The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-12 00:00:00

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NO. IL of the FOREIGN QUARTERLY
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Contents—l. Darn's History of Britanny—ll. Life and,
Writings of Ernest Schultze—lll. Cousin's Philosophical
Fragments-IV. Balbi's Ethnographical Atlas—V. De
Bausset's Memoirs of Napoleon—Vl. Fraunhofer on the
Refractive and Dispersive Powers of Glass, and the Achro-
matic Telescope—Vll. Southern Germany—Vlll. Von
Hammer's History of the Assassins—lX. Dupin's Produc-
tive and Commercial Powers of France—X. Manzoni's
Betrothed, a Romance—Xl. Catholicism in Silesia—Xll.
Modern German Tragedy; Klingemann's Ahasuerus—
XIII. Russian Literature—XlV. Delambre's History of
the Astronomy of the Eighteenth Century—XV. German
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SUTCIDEhyaYOUTHof EIGHTEEN YEARS

Yesterday afternoon an Inquest was held on the body of
Thomas Vaughan, aged eighteen, who shot himself, at his
fatl 's bnuap, 9.. (teat Wari_stro.t.
Mr. Ralph Watson was a harness-maku, and resided at
No. 138, Long-acre. The deceased lived with him as an
errand-boy. He was about eighteen years of age. Wit-
ness knew nothing of any females resident in Phmix-
alley, nor did he know a female named Amelia. The
deceased seemed partial to the servant, but he was not aware
that he had met with any disappointment. Witness had
not heard of any charge relative to Phoenix-alley. The
deceased had, of late, appeared more inattentive than for-
merly, and he had given him warning to leave. This,
however, was a fortnight previous.
Charles Crickmead deposed to having seen the deceased
and some yotnig women together, and of having advised
him (under the impression that they were loose characters)
.to forbear keeping their company.
Four letters, which the deceased had written shortly
before he committed suicide, were here produced. The first
was literally as follows:
"My dear Father and Mother—By the time you receive
this i shall Be no more for i have the pistol by My side it
is not bad company that Brought me to this the reason i
stoped out A nights i went to se a girl home every Night
never mind it is all over now give My love to all my friends
and relations and to Mr. and Mrs. Wriggers and mary i

hope you will let charlott follow me to the grave i am in-
nocent of what was said about Phoenix Alley i have to

thank crickmay for that for he is my foe but i forgive him
it is our duty so to doe dear Mother i hope you will not for
my dicing words let chariot follow Me to the grave i should
rite more but my heart is so full so no more dear Mother
from your unfortenat sun Thomas Vaughan good by God
bless you all for ever.
" c My cheeks like roses fade away
My bodys mingled with the clay.' "
Another letter was to the following effect :

" My dear Elizabeth—By the time you receive this let-
ter i shall be no more for i have the pistol by my side. But
i hope God will forgive me. I have sent you a lock of my
hair for i have not any thing better to give you. I hope
God will protect you. Give my kind love to your sister.
I should write more but my hart is too full. So no more
dear Elizabeth from your unfortunate lover Thomas
Vaughan. Good by God bless you."
This letter inclosed a lock of hair, and was ornamented
with the words Elizabeth Orlando, written like the falling
folds of a window curtain.
One to a young female, whom he addressed as " Dear
Amelia," was concluded in similar terms; and the other
to the maid-servant of his master, Mr. Watson, was as
follows :—.

" MY DEAR FRIEND-With a trembling hand I write
this letter ; it is not bad company that has brought me to
this violent end; the reason is, I stopped out. I went
out every evening with a young woman ; but never mind,
it is all ever now. Keep this pocket-book ; I have no-
thing more to give you. Never mind; every one has
his fault. So no more—Good bye, good bye,:God bless you."
After the reading of the letters, the young women al-
luded to were called forward ; but there appeared nothing
in their conduct that could call for remark. The general
impression of the Jury was, that the idea of his having
lost his situation, and the jokes of his companions, had
affected his mind so considerably, that he had resolved on
self-destruction.
The Jury then viewed the body ; and returned a ver-
dict, " That the deceased destroyed himself in a fit of In-
sanity.''

ABDUCTION.— On Thursday the 29th ult.,
an armed party entered the house of MARTIN HACKETT, a
publican, residing near the chapel of Kuockavilla, and for-
cibly carried off his sister, a young woman about seventeen
years of age. Having been detained by these fellows in a
place of security, till the following Sunday night, during
which time she met with neither injury or ill-treatment,
and her intended cora sposo, having in the mean time,
changed his mind, she was permitted to return home in
virgin innocence.— Tipperary Free Press.
BRUTAL ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.—One
of those poor creatures from the county Kerry, who travel
through the country during the potatoe-digging season, in
search of employment, was attacked on Thursday night,
somewhere, we understand, in the neighbourhood of Port-
law, within a few miles of this city, and robbed of a few
shillings, a portion of his earnings. In order to bemire the
remaining part of the produce of his season's labour, about
305- which, perhaps, constituted his all in this world, be
held it firmly grasped in his hand—the unfeeling villains
who assailed him, after repeated efforts to wrest this miser-
able sum from him, knocked him down, however, he still
retained a fast hold ; they then deliberately took a large
knife and cut his fingers across in so dreadful a manner,
as to sever them almost completely from hie hand.-- Water-
ford Chronicle.