The death of a young woman named Margaret Moyes, who

was killed by leaping or letting herself fall from the top of the 310nument, excited a painful interest in the Metropolis on Wednesday. During the whole of that day, numerous incorrect reports or the occurrence and its causes were circulated. An immense number of persons, principally females, crowded round the Monument, (though the body was removed in the course of the morning,) to view the scene of this shocking act of self-destruction. On Thursday, a Coroner's inquest was held lit the Old Swan Tavern, Fish Street Bill ; and authentic particulars stated to the Jury.

Thomas Jenkins, the first -witness, is the door-keeper at the Monu- ment. The deceased asked for admission about ten o'clock on Wednes- day. She inquired if two females and a gentleman had been there waiting for anybody, as she had come with them by a steam-boat, and was to have met them at the Monument? Jenkins said nobody had

been there ; and then, after waiting a minute, and exchanging a few words with him, she paid her sixpence and walked up the steps. Her conversation was rather jocular, and her countenance smiling: she appeared to be quite rational. In about a quarter of an hour, the witness heard a body falling. He went to the door, and found the deceased lying with her legs across the door-way, and her head pointing towards Fish Street Hill. Her left arm was several feet front the body, and a good deal of Mood flowed, He found a rope, with a large knotted loop at one end, tied to the railings of the gallery : she must have con- cealed the rope about her person. Her bonnet and veil with a waist- band and pair of gloves, were lying in the gallery, near the door. The corpse was soon removed in a shell.

The next witness, Thomas Crawley, described the fall- " I lire in 'Monument Yard. I saw (leGellSell in her dts:cent when the body

arrived within two yards of the railings at the bottom of the column ; but I could not stac her after she past the square part of the building. 1 ran round, and found her on the ground. In her descent I saw her turn round twice, and she made motions with her arms."

Mr, J. Wiley, of 24, Artillery Lane, nearly opposite the Monument, was sitting in his warehouse, when he beard a loud crash—.

" I thought something was broken. I think I was the first person that saw deceased. When I came to the spot, I saw her lying with her thee towards the ground, opposite to the door of the Monionont. Iler left arm was lying at a small distance from the body, and Mood was issuing from the portion of the arm diet remained attached to the body. An out man, who teas taking care of the gate in the temporary absence of Jenkins, sad trim appeared very Muelt alarmed, said, Oh, she has fallen front the 3lonument.' I did not take the body up. Turning my eyes upwards, I saw a scarf or shawl hanging on the metal tube that serves US a chimney over the door-way. The legs were par- tially uncovered, and there was not a bit of movement in any of the limbs. I left the body in the care of the Police."

Mr. Charles Croft, surgeon, of Fish Street 11111, described the appear- ance of the corpse- " I have examined the hotly. The left arm is cat off; and there is a frac- ture of the skull, and of the spine, and left thigh. The fracture of the skull was a compound one, sufficient to cause death; but I think the immediate cause of death was fracture of the spine. I did not examine the body inter- nally, but I did externally ; and from that examination I am of opinion that she could not have been pregnant. I tidal: she must have been dead before she reached the ground, on account of so little blood having flowed from the body."

Mr. James Bowen, oil and colourman, Penton Street, Haymarket, was acquainted with Margaret Moyes and her family—

"1 knew deceased perfectly well: site was going on for her twenty-second year, and NITA the daughter of James Aboyes, baker, of Iletnnting's Run', St. the-Fields. 1 have knolru her fur several years ; and the only o me thing that can lead me to accoun _

t r tie of self-destruction is, that Mr. lkloyes has a large lainily of daughters growing up, and that lately the neces- sity has been st-en of some of them going from hone to get their living. Since this necessity has liecome obvious, I noticed that ,leceased 11511 loeconic very low- spirited. The determination of some of the daughters, and among others the deceased being sent out to situations, wits come to a month or six weeks ago. I saw her a frw days since, and noticed her being Very dull; and mentioned the circumstance to her sister, who told me that :Slarearet was the first for whom It situation was to be found. The mother is dead, and the father is bed- ridden, with a family of six children. I saw her last on Monday at her father's house; and she thou appeared low in spirits, as she had been three or four days previously. She had been in the habit of constantly nursing her invalid feather; and it is difficult to say whether the dejected state of her mind proceeded from the illness of her parent or from the prospect of going out to cacti a liveli- hood." A memorandum-book was found on the mantel-shelf of her flither's room. In it was this memorandum—" You need not expect to sec me back again, for I have made up my mind to make away with—Margaret Moyes." She had no sweetheart ; and a ring, flotation the marriage-finger of her left hand, was given her by her sister. She had been drinking tea on Tuesday evening with that sister; who was married without her Gather's consent, and not on good terms with 'din. Margaret was a quiet-tempered young W01111111, 1111(1 had been of cheerful disposition. It was intended to get her a situation in a confectioner's shop. "The family have no relatives in London : if they have any at all, it must be in Scotland. There was no reason that they should be turned out of the house they occupied. On the subject of going out to a situation being mentioned to her, 1 heard her say, ' I take it to heart ; I cannot get Over the feeling, and yet 1 am aware it is the right cour,,e. NS hen deceased left this sister ou the previous evening, she kissed her two or three times more tenderly than usual. They had arranged to go out for a day together ; and when We elder sister asked whether it should be on the next day, deceased replied, Oh no, not to-morrow ; let it be on Sunday.' I have inquired, but I am told that no branch of the family has been subject to insaility." gentlenum, Cap- tain or Mr. Beavan, lodged ill the house, but ems going to leave. There was nothing between hint and Margaret. "pearly on Wednesday, the lainilv heard that a young woman, between twenty-one and twenty-two years old, had thrown hersodf from the top of the 3lonument : and when one of the sisters found the memorandum-hook and read the writing in it, it then flashed across her mind that her own sister was the tod;ortunate person. Her absence, until the beak 1111S found, created no anxiety in her nnily, as she said she was ping out fin the whole thty, in consequence of an invitation she had received two or three days Iwthre.',

Christiana Mayes, a younger sister, was so distressed and agitated, that she could hardly speak. When asked whether she could state any thing to account for Margaret's suicide, she replied- .

"Not any thing; but she took very much to heart the illness of my poor father, and also the idea of eoine. out into the world to get her living preyed

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Upon her mind. She had no sweetheart that 1 am aNtaire. of. She never told tae du, had, and I never smv her receive any love-letters. The gentleman who lodged at our house was lguiug out of town to-day, and had given us notice to that effect. I saw her yesterday morning, when she appeared as reconciled as ever I s1nv her ill tilt' life, she said she was !ming (011 to breakli St. I never knew her go out to Greaktitst before. A youneer sister, with whom deceased shpt, told me that she had been crying yesterday morning. She did nut Say llhy thing unpleasant had taken place between her and my sister, with whom she had taken tea. On the conttury, she said they had passed it happy evening together."

The inquiry was adjourned to yesterday, for the examination of the married sister and her husband, and the gentleman lodger, if he could be found, but it was said he had left town. The Coroner allowed the friends of the family to remove the body. 'rho Jury having reassembled yesterday, Captain Robert Beavan Canto ihrward for examination. He confirmed the evidence given on the previous day, but had no new facts to communicate. Elizabeth 'Milkweed', the deceased's married sister, was also examined ; and the same remark applies to her evidence as to Captain Beavan's. The Jury found a verdict of "Temporary Insanity ; " and, on the suggestion of the Coroner, added a recommendation to the Corporation of London to place a railing round the top of the Monument, so as to prevent the recurrence of similar acts.

It is said that the only other instance of saticide committed in the saute way occurred on the 1 11 of January IStu. wlion Mr. Lyon Levi, a diamond-merelmnt, leaped froet the (tip eV the Monument, and was dashed to pieces.