The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-09 00:00:00

SUICIDE,(Tif m is. --ORNING.

Mr.. Stephens, a highly-respectable master builder, this morn-,
ing terminated his existence by strangulation, at his house in
Warwirk•lane. For some time past, particularly since the wea-
ther leas set in so intensely hot, the unfortunate gentleman had
been it a bad state of health, accompanied with great nervous
irritation, and lowneis of spirits. At the early hour of six, his
son, who slept in the Seine room, got up for the purpose of going
to superintend some workmen; but previous to leaving the house;
gave his father some medicines, who then appeared in a composed
state. Ills daughter, in about an hour afterwards, came down
stairs, and as she was passing the bed-room door, called in to in-
quire how he had passed the, night, when the melancholy sight
presented itself of his hanging from the roof of the bed, quite
inanimate. Medical assistance was procured, but the vital spark
had fled. •

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
,(RECIIVID MOIXING.)

GLOUCESTER, AUG. S.
NOSP.VULLINCI..--ERUICKIRL V. ICAYXII.
Mr. Jnstice opened the pleadings and stated, the de-
claration was, that defendant being violently and ill-mind-
idly disposed towards the plaintiff, he committed upon
him a most violent assault, by pulling his nose.—(Much
laughter.)
Mr. Ludlow stated the case, laftd said, thotgh 'it was
one of laughter to those in Cowl, it was none to the poor
plaintiff, being done in the most painful manner, without
a shadow of provocation.
Several witnesses were ekintined, w ho proved the assa u I t
Mr. Phillips, in. mitigation of,danutges, admitted the use
which a. nose was described, so pathetically by his Learned
Friend, to a man's face; he acknowledged it was at once
an article of both use and ornament, of use in this instance,
because it was partly made a handle for correction, and he
considered that the &induct of the plaintiff, on the show-
ing of his own witnesses, to be such as to warrant the use
that was made of his -nose; he complained, that the assault
originated in a pot-house, was brought here to occupy the
more valuable, time of the Jury, instead of being sent to
the Sessions.
Mr. Ludlow—No no. "

. Mr. Phillips-=Yes, yes. Aa the whole of the case was
simply this ; one called the other a rascal, and he , got a
tweak on the nose for it ; he thought he ought to get
damages, and he felt convinced the Jury were of the same
opinion, recollecting, as they must, what their own feel-
ings would be upon such conduct—the case was simi-
lar to one tried by a Learned Judge, who made an obser-
vation upon -it, which for their benefit he would relate,
upon a similar pot-house quarrel : the Learned Judge
When he heard the Counsel for the defendant say, " I admit
the assault, 'and I hope you will give a verdict
.for the
plaintiff, but hope that verdict will be for a faithing;" said
" Yes, he has a right to the farthing certainly, that he may
immediately go into the next oil shop and buy some to
heal the 'injury which his nose luul sustained."—(bmghter-)
Such should be the conduct of this Jury; give him the'
farthing, and with this advice, that:the next tune he would,
be disposed to insult any person, he would first provide
himself with the farthings worth of soap, and soap his
nose well with it.--(Much laughter.)
The Jury consulted a few moments, and returned their
verdict. Damages, One Shilling.
Mr. Ludlow hoped his Lordship would certify for costs.
Mr. Justice Burrough—Certainly not.

A person of the name of Pane svas buried a few
days ago in Artramont church yard. H i His relations, norder to
_place him beside his father, who wai buried there six yeire ago,
opened the grave for that purpose, anirwiretatonished to'find that
his body was in the same state as when first consigned tO the
earth. We hear, however, that this is not an extraorOnitry cir
cumstance in this connty, the Aatile often occurring in'ilifferent
parts of it. A man named Thoinas, having died from lbws of
blood, from a wound received at Vinegar hill during the late
rebellion, was hastily buried in his clothes in a field near Bayles
brewery ; upwards of a year bad elapsed, when his friends wishing
to place his remains in consecrated ground, found the bodY per-
fectly sound, though there was not a particle of his clothes, with
the exception of the buttons, remaining.-- TV*xforel Ereniny
Poet.

It ha curious to remark how much the urkish
nizaries before their late extermination, had_degenerated iu cha-
racter front their primitive condition. Busbeiluius, who travelled
HS an Ambassador amongst the Turk* in 1654, relates in hi. let-
ters f.Epiat. (le Rebus 2'urc.,/ the following particulars of them :
At Buds, I first saw the Janizarieo ; the Turks thus term the
imperial infantry ; of whom, when the number is complete, the
Turkish King has 12,00 t) throughout his whole dominion*, em-
ployed either in garrisoning his fortreoses, or for the protection of
the Christians sun Jews
.agaiust the insults of the multitude.
There in no village, town, or city, is which *owe Jailitarita are not
fouiul, who defend i.tiaits, Jews, anti professors of other
against the insolen.., of the vulgar. Samna the Jatiintries
caws intn my apartment, and saluted toe with bare bead, v-
proacbing, me respeetfully, atld touching nw garment or 'lny baud,
srit iltberwould kiss them. They offered nle liouipieta of flowers
(hyacinths or Hard/ionise), and when they retired, they went }awk-
ward as far as the door, to avail!. turning their back upOn me.
There they stood, with extreme .inodestyi their lissuls folded upon
their breasts, silently looking towards the ground; resembling
more our monks than wittier*. when I cave them inane molt,
0.43, received it with headed head, and. with loud ejaculation eys
of
thanks and prayers, an,l dept.-tad. Trnly) had I not been in-
funned they were Janizaries, I should have coin :haled that they
v,„re s sort of Turkish monk*, or the felloivs of some college.
such are the Janintries, who spread so much }error in the field of
battle r