The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-06 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.

A melancholy act of suicide was committed on
Friday night, by a tine young woman belonging to
Calton, said to be the natural daughter of a gentle-
man who had the same fate. On Wednesday even-
ing, she and her lover accompanied a happy pair
who were so impatient to get married that they
went to a Justice of the Peace, and on the way, the
two damsels being together, the one that was going
to be married proposed to her comrade that if she
and her lover (a baker) were willing, they might all
get united at the same time. This was joyfully as-
sented to ; the deceased, on giving her hand, say-
ing " There is my hand and heart along with it."
After the conclusion of the civil contract, friends
were reconciled to the irregular ceremony, the usual
festivities arid jaunting took place, and all seemed
to go on well; but several slanderous tales being
circulated prejudicial to the character of the deceased
(said to be the invention of a disappointed rival),
she, being a proud spirited girl, was much hurt in
her feeling; arid on Friday was very sad and pen-
sive. In the evening, her husband carne home,
when the disagreeable subject was resumed : she
burst into tears, and sobbing aloud, said she could
not live under such imputations ; and rushed down
stairs with her hair dishevelled, and in a very agitated
state. On going through the shop of her mother,
she said to her little cousin, " Notice the shop;
I'll maybe return in a little, or I'll maybe never be
back." After some time, her absence created re-
mark; and her mother became apprehensive when
she heard that she had used these expressions, and
was seen going hurriedly through Well-street to-
wards the green. " Dear me," she said, " whar
can that lassie ha'e gane; its raining hard, and she's
nae hap on her, nor onything on her head ;" and in
much anxiety she cried to her son-in-law and niece
to proceed with a lantern to the green, anti examine
the water side, to see if there was any trace of her,
for she was sure she was in the Clyde. Her impatience
increasing, she went to the door to see if the mes-
sengers were not returned. While standing in this
situation, she says something gave an alarm in the
shop, as if the counter had split in two, when her
whole frame trembled, she convulsively clasped her
hands, and instinctively said, " my Eliza's gone ;"
and she fancies that was the hour her daughter had
thrown herself into the river. Her son-in-law and
niece came back, but no trace of Eliza could be
found. Next morning she learned that two masons
in passing through the green the preceding night
between eight and nine o'clock, met her daughter
with her hands rolled in her apron; and having a
melancholy look. They jocularly said, "my lassie,
you'll no see him to-night," thinking that she was
going to meet her sweetheart; but she neither
moved her head nor made reply, but went forward
with a hurried step. The Clyde was dragged on
Saturday for her body, but without success. Yes-
terday morning, the dragging was renewed, when a
young man who accompanied her in her marriage
jaunt, had the melancholy satisfaction of finding her
body nearly opposite the Humane Society House,
about five yards from the shore. On carrying her
body to the green bank, her hands were in the
same position across her waist, firmly wrapped in
her apron, as when she left the house. Her hus-
band was so much affected, that he had to be
helped home. On learning her untimely fate, the
feelings of her mother and all her acquaintance
were most acute. She was a handsome girl, twenty
years of age, and was remarked for her modest,
careful, and industrious conduct. She was an only
child, and assisted her mother in her business.—
GlasgotO Chronicle.

ARTIFICIAL EYE-LID.—We learn by the
"New York Medical and Physical Journal for July" that
Dr. A. HORTON has succeeded in forming an artificial eye-
lid for a black boy. This important operation was per-
formed in a short time ; and in a few days afterwards the
boy had a very sightly eye, answering all the purposes of
a natural one. The ball of the eye had been gored by an
ox, awl several attempts had been made to unite nr restore
the detached eye lid by other physicians, which all proved
abortive.

We regret to state that, within the last few
weks, the number of typhus fever cases has considerably
increased, both in the city and suburbs. This has been
particularly the case in Gothals, where a number of indivi-
duals have already fallen victims to the malady. In one
instance, a surgeon, of some eminence, felt himself unwell
on Friday; and so rapid was the operation of the disease,
that he died on Tuesday morning last. His funeral took
place on Friday; and the s reet from which his remains
were removed was literally crowded, principally by females
lamenting his premature death. Another surgeon in Gor-
bale is confined ; and accessions to the number of Infirmary
patients are almost daily taking place. It is to be hoped,
however, that the cold of winter will soon have the
effect of checking the progress of the distemper.— Glasgow
Chronicle..