The Sun. — 1841-07-10 (London, England)

COUNTESS OF SCARBOROUGH.—On Tuesday evening, about half-past eight o'clock, as the Dowager Countess of Scarborough was sitting in the back drawing-room of her mansion, No. 14, Portman-square, she heard a noise resembling the cracking of glass. Not knowing what had happened, she called up one of the footmen, who, after a minute search, found a. small hole, of a circular form, in one of the windowpanes. Nothing more was thought of the occurrence until yesterday morning, when the housemaid discovered, in an arm chair in the apartment, a leaden bullet, about the size of a pea, at the back of the covered curtain. Mr. Pipes, the butler, immediately repaired to the station-house in Marylebone-lane, and had an interview with Inspector Tedman relative to the mysterious affair ; be (the Inspector) accompanied him to the house, and having learnt the facts as above stated, a diligent inquiry was instituted in the neighbourhood, when, after much trouble and perseverance, it was at length ascertained that a young gentleman, named Bennett, residing at No. 51, George-street, had on the previous evening been amusing himself by firing from the back of the house at some birds with an airpistol, and, from the direction in which he shot at them, there can be no doulet whatever with regard to the bullet having been discharged from the pistol in question. The distance from the spot where the pistol was fired to the Countess's window is upwards of 70 yards, and the chair in which the ball was found was placed within a yard and a half of that in which her Ladyship was seated. The pistol, which was manufactured at Lausanne, and is of exquisite workmanship, was up to yesterday afternoon in Inspector Tedman's possession. AFFLICTING SUICIDE OF A YOUNG FEmaLE._Tuesday Mr. Wakley, and a very intelligent jury, sat at the Laurie Arms, Crawford-street, Bryanston-square. to determine the cause of the death of Sarah Julia Ellis, aged nineteen. Mr. Richard Keene, surgeon, of 72, Craw-. ford-street, said deceased was the daughter of a mechanic of Dartmouth, and lived and cohabited with him. They passed a portion of Monday happily together, and in the night walked out together. On their return home he was called to a labour, which detained him until about two o'clock ou Tuesday morning. When he came back to his own house, he found deceased in a state of excitement from liquor. Ha was angry with her, and reprimanded her. She denied having drunk anything. They then went upstairs, and in their bedroom the subject was renewed. He got into bed, and discovering that he had brought up a bottle of infusion of quassia instead of the water-bottle which stood on the shop counter, be sent deceased for it. She went down for it in perfect good temper, for they had made their quarrel up; however, she was in tears. She returned in six or seven minutes, and as he was in the act of turning round in bed towards her, she said, " 1 hope, nay dear, you will be happy in business ;" and before she had time to say a word more, she fell on him. A glass she had held in her hand fell from her. He lasted its contents, and found it was a mixture of prussic and some other mineral acid. He ran down stairs for some sal votatile, which he applied to her mouth, face, chest, and back. She gave three gasps and then died, about half-pastthree o'clock, he had no doubt from the effects of prussic acid. She was excessively passionate when under the influence of ardent spirits. Jane Ellis, aunt to deceased, saw her niece about a fortnight since, when the appeared perfectly well and happy. A month previously she said she would destroy herself if Mr. Keene turned her out of his house. Verdict, " That deceased killed herself with prussic acid, whilst ber mind was labouring under the intoxicating effects of some spirituous liquor."