The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-28 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

TIIE SUPPOSED MURDER IN THE SURREY CANIL.
Antinquest was taken on Wednesday before Mr. Carter,
at the Bridge House beer-shop, Old Kent-road, on the
body of Sarah Saunders, aged. 17, which was disco-
vered in the Surrey Canal on Friday, the 21st inst.
It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had
been living in the service of a greengrocer, of the
name of Eden, in the Horseferry-road, Westminster.
That on Sunday, the 9th of this month, she was dis-
charged in consequence of her mistress objecting to
her loose habits. She then proceeded to Mrs. Mar-
riatt's, of the Horseferry-road, where she took tea
with the family. She requested Mrs. Marriatt to
allow her daughter to accompany her to St. Martin's
Church on the same evening, but her request was not
acceded to, and the deceased and a daughter of Mrs.
Marriatt's proceeded to a Sunday school in the
neighbourhood. While there the deceased told Miss
Marriatt that had she accompanied her across St.
James's-park, it was her intention to have drowned
herself in the enclosure. The deceased was left in
the Sunda y school on the Sunday evening, and the
last time ste was seen alive was on the following
morning, ()apposite Bethlem Hospital, when she re-
quested a Mrs. Smith to look out for a situation for
her, addin g• that her mother was dead, that her
father was alive, but she did not know where to find
him. It also transpired that previous to her entering
Mr. Eden's service, she lived with a young man at
No. 20, Little Peter-street, Westminster, who was in
the habit, according to the statement of Inspector
Walters, oIF much ill-using her. She had declared
that she would drown herself in the neighbourhood of
her paramour's residence, which was stated to be in
the Kent-rot md.

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~.-etN;(ll.dsetTa7tedohf is most
having
decided opindon, that the discolouration of the dura
mater was the effect of a blow given or received before
death. Tha
,t the vessels of the brai were distended
from immersion in the water, but that the substance
of
the
• brain Several
a - he Jury remarkedasinahealth
state.
Se‘
evidence of :how the deceased came into that
the water, and
after a protracted discussion, in which the Coroner
took a part, the following verdict was agreed to
That al e deceased died from suffocation, produced
by drowning r, but there was no evidence efore the
Jury to sho• iv in what state of mind she was in at thetime. '
The Cox( tNEx observed thab the finding of the Jury
did not prey cut ulterior measures being adopted be-
fore the Ma ristrates, in the event of the police re-
ceiving furtl ier evidence.
On Wedn .?.sday an inquiry was proceeded with before
Mr. Willa.] cy, M.P., at the Hope and Anchor public-
house, Pon t-place, near Chelsea New Church, into
the circumstances connected with the death of Charles
Hudson, ag ed 38 years, whose death, it was alleged,
had been c: lused by the effects of severe injuries he
had receit ed in a fight on the night of 'Wednesday,
inquest
sntaitnu
trhal.
the sth int ;taut. •
After tt le examination of several witnesses, however,
there was no
the Jury, •at the suggestion of the Coroner, returned a
or from butjferobmraitnlC;eit
City
eiTeNeove!soentohefer whether arising
hioellecin eaen
verdict—"• That deceased died from extravasation of
causesblood o
Gracechurch-street, yesterday evee
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i Payne,
1 ttna tl 8 heh e°l the‘nv n.,
body: o f Joseph
drive tho " Tally-ho" Canterbury coach.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Stroud, the
landlord of the Spread Eagle , Tap, that deceased
delivering a banker's
ar-
rived at, his house on 'W eg
and called for a glassp
scarcely got it in his laotar
surgeoniia
expired. m'as parcel,
evening, and after
n d
NNtillierenwh
he
fel l himselfb a
cokn
it
nh
see sofan si.
of brandy and water, but had
insensi-
ble.sent for, but before he arrived
dee •
Mr. Aslico b
ITI , surgeon, of Gracechurch-street,
ascribed his death -
to simple apoplexy.
Mr. Stroud,
to questions from the jury, said that
deceased was a widower, with seven children. He had
on him at the time of death a sum of 2281., and he
(witness) could find no papers relating to it.
The effects were brought in, sealed in presence of
the Jury, and re-committed to Mr. Stroud's charge.
After a short consultation, a verdict was returned of
" Natural Death."

SOUTHAISIPTOs, OCT. 26.—The steamer Lady de
Saumarez, Captain Goodridge, which should have
reached here this morning from Jersey, with mails
and passengers, did not arrive, and intelligence reached
Southampton in the course of the day, that she struck
on the Casket rocks last night, owing to the tempest,
and lost her bulwarks, and was obliged in consequence
to put into the Isle of Portland ; no serious accident
occurred. 'The Grand Turk encountered the terrific
gale also last night, en her voyage from Havre to this
port: nothing but the good sea-going properties of
the Turk enabled her to perform her voyage safely.
The immense steam power that she can put on enabled
her to perform the voyage in spite of all obstacles in
14 hours.