The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-30 00:00:00

SUICIDE.

Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the
house of Mr. Sidgier, the Ship, Camden-street,
Islington, on the body of a respectably-dressed fe-
maleAnamed Eleanor Moore, aged 25, and of a most
prepossessing appearance, who was found drowned
in the New River, near the,above house, on Friday
night last.
Charles Freddick, a watchman, about half-past ten
o'clock on the night above mentioned, heard a sort
of splashing in the water, and shortly afterwards, on
"Watch !" being called, he hurried to the spot,
where the drags being immediately brought, the
body of the deceased was drawn to, the surface, and
conveyed to the above house, where medical aid was
as quickly as possible procured.
Mr. S. Clarke, surgeon, of Lower-street, Isling-
ton, a little before eleven o'clock, was called to view
the deceased. She was quite cold, and had been
dead a considerable time ; he could not take upon
himself to say whether she was pregnant or not.
Some trifling articles were then produced, which
were found in her pockets ; among which lip a
paper with her name, and an a44ress to Fayaer-
house, Lower-road, Islington, written on both *es.
John Hawkes, a keeper in Fisher-house (a re-
ceptacle for lunatics), was then sworn. On being
shown the paper found in the pocket of the deceased,
he recognised it as the harol.writing of Eleanor
Moore, and stated that he first became acquainted
with her at the house of an eminTLQ..." bookseller, in
Paternoster-row, where she lived servant, and
where he attended as a keeper to her master, who
was of unsound mind ; that they corresponded toge-
ther, and about three months ago he met her by ap-
pointment, when she informed him that she had
left her situation in Shoe-lane, and did not wish to
get another, but for him to marry her. He told her
that he could not think of marrying her, unless she
kept her situation, as his salary was not sufficient to
maintain a wife. He had not heard of her or seen her
since; he had frequently heard her say she wished
she was dead, but did not consider her insane.
The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary
Insanity."

IRISH ECCENTRICITIES ! !

RECORDER'S 'COURT, OCT. 26.

The Recorder sat this day at the usual hour, for
the trial of traversers; Aldermen Archer and West
on the Bench.

Patrick Curtin was indicted for assaulting Anne
Armstrong, with intent to violate her person. The
prisoner was indicted in a second count, for a com-
mon assault on the same person.
John Armstrong the husband of the prosecutrix,
examined.—Witness described the violent conduct
of the traverser and his companion when they broke
into his room, he was then in bed and asleep, but
being awoke by their noise, the first thing he beheld
was the traverser and Bird catch hold of his wife by
the hands, and dance round the room like two strol-
ling players—(laughter) ;—in the corner near the
fire there happened to be a poor old woman,to whom
they gave a kick every time they passed her in the
dance; this woman had since died of fever; witness,
on seeing all this, raised himself in the bed for the
purpose of going to his wife's assistance, when Cur-
tin seized him, and immediately making at him, cried,
"0, you thief, are you there—l will soon do for you!"
the traverser then seized hold of him, dragged half
his body through the curtains, pulled down the bed-
roof on top of him, and hauled him out on the floor,
where he kicked and knocked him about ; after he
had got up, Bird held him fast by the hands, behind
his back, while the traverser took a mouth-full out
of his face at one bite;' the parties bad compelled his
wife to move in the dance with them for upwards of
ten minutes, and every time they wheeled round the
old woman in the corner, they regularly dealt her
out a hearty kick, sometimes planting it on her ribs,
and, on one occasion, on her forehead ; the conse-
quence of this last was, that a sort of horn, of some
inches long, appeared protruding itself from her os
frontis the day following. In one of these gambols they
committed still more serious damage, breaking a
large jar containing some gallons of ink, of witness's
manufacture, and inundating the whole apartment
with the sable fluid.

FOR THE DEFENCE.--Barnaby Geraghty, ex-
amined—Witness deposed that he had been present
when the traverser paid over to Armstrong and his
wife the sum of 305., in lieu of all claims, and in full
Satisfaction of all injuries and damages whatever.
• Cross-examined—Counsel—What are you ? Wit-
ness—What am I ? Why lam Barney Geraghty;
what else would I be ?—(Laughter.)—Counsel—
Well, Barney, how do you live ? Witness—lndeed
rather snug and comfortable, thank you. Counsel—
But I mean what do you do ? Witness—l work a
little, to be sure. Counsel—What work do you
perform ? Witness—Why, I carry my coat.-
-(Laughter.)

Alderman Archer—Counsel means of what pro-
fession are you. Witness—A Roman Catholic, by
all means, your Worship.—(Roars of laughter.)
After some further interrogatories, it came out at
length that Barney was a tailor, and the son of a
broker of cast off clothes. The latter being called and
examined, corroborated the testimony of his facetious
son, as far as it related to the payment of the 30s.
as a consideration in full for all injuries.
The Jury, after a brief charge from the Recorder,
found the traverser guilty on the indictment for the
common assault, and acquitted him of the other in-
dictments.—Dublin Morning Post.