The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1804-08-16 (London, England)

NRY BUSY.  Yesterday, at six o'clock in the evening, itritnev, Ecq. Coroner, held an Inqais.tion, at the Bar and Ragged Staff raSlie-house, nigh Ground, Bankside, on a view of the budy of Mary Busy, who was found hanging to a beam in her letise, on Tuesday last. The circumstatacs ~':ending this shocking suicide are singular. It aiTe.tred La evidence, that the husband of the deceased, who is an industtious coal-porter, employed at Messrs. Dickenson aboi Co.'s wearf, had lately received a legacy of between fifty and sixty pounds, in consequence of the death of A relation. The money being intrusted to the deceased, she secreted it, and endeavoured oo keep is trom her husband, by hiding it in such a situation as she thought be could nut discover ; the consequence was, a quarrel ensued, blows succeeded, and in the event, the husba... found the money. On Sunday morning last, she Imeakfirsted with him and several of his companions, apparently in good humour; but s ion after used many incoherent expressi•.ns, relative to an irdent to destroy herself; and, riishing suddenly out of the house, ra:. &Avis the %shalt Trost to Bla kfriars Bridge, n vv .:lopes ,:de got over the coal craft, And plunged into the riser. Ti:e parsons, vita) were in 11,9- company, to:owed, dragged het out, and took ber ti,me„ v Lac .he shit.ed her wet cloaths, and aga,it appeared easy in On the Monday she expressed a desire to take a walk with tier huskind, which the latter did not consent to; but -erect to dine with her at the Windmill  inns& npnn beef maim, I,lllol4.*WirleWlbok•ile thee went to work, and, itit,lwtsppointedlinse proceeded to dinner; the deicased was not there, the bad mot been seen; and, on going home, the door was looked: he saw no more of her during the day, and finding the house shin up in the evening, concluded the deceased was gone out : he slept out all night, and on Tuesday resolved to break open the door ; he accordi•igly did so, and found the bed had not been slept in, the deceased's cloaths, which she wore when she threw herself into the water, were lying in ex one pair of stairs room, and the husband saw nothing to lead him to believe she had been in the house since Monday, until going into the gar.et, a shocking sight presented itself to his view.  The deceased appeared to have coolly meditated her destruction. A beam ran across the room to which she affixed her handkerchief, having a noose made to slide with facility, by sweet oil, it quantity of which stood on the fl ior in a vessel. A chair being placed immediately a vier, the unfortunate woman, having put the handkerchief round her neck, kicked the chair away (it lay a. some distance), and thus deprived herself of existence The huia band, unable fr'in his horror and surprise to take the body down, ran to his neighbours, sevetal of whom ran up stairs ,tn the room where she was hanging The deceasesi is suppbs.,l to have been suspended a cinsiderable time. being quite stiff viisen taken down.  loom the evidence given in the above case. the Coroper and Jury were of opinion t:,e deceased destroyed herself in a state of mmial derangement. therefore returned a verdia—Ja.wacs,  ............-. : ,