The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-26 00:00:00

COItONEICS 1 NQUI!,' 3TS.

lI)EArn nquisit ion 7.-,tas yid at
the Tavistock Arm s , Tavi,tock-place, Somers'
Town, on view of the body of Miss Elizabeth lar-
ley, a very interesting young lady of consitterah:e
fortune, twenty-three years of
.age, who pot a pe,
rind to her own life by hanging herself with s.
sicippiag•rve lt appeared, that the deceased oc-•
cupted,a large house, Tavistoek-place, iu nhich
she had but t wofentale servants, and that s'nee the
death of her guardian, whids happened stone short
time hefnre, she became melancholy and despond.
O'i Itrednesday night she retired to bed mahout
ten o'clock, as was her custom ; but not ri:ing at
her usual time next morning, one of the servants
went up stairs to call her, and receiving no an-
swer she retrained from chsturbiug her for a con-
sider,mhle time longer. Site afterwards repeated
her cans, at interv:(ls, until four o'clock in the
aftertmoou, when getting no answer from her mis-
tress, site became alarmed, and informed a letoale
friend of the deceased's, who came with her, and
they knocked and called several times at her roont
door, which was locked on the inside. They sus-
neeted something had happened, and sent for Mr.
France, undertaker, who broke open the -chamber
door, when the deceased was found lying on the
floor quite dead,. with her head towards the tire.
place, part of a skipping rope tied round her neck,
and time other part to the bed tester, from ‘vhieli
it was supposed the deceased had been suspended.
The deceased must have got out of bed in twr
sleeping dress. It was evident she must have
committed the act herself, as the chamber door
was locked on the inside, and the key in it, and
no person could have access to the room front the
manner in which it was locket!. The Jury, after
a short consultation, returned a verdict--" Died
by her own act in hanging herself, not being per-
fectly sane at the time."
LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT.—An Inquisition was
taken yesterday before CHARLES JLMMET, Esq.
Coroner for the County of Surrey, at the King's
1-lead,Walworth-road, on the hotly of Mary Kern-
ble, daughter of Mr. Kemble, of 'No. 4, Manner-
row, Waiworth, who was accidentally burnt to
death. She was eight years of age. Mrs. Mary
Oliver, wife of Mr. Oliver, of No. 5, Manner-row,
\Val worth, being sworn, stated, that on Tues-
day morning, about eight o'clock, she heard the
screaming of a .child, crying, " Mrs. Oliver,
Mrs. Oliver !" in a terrific manner. She ran out
at the back door, and got over the garden palings ;
being satisfied that the noise proceeded from Mr.
Eemble's house, she got in at the back door, told
saw the deceased in the kitchen enveloped in
flames ; she tore the burning garments oLf as fast
as she could ; the deceased. Likewise pulled them
off ; but betore•l he flames were extinguished her
body was shrivelled in a most shocking Manlier,
and her hands and arms burnt too dreadful to de-
scribe ; she still had the power of speed), anti
told her that " her mother had been gone out of
the house about five minutes, to carry a letter to
the Post-office„ and left the infant in the cradle,
and the coffee-pot on the tire, with the poker on-
der it ; she (the deceased) lifted the ifut off the
rice, and the poker, which was red-hot, fell against
her clothes, and set there on file." A surgeott
was sent for ; he attended her, but she died in the
evening of the same day. The Surgeon who at-
tended the deceased stated, that she WaS SO dread-
fully burnt that all medical aid was useles ; her
hands aud arms were nearly consumed. Verdict,
" Accidentally burnt to (kart)."

DREADFUL ACCPOENT.-'-011 Monday night last,
the daughter of -- LEITH, Esq. of No. 5, Ar-
nold-place, Newington, between two and three
years of age, met with the ftillowing most shock-
ing accident :—The nurse-maid having filled her
tea-pot and placed it on the kitchen table, the
child, , being thirsty, during the absence
,of the
ntirse from the kitchen, drank from the spout of
the tea-pot a considerable quantity of the scolding
water. Her screams brought the servants to her
assistance ; but her inside was so much injured,
that she survized but a few hours. Surgeons
Saumarez and Dickson attended, but could not
render any effectual assistance, the lungs being
scalded so dreadfully.
Last week, a man anti his wife, who Hies in
Follarton-street of Irvine, having occasion to at-
tend divine service, very imprudently locked tip
three of their" young children in the house. While
the children were amusing themselves a halfpenny
ran below the bed. In order to search fer it, a
piece of woad was lighted and introduced under
the bed. The bed immediately caught fire, and,
in a short time, the house was totally cons'utned.
The children were taken out by the window, and
narrowly escaped destruction.
SINGULAR CASE.--.AI Chesterfield Sessions, on
Wednesday se'nnight, a singolay ease was brought
-forward. 'the township of Crotuford had obtained
an order to remove the third wife of one Joseph.
Needham, and she was accordingly removed to
the township of Ecclesall Bierlow as the place of
her settlement. Against this order the latter
township appealed, and, front the facts brought
before the bench, the order was discharged. The
above Joseph Needham had three living wives, who -
all appeared in Court on'this occasion ; they had
all slept together in one bed the evening preced-
ing ; and, what is more remarkable, they deelarea
that they had not an angry word with each other.
We may venture to say, that three women under
the same circumstances, could not be found in the
three kingdoms, who would spend together so in-
nocent an evening us passed among these fair
ri-
! We have not beard what has become of
Joseph Needham, the husband with three wives
At the Assizes for NV:3: cestershire I I prisoners
received sentence of Death. Thomas Easibury,
tried under Lord EeeeNeonouon's Act for cutting
and maiming James Gilson, was left for execu-
tion. _ .

A few evenings since, a Gentien—an looking at
the planet Jupiter, through a telescope, observed
a luminous appearance at a !milli distance below
the planet, in shape approaching to the arc of rt
circle of about 90 degrees or more; the horns
pointing to the horizon ; the rim narrow anti
something resembling the moon two
three days old, Out of a very pale whitish co-
lour, sometimes, however, Much more vivid <►ntl
rf ids appearance has no doubt attracted
the attention of astronomers, as it still. retains
nearly the satire position in the heavens.