The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1824-11-03 (London, England)

STIR. LINO. Esq. Coroner for iddlesex, on view of the body of Eliza. beth Bright, who lived as servant in the family of Mr. Tyrer, watchmaker, 32, Northampton-street, Clerkenwell. John Hines, of No. 21, City Garden-piece, watchmaker, Raw deceased at Mr. Tyree, house on the day of her engagement (Friday). She exhibited no extraordinary marks of dejectioo during the short period of her stay in the house. On the same night, about a quarter after ten o'clock, Mrs. Tyrer sent witness down to the kitchen, and observed, that deceased appeared to be in a dying state. She was lying on the carpet, with a wash-band lawn bride her, into which she was vomiting. AVitruss went, by order of Mrs. Tyree, iror a surgeon, who administered medicine for her relief, and introduced a poison.machine into the stomach. Deceased expired in about thirty hours after. Prior to her devil deceased confessed to witness that she had purchased 2d. worth of oil of vitriol at the shop of Mr. Nicholls, chemist, St. John's-street. liir.ffocker. N 0.5, lieorge-place, St. John's-street-road, surgeon, was called to attend deceased on the above-mentioned evening; she threw up a large quantity of black matter, which proved on ex. amination to be sulphuric arid; witness introduced an elastic tube, attached to • powerful syringe into the stomach, and injected a pint of alkaline solution ; a poison, or stomach syringe was then procured, and the whole was extracted, and a quantity of milder solution was injected in order to purify the intestines from any remains of the drug; deceased was then almost in an erect posture, and during the operation, she was delivered of a male child, which fell on the floor, and was taken up dead ; there was no doubt but that the infant had been born alive, but it expired almost instantaneously; measures were promptly taken to effect resuscitation, but without effect. l'rior to the birth of the child, witness had no reason to suppose that the woman was pregnant, her stays, which be (whores) cut, was very tightly laced, and all her clothes drawn close to the body. so as to prevent exposure of her situation. Before the extraction of the poison, she had no power of utterance, lis.t after being somewhat relieved, witness charged ha with taking that she should not have taken, which she strongly denied having done. but on the question being licensed, she admitted that she had, and pointed to a corner liehind her where a phial bottle was found, containing some small remains of sulphuric acid, of which, it appeared, she had swallowed two ounces. When asked what could lute, induced her to form so desperate a determination. she merely replied. " I wished to dic," but did not then signify any particular cense of inquietude. Harriet Hall, who lived as felbw-serrant with the deceased at her last place (Mrs. Emmett's 124, St. John'e-screet) described deceased as ayoung women cf a very high flow of spirits, but stonewhat proud or independent in her temper. She had known her not to go out of the house for three months together ; never knew her to drink or keep the company of men. John Dines ( the Ors: witness) being re-examined. stated that deceased confessed to him that the father of her child was Richard Thomas, of No. 4, Jerusalem-court, St. John's-street, a:lad only sixteen years old. She, however, did not seem to speak of this person in a reproachful manner. The Jury seen el to have some (1011:',I as to the verdict they should return, as there was no direct proof of mental derangement, and some were inclined to think that the destruction of the infant &lime might have been the object contemplated, and should therefore be embrered in their verdict in Walt shape. The Conow e rt. however. told them they had but one question to determine, whether or net she was in round mind at the One she committed suicide ? If they considered that she was not, thin their verdict would ht " Temporary Iferan;;ernent ;" anti if, on the contrary, it app.-tired to them that she was not Lit under such abstraction of intellect, then they must tuzke a reaped of " Felo-de-se."  After some farther consideration, the former Verdict was re. corded—" insanity." The parish have undertaken to defray the funeral expenses ; both tho bodies was yesterday enclosed in decent shrill.  Some ides pm  ' I  'll I.  .': press, formrd tmhtt twofairlh:‘eluZutitcinewofpt3hpeerPsuptice I be through the Ea:tan:TO Post Otfice weekly. sr three mouths beret. Augur lot. misiortunr■ a the in. sdotnP!rlea not kkr!..s°now hICII:tow it:hlB—Lx• v!hashde r in ih.eli.d.u.qc'tirt..hogel .ms c i; ir,vd.4°l ali tine, b eine r Jgebtet:  .~ t ~, ,+  i f ~y,  1 ~I. ,i?  'r  ~~ i h  f ,  Mt. Sparrow ham known the prisoner to possess a general good character—be is about 24 years of age. fly Mr.