The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-24 00:00:00

SUICIDE OF A BOY.

Yesterday evening, an inquest, which had been adjourned
from Wednesday last, was resumed at the vestry-hall of
St. John's, Southwark, before Mr. Payne and a respect-
able Jury, to inquire touching the death of George Austin,
a fine lad, aged 15, who committed suicide by throwing
himself off London-bridge, arising from circumstances of
an extraordinary and peculiarly distressing nature, which
were principally set forth in the evidence of a boy, who
worked with the deceased at the same manufactory, named
William Barstolen.

He knew the deceased, who also worked for the same
employer as himself ; witness remembers the Saturday be-
fore the deceased was missed ; on that day the deceased
was very different in his manner from what he usually was ;
be was confused and dull, and the work be undertook to do
he was unable to proceed with ; he (deceased) said he was
distracted in his mind, and having sharpsned the point of a

large clasp pocket-knife, by the grindstone on the premises
he id he shculd stab himself with it before the mer''''
night, or make away with himself somehow, and end 1!i.5
miseries. On ti-;:."nne day (Saturday) deceased told Isl'.
!legs, that about three to-,.?.!ks before last Christmas, as ,_
was returning fume in the evoirq from Shoe-lane to his
father's house, lie called at his broiLer:in-law's, wheelay
him more to drink than he (deceased) was .accustomeper,to
on leaving the house be met with a young woman, who
suaded him to go home with her, and he stopped at he
a shot.,
some time, and then proceeded home to his father's ;
time afterwards he again went to see the girl, and c,1!.1a
nued with her all night ; he (deceased) visited her a tt
time, when his acquaintance, whose name was Sarah,
a female companion with her ; both of them were inteit
cated, and danced about .the parlour ; the girl Sarah west
r lodgwrgt
up stairs, and he (deceased) directly afterwards beguile
child scream violently, and then stop of a sudden t t
girl Sarah then came down to the room he (deceased)7r
the other girl were in, and said that " she had done...
the bantling," that she had smothered it in ale
ether to
by wrapping it up in the same, and then placing' a 1,11:
trunk on the bed ; she (the girl Sarah) then went as
again, and in less than a minute returned to the rand wja.
tb
the corpse of the murdered infant in her arms, which
as black as a coal. The dreadful sight shocked him
ceased) so much that he was nearly fainting, and he ``..l°„:
anxious to leave the house, but as a kr;ife was lying en
table, he was afraid the girls would murder him if kb,,,re at
tempted to quit ; that on the same night the girls `--,,31
the body of the child under the stairs ; that he (deceas 3
was so shocked and alarmed at the murder the Os bh,3e.
Perpetrated, that he never *ent to see them again ; su—(l),
quently a boy, called the Countryman, met him.(dece39efbe
and said that the girls were in the habit of going nit
Brown Bear, opposite the London-dock Gate, a;-311
he had met them there, and heard the girl called oig„,.
accused of having murdered a child, which she denied, •]6
sorting that a lad named George Austin had committed
she deed, and (continued the boy Countryman to the u
ile,
ceasen j " keep away from them, if you don't wish t°
hanged." 7.'!2e !ad Barstolen, in continuation of his,selt
Bence, stated that the deceased, in relating all the o'o'3
circumstances to him, exressed the greatest dread
oAo
horror at the situation he had pieced himself in by his
imprudence, and added, that a few days previously, belle
ceased) had met the girl Sarah in the street, and beroo
he would not accompany her home to her lodgingsA)
abused him (deceased), and said, " Then so help
I will split about
_the murder and get you . sera:aryl/I
(hanged); and also threatened, if he did not get hera",j
the ,following night, to get him (deceased) apprebenweii
immediately ; that he was so alarmed at the threats 11, .04
out, that he ran away, when the girl pursued him, ca
out, " Stop thief," but that he succeeded in getting
and reached his f'ather's in a state of great distraction.
The inquiry was then adjourned for further evidenetd
On the Jury re-assembling yesterday evening, the f°'
ing additional evidence was taken : 118
Penningion, the policeman, had traced the girl wbo d
suspected to be the same alluded to by the deceased, go
'known by him as gb:_rah, and ascertained that she had bed
delivered of an infant ahortt the time the deceased aillgt
the murder to have taken plod," her name was Lif;
on minute inquiry, he had ascertned that the said
was in the Foundling Hospital.
By a Juror—Was the girl Luff known to the denesse4
and in the habit of frequenting the " Bro‘Yn Bear, o
Smithfield ?—Witness : Yes, she did know tNe lad, ty
was, with other girls, in the habit of meeting izim
" Brown Bear." nib`"f

The witness as yet had not been able to trace allY
girls known to the deceased, and in the habit of fretie
ing the Brown Bear, except one by the name of Pveo
Bet," but no proof had been shown that she had ever

enceinte.

The lad Peake, known by the name of " The ('u
i&
tryman," denied ever having told the deceased net tenor
to the Brown Bear, for fear of being accused of thet,3l,l!
der of the infant ; although he admitted being in thei'ad
of going to the Brown Bear often with the deceased,
there The associating with the worst of characters.
Jury commented upon such mere lads frequent
such a house ; it necessarily led to ruin. Aftsfe''
Their being no further evidence, the Coroner ad"—otr
the Jury at considerable length, observing, that the
rious allegation of murder must be left to future inciAoo
and they were only to consider their verdict as to the

of the deceased. t!'
In ten minutes the Jury returned a verdict of Insgiii

BURIAL OF THE REMAINS ()f
HENRY HUNT, ESQ. 4,
On Friday the remains of Mr. Hunt were rennotlllo
Alresford, in Hampshire, where he died, to Col. v', io
vault in the church in Parham-park, near Storripelil
the county of Sussex. He had expressed a wish o°ll,oll,
death-bed, that a few attached friends, who knew 11110
and who will do justice to his memory, should follow h",.1
to the grave ; and he had often said to the oldest of.:11t
;:-.::•nds in his early youth, when visiting the spot wilir't.r
now lies ,'cried, that he would rather take his everlascoj.
rest there than ,?nywhere else in the world. At
nine o'clock in the ii::'rning the funeral procession "-cer4
mencel. The whole scet3: expressed a feeling of 6i° to,
and universal regret ; for Mr. iNnt had been ko°ss:bir(
and familiar with, the honest farmers of 0101.0iti'
from his boyhood, and they had sympathized tiler`
him in the many severe events of his ternPo pc'
life. On Saturday morning the hearse moved into,
ham park, in the church-yard of which a number orsrot
sons assembled to see the coffin deposited in the ''')P
The eldest son of the deceased was chief mourner' po;
Charles Pearson, whose unwearied attentions to Idr. or)
during the whole period of his illness were deeply feild
often expressed_by him to others who contributed t 0 smiler'
his passage out of this world, followed the chief rOuotir
and Mr. Wilkinson, of Hampshire, and two other tE
men, who have been long intimately acquainted vv,t1.40,
deceased, completed the number of those who occorcd
funeral carriages. The Rev. Mr. Palmer, the ree,t"?
the parish, read the funeral servile in the most
manner, and the coffin was let down into the vault L'
the lamentations of the surrounding multitude. ole
The leaden coffin was inclosed in a wooden Co'
prodigious size, upon which, upon a splendid silver P
were the words—

" HENRY HUNT, ESQ.,

Late M. P. for Preston,
Departed this life on the 13th ' day of February, 01
In the 62d year of his age." Ore
It was found necessary to remove a great deal t'f
brick-work at the et:trance to the vault on account °
sime of the coffin, which was upwards of Bcwt. o°A°tl
It was remarkable that during the illness of Mr' jr-,
his left side, which was the stricken side, continued' slif
as he lived, as warm as the other ,;and the pulse; t'S
left arm, in which he had not the si;ghtest feeling'
strong and as regular as that of his right.
The Earl of Guildford, upon hearing that Mt.o,t,
was truck with paralysis, immediately sent his chertioei
Rev. Mr. Gamier, to administer religious c0i:6014
him. Mr. Hunt was extremely grateful for this
gad
of kindness and attention, and requested that tebie
Gentleman would read several chapters of the Pi
S.
him, and pray with him. Mr. Gamier went 0.0):Or'
winced, to use his own words, that Mr. Hunt iv° t,
„de
Christian.
It had been supposed, for some days after the 11;10‘1
that Mr. Hunt's powerful constitution would enablet jsl,l
brave the effects of the stroke for several years ;
soon_found to be fatal. The patient himself knew '
said, a few minutes before he expired—" I die at Pea
all mankind. Oh, God, have mercy upon me !"
bJGb
MESS LANDON'S NEW HISTORICAL R °;;;(11,
—The Eraniiner, after a very clever analysis of Miss ~',015(
new romance observes, " This is, indeed, a book eVilifer;j
able power and genius. There is a fiery abundance °lr(iis4,
ing spirit in it that might have served to crowd MY -ore ;I
novels. The interest and fascination of this romanceee,
treme. The passions are kept constantly at work----t", 4
that moves them never goes down. The pulse that 01
them never ceases to beat. Miss Landon never l°
illustrated the extent of her genius as by her nev.....2
" Francesca Carrara."
BIRTHS. alosr" 1
On the 20th inst., in Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-
Lady Louisa Finch, of a son and heir. th frif°
On the 19th inst., at Stranton Vicarage, Durham, the
the Rev. Rowland Webster, of a daughter.
/VA RR lED. of
At St. John's, Paddington, George Stone, jun., r'5Cl,
bard-street, to Harriet, relict of Captain Hawkins, it.'""
DIED. Mad
On the 15th inst., at Hyeres, South of France', - apti
wife of Sir George H. W. Beaumont, Bart., of Coe°. 04''
Leicestershire.
On the 22d inst , aged 39, Alexander Maxwell Rob°
of the Office of his Majesty's Woods and Forests, 80.9 fe,
burgh-street, Regent's-park.
On the 21st inst., at Croydon, Joseph Bordwine,
of Fortification to the Hon. East India Company's Milds;is, f
Addiscombe, formerly of the Quarter-master Genera*
-fields'
On the 21st inst., Thomas Stafford, of Lincoln's I°ll-
of Stafford, Devonshire, Esq., aged 31.
On the 22d inst., Samuel R. Bell, second son of D. /I
Wandsworth, Surrey. d, 0
On the 23d inst., in his 92d year, Mr. William LIO
ham, Surrey.
On the 21st inst., in Margaret-street, Cavendish-sgal°' 101'
Hawkins, Esq. A gr.
On the 21st. inst., in Lyon's-terrace, Edgeware-ro'''
Kent, in his 84th year. unsolb
On the 23d inst., Mr. John White, of the Ben A"—
lane, Fleet-street, in his 61st year. 11
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