The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-14 00:00:00

KIN G'S BEN CI-1
-(THIS DAY.)

The Court was occupied.thissinornin,g with appeals from
Orders of Sessions, relatiVe to the removal and settlement
of paupers. The cases argued contained no points of ge"
neral interest.
Lord Denman's continuel indisposition has, we regret to
state, again prevented his attending the Court ; but iti3
expected that his Lordship will be able to resume his ill-
dicial functions on Monday.

INSOLVENT COURT.--(THIS DAY•)

Samuel B rG2IIII applied to be discharged. He bad 1301'
a clerk in the Manchester Post-office for twenty7eight year'
He was dismissed a short time since, and afterwards took
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Ikublic-house at Salford. He soon, however, quitted, 0
came to London. According to his statement he wag 'll.-
rested in'London while f‘ admiring it sights," by a per
named Turner for an alleged. debt of 60/. He was rigidbi
examined as to the validity of the debt on which be
been arrested, and gave a very unsatisfactory and preva'l"
eating account.
The CHIEF Comussiosr.ft said he had never beard 3
more doubtful tale, and unless he 'was satisfied on all pol;''4
the petition would be dismissed.
The case was adjourned sine die.

Swaff ham Coursing Meeting this year attracted
larger and fuller attendance of company than we have kno'l°
for several years past.
FREDERICK WILLIAM 1., KING OF FRUSSI,4I
The King expected every one who spoke to him to 10°
him full in the face, for he thought that lie could read ,
every one's eyes whether the story he told was true or n'''
He was therefore very .angry when persons who saw bin:
coming endeavoured to avoid him. A poor dancing-all'te
one day tried to escape the usual compliments by scaolAPil;
ing as fast as possible into a neighbouring house.
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Kin.. perceived him, and sent one of his pages to fetch
back ; and, in order to he quite sure that he was ishat
represented himself to be, the King obliged him on the spot
to dance a sarabande. A still harder sentence was Pass
on another French dancing-master, who 'Met the bling,,,;
horseback on the public road, and set off at a gall°rt
without paying any attention to the King's desire Or
he should stop. The King despatched a page 3,fift,
him, who at length found him secreted in a
When brought before the he passed himself °
as the travelling agent of a commercial house at I\lar,
seilles ; but this story having turned out to be false, ,
King sentenced him to cart rubbish for one mouth
the rebuilding of St. Peter's Church. A Jew boy I°'
in order to avoid meeting him in a very narrow street, er,
deavoured to get away as fast as possible, was overtaken
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the King. " Why do you run away ?" said he to
" Because lam afraid," replied the trembling Jew. ``%°,l
should not be afraid of me, you ought to love me," rek),',°-01
the King, at the same time letting him feel the weig"' -0
his cane. Persons, however, who knew bow to return,Y,
answer, often made their fortune. The King one:4l,
stopped in the street a young student in theology, andlhi
ing that he was a native of Berlin said, " Ah, the -13erkb.e
..people are good for nothing !" " That may be true in of
I. n," answered the student, " but I know two '
re
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• -1, who arc exceptions to the rule." " And 55h0 3if,
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' asked the King. " Your Majesty and alYsetbo
repliettthe student. The King desired him to call at bie
palace next day, and, having passed a very favallra,,o
examination, -he was immediately appointed to a va°-
living.—Foreign Quarterly.
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DREADFUL CASES OF BURNING.—A ca"-;t0l
accidental burning was brought to St. George's itsPLii
yesterday evening. The poor sufferer, a fine young vi°,-01
named Emma Carter, was servant to Miss Stricklanwd,
Little Chelsea.. The girl had been making a pudding.' peg,
feeling cold, drew the table close up to the fire, stag her
With her back towards it. By some accident,
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clothes caught fire behind, and her person was enveloPe':sl
flames. Her shrieks were dreadful, and brought- 0e:ill
persons to her assistance. The condition of the por pJ
is most melancholy ; with the exception of her feet --,er
face, every part of her body is fearfully burnt ; the I°s,seri
extremities are nearly reduced to a cinder. At the ev
time the above case was brought in, Mr. Higgs
gaged taking an inquest- on Sarah Ingrain, a girl seven Ye

old, who had died in the Hospital from burning.
AFFLICTING SUICIDE OF A YOUNG IVIAIOI-rj.
WOMAN.—Yesterday an inquest, was held in the .13°30
room of Middlesex Hospital, before Mr. Stirling, nu Ir
body of Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, a young married %,
man, aged only nineteen, who destroyed herself by
ing '.'.oxalic add," under the following. afflicting eirc„°,is
stances :—Mr.. Richard Wells, of No.• 4, Ridingll°'ijet
lane, Marylebone, deposed that the deceased and het
huSband occupied apartments in his house. 'About 11:ej
pastseven o'clock' on Sanday evening, the deceased koncod
at his parlour door, and requested the loan of a Pen
ink ; about eight . or nine o'clock the same evening, hid'
self and wife were alarnied by groans, which proer
from the deceased's room on the first floor. On sv`tij
. he up stairs, he discovered the unfortunate young wrai
sitting. in a chair vomitinm violently, and appareatiYheti
great agony. He inquired of her what she had taken,
she replied " nothing :" a cup was on the table, which aot
contained some white mixture. Witness immediately sent
for Mr. Gardner, a surgeon in the neighbourhood, wb° re
word back it was useless his attending, and advised lien C.
moval to this Hospital, which was accordingly done,i t.lO
Dewhurst, assistant to Mr. Gardner, surgeon. &We' 'OO
about six o'clock on SOnday evening the deceased eaniet:eitig
the shop, and asked for an ounce of Epsom salts. On ',alio
supplied with them she asked for two-pennyworth 0f °.-00
acid. Witness said he did not. like to serve her with Moe
articles at once, in case she should make a mistake. 1,0";
replied, •,, Oh no, I shall not ; the salts are. for 3
itb
and the oxalic acid for a person to clean top-boots no of'
Witness then let her have the poison, having first WritiAwvit,
the outside, in large characters, the word " Poison. '4,
three hours afterwards, Mr. Gardner was sent for to n;oitli
a person who had taken poison. Not being provideuree
a stomach-pump, Mr. Gardner sent witness .for the Pueeiv"
of having the deceased conveyed to the hospital. (-)°,5
the deceased, be recognised her as the young w 003,1, 514
bad purchased the salts and' oxalic acid at Gardoer'oble'
-that evening ; and on examining the cup on the sas
found that it had contained the poison. / Witneisert;
sisted the .deCeased into a coach, and .accompanied
the hospital. A letter, in the handwriting of the dec.eop of
and which was found in her bosom after the corarnissiti'r,
the fatal act, was here produced and read in Court. 601:
addressed to her husband. The following is a NO' 'r„ie
dear John—Farewell, dear John ! With you my al)
not been long. You do no not know all my trouble 1111'
misfortunes I have endured this last twelve inooth'
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all your kindness could not make me happy. I 11°P%oce
John;.you Will forgive me, and likewise my (to d
,od
and . Ma} 4 blessing be .upon you. Oh, I larc,
excess.--7114fer than I can express. Adieu, dear J°lipect,'
ever."—The letter had no date.—The husband, a reviiie',
clle-looking man, who was much affected, was exttt'roYil
He was unable to assign any cause for his wife's clesl,ot t,ll,
herself.—The house-surgeon to the hospital stated tfrom'll
deceased expired a few minutes after her admission, °
effects of the poison. The Jury returned a Ver
" Temporary Derangement."
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ACCIDRNTAL ENTOMBMENT.—We Orr
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additional particulars relative to John Brown's dot o'cl?,
event occurred on last Tuesday night, at eleven tyol,
From the time when he was fOund, until within twePut
hours of' his death, lie continued to• talk readilY, 01(
difficulty, with those who visited him, and sipPetf. or
wine and water and occasionally a small quantity' °sool),',l,
root ;at other times he asked for porter, a table ra $
of which liquor, diluted with water and sweeten toot
toPoi
sugar, was occasionally administeren to him, lie 3L 'l.-t
tea spoonful or two of oatmeal porridge—but no P'
liquid or food which be received ever passed fartlicr,,wcovr
stomach. ; and, in the opinion of Dr. Vass, his intestil!;lng,
completely collapsed. Yet lie did not vomit any t loot brg
did he complain of sickness, or fret at his sit"` doej
seemed very thankful for all that was done for li.l'cormi:lf
tion. His appearance was that of a person in 6 ,
stage of cholera, but at times be was able to r.'{,ol, of
on his elbow and take some aliment. When 1: of °aat
was wasted to a perfect shadow, and in the %01,(ented,',,i
informant, was as light as a pillow ; his body Pre'n
appearance of the frame of a basket ere the stn that bi;
are plaited in, and so completely was he wastee',,, feel,.s,
placing your, hand on his belly, you could distincti:o,lll:i,
back bone, and his legs and arms were entirel,'
consisting only of skin, muscle, and bone. At .a or
pulse was good, being full and strong, at about
but about 24 hours before his release from o°l' 'regtdiiii
ing it rose to 76, not very full, but perfeell,Yclid, (ter
His tongue and mouth were completely 30c•
saliva was• perceptible, nor • did he ever Pel'Pthr
he was found, and his bowels were perfec „$,
tive, unless when stimulated by artificiaNlvi;;;;;;
be was now gradually sinking, Dr. Vass orderedthe
very small quantity of weak whisky-toddy,
man frequently asked for, as the wine did (11.0.0
with his stomach, and gave him pain. About, fi
glass of whisky was accordingly made into todd.):,..anaefilp
tune to time be got in all about half.a-dozen teahergole,d
of' it, till nature beczarie entirely exhausted, and,,ei dece,3l'eft,
and without a struggle, yielded up his breath. 11 he 11:0
was about 65 years of age, and the only friend
iinfectilip
behind him is a brother in Edinburgh, who is a e 0 f pi OJ,
His body was decently intered in the churchyard ,°l;,tia
at the expense of his .late employer, Mr. Vi541.1,01(1.0..
N•O7 general desire prevails that a grave-Etene.
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erected over his remains, bearing an inscription elua-,.,#.7
rative of his truly remarkable vicissitudes. and de u`
0 Gs ^pro-.