The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-18 00:00:00

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BATH RACES•
, (THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH)*
The Lansdowne Trial Stakes. I

Lamartine
Bordeaux
Old R9IVIey

Won in a canter.

The Bienuial Stakes.

CEW*IS
Stella

•••
••• 2
0.

Won easy.
The Somersetshire Stakes. 1
Chief Justice ... ..•
••• ••• ••• •••
Young England ••• ••• ••• ••• if•
5
Waterfall ••• ••• ••• ••• •••

12 ran. Won by two lengths.

DETERMINED SUlClDE.—Yesterday mOrni"-rivooe'
Alderson, the proprietor of the Woolpack Tavern, in dr
street, Clieapside, was fcund dead under the followins'vely
cumstances :—The deceased had been suffering from e rise
severe indisposition for a considerable time, which gss.le
to great depression of spirits at intervals. He was tillb by
shave himself, in consequence of which he was attended e of
a barber, who called yesterday morning for the PurP„,ehle
pursuing his usual avocation, when the family were waS
to obtain admission to the deceased's room. The dest'broat
forced open, when the body of Mr. Alderson, with his . 1110
cut from ear to ear, a razor in his hand, and weltering 'beet,
blood, met their view. One of the drawers, from
was standing open in the room, and partially filled ,dtet
blood, from which it is supposed the unfortunate man, wet
cutting his throat, must have held his head over the drae fen
until from weakness, occasioned by the loss of t
blood, ild, ef
backwards into the middle of the room. Dr. South
Fore-street, was in immediate attendance, but life was -
to be quite extinct.
T. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.---ACAShtOII-Under--y-
-ne
few days since, a youth named George Knott, whilst at-
he.
tempting to get upon the break-van of a luggage-trairl,'so
longing to the London and North-Western Company, WBl,O
unfortunate as to slip down 'with his legs between the spe"be
of one of the wheels. Less than half a revolution of !r
wheel would have cut off the legs against a horizontal lees,
across it, but the guard with great presence of mind te,
stantly pulled home the break, locked the wheels in s s
tionary position,. and though the train, then running at ato
rate of twenty miles an hour, could not be brought died
stand till it had glided along the rails more than a hnn:„ye
hethebe
yards, this prompt action of the guard will probably es
saved the life of the youth. When taken up all his Cloth
gkhnweeasanfrdacatnuirdeed ,t
o andt
had been torn off with dragging along the groundAt 000ir
the
thinnet.eguznaire:
J.
wGe.r euraurb,
ibseoura
des(
Manchester,• railway surg'.on for the district, ftervis-
a the
attended to the injuries, andnet 013'
expresses aee joggles.
youth will recover, notwithstanding his serious )
Knott is a railway clerk, and the son of a respectable i'—
keeper at Ashton.
The trade accounts from the provinces for the „sst
week continue to show a tendency towards increased acts
ter
and firm prices in all parts of the country. At Alsnn,h",,-0011
business has been affected by the hesitation consequent kat,
the speculative excitement in the Liverpool Cotton-Ms'iw
but the general demand for goods is unabated. The Birf,"the
ham reports are still uninterruptedly favourable. Mies,
iron trade the transactions are very large, both for Anlerseigs
and home supply. Metals of all other kinds are li''"itee.
firm, an the prospect of a diminished production in °etas
quence of the want of libsur at the Barra Burrs mines lot-
already to have influenced the rates for copper. The to
tingham repo is state the prevalence of great confidence as,he
the prospects of the manufacturers fur the entire year, a"-e,
market being particularly influenced by the sanguine •tta
counts from the United Slates. In the woollen distrl
there has been augmented firmness, coupled with e°o-
tinuance of the confused and unsatisfactory feeling ne„te
sioned by the possible contingencies in connexion with eVe'
in Australia.
MARRIED.—On Thursday, the 15th ult., at FloY
Fork, Jefferson county, Mr. Thomas Stafford to Polly Gnr,i;
The bride is 19 years old and the bridegroom 77. He vis'Asit,
some 300 pounds, and is so fat as scarcely to be able tow "ef
and when in bed raises himself or turns over by Mewl!,
pumas fastened to the ceiling. He went to the city
waggon to procure the licence, and on his return was met
the young bride at the Forks of the Road, where the paar„ma
joined them in wedlock, the ceremony being performed
the waggon.

We are requested to State that Mr. Anderson is
to
prevented from attending in his place in Parliament, 0"A
other business, by severe indisposition.

BIRTIIB.

OF A BON.
On the 15th inst., at Upper Brook-street,Grosvenor-5411-ara
the Lady Manners, of an heir.
On the 15th inst., at Elstree, Herts, the wife of the .-1941"
Thompson Podmore.

OF A DAUGH.
On the I,lth inst., at Brighton,TEß
the lady of Colonel C'
Kemeys Tynte, M.P.
On the 12th inst., at Thirlestane, Selkirkshire, the 11°13.
Mrs. Dalrymple Hay.

lITARRIED.
On the 15th just., At Ealin, the Rev. William Tatteriall.:
of Howe Rectory, Norfolk, to g
Clara Elizabeth. eldest daufP
ter of James Atkinson, Esq., of Village-park, Ealing.

DIED
On the 13th inst., at Newbold-hall, Warwickshire, sir
Gray Skipwith, Bart, aged 81.
On Monday, 17th inst., at her residence, 181, BlackiriOsv;
road, Surrey, Frances, relict of the late Robert Maybes
e
Thompson, Esq., formerly Surgeon, 14th Light Dragoo-
aged 88.
On the 13th inst , at Bath, aged 72, Nathaniel Wens, Esq.'
of PiercPfield.
Oa the 15th inst., Emma Elizabeth, the wife of Air. jobs
Mares, of Belgrave-street, Eaton. square, aged 30.
On the 15th inst., Mr. Richard S. Sharpe, of Fenchurcli"
street, aged 75.

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