The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-09 00:00:00

SHOCKING SUICIDE.

Yesterday evening a most desperate act of suicide was
committed by a young man named Taylor, about 23 years
of age.
He (Taylor) was walking with his sister at Pithy,
along the bank of the London, Tilbury, and Southend
Railway, when suddenly he quitted the arm of the female,
and deliberately ran towards the line, and placed
his head on the rails just at the time the
luggage down train was approaching. The train passep
over the neck of the unfortunate young man, completely
severing the head from the body. The sister stood com-
pletely paralysed at the rash act of her brother, but, of
course, totally unable to render the slightest assistance.
The young man, it is said, had previously shown sym-
toms of an unsound mind, and to that terrible affliction
alone can the desperate act be ascribed.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT BRIGHTO:

BRIGHTON, Sunday Afternoon.—By the capsizing of a
boat here to-day two gentlemen have lost their lives. One
of the deceased has been identified as Mr. Thos. Ponsford,
of King - street, Leicester. Mr. White, chief officer of
police, says he has strong evidence that the unfortunate
deceased whose linen is marked " Peck" was a partner in
the firm of Peck and —, 13, Old Bond-street, London.
DEATH OF MR. BUCKLE.—We regret to hear of
the death at Damascus on the 31st ultimo of Mr. Henry
Thomas Buckle, the well known author of the "History of
Civilisation in England." The deceased gentleman was
born
erenuhaentnnLtte,edeau,neNovember 24, 1822. His father was a wealthy
at Gordon House, in. BuckleDr:
James
Thomasenjoyed the
Holloway's advantages
schoolan
house. After
his father's countirrnt
Kentish Town, and also of having at his
command az,leaexcellent. and extensive library in his father's
His father dying Dr. Holloway's school, he entered
tune, he was enabledngt
oti..se ; but did not take kindly to busi-
ness.in 1840, leaving him an ample for.
devoted himself o indulge his taste for study, and
gained so great a reputation.
henceforwardgaind exclusively to those literary
pursuits in which he
THE VICEROY OF T.a- —t
WoolwichTti o arrival a
provedo f Said a
Pasha and his numerous retinue
n The officers of
source of emolument to the tradespeople.prhvi
of the household,
of the English
the yacht intrusted with the
anhdi sometimes
many of whom have a slight knowledge
language, make their daily tour of the togwen
purchase whole sheep and oxen. On Friday
accompanied by
partook of an early dinner at the Firs, at Lee, neearl Highness
Black-
heath, the residence of Mr. Larking, the agent of the e
Vice-
roy in England, and many years a resident in Egypt OnSaturday he left the yacht at 12 o'clock,
one of his aides-de-camp, and proceeded. in one of the Statey
1 carriages to the Arsenal railway station, were he was met
by Mr. Larking and Mr. Hugh Thurburn, formerly Bri-
tish Consul in Egypt, and proceeded to London to pay a I
visit of ceremony to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam_ I
bridge and the Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall Lewis,
Secretary of State for War. His Highness afterwards -p.ro-
ceeded to the house taken for his accommodation. at Wim.-
, bledon. He will return to Woolwich before taking up his
permanent abode there for some time. The Royal
arrivaltrain
was provided for the purpose as on his Highness's
at 'Woolwich from Dover, and decorations of the station
were in the same manner. Mr. Eborall, the company's
1 general director, and Mr. Knight, the traffic superinten-
dent, were in attendance, as before.