The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-14 00:00:00

DEATH OF A BRIDE.

We very much regret to announce the death, under
most distressing circumstances, of Mrs. Sarah Ann
Walley, wife of Mr. William Wilkinson Walley, of the
firm of Wm. Walley and Co., woolstnplers, of Leeds.
Mrs. Walley was the youngest daughter of Mr. Joshua
Ii
aldrew, ee Charles-squa,:e, Hoxton, and was married
to Mr. Walley at the church of St. Mary the Virgin,
Lthadon, so recently as the 21st ult. The marriage took
place after a courtship of some length of time, and with
the perfect concurrence of the members of the two fami-
lies. After marriage the bride and bridegroom repaired
to Leaneugton, but finding the weather so hot they pro-
ceeded from thence to Scarboro', at both of which places
Mrs. Walley complained of much pain in her head. On
Monday week they came home, Mr. Walley's residence
being at Bowling-house, Holbeck. On Friday in last
week Mrs. Walley again complained of pain and giddi-
ness in the head, which she attributed to the heat,
but which, however, was thrown off by taking
a seidlitz powder. Last Sunday moruing the
bride and bridegroom made their appearance at
the Wesleyan chapel, at Holbeck, when the
former again complained of the heat, and did not con-
sequently attend chapel any more that day, but in the'
evening had some friends to supper, and appeared
happy, cheerful, and contented, as she had dote ever
since her marriage. On the morning of Monday last,
she arose about six o'clock, but without dressing, re-
turned to bed again, where she remained till after eight
o'clock, and at breakfast read a chapter from the Bible
to her husband. Mr. Walley left home to attend his
business at Leeds, at half-past ten o'clock, promising to
return again at five o'clock to meet some friends ot the
family invited to visit them on that day. At the 'time of
his leaving home, Mrs. Walley appeared in good health
and seiries, and giving him an affectionate salutation, she
bade him good morning. About twelve o'clock tt mes-
senger arrived at his place of business in Leeds, to in-
form him of what had happened--Mrs. Walley was no
more; she had expired from a wound in her throat. At,
the inquest, which was held on Tuesday, and by ad-
j.eurnment on Thursday, at the Woodman Inn, Holbeck,
air. Walley said he was altogether unable to account
fur what had happened, as Mrs. Walley was of an exceed-
ingly cheerful and happy disposition, and so far as he
knew she was perfectly happy and contented. Mr. Hal-
drew, deceased's brother, also gave evidence to the same
effect, and read extracts from several well-written letters
from his sister to her family at Hoxton, one of them
dated so lately as the Bth July, and in all of which she
expressed herself as perfectly happy and contented. At
the time the fatal act was committed there was no one
with her in the house except a femake servant, but there
were two bricklayers working on the premises. A little
after eleven o'clock the servant, who had occasion to go
to her for a key to get some beer for the bricklayers'
drinking, found her in her lodging-room engaged-at her
toilet, arid presently aftewards Mrs. Walley came down
stairs for the key, and was seen by the bricklayers
standing at the front door. Shortly after this Mrs.
Hodgson, an aunt of Mr. Walley 'a, who resides near his
house, came in to the wash-house, and told the servant
that Mr. and Mrs. Varley, ot Stunningly, two relations
who were expected to visit them, were coming, The
servant at once proceeded to the foot of the staircase to
inform her mistress, who came to the • land-
ing and requested her to prepare dinner.
In about ten minutes after this, Mrs. 'Parley,
who is Mr. Walley's sister, arrived. After knock-
ing at the front door rather loudly for some time without
being attended to, she walked in and proceeded up
stairs, first into the best bedroom, and then into Mrs.
Walley's lodging-room, the door of which was closed,
but not locked, where the deceased was found laid upon
the floor dead, with a razor grasped in her left hand.
This instrument bad been taken from Mr. Walley:,
dressing-case, which stood upon the dressing-table. Both
the carotid artery and the internal jugular vein were
found divided on the left side, so that instantaneous
death would be the result. The whole case is a very
mysterious one, and there are many singular circum-
stances in it. The servant says she was in the wash-
house when Mrs. Varley arrived, and saw her pass to go
to the principal entrance, at the other end of the budding;
and She had seen and spoken to her mistress only a few
minutes before this, when she observed npthing
whatever unusual in her appearance or demeanour.
Mrs. Varley knocks at the dour without making herself
heard, and on walking up stairs, finds Mrs. Walley laid
on the flour in the state described, so that up to within
a few minutes of her death, the deceased is seen in per-
fect health, in good spirits, and so far as is known, sur-
rounded by circumstances in every way calculated to
make life desirable. Another circumstances ia, the dis-
covery that the door, leading from the kitchen stair-case
to the lodging-rooms, was found locked from the out-
side, it having always previously been h ft open. The jury
were a good deal puzzled how to account for all. these
things, but, atter nearly three hours' deliberation, they
came to the decision that death had been caused by de-
ceased's own hand.—Leeds Mercury.

THE SU.L'i-AN IN Pitt/CESSION.
It was amusing to observe the crowd, like ourselves,
waiting in patient expectation to see the Grand Seignor.
Ad the soldiers and mote respectable people wore panta-
loons and the red tarbi,uch; but the lower classes, ever
the first to move and the last to be benefited by a revolu-
tion, adhered to the turban and capacioua breeks, with a
kind of tunic to match. The dervishes were moving
about with serious faces, wearing laded brown or green
clocks, with felt hats, shaped like inverted funnels, upon
their heads.

We waited for some time; and as the Sultan was
about to appear in public, our imeginatien picturedithe
magnifies nt enti 6 of a great Ottoman monarch—troops
of werriurs; splendidly capariecued horses, arid all the
barbaric pomp of en oriental ceurt—when a low mure
inur indicated that the ceri age was approaching:
First came, wellciug backwards, the Imaum of the
dervishes, in a high green felt hat, swinging a censer
filled with burning incense, and followed by a grave,
melancholy-looking young man, with a rather
scanty black beard, the red tarbouch upon his
head, and wearing a blue military frock coat
and fawn-coloured pantaloons; the coat fringed or laced,
with a standing collar; fawn coloured gloves upon his
ham's, and a short blue cloak thrown lightly over his
shoulders. It was the Sultan! lie was followed, in
single file, by six or eight persons, attired in blue, some
wearing swords, and others carrying small leather port-
fueilles, richly embossed with gold.
Contrary to expectation, the sultan had dismounted
outside, and his gait, as he passed us, was ti (hie and
almost tottering. Indeed, most of the Turks walk what
is Nrnitcl " parrot-toed"—vely much like our Indians.
Ascending a covered stairway to an upper genet.), with
windows towards the court, he approached one of them,
and looked intently down upon us; but our interpreter
imprudently exclaiming, " Voila le Sultan! le Sultan!"
he turned slowly away, we presume, to his devotions.
Without the court were his hOrses; splendid steeds,
caparisoned in richly-embroidered, but chaste saddle-
cloths, which, as well as the reins and the pommels of
the saddles, were studd.d with precious stones; the
head-pieces were embossed gold, and the froutlets glit-
tered with gems.
The :...ultun's figure was 14. ht, and apparently feeble.
I thoughs so when I saw him before, in a esmi-obscure
spent'', nt, and his apl eurunce this day confirmed the
impression. The expression of his features at the mo-
ment of passing was that of profoueid melancholy. Like
the Mexican prince of whom he so much remindi d me,
his wind may be overshadowed by the general and
spreading opinion, that the Ottoman rule upon tho
European side of Turkey is drawing to a close. This
impression has become so prevalent that hundreds, when
they die, direct their remains to be interred on the
Asiatic side of the Bosi:horum. It is sad to think that,
from the destructive of the Janissaries by Mahmoud to
nee pia sent time, the very advancement of the Turks in
civihzation should inert ace the w eakness, and precipi-
tate the dismemberment, if not the detente', of
the
empire! It was a singular scene! A few ragged Turks
in the old turban, the only relic of the past; the mixture
of European cooumus and the red turbouch; a company
of Christian effieere, Item a lar-uff hind; the mild-
looking young Sni'an, so humble! so gentle! with so
little parade! so different from his haughty Osmanlie
ancestors! And then there was a background 01 veiled
women--the eboule out of th© graveyard.—
Lynch's Expediti6n to Ole Deod .Sea.

Two LIVES LOST.-13rt ween seven and eight
o'cl A on ihuratitiy evening, a most singular and
melancholy occurrence took place at Camden-town, by
which a poor man Lamed John Emery, residing at
Crouch-end, llornsey, and a child about seven years of
age, residing with his parents at Rawlings's Wharf, St.
Paul'a-road, Camden-town, lost their lives. It appears
that Emery, who is a black."mith by trade, was passing
over the bridge which crosses the Regent's Canal in
the King's-road, when he observed a child fail from
the bank of the canal at Rawlings's Wharf, into the
water. He instantly rushed round from the bridge to
the wharf, and was pre paring to
to save the child, when he was suddenblyanok.serredooe
stagger and fall close to the edge of e_
to plunge intobthevewa
had observed the
on the other side of the canal,
A whote be an accident, hut
occurrence, at first suppose. this
lwhilst the
rem fined motion tss
child
ng that the man r
round to the wharf to
hild was drowning, severs.,
ran
happened.lt was then discovered that the
see what had
ad been seined with a fit of paraly.
unfortunate man
bmeantime the child had disappeared.
sis, and in the
to be totally insensible,
being found
Emery
a dying condition was re
pp-acidly in t moved, and
iiiLi idical aid sent for. The body of the child was got out,
but life was extinct. Emery was conveyed to the In-
firmary of St. Pancras Workhouse, where he received
the attention of Mr. 11. C. Robinson, the parochial sur-
geon, but expired shortly after his admission. Mr.
Robinson gives it as his op'm' •on that the death of Emery
resulted from either a sudden disease of the heart, or
paralysis of the entire nervous system, caused by his
fright at seeing the child fall into the water and his
anxiety to rescue it. It appears that the unfortunate
man, who has in the attempt to perform so praise-
worthy an act lost his life, has left a widow, now in her
confinement, with four childien totally unprovided for.
Mr. F. O'Connor declares his intention, soon after
a conference which is to be held in Nottingham on the
6th of August, to retire from public life.
•tx.r A da
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.-011 v, e.nes y
evening, the dress of a lady named Webb, piessiognal!.'ng
the New- road, was observed by a pomp, to
lheesto
ontare.
He gave art alarm, and by an immediate application ti of
his leathern apron extinguished the flames, but not be-
fore the dress and shawl of Miss Webb were seriously
injured. It is supposed that ignition wits the collat.
quence of her treading upon a cigar fusee.
STABBING AT BIRRENREAD.—Last evtning an al-
tercation arose between two butchers, named Knott and
Pennington, whilst they were together in the slaughter-
house. The affair turned to blows, and Knott drew
forth his knife and d stabbed his
antagonist in the face,
f severing his upi er lip, and (uteri' g the jaw to a cond-
• derable extent. He afterwards knocked hint down, and
• WI him in a lifeless str,W. As yet Knott has aot L 003
epprehend.9l.-Livopool Mercury®