The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-17 00:00:00

THAMES OFFICE.

Yesterday nine Irish labourers, named John Trery, John
Ferguson, Joseph Salter, John Long, Joseph Berry, David
Carty, John 111‘Guinnis, Timothy Connell, and Samuel
Hendley, were brought before Mr. Combo, charged with
stealing a quantity of tobacco from the London Docks.
Mr. COMBE convicted them of a misdemeanour in having
unlawful possession of the tobacco, and sentenced Trery,
Ferguson, Salter, Long, and Connell to pay a fine of 40s.
each ; M‘Guinnis, 30s. ; Hendley and Carty, 20s. each ;
and Berry, who had taken the smallest quantity, to pay
10s. only, which they paid and were discharged.

MELANCHOLY SUICIDES IN PARIS.

A double suicide occurred between Friday night and Sa-
turday morning, in the Rue de la Fidelite, Paris, of which
the following are the particulars :—M. Mulgrave, formerly
a military man, had through some unforseen circumstances
lost the whole of his property. On Saturday morning
about ten o'clock a gentleman who had been on intimate
terms with him received a letter by the post, requesting
him to repair immediately to the porter's lodge, where he
would find a packet directed to himself. This gentleman
accordingly set out as requested, and received from the
hands of the porter, a parcel sealed with black wax, contain-
ing several letters, one of which was to the following
effect When you read this letter neither myself nor my
poor Elenore will be any longer of this world. Have the
goodness, therefore, to open the door of our apartments,
when you will find us with our eyes closed for ever ! We
are weary of the misfortunes which have never ceased to
pursue us, and we think we cannot do better than put a pe-
riod to our miserable existence, and thus end all our woes.
Knowinc, her courage, and the strong feelings of attachment
that my dear good wife has ever entertained towards me, I
was certain she would approve of the resolution I have
come to, and share with me my cruel fate. The
determination that we have come to, to die together,
proves the love we have for one another ; and I there-
fore beg, my dear friend, that you will take care that
we are not separated. Curses be on the head of
him who opposes this request, as it is our last and only
consolation to think that we shall never be torn asunder.
My poor wife gives her adieus to her mother, and gives her
your address ; inform her that we have named you to exe-
cute our last wishes. If I did not fear distressing your
feelings as well as those of the other gentlemen of the
bureau, I should have come and verbally taken my leave
of you with that calmness which you know has always
characterised me ; but to repay you all I shall prepare a
place which I promise to come and inhabit as soon as pos-
sible. I wish you much happiness. Farewell, dear friend,
while I wait the metempsycosian workings. I wish you a
good night, and myself a pleasant journey. lam in hopes
that by midnight we shall have arrived at the end.—Friday
evening, eleven o'clock, Oct. 10."
Having read this letter the gentleman procured the as-
sistance of a Commissary of Police, and had the doors
opened, when he found that the unhappy pair had carried
into execution their fatal project. They were found ex-
tended on the bed both dead to appearance, havine, been
suffocated with the fumes of charcoal ; the husband was
already cold, but his wife having manifested some signs of
animation, medical aid was procured, and every means re-
sorted to calculated to restore her ; it was, however, too
late, as she was past recovery. Every crack and crevice
had been most carefully stopped up and pasted over with
paper, for the purpose of excluding the air, and on a tabld
Icy a brace of loaded pistols, probably intended to be used
if the charcoal should not effectually do its work of death.
—Gazette des Tribunaux, Oct. 14.

ANECDOTE OF DON MIGUEL.—Some time after
;Miguel's return from Brazil, he paid a visit to the College of
Surgeons. at Lisbon. After viewing the various anatomical
subjects it contained, he at length asked if it were possible to
kill a person without leaving any traces of violence upon the
body. He was told, that by introducing the keoint of sharp in-
struments into the brain through the mouth, it could be done.
On receiving this information, he was observed to muse for
some minutes in the recess of a window. The feeling of the
medical men present on the occasion may be well imagined,
when some time after this conversation the unfortunate Mar-
quis de Louie was found murdered in the identical manner
described. --Ilionthly Magazine for October.