The Sun.
London, England, 1804-11-22 00:00:00

IA'QUESTS:

A Coroner's Inquest was held yesterdiyl, at 'three
o'clock, at the 11,,rley.Mow, tvl,,unt.sticer, Gros.
venor.square, before ANTHONY CELL, E q. Coro:.
ner for Weitminster, On the body of a Mr,. Sower-
by, wife of a very eminent and respeCtable
broker at the corner of Cannon.stteet and the
Commercial Road, Shadwell.

It appeared in evidence, that atinnt r r o'clock on
Tuesday the deceased was noticed by several
.per.
sons, walking in a state of great agitation, on the
bank of the Queen's Bason, in the Green Palk, near
Piccadilly. A nurserymaid observed her to take ti
phial from her pocket, and, after uncorking it;
drink the contents. His Excellency Baron De Roe.
beck, being at the same time at his drawing.roodi
window, in his house at the corner of Clarges.
street, observed &female, elegantly dressed in svhite;
jump into the Baum. His Excellency immediately
rang his hell with violence, ran down stairs with:
out his hat, dented his domestics to follow him;
crossed Piccadilly, through the private gate, imme.,
diately to the Bason, where he pinged into the
water ; after swimming with his clothes on for
some considerable time, he perceived the Lady rill.
ing to the surface of the water ; but, before he could
reach her, she sunk again. His Excellency, being
an excellent swimmer, succeeded at length in bring.
ing the Lady ashore, but quite senseless. She wO
immediately conveyed to Mr. Lawler's, a public►
house, at the corner of Clarges.street and Curatonr
street. Medical assistance was immediately called
in, and, in a short time, animation was restored
The first words which the uttered, were, "Oh
my children ! my children ! my mother ! I have poi.
toned myself by the contents of the bottle !" She
soon after fell into convulsions, which lasted for
some time. Upon examining her pockets, a 4.. ounce
phial was found in one of them, with some ofitier.
forts:, supposed to be the phial the servant saw hec
drink of; a handsome pocket.book, with a silver.
pencil, with a memorandum of the death of two of
her children, and also the date and agreement of
the hiring of a servant, with a blank duplicate, iii
which was printed her husband's address. Between
film and six o'clock, not finding het better, it wag
thought proper to remove her to Mount.street
Workhouse; a messenger being previously dis.
patched to acquaint her husband with the niefan.;
chuly event. Two medical men attended from the
neighbourhood of Shadwell, who soon found that
their aid could nut be of any use. The violence of
het convulsions increased, and she foamed shuck.
ingly at the mouth. These symptoms convinced
them of her having taken the fatal draught before
she jumped into the water ; and at eight o'clock at
night she expired in great agony.
The Jury being impannelled, on a view of tha
body, found under her left breast a large wnunds,
as if perpet rated by a sharp instrument ; also another
upon the left thigh, with some violent hruises oti
the breast, apparently occasioned by blows. The
first witness was an apprentice to her husband, wild
depoied, that his mistress and master (lid nut live
happily; that she had been of a very indifrerynt tem.
per, anti was addiaed to drink, and very often in a
state of dAirintn. The brother of Mt. Son erby dr.
posed neatly to the same tfiltet. He said, that oft
Saturday last he visited his brother and the de.
ceased ; that they were then at words, and that they
lived unhappily ; he attributed it to her unsettled
state of mind, being of a jealous turn, and some.
times betraying symptoms of phrensy, as well
as of liquor. Upon the examination of a Surgeons
he proved, that she had no wound or bruise such 4
as coald occasion her death, and he was clearly of
opinion that it was produced by drinking the con.
tents of the phial, being aquafurtis, which brought
on suffneation. The Jury, after a short &littera.
tion, returned their verdi&—Luvaey.
This unfortunate Lady appeared to be about z 6
years of age, of a middle stature, and a mosi beau.
tiful woman ; she was elegantly dressed in the first
style, and has left three children. Mr. Sowerhy,
her husband, was at the Workhouse, but did not at.
tend the Jury.,

Another Inquest was held, at the same place, be.
fore t'lr. Ca LL, at four o'clock yesterday evening,
upon the body of another Lady.
It appeared by the evidence of a baker, that as
he was passing, between eleven and twelve o'clock
on Tuesday morning last, near the basi) or reservoir
of water in. Hyde Park, he observed a bonnet
suspended from the rails of the bacon; curiosity
led him to approach the bison, and he perceived
• something floating upon the water. On giving the
alarm, a labouring man, passing by, tan to his
assistance, and, on getting over the rails, perceived
it was a woman. With difficulty they succeeded
in taking her out, when she chewed symptoms of
life by the moving of a leg and an arm. A crowd
were 400 r) collated, and a window shutter being
procured, she was immediately' conveyed to the
house appointed by the Humane &witty, near the
Serpenttne River, where every meato were used to
restore animation, but without tire% The body was
removed in the afternoon to the workhouse.

She appeared to be between 30 and 4.0 years of
age, and must have been a very fine woman
both in features and stature. Her skin appeared as
white He alabaster, and, though dead, and lying in
that situation, her countenance shelved a vermillinq
bloom. Her dress was very shabby. It was said
that duplicates of goods pawned at a pawnbroker**
office, in Westminster, ‘,sere. tbuod in her rcitet.
As these, however, were not produced to the Jury,
there were no means of ascertaining her name, or to
whoM she belonged. Verdift, pima' drowned ix
the Bann of H)dr Park.

On Thursday last, 4C ROMfrqtis in E"exi the
Lady of Dr. SCOTT, Surgeon, 2311 Light Dragoons,
was safzly deeivereil of a Son.
Died, on Thursday the isth inst. At his slat In
Dabyshire, in the Srst yn.ir of his ago, mlivetsaliy
lamented on account of his many and timioble qua.
litiei, Sir fIENkY HvrtLt,xr, I3avt. He is suc.
creded in his title and estates by his ticlost son, Sit
wIN„soR tivaLotts.

On Monday died, at SeVellnhkip aftitA Ling and
WILLIAM Sit*ItrAIIDA I'ol. of
Stylcs.l-iill, neat Yr6nae.

LAW. REPORT.

couRT OF KING' BIfNCII, Nov. zr.

aoki filailbcry Pritit were tunnel!,
op to inraci to the chltc:s in the Indittnent4,,pre.,
f~tud ag.iiiist them for Parj,ury, at the late-Mid:lle..
sex f...:lettion,.. chlrging thefn with, giving votes in
favour of Sir Franeis untie: faise'llatnes,
they not pos,,e,,sii.g any fret:1101.11s inv,esting them
with the .elctiive franchise. -Having pleaded not
guilty, they ,
wereremuid:‘,l, and. notice of triaVvvas
glven, thew it the Sittings after ~the present Term.

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THE KING ,z). sOLONICINS.

Mc.-liotttoYD moved for the jodgment of the.
&mit trirm Henry Sohirrihns;
'l'ift's PrOsieut ion was cfprimeoced tie the 'instance
of the' I),:firtdir,',-; mother,. on Ai-To-tint of had usage.
ft'Am the sun an(l father. The her lived' with
her htt,b3nd tt.irty yeas, hot npon very bad terms.
a'sevarati,,n•w.lc to ion, and a blind
ent,red nroo by the- I)4c-11d:int • 11.1.(1 his father; 'who
is- now land,urgh, ft) gi the PrO,ectitt ix her
111, tie guinea o' 44eje for.
life. The • seliartion tool; ~tact, NO the '.l)ft.ittl-.
snit 'riftised topay:;. upon which the:mothl.r, was
Vbliged to apply to the Gantt. By an agreelf4nt
en' loth 6416 thy matter was teferred to Mr. LW.
Tr N; who Warded theiityment '6l a guitlea"a ste.ek •
to' the Proseentrix, and the bum of fah- for her
clothes, which had bean ~+l,l by the .11:fendant.,
vlio'l6,l said that:he Would go over to Ilamhurgh
rd aifoid. complying :tifirh the terms of the awar&
The. Defendant -had-been"bronOt 'op before,' bot;
hat! heed reinanded yrder (6 try Whet her he would,
Upon batter consider:l6.T, 'comtly •,t h the.aWard,
Mr. Hot i n st,itt:!'d the refitsal of :he Defenitant
to Comply, and the dkttels'to which the Prosecittrix
Vt/aS reduced: • ; •
Ail Affidavit. was read On the part of the Pcien.
Iwhioh went tofitrov to"roy the
Sur) ttcinanded. -; •

Mr. laic-,t 124 E stlggewd that the of iir rught to
be sent hack' again to Mr. I.O'N Tf. ; but t Cmire
were of- opinion ;hat the Bond id ot the DA-c-tutirit
had displayed Ao, mutil vont unny, ghat nothing hut
eompullion could !mkt him pftrfortn itis,Auty. lie
wa,, therefore, ordered :to her-remanded till next
Term.

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PrWrlyv. nAYrTriN„'

Tly;s•on,;(m stied htfop.
poltouckt At tla: !wit /V,;;zei. It wits brought
itgaillif the Sheriff of a Lid r!-urn to a
• Ity, tit of ext'ctitio,l issl dgaio st the ;,f the
for de:ht--of alio6t 20001. due
ripiryhis Lordship to thahfllint;tf.
,Jr appeared upon thr 7,Tort,as read by jutly;!,
ehat.Lady fa' a valuable iAncid,r:o ion,
bought the platr Lordship's b9use,. which
Cured it Eton, the; creditors, and a de.tt. had been
dia+,vo fur that pUrpose.„ When the Sheriff ext.
cured th writ aboverneotioned, he thou.6at himself
precluded front meddling %kith there.
fore 0,14, kyle,' zool, under the writ, an 4 made
return Nulls Bota as to the rest. the qUe.,siion for
i•, •
jthe jury W;i3, wh4her the transanion bqween Lord
Oa Lady Arundel, relative to the plate, was a fair
p'Urehase by' het Lulyshipoi voly a t rick to defraud
the creclit6l,:•?
The Jury found a vettliet tier
,the Plaintiff', 'sub.
jeet to the opinion,of the Conrt.,
Mr..Gnitttow rose, in order to contend for the
justice and reasonableness of the vertliCt.—when
Lord ELLENSOROUCTI stated, that he tO go to
GoildNal and the case consequently itood over fur
art anotherouportootry.