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London, England, 1824-08-03 00:00:00

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126 abases years. this wiry awl*
Arse Tama, dearest girl, was boa,
And pessed bereslf—erldwst
• Ilather's mown 'swap of jar:
ad mold a Paieet's obi prevail,
On her, what Map bold Mal
Vbst happinesi an nate. bad,
This dap would be mowing shall
Nay Hnaten's blest pow's. protect Mr MIN
And lead her down the paths of teeth,
Shield her from aught that can impart
A single pang to wooed the Mart!
Nay innocence and Virtue are,
Saute her from temptation's snare;
And loyeand bibs, and sweet cement,
In her younvmind be resident.
Nay still unspotted be her fame :
Nay she remain through life the 'sass,
Mama in all--except In name!

CORONER'S INQUEST.

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Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, a Coroner's In-
quest was held before J. H. GILL, Esq. Coroner for
Westminster, at the Waterworks public-house, Chelsea,
on the body of Ann Mark, the wife of RoberMark, in
the employ of Messrs. Johnson, Sons, and Brice, pa-
/lots and contractors, Chelsea, who was found drowned
the night before.
George Thema: Marshall, gun-maker, St. George's-
p)ace, deposed, that a few minutes after twelve oa Sun-
day morning, he was on the wooden bridge, at Chelsea,
and heard an altercation between a male and female,
who were not on the bridge, and soon after he heard a
female voice say, " don't hold my hands ; don't hold
my hands," several times. He hallooed out, " What is
the matter below?' but received no answer, which
caused him to repeat the call. He then heard a violent
screaming, and something fall into the water; the night
being very dark, he called out to the watch, and ran
down to the place where the cry came from, accom-
panied by Maclow, the watchman, and a stranger, and
then they saw a man who was leaning on the wall, and
who the stranger and watchman took into custody ; the
man appeared to be in liquor. They then endeavoured
to find the woman, and searched for the body in the
water for about ten minutes, by the light of the watch-
man's lanthorn, but without success.

John Maclow, a watchman, confirmed the last wit-
ness's statement, and added, that he heard a continued
hallooing, on which he went to the spot from whence
it proceeded, and.saw a man near the centre of the
bridge, sitting on the coping stone, and saying, 41 There
she is—my wife, my wife!"
Richard Painter, a labourer, deposed thit he was in
compiny with the deceased and her husband, R.Mark,
at the King's Head public-house, at the Wooden Bridge,
Chelsea, from nine o'clock in the evening until 12 on
Saturday night last; they were drinking and singing,
and the deceased and her husband appeared to be on
good terms until about 11 o'clock, when the husband
sang a song. but did not sing the last verse to his wife's
liking, on which she herself sang the remainder, as well
as she could, which made the husband angry, and he
struck her with the back of his hand in the face. They
all three then drank a parting pot of porter and went
away, apparently friends ; the whole party were in li-
quor; on coming into the street they met a man named
George Rope, and the deceased asked him to tak
stew gin, which he refused, but the husband pressing
him, the three went ba4 to the public-house again, and
witness went home.
George Henry Rope, a labourer, deposed that on Sa-
turday night, before 12 o'clock, be was on his way home,
and saw Robert Mark, the deceased, and Richard Pain.
ter standing by the public-house door; the deceased
asked him to have some drink, seeing that she was in
liquor be declined it; but was overpersuaded by her
husband, and the three went in, and bad half a pint of
gin amongst them; they were all in good humour, and
ro about five minutes came out. Witness shook bands
with 'Mark and his wife, and they lett him, and walked
towards the bridge; they had walked but a few paces
when witness saw deceased put her hand round her
husband's neck ; be heard the husband say," take hold
of my hand," and they walked oo apparently in good
humour. Before witness and they parted Mark told
him he should be out all night on the barge, and said
that be should not go the Pimlico way to the barge,
but by the bank near the high road.
William Whittall, coal-merchant, deposed, that on
Sunday morning about one o'clock, he heard several
voices, which be found to be of persons taking Mark
into custody. He heard Mark express much anxiety
about his wife, and wished to have her searched for;
and said, had he not been held by the watchman; be
would have jumped in after her; and witness thinks he
would have dome so.
William Martin, a

with Mark, de-
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pomd, that oa Soiday morning, about one o'cb.
heard a mast. violent screaming three distinct times ; br
beard no words, and me screaming proceeded from the
spot where the deceased was afterwards found. The
screaming appeared to him as if the person was sow
taining violence.
W. Cousins, a watchman, came up at the noise of
Matlow's rattle, and assisted taking the deceased out
of the creek or cat, about four o'clock en Sunday mars.,
big i she waStbsa quite dead, and when found her had
Was downwards, and her whole person covered with
mud. The body was dragged for a long time before it
could be found. Marlow and several others assisted in
denten *mead finding the deceased.
Thu being * wbde ,of dm evidence, the Coroner.
addressed the Jury. and ssid, that he perceived the in.
clination of *sir minds was, that the deceased coal not
have come by her death by accident, and be would leave
it to them, witheitieether censment, to decide.
A Juryman her remarked, that the idea of the wo.
man's death • accidental was quite out of the clues-
. tion ; because the ass ran teattaedPmetkiag
in the place, must bare designedly come with Lis wife
to the spot where she appeased to have been thrown in,
that not being his direct way-to the barge !here he was
stationed, and the passage lileag the bank being ab-
stracted by Tailimg. •
The Corinne said Jury watto takes view ofthe body,
mambo- of the spot where the deceased was remade:.
After a few minutes' consideeation, the Jury, without
retiring, pronounced a verdiet of WO: Myrtle. again
Robert Mark t and the Coroner issued his warrant Tea'
his COMMitONSIt to Newgate. The prisoner is shoot SS.
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