The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-18 00:00:00

SUICIDE IN BLENHEIM PARK.

On Friday afternoon an inquest was held at the
Bear Hotel, Woodstock, by Mr. William Branner,
OR the body of a Spanish gentleman, when the
following evidence was adduced :

Mr. Joseph Haines, landlord of the Bear Hotel,
Woodstock, deposed that on Tuesday afternoon, the
12th inst., the deceased arrived at his house by the
omnibus from the Woodstock station on the Great
Western Railway, and stayed there till the middle
of the day on Thursday, when he went out, as he
supposed, to make sketches in the Park, as he had
previously inquired which were the most forest-
looking parts of the park to make sketches from.
He left the inn about 12 o'clock, having previously
ordered a dinner to be prepared for him by 6 o'clock
in the evening. He heard nothing more of him until
about 4 o'cloc, when he was informed that a gentle-
man had shot himself in the park, and on going
there be identified the body as that of the gentle-
man who had been staying at his house. The de-
ceased spoke English fluently, was particularly
quiet and reserved, and employed himself chiefly
in writing during the time he was at the inn.
Malcolm heir, inspector of the county police at
Woodstock, deposed that in consequence of infor-
mation which he had received from Mr. Scott, he
went to that part of the park where the body was
lying, and found that the deceased had a pistol in
one hand, with his fingers on the trigger, and that
a bullet had passed from the mouth through the
skull and out at the back of the hat. Upon the
deceased were found a double-barreled pistol, powder
flask, box of caps, box of wadding, five bullets, a
Spanish knife, a sovereign, three shillings, thre e
pence, a cigar-case, shirt and wrist studs, and a
pocket-book containing a letter addressed to the
Duke of Marlborough, one to Mrs. Haines, at the
Bear Hotel, a passport, and sundry other letters in
Spanish as well as in English. One of the latter
was addressed, " Don Antonio Arrom de Ayala,
Spanish Consul for Australia, Tavistock Hotel,
Covent-garden."
The following is a copy of the letter addressed
to the Duke of Marlborough :
" Woodstock, April 14.
"My Lord,—l humbly ask your lordship's pardon and
forgiveness for the great liberty I have taken in coming to
put an end to my dreary and miserable existence in your
park. It may be childish feeling, but one cannot blow his
brains out in a common road, or one of those cultivated
fields full of cottages, and life, and civilisation, and rail-
ways, and establishments of all kinds, of which your bessed
country of England abound. So I have not found another
proper place to die decently than your handsome park, and
you must bear the inconvenience of a dead man in your
grounds. I mean no offence.
" I have yesterday visited your house, hoping that the
sight of good things, and chiefly good paintings, could do
me good, and soften the wild ideas that have led me to put
an end to my life ; but all of no use. Your manor is one
of the most splendid things I ever saw in my life, and I
have travelled about and seen nearly everything- worth
seeing. You have the finest Ilubens that can be seen ;
that should have a great attraction for me under other
circumstances, but now they have been of no use.
" I hope, with that splendid house, and park, and paint-
ings, and library, you are happy, my lord. If that is the
case you will have a kind heart, and pity a poor devil come
to die in your grounds. If, on the contrary, you are miser-
able also, as wealth is a medium, and do not constitute hap-
piness then you will say, like old Dido,—
" Non ignara mali, miseric succurere disco,'
and pity me, and order that they shall leave me quiet, and
bury me in the spot I have died, and put a cross on it in
the Spanish fashion. I will be very grateful in the other
world for it if you do so, and wish not to trouble any more
your Lordship about me.
" I am, my Lord, yours respectfully,
"A. ARROM DE AYALA "

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This letter was addressed outside "To his Lord
the Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Manor, or
where he may be."
The following is a copy of the letter to Mrs.
Haines :

14, 19.
"My dear Madam,—Pray do not be alarmed April when 85
you
know I am dead on account of the payment of expenses at
your quiet, comfortable place.
" I had rest and quiet for my last arrangements at your
hotel, and comfortable accommodation, and I am grateful
for it. I wrote to my friend in London, Mr. Albert Rott-
man, 26, Duncan-terrace, Islington, London, who will
come, no doubt, open my carpet-bag, and pay you liberally
my last bill on earth. If that letter is lost, and by some
chance this gentleman does not come after two months from
this day, nor any other person of my relatives or friends
and settle your bill, I authorise you to open my carpet-bag
and take £4 out of £ll you will find in my purse and send
the carpet-bag, with my watch, chain, a ring with a seal of
wifecoat
nf arms,sra
n of. Spain,
oa
rn4d,
Ava
el.lnAi its
ttßh contents,
eo trloupb lEteo
IA y Messrs. Duff,
Gordon, and Co., 79, Great Tower-street, to be sent to my
causeA you..
Yoursobediently,
This letter was addressed outside " To the Land-
lord of Haynes's Hotel, "Woodstock."
A telegram was received stating that some of the
friends of the deceased would be-at Woodstock the
next morning (Saturday). In consequence of this
it was agreed to adjourn the inquest till Saturday
afternoon, at five o'clock.

VOTING IN NEW SOUTH WALES.--Mr.
Berkeley has obtained a return of the act passed by the
legislature of New South Wales, authorising the use of the
ballot at elections. The system there adopted is as follows :
—A. large box is prepared with a slit in the lid, and this is
left open on a table in the polling booth for the inspection
of the candidates and the scrutineers whom they may ap-
point. When the hour for the election arrives the box is
locked and the key entrusted to the returning officer. Each
elector then comes singly into the room and is supplied
with a voting paper, on which are the names of all the can-
didates. This he takes into a compartment partitioned off
from the room, and strikes out the names of the candidates
for whom he does not wish to vote. He then folds up the
paper and drops it into the box. If he cannot read, the
returning officer may, on his request, strike out the names
to which he objects, and vote for him. If there should
affirm
lo
any suspicion of bribery, he is required solemnly to .ed
that he does not receive any consideration,
implied,itoL oirrimicdcer7ostloov.d—,"Afotrsgiving
his
Cornervote atF the
Farm, in expressed,
election.St
PROLIFIC
thians, the property of Mr. Richard Lanyon, a dairy cow,
partly Jersey and partly North Devon, has dropped four
calves within the last 12 months, the whole or Vfhidi
doing well.—Pi"ymouth Journal,

London, Saturday, April 9,1859.

l

rrilE OPERA-COLONNADE HOTEL (late
Feuillade's), Charles-street, llaymarket, IS NOW
OPEN.

TO THE ELECTORS OF HARWICH AND DOVERCOURT.
GENTLEMEN,—The united party who sup-
ported me a few weeks ago having three times passed
public Resolutions inviting me to ask your suffrages at the
approaching General Election, I do not feel at liberty to resist
their flattering desire.
My political opinions are already well known to you ; and
they have recently been sanctioned by the decisive judgment
which the House of Commons has pronounced against the
Goverent. In accordance with that judgment the conduct
of affairs will doubtless be transferred to the well-known
friends of Freedom and Reform, as soon as the new Parlia-
ment assembles.
The Petition against the late return was presented on Mon-
day, the 4th instant, without the slightest knowledge that a
dissolution was impending. Conclusive evidence was ready
to establish, upon oath, that the destruction of the polling
booth commenced before four o'clock, on the 18th of March ;
and that, on this and other grounds, the Election was illegal.
It now remains with you to show that, as you have hitherto
continued, you still will continue faithful to the principles
you nobly upheld in 1857, and which have so often ruled the
councils of the Empire.
I shall take the earliest opportunity of personally waiting
upon every Elector of the Borough.
And have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Your faithful servant,
W. F. CAMPBELL.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
On EASTER MONDAY, will be produced Shakspeare's
historical 'lay of KING HENRY V.
King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean ; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.

On EASTER MONDAY, THE SERIOUS FAMILY,
Messrs. B. Webster, &c.

After which, THE DEEM ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J.
L. Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and
Kate Kelly.
Followed by THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBETtG.
Mr. B. Webster, Billington, Eburne, Misses Woolgar, Keeley,
and Arden.

►Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.
Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box
Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to
servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.
Extraordinary Attraction for Passion Week.
- THIS EVENING, the performances will consist of novel
and unequalled Equestrian Entertainments.
First Appearance of Mr. Henry Cooke, from the Cirque
Napoleon in Paris, with the astonnding Quadrupedical Won-
ders, consisting of Pantomimic Dogs and Monkeys, as ex-
hibited before the Emperor and Empress of France.
After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN
THE CIRCLE, introducing the great star Riders and Miss
Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madile.
Fleurette, and Madame Francisco, being the greatest amount
of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night in any
theatre. Grotesques—Messrs. Hemming and Thorne.
Mr. W. Cooke's stupendous Elephant Ajax, with all his
highly trained stud of beautiful Horses.
In addition to this galaxy of attraction the renowned rider
Jahn Henry Cooke, the greatest equestrian the world ever
produced, will appear.

Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke.
The splendid romance of IVANHOE ; or, The linights
Templars, is in active preparation, and will be produced on
Easter Monday with extraordinary magnificence.
Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 38 - Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, 18. ; Upper

Galle 4d.
Private Boxes, £4 4s ry,
, £2 2s, and £1 Is,
Commence at Seven : Carriages at 11.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
Proprietor—C. MORTON.
a T__he pane IS most respectfully informed that the FINE
"ALLERY, in connection wick the above Hall, IS NOW
OPEN, DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12
2ciock P.M The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec-
tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters wand is also
devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels
he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist-
+ng Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently
added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether
as rezards the architectural beauty of the structures them-
selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations
within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the
Kingdom.
The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at
Seven o'clock.
In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET
FAMILY, of Amsterdam .Eight in number, whose varied.
Instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa-
tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, wil_
lerform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock.

THE WEATHER.—SVN OFFICE, APRIL 17.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
50—highest since noon yesterday.
40—lowest this morning and during the night.
47—this day at noon.

-29•0—rising.
VirIND, North-wesBAnomETER terly ; light,B with cloudy weather and
sunshine, but cold.

APRIL 18.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
49—highest since noon yesterday.
39—lowest this morning and dining the night.
48—this day at noon.

BAROMETER—`9.37.
/VMD, North-westerly ; fresh, with rather dull, cold
Weather.

" THE BUBBLE " CONGRESS

The world has been puzzled for some e
atoimhieelb,ea_ek
what the so-called Congress is t
some laugh at the idea of throwing cold water on
the smouldering embers of a latent fire in order to
quicken its inflammability ; while others gravely
fancy that the more water is poured
d out the
more will the smoke arise, and so make confusion t
e
worse confounded. The fact may turn out to be
that each of the " great Powers,"
as they please
to term themselves, is trying to outwit
its fellow by throwing dust into its rival's
eyes for the ostensible benefit of mankind,
but in reality for its own ends. Russia has the
merit of proposing a Congress for the sake of peace.
and backs its quiet suggestion by asking for a loan
,of some twelve millions, in order the better to pre-
serve the
harm in this mot proposal, resting fully satisfied
with the extreme moderation of the EMPEROR of
all the slaves, from Finland to Siberia, and the far
regions to the East ; while others, more seemingly
awake, suspect there's a screw loose some-
where between the paddle-wheels of St. Petersburg
and the Tuileries. In other words, they fancy that
the idea of the Congress is only to gain time for
the ice to melt in the cold regions of the Baltic, so as
to let out the fleet cooped up in Cronstadt into
the milder waters of the Mediterranean, or, it may
be, into the more con
Cherbour genial impregnability of
g. That feat once achieved, JOHN BULL
en his eyes and look around in won-
may begin to op
der, but not in dismay, for JOIIN'S British pluck
will then assume the true-blue of defiant indepen-
dence, and the Minister of the day, whoever he be,
may look out for squalls of no ordinary retribu-
tion !

If coming events cast their shadows before, Louis
NAPOLEON has shadowed forth the course of time,
according to his reading of the book of fate. His
new-,
5 ear 8 gift to Austria may prove a bitter pill
to Europe under the patriotic badge of liberty
to Italy. Yes ! liberty to the Italians—poor slaves
man who, :professing
as they were—made poorer slaves by the very
freedom at the ;head of
some forty millions of Frenchmen, sent an array to
put down freedom in Rome in order to pro-
pitiate the rancour of priestcraft ! And this
is our august ally !_the snake who keeps
coiling around us the more stealthily to betray !
But, not feeling too secure in his own
power, he
wants to make assurance doubly sure b
ot. y enlisting
the willing aid of a kindred desp
is all the while cajoled by the semblai;:if,imtondiae-
ration by the bubble of a Congress !
turn out "all right," but we much fear that wej
shall awake some fine morning and find " all in the
wrong "to be the ordcr of the day. Once more we
warn our watchmen to he more wide awake, and
keep their powder dry.

Lord Joirs RUSSELL is determined to die game.
He is struggling hard to retain his seat for the
City of London, the loss whereof would be the
most emphatic condemnation of his policy, not
only with respect to his recent resolution, which
shelved the question of Reform for the present
year, but also as to his hostility to THE
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THE SUN.
MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1859.