The Sun.
London, England, 1830-07-15 00:00:00

DREADFUL SUICIDE.

Considerable excitement prevailed yesterday in
the neighbourhood of Mill-pond, Rotherhithe, in
, ,
consequence of tne committal of a most determined
suicide, by a young female of respectability, named
Letitia Rose. The particulars of the dreadful affair
we as follow :—About two o'clock in the monnu
.he policeman, No. 31, division R., on ,duty iu
; qr. Crick's orchard, through which there is now rt
thoroughfare, heard deep grousts, apparently of a
female in great distress, which proceeded from ithide
t small cottage which has been recently commenced
building. He repaired to the spot, thinking that she
,night have been dragged there by some rulli in, and,
just before he reached the place be found a shawl, and
upon looking into the vault of the new building, be
there saw a female, apparently in the agonies of death.
He descended, and raised her up, when she feeld
exclaimed " I have poisoned myself; take me to th
hospital." The policeman called for help, and twit
other officers came to his assistance, and the tinhapp;,
woman was carried to the Police station in a state
of insensibility. A messenger was despatched to,
surgical assistance, an I Mr. Randall, jun,, instatal
attended, and resorted to the stomach-pump; but :tit
attempts to save her proved useless, as she expired
in about half an hour after she had been found.
searching the orchard an Eau de Cologne bolt!
was found, with a portion of oil of vitriol in it, the
remains of the dreadful liquid with which the un-
happy woman had destroyed herself. Mr. km
dell subsequently opened the body, and foetid
that such was the destructive and caustic
fects of the vitriol, of which she must lia.t;
swallowed nearly three ounces! that the stornact,
was burnt to a complete cinder, and bad the appew-
ance of a piece of burnt baize. Upon inquiry,
unhappy woman turned out to be the bar-maid re 7
Goat Tavern, in Abbey-street, Horsleydown,
she had resided for the last 10 years. She left
at about nine o'clock on Tuesday night, saying 8-
was going to purchase a new bonnet, in compank
with a young man to whom she was engaged to
married. No circumstance can be alleged to hat
caused her to commit the dreadful act; wittu
she left lime she appeared to be perfectly collected
in her mind. 'The unfortunate deceased was
years of age, and was much respected. The yowig
man (who is foreman at the granaries of Mess! .
Browne anti Co., Bermondsey Nall) to whom sla
was betrothed, is in a state of mind bordering rut
destraction et the dreadful event.

AMUSING PORTRAIT OF A FAT VICAP li,
The Rev. It. Warner gives, in his Literary
Recollections, a laughable description of M. A
Trillium, a vicar, who joined to an iminoder;:,
appetite a portliness of person that fully justified
,i,
his extensive powers of consumption. Tp, f:,
mirth of the company always approached i... 1
climax when the vicar was fortunately piaci 11
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within the sphere of a haunch of venison, Ora ,
which no earthly good was more precious in I,i, ,4;
eyes, (‘ as he would, at such times," obsci yes
Mr. Warner, " gently intimate to his neighbour, ,
right and left, that if their respective portiol,
of, fat were larger than agreeable, he should I. i
most happy to receive them on his oxn plate ; A
a favour, for the joke's sake, ficouently cos
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ferred upon him. Among the many pecnliariti, , ,i
of this thoroughly good natured and universally ,-,I
esteemed incumbent,onemay be specified,whie) ,
though exceedingly annoying to himself, a.l.
somewhat calculated to excite a smile in other, ;
and that, too, on occasions when perfect gravity
would have been more decorous and appropria;(.. ~
This was the inexpressible horror which fe el,
tl
tnrtained at every species of contagious discus( , ..i'l
and the alarm that he manifested at any -ob )
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jest connected with infection. I have tr, •
quently, in company with other boys, attetith, ~,.
the interment of those who had fallen vic-
tims to fever, small-pox, measles, or simil,.)
disorders ; attracted, I am sorry to confess, I
not so much by the sublime and beautiful servi:7e
used on such occasions, as by a curiosity to ob.
~,,:
serve the wary arrangements made by the em : fr
tious vicar, for averting every possible danger t,r 1
the disorder being communicated to liimst.i, 4
Whenever burials of this nature occurred, it. wil.
'Mr. Talman's wont, to fortify himself for ti,
dreadful service, both internally and extenrall., 1 ~,
by swallowing a camphor julep, before he Wen!
into the church-yard ; and proceeding thither wi, it
a lump of the same odoriferous drug in, his 1),
som. He would then enjoin the sexton to oat,t, '',
the sentry box, from which the sO,; vice was rear;,
at the distance of at least wit hundred yards t, ,
the windward of the grave; and, with these
lite- i
cautions, would go through the formulary, 'll,
Ouch a tone of thunder, as might not only be hens(
distinctly by the attendants at the funeral, but
would surprise even those who were walking i . (Tol
(t)lf)el‘filtrr."t b
'l'alieY°
nalll''sd lungs
ililgsel:virirs°,hYard indeed,. irniely pow(,,
dense, without a parallel. Not that the tone A„ii
thereof was deep and full, like the aerpent, sit:.',.„ 7
but, or double-bass: but shark a me..
disso
p .when I.ant-, a,,,:
clanging, as the blast the truth "'•
rouses to battle," .4