The Sun.
London, England, 1818-11-03 00:00:00

[British Press.)

With feelings of the deepest sorrow we perform
the melancholy, task of announcing the death of
Sir Samuel Rom'lly. The uncertainty of huroan
life has been the endless theme of the good and
wise, who would teach mankind to walk in the
paths of humility ; but what lesson did the mo-
ralist ever offer of such effect to cheek the way-
►warduess of vanity as the humiliating spectacle of
a great mind alienatrd by the shock of domestic
calamity ? It would be but an affectation of deli-
cacy to think of concealing the sad reality that
.Sir Samuel Ronrilly terminated his own existence ;
and from the uniform tenor of his blameless life
—from the deep impression he ever evinced of the
great moral truths that assure us of a future exist-
ence, we cannot choose but infer from this his last
Net, that reasnu had ceased to exercise her empire.
Not more th n two. clays have passed since we
were called upon to announce the decease of his
Lady, to whom Sir Samuel had been tenderly at-
tached. Ever since that event, a.settled melan-
chillg seemed to brood over his tnin.i ; his feel-
ings, too nicely sensitive, shrank at the touch of
nsisfortune ; and his friends, apprehensive of the
worst consequences, fondly hoped that by remov-
ing hini frost► the immediate scene of his suffer-
ings, and restoring I►im to his wonted habits of
business, his mind would resume its tone, and
dwell. wit l► less painful intensity upon the sense of
his calamity. He arrived from the Isle of Wight
at.his house in Russell-square on Sunday night or
MOnday morning ; but his house was desolate;
the vacuity that to his eyes must have reigueti
there, was not Calculated to dissipate the gloomy
ideas he for some days had cherished, and , some
time between 'three and four o'clock yesterday, he
closed a long anti honourable career of public and
private. virtues. He has left, we believe, eight
children.

[Morning Post.]
It is with profound affliction we have to an-
nounce the dreadful death of Sir Samuel Romilly.
The feelings of his friends for the last three days
were strongly affected by the death of Lady Ro-
milly (which our Readers know took place on
Friday last in the Isle of Wight) ; for those who
were acquainted with that truly good and amiable
woman, and knew how entirely the happiness of
her family, but above all of her husband, was
centered in her, were apprehensive that the blow
was too severe, and that be could never entirely
recover from it. But its awls)) effects no one could
anticipate. On Sunday Sir Samuel returned to
his house in Russell-square, in a most deplorable
state of melancholy. Yesterday afternoon part
of his family went out in the cart iage; %%ien avail-
ing himself of -their absence, he took the horrid
resolution of putting an end to his existence. It
seems that he proceeded to !he attic story shortly
atter the carriage drove off, and seizing
cut his throat n
shortly after the
early front ear to ear. The dread-
ful discovery took place very a razor,
commission of the deed, and medical assistance

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was immediately called in, but to no effect. He
expired itt a few minutes. The circninstancee
which led to this awful catastrophe are so aff,ct-
ing, and command our sympathy so strongly, that
all abhorrence of the mannet or his deatis is al-
most lost in cOmmiseration. To those who
calmly consider the melancholy subject, the won-
der will he that a man Of so strong a mind should
gave been so overborne by the passion of grief, as
to outrage at once both re )son and-religion. It
is a sad instance of the infirmity of our nature.---.
The preacher and the moralist may draw lessons
from it, and teach us the duty and the benefits of
submitting our most violent passions to the pre-
cepts of Reason and Religion—of bowing with
submissive fortitude to the inflictions of Him who
chastens those whom he loves. By this deeply
hmetred event a vacancy takes place of course in
the Representation of tVestruinster ; but the writ
for the election of a new Member cannot be is-
sued till after the meeting of l'at hauteur. Sir Sa-
muel, we believe, was in the 64,1 i year of his age.
He has left eight children to deplore itis loss. We
understand he tran3ac;ed some business with his
brother about three o'clock, and about four the
rash but deeply lamented act was committed.