The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-16 00:00:00

DETERMINED SUICIDE.

On Saturday last, near midnight, a young man
named John Cardew, of the Strand, Hayle, whose
father was an Excise officer in that place, put an end
to his existence by cutting his throat with a razor.
Deceasel was a sailor, and some months since he was
disabled from following his occupation by repeated
attacks of ill-health. Latterly, he suffered from
abscesses in the lungs, and the disease made such
inroads on his constitution that, for several days past,
he was compelled to sleep in an erect position, and
his family were hourly expecting that his disso-
lution would take place. On the night in question,
he requested some of his family who were in
the room to go down stairs, as he thought if he
were left in quietude he might fall asleep. £hey had
scarcely reached the passage below, when, to their
surprise, they heard him walk across the room, and
beck to the chair in which they left him. Shortly
after they were startled by a dismal shriek. His
sister and others immediately ran to his room, and
when they entered it, he was sliding off the chair on
to' the floor, his body and the table before him being
deluged with blood. They imagined that a blood-
vessel had burst in the lungs, but on looking on the
table they saw, to their horror, a razor covered with
blood, and on lifting the body, a frightful gash across
the throat.

On Monday an inquest was held on view of the
body, when, from the evidence given, it appeared
that deceased had repeatedly applied to the boards of
the Merchant Seamen's Fund at St. Ives and Fal-
mouth for relief ; but owing to some informality in a
certificate the board relief was refused, and that re-
fusal preyed so much on his mind that it never for-
sook him. The jury censured the conduct of the,
boards for the loose manner in which the wants of
seamen were attended to, and were of opinion that
the disappointment experienced by deceased, added to
the weak state of his body, caused him to commit the
dreadful act; nevertheless they returned a verdict of
Temporary Insanity.—Devonport Independent.

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freckles, discolourations, and sallowness, yield to its
specific qualities, and are succeeded by a smoothness
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health. It is, therefore, imperative on purchasers to
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the London and Bartholomew Hospitals, and told that
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SUBMARINE OPERATIONS.—On Thursday week, the
smack, Argyle, of Jersey, belonging to a company in
the' West of England, arrived in Castleton-bay, Isle of
Man, with a celebrated diver, apparatus, &c., for the
purpose of taking up the brass guns and other parts of
the wreck of the Racehorse sloop-of-war, lost on the
Langness-point about twenty-one years ago. On Wed-
nesday last a great number of people, gentle and simple,
were out, at Langness, looking at the diver. The
weather was beautiful, and there were persons sailing
on that day who had not been on the water for many
years. There was not a single boat left is the harbour.
The diver has succeeded, with the assistance of the crew
of the Argyle, in taking up about 30 tons of pig-iron,
a large quantity of copper, and a large anchor and chain.
The diver was under water three hours at one time on
Wednesday.—lsle of Man paper.
TWEED FISHINGS.—During the week the fishing
stations below the bridge hare continued to be very
productive. On Monday morning at the Carr-rock 120
fish were enclosed at a haul ; on Tuesday at Hallow-
stell, one of the stations near the mouth of the river, in
three successive hauls, 131, 80, and 50 were brought to
shore ; and at Outwaterstell 121 were taken at a haul.
The season for grilses is at present very promising:
The small quantity of water at present in the river pre-
vents the fish proceeding up any length ; they are
to be seen very plentifully sporting in the bay, and all
that is wanting to induce them to ascend the river in
greater numbers is more rain.—Berwick Advertiser.
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—We have this
week had an opportunity of taking rather an extensive sur-
vey of the progress of of the crops in the West Riding
of York and' the sonthern division of Lancashire. The
hay harvest in these districts has become very general. The
crops are extremely light, but not more than one-third an
average, and the meadows, both upland and by the sides of
the rivers, will afford but little employment for either the
mowers or the hay-makers. The oats are short in the straw,
and somewhat deficient in corn, but not nearly to the same
extent as in the dry summer of 1826, when commercial
and ar,,Tricultural distress was so prev4lent. The potato
crop has failed in some parts of the country, but the
quality of this invaluable root will probably be generally
good, and free from that excessive moisture which is often
complained of in wet seasons. The turnip crop is unpro-
mising ; in many fields the seed has never germinated,
and in others the fly has been very destructive. Beans are
generally stunted in the straw, but tolerably well podded.
The wheat crop looks uncommonly well, and will, according
to present appearances, yield more than an average produce.
There is scarcely a field in this part of the country where it is
laid, there is no rust or mildew, and the verdant hue of the
ears and the straw is quite refreshing. This will be thought
extraordinary, seeing that in the months of March, April,
and May, there has only fallen one inch and a half of rain,
while in those three months, in an average of years, the quail=
tity is upwards of four inches. The corn harvest will, this
year, to present appearances, be two or three weeks earlier
than usual. This is generally a great advantage, from the
days remaining long and the sun powerful, and it rnav ac-
count for the depreciation in the pike, in our principal
markets, of both the Michaelmas and Lent sown corn. There
has been some rain since Wednesday evening, but the land is
still thirsty, and there exists .the strange anomaly for a
general wish for rain, among the farmers, iii the midst of the
hay harvest, from a persuasion that it will do more good to
the other crops, and to the after grass, than it will do harm
to their scanty and easily secured crops of hay.—Leeds
Mercury.
PRAGUE, JUNE 27.—The tranquillity of this city
has not been interrupted.' All the manufactories are in full
work, on account of the approaching annual fairs of Braun
and Pilsen.
In the crop of a rook, shot the other day in Sussex,
were found nineteen grub worms, and seventeen wire
worms—a proof that rooks are the farmers' friends.—
Hants Advertiser.