The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-24 00:00:00

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued .m. 436,682,565

Goveramt. Dobt £11,015,100
Other Securities 3,981,903
Gold Coin and
Bullion
Silver Bullion

£3G,682,565
BANKING D]

£36,682,566

Proprietors'Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest 3,069,623
Public Deposits
(including E-
xchequer, Sav-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National
Debt, and Div.
Accounts
Other Deposits.. 20,075,186
Seven Days and
other 8i115.....

:PARTMENT.
Governmt. Socu-
rities(including
Dead Weight

Annuity) .:.. £12,891,203
Other Securities 16,807,124
Notes 11,917,310
Gold and Silver
Coin H. 1,104,001

614,044

£42,719,638

£42,719,638

SHOCKING SUICIDE OF A LUNATIC.—A shock-

ing event is reported from Barnstaple. Mr. Jasper
Gordon, a gontleman of large property, committed suicide
on Friday afternoon under the following circumstances

—The deceased was in his garden attended by his keeper,
and for some time the former followed his usual habit of
picking up leaves and sticks on the path. While the
keeper was looking in another direction, the unfortunate
gentleman picked up an old rusty table knife, and, holding
it with both hands, succeeded in inflicting fearful wounds
in his throat before he was secured. He was convoyed
into the house and strapped to his bed ; the wounds wero
then bandaged. The lunatic struggled fearfully to rid
himself of his bonds, and at length the bandages gave way,
and there was an instantaneous flow of blood. In a few
minutes death occurred. The medical gentleman said
that uudor tho most favourable circumstances life could
not have been prolonged beyond a couple of days, as the
windpipe and main artery were cut.
ASTLEY'S.—" Mazeppa and the Wild Horse"—
the old play which in years gone by was associated with
the name of Astley's, and which at intervals has been ro-

produced with no small amount of success—is once more
upon the boards. Of course, the chief attraction is Miss
Menken's impersonation of Mazeppa, which still retains its
hold upon the public, as was testified by the enthusiastic
reception she met with on her reappearance on Saturday
veniug. The piece is too well known to require a word
of description; suffice it to say, that it is produced in its
entirety, and placed upon the stage in a manner which
fully sustains the reputation of the house. Of course,
Mazeppa" would bo nsthing without the " stud of real
horses," and on this occasion that feature is particularly
prominent—the "fiery untamed stood" performing his part
to perfection.

TREATMENT OF FENIAN CONVICTS.—The follow-
ing is an extract of a letter addressed by Hugh Francis
Brophy to his mother previous to his departure on board
the convict ship liougeumont for Western Australia :
" The political prisoners are•altegether in one department
—I think between GO and 70 altogether—and se lino and so
good a lot of Men I never met before. So far our treatment
since we came ou board is very good. The rations are ex-
: we aro allowed a glass of wine a day, and are to
go on deck any time wo like. In fact, lam told by men
who know the difference that wo are as well treated as
emigrants are on board a well-managed emigrant ship."
BRUTAL MURDER IN LIVERPOOL—The Liverpool
borough coroner held an inquest yesterday upon the body
of an old man named Thomas Ellison, a tailor.
From the evidence it appears that on the previous night
his son, John Ellison, also a tailor, and a sailor
named Murphy, together with other persons, were at the
house of a neighbour, some of them being the worse for
drink. A quarrel took place, and the deceased proceeded
to his own house, at the door of which ho was heard to
make use of threatening language towards his sou. About
two o'clock next morning (yesterday) the old man was
found dead iu the street, and it was disc)vored that he had
been injured about the head. His son was seen ill treating
him some time previously, and Murphy was standing by.
On the d:scovery being made the police were communi-
cated with, and Ellison and Murphy were apprehended.
In the room where they were found there wits a large
hammer, to the heavy end of which some grey hairs ad-
hered, and it was also covered with blood. A post mortem
examination proved that the cause of death was extravasa-
Lien of blood at the base of the brain, the result of blows
upon the top of the