Star. — 1827-06-05 (London, England)

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 Treadaway, 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 corroborated 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 persons' 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 irritation, 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 committal 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 following 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 annually in coals to the poor. LEVERIDGE, the celebrated bass singer, was once prosecuted by the Society for the Reformation of Meaner:, 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 manner 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 assistance, she had expired.