The Sun.
London, England, 1819-06-17 00:00:00

DREADFUL TRANSACTION.

About twelve o'clock on Tuesday, the neighbourhood of
tooley-street was thrown into great alarm by the frantic con-
duct of a man, named Kirby, residing in Bull-court who, after
cutting his uwn throat, attempted to murder several persons.
It appears that for same time past Kirby has betrayed eride,l
signs of derangement. On Sunday last he took out his wife
and two of his children to walk, leaving the third child at
home, and it was remarked that he was at home at night with-
out them. -The circumstance of the woman and the two chil-
dren not returning led to various Conjectures, and many per-
sons did not .hesitate in ascribing their absence to cmises
which reflected great suspicion on the Man. On Tuesday
Kirby went to the house of a next door neighbour, and asked
fur the loan of a pail, which was granted ; his manner was
then observed to be very wild and hurried. In about half an
hour afterwards, his child on entering the room found him its
the middle of the floor, leaning over the pail, his throat cut
and bleeding, and a gory razor in his right band. The child
instantly uttered a piercing shriek, and ran towards him;
upon which he clasped the poor creature round the body. and
was about to apply the razor to its throat; but the scream
which had been uttered by the child fortunately reached the
ears of two of the lodgers in the house, Mr. Mooney and
Mrs. Richard. Beau, who just entered the room as he was
about to put his dreadful purpose into execution. At the
sight of them he staid his hands, and bleeding as he was,
ran at them, flourishing the razor in his hand, but they
made their escape at a timely moment, and the unfortunate
wretch, overcome by his exertions, fell down on the floor; the
child seizing the opportunity ran away, or otherwise he would
have undoubtedly killed the pour thing. The report of the
circumstance spread like wildfire through the neighbour-
hood, and a great crowd assembled in Bull-court ; hot
not one of them dared enter the house, until Kinsey, one
of the constables at the Town Hall; was procured to lend
his assistance. On entering the room, he found Kirby just
on the point of recovering, but he was too weak to attempt
any mischief, and was easily disarmed. Kinsey cleaned his
throat with a cloth, and he was carried on a litter to Saint
Thomas's Hospital, where his wound was carefully dressed.
Soon after his arrival, he turned literally mad, and was with
difficulty prevented from tearing the-bandages from his neck;
his dissolution was hourly expected.—The most extraordinary
part of this transaction is the sudden disappearance of the
woman and the two children ; it is certain that they hare
not been seen in the neighbourhood since Sunday, and the
greatest fears are entertained for their safety.—(New Mmes.)

HANOVER, MAY 24.—8 y time last accounts from
England his Royal Highness the Prince Regent
has resolved to sh»plifytheadministration ofthe
Go-
vernment of the Kingdom of Hanover, and !o place
Count Munster at the bead of it. General Dora.
berg (now Minister at St. Petershure,h) will suc-
ceed Count Munster in London, It is added, that
the Chamber of Finance will he united with the Mi-
nistry, which ‘vill also tend to simplify the Ad..
ministration. The- confvmation pf these stare.
ments is expected;