The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-06 00:00:00

PREROGATIVE COURT.

FORD V. FORD.
In this case it appeared that the deceased, Benjamin
Ford, died in March 1835, and that he left a widow (Abi-
gail Ford), and a grand-daughter (Frances Mary Mar
church) ; that the will of the deceased was propounded on
the 14th of July, 1832 ; that Marianne Ford was left sole
executrix, except as far as regarded the maintenance of the
widow ; and that the will was regularly attested by Mr.
Ashton. The allegation on the part of the widow pleaded
the imbecility of mind evinced by the testator in his general
conduct for the last several years, and stated that the will
in question had been obtained during that imbecility of
midd, and under an undue influence exercised by the said
Marianne Ford.

Sir J. NICHOLL said the Court would direct that the
allegation should be reformed.

PooLE.—A Meeting of the Corporation was held
on Wednesday last, for the purpose of appointing a deputa-
tion to meet other deputations now assembling in London.
under the :specious pretence of witching over the Municipal
Reform Bill, but evidently with the view of keeping fast as
much as possible of the old system.--Sherburne Journal.
SUDDEN DEATH.—An awful instance of the un-.
gertainty of human life occurred on Wednesday last, at Hack-
ney, to Mr. Samuel Wakefield, a retired gentleman, brother
to the late Mr. Gilbert Wakefield, the celebrated political
writer. He had dined and spent the evening with a friend
at Clapton-square, and on his return to his residence at the
Triangle, about eleven o'clock, when arrived at the end Of
Well-street, he fell down in an apoplectic fit. The assistance
of the neighbours being procured, he was conveyed to his resi-
dence, but before he reached it life was extinct. The deceased
gentleman was seventy-five years of age.
Saturday an inquest was held at the Mitre Tavern,
Islington' on the body of Miss Martha Thomas, aged 20, who
drowned herself in the New River. The deceased resided,
with her father in Clerkenwell-close, and on being reprimanded
for coming home late she rushed down stairs, and was never
heard of until found in the river. It appears that she was
attached to a young man who was not admitted to the house,
which circumstance greatly affected her mind. Verdict-+
" Temporary insanity."

A mysterious circumstance occurred at Arlesford
last week. On Monday a man and four boys (Italians) were
seen exhibiting white mice and guinea-pigs, who all put up at
the Fox public-house. The next morning, the man rose
about six o'clock, had his breakfast, and went towards Basing'
stoke. The boys rose a little while after, and went towards
Winchester. Sometime in the course of the day, as Lord
Rodney's keeper was going over his master's grounds, he ob-
served a box lying in one of the coppices, and on going up
to it, found it to contain guinea-pigs and mice; he imme-
diately made the circumstance known, but the man has not
since been heard of, although strict inquiries have been
made. The man on the Monday evening pulled out of his
pocket money to the amount of twenty or thirty pounds.--
Hampshire Advertiser.

LAMENTABLE SUICIDE OF COUNT OBERG.---*

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It is our painful duty to record the death of Count Oberg►
Equerry to the King of Hanover, who terminated his existence
on Wednesday morning by stabbing himself with a dagger.
It appears that the deceased left his lodgings in St. James's-
street, on Wednesday morning, at an early hour, repaired to
Palaceyard Stairs, Westminster, and hired William Campbell,
a waterman, to row him a short distance up the Thames, for
the purpose of bathing. On the waterman reaching the middle
of the river just off the Speaker's house, the deceased said that
he would bathe there, and began to divest himself of his ap-
parel. He shortly plunged into the stream, but had not been
in the Thames more than a few minutes when he swam back
to the boat, and took from under the cushion a small phial,
which he put to his mouth and swallowed the contents. The
deceased again plunged into the river, and swam about for a
short time, until at length the waterman's suspicions were
excited by observing the Gentleman sinking. He immediately
rowed towards him, and succeeded in dragging him into the
boat, at the same time calling for assistance, which being a
hand, the Count was brought on shore, and led to Doctor
M'Cann's in Parliament-street, who succeeded in administer-
ing an emetic, but without its having the desired effect. Mr-
M•Cann then sent his assistant home with the Gentleman, but
they had no sooner arrived at his lodgings than he made an
excuse to get rid of the attendant by telling him to send his
master. Immediately, however, on being left alone, the de-
ceased, it is supposed, took a small but a sharp and finely-
pointed dagger, and, placing himself before the glass, twice
stabbed himself in the left breast in the direction of the heart,
with .a desperate and mortal force, the dagger each time pene-
trating the body up to the handle. It is believed that he fell
dead instantly after the committal of the act, for a youth em-
ployed in the house; on hearing something fall heavily on the
floor, proceeded to the apartment, and found the Count a
corpse, weltering in a pool of blood. Mr. Elwyn, a surgeon,
in Albemarle-street, was promptly in attendance, but he found
that his assistance was of no avail. An inquest was held on
the body on Thursday, when several Hanoverian Gentlemen
stated that in their opinion the mind of the deceased had of
late become seriously affected in consequence of severe bodily
affliction, for which he could get no relief, notwithstanding be
had been attended by many eminent medical Gentlemen. The
Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary derangement," and
the remains of the deceased were on Saturday morning con-
veyed to the Lutheran Chapel, Savoy-street, Strand, for in-
terment. The deceased was twenty-eight years of age, and
was the only son of Baron Oberg, of Hanover.

BIBTIIS.
On the 4th inst., at Clement's-lane, the wife of Henry Baynes,
Esq.. of a daughter.
On the 4th inst., in Great Russell-street, the lady of Joseph
Goodeve, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 3d inst., Mrs. IL Finch, Ludgate-hill of a son.
On the 4th inst., in Newington-place, Mrs. Cabell, of a daughter•