The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-09 00:00:00

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MELANCHOLY CASE OF SUlClDE.—A.resterdny an
inquest was held before Mr. Carter, a.. the Artichoke, Church_
street, Camberwell, on the body of Mrs. Eliza Crowder, aged
27, the wife of a respectable baker, residing near the Grove,
at Camberwell, who destroyed h rself. It appeared by the
testimony of a number of witnesses, that on Wednesday
morning, about twenty minutes to two o'elock, the deceased
was found lying in the shop with her throat cut in a dreadful
manner. licr cap was on the counter, and a razor near her
head. Two policemen soon attended, and they were of opinion
she had been dead for some time, which was corroborated by
the evidence of Mr. Massey, surgeon, who resides nearly
opposite. Mr. Crowder usually w t to bed before his wife,
he having toget up early in the mgr g, and she generally closed
the shop. She and her husband apparently lived happily together,.
but on the Tuesday she had been labouring under considers',Ae
exeltereent, in ensisequence of leer son having
beM 'oaten
by another boy, but beyond this nothing extraors!,nary was
observed in her manner. It seemed, however., 'oy the exami-
nation of Mr. Thomas Nathaniel Crowdets a compositor, living
in Webber-row, the brotl.er of her husband, that she had
been labouring under a most erroneous impression of her hus-
band's infidelity, and also that the brother wished to separate
husband and wife, than which nothing could be further from
fact. She was in the habit of saying that, because she was
friendless she supposed she " must be put upon," while no un-
kindly feeling was observed on the husband's part. Inspector
Campbell stated, in answer to questions put by the Coroner
and Jury, that he lid ascertained the razor belonged to Mr.
Crowder, and that it was usually kept on the mantelpiece in
the back parlour. It is supposed the act must have been com-
mitted immediately on the closing of the shop at eleven o'clock
on Tuesday night. The Coroner inquired if the Jury wished
to examine the husband, but they were of opinion it was not at
all necessary, and unanimously returned a verdict, " That the
' deceased destroyed herself while in a state of temporary
insanity."
DE7PERNIINED SUICIDE OF A. PR ENCH ',Ain 0-....
Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, an inquisition was taken be-
fore Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Rock Tavern, Lisson-grove,
on the body of Marie Victoire Andre Isnaird, aged sixty-
four, a French lady of independent fortune. M. Augustus
Chastelain stated that he resided with his mother, at No. 32,
Grove-place, St. John's-wood. The deceased, who was
a friend of his mother, resided with them. She had been
very low and desponding of late. On the morning of Mon-
day, the 20th ult., the deceased not making her appearance
as ;usual, Madame Chastelain sent the servant up to de•
ceased's bed-room on the second floor to wake her, but she
returned, saying she could not make deceased hear, and
that her room door was fastened on the inside. Witness
was out at the time, and, becoming alarmed, they sent for
Mr. King, a neighbour, whe was passing, and who burst
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open the door. Mr. James King dgeapoessteiodn,toanbdeinog,
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broke open the door. On entering he found the deceastO lying
and
on the bed on her back, with her hands up to her t
ctenched tight. On removing them he found •s, 'miss stuck
through the centre of the winclpire, and buried nearly up to the
hilt in deceased's neck. The blood was, pouring from the
wound, and the whole place was saturated. She had also tied
a ribbon round her neck with a view In strangle herself, but had
apparently failed. He ran for a doctor, as lie found deceased
was still alive, and Mr. Rtggard, of Chureh-street, promptly
attended, and with much difficulty extracted the knife. (It
was here produced, and the greatest surprise was manifested as te
how the deceased could have inflicted such a stab, it being an
ordinary round pointed dessert knife. It was covered with
blood up to the handle.) It further appeared that, after dress-
ing thu wound, the deceased revived and became conscious, and
Mr. Burford, another surgeon, was called in, and attended her,
She got better for some days, but gradually sank, and died on
Wednesday last of the injury. The deceased admitted that
she committed the act herself, but said she could not assign any
cause for so doing. After some remarks from the Coroner on
the extraordinary determination manifested by the deceased in
the commission of the act, the Jury returned a verdict, " That
the deceased committed suicide by stabbing herself in the throat
whilst in a state of insanity."
THE SOCIAL VI LL AG ERS--The eleventh anniver•
sary of this Society took place at the Bedford Arms, on Thurs.
day last, Mr. Sheridan Knowles (its founder), presided; Mr.
A. M'Callan was the vice-president. The attendance was, as
usual, numerous and respectable. The Chairman, on his health
being proposed, returned thanks in a most glowing and animated
speech, in the course of which he drew a most melancholy pic-
ture of the present degenerate state of the British drama, which
he attributed, in a main degree to the exclusive patronage be.
stowed by the aristocracy of the country on foreigners. " For
whilst (said the Chairman) a theatre where the best and most
sterling of our English plays are being continually well acted,
dprraems e
asn t
abru et
exhibited, comparatively
ha empty me
opnty ben
, t
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wt hde one where
audiences.w. hs r e'r eAnicrh
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them
and, to,
h and n d
further
observed, that he
Knowles said he was the author of a great number of dramatic
pieces, none
of which kept that possession of the stage which he
thought the
applause with which they
whichhad
he been
imtpourmteedrltyo
there
he had .
ceived, so j
reason i
feared his last production (now performing at the Hayraarket)
would in all probability soon share the sane fate as the others
just stated ;
bad done. Several very excellent songs were given among the
ustliyst
171
iyamplse,aos
out
tg one (composed by Nelson, and sung
of compliment, we presume, to the
dramatist) entitled " The Rose of Arragon." Mirth and good
humour prevailed the whole evening, and the company did not
separate until a late hour.
bnyui3nibre.r,T.awv,
" SWING."-+Sussex,
we believe, was county is which 13 years a • sr •
go incesttarism began. There "Se I'll,"
first showed his head, 411(1. there he was oftenest seen. sfes
understand he has %rails made his appearance in that couxiy,
and that sever"..: fires and many cases of cattle maiming have
curretl'iately. In addition to this, threatening letters have
rsen flying about. 'These untoward circumstances have occa-
sic ned considerable alarm. Work is scarce, and owing to the
extreme lightness of the crops, which have never been known
to be more unpromising, harvest will not afford much extra
employment,— Hilts Independent,