The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

IN RE KIRK.-THE ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET.

This bankrupt was described as of Great James-square,
hay dealer, and to-day was appointed for his last exami-
nation. The bankruptcy arose in consequence of the
bankrupt's liabilities as one of the directors of the pro-
posed Islington cattle market.
In consequence of the complicated nature of the ac-
counts no balance-sheet has yet been filed.

AFFLICTING SUICIDE THROUGH EXCESSIVE GRIEF.
Yesterday Mr. T. Wakley, coroner, held an inquest at
the Lord Portman Tavern, Broadiey-terrace, Dorset-
square, on the body of William Swallow, aged 74, a
master shoemaker, late of No. 7, Boston-street, in the
same neighbourhood, who committed suicide by hanging
himself under the following distressing circumstances :
It appeared that on the 3(1 inst. the wife of the de-
ceased, whose age was 72, and to whom he had been
married 46 years, was buried, having died after a short
illness. Since that event the deceased had been Incon-
solable for his loss, and had frequently exclaimed that he
should never survive it, for, having lived with her so
long, he could not live without her. On Friday morn-
ing last, not making his appearance as usual, a lodger
in the house entered his bed-room, when he discovered
him stiff and cold, hanging to a nail in the wall. Dr.
Browning, of Dorset-place, being immediately sent for,
pronounced him to have been dead about 24 hours. It
seemed that the deceased had taken the clock off the
nail to which it had been fastened, and cutting the ropes
by which the weights were suspended, twisted them
twice round his neck, and by a noose he had previously
made hung himself where he was found. The Coroner
having remarked that no doubt deceased's untimely end
had been the result of excessive grief, the jury returned
a verdict of "Temporary insanity."
INCENDIARY FIRE AT THE CEDARS, MITCHAM.—On
Friday night last, a most diabolical attempt was made
to fire the above mansion, extensive out-buildings, and
numerous stacks of corn. An alarm was raised and as-
sistance promptly procured, but the fire could not be ex-
tinguished until several of the stacks were entirely con-
sumed.

MYSTERIOUS DEATH.—On Sunday last an Irish dock
labourer, named Michael Dempsey, 40 years of age, was
found dead in the apartment which he occupied at Little
Queen-street, King-street, St. George's-in-the-East.
When first discovered the body was supposed to be that
of a negro, being as black as ink and in an advanced
state of decomposition ; but it was subsequently remem-
bered that the deceased, who, though much given to
drink, was a man of retiring and eccentric habits, rented
the apartment. Some people say that they remember
seeing him to his home on Wednesday week, but Messrs.
Ross and Wilson, surgeons in the district, after an ex-
amination of the body, pronounced it as their opinion
that the man had been dead nine or ten days. They
attribute his death to appoplexy.
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—This was the day fixed by
the Mayor for electing town councillors in those wards
from which aldermen were elected on the 9th inst. In
the South Toxteth ward there was no opposition to the
election of Mr. Robertson (conservative), timber mer-
chant. In Abercromby and Pitt-street wards there were
close contests, in the former of which Mr. William Earle
(liberal) was returned by a majority of 12 over Mr.
T. Lee (conservative) ; and in the latter Mr. John
Smith (liberal) was defeated by Mr. William Mann, who
obtained a majority of 52. At the election of the Ist
instant the conservative candidate for Abercrornby ward
was returned by a majority of 249, and the candidate on
the same side in Pitt-street ward by a majority of 98.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.—A young lady, of whose
personal attractions Sunderland might indeed be proud,
stood, two years ago, viewing " a troop of equestrians "
enter the precincts of that borough. In a conspicuous
part of the procession sat a cavalier, whose looks and
deportment were truly Oriental. This favourite of for-
tune wore a dark-coloured moustache, his long locks were
of hair elegantly curled, and he was attired in the gor-
geous robes of an eastern sovereign. His eyes were
large, bright, and brilliant, and these accidentally catch-
ing the astonished gaze of the young lady, she experi-
enced "a first shock." She went to the circus, and at
length the arm and elbow of a fiddler attracted her at-
tention, and behind his "fine-toned Cremona" she be-
held "the eyes" she had been looking for. An inter-
view took place, and afterwards a few letters passed be-
tween the enamoured pair, and thus matters rested until
last week, when the young lady, with the permission of
her mother, visited some of her relations at Yarn), and
the next2day set off with a party to Richmond races.
Not returning, her Yam relations grew alarmed, and a
"hue and cry" resounded through hill and dale. On
Friday last, however, a letter was received from the
missing fair one, of which the following is a copy :
" My dear Mother,— Forgive your favourite daughter,
the dear man, whose eyes threw the light of love into
my benighted heart, was sojourning at Brighton. I
went to him, and he received me with open arms,
and the next day, with special licence, we entered the
silken bonds of matrimony. Next week I propose to
pay you a visit, along with the noble man of my choice.
—Yours, &c.—. P.S.—We had a serenade on our
wedding night of 24 fiddlers, who played, in a splendid
style, ' Old Rosin, the Beau.' "—Durham, Chronicle.