The Sun. — 1828-09-11 (London, England)

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A FEMALE  CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday evening, at seven o'clock, an inquisition was taken in the Vestry Ilall of -iaiat John's, Southwark, before Thomas SinuiroN, Esq., Coroner, and a respectable Jury, on ♦iew of the body of Mrs. Eleanor Willey, aged 19 years, a respectable married woman, who terminated her existence by poison, under the fol lowing truly lamentable circumstances. Mr. Thomas Willey, husband of the deceased, was a solicitor's clerk, and resided at the house of  Mr. Lowry, Tooley-street ; witness and his wife had lately come to London from Colchester, where he lately held a lucrative situation; on Monday morning last he left home early, and returned in about half an hour ; he was preparing to go out a second time, for the purpose of seeing a gentleman on business, when his unhappy wife, bursting into tears, exclaimed, " Oh, dear Thomas, do not go out for half an hour or so, as I have taken poison, and I wish you to close my eyes." Witness was shocked beyond description, and instantly ran off for Mr. Simmons, a medical gentleman, who attended, and administered medicines to her; but she growing worse, Mr. Baldwin, another surgeon, arrived with the stomach pump, which was immediately applied ; but no goad effects arose, and she expired in about a quarter of an hour. The deceased had lately suffered from great depression of spirits, which witness attributed to his being out of a situation, and at the prospect of their becoming distressed. Juror—Had you recently been deprived of proper requisites ? Witness—No, Sir, our friends supplied us. Coroner—Had you ever heard your wife threaten to destroy herself ?--Witness : I never had. Mary Davis, a respectable young female, was sister to the deceased. On Monday morning last she was sent for by Mr. Willey, and found her unfortunate sister lying on the bed in great agony; she was not speechless, and gave witness to understand that she had poisoned herself, being fearful that her dear husband would not be able to provide for her. Witness was with her when she died. Coroner—Did the deceased and her husband live upon good terms?—Witness : Very muck so; they vs ere a most happy couple. Juror—Are you aware of any other circumstance that oppressed the mind of the deceased, besides what you have mentioned ?—I am not, Sir. Mr. John Simmons, surgeon, of No. 144, 'rookystreet, was called in on Monday morning last, between nine and ten o'clock, and found the deceased labouring under all the symptoms of having swallowed poison. Hee death was unquestionably produced by arsenic. Mr. Edward Baldwin, chemist, of Tooley-street, deposed, that about eight o'clock on Monday morning the deceased came into his shop, and requested to be furnished with an ounce of " arsenic," for the purpose of destroying bugs; his apprentice served her with the poisonous drug, and she went away ; witness attended with the stomach pump, and assisted the last witness in the use of it. A short time before the unhappy young creature expired, she informed witness that she had mixed the poison in a halfpenny wortb of milk, and then drank it off. Other witnesses were examined, who spoke to the unhappy state of mind of the deceased some weeks before she committed the rash act. The Jury, after commenting !ipon the truly melancholy circumstances of the case, returned a verdict " That the deceased poisoned herself while in a state of temporary derangement." She had only, we understand, been married seven months.  Game in the neighbourhood of Thorne, owing to the quantity of rain which has fallen, and the great extent of what is called the breeding-ground, which has this year been under water, is very scarce, and offers to the 'portal-man but a very poor prospect. —II all Packet. On Tuesday morning, about two o'clock, the village of Staplehnrst, in the Weald of Kent, was visited by the most tremendous storm ever remembered in that part of the country. For sores hours it had been oppressively hot ; and between one and two it began to lighten fearfully, but without the thunder being audible ; it soon after began to hail, and with such violence, that scarcely a whole pane of glass is left in the village. The green and hot-houses belonging to Mr. Wntsosr are complete wrecks. The number of panes broken is 1200, besides at least 100 ' broken about his house; and all the other houses are much in the same state ; the storm did not extend to any great distance.