The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-28 00:00:00

THE SUN,

The room was subsequently searched, and a bullet
was found on the floor. The police arrived soon af-
terwards, and when the pockets of the decea,ed were
examined, a letter was found, directed to his father,
which was proved to be in the deceased's handwritieg.
The letter was as follows : _ _ .

"Dear Father,--When you receive this I shall be no
more, for I have made up my mind not to live any
longer without—Miss Straker. Her shadow is always
following me by night and day, and my thoughts are
constantly with her.

" Your affectionate son,
" THOMAS HUNT COOPER."
Witness added, that she fully believed if the landlord
had not come so providentially to her aid the deceased
would have shot her.

Mr. Robert Tibbetts, surgeon, of Blackfriars-road,
was next examined. He proved the frightful nature
of the injuries the deceased had received, which must
have caused instant death.

Other witnesses were examined, who clearly proved
the deceased had been of weak intellect for some years
past.
The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity.
DREADFUL SUICIDE.—Mr. William Payne, the
coroner for London and Southwark, was engaged for
several hours on Friday night, at the Harrow public-
house, Borough-market, inquiring into the death of a
female, apparently about thirty years of age, at pre-
sent unknown, who committed self-destruction at the
London-bridge Railway Tavern.
Mrs. Sarah Wallis, the landlady of the Railway
Tavern, on the Surrey side of London-bridge, stated
that on Wednesday evening last the deceased came to
the bar, and asked if she ,could be accommodated
with a bed. She had a small basket in her hand, and
said she expected a letter from some one that evening,
and added that when it arrived would I forward it to
her apartment ? Deceased went out two or three
times during the evening. On the following day,
about four o'clock, a letter came, directed to " Mrs.
Lloyd, at the Railway Tavern, London-bridge." At
seven o'clock the deceased went out, and soon after-
wards came in with a female, who went up-stairs with
her. The deceased ordered tea and toast for two.
The female referred to left in about an hour, and the
deceased remained in her room. At half past eleven
the same night witness went up-stairs and knocked at
the door of the deceased's bed-chamber, but not re-
ceiving any answer opened the door and walked in,
when witness discovered the deceased sitting on a chair,
with her head reclining on the bed. The deceased's
features were dreadfully disfigured, and witness, be-
ing alarmed, ran out to the adjoining room and
called a gentleman, who found that the deceased was
insensible. She had a small phial firmly clasped in
her right hand labelled, " Sulphuric acid—poison."
The deceased was attired in a black satin gown. The
deceased's face was dreadfully burnt by the effects of
the acid which had fallen from the bottle. The de-
ceased wore a blue necktie, a silver brooch, gold ear-
rings, white stockings, black laced boots, &c. In
her basket were found a letter and a small note; the
former was the one which came by post on Thursday
afternoon, and the same bore no date or signature.
The principal portion of the letter was to the follow-
ing effect :—" For Heaven's sake I hope you will not
commit any rash act, or think of destroying yourself.
I trust you will be advised by the female friend to
whom I referred you, and who, I am sure, will give
you the bast of advice. By the time you receive this
letter I shall have sailed from England for ever."
There were 4s. in silver and a pocket-handkerchief in
her basket.

After some further evidence of no importance the
inquiry was adjourned with the view of finding out
the deceased friends.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE CHINESE JUNK.
—An inquest was held on Saturday evening, by Mr.
T. Higgs, coroner, at the Lyceum Tavern, Strand,
on body of William Unfold, aged 34, a carpenter,
employed aboard the Chinese Junk Keying. The
evidence of the witnesses proved that the deceased
accidentally fell into the water and was drowned.—
Verdict accordingly.

[The following appeared in our Third Edition of
last night :—]

FRANCE.

General C2vaignac, M. Coquerel, M. Coyne, and
M. Ferdinand de Lasteyrie, have presented the fol-
lowing amendment to the Electoral Law :
" The electoral domicile shall be established by the
real residence in the commune in which the citizen shall
have satisfied the laws of recruiting for the army and
navy. This domicile shall, however, be transferred to
any commune in which the citizen may have fixed his
principal establishment, subject to his making six
months before the revision of the electoral list the double
declaration prescribed by Article 104 of the Civil Code."'
The Constitutionnel has the following on the Greek
question :
" As facts come to light, they show more and more
the legitimate character of the complaints of the French
Government. We render all justice to the language
used by Lord Palmerston and by-Lord John Russell in
the House of Commons; there is nothing in it which
can offend either France or her Government. But
the finest words are not equivalent to the most
simple explanations. The French Government is not
actuated by any hostile intention, but it must protect
its honour and the interests of the country. It must be
either shown that good faith has been observed towards
it, and a sincere desire for the success of its intervention,
or it must henceforth abstain from any intimate relation
and all co-operation with the English Minister of Foreign
Affairs. Intimate relations and habitual co-operation
demand, in fact, a mutual confidence and equal security
on both sides. In the case which we suppose, it will be
shown that Frame cannot with security rely either on
the words or the acts of Lord Palmerston."