The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-21 00:00:00

AMERICA.

By the United States' mail steam-ship Atlantic,
West, commander, we have advices from New York
to the Bth inst. The Atlantic brought 43 passengers,
but no specie. .
The royal mail steam-ship Asia arrived at New
York on the sth inst. _ .

The Washington, from Southampton, arrived at
New York on the 7th inst., after having put into
Boston for coals. She experienced very heavy wea-
ther on the passage, and lost figure-head, side-
houses, &c.
The Atlantic passed the steamer Humboldt on
the 9th at 9 a.m., and on the 16th passed the steamer
Arctic, in latitude 50.18, longitude 24.
Both Houses of Congress had been adjourned to
allow the members to officiate in the inauguration
of the Jackson statue.
In the Senate, on the 4th, Mr. Cass introduced
the following resolution, which was ordered to be
printed :

"Be it resolved, that the United States do hereby de-
clare that the American continents, by the free and in-
dependent condition which they have assumed and main-
tained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects
for future colonisation by any European Power ; and,
while existing rights should be respected and will be by
the United States, they owe it to their own safety and
interests to announce, as they now do, that no future
European colony ordominion shall, with their consent,
be planted or established on any part of the American
continent; and should the attempt be made, they thus
deliberately declare that it will be viewed as an act ori-
ginating in motives regardless of their interests and their
safety, and which will leave them free to adopt such
measures as an independent nation may justly adopt in
defence of its rights and its power.
"And be it further resolved, that while the United
States disclaim any designs upon the island of Cuba in-
consistent with the laws of nations and with their duties
to Spain, they consider it clue to the vast importance of the
subject to make known in this solemn manner that they
should view all efforts on the part of any other Power
to procure possession, whether peaceably or forcibly, of
that island, which, as a naval or military position, must,
under circumstances easily to be foreseen, become dan-
gerous to their southern coast, to the Gulf of Mexico,
and to the mouth of the Mississippi, as unfriendly acts
directed against them, and to be resisted by all the
means in their power."

On the sth inst., petitions were presented, pray-
ing for the establishment of a line of steamers be-
tween New York and Gluckstadt, in Germany, to
run in connexion with lines to St. Petersburgh, the
c,
Baltic Sea, Copenhagen, &c.
In reply to the resolution moved by Mr. Cass,
respecting territorial acquisitions in Central Ame-
rica, by Great Britain, President Fillmore forwarded
to the Senate a lengthened correspondence on the
subject.

general Pierce (President elect) had a narrow
escape while travelling on the 6th between Boston
and Concord. The carriage in which the General,
with his wife and one son, travelled, became de-
tached from the train, and fell over an embankment

12 or 151 feet in depth. Both the General and his
lady escaped with a few slight injuries, but their
son, aged. eleven years, was killed by a
piece of rock
which penetrated through the carriage window.
In the Albany Legislature Mr. Taylor had brought
forward a bill repeang the act whereby slaves can
be set free on their arrival in the State of New
York.

A very influential meeting had been held in New
York, to take into consideration the case of the
Madiais, imprisoned at Florence.
The Hon. .Mr. W. R. King, Vice-President elect,
has been pronounced beyond recovery from the
disease under which he laboured—consumption.
In the New York stock market there was a good
demand for Government stocks and other leading
securities. Railroad bonds were also in good de-
mand. Exchange had further declined. The remit-
tance of bankers' bills per Atlantic .is very large,
and all shipments of specie are for the present
stopped. Bills on London, 60 days, 1091 to 1092 :
Paris, 5.15 to 5.13/ ; Amsterdam, 41 to 41f; ;
Hamburgh, 30 to 362. The money market was
dull. The cotton market was very firm, and the
finer grades had advanced in price. The sales of
the week amounted to 6,500 bales. The transac-
tions in the flour-market were limited, but prices
were firm. The wheat-market was inactive, in
consequence of holders wanting higher prices.
121,000 bushels of Indian corn had changed hands
at 68c. to 70c. per bushel. Pork was dull, and
prices easier ; new mess quoted 192 dols. to 1912
dols. ; prime, 16/ dols. to 161 dols. ; old, 182 dols.
to 19 dols., and rumps 15 dols. Pickled hams
were wantd at 101 c. to 11c., and shoulders at 7c.
to Bc. Lard was pressed upon the market at 111 c.
to 12c. for kegs. Beef firm, at 10 dole. to 10 dole.
for country mess ; 12 dols. to 14 dols. for city
ditto ; and 6 dole, to 7 dole. for. „prime. Butter
and cheese dull, without change in price.
No. 1 Scotch pig iron is now held at 31 dols. to
32 dols., six months ; sales of about 1,000 tons at
from 29 dole. cash to 32 dols., six months. Bars,
none offering; market firm at 70 dole., six months.
Freights to London.—Tobacco, 40s. per hhd. ;
flour, 3s. 6d. per barrel • turpentine, 3s. 6d. per
2801 b. ; heavy goods, oil, &c., 30s. to 355. ; and
cheese, 40s. per ton.

SUICIDE OF DR. RICE, HEAD MASTER OF
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.

Last night an inquest was held by lt7r. Payne, on the
body of the Rev. Edward Rice, D.D., head master of
Christ's Hospital, in the board-room. of Christ's Hos-
pital, Newgate-street.

The jury, of which Mr. Deputy Ekgleton was foreman,
first proceeded to view tho body, 'which presented the
placid and benevolent features so characteristic of the
deceased gentleman during his life. On their return to
the court-room, the following evidence was taken :
Susan Bancroft she was in the service of Dr. Rice,
and had known him for the last twelve months. At
about a quarter before nine o'clock yesterday morning as
she was passing Dr. Rice's bedroom-door, she heard a
violent scream, and on going into the room she saw Mrs.
Rice there, and Dr. Rice was hanging by his neck at the
foot of the bed, and his feet were some distance from the
ground. Mrs. Rice immediately cut the handkerchief
by which he was suspended, and they lowered him gra-
dually on to the bed. A surgeon was sent for, who had
attended him for some time, but he showed no signs of
life. She had seen the doctor on the previous night at
prayers. Mrs. Rice read the prayers, but Dr. Rice was
present. He went to bed soon afterwards. She had
seen him low-spirited lately, she might say for four or
five months past. She could not tell the cause of his
being low-spirited, or had she heard him say himself. Last
Monday he went into the 'dining room in this state,
when he asked Mrs. Rice if she thought that he was out
of his mind. Mrs. Rice replied, "Oh, certainly not."
She had for some time noticed that he was very low-
spirited, as he scarcely ever spoken when he was
spoken to.
Mr. Thomas Stone, resident surgeon to Christ's Hos-
pital, said that he had known Dr. Rice for the last 17
years. Deceased was 57 years of age last birth-day.
Witness attended him professionally for a nervous fever
in May or June last, since which time he had appeared
a completely altered man. He was exceedingly despond-
ing and melancholy, and weak in body, which gradually
increased up to the present time. He became so des-
ponding in his mind, that witness required to have
further advice, and suggested that Dr. Hume or the
physician to the hospital should be called in to see
him. Witness had taken precautions to have all dan-
gerous things removed out of the way. So strongly
were they convinced that he was suffering from
derangement of mind that they required him to resign
his head mastership of Christ's Hospital, which he did
on Friday last. Of late he was particularly desponding,
and the most trifling matters he magnified into the
greatest importance. So firmly was he (witness) of
opinion that he was quite mad, that in consequence of
this he felt it to be his duty to inform Mrs. Rice of it,
and to request of her that he should not be allowed to
shave himself. She did not take his razors away, as she
always stood by him whilst he used them. Yesterday
morning, when she arose, she left Dr. Rice asleep in
bect but in a quarter of an hour she returned to the
room, when he still appeared to be asleep, and some
time after that she sent Miss Rice up stairs to see if he
was awake, but listening at the door, and not hearing
him stirring, she went down stairs again, and found him
in the situation the last witness has described. He was
found at the foot of the bed in his night clothes, per-
fectly insensible, and pulseless, and quite black in
the face, Witness opened a vein in the arm, and ob-
tained a little blood, which was merely that contained
in the vessels, and there was no movement, He
performed operations for the purpose of restoring
respiration, but without effect. He also fomented
the body with hot embrocations, dashed water in his
face, and'the servants rubbed the body for upwards of
two hours, but all was of no avail. He found a mark
round the neck, especially at the back part. A part of
the handkerchief from which he was suspended is still
hanging, and he had no doubt that Dr. Rice died from
hanging, and that it was his own act. The day before
Dr. Rice told me that his life was a burden to him, and
he wished that it might-please God to take him.
The Coroner—Do you think the depression of mind
was caused by over study ?
Mr. Stone—No ; I think it was caused by fever, as I
have never seen him well since.
The Coroner remarked that he dined with Dr. Rice at
the Mansion House on the 29th of Oct., and he then
thought he appeared much altered.
Mr. Deputy Eagleton bore testimony to the same
effect, as did several other jurors, to whom the deceoied
was well known.

Mr. Stone said that his worldly affairs were as satis-
factory as those of any man living.
The Coroner having summed up,r the jurors unani-
mously returned a verdict " That D. Rice committed
suicide while in a state of mental derangment."

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