The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-26 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE•

Tuesday morning an inquest was held in the Sussex
County Hospital, on the body of Mr. S. Stokes, a proctor
in Doctors' Commons (of the firm of Dyke and Stokes).
F. Riddlestorffer, aged 12 years, deposed that on Satuhr;
day night, about a quarter to ten, he was in one of to
shops in East-street-house, when he saw a gentleman lo k
ing into the shop ; witness turned round to get something
to supply a customer, when he heard a loud cry, and turn:.
ing back saw blood running from the same gentleman
throat on the pavement ; witness then saw two gentlemen'
holding the one who aeared to have cut his throat ;
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witness being frightened ran in doors, and a lady in the shop
nearly fainted.
James Saunders, landlord of the New Ship Hotel, stated:
that on Friday night he saw a concourse of people round
his stable-yard, and on inquiring what was the matter, wee
informed that a gentleman had been improperly annoying a
boy ; witness made inquiries of the boy, who said it was
true, and witness therefore said he would have the person
taken into custody. Witness desired the boy to go home,
and afterwards saw the gentleman peeping round the yard
on which witness went for an officer, who did not come for
an hour after, so that nothing was then done. Next daY
witness saw the gentleman sitting in his lodgings, drink
ing port wine, an holding it up as though inviting some
.
person in the yard opposite. Between seven and eighL
in the evening witness again saw him loitering about:
the corner of the street, and in passing across the yard
witness saw the boy, who said" I can't go home as this men
is waiting for me," Witness then said, " Jere, as youve
done your work, I must see you are not molested ; if you
are, I will have him taken into custody." Witness was
then coming round to see what would take place, when bed
met Mr. Ridley, to whom he imparted his suspicions an
asked him to walk round with him. They watched the
gentleman and the lad round the cliff. Dirently the gear
tleman saw the lad, he ran up to him, squeezed his hallo,
&c. Witness walked round the Albion to the Chain
as Plc'
esplanade, and soon afterwards saw the lad, whom be
ked
where the gentleman was ? He replied, "I was so
frightened I was afraid to stop with him." Witness
advised the lad to go home, but soon afterwards saw him
accosted by the gentleman near Lamprell's baths, and thel
uld not
saw the gentleman endeavouring to clasp Mr. Ridley
begging forgiveness as it was a propensity he co u,
master. After that witness heard Mr. Ridley
lad " what has this gentleman been doing to you. ? The
boy said he had been pulling him about and putting some
money in his pocket • the gentleman then said to Ni r.
ley " for God's sake 'don't expose me, for I have a wife and
five children." Mr. Ridley replied " more shame for Yen'
you are a disgrace to the world." Witness saw nothioi,
more of deceased till he heard a cry " be has cut his throat ;
say to tbe
witness, who was on the opposite side of the road, ran
across to see if that was the case, and saw some one clasP,
ing deceased's throat to stop the blood ; Mr. Ridley" W-
ren one way for a doctor and witness another.
Deceased appeared greatly excited ; his face, I t33ini"
was tarred when I saw him by Lamprell's baths.
R. Stokely said that he had been annoyed by the de-
ceased for some time past, and mentioned the circun2sulaee
to Mr. Saunders.
[This person's deposition was to the same effect as that
of the preceding witness.]
The evidence of the medical attendants was then received'
after which two persons, one of whom had known the ae"
ceased for sixteen years, gave it as their opini6n that the
deceased had lately been suffering greatly from depression
of spirits, and that he was not of sound mind.
All the evidence having been gone through, the Jul Icr
turned the following verdict—" That deceased, while t,
bouring under cerebral affection and temporary deraoi
ment, inflicted a wound in his throat, from the conabio
effects of which he subsequently died."—Brighton &Per'

LIVERPOOL, MAY 24.—The sales of cotton tivg
tube
day amount to about 3,000 bags, principally American
scriptioilis._ There is no alteration to notice in prices ;

market is firm ; 600 bales are taken on speculation:
The Municipal councillors of Carmarthen haVl'
applied by letter to Lord John Russell to know the amount
salary that should be fixed for the Recorder, received an n°-
swer that it should be from 50/. to 80/. per annum.
Two days ago, a shoemaker in the Rue de Pontoise;
near the Garden of Plants, in Paris, from some cause, bee'
suddenly so enraged with his wife, that, though in the Pad
sence of other persons, who interfered, he beat her on the 1,08.
with a heavy shoe till he killed her. Almost at the same I°ll,,
nute, in the Rue de Champ de l'Allouette, in the same (I°,l*,
ter, a young woman was stabbed in several places wit r..
poignard. The assassin escaped, and she was taken to asu
eon's. Her wounds are severe, but not considered dangerous'
She cannot or will not give any account of the cause of this
attempt upon her life.
FALMOUTH, MAY 21.—His Majesty's steamer
Spitfire, Lieutenant Kennedy, came in this morning with 06
Mediterranean mails, and having on board 45 passengers'
among whom are three Persian Princes, sons of the present
Schah, and who embarked at Malta. Their ostensible visit 0,
this country is stated to be one of curiosity, but it is suppose
their mission has other ob,jects in view. On arrival at Gib-
raltar, they were most desirous of proceeding through Sl°
and France to England ; but the Governor, Sir Alexander
Woodford, successfully dissuaded them from this intention,
and during their stay at the Rock paid them such attention
as he considered their rank demanded. On its being 10(1911
they were on board the steamer, Captain Clavell, of the
troea, paid his respects to their Royal Highnesses, and on tu'Al
disembarkation the frigate complimented them with a g,5,,-10
salute. We understand they proceed at once for Bath.
dates of the steamer's departures are as follows :—Corfut'ocl,
of April, Fiscardo the Ist, Patras the Ist, Zante the
Malta the sth, Gibraltar the 14th, and Cadiz the 15th insti.T'a
On the 12th instant the Eclipse, Lieutenant Forrester, sm4ej
from Gibraltar for this port, and the Tartarus steamer !To
arrived there on her way to Malta. Commander Codringt 71„
(son of Sir Edward) has also come home in the Spitfire, bat es
ing received his promotion whilst in Command of the Orst.3o
at Gibraltar. Our squadron was cruising off Malta on
sth instant.

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dial, warranted
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BIRTHS. Ara-
On the 21st inst., the wife of the Rey. W. G. Bayly, 4)1 —1
hursO t, Sussex, of a u'n
the 21st inst.,d iangater. Bulstrode-street, the lady of P. 14g—le
ton, Esq., of a son.
On the 20th inst., at Fintray House, Aberdeenshire, the il°ll.
La
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the 2orbe 3d inss of Crt.a, Migievars .r,
John of a-s
Barber, of No. 18, 18, l'ee-r1 on. t-
square, of a g
dauhter fo
On the 20th inst.,. in Dublin, the lady of R. M. Poore, -Dscl''
a daughter. Mrs. James Livermore'
On the 24th inst., at 26, Mincing-lane,
of a daughter.
On the 24th inst., at the Earl of Harewood's, in Hanover-Kgare'
the Lady Louisa Cavendish, of a son.
On the lith ult., at Munich, Mrs. D. Watts Russell, of a son'
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MARRIED.
On he 21st inst., at St. Mary's, Lambeth, Bertrand La:
t ~ N ewin
reche, Esq of Stoke gton, to Anna Maria, eldest daughte'
of C. Nairne, Esq., of Lambeth-terrace.
On the 21st inst., at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Mr. John r 23
gh'll.l'.r
ner, of Danvers-street, Chelsea, to Mary Elizabeth, only dau
of Mr. J. M. Adams, of the Strand.
On the 21st inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Charles.
Wombwell, Esq., of the 10th Hussars, to Charlotte, eldest datighte'
of T. 0. Hunter, Esq.
On the 19th inst., at Bathwick Church, CharlesDZ
Esq. of the Madras Army, third son of the late Bev. 11°11-
landson, D.D.. Vicar of Warminster, Wilts, to Ellen, second daa
ter of C. F. Sorensen, Esq., of Bathwick-hill. Rowlandlovin•

D/ED.
On the 22d inst., in Norfolk-street,
Lake, Esq., of Falmouth, merchant and banker, also ill yer
town.
On the 19th inst., at Broxbourne, Laurie,E'cl.'
Herts, Robert
aged 81. Strand, aged.....a7o,yorifiltihli
Colonel
On the 19th inst., at Eton, John Charles, eldest son of the late
Johnson, of Walbury Essex,aged 13.
On the 22d inst., was drowned in thae-river Thames, near Roth
by the upsetting of a sailing boat, Mr. Edwin Good,
many years in the confidential employ f M srs lills and
0 Cs •
Ed-
wife of Oxford-street. h•
wOnothe 22d inst., in York-terrace, Regent's-park, Suan_nor,
f D'Oyley Saunders, Esq., of A k 13ryan, near Yo Kt
S tan
aged 61. c, free'
On the 23d
inst., William Charles, fourth sou of J.
ling,
-Esq., aged 10. belt
On the 21st inst., at Chorley-wood, Herts, the Rev. R°
Con' Ingham, of Rose-hill, aged 52. West'
On the 21st inst., Joseph Smith, Esq., of acre-street,
minster, aged 84. I te of
On the 21st inst., at Bathford, James Hare Jolliffe,
Esq., a
Ringsdon House, Somersetshire. • hie 0f
On the 24th inst., Harriet, the wife of Mr. William 31at ,
Friday-street. Oliet-
John
On the 23d inst., at Clapham, Surrey, aged 77,
son, Esq. Esq.'
On the 23d inst., at West Ham, Essex, John Griffith,
aged 80.
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