STRANGE DEATH OF KIRKBYTHORE WOMAN. On Saturday evening last, an inquest was held at the house of MR. RICHARD BURN, the Spread Eagle Inn, Kirkbythore, before GEORGE ROWLAND THOMPSON, Esq., coroner, touching the death of a young woman named ANN ELIZABETH DAVIDSON, 24 years of age, daughter of MR. JOHN DAVIDSON, shoemaker, Skirwith, who died a week yesterday, after her confinement. The following gentlemen were sworn on the jury: JABEZ CROSBY (foreman), ROBERT SINTON, HENRY BURN, JOSEPH HORN, RICHARD BROWN, JOHN JEPSON, MICHEL ION, JOHN MALLINSON, CARRICK SANDERS, THOMAS LANCASTER, ROBERT PARKER, and JAMES WOOD. The first witness called was MARIA BURN, who said deceased was a single woman and 24 years of age. She entered their service at Martinmas last. About a month after she went, deceased remarked that she was rather troubled. Witness asked her if she was in the family way, and she answered, yes, she had had something of the sort before. Nothing more was said until the child was born on Wednesday morning. Deceased did not appear to be near her confinement. On Monday morning witness was from home, and returned about one o'clock. She found deceased in bed, but undressed. She asked deceased if she was going to be confined. She said she thought not, as it was different to what had been before. Deceased never got up after that, but remained in bed over Monday and Tuesday. Witness saw her on Tuesday night. She was still ill, and witness again asked her if she thought she was going to be confined. Deceased said she thought it was inflammation. Did not hear deceased call for assistance. On Wednesday morning about seven o'clock, witness went up to deceased's bedroom, when she found the dead body of a female child lying on the floor about a half a yard from the bed. Deceased said that she had got it over. Witness then called DR. JACKSON, who saw her and the dead body of the child. The doctor saw her every day from the time of birth of the child to her death, which took place on Friday morning about three o'clock. A week gone Tuesday, deceased went to Penrith by the 9 o'clock train, and returned at 4. DR. JACKSON was the next witness examined. He said he was called in to see deceased on Monday morning last. She complained of pain in the lower part of her bowels. He ordered her to go to bed and apply bran formentations. He knew she was in the family way. Some weeks previous, he charged her with being so. She partly denied it, and she afterwards asked him if he could give her something to get rid of it. He replied he never did anything of the kind and never would. She further said she would sacrifice her half year's wages if he would do so. He saw deceased again on Wednesday, and the body of a new-born female child, of apparently about the half period of gestation. The appearance led him to suspect deeased had taken to procure abortion. There were no external marks of violence on the child. He thought that the child might be about four and a half months gone. There was a little hair on the head and symptoms of finger and nail marks. He was present about four o'clock on Friday morning when the woman died. DR. WATSON, of Templesowerby, was the next examined. He said ... I have examined the body of the deceased. There are no marks of external violence, or any external appearance by which I can speak as to the cause of death. I have received from the police three bottles, which I produce. One I believe contains laudanum, another contains gin and a little water, and the third, to the best of my belief, an infusion of savin, a shrub used to procure abortion. I cannot say further what was the cause of death without a post mortem examination. The enquiry was adjourned until Monday, to enable the doctors to complete a post mortem examination. The Coroner and jury met again at four o'clock last Monday afternoon, and on answering to their names MR. JOS. HORN was the only one wanting. In answer to the Coroner, one of the jury stated that Mr. HORN was at Penrith, where he had purchased a horse, and that he had left word if not at home in time for the inquest, his father would act on his behalf. The Coroner told the jury that could not be done. He had consulted their wishes in adjourning the enquiry till four o'clock, or he would have held it at an earlier hour. It was, he understood, on the suggestion of MR.HORN and others that he had fixed it for that time to suit their convenience, and MR. HORN undoubtedly ought to have been in attendance, there was no excuse for him. Several witnesses, including MR. . H. GRAHAM, chemist, Penrith, and others, were in attendance, and as the enquiry was about being again adjourned, MR. HORN put in an appearance, and the inquest was proceeded with. DR. WATSON was the first witness called. He said - In conjunction with DR. JACKSON he made a post mortem examination on Sunday of the deceased, of which he presented an elaborate report. There was nothing found in the body to account for death. He supposed deceased had not taken any of the articles she had in her posession; there was no chemical test to trace the presence of vegetable poison. -- No other witnesses were called. -- The jury returned an open verdict.