The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-26 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.

Yesterday a Coroners' Inquest was held be-
fore CHARLES JEMMET, Esq., at the Bear and Ragged
Staff, Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars, on the body of Tho-
mas Wadi, Esq., aged 20 years, who shot himself at his lodge
ings, in Hatfield street Stamford-street, on Saturday,rnerning
last: The deceased was a native of Ireland, and had been
educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Having served his terms
at King's Inns, in Dublin, he came to London about a morth
ago, and entered as a law student in the Middle Temple. 11;
was a person of most amiable disposition, and an accoraPll4"
scholar.
Mrs. Caroline Linstead, wife of Mr. Linstead, of No. 66,
Hatfield-street, deposed, that the deceased had lodged
in her
house; that on Saturday last, at about 12 o'clock, as she "16143
in the front kitchen immediately underneath the parlour whi
the deceased occupied, she heard the report of a pistol, which
was followed by the noise of something heavy falling 0! the
floor; that she instantly ran up stairs to the parlour, and Saw
the deceased lying on e floor apparently dead, and that then;
was a great quantity of blood in the room that she went up to
the deceased. and lifted up his arm, which dropped lifeless;
that she then sent for a surgeon, who his arrival said the
deceased was dead. She added, that pistolp lay on, the cariet
near the deceased ; that the blood flowed copiously from nig
mouth, and-that she believed he had fired the pistol into hit
mouth.
The Coroner asked whether the witness bad seen any thing
in the conduct of the deceased previously, which led her to sup-
pose that he was insane?
The witness said hehad appeared very low spirited, but Ttt.
ticularly on Friday last, after she had given him some letters,
great agitation. He sat up
which came by the post from Ireland. -Upon that evening, on
going into his room, she saw him crying, and apparentill
not go to bed until 2 otclock in rise morning. The letters had
been given to his friend, also a student in the Temple-
writing letters, and she believed at
Mr. Joseph Lowdell, a surgeon, deposed that he examilu"
the body of the deceased, and found that a bullet bad entered
the bark part of the palate, and, he believed, reached the brain'
The left eye was bloodshot, and the figures were distigureil.--'
The bullet had not One through the head, but there was little
doubt it hadcaused the_ deceased's death.
Mr. Richard Walihe,_ of Waterford, deposed that the d"
ceased was his fellow-student in the Middle Temple. Ifittlest,, se
saw a letter in the' deceased's possession ; left him stai,,
-hour at night, and believed that the cirnmustances detalte,„;-,
that letter led him to the act of self-destruction. The
mentioned some severe family embarrassinente, and after the
receipt of it, the deceased betrayed occasionally considerabie.
agitation. On the day of the melancholy event, witness breal‘,
fasted in the country,
_and trh his return found the decease'l
dead, and a letter lying on the table directed to him (witness);
which he had since destroyed. Witness was much affect-et!
daring the investigation, stated that the deceased was a.lll,01.1
excellent young man, and that the embarrassments of al
family preyed upon' his mind so violently as to render his hie
miserable.
said
There were other witnesses in attendance, but the Jury r
it was unnecessary to call them, and a verdict was returned 01
" Temporary derangement"
The deceased had deliberately purchased a pistol, powder'
and shot on the morning he destroyed himself, and moulded 1,
bullet at the parlour-fire. He had removed the glasseS
other things that were in his way, and had written several let'
ters and composed hymns. He had been seen frequently on his
knees, praying most fervently. The letter he had receivet!,
although it described an altered state of the circumstances able
son with despair.
family, was by nomeans calculated to touch an ordinary Pr'

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A letter is in circulation, purporting to be the
production of the Canon RI coo, the brother of thi
murdered patriot. Though the sentiments are
such as he may probably otpresß, yet the troll
careless reader must see that no foreigner coolut
embody them in such genuine English. Wh'
useful purpose can be answered by such tnanifot
fabrication ?

day last a great number of persons were stun:vaned too,
CURIOUS ATTEMPT AT'DECEFTION.-011Thartb9;
New.rates. Bailey,Atton showgst ti a
whocry ic why
steltiletyti did
ttt nots weaver
tuot
,fleir rci,fo "co:
cation, was the wife of a man named Morris, re•
sepstreet, who app.eared to have an infimt n her
fully wrapped up tn a shawl. 0! • s----
woman in the crowd, • with a child, desired }ice to sit ti
in. the outer room, and said he would inform her when .$12r1,-,,
called upon. On looking more attentively at the chin
thought the
,shape of the head under the shawl appesret,to
"a
rather extraordinary ; and asked the woman whether an:
boy or a girl ? She replied, " a girl." And pal' what r tat
call it?" " Ellen," said the woman. " Just et me ouvith
it," said the beadle ; and, ver much against
.of Mrs. Morris, who expressed herdpprehensions lest her lithe
daughter should take cold, he stripped off 11'11211° iew•
shawl, and the black nose da pug,44, was exposed tOdoVabg,
Mrs. Morrii had adopted this scheme in the hope, ncLoraiu.
of exciting the commiseration of the Magistrgest a- The
dug them to relieve her husband from his poor-rates..
t*,
beak intended to- have • introduced the little farnq Pet/0i s.
the notice of the Bench ; but unluckily the good IsaY sae I.gr
moment when she was not perceived; and abruptlY ma
etreat.—( Manchester Guardian.) ' the

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BULLION.

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jaomnesMonday, the 24th inst , after a long ti", other
at her house in Brunswick-square,. Mrs. 13i°41 1D other
s.„ 10,e 01r
On Thursday, the 20th imst ,at sidmoothyitaten ~,
Bernard, nectar of -Cot:ibeflory, in .t li7 of JP'
of he Or
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Charlotte, eldest (laughter of Mr. ClOrge`-P rinair°'
emit.,
merchant, Castle-court, Bud row
On Monday, the 24th instatg it, at °his bor.:: insgv.°-:, 61,,,e.' 131°1'
I street, Bloornsburv-square, Jalli.eli Ogle' ton, .11' ,!:
On the 19th insiani, at StOko Newington, . fer 4
II 29' 0, ,elO
ley, late of Basinghall-streetrsolicitor, age-of the set c.,11-
On the 18th inst. at 1.)-tiY, TOT. r,:,f?:i ughltr
in the 10th year of 'her age, )ratla, ""` .16bire•
Claude Clifton, Esti. of Tymaur, fieettnw

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