The Sun. — 1815-01-24 (London, England)

OCCURRENCES.  Yesterdav evening an Inquest.„;%-fiS hel I at the Lion and Lamb,-Lower Grosvccoor7st:nate, lit fore A &THOM GEL L, Coroner for Wo.ittninster, on the body of Sarah Silvester., a Cook in the fa, mily of the Rev. •Dr. Robert Hodgson, Rector or `St. George, Hanover-square, who put an end to her existence by cutting her throat With a razor, in a hay -loft over, the stable in the rear of the iniuse, in Lower Grosvenor-Streef, after having delivered herself of a male ellild,•wilose aody was in,ind lying dead near her, with a silk handlierchief tied ailing its neck,, and the body.covered round s itlt Ity,blitids. It appeared ,in evidence, that betweet) ten and eleven o'clock on Thursday morning, the deceas-ed.was rnisseilfroum her master's house; it wits then supposed she was gone out on some sinessof her own, but not returning as the dinner hour drvivnear, the butler'inquired for her at the ]tenses of several persons' where she used to frequent, but she was not to be found. Between seven and-eight o'clovk in the evening, the butler and the kitchen.-tnaid commenced a (resit search for tier, and. after looking over every part of the house, they searched the out-offices ; on their going tip to the loft over the stable, they found the .door shut close to ; the butler knocked at the door and called, but receiving no answer, he pushed it hard, and found it was unlocked, but kept shut by something being placed against 'it on the inside ; he forced open the door so far as to admit his head, and looking in saw the deceased lying against the door with her throat ciu, and the floor covered with blood ; lie 'turned away -hOyrorstruck.• 'lie made the circumstance known to hiS master, who sent for Mr. Barrow, a surgeon.— Dr. Hodgson, Mr. Barrow, and several 'of the domestics proceeded to the hay loft. The deceased Was quite.dead, with her throat cut from ear to ear, and an open razor was lying her side, and at het-feet was the body of a new-born male infant, also dead, with A. silk handkerchief tied round its neck, and the body wrapped up iu.a liay-band. No particular acts of insanitY,,on the part of the deceased, were laid before the Jury ; but it appeared that her having the razor in her possession might.be adcountetFfor,,as it Was necessary for a woman to have a sharp instrument for.the purpose of delivery, that she might so have it without. any ideal of committing suicide, ',and- that her pains ,and the Want of proper assistance* the time .might hring on 'a inumenuiry deyangetneot: On the body of the infant there appeared -no _particular marks olyiOlence, and the JM:y •%.v.e're led to suppose. that the cause of the .handkerchief being tied round the, child's neck was for the.purpose •of'delive'ring herself,•lhe en(pkv ;was tong and minute, :from, the various re, p'in.l4 in eiyculation,a(length die Jury-,—tinder, thedirection of*tiCtirorier, returned a verdict of Lctiocy ; they gave .•tt: verdict, of, Riund dead, on the body of the child.,TWdc'CeaSeil v,'llS :4 years' of, age, and between seven and eight •yearA,,in- the t rt,ily.- • . , • • •  Yesterday another Inquisition at' Hie Gioper'S Arrns, llampilen-street, ' before G. IlonpsoN,:E.sq, ~'oroifer for M?tidie,-, On the body of 'Mrs. finder, a xestibelable widow*-•: lady, a resident of that place,'wh6 siaddetily"ex--• i)ired on Friday last. Mts.lliiiler had itititnaled to Some" of her neighbours, in the beginning of the week, that she meant to spend "a few days with her friends in town : and on Tuesday, as we understand, she set off to transact sonic business al the- ffank,• and did, not return until Friday, when' she . re- turned company with Mr. o',Farrel,, a gentleman Who .was lately-a Major in the . army, and . who was the only witness examined before the Co,. rover. lie deposed that the deceased went to visit • Lady Frazer, -wliere she dined on Thursday ; did not. hear her Complain of illness until she was returning home through Russel-square, when she. complained of a pain in the stomach ^ when she came to the corner of Ossulston-'street,'she a(vaiti complained and went-into a-green7grOcer's shop, where she sat for a few initiates ; on coming out she only went .a few yards freAn the door, when she said she must. again return" into the shop, as she felt very ill ; she sat "down,' and almost in-. stantly uxpired : Messrs. Squirrel and Moss, Surgeons, were called in, but before their arrival life was-.extinct--Verdict—Died by th:: I'4itation of God.