The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-25 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE OF
LOVERS—DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
Perhaps one of the most affecting suicidal tragedies
'that has happened in the metropolis for many years
a
°ceurred this inornint
lie
at a very early hour, at the dwel-
g of a Mr. Duckett, an accountant, No. 9, Raven-
DMile curt, viz., the self-destrucfon of Charles Wm.
uckett, Pg. d 21, son, and Elizabeth Williams, aged 22,
Vwere, from the effects of prussic acid. As may be ima-
ai, it has crca'ed the greatest sensation in the imme-
te neighbourhood, and during the whole of the morn-
ing la
the excitement has been of the most intense charac-
er. The eircumstanc( s connected with this really la-
inentable affair are of a very painful description. It
411 ears that for upwards of nine years the unfortunate
& Persons, who have fallen a sacrifice by their own
.ssud
's• were closely attached to each other, and
Wen,
never known to have quarrelled. On
day afternoon they had tea at Mr. Duckett's
ho
use, and took their departure at about half-past five,
at the same time stating that they were going to church,
aTtli/nich period they seemed in excellent good spirits.
P
wore On, and eleven o'clock having arrived,
II" usual time they returned having passed, the family
brothers
somewhat alarmed. Soon afterwards, two
tethers of the ill-fated girl visited Mr. Dackett, and in-
if his son or their sister had been seen, she
Cyr g not made her appearance, and the lateness of the
804'r, induced them to think that they had met with
accident. Unpleasant feelings of alarm were then
vice
by
; '" Messengers were dispatched all round the
1,-n'tY search of them, but of no avail. At last,
etween one and two o'clock, whilst Mr. Duckett was rching about the house in the hope of finding some
letter which would mention where they had gone, he dis-
covered that his son's bed-room was fastened in the
inside
thatthe
key being in the door. It being surmised
he had
retir returned unknown to the family and had
pa
t° rest, the door was broke open, and there, per-
.4pa
'aun,„;' °ne of the most saddening scenes that could be
1.1.„-whed was Presented to a parent. The bodies of the
"e""ng Couple were stretched on the bed, life having been
apparently fur some time, with their arms
eh ea each others neck. Cups were found on
acid °f their sides which smelt of prussic
as also two bottles on the mantel-piece,which had
411,iaitted that deadly poison. Mr. Deere, a surgeon, of
.:iEad-reud, was promptly sent for, and who pro-
inced them to have expired from that effective poison.
the
the bodies lay, it appears that they must have sat on
baee:l4l of the bed when they committed the act, and fell
she The poor girl's features were very prepossessing.
Burgos very respectably connected, her father being a
tbll in the Cannon-street road. As to the cause of
ise.inelancholy affair, not the least motive, as yet, can be
Wilgtiled• In the apartment was found a letter, bordered
an
',lack, as also a black seal, written by the young
eiin, and addressed to a young lady in Lucas-street,
QlaniMercial-road, in a very cool and deliberate style, the
ne hia of which may tend to solve this tragic affair.
re given to understand that he was a clerk in the
T
owapei
er Hamlets
,Cou of Requests' use, in
been- - Information rt
of the deplorableho occurrence Whit-
has
it i e°4lnaunicated to Mr. Baker, the Coroner, who,
e expected will hold an inquest on the bodies in the
'AIN of the day.
DUT
-'ll AND FLANDERS MAILS.
vi--BTERDAst, Nov. 20.—A private letter from Bata-
the2l 18th of July, says :
04 tt?everal private vessels have lately again appeared
11,04,,, coast of Macassar. His Majesty's steamer the
then,"l-I„pursued them, and had an engagement with
at pirates fired chiefly at the chimney of the
baet,t°er, but did little damage. After an obstinate corn-
he three pirate vessels were captured. The Phoenix
,griLev,en or eight wounded."
Who. have frigate takes to Japan the presents
r_,.!‘t nave been brought by the Broma.
es4ll! Excellency the Minister of War, perceiving that,
WhililtlY in 1845, so many soldiers of the standing army,
pays e time of servicewill expire, are to be provided with
;3'4l3orts to return home, and that in the latter year
aer°raie,soft those whose time was expired, left- the
niea nis P,,,xe„elleney, desiring to provide for the
of keeping up at its full compliment thtoe principal
,r2:t of the armed force has proposed a plan_
4.7% who has been pleased to order that v
sq'ter having served six years, are willing °t_olancotenetrrsa'cwt.ha°-
:et), nd engagement for the same time, shall receive,
"ad of 15 florins a bounty of 30 florins for the infantry,
40 for the cavalry' and 35 for the artillery. The Minis-
as as a further en'coura ement, has authorised the corn-
under of corps to givegmen a fortnight's furlough, re-
taining theiri,e pay. This measure has already produced
g°°(l effect so-that it is hoped the standing army will be strengthened, and that the nuadier of the militia who
have to be chosen by ballot every year to remain under
arms will be diminished.
THE HAGUE, Nov. 22.—The Government has lately
Published a detailed statement of the public revenue
eftparing the receipt of the first nine months of 1844
with that of the same period of 1843. This proceeding,
pro= the Handelsblad, gives immodiate satisfaction, as
0 'owing the frank and constitutional intentions of the
Jellisment. The receipt this year for the first nine
_utn. is less than the estimates but there is no reason
v_aopprehend, says the Handebblad, that the result of the
'Lie year will be unfavourable.
/301:nesEts, Nov 21.—The commemoration of the
thislah Revolution of 1830 will be celebrated at Brussels
of thYear in the usual manner, in the large Gothic hall
porinifotel de Ville. M. Gendellsen will preside, sup-
Or. ..„,b3: Messrs. Lelewel and Jott rand.
retur .Notwell, the Minister of Fitance of Prussia, has
cell lied to Berlin from Cologne, wl iere he has been to
tt,,_eCt all the necessary information for the speedy de-
bowe''ul,aation of the measures to be adopted respecting. the
iron railwa from Cologne to Minder, which is to
xt d f itt thee° e rota the latter town to, Berlin, Posen, and
s, sequel to Warsaw and St. Pettersburgh.
exan'?exttoLiu, Nov. 12.—The Diet has just ended the
otbe7,lh4tion of the budget, and with respect to the
roore matters which have been di: tcussed it becomes
to iro and More evident that the Dies will not have led
aottuP.o,rtant results in any one respect,, on which ac-
Wouide °Pinion gains ground among the public that it
Year ure been better not to convoke the Diet till next
thoro' "twit all the affairs before it might have been more
4°l3'
itusltniv st prepared.
RussiaA,N FRONTIERS, Nov. 14.--grom the German
n Gazette.)—We have just learnt that the
issued" Government, in the kingdom of Poland, has
are
th h:lian order by which all males -without distinction,
till ceforth prohibited from contracting marriages
--144 h ave completed the thirtieth. year of their age.
urgli Papers, Nov. 22.

DUTCH FUNDS.ASISTERDAM,
mNoenT42:2• Bills.
62 hi 623 i
Actual Debt '2, per cent
75% 75
19:tttto, dltto, .3
per Cent.
~,..0, ditto, 4 per Cent.
9914 ICO
t.' inty, (line 4 per cent,
R 9%, 99%
fzli,..,r,t syiblic,4l,', per cent
g,tritliorn
,tii,tt,o, 3si, per cent
14714 11711
'c'a'nlnisany, 4,!• per cen
E.„ ,_ 8:17, .I,i per c9nt.
•cnange on LOnden, Onemonth t,,.....• 1,2 G 7— 5-10
Two months
At si ht l2 12 5-10
g
lianaburgh, One month Dutch..
1- Two month., —
.Papers, Nov. 20.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BuALIN, N0v.8i11.19.M
.._t•tiSsshuldSeh,, 3% per cent.
rxehaiangeogt guilds, 1830, 4 per cent. _
Prussian Stale°n Gazette. Nov. 20.
_BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussEts, Nov. 22.
itAcilzt t.lebt, 1,.i per Cent.,
„ sehlid's Loan,
Five per Cent
Loan oLl'hirty Millions, Four per Cent. —
............_
-------„-y--------___ Three per Cent
..,_.
.........._hirty-seven Billions, ditto ..• ..........••
iii:4
....,....._...
--.....„ 7-------... ----I (lea)
." lO3
Loan ,fr, . '44 ..... .......,........... ..... •r • ..... v.
102
(„ciet, ‘..,ity, 1843, Four per Cent.
Rank Yof"(2oEnnterce, Four and
Issue of Willra. Five per Cents Half per Cent
Brussel.; ........... . 174 v. . ii: ..
"..........."---
VFive AeAr3r,Thritl-,,1"4 FU NDS —VIENNA, Nov 16.110
Bon,. per Cent "2tulliques- • Three per Cents'4... -... ......... ~.. .......................
uanank Shares
1834 . . .................. ...- ...... —" .....
..-
Ditto, 1.,,,
_.
..-., ..............
The Northern RAILWAYS' . 159%
, •
iir Ferdinand....•.. .......... . ligt,,,
Glogßnits ilioail
.......................... . ............. ...
110%
-.4l.ketneie Zeitu.n.•i, ..
I,i'civ. 21.
PIAMIIIIRCH ISORSENHALLE, N.:11118.22' money,
AAustrian 5 Per C Rank Shares
~e4ts. 164135 1-640
nEin-Itussia..n;Lo.a-n":: ..
............ ; ............ ; ........ ;.. ; .......... . ............ 111414
Russian 5 Der
105 q 105
tit., Ist series, Certificate
105 i
Inscriptiffn 1
Russ . ,St sertes
al:le.per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 9th
Ditto In Ce.r.t..;Ece7 ......... . .......................
?few 4 per Cent. (1840)
Actual Debt, 2X, per Cent. .........
Ditto
5 per Cent.
A, nglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. —
Ronde 4 per Cents - -
_
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13C1ILIAR SITUATION.—In the county of Chester
there is a residence called Harclingwood House, in the
ljarish of Lawton, from which the inhabitants, every time
1V go to church
bury into , pass out of the province of Canter-
that of York ; go through two counties, Staf-
fordshire and Cheshire ; three parishes, Wolstantonl
andcl,lllleY, and Lawton - three constabularies, Tunstell,
—"ell, and Nantwieh, and' the two dioceses of Lichfield
Chester.
t , IIDLA.ND RAILWAY.--A porter in the employ of
he Midland Railway Company, but who had been in
fh* habit of going out as guard to extra coal trains, was
ort Friday last convicted before J. B. Crompton, Esq.,
and Edward Strutt, Esq 151. p in the mitigated penalty raAr,
-us. and 30s. costs, fur neglecting, during the tempo
vary stoppage of his train, on Friday, the 2d instant,
nearStrettou, to return 500 yards at least with his red
algnal to warn any cowing trains, and through whose
Peghgence a collision took place, a driver being seriously
I,,r!jured, and the safety of the passengers endangered.
i-h magistrates expressed their hope that the railway
authorities will not in future allow any person to travel
tl''', breaksmau without being provided with a timepiece.
----Derby Reporter.
SuicioEs.—Two days ago a young man, a watch-
Ina
e ker, and his wife, committed suicide by suffocating
thmselves with the fumes of charcoal in their apart-
raer't, No. 2, in the Rue des Fillies du Calvaire. As they
were not in distressed circumstances, and appeared to be
111, tleh attached to each other, the motive of their suicide
' a rilYstery.