The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-23 00:00:00

COAL MARKET, March 15.

Ships at Market. Ships sold. Price.
35i Newcastle
15i Sunderland 10l
414
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MELANCHOLY ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.--rester
day morning a girl about 17 years of age, servant to all et:
NEWTON, grocer, in Bath-street, City-road,l attempted to
stroy herself by arsenic, under the following appalling Le
distressing circumstances :—lt appeared that the unforta_lc-a
girl had been reared in Clerkenwell workhouse, and of r,
being apprenticed was handed over to Mr. Newton as a !'OO,

vant. _'ter mistress had on Saturday night last sent her ije
an errand, when she met a person in the street having to,
appearance of a gentleman, who prevailed upon her to
company him to the house, No. 1, Hill-street, Finsbllle
square, where he detained her until Monday morning- 0/1
girl before her return to her master's, stung by remorse
dread, formed the desperate resolution of going to a dodo a
shop iti Plumber's-street, City-road, where she purchesehe
twopenny-worth of arsenic, the principal part of which 6 ,
took in a dry state, and the remainder she diluted with wager
Upon her return home, and being called to an account by s.
mistress, she freely and voluntarily confessed the entire treer
action of what betel her, and the steps she had taken.
con,
agony, as veil as the embarrassed state of her mind, soon
vinced her mistress of, the truth of her statement, when a -
senger was dispatched. to Worship-street Office for the purr;
of apprising the Magisi,rates there of the circumstance. Gala.;
the chief peace officer, was instantly dispatched, and liefaia
medical aid could be obtaii led, he, with great presence of
compelled by main force the unfortunate girl to take a oro. t;
draught of soap suds, which operated powerfully to her Vis_
Shortly after the Parish Physi:ian attended, when she was 11.
moved to St. Luke's workhouse, where it is said hopes are so
entertained of her recovery.

BIRTHS. of
On Saturday last, at Purton House, Wiltshire, the Ida di
Williain Buckler Astley, Esq., of a son and heir.
On Sunday, the 21st inst., at Stamford-h ill, Mrs. M. Gilmore'
of a son.

MARRIED. ct
On the 20th inst., at Mortlake, Mr. Frederick Hodes",
Kew, youngest son of the late Mr. Thomas HodgeS
Kent, to Cliffordier Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John DOI
Hose, Esq. Old Broad-street.

DIED. •
after h‘
At Clapham-common, Battersea, on the 22d mat, the
tedious protracted illness, and in her 65th year, Hannah, ad.
wife of Mr. Alderman Scholey. Her amiable endowments
long endeared her to a numerous circle, both in her public a°
private rank of life.
On Friday, the 19th inst., after a short illness' at Ins' If;
Wenvoe Castle, Glamorganshire, Robert Jenner,:6sl.9
47th year of his age.
On Saturday, the 20th inst., at Wandsworth, Mrs. L cod'
of Great Smith-street, Chelsea.
On Saturday, the 20th inst., Mrs. Smith, of Bethel-P
Camberwell, aged 70.
On the 13th inst., at Ellaston, Staffordshire, Thomaa.oo)L6
Esq.
On the 19th inst., Sarah, the wife of Mr. Griffiths% of Vert' •
ford Butts. • res4'
On Sunday evening last, in Wimpole-street, Maria Tbe
wife of Alexander Nowell, Esq.
On Sunday last, at the house of Dr. Stoddart, Do4tt°l:
Commons, Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late -110"
;Swann, Esq, of Wolvercote, in the county of Oxford. 0, •
On Sunday morning last, at his house in Upp
a"'
'street, William Clay, Esq., in the 76th year of his age.

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