The Sun. — 1842-10-28 (London, England)

CORONERS' INQUESTS.  TIIE SUPPOSED MURDER IN THE SURREY CANIL. Antinquest was taken on Wednesday before Mr. Carter, at the Bridge House beer-shop, Old Kent-road, on the body of Sarah Saunders, aged. 17, which was discovered in the Surrey Canal on Friday, the 21st inst. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had been living in the service of a greengrocer, of the name of Eden, in the Horseferry-road, Westminster. That on Sunday, the 9th of this month, she was discharged in consequence of her mistress objecting to her loose habits. She then proceeded to Mrs. Marriatt's, of the Horseferry-road, where she took tea with the family. She requested Mrs. Marriatt to allow her daughter to accompany her to St. Martin's Church on the same evening, but her request was not acceded to, and the deceased and a daughter of Mrs. Marriatt's proceeded to a Sunday school in the neighbourhood. While there the deceased told Miss Marriatt that had she accompanied her across St. James's-park, it was her intention to have drowned herself in the enclosure. The deceased was left in the Sunda y school on the Sunday evening, and the last time ste was seen alive was on the following morning, ()apposite Bethlem Hospital, when she requested a Mrs. Smith to look out for a situation for her, addin g• that her mother was dead, that her father was alive, but she did not know where to find him. It also transpired that previous to her entering Mr. Eden's service, she lived with a young man at No. 20, Little Peter-street, Westminster, who was in the habit, according to the statement of Inspector Walters, oIF much ill-using her. She had declared that she would drown herself in the neighbourhood of her paramour's residence, which was stated to be in the Kent-rot md.  maAdler.aTpoodstd:.raotrhteemstetrxgaemonin,atgioanve ~.-etN;(ll.dsetTa7tedohf is most having decided opindon, that the discolouration of the dura mater was the effect of a blow given or received before death. Tha ,t the vessels of the brai were distended from immersion in the water, but that the substance of the • brain Several a - he Jury remarkedasinahealth state. Se‘ evidence of :how the deceased came into that the water, and after a protracted discussion, in which the Coroner took a part, the following verdict was agreed to That al e deceased died from suffocation, produced by drowning r, but there was no evidence efore the Jury to sho• iv in what state of mind she was in at thetime. ' The Cox( tNEx observed thab the finding of the Jury did not prey cut ulterior measures being adopted before the Ma ristrates, in the event of the police receiving furtl ier evidence. On Wedn .?.sday an inquiry was proceeded with before Mr. Willa.] cy, M.P., at the Hope and Anchor publichouse, Pon t-place, near Chelsea New Church, into the circumstances connected with the death of Charles Hudson, ag ed 38 years, whose death, it was alleged, had been c: lused by the effects of severe injuries he had receit ed in a fight on the night of 'Wednesday, inquest sntaitnu trhal. the sth int ;taut. • After tt le examination of several witnesses, however, there was no the Jury, •at the suggestion of the Coroner, returned a or from butjferobmraitnlC;eit City eiTeNeove!soentohefer whether arising hioellecin eaen verdict—"• That deceased died from extravasation of causesblood o Gracechurch-street, yesterday evee nS evidenceipn 1 Irgef, ai. I. i Payne, 1 ttna tl 8 heh e°l the‘nv n., body: o f Joseph drive tho " Tally-ho" Canterbury coach. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Stroud, the landlord of the Spread Eagle , Tap, that deceased delivering a banker's arrived at, his house on 'W eg and called for a glassp scarcely got it in his laotar surgeoniia expired. m'as parcel, evening, and after n d NNtillierenwh he fel l himselfb a cokn it nh see sofan si. of brandy and water, but had insensible.sent for, but before he arrived dee • Mr. Aslico b ITI , surgeon, of Gracechurch-street, ascribed his death to simple apoplexy. Mr. Stroud, to questions from the jury, said that deceased was a widower, with seven children. He had on him at the time of death a sum of 2281., and he (witness) could find no papers relating to it. The effects were brought in, sealed in presence of the Jury, and re-committed to Mr. Stroud's charge. After a short consultation, a verdict was returned of " Natural Death."  SOUTHAISIPTOs,