The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-09 00:00:00

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.

Friday inorning.a res.pectable tradesman of the
JewiSh persuasion, attempted to put a period to
his existence at the lien public-house; FidcOn-
Court, in the , Borough. He• had, it appeared,
been at the celebration Of a Jewish wedding at
Kennington on the preceding evening, where, in'
consequence of some dispw.e, he had been given
in_charge to Glennon, the officer, of Union Hall,
who, at the, prisoner's request, took him to the
Bell for the night, rather than to the watch-
house. After lie had 'been there, however; for a
short time, lie became so -disorderly and riotous,
that Wortley, the landlord, was obliged to call in
the watch., anaesend' Jilin to the watch-house,
Where 'he :remained -till near four o'clock in the
morning, when having
,become more peaceable,
he requested to be taken back to the 'kik.—
His request Was Complied witti,( and the landlord
Was roused ,froin h's bed CO, take' him in.- He
was conducted to a chamber', but he had not
been long there when he made so Much'noise with
singing and (lancing, that he roused the whole
house. Mr: Wortley in consequence got up, and
'went-to'desire him to be quiet. •Pre-;ious to his
reaching the prisoner's- roots be•was,,silent, but
foettneately persevered in going into the
room; -fOr oit.opening the door he, dis.cove'ed the
With a silk. bandkerchiel from
prisoner Suspended
peg in • the wall, -and lapparently lifidess. He
immediately cut him down, and.sent
geon, but sortie-Ailue elapsed.before suspended
animation was restored.. When, however, . the
fortunate man recovered the, use. of his speech, he
appeared perfectly Compased, and expressed 'his
gratitude to his preservers in the strongest terms.
lie declared•himself utterly at a loss to account
for-his rash conduct, except that it had itsori'gin
iv 'a fit of jealousy occasioned by his wife haVing
gone to the wedding without him, and
pany with another man. , •,,

SurciDE.s.--,On Friday morning, the pth Ult.
Mr. THOMAS LOVELESS, of .e onliton Hut,. near
Salisbury,. Was found by his son hanging in an
out-house lie was in a desponding state for some
time,-and has left a wife ',ma seven children. An
inquest was held next. day on the body.:
Ver-
dict--Lunacy. , ,
On' Friday a tradesman, residing at Brompton,
threw himself into the Queen's Basin, in the
Green' Park, and was drowned. He had been in
a desponding state for some weeks, and had lately
escaped from a receptacle of lunatics.
INQUESTS.—(Before 0. HonosoN, Esq.)—A re-
spectable young female; assistant to a dress-maker
in Bond-street, cut her threat in the parish of
Ealing. 'lt appeared in evidence,, that she had
laboured. under despondency, and was in a state
of insanity, .and a verdict to that effect delivered.
;Another inquest was held yesterday at Sliepper-
ton,, on. the body of a young man, who was
drowned in what is called Shepperton Deep. He
had gone -too far with a cart, and r. as drowned
'with the „hdrse. - Accidental Death.—Before'
(;ELL; Esq. Mr. James, a linen draper in Hot-.
born, was
.drowned--in the Serpentine, a week or
more since.. He -bathed when he was inebriated,
and although a good swiumer was drowned. Ac-
cideatal Death.