The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-24 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Last evening an inquest was holden at the Black Horse
Tavern, Kingsland-road, before Mr. Baker, the Coroner.
on the view of the body of Miss P. Powell, a young woman,
twenty-one years of age, the daughter of a respectable ex-
cise officer, who committed suicide under the following cir-
cumstances :

Benjamin Waddell, aliairdresser, residing at 28, Bacchus-
walk, Hoxton, was well acquainted with the deceased, who
resided next door to him with her father, and was twenty-
one years of age. The last time he saw her alive was
about seven o'clock on Monday evening, when she was at
the corner of Bacchus-walk, and gave him a note, directed
to Mr. Badcock, saying, " Give that to Mrs. Badcock—
good by—there's a dear," and then went away. He under-
stood that she kept company with a young man named
Peter Lovick,.but their acquaintaince had been discon-
tinued for some time past, and this he thought had some
effect upon her spirits.
The following was the note alluded to, and which was
identified as being in the handwriting of the deceased
My sister has done this. My love to all. Give my
dying love to Peter. lam drowned.

" P. POWELL.

Mrs. Mary Badcock deposed that the deceased had for
some time past carried on a correspondence with a young
man named Peter Lovick, but he has latterly broken off
the acquaintance on account, as he alleged, of his family
not approving of the match. This bad caused a great de-
pression of spirits, and she had frequently complained to
witness about it. On the Saturday witness saw her crying
bitterly, and on asking her the cause, she replied that she
bad seen the brother of her lover, and he told her that his
friends were more for than against the match, and there-
fore her lover must have told her that which was not true.
This she said would break her heart, and she wept most
bitterly. As soon as she got the note which had been pro-
duced, she went to her sister, and they used every effort,
by going in all directions in search of her, to prevent the
unfortunate calamity. Witness, in conclusion, said she was
certain the breaking off the match with her lover, had led
to the commission of the unfortunate act.

George Heath, on Monday evening, about eight o'clock,
was near the Regent's Canal-bridge, and heard the children
cry out that a person had jumped over the bridge. He in
consequence ran to the bridge, and saw the body of the de-
ceased in the canal. A Newfoundland dog instantly jumped
into the water, and would have dragged the body on shore,
had not her bonnet string, which the animal held by, broken.
The drags wdre instantly procured, and the body was got
out in “bout a quarter of an hour. It was instantly con-
veyed to the workhouse, when a medical gentleman attended,
and every means to restore animation were resorted to, but
without effect.
The CORONER then- summed up the evidence, and the
Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict to the effect,
that the deceased had destroyed herself while labouring un-
der temporary insanity.
At the request of the Jury, the young man Peter Lovick
was called into the room ; and, in reply to the quest;:ons of
the Coroner and Jury, he said he was only 19 'years of age,
and had broken off his acquaintance 7ta the deceased at
the desire of his friends.

CALCUTTA.

SUPREME COURT, APRIL 9, 1 835 .

CRIII. CON. CHRISTOPHER LETHBRIDGE V. CHARLES HENRY

BEST.—DAMAGES LAID AT 30,000 RUPEES. •
The ADVOCATE-GENERAL stated the case for the plain-
tiff. The plaintiff is a Colonel of Infantry, and the de-
fendant, a Captain of Artillery—both in the Company's
service. The plaintiff was married to Mrs. Lethbridge in
1823. The match was originally one of affection ; they
lived together 10 or 12 years, and had five children. The
defendant was on intimate terms with the plaintiff, and re-
ceived from him every attention and kindness which it was
possible for him to expect at the hands of a brother officer.
When about to quit Kamptee, Captain Best was invited
to a farewell dinner ; but though it was specially upon the
occasion of his leaving the place, Captain Best, to the sur-
prise of all, was not there. The dinner, however, was
partaken of, and Colonel Lethbridge, who was one of the
party, returned home between nine • and ten o'clock, and
then he found that his wife had left him. The plaintiff's
wife at the time of the elopement was on the eve of her
confinement, and was subsequently delivered of a daughter
at a place called Taukelgaut. The plaintiff hearing of
this, sent two female servants to take charge of the child.
Captain Best, who was with Mrs. Lethbridge when these
servants arrived, left the tent soon after they came in. Mrs.
Lethbridge inquired after her husband, and wept when she
was told that he was in great misery—that he was in tears.
This, if the defendant bad any feeling about him, and it is
impossible to suppose him dead to all the finer feelings of
the human breast, must have stung him more than anything
else—and, if the. Learned Counsel had not mistaken human
nature, such a scene as this could not have taken place
unless there were an affectionate bearing on the part of
her husband, and of fond reflections on her own. The
Learned Counsel having concluded, put in the defendant's
admission of the fact of the plaintiff's marriage on the 18th
December, 1823, and called
J. C. Morris, Esq., sworn—l am a member of the Civil
Service, and know Colonel Lethbridge, of the 22d Regi-
ment N. I. I have known him since 1827, when we met
and were near neighbours on the Neilgherry Hills for seve-
ral months. Mrs. Lethbridge was living with him. They
had one little girl with them, another little boy, I under-
stood from them, they had left at Cochin. I became ex-
tremely intimate, and visited them daily almost, and had
most undoubtedly the fullest opportunity to see on what
terms they lived. They seemed to me to be a most happy
couple—he was very much attached to her, and she ap-
peared particularly attached to him.
Caumatchee sworn—l was an Ayah in the service of
Mrs. Lethbridge. About six o'clock in the evening my
master dressed himself, and went to a supper. I remember
going to fetch a child. My master went to the dinner
about five days before I went to fetch the child, my mistress
was then in the large hall drinking tea. I remember she
went to her bed-room about seven o'clock in the evening.
Upon my master's coming home he went and looked in the
bed-room, and asked me where she was. I said, " She i,%
inside." My master said, "No she is ppA." repeated
that slip was. My mutter said, Come and see ; she is
not there!" Myself and dressing boy then went and looked,
and my
mistress was not there. I never saw my mis-
tress again in that house. The fifth day after my mistress,
left OP 11P1Pe! WPO C4.9°Tauril ic-MIPAPP. 'My
mistiess W 45 4 Ta4fifa9tl fP1111(1 tier at Taukelgaut
in a tent, and spoke tp her in the 14pgpagp. $.11.e
said to mo, " How is master, Ayall?" I said, Mager
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