The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-20 00:00:00

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

'There is now in the -workhouse of St. Martin's-
in-the-Fields, a young man, who has snore ;ban once lately
attemeted the dreadful act of, self-destruction. and who is now
lying in a precarious state in consequence of the last attempt of
this kind, which took place onSawtitilirdcialye- 80
some. His
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liarly distressing one. lie. is now about
was bred to the wine trade, in
commenced business on his own account, with good
of success. He married, and for some time lived happily,
his business was prosperous, but he met with losses, became
a bankrupt, and was driven upon the world without a shilling.
He, however, procured a situation as a clerk to a wine merchant,
where he remained a considerable time, but for the last
few months he has been without employment, and almost desti.
trite of the means of subsistence. To add to his misery, his wife
deserted him, and went to live with a man in Jermyn•street,
St. James's, where she still resides. A short time ago the
unfortunate husband made an attempt upon his own life,'
which was frustrated, and on Saturday last he went to the I3lack
Horse public-house, in Oxendon-street, Haymarket, where he
wrote a letter to his wife, informing her that his miseries
could no longer be borne, and that no earthly power
should then prevent him from putting in execution the de-
sign which he had long formed, of seeking refuge from mis-
fortune in the grave. He added, that he had procured that
which would very speedily end his sufferings; in short, before
! she got the letter he should, in all probability, be no more,
and if she chose she might have an opportunity of seeing the
corpse of her husband, if she came to the house from whence
he wrote. The wife, upon receiving this note, went to the
Black Horse, where she found her husband extremely ill,
the drug which he had taken hailing begun to operate rather
powerfully. Having, with great coolness, informed the people
of the house of the contents of the letter, with a gratuitous re-
mark of her own, that she knew he bad no real intention of
destroying himself, she went away, leaving them to do the
best they could with the unfortunate nian.• Medical assistance
was procured, stud he was, conveyed to the workhouse of
St. Martin's, where he confessed that he had purchased small
quantities of opium at different shops, until he had pro-
cured what he thought would be sufficient to destroy life, and
he had taken the whole of it. Powerful emetics, and other re-
medies usual in such cases were administered, and during the
whole of Saturday night the medical attendants remained with
bins, the greatest difficulty being experienced in preventing
him from falling into a sleep, which must have been the sleep
of death. The skill and attention of the gentlemen succeeded
finally in saving Isis life for the present, but he is, as we before
ranted, still extremely ill. His affectionate wife has carefully
abstained front obtruding herself into his presence.

OPERATIYES.--The cotton-spinners still bold
out. The calenderers have taken in a number of new hands,
who readily ,learn the business, so that the most refractory of
the old hands are, and will, be altogether excluded. The col-
liers are in commotion, to the great advantage of the coal-pro•
praetors in the Ayrshire and other distant coal-districts The
Weaver* in the country towns, since those in this place refused
to work, are most actively employed. Solicitations for work
from the most' distant Parts are pressed upon the manufacturers
in this city, and so indignant are they at the attempts at ambu-
lating delegates to bring them into associations, that, in several
villages, were they to make their appearance' we learn they
would be tossed into the nearest river pr stoned. A great com-
plaint on the part of the weavers who first began the strike is
agaituu those who are carrying the trade to Ireland. This they
cannot and have no right to prevent.-4Clasgore Courier.)
This is an age of discoveries.‘ Another fine
picture, painted by LODOVICO CA RACCI, has been
recently picked up at a broker's shop by a well
known amateur and critic who is able to appre.
ciate its
,worth. The dealers are exceedingly
mortified that the good fortune 'attendant on this
discovery did not happen to themselves.

A Lucav EiCAPE.—Thursday, near the close
of the Bank hour,ln Dublin, a person went into
a banking-house with a letter, purporting to be a
letter of introduction from the commercial house
of WM. Oita and Co., and inclosing two bills, one
on the house of Messrs. Oita, and the other on that
of N.Mmiom, both amounting to 7231. The letter
stated, that the bearer W.DOWLING, Vasa person
of great respectability,nnd that the bills might safe-
ly be discounted. The forgery was so well executed
that no doubtwasentertained of its authenticity,and
a draft was accordingly made out on the Cashier,'
who, on its being presented, perceived the signa-
ture ‘' J. DowtAtiG," instead of " WILLIAM,"
which was in the' body of the draft. lie of
course came down to point out the difference to
the principal. The bearer was interrogated as
to the circumstance; he appeared confused, and
said he would go for Mr. William Dowling, and
instantly departed, taking with him the bills.—
On inquiry being made at Messrs. Orrs, it ap..
geared that the whole was a fablicatinn, and the
,money of course has been most luckily saved.