Star.
London, England, 1828-02-25 00:00:00

SUPPOSED MURDEIt AT HAMPSTEAD.

Within the last week a considerable degree of sensa-
tion has been excited in thisiown, from the aircumstanct
of the body of a remarkably fine young woman, appa4
really about eighteen years of age, being discovered in•
a pond by the road side, a little this side of the town,
with several severe contusions about the head, face, an
neck. The unfortunate young creature, when found,
appeared to have been .in the water several days. •it
being the general opinion• that the wretched girl 'had
been ill used. and afterwards thrown into the water.
every possible means were used by the proper- oilmen
of tlye towel to ascertain who she was, previous .to the
sitting of the Coroner's Inquest, but their efforts have as
yet not been attended with success. She was respectably
attired when found, but no property of any description
was on her person. .
Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, an quest was
held on the body by THOMAS STIRLING, Esq. the Cos
roner, at the Duke of Hamilton, near the. workhouse,.
when the following evidence was taken, relative to the
mysterious occurrence:
Thomas Shirley, a labouring man, deposed. that on
Friday week he discovered the deceased in the posed
he ptocured assistance, and had her taken out; shway.
peered to have been in the water some days; she was
taken to the workhouse in a shell.
John Church deposrd, that about a week ago, he'
saw a man take a green coloured shawl nut of the pond
where the deceased was found.
Charles Francis Lord, surgeon, deposed that he ex-
amined the body of the deceased when brought to tit"
workhoose;thVre were two contusions on the left cheek;
and some severe bruises over the orbits of both eyes;
on the right side of the throat there were evident marks
of violence; there were no bones Iractuted ; witness
opened the body and found no water in the lungs, nor
in the air passages; from this circumstance, he hof
opinion that the deceased must have been dead, Or
nearly so, before she was thrown into the water; wit-
ness cannot state the actual cause of death, but is of
opini:o that it was not produced by drowning. •
There being no further evidence, the Jury returned a
verdict—" Thai the deceased was found dead in a
pond, with marks of violence on her.person, but how she
came to her death there was no evidence to chew to the
said Jurors."—Thus has this mysterious affair ended.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, DASINGHALL-STREET.

10-IIORROW.

M. M.

T. Woodfield, sea. White-street, Little Ali-airfields, hoisedea. 3 10
T. Plume, Parl.street, Finsbury-square, victualler ... 3 I
C. Briant, Nortbffeet, Kent, jobber .. ... 3 11
S. Garthwalte, Gibson-street, Lambeth, auctioneer .. 5 tq
T. Newbould, jun. Sheffield, merchant ... ... 2 11
F. Williams, Park-street, Groitremr-street. dealer ... 2 It
I. Morley, Sidmouth.street, Begent.street, tailor .. 2 11
J. and C. F. Hayes, Albury, Surrey, paper manufacturers 210
L. Leigh, Canterbury, tea dealer ... - •.. ... 211
W. Sherwood and Co. Paternoster-row, booksellers ... 1 .10
K Yertegans and .Co. Cheapside, warehousemen ~ 1 11,
IE. A. Walking, Bath, draper .. ... ... 1 11
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Divibrin.
W. Hopkins, Oxford, coachmaker ... ... ... 11
S. Barnard, Kingston upon Hull, merchant .. . . 1
J. Barlow, New-road. St. George's in the East, sugar refiner... 11
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H. Cope Barnet, Hats, taller
D. L. Barlett, New-street, Bir
T. Cole, Plymouth, plumber

T. Robert., Manchester, draper

11
meet, merchant .. 11
... 11

.. 11

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J. Harrop, Saddlevrortb, Yorkshire, clothier ... ... 11
W. G. Phillips, Oxford-street, linendraper ... ... 10
L. H. Martelly and Co. Finsbury-square, merchants .. 11
J. Gay, Quadrant, Regent-street, engraver ... ... 10
T. Were, Bucklersbary, bill broker .. ... 11
W. Beal, Thrapuon, Northamptonshire, linendraper ... 10
T. DornfOrd, Plailpot-lane, wine-merchant ... ... 12
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S. Hardin:, 6:kid-street. jeweller ... ... II
J. Turnbull and Co. Bread-street, merchants ... ... 11

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.

The Matters of the Paramus and ScneDuLts of the Palmyra%
hereinafter-named (the same having been filed in the Court) are
appointed to be heard at the Court House. le Pertupl-street,
Lincoln's Inn- fields, on Maxim:, the 3d of March, at Tea
in the Forenoon.

Peter Brown, Church-court, Strand,apar mautifacturer and lapidary
Thomas Bromley, late of Praed-orreet, Paddington, carpenter

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Juba Cullyer, late of Queen's Head-row, Islington, baker

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Joreph Clayton, Albion-place, Clerkenwell, watch ease maker
Richard Chandler, late of Little James-street, Li;on-grove, dcakr

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in earthenware.
Thomas Ford, late of Blackfriammad, Surrey, out of business
Robert Meek, (sued with James Bailey and John Telling), Spa-
gate, near the City of Gloucester, toll collector and haulier.
Gesuge Shaw, late of Camberwell, Surrey, artist.
Thomas Spratly, Folly Mouse, Blackwell, victualler
Aubone Snowball,late of QueenAtreet. Old Gravrl•lane, ship area
Jelin Tilling, (sued as John Telling, and also sued with Imes
Bailey and Robert Meek) late of Salmon's Gate, near Stroud,

Gloucestershire, :ollector of tolls and labourer
Robert Turner, Mfred•street, Stepney, watchman to the Custom
Hoist, and carpenter
Robert Taylor, Charles-street, Somers Town, eating house keeper
Charles Wall, Cirencester-place, Fitzroy-square, schoolmaster
George Thomas White, uelina•ptace, IYeandoster-road, epeeist
pleader and barrister at law.