Star.
London, England, 1827-06-05 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Yesterday evening an Inquest was held at the sign of
the Compasses, Chelsea, by adjournment from Saturday,
before H.GaLL, Esq. touching the death of Ann Tread-
away, whose death was occasioned by blows inflicted
upon her on Friday night last, by her husband.
Mr. George Turnbull, of Chelsea, surgeon, deposed,
that he opened the body on Saturday evening, in the
presence of Mr. Constantine John Laisne, surgeon, and
found in the belly a large quantity of coagulated blood
and fluid, measuring nearly five pints. Upon tracing
the source from which the blood proceeded, he found
that it came from the spleen having been ruptured in
two places; there was also an appearance of contusion
of one of the large intestines, and a great quantity of
extravasated blood ; the sixth rib immediately under
the left breast was fractured. The lungs, liver, and
other internal organs, were in a sound state; but the
injuries they ascertained were sufficient to cause death,
and were undoubtedly produced by great violence.
The husband of the deceased had acknowledged to him
that he had given her two blows with his elbow while
they were in bed, of which dezeased complained a few
minutes previous to her death, which happened almost
immediately after.
Mr. Constantine John Laisne, surgeon, fully corro-
borated the statement of this last witness.

The CORONER addressed the Jury, and stated, that
after the evidence they had heard, and the confession
made by the husband of the deceased to several per-
sons' there could be but little doubt but that the fact
had been committed-by him, and it remained with them
to decide whether it was an act, under circumstances,
amounting either to murder or manslaughter. It did
appear that the deceased and her husband had been
Hiving together upon terms and habits of great irri-
tation, and had been quarrelling during a great part of
the day previous to the unfortunate event. Under these
circumstances, he severally and individually put it to
the Jury to declare their opinions. Thirteen out of
fourteen of the Jurors returned a verdict of " Wilful
Murder against Edward Macon Treadoway,' and the
Coroner immediately issued his warrant for the com-
mittal of the prisoner to take his trial for the same. The
witnesses were severally bound over to give evidence.

A Mrs. ELIZABITH JONM, tallow-chandler, lady
died at Bishop Stortford. This liberal benefactress
has left by her will 1,0001. to the parish, in the follow-
ing benevolent manner: the interest of 5001. towards
the repairs of the Church ; 2501. towards the National
School; and the interest of 2501. to be distributed an-
nually in coals to the poor.
LEVERIDGE, the celebrated bass singer, was once
prosecuted by the Society for the Reformation of Mea-
ner:, for singing an Ode of Dryden's, the subject of
which was “ The praise of love and wine." When
the trial came on before Chief Justice Holt, he at
once saw the fanatical spirit of the prosecution, and
finding the fact of the singing, &c. fully proved,
he thought of the following stratagem to get poor
Leveridge out of the scrape. He called for the
printed song, and after reading it over attentivelM
observed, that he saw nothing in the words very col,
pable. He imagined the offence must lie in the man-
ner of singing it; he therefore desired Leveridge
might sing it before the Court. The performer
readily took the hint, and sung it with so much power
of voice and taste, that the Jury, without going out of
their boa, acquitted him, and he was carried home on
the shoulders of the mob in triumph.

Wednesday, a melancholy accident occurred at Crieff
The Lady of Mr. Scorr, agent there for the Commer•
cial Bank, being alone in a room, her dress, which was
of cotton, came accidentally in cqntact with a lighted
candle, iu consequence of which she was irnmedi-itely
enveloped in flames. Her husband was from home ;
and ere the servants or any one eke could render as-
sistance, she had expired.