case, we
•.&lifiiently look forward to a decision on
ltt the middle of next session.
.), will be into the state of
";'o}Vud Y.:l6firtiO i England, which, though
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