The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-18 00:00:00

LOVE AND. MADNESS:

A Correspondent, who favours-us witir-hfs'name
and address, has conveyed to us-the following
Melancholy and extraordinary'narrative
-, daughter of a respectable professional
Gentleman of B-, near Grantham, had for a
considerable time, with the approbation'of her
lathily, received the addresses of the Rev. Mr.
-, Clergyman of the same village. This
Gentleman left his house on Friday. evening
last on horseback, but shortly after called on
Miss who accompanied him, as, was sup-
posed by her family, for an evening walk. Her
not,returning home at the usual time, oolyexcit-
ed..an ordinary degree of, surprise ;. her absence
ivas accounted for by supposing, from their ex-
treme intimacy, that" they had gone off to Gretna-
green, as their intended union had not met the
entire approbation ,of the Gentleman's friends.
The Gentleman's horse having been found turned
up in a neighbour's close naturally strengthened
the above-supposition. Inquiry was then made
at
.all the neighbouring inns where it was likely
to obtain post horses, but no intimation could be
obtained. The mystery was not of long 9n-
tinuance, for at five o'clock on Sunday morning
the father of the young lady was called front.
his bed, and to his soul-sickenin; surprise
was told that his daughter would be -found
dead in the neighbouring plantation of Mr!:
A candle and a lanthorn was imme-
diately procured, when the information was
found to be too trne: the lady lay as if asleep,
with her head upon her arm, which was bloody,
wrapped in Mr. -'s surtout and handkerchief-
It appears they had both taken a, large *quantity
of laudanum. The laudanum swallowed by the
unhappy lady had taken effect, but,the.stoinach
of the gentleman had rejected it while he lay In
a state of insensibility by her side, on recovery
from which it is said he made an ineffectual at.-
tempt to cut his throat, which accounts for the
lady's arm being. found bloody. le is now 0
his own house. The affair will undtrgo the sera'
tiny_ of the Coroner's inquest, which will be at'
tended by two physicians and two surgeons,
when this melancholy and distressing affair will
meet -further elucidation. As the young ladY
was in the habit of compounding her father's
medicines,- her access to laudanum is easily ac-
counted for. The Reverend Gentleman, wilt'
was.only Curate of 8., wis,. it seems, originally
brought up to the law) which, from conscientious
motives, he left for the Church. His character
is exemplary. The age of Miss - was 5:5'
When she as removed to her father's house sby

was not quite cold, appeared asleep, and a. 4
blooming as vrhen alive, but in a short time her
colour tied, and she ,assumed the appearance 0'
death. By this dreadful affair, the deceased''
family, which is large, is involved in great sor-
row and distress."—(Evening paper.)

Hortaxn MURDER.—It is with painful feel-
ing we have to state another act of atrocity,
which has been committed in this country. On
Monday last, in. the parish of Crathie,"Brakmar,
a young woman residing - with her mother, a
widow, who had beenTlong bed-rid, was found
barbarously murdered, 'in the house, her throat
being cut in the most shocking manner. From
thefieported intimacrbetween• the parties, anci
other. circumstances which, in the paeseitt stage
,o-f-the business; it would be improper to cuter
upon, suspicion fell' upon a young man of the
name of Robert Mackintosh; who, . after under-
going an examination before some of the Justices
of that neighbourhood, was brought to town and
lodged in gaol here, on Wednesday. The Sheriff
Substitute of Aberdeen, and Fiscal of the county,
have, in the mean time, we learn,• gone to the
scene of this sad-catastrophe, to pursue the legal
investigation, so as to lead to the discovery of
the guilty perpetrator.—(Aberdeen Chronicle.)
CIIILD MURDER,.---About eleven o'clock. ou
Tuesday night as a Gentleman, residing in Euston-street, spa-
fields, was in the act of.scraping his feet at his own door, he ob-
served a white bundle lying on the step ; he kicked it to see
what it was, when on opening it he found to his surprise and
astonishment, that it contained the body. of a male infant appa-
rently a few days old. The watchman was called, and the
child was conveyed to the watch-house, .when several mark 3
were found on the body, which lies for a Coroner's Invest.
On Friday evening last, as Mr. CL tali, school-
master, of Stroud, was going from thence. to Mil-
ton, he was stopped on the road hetsreen New:
ington and Key-street by two foot=pads, one 01
whom struck him on the head, while the other
fastened on the sleeve of his coat. They then
seized a handle, containing a shirt, cravat, hand-
kerchief, &c. ; when Mr. C. having considerable-;
property about him, matte a sudden effort, an"-,
forced himself from the grasp of the villain, atm
leaving the cuff of his coat and bundle behind,
got off, but with considerable bruises on his arms,
shoulders, &c. His hat, from the effect of the
blow, was completely split open.

BIRTHS. •
On Monday last, at his house, St. Saviour'i Southwark, the
Lady of the Rev. Jonathan Wilkinson, of St, Jollns
College, Cambridge, of a daughter. • • I
At Edinburgh, on the l)th instant, the Lady of Rear-A41214r
Otway,,Oinwo.ander,-in,Chiefof4,4ughter. - • ,7•.,f,
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of
Yesterday morning, in Upper ro%yenor.st *:
reet, the J.`"-;
Dr. Fitton, of a son.
On Thumiky, the 11th inst. the Lady of James R. I;3Tr>
'Esq. of Don4unore, of a son.

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MARRIED. - rrj►oraas
-On Monday last, at Steeple-Aston, in Oxfordshire, -• lidest
Brooksbank, of, Orav's;lnn-square, Esc., to Man') "
dauf;hter.of William Faithorn, Esq. of Middle.. .ton. othr
esterday, the 17th inst., at Lewisham Chtireh, in the ectric,
of Kent, John Hurles, Esq., of Canterbury-square, Sooily/-
to Miss Mary Ann Stapelton, of :Maize-hill,. Greenwich. ight,
At her father's house, near Belfast, on Saturday serin.,-,001
Edward Ilegarty, Esq. to Miss Acheson. After the eer.F.:4, to
was performed, the happy pair set off for the City of Lo
pend the honey-moon.
At Doneraile, lately, by the Very Rev. Doctor Oi.injitss
James Cantillon, of the Little island; Esq. to the amiable
.Maume, of tat town.
Doctor Cahsper Bell, of Clonmel, to Frances, dough"
Quinn, Esq. of LelOher Castle, in the Co

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On Tuesday evening, the 16th 16th instant, in the Ow I Twic-
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her age, Caroline, the wife of Mr. George•Sheplfeard,
iterawn-coninfon, late of Great Om-fond-street.illness, in
On Sun4y evening last, alter a long and painful
the 37th year of her age, Sophia; will: et Mr. John Jcrctonr
grocer, of High -Holborn.
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• On Friday last, •at Stranraer, N. 8., in his 60th year, Cali
Errol Boyd, Of London. of the
At Clifton, On Monday last, Richard Cobham, EN
Island of Barbadoes.

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