The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-16 00:00:00

THAMES.

FAMILY SUICIDE 31amA.—Angal Campbell, aged 14
years, was charged with attempting to commit suicide.
His father, a stevedore, shot himself a year ago, and the
prisoner, a sharp, well-informed lad, has been since in
charge of gangs of men on board ship. On Sunday night
a police-constable of the H division met four lads carrying
what appeared to be the lifeless body of the deceased
towards the surgery of a respectable practitioner named
Loane, who advised that ho should be taken to the hos-
pital, where the stomach pump was used and a quantity of
laudanum was dislodged from his stomach. He has re-
mained under medical care ever since. It appeared that
he pursued his studios at school and was a zealous scholar
and when ho was not at school he was at work. Ho told
the police-constable who conveyed him to the hospital
that he had taken 4d. worth of laudanum because he was
out of work several weeks and was driven to despair.
Several persons saw the prisoner take the laudanum in
the street.

Mr. Benson said it was a very melancholy thing for a
lad who appeared to be possessed of some talent and
energy and a desire to learn should be giving way to de-
spair. Ile really thought there must be some mistake.
The prisoner appeared to be more like 18 than 14.
The mother of the prisoner said he would be 14 on the
28th of December next.

Mr. Benson said the prisoner would be well taken care
of in the House of Detention, to which place he remanded
him for a week.

A Docx THlEF.—George Wilson, a noisy and talkative
fellow, was charged with being on board the ship Walter
Hood, in the West India Dock, with intent to commit a
felony.

Mr. Benjamin Batt, chief mato of the Walter Hood, hear-
ing a noise in the cabin went there and saw the prisoner
concealed.

Mr. Charles Dong, Into chief officer of the Dock police,
went on board and found the captain's chest opened and
many of his things, some of considerable value, strewed
about the floor. He asked that the prisoner might be re-
manded for inquiry.
The prisoner said he belonged to the ship Countess, and
was put on board the ship Walter Hood in mistake, and
that he was no thief and no felon, and ought not to be
detained. He then delivered a long speech, and called
upon the magistrate to discharge him then and there,
instantly and without hesitatior.

Mr. Douglas said that no ship named the Countess was
in the dock.

Mr. Benson, in spite of the prisoner's loud and energetic)
protests, remanded him for a week.

DEBENHAJI'S Vow. By Amelia B. Edwards,
author of "Barbara's History," &c. 3 vols.--" We are
always glad to hail with the heartiest welcome any novel
from the pen of this accomplished writer, and the work
now under review is one certainly most deservedly to be
received after this manner, because of its being one of the
cleverest, if not the cleverest, she has ever written. The
subject is as well conceived as it is distinctly brought out.
We commend Debenham's Vow' to the perusal of our
readers, for a more interesting and edifying book wo have
rarely had the good fortune to meet with."—Messenger.

TIIE SUEZ CANAL.—Mr. 11 yld, the Queen's geo-
grapher, has just published an official map of the Suez
Maritime Canal, which at the present moment is a matter
of great interest. The map is beautifully produced, all
the chief points are clearly set out in brilliant colours, and
thus an opportunity is given to the public at large to fully
understand and appreciate the difficulties that have bee❑
encountered. The map will be found a complete key to
the vivid descriptions we shall hays ia a few days of the
opening of the great work.

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