The Sun.
London, England, 1818-11-25 00:00:00

EXI'IIAORDINARY SUICIDE.

Under this heart, we inserted in a former Paper,
the violent end of two brothers of 'he me of
Younghusband. By the verdict Felo.de se the
whole of their property be co!:ling confiscated to
the Crown, a schedule of their stock and t ffects-
was taken by the Coroner next day. Their pro-
perty is said to be considerable. The follo-wing
additional particulars relative to this singularly
unhappy event are copied from the Newcastle
Chronicle:—

John, the elder brother, was 70 years of age,
and unmarried ; Lancelot was 65 years old, and
has left a widow and daughter to bewail his un-
timely end. The deceased were inseparable coin-
' panions, and so accordant were their tempers and
feelings, that it is said they were never known to
quarrel ; they seemed indeed to be of one heart
and one mind, and as throng!) their lives they
were seldom separate, so in their deaths they
have not Keen divided. They were men of most
sober habits, and remarkable for their constant
attendance at Church. They were truly respected
by the whole circle of their acquaintance, to
whom their melancholy end has been a source of
the most heartfelt regret. They were, besides, in
affluent circumstances, and no probable reason
can be assigned for their strange conduct : they
were in Alnwick market on the preceding Satur•
day transacting business in their ordinary way,
and at church on the Sunday as usual. And it is
nor unworthy of remark, as spewing that their
fatal resolution could not have been long taken,
that a very short while ago, one of them wished
the landlord to build him a house at Heckley,
that be might be nearer his brother.
Their bodies were put into coffins on Thursday
night last with their clothes on lust as they were
found. They were buried at half-past one o'clock
on the morning of Sunday the 15th, in a foot-
path leading from Bailiffgate to IValkergate, Aln-
wick, and within the C,hurch-yard. This not be-
ing considered a sufficient compliance with the
terms of the statute, an order was given by the
Magistrates to the Churchwardens, that the sen-
tence of the law should be carried strictly into
execution. The bodies were accordingly taken
up on Monday afternoon, and buried again,
amidst a great concourse of people, in a highway
called Hinding-lane, not far from the spot where
'hey committed the fatal act.

.ORN•ExCHANGE, Nov. 25.—Our Wheat Trade
was heavy this morning, having but tew buyers at
Market, but prices continue nominally as on
Monday; not having bad any fresh Arrivals, of
English Barley since Monday, what remained
over from Monday found buyers to-day on hill as
good terms as on Monday ; Fine Oats met vady
sale, and fully support their price.—In Beans and
Pease there is no alteration.
An Agricultural Petit on is said to be now in
active progress throughout the country, for the
purpose of obtaining signatures. The avowed
object -of this Petition is to obtain how the Le-
gislature a law, which "shall secure to the pr.,
ductions of the soil of the United Kingdom, a pro-
tection from the impost of similar productions
duty free, in as full, ample, and beneficial man-
ner, .as the merchants and manufacturers of the
United Kiagdorit are, by the Navigation Act, and
other Statutes, protected in their shipping and
manufactories from foreign competition, duty free.
The improbable story which has appeared in
several of the papers, stating, that previous to
Abraham Thornton having sailed for America, he
had confused the murder of MARY ASHFORD, in
a letter addressed to Mr. BLACKsToCK, Clerk to '
the Magistrates of Liverpool, has been positively
contradicted by Mr. BLACKsToCK.
SUDDEN DRATH.—On Monday last, Charles
Cutforth, Esq. late Consul-General at Gibraltar,
accompanied by his son, called on Mr. Curtis, the
eminent Aurist, of Soho-square, to consult him
about his hearing. While waiting to see hitn, he
amused himself with a book ; in the act of read-
ing it, he was seized with an apoplectic fit, and
expired almost instantly, even before Mr. C. could
get out of an adjoining room to him. He had i;
written two or three letters before he came out,
and had made an engagement with his wife to ac-
company her in his carriage, on leis return. Air
Coroner's. Inques: Sat on the body yesterday
tei noon, and returned a Verdict-Died by the Pi-
sitation of God

SutcJn.—Ahout six o'clock yesterday morn-
ing, eide ly man, named Robert Reeves, a
stage-coach driver, shot himself at his lodgings in
Clnre-comt, Drury lane. It appears the unfor-
tunate man had laboured for the last eighteen
months under a paralytic affection, which had de-
prived him of the use of one .side. He frequer-
ly complained of violent and excruciating pains,
which, it is presumed, caused derangement of
mind, and in that state he committed the act.
The head was completely shattered to pieces ; the
ball lodged under the left eye. He has left a wife
and one child.

ACCIDENT IN LOMBARD-STREET.-- yesterday
two inquests on the bodies of persons who pe-
rished by the recent accident in Cornhill, were
held in the City of London. One, on the remains
of William Henderson, was taken at the Swan
Tavern, in
,Sc. Paul's Church-yard, when it was
proved that the deceased had died by the falling
' of Mr. Smith's front wall, in Lombard-street.
Another, was held at the Pear Tree, in Sweeting.
lane, on the remains of John, son of Mr. Sparks,
keeper of the Eating-house, in George-street,,
who was killed by the same accident. The evi- 1
dence went to prove accidental death. Verdict
in both cases—Died by accident.
Cuttrous CIRCUMSTANCE.—One Ross, a man,.
who has just been acquitted of a charge of rob-
bery, before the High Court of Justiciary at
Edinburgh, before his trial attempted to cut his
throat ; he separated his wind-pipe, and ever,
since that time his
_life has been preserved by
means of a silver pipe, through which he
breathes. An elastic tube is also used for
feeding him, his food being conveyed :by
this instrument through the opening which lime,
made in his throat. He has been mo ' oarefoity‘
attended by Doctors GALL and S/BBALbi whrywere
in waiting during the trial, and bad him twice
removed for the purpose of giving him food. He:
is still in town under their charge, anti.they are
at present instructing him flow to feed himself.—
(Scotch Paper.)