The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-15 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.

An Inquest was held last evening, in the board
room of the work-house belonging to the Upper Liberty of St.
Andrew's, Holborn, by Timstas Sruttista, Esq., Coroner
for Middlesex, on view of the body of Elizabeth Sylvester, who
put an end to her existence by poison under the following dis-
tressing circumstances :
Sarah Sutton, sister to the deceased, stated, that on Tuesday
last she had a conversation with her sister Elizabeth, who at
that time appeared to be much depressed in spirits, in conse-
quence of her situation. About- four months since she had
married a sailor, who was afterwards obliged to go abroad, and
though he made her a monthly allowance, yet It was not by any
means adequate to her support. She tried to get into place as
a servant, but found nothing but disappointment wherever sho
applied. This weighed heavily on her- spirits ; and, to com-
plete the stun of her misfortunes, sho found herself pregnant.
The knowledge of this latter circumstance had a very power-
ful effect,. and she, within the last foJnight, endeavoured
to shun the society of her family ; and the witness, fearing
that she had fallen into bad company, spoke to her on the sub,
ject on the morning of the day on which the rash act 'wai voni
witted, but there was nothing angry in the interviev4
this occasion deceased seemed to be in the deepest stated Men.
tal affliction.
Margaret Jones, another sister, deposed that -deceirsecl'came
to her house in Task-street, about one o'clock on Tueiulat;- she
remembered seeing lier.drink something out of a cup, which
left a whitish mark on the lips. In two hours after, deceased
told witness that she had bought an ounce of arsenic 'at Mr.
CoOsins's shop, in Gray's-inn-lane, and that she had swallowed
it. Witness went to Mr. Cousins, and risked him if he had
sold poison to any girl on thatsday ? tie replied that heimd,an
ounce of arsenic.—" Then," said witness, " she has drank it
for God's sake, Sir, try and do something for her." Mr. Consins
replied, it. was impossible, if she had swallowed all. Witness-
went away, and Mr. Cousins (the elder) followed her to the
house, but did nothing to relieve deceased, who was then very
bad, merely recommending them to send for the parish surgeon,
and then went away. Witness ran to the Work-house, and
asked for assistance, which was immediatdy granted, but de-
doused expired the same evening.
Dr. Fernandez, the house surgeon, stated, that: being ebsent
when the last witness called, two of his pupils, both very com-
petent, had visited the deceased, and administered the usual
antidotes, which dislodged the drug, but from its extremely
deleterous property, the coats of the stomach had been pre-
viously destroyed. The matter discharged by the emetic he
bad analysed, and it proved to be arsenic in great quantity.
Messrs. James and Thomas Sympion (Dr. Fernandez 's pu.
pHs) deposed to the same effect.
Thomas Jones, father to the deceased, described her to have
been labouring under extraordinary depression of spirits for
some time previous ; her husband had left her in a week or a
fortnight after their marriage.
The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict,
that " The deceased came by her death in consequence of hav-
ing swallowed poison, whilst in a state of temporary derange-
ment of intellect."

iineoiilittry caused Mr. Cousins's son to be sent for, and
spoke very warmly to him on the impropriety of selling so well-
known a poison to a young female.
r. Cousins remarked, that he refused to serve her at first,
but toll him it was tbr her brother, who was an hostler in
Gray's-inn-lane, and that he wanted it to destroy rats : he then
gave it, marking " poison" on the paper.
Some others of the Jury said, there was greater culpability
attaching to Dr. Cousins himself, at whose shop the poison l•ad
been sold, in neglecting to apply an antidote without referring
the relatives to the parish surgeon.

SUICIDE.—On Saturday morning, the 9th hist.,
a melancholy occurrence took place at the barracks at Chictics-
ter. A Captain of the 98th Regiment of Foot, put a
period to his existence, by cutting his throat with a razor. A.
Jury assembled on Sunday, when it appeared that he once be-
fore attempted self-destruction, by throwing himself' overboard
during a pasasge from India. A verdict of intanity was re-
turned by the Jury, and the body was interred with military
honours on the Tuesday following.—( Brighton Gazette.) •

Tuesday afternoon about four o'clock, the
neighbourhood of Aldersgate-street was thrown into great
alarm, in consequence of the escape of a horse from the stables
of a air, ItßEims, veterinary-surgeon, Blackhorse-yard. The
animal was under his care for the cure of a disorder called the
staggers, which is an affection of the brain, and generally
terminates in madness. He broke out of the stable by kicking
the wall down. His first object was the carriage of Dr. SPnr.
then standing in the yard, from which he actually tore a piece
from the }cannel of the door. He next made an attack on a
block of stone, and in a state of the most violent irritation
rushed into the street, and broke the shop front of the linen
draper's at the corner of bong-lane, by which one of his eyes
was knocked out. Proceeding along Barbican, he mine in con-
tact with a horse in a gig, and lacerated him in a dreadful man-
ner. The pain caused the annimal to kick and plunge till the
gig was overturned, and the driver narrowly escaped with his
lite. Pursuing his course along the same street he demolished
the shop-front of a tobacconist, and near it that also of a linen-
chimer. At this spot a gentleman rushed upon the animal, anti
thurst a sword into his body, 'which terminated his sufferings.
The damage done is very considerable. •