The Sun. — 1842-12-29 (London, England)

CORONER—I had been to the bottom of the street to visit a neighbour, and as I approached my own door Iheard a bustle, and a man named John Rice cry " Murder" three times, and then run up the street. I did not notice any one running either way before I saw Jack (Rice). lam sure I did not see either Singleton or Meaghan's wife. I should have known them if I had. I, came on the opposite side of Whitecrossstreet, in the direction of Chiswell-street, when returning from my friend's, and there was sufficient light in the street to see any one if they had been there. By a Juror—Meaghan did not come into my shop while I was there. I was going in to the next door to see what was the matter, when Mr. Neville, a neighbour, put me back, saying, " It was no sight for me." I then went in through the passage door, and saw the deceased with his head behind the counter, and his feet towards the door. He bad a large wound beneath the left breast, from which the blood was flowing copiously. The doctor was putting brandy into deceased's mouth, to see if he was alive. He did not speak, and it was only by his slight gasping that I knew he was alive. He tried to turn away his head from the brandy, but had not strength to do so, and died in a few minutes after. William Darby, husband of the last witness, said, I did not deceased on Sunday till I saw him wounded. I did not see him let in, as I was in the bakehouse at the time. My wife let Mrs. Meaghan through. I should say it was about half-past nine then. The partition is so thin I can hear everything distinctly, and I heard, at twenty minutes past ten, the voice of Meaghan in hisown shop, say, " Out with you, get out with you,' as if speaking to some one inside.' I also heard the voice of his wife, but what she said I cannot say. There was a great deal of talking between ttvo or three, and quarrelling, buttl could not distinguish the voice of Leary, for the talk was so low at some times. I had customers in the shop, and did not pay much attention. I heard several pushes against the partition. as if of scuffling, then a heavy fall on the ground, and then some one ran out of the front door, and some one said in the street, "A man's throat is cut." I cannot say exactly what was the matter, but think Meaghan and his wife were quarrelling. The words, " Out with you," were before I had heard a fall or groan. The only voices I heard were those of Meaghan and his wife. I threatened the woman Cotter, when I went in, to tell me the truth, but she could not answer me, and I saw the deceased as described by my wife. A knife was at his feet ; it was much stained with blood. The man, Jack, picked it up and laid it on the counter. lam sure it is not an act of Jack's, but of some other person's. When I went in with sir. Bland, a tobacconist opposite, I saw Mrs. Cotter come out from the back, wringing her hands, and saying, " Oh, God, who has done this !" (The knife with which the deed was committed was shown to the Jury, and it seemed a common shoemaker's knife, such as is used for cutting leather; the blade and handle were covered with blood.) Mr. BAKER said that, in consequence of other duties, he should be under the necessity of adjourning the hearing of any further evidence till to-day.  The Hon. F. Reginald Forbes is accredited Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Saxe Coburg Gotha, in addition to his functions at Dresden ; and Mr. Barnard is to reside at Coburg, as Charge d'Affaires. The Earl of Howth has sold his hounds and horses to the officers of the garrison of Dublin. It is stated that his Lordship intends going abroad for some time, lin consequence of the death of his amiable Countess.