The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-15 00:00:00

FEMALE SUICIDE.

An Inquest was held on Tuesday evening. last,
before THOMAS 5T1TC1.11,72, Esq., Coronas, at the African
Chief, Somers-town, on the body of Eller, Coleman, ago.%)
years, who destroyed herself.
Eleanor Rine, of 73, Oseulston-street, said, on Sunday night
last deceased came home, bringing With her a half pint of porter ;
she requested the witness to take some. and on her refusing, she
put some sugar into it, and taking the key of her room she went
up stairs. She shortly after returned, and observed that she
had had enough, when she was immediately taken, in in a most.
violent manner. Mr. Copeland, a surgeon, was sent for, when
the cup was shewn him which had contained the beer, and he
immediately observed a quantity of arsenic at the bottom.—
Withess pressed the deceased to reveal why she had taken the
poison. This she refused doing, but admitted she had takcnit.
On Monday morning about 3 o'clock she died.
Eliza Willis, who was with the deceased when she came in
with the porter, gave a similar testimony.
Mr. Henry Copieland, assistant to his brother, of Chalton-
street, New-road, surgeon, said the deceased had been frequent-
ly in their shop for various articles. On Sunday last site came,
apparently in goad health, anti asked for two-peanyworth. of
arsenic. The witness inquired for what purpose it was intend-
ed to be used. The deceased replied it was to destroy some
rats ; the witness, however, considered, that from her early age
she might have some other intention, anti refused serving her.
in a short time afterwards the again called, in company with a
strange woman ; the woman remarked to the witness that he had
no occasion to be afraid in selling her the arsenic ; the witness
in reply to the woman's oosereation, said—" Perhaps not; but
it is right to be safe when we can." Ee then felt convinced
the deceased wanted the arsenic for the purpose she had-men,
tioneel, and immediately weighing it delivered it to her, having
first written " poison" upon the paper ; the woman he had not
seen since, nor has he any knowledge of her e.alte-appetwed,
however, to be 50 years of age.
The woman was here incurred for, but it was intimated, she
was not known.

Air. William Copeland ,lori stated that he heard his 'brother
refuse to serve the deceased with arsenic, till she had Rome one
with her to vouch that it was for the rats ; about ten o'clock at
night he was called on, and on examining a cop which had con-
tained .some porter, he found an infusion of arsenic, and as a
proper remedy he administered emetics, lac. ; she said it was
no use to give her any thing, if she had not intended to have
died she should not have taken it; sometimes she cried, and
sometimes lauglie, so that witness did not consider she was in
a sound state of mind.

Mr. Geerge Wakefield, a surgeon, of Ossulston-street, at-
tended the deceased on Monday morning, and found hes ex-
ceedngly ill ; she appeared in a very exhausted state ; .ana
from her demeanour he did not consider she was in a sound
state of mind. _

The Jury, therefore, without further inquiry, returned their
verdict, " That the deceased poisoned herself, Ling at the
time in a state of temporary mental derangement."

ItoNAL Pnuosorura.—Aurnrath li. was one
of those Turkish princes who countributed much
to the Ottoman grandeur; but he v, as convinced of
the vanity of that very grandeur which he had
increased by his victories. Ilk only aim was re-
tirement, that. he might rest in the arms of the
sciences. It must have been a most extraordinary
spectacle to see a Turkish philosopher abeliate
the crown. This Prince resigned it twice, aLd
twice he was prevailed upon by his Bashaws utld
Janissaries to resume it,

Tin. LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts franz the Morning Papers, Jan. 15.

[THE TIMES:I

Ferdinand's,.Decree, published in 'The Times
of yesterday (See THE Sus of. yesterday) might
not unfairly be called the composition of a King
of Bedlam. This egregious Sovereign believes
that the whole Spanish, peOple•are Ns friends, al-
though a foreign army is kept in Spain for no
cause but that which every man in Europe, him,
self excepted, is apprised of—via.,* that* in de-
fiance of the unanimous wishes of his subjects,
he would not remain on the throne an hour atter
the French soldiers .had removed.. He believes,
that unless the Hierarchy be, omnipotent, he
Himself cannot be absolute King-of Spain ! He
persuades himself that he can reign in peace by
rendering his-. partisans cold, and his adversaries
desperate. Ile flatters himself that a mercenary army
can be paid, inveterate factions reconciled, and a
distracted kingdom governed, without a shilling
in, the treasury. He takes for granted*, that
breach of faith is sure foundation of public credit.
Most wonderful of all, King Ferdinand dreams
that Ameriqa is still his own. One of the most
frequent manifestations of the dislocated spirit
is a tendency to assume a vapourish dominion
over goods and persons not more heyond the
reach of the lunatic, and out of all relation with
him, than are now the provinces and emancipated
millions of America beyond the grasp or touch of
Ferdinand. The coolness of the document proves
less the sobriety of the author's mind than the
deep seat of his distemper., Ferdinand, nay, we
suspect Spaniards more sorthy of the name than
he is, 'view the loss of America as a calamity
so overwhelming that they have not courage
to contemplate it 'as real. It is an event
which penetrates in diverse ways to the centre of
Spanish affairs in the Old World. It is, indeed,
big with with the principles of change to all
orders of men in Spain. There are no longer,
since the loss of ..America, the physical means of
holding an absolute monarchy together. A new
and terrible source of revenue must be opened,.
and in the bowels, of the Peninsula herself.
That source is no other than the domain of the
Church ;' and converted it will and must be, to
the majntenauce of the body politic, or ,there. is
an end of all shadow of Government throughout
the country. The fall of the Church will be the
resurrection of the People; but. such
.a catas-
trophe is too frightful to be looked at steadily by
the faction now in power ; and hence the wild
phrenzy of still imagining that America is not ir-
revocably lost. That attempts will be made to
call back that which is irrevocable we make but
little question. The right is first assumed in the
above-mentioned singular decree, as a man swears
a debt before he can employ a constable. Neither
can it be doubted that France is deeply etigatsed
in the policy of re-conquering America. But her
efforts are not likely to take for some time the
form of force, until she has deluged the western
continent with emissaries and intrigues, and all
tile resources of unlimited corruption. Failing
these, she will perhaps resort to arms ; and the
Etoile and other French journals are labouring to
depreciate the importance of a league between
England, the United States, and the southern
Republics—a league which,- when it does take
place, we speak with moderation in pronouncing,
will be strong enough to shake, every throne in
Europe to atoms, should its powers be so ap-.
plied. There is an attempt in one of these Paris
journals to gain admission for Spain as party to
the cooferenCes between Great Britain, the
United States, and Russia, touching the north-
eastern coast of America, bat it is beginning at
the wrong end : let Ferdinand first secure him-
self at home.