The Sun.
London, England, 1832-06-25 00:00:00

DREADFUL SUICIDE BY A LADY!

An Inquest was held on Saturday befere
BAKER and a Jury, at the private residence of
Robert Miles, Esq., an officer in the Royal Navy,
at Tottenham High Cross, upon the body of the
wife of that gentleman, who committed suicide is, a
determined and extraordinary manner on the warn-
ing of Friday last. It appeared, from the evidence
of Mr. Miles and his servants, that the deceased
was 45 years of age, and had been married to him
abount five years, he being her second husband.
Her father, who is a very aged and infirm man,
lived in the house with them, and she was most
tenderly attached to him, the filial attention which
she paid to him being often the topic of conversation
in the neighbourhood. Mr. Miles had not the least
suspicion that her mind was at all affected, or that
anything ailed her, until Thursday evening, when,
upon their retiring to rest, she complained of being
somewhat unwell, and said her head ached very
touch. She was restless during the night, and,
about seven o'clock in the morning she sprang sud-
denly out of bed, and said she heard her father, when
slept in an adjoining room, coughing and calling to
her, which was not an uncommon occurrence. She
left the bed-room, as Mr. Miles supposed, to attend
upon her father; but her lengthened absence creat-
ing some alarm, search was made for her, and her
father declared he had not seen her. The door of
a small anti-room, which was usually a-jar, was ob-
served to be closed, and found to be fastened in-
side; and upon bursting it open the unfortunate
lady was found lying upon her back on the floor,
with her throat cut literally from ear to ear, and the,
upper part of her dress and the carpet saturated with
blood. By her side, close to her right hand, v.-6A
one of Mr. Miles's razors, which she must have
taken privately from his dressing-case. She was
quite dead. In the room was also found a sealed
note, addressed by her to her father, at.closing se-
veral of her rings, and requesting, in the most affec-
tionate terms, his acceptance of them, sa her !as
gift.—The Rev. Dr. Thompson, clergyman-of the
parish, was called before the Jury, um: deposed that
he had frequent opportunities of conversing with
Mrs. Miles, and recently he had observed a degree
of absence and melancholy, which convinced him
that her mind was seriously affected. She was a
lady of extremely devout habits, and of the most
exemplary character in every sense of the word.
Ile felt quite certain that a lady of her cast of
mind would not have committed suicide except
under the influence of mental derangement.—The
Jury, after a very short consultation, returned a
verdict--" That the deceased destroyed herself
while labouring under temporary insanity." The
deceased was very greatly respected in the neigh-
bourhood, and her unhappy end has produced a feel-
ing of deep regret. Dr. Robinson, a Magistrate,
who resides at Tottenham, called with his family
upon Mrs. Miles, on a morning visit, on Thursday,
,end she then appeared perfectly cheerful and collected.

A decree of King LEOPOLD, dated the 10th
'natant, considering that the cholera has made its appear-
Ince in several parts of liaimult sod the two Flanders,
leclares that all the sanatory measures heretofore enforced
for the prevention of its introduction from England are
ibolished, and that free intercourse be re-established.

In Vienna, the general opinion with respect
to the cholera is that it is of telluric origin, created by
uephitic vapours in the earth, and first corn nunicated to
the water. In consequence of this hypothesis many per-
ions only drink boiled water, which they co is:der a pre-
.ervative. This would account for tl e track of the epi-
lemic along the course of rivets, and for other phenomena,
such as the death of fish, ducks, &c.