The Sun. — 1852-10-13 (London, England)

THE LATE MURDER AND SUICIDE.  Yesterday Mr. W. Baker, the coroner, opened an inquiry at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Nelsonstreet, Stepney, respecting the deaths of Willia:n Thomas Eliiott, aged eighteen months, who died from complainingany symptoms of insanity. of headache. violence, and Jane CoiAins, aged sixteen years, who committed suicide under most extraordinary circumstances, the particulars of which were reported yesterday. Elizabeth Mary Elliott deposed that the deceased child was her son. The other deceased was her servant.On Monday morning last, at 1 o'clock, the elder child, aged four years, came to witness's bed-room Deceased e and said, 'Oh, father, Jane has been beating Billy so." Mr. Elliott get out of bed, and left the room. When be returned witness asked him to call Jane. He did so, but she did not answer. Witness went up a s eSdh e wasnever repeatedly exhibited stairs and found the infant lying dead on the bed, partially covered with the bedclothes. A search was made for the female servant, but they could not find her.  passionate before Mr. heard a noise on the night of Sunday: Mary Collins, aLnede , a asked lodger, her was iif s hdei had aa called,Collins a n was tasaid Witness spoke to Elliott and his wife came home.d been beating the mfeotrhear walk, toD Deceased was loud screaming. children, for witness had heard ‘‘ I could do anything when very she By a Juror—The deceased the deceased say on sionate at times. H When witness remonstrated the Bible, and generally with her, decease ~ The deceased had made these ;0: ani: lef jno uyt Sunday evening, while her master observations on a vverfe sslehvaomeurladli no uaotcpcmaassysifootchnerd„osaa i d. , was very fond ° seemed haPPY* Mr.HenryH Taynton, of Bedford-place, Commercial-road East, readingg surgeon, stated that he was called to the-- deceased child on Monday morning last, and found him dead. Witness had examined the deceased. The appearances externally were not sufficient to cause death, and in the absence of a poet moriens examination witness could not say what the child had died from. Witness afterwards went up stairs, and found the female servant lying on the floor quite and mistress dead. She had just been pulled from the hole, and had two superficial cut wounds in the front of the neck. There was a mark round the neck, which had been caused by a cord or ribbon being tightly tied round it. The immediate cause of her death was strangulation. The wounds were not sufficient to produce death.  The witness Lee was recalled, and in answer to the coroner said she had repeatedly heard deceased say, " When I am in a passion I could kill the child, and then cut my own throat." The Coroner said the case was one of a very peculiar nature ; and that as the investigation could not be completed that evening, he should adjourn the proceedings until Monday Beat, to give Mr. Taynton time to make a proper examination of the body of the child, and to give the summoning officer an opportunity of obtaining additional evidence.  The weekly reviews from the Amsterdam and Rotterdam produce markets allude to a greater feeling of confidence among operators. The demand for coffee, although not extensive, was sufficient to support prices, and in some cases a slight improvement had been established. Several large transactions had taken place in sugar at an advance. Rice had not been so freely purchased, but for indigo there was an active inquiry, and quotations were rising. The accounts from Antwerp and Hamburgh represent a similar state of trade.