Northern Times. — 1859-12-30 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

CORONER'S COURT.-YESTEEDAY.  The Borough Coroner heid the following inquests yesterday  On the body of John Ferguson, who shot himself in his berth, on board the Empire of Peace emigrant ship, in the, Queen's Dock, on Monday last. Bateman, a Manchester detective, came down to Liverpool to search for deceased, who had been in the employment of Messrs. Brown, of Manchester, from whom he bad abstracted £370. Redman, the officer, joined Bateinan, and the result of their joint inquiries was that Ferguson bad taken a passage in the "White Star" Erie to Melbourne, in the name of Myers. They proceeded on board of the Empire of Peace, and at the berth No. 5, op deck, Redman opened the door, and, looking in, saw a person in the bed, 'to whom he said, "Mr. Myers, come out here; I want to speak a few words to you." The person addressed turned in the berth, and instantly the sound of a pistol shot was heard, and the result was the de ith of the unhappy man. When removed from the berth a rifle-bore pistol was found under where he lay. The jury returned av. relict offelo de se. The unhappy man was not mere than twenty years of age, and was a native of Scotland. An uncle of the deceased had come from London, on hearing of the sad calamity.---On the body of Robert Roberts, a seaman, who was killed by falling from the bridge of the steamer Duke of 'Cambridge against the fore sponson. There was evidence to S,b.ONi; that the fail was accidental. The steamer arrived at her moorinve at six o'clock a.m. yeste.•-• day morning, and the accident occurred whilst she was being got aleagside the quay. Verdiot,accordingly.—On the body of Margaret Cress, who died on Christmas night in a brothel in Comm-place, of which she appeared to have been an inmate.' • The rleceased was drunk on that night and quarrelled with Mary Ann Sullivan, another inmate of the same place, at whom she sung a candlestick, when the latter is sworn to have seized her by the hair with both hands, pulled her to the ground, and bumped. er head with great violence against the flags several times. Site then kicked her while down on ' the back, head, and netk, and knelt on Cross's chest. The latter called out "Oh! Mary Ann, oh? Two or three more like that will lkill me." Sullivan, on this, again leisied her a second time, and thumped and kicked her. Toe wretched woman is •said to have then ran for a knife to stick hevelf, but in this she was stopped. Sullivan is eaid to have been -comparatively sober. Deceased was carTied up stairs, and a doctor sent for, but before he reached, ,ske had ceased to live. This inquiry had been adjourned 'over Monday andrruesday, because, at first, quite a different -complexion had been given to it by one of the inmates of the house, Martha Davies, who witnessed the whole. This woman -stated, en Monday, that deceased had fallen on the grate in her contest with Sullivan, but inquiries having led the officers of the court to suspect this story, investigation led to discovery, and Davies then related the tale as above. She admit. ted what she had first stated was false, and pleaded that she had been requested by Sullivan, and bad agreed to give the affair another complexion. Yesterday the jury, after considerable • discussion in their own room, returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Mary Anne Sullivan, and the Coroner made out his warrant for her committal. At the same time he gave Davies in charge for wilful and corrupt -perjury.---On the body of Joseph Bean, who was working •at the Compton House, on the 14th instant, and, falling. through the joists, received such injuries as caused his • death. 'Verdict accordingly.---On the body of Mary Williams, who fell into a cellar. and received such injuries as caused her 'death. Verdict, " Accidentally killed."---On the body of Edmund Morris, found burnt, under the circumstances stated in our paper yesterday. Verdict accordingly.---On the body •of Eve Green, a resident of Ben Jonson-street, in which the jury found a verdict, "Died of excessive drinking."---On the body of Patrick Clarke, two years old, who was accidentally burnt, and in which the jury found a verdict to that effect.