The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-03 00:00:00

TUE SUN, LONDON, THITRSDAY EVENING', APRIL 8, 1A45,

It was not an unreasonable expression of surprise
indulged in by Sir C. NAPIER that there should be
so much reluctance to grant the Committee of Inves-
tigation he was desirous to have appointed, seeing
that, during a peace of thirty years duration, in the
course of which between forty and fifty millions
sterling had been expended on our navy, it might
have been expected that her Majesty's Government
would have been prepared to submit to all the world
a statement that should demonstrate that navy to be now
in a condition of the utmost possible efficiency. But
in truth, without invidiously reflecting on the existing
Board of Admiralty, have we not a full right to infer
enormous incompetency or mal-administration in this
important branch of Executive authority, or that
other argument suggested by the same Gallant
Officer to show that the Board in question gave a
better representation of the state of the navy
than facts could warrant. For if, said he, the
present much increased estimates are not necessary
for repairs, and making good present deficiencies,
there could be no reason for withholding the returns
he wanted. If they were necessary, they would suf-
fice to fit out a fleet of fifty sail of the line. But if
vast sums were now to be expended on repairs, why
was not due supervision exercised over these matters?
If ships were kept in a condition of timely as well as
efficient repair, there would be a great saving of the
public money ; and the enormous number of useless
hulks and other craft in dock might be sold, as they
ought to be, and thus a very considerable sum w ould
be raised, applicable to the putting in an effective
condition a great many fine ships which ought to
be thus restored without loss of time. But, was ever
a case laid more startling or more stringent on this
point for the necessity of such a Commission or Com-
missioner as Sir C. NAPIER would have asked for
" to inquire into the system pursued in the con-
struction of steamers for her Majesty's navy,
and the application of Parliamentary votes for the
building of such steam-ships," than was suggested by
the various cases of failure and mismanagement
he cited ? There had been built the Retribution, of
1,640 tons,—larger than a sailing frigate,—which,
when completed, was found to be unable to carry a
gun on her main deck, whilst it was also impossible
to fire off her stern guns. Then there was a still
larger ship of 1,840 tons that had been so built, it was
not practicable to run her guns out ! She had no stern
posts ; though he had heard two were afterwards cut
in her. The Samson came under the same category;
though she had the additional defect of having
her machinery worse placed than in any other
craft. So high, in short, that a shot could
not enter her engine-room without utterly
demolishing her machinery. The Firebrand, one
of the experimental squadron, had been pro-
nounced byCaptain COREIE, a most able and compe-
tent officer, who had sailed in her, to be perfectly
useless. The Cyclops had been built for a frigate ;
it was found she could not carry guns on her main-
down
deck, so she was
awl i4atees c,mpueetrra
sgooonn, e
also
st
oh e a:ttobie)aebt.coeortirii.eeat corvette; and
htaehrnei dt(h; theoerre.
had been twenty-four steam-ships buielrt.fattbaeicost, for
the whole, of about 462,0001.; the cost o,
machi-
nery being, probably, about as much more. The Officer entered into many technical details to
show that from the high and exposed positions ino
which the machinery was placed in each of these
sloops, it would be, in action, liable to the same fatal
disasters as he had pointed out with respect to the
Samson. Eight new steam-packets, built at a cost of
58,0001. each, exclusive of machinery, he objected to
on similar grounds; and the Admiralty Lords ap-
peared to be neither prepared nor able to inva-
lidate those grounds. The Centaur had been built,
and another new steam-ship was building, on the
same plan as the Vulture, and he thought their
construction dangerous from ch defective osition

of their machinery. This long catalogue of fearful
blunders—disgraceful, we might rather call them, in
the first maritime Power in the globe, was wound
up by the report of the Queen—a much-cracked
first-rate, on the Surveyor's new construction, which
had been taken into Sheerness-yard, where it was
found necessary to give her a new bow, and a fabe
stern. The Boscawen, a new 70 gun-ship, had been
taken to pieces again. The Union, the Severn, the
Porcupine (20 guns), the Sea-lark, (10), the Tigris,
and the Iris, had been likewise all pulled to pieces.
`We assume that this scandalous exposition is also a
true one. It met with no denial. It can never chal-
lenge an adequate degree of indignation and surprise
in the public. It is a lesson from which, if the Ad-
miralty do not profit, the country will, by dislodging
the Admiralty. But we have better hopes of the latter
now, thanks to this exposition. Sir GEORGE Coci: -
BURN made the best fight he could for it ; and he did
better. He admitted that many of Sir CHARLES
NAPIER'S hints were most valuable, and pledged him-
self to the immediate and careful attention of his de-
artment to this vital subject, with a readiness to call
for and receive information, which induces us
to hope that we shall soon be rid of that
incubus on naval architectufal improvement—
the " intuitive " principle of Sir WILLIAM
SYMoND's construction—and all the absurdities and
failures to which his " wedge" has been driven. The
"discovery" has now had a full and often-repeated
trial ; and it consists neither with the dignity nor the
safety, the renown nor the power of Great Britain,
to put the noblest of her national inheritances, the
grandest element of her political and natural power,
the supremacy of the seas, on the maintenance of an
uninterrupted Admiralty patronage to the most costly,
as well as unlucky, Surveyors-General of her navy,
of whom we remember to have read.

Accounts from Madrid of the 26th ult. state that
twenty persons had been arrested on that day in the
capital, and committed to prison without being allowed
to communicate with their friends or counsel. One of

the persons arrested, a notary, named PONTADA, fired a
pistol at the police and wounded one of the constables.
According to the Governmeat journals, the parties were
implicated in a plot to restore ESPARTERO, but we be-
lieve this statement to be entirely without foundation.
At the meeting of the Senate on the 26th, Senor CARASCO
asked the Minister of Finance whether any concession
had been made to France injurious to the Spanish tariff,
or was in contemplation ? Senor M®N replied in the nega-
tive. No concession had been made to France, but if the
Noble Peer alluded to the refusal of the French Ministry
to allow the Spanish Three per Cents. to be quoted on
the Bourse, he must decline answering the question.
The Three per Cents. closed at 34 3-16 for cash, and
344 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 251 for cash, and
25.15-16 at 60 days ; the Coupons at 28i at 60 days ;
and the Debt without interest, at 8, at 56 days.

The French Chamber of Peers, after discussing for
several days a modified Bill against jobbing in railway
Companies, rejected it, on Tuesday, by a majority of 86
against 51. Count D'ARGOUT, Baron DUPIN, and almost
every practical man in the Chamber were opposed to
the scheme, and the result, consequently, was placed
beyond doubt, even at the introduction of the measure.
The Deputies were engaged in the Sardinian treaty.
An amendment was proposed, to continue the high duty
on cattle imported from Sardinia, and resisted by the
Government, on the ground that it was necessary to
protect the consumer as well as the agriculturist. The
former duty on cattle was far too high, and the conse-
quence was, that the price of butcher's meat had
greatly increased throughout the whole of France. The
Chamber rejected the amendment, and adhered to the
lower scale of duty. In resisting the amendment, M. G tazoT
thus stated his opinions, and the resolution of the Go-
vernment to make the carrying of the treaty a Cabinet
question:—" In 1842, when the amendment was carried
on the right of search, the Government could accept the
amendment, after having opposed it, the general policy
of the Cabinet not being involved in it, as the results had
proved.—(Dissent.) Three days back why had the
Government accepted the amendment on the Bel-
gian treaty ? Because the rights of the Crown were re-
spected. In the question at present before the Chamber
that was not the case, for if the amendment of M.

MAURAT BALLANGE were adopted, the treaty would fa
to the ground at once, and the policy of the Government
beyond the Alps would be compromised. We cannot
lend ourselves to such weaknesses. When two months
back we*remained in power, at the solicitations of our
friends, we felt that we must expect difficulties and an-
noyances. We have more than once despised vain
clamours, in order to maintain our policy and steer it
s ifely through difficult trials. But to support trials and
disappointment in order to behold this policy compro-
mised and perhaps destroyed—that we shall never con-
sent to. In the amendment which you discuss, it is our
policy itself that is involved. We shall defend it firmly
to the last extremity; and if it is to be changed and de-
stroyed, that destruction shall not be attempted under
my name and by my hands."
The Ministerial paper, the Globe, thus ridicules the
attempt of the Opposition to raise the price of meat:—
" The Hall of Conference resembled on Monday the tent of
Napoleon during the night that preceded the battle of Aus-
terlitz ; the emperor, M. Thiers, was surrounded by his mar-
shals ; he gave his instructions, and dispatched his aides-de-
camp. The corps of M. Maurat Ballange was to attack on
the left; M. Billault was to make a strong demonstration in
the centre, and the moment the enemy's ranks were thrown
into confusion, M. Thiers was to charge in person and decide
the victory. But, alas ! the Opposition experienced the fate
that befel the unfortunate Melas the day of the battle of
Marenv ; the couriers who were to carry the news of ' the
victory left too soon, and he had to send off others to an •
nounce his defeat. The corps of M. Maurat Ballange was
overthrown ; that of M. Dezeimeris was routed ; another, under
M. Gautier de Rumilly was put to flight ; and, after the
speech of M. Guizot, the coalesced army shamefully retreated,
without noise, reserving their last cartridges, which they
were afraid to fire. The rout was so complete, that they did
not evell dare to avow their intention to give battle. Poor
M. Maurat Rallange, who devoted himself, like Curtiu3, was
completely abedOned, and his own friends, heedless of so
much courage throw:' Away, only witnessed his ridicule."
The latest accounts Nut Switzerland lead to a belief
that a collision will soon take place between the parties.
The Journal des Debuts says :
" According to the news we receive from Switzerland the
free corps have made their first move. In the evening C.4‘ the
29th the Bale• country volunteers are said to have taken tw 0
cannon and a quantity of ammunition from the arsenal of
Leichthal, and with them joined the free corps of Arau. It
was generally reported that Lucerne was to be attacked on
the 30th, on which day the volunteers of Soleure were also
to march. The Government of Ilerne had on its part taken
energetic measures for preventing the free corps of that
canton from leaving it. It is certain that the radical com-
mittee at Arau has been in permanent sitting for the last
fortnight, and has publicly enrolled the refugees from Lu-
cerne and volunteers from other cantons. In the cantons of
Argau, Berne, Soleure, and Bale country, no obstacle has
been thrown in the way of men moving to join the free corps,
and who were easily recognised by the shape of their hats
and their arms, which they conveyed in carts. On the other
hand the Government of Argau is restrained by the fear that
during the excursion of its volunteers the Catholic party may
rise. The Vorort had also called out the whole of the federal
contingent, and had taken measures to mobolise the Land-
sturm. The first battalion of the Austrian troops, intended
to form a corps of observation on the Voralberg frontier of
Switzerland, had arrived at Feldkirch."
We have accounts also from other parts of Switzer-
land, describing the unsettled state of the public mind,
and the preparation of the adjoining States to cut off all
communication with the country unless these civil broils
are speedily settled.
THE BOURSE--TUESDAY. APRIL 1.

First Htplicst Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price
French Five per Cents..... 117 90 .. H 7 90 .. 117 80 .. 117 80
Fours....
Three per Cents.... 85 70 .. 85 90 .. 85 70 .. 85 90
Loan .•••••••• -• •• 86 55 .. 86 55 .. 86 50 .• 8G 50
Bank of France •• •• •••• •• 3200 ..3210 ..3200 .•3210
(lonia Eank. I,ooof Shares.. 1090 —1690 ..1085 ..1085
Belgian Bank. •••• •• 642 50 .. 645 .. 641 25 .. 645
Belgian Fives, 1840.. •• •... 1054 .. 1054 .. 10.514 .. 10514
1842•••••••• 1074 .. 1074 •• 107% .. 1074
Four-and-a-Half .•• 104 .. 104 .. 104 .. 104
Spanish Active•• .••• •• .... 41% .. 40% .. 41% .. 403:,
Passive .•. ••714 •• 14.. 7% ..
714
R0man...................106 .. 106 .. 106 .• 10G
RAILWAY SHARES.

St. Germain •• •••••••• 1202 50 ..1202 50 ..1202 50 —1262 50
Versailles, L.B 402 50 . 405 .. 402 50 .. 402 t 0
Rouen..•••••••• ll6O . 1160 —ll6O ..1160
Rouen to Havre•• •• ......•• 975 .. 975 975 .. 975
°deans
.............. . 1316 25 ..1316 25 ..1307 50 .•1310
Strasburg to Bale• . 343 75 .. 343 75 .. 341 25 .. 341 25
Avignon to Marseilles.• ••••1:35 ..1135 ..1130 . 1132 50
Bordeaux to Teste •• •• 2;43 .. 232 50 .. 230 .. 231 25
RAILWAYS FOR THE ACCOUNT, APRIL 3
St. Germain .
Versailles, R.B..•••• .•••• 678 75 .• G7B 7.5 .. 650 .. 650
L. 8.. •• •• 405 .. 405 .. 402 50 .. 402 50
Rouen •• •• •• •• .• 1167 50 ..1172 SO —1167 50 ..1172
50
Rouen to llavre.•• •• 980 ~ 9.0 .. 980 .. 9 0
mleans...••••••••• 1310 ..)320 ..1310 ..1312 50
Strasburg to Bale ••• • • • 345 .. 345 .. 343 75 343 75
Avignon to Marseilles . •1137 50 .• 1137 50 ..1135 ..1135
Bordeaux to Teste .•• ••.... 232 50 .. 232 50 .. 232 50 232 50

having occasion to call
day forenoon, Captain
Dr.
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of a boy who was loitering about,
spirited animal, in the care
left the house, after an absence of
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the horse galloped off. After the lapse of nearly an hour,
the Captain succeeded in recovering his steed, w
Frith both its
knees broken, and numerous cuts and dislocations in various
parts. The horse had run nearly four miles before it was
secured, and had knocked down and severely kicked a man
who had attempted to arrest its progress.
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THIS "OAY'S ~V,:!.:,-W:.

THE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S.

INQUEST ON THE BODY.—(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Wakley, the Coroner for Middlesex, having appointed
ten o'clock this morning for the holding of the inquest on the
body of the unfortunate woman, Mary Brothers, who was
so inhumanly murdered in a brothel, in George-street, St.
Giles's, on Monday night last, the jury summoned for the
occasion met at the Angel Inn, High-street, near St. Giles's
Church, and their names having been called over,
Mr. WAKs-bY, before administering the oath, inquired if
any one were present who could identify the body ?
The husband of the murdered woman was introduced, and
to questions from the Coroner, said that he had seen the
body, which was that of his wife, Mary Brothers. He had
been married to her 15 years before, but after their separation
she had gone by another name—that of Ann Tape.
The j'iry (13 in number) were then sworn, and Mr. Rogers,
tobacconist, of High-street, Finsbury, was chosen foreman.
Mr. MILLS, the Deputy- Coroner, asked Harvey, the beadle,
if any one were present who had been with the woman at her
death ?—The beadle answered in the affirmative.
The CORONER then said that the jury had better go and see
the body. None but jurymen could then be admitted; but
if the gentlemen from the press desired it, they would be ad-
mitted afterwards.
Harvey—l have not the key of the house. I asked fur it,
but it was refused me.
Inspector Rawley—l have got the key in my possession,
and I am ready to accompany the gentlemen of the jury to
the house in George-street.
The Coroner and jury then left to see the body.
After an absence of half an hour the Coroner and jurymen
re-entered the inquest-room.
Police-constable, William Willis, 64 E, examined—l am
employed at the George-street station-house, and while on
duty there as gaoler on Monday night, the 31st March,
a woman named Palmer came with police- con-
stable Allen and stated that a man had been
stabbing a woman, at No. 11, George-street. I then
was directed by my inspector to go to the house with them.
I did so, and there procured a candle, and saw three or four
women standing at the door of the room on the left side of
the passage. I went into that room, and saw the deceased
with her back against the fire-place, her head bent down ;
and I heard a gurgling noise in her throat. She was bleed-
ing greatly from the left side of her neck, and there was
much blood at her side. I raised her head, and saw a wound
above her left shoulder, and a knife sticking in it. I
desired constable Allen to pull it out, and he after-
wards went for the- surgeon. Mr. Fitzgerald came
in less than ten minutes, but the woman was
quite dead. She did not speak or move from the time I
first saw her, and the gurgling in her throat ceased in about
four minutes. I then locked the door. I did not see any
person in the house charged with having caused the death of
the woman. There was another room adjoining that in
which I saw the woman, and on a bed there 1 saw marks of
blood. There was a window there with a saw in it. I saw
marks of blood on the wainscoting, as if the blood had spurted
there.
Mr. Armes—Have you got the knife? Witness—No, Sir;
constable Allen has.
Allen, the constable, produced the knife. It was a common
sized black handled table- knife, sharpened to a point, and
encrusted with blood.
Mr. WAKLEY asked the witness why he had not himself
taken the knife from the wound. It was better, in these
cases, to limit the number of witnesses as much as possible.
The constable said—l was engaged at the time assisting
the woman. I have known the woman by sight, in the
street, for about three years. I believe I saw her about half-
past eight o'clock on the night of the murder. Ido not know
where she lived. There were three other women standing at
the door of the room, one of whom had a candle in her hand.
Mrs. Hall is the landlady of the house. The woman Palmer,
who came to the station-house, is the servant, and, I believe,
lives in the house. (The station-house is within a minute's
walk of the house where the murder was committed.) Palmer
came to the station-house about ten minutes to eleven o'clock.
Mary Palmer, an old woman, was next examined. She
stated that she was a widow, and lived at 13, Church-street,
St. ililes•s. I used to sell fruit for my living, but ltt
erly I
have been employed to clean, and act in the capacity of a
servant, at Mrs. Hall's, 11, George-street. Mr. Hall 13 the
landlord ; he pays me my wages. I did not know the mur-
dered woman by the name of Mary Brothers, but by the
name of Mary 'tape. Tape is the name of re shoemaker wi h
whom she had lived. I do not know her age. I was never
told it was forty-five. I saw her last alive about a quarter
to eleven o'clock on the night of Monday last. She came
to the parlour. door of the house and asked for a three-
penny room. A man was with her. I had never
seen him before, and I do not know his name.
I think I should know him again. I lit a candle and gave it
to the woman. The man did not speak. He gave me the
threepence. I did not see anything in his hand. I noticed
his dress. He wore a velveteen coat, which came down to
his knees, with pockets at the sides. It was of a very
on his dark
colour by the candlelight. He
had a sealskin cap
head, and wore light brown trousers. His coat was closely
buttoned. The woman said nothing more, and they went
into the room together. I should think whet Lea
was about
thirty years or age. He was very dark, with black hair, and
small dark whiskers. I did not notice the colour of his eyes.
He had a long pointed nose. Neither of tem were drunk
after. I
sat down on the stairs, and in about five minutes
the room, and she repeated the cry three times. I; knocked
heard the woman cry " Murder." I went to the door of
at the door, and asked what was the matter? I heard no
scuffling or noise. The man marl no answer. The door was
bolted, and I could not get in. e room that they were in
was the middle room, where the bed was.
Mr. MILLS—Did you burst the door open ?—Yes.
Mr. Mime—Which door was that?—The one that the
blood was in.
Mr. Altus—When you burst open the door what did you
see ?—When I burst open the door the woman was sitting on
the bed.
Mr. MlLLs—What was the man doing ?-11e was standing
over her in this way—(The witness held up her hand
clenched behind her own neck)—and I thought he was hit-
ting her.
Mr. MILLS—Was his side or back towards you ?—His side
was towards me, for he was facing the woman.
Mr. MILLS—Did you see him strike her ?—No hims band
was lifted up, and I said, " Don't you strike her no ore."
With that he turned round.
Mr. Mires—Did you see anything in his hand at the time?
—No, Sir, nothing
Mr. 111iies—Did he let his hand fall? No, Sir, not then.
Mr. bliet..4--What did you say to him ?—I said, "You
have hit the wom enough, do nut hit her any more."
Miees—Whan at did the man say then ?—lle took his
hand away and ran out of the room.
Mr. MILLS—Did he run past you ?—I caught him by the
coat, but he got away, and ran out immediately without say-
ingyou see that he left anything behind
anything.
himM?r. ToLtlisii—ngDbidut the knife. The woman got out of the
bed herself and came into the next room. She then gave a
bit of a stagger, and down she fell at the fire-place.
Mr. MieLs--Did she say nothing? Not a word, Sir.
Mr. MILLS--Did you see any blood? She was covered
with blood, and a pool of blood was beside her.
Mr. MILLS—\i hat did you do then? I ran out to the
front door and
A p saolicemanstressm,
cae into the, house and pulled the
id " Mi mistress here is a woman
murdered."
knife out.
Mr. MILLS—Did you see the knife ? Yes, I saw it in the
policeman's hand.
you see it before ? Yes, in the policeman's
hal‘nidrinMtte9—D
room.id The policeman said it was in live inches.
Mr. Mimes—When did you see the woman before this day
three weeks hen was she in the house before? About
for the first time ? I did not see her before she went to the
hospital, about two years ago.
belfoVre, but not with the same man. I never
si
z/tel,rd. hat was he like? He was about the middle
saw the same man before.
Mr. Mims—Do you believe that was the man that stabbed
dark, and walked pretty straight.
the woman ? He was the only one that went in with her.
The Foreman—When they came in and paid you the three-
pence, was there any person in the passage ? No, riot one, sir.
Mr. Dimes— Have women, any one say that they know
the man ? yes, two who said that they knew him.
A Juror—How long were they in the room together.
About seven minutes altogether.
A Jut or—Did you see him after you got to the door? I saw
him turning the corner of Broad-street when I got to the door.
husban
Ma Hall examined—I live at No. 11, George-street. My
ry
d's name is John. lie is a leather-dresser, and rents
the house from Mr. Grout. Ido not know what 'Mr. Grout
is, or where he lives. He lives somewhere in the country. lie
comes for his rent every week. Ido not know what rent my
husband pays. The furniture belongs to Mr. Grout. I was
in the house when the man and woman came, but I did not
see them there. Palmer gave me the 3d., but she said no-
thing to me. They came in about ten minutes to eleven, and
in about seven minutes I heard Palmer cry that a woman
was murdered, and I ran for assistance. The man ran
past me in the passage and pushed me aside. There was no
light there that I could see him by, for the light
was in the room. He said nothing when he ran
past me, and 1 did not know him at all. I knew
the:woman well. She lodged with me about five or six
months, but I had not seen her since she left me, sometime
ago. Her sister used to come to see her while she was with
me. She did not live with any man while lodging with me,
neither did any man come to see her. She was a quiet,
sober woman. I never saw her intoxicated. She never told
me that any one had threatened her life. I do not know
where she lodged after she left me. I do not suspect any
one, nor from what I have since heard do I suspect any one,
except the person who was with her at my house. Ido not
know the man who is suspected of having murdered her.
I never saw him before the night in question. He rapidly
passed me in
the
the passage, and pushed me aside. I caught
hold of his coat, which from the feel I should think was
velveteen.
Some of' the uat the bottom of the table here put gene-
ral questions to witness, in a conversational tone.
Mr. Blueei said, that if they had any question to put to
her, either himself or the Coroner would do so. What she
stated to them was not taken down, and could not be consi-
dered evidence.
Mrs. Hall was recalled, and stated that her husband was
and Hatfield, upholsterers, 19,
not at home at the time of the murder.
capacity of
The husband of the deceased was then called. He is a
respectable-looking man, between forty and fifty years of
age, and
as to the
James Brothers, and that he was employed by Messrs. Tratt
was much affected. He stated that his name was
Lower Brook-street, in the
ters, at 8, George-court, Grosvenor-square. He said the
Mr. Miees_ew
de-
ceased's name was Mary, and her age about forty-six. I have
iiptoirlitsern,eaigndhbtohuartholoied.resided with his two daugh-
ters,
been separated from her 15 or 16 years. I am not quite certain
I believe, time,i
sheet.
Mr. Mit
L-s--Do you know where she lived within the last
six months? Witness—l do not know exactly. Somewhere,
but I could tell by the Marlborough police-
have not seen her for the last eighteen months—perhaps two
years. My
her Mr. lien did you see her last? Witness—l
children have not seen or spoken to her for seven
years.
Mr. Miees--How did you know the deceased was your
'iLiefen? Witness—Her sister came and told me that she had
murdered. She was in the habit of seeing her, and had
been sent for.
any injury W' S• Ido not.
Witness--No, •
Mr. Mule
women—that one wsts 19 years of
o
s----Haye ou any suspicion of the parson Au
von know if any one had threatened to do
murdered her?
body on Tuesday—it
is the body of my wife.—(llere the
Witness—NO, nut in the least. I saw the
witness was much affected, and tears rolled down his face.)
examined.— She said she
He said his slaughters, whom he had brought up, were fine
Mr. WAKLEY—We
will not ask you an; thmg eneee you
had better retire. Theleft the room.
Seymour-street, witness then
Jane Crook, the • setter of the deceased, was the next.wit-
nessage and the. other 21.
was a married woman,re-
sided at 55, Se
alive was on Saturday, was my sister—the only one I had. The last time I saw her
:be r yetwße anderonthaevr
es
Euston-square.
and six o'clock, ou my return home front market. That is

not far from the place where her body now lies. A woman
named Ann Scoones was there. No man was there. Ido
not think she was living with any man. I had seen her more
latterly than for sonic years before. I saw her frequently in
the month of October last.
Mr. MILLS—Did she tell you that any one had threatened
her life ? Witness—She told me that a man whom she had
lived with a short time before, but whom she had left, owing
to some quarrel they had had, had threatened her, and that
she was afraid to go out for him. She said she had been very
uncomfortable with him. I said, " I wonder,.Mary you can
content yourself to live in the way you do."
Mr. MILLS—Do you know the name of that man. Wit-
' ness—She said his name was Mellen. I am not certain
of his Christian name, but I think it was William. I
did not know what he then was, but I have since heard

that he was a smith.
Inspector Haynes said that person was taken into custody,
but, on examination, he was found nut to be the man sus-
pected of murdering the woman. The witnesses who saw
the man with the woman on the night of the murder had
positively stated that he was not the man.
The witness said she had seen Mellen at Marylebone

Police-office on Tuesday.
' Mr. WAKLEY inquired if the whole of the other witnesses
who bad seen the man suspected of committing the murder

had seen Mellen ?
Inspector Rawley said Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Palmer, Mr. Old-
ham, the cutler, who sold the knife with which the murder
was committed, and the police-constable, had seen him.
Mr. WAKLEY desired Mrs. Palmer to be recalled.
In answer to questions from the Coroner, she said that she
went to Marylebone Police. court on Tuesday, and a man was
shown to her, but he was not all like the man whom she let
into the house on Monday night.
Mr. WAR.l.Ev—That man was Mellen ?
Inspector Haynes said he was.
The examination of the deceased's sister was then resumed.
--When I saw my sister on Saturday, she did not say she was
living with any man, and, as I have said, I do not believe she
was. Mellen was the man whom she-was afraid of. I be-
lieve she had done something which she ought not to have
done, and they had quarrelled.
Mr. WAKLEY said (with respect to the descriptions which
had been given of the suspected individual, and of the pub-
licity which would be given to them in the newspapers) the
less said about him the better, as they would be merely an
advertisement to him, advising him how to escape.
Henry Oldham was next examined. He said he was a
cutler, at No. 10, High-street, directly opposite the house in
which the inquest was held. The knife lying on the table
I sold on Monday night, about ten minutes to ten o'clock, as
near as I can recollect. To a man who came into the shop and
said " What is the cheapest small carving-knife you have ?"
I said, " I will serve you directly." I took out three knives
and he purchased one of them,for which he paid one shilling.
Not another word was uttered by him. He did net remain
longer than three minutes. As he passed down the shop he was
proceeding towards the door with the knife in his hand, which I
thought somewhat extraordinary. I have no doubt the knife be-
ing the one I sold. I ground the edge of thektife, and wrapped
it in paper, and he lett the ship I did not notice him particu-
larly, but he was about 3 feet 4or 5 inches in height. Ile
had on a dark coat, dirty trousers, and a hat. I think the
coat was cloth, but I am not positive about it. His age I
should think from 19 to 21, and he spoke Ike a youth.
The CORONER. said these different descriptions did the
greatest mischief in the world.
Witness continued—l did not notice whether he had any
whiskers. Ile was of a rather sallow complexion, and his
features were large. He had no gloves on. I think I should
know him again. He was sober, and did not appear at all excited.
I never saw the man before. He looked a low character, as
if lie lived in the low part of St. Giles's. He had a dirty
appearance altogether. It struck me as extraordinary when
he wanted to take the knife out without anything on it. I
have the corresponding piece of paper that the knife was
wrapped in. It was brown paper, with some writing on it.
The man had on dark trousers. My daughter was standing
be3ide me at the time, and took particular notice of him also.
She is ten years of age.
Mr. WAKLEY—I think it will be better to give this infor-
mation privately to the police.
Witness continued—l do not know the woman.
The witness who had been examined, and those also who
had been summoned, were ordered to go into the next room.
Witness continued—l saw the man who had been in cus-
toly, but he was not the man who purchased the knife. He
was much stouter.
John James Allen, 159 E, examined—l am r constable at
the George-street station. On Monday night I was in the
gateway.in George-street, three doors below the house where
the murder was committed. It was then a quarter to eleven
o'clock, and I heard the door open, and saw a man run
down past me towards Broad-street, but on the opposite
side of the street. There was light enough from the lamp to
see him. He was about 5 feet 6 inches in height. He
had a cap on with a peak, but I would not say whether it
was a cloth cap or no. He had on lightish coloured trousers.
I should know him again but would not like to say what his
features were. I think Ihave seen him before in this neigh-
bourhood. I am positive it was a cap, but will not say
whether it was a seal-skin cap or a cloth one. About five or
six minutes after the woman Palmer came to me, and said—
" Come here, policeman ; here's a woman been struck at Mrs.
Hall's." I heard no alarm, and the woman Palmer came very
quietly indeed. Palmer said the woman was bleeding very
much. I told Mr. Inspector Rawley that there was some-
thing wrong below, and Willis and I went there In the
passage there were three or four women, and on entering
the room we found the woman on the floor with the knife
sticking in the wound at the back of the neck. It was in
about five inches. I tried to pull it out lightly, but found
it sticking fast, and 'I was obliged to pull it out with a jerk.
She was not deal then, for she gave a sort of smile, and I
ran for the surgeon. Mr. Simpson was not at home, and I
ran for Mr. Fitzgerald.
By a Juror—lt was five or six minutes after the man had
ran passed before the woman came to me, but no person came
out of the house in the interval.
By the CORONER—From the slight glance I got of the
man, I should say lie was about thirty.
The CORONER here stopped the inquiry by observing that
all the witnesses had been examined, and that nothing fur-
ther would be done this day. He should not fix an hour for
resuming the inquest, in order to avoid the difficulties which
had arisen in former instances from the interference of the
magistrates' courts. For this reason only it was that he ad-
journed the inquest without naming a time for its future sit-
ting, so that if the prisoner were taken iuto custody, lie would
at once be ordered before that Court. This would do away
with the difficulty, and at the same time give the Commis-
sioners of Police no excuse for interfering with the proceed-
ings of the Coroners' Courts.
The inquest was then formally declared adjourned, and
the room was cleared of strangers.
The inquiry did not seem to cause that excitement which
might naturally have been expected, but this might probably
arise from the fact of the hour fur holding the inquest being
only fixed on yesterday. In George-street and its vicinity
the same intense desire to gaze upon the scene of the murder
still prevails, and thousands of persons succeed each other
throughout the day. Many rumours are current as to the
murderer having been seen in various places, but of course
they are not entitled to the slightest credit. The station-
houses are also besieged with curious inquirers, but the in-
formation distilled in driblets from the police is of the most
unsatisfactory character.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
Daniel Cooper, a cabman, badge 8,307, was charged with
being drunk, and with violently assaulting policeman 233 G.
It appeared from the evidence that on the previous night
the prisoner was most disorderly and quarrelsome. The
constable interfered, and the prisoner attacked him in a
savage manner, biting his hand, and striving to twist his arm
out of the socket.
Mr. GREENWOOD said such a man was utterly unfit to be a
cabman. He would sentence him to ten days' imprisonment
and suspend his license for 21 days.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.
HAY MARKETS.

SmrritnEm—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ HO to 4/ lOs ; use-
ful ditto, 4l I2sto 5/4s • fine Upland do., 5/ 5s to 5/103; Clover
Hay, 4/ 103 to 6i; Oat Straw, 11 18a to 21; \Vheat Straw,
21 to 2/ 2s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish
demand.

CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4/ 15s ;
useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 5/ 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 515 s to Si 12s ;
Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 5/ 17s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/;
Wheat Straw, 21 is to 2/ 3s per load. Supply rather limited,
and trade somewhat brisk.
WIIITECHAPEL.-Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 41 15s;
useful ditto, 41 16s to 5/ 3s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 48 to
5/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ 108 to 61; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ :
Wheat Straw, 21 to 212 s per load. Trade steady, at fu
prices.