The Sun. — 1829-01-28 (London, England)

SELF-MURDER.  A truly appalling case of self-murder has occurred in this city (Worcester). On Tuesday night last, about half-past nine o'clock, Mr. J. Knight, for many years a cle►k in the banking esteblishment of Messrs. Berwick, Lerh►nerc, told Co., repaired to the house of Mr. Biggs, Mealcheapen-st Feet, and knocked at the door for admittance. The door was opened Icy a son of Mr. Biggs, who, on encountering Mr. Knight, refused to allow him to enter, observing that he (Knight) knew his father had forbid hint the house some time ago. Knight, however, persisted in going into the shop in spite of the remonstrances of the lad, and whilst the conversation was passing, between them Mrs. Biggs joined them, and recommended hint to go home. He refused, and, in reply to a question of what he wanted, he answered that he came there to destroy himself; then drawing a pistol from his pocket, he placed it to his car, and twice struck down the lock, but the pistol did not go off. Thus frustrated, the desperate man next produced his razor-case, which was snatci►ed at by Mrs. Biggs, but she obtained possession of the lid . only, with which she ran into the parlour. As soon as her back was turned, Knight opened one of the razors, and exclaimed" Here goes," but upon a person named Young, who had been sitting in the parlour with Mrs. Biggs, making his appearance, and remonstrating with him on the impropriety of his conduct, he burst into tears, and shut sp the razor. Young having left the shop Knight asked the lad to put out the candle. Ile refused to do so, when he immediately extinguished it himself, and, in the short interval of time occupied by the boy in going for another light, the wretched man consummated his d►reful purpose. On the return of young Biggs he found him reclining against a package of bags, grasping a razor in his right handond blood gushing from his throat. Mr. Morris and Mr. F. Stevenson surgeons, were speedily at the dreadful scene. Their skill, however, availed nothing, so completely had lie accomplished his dire intent, having divided the internal jugular vein by a gash four inches in length— and within half an hour of the deed he became a  corpse. On Wednesday evening, at five o'clock, a jury assembled at the City Arms Inn. The general tenor of the evidence went to show that the unfortunate man was in the full possession of his senses up to the moment of his laying violent hands upon himself; neither did it appear that he was intoxicated, and, after deliberating upwards of am hour, the jury returned a verdict of Feb) de se.  At twelve o'clock the same night the body was interred, without funeral rites, in the burial-ground near the House of Industry. The deceased was 51 years of age. and has left a wife and several grown up daughters.—Worcester Herald.  Lieutenant James Stuart Brisbane, son Of the late Commodore Sir Jarnes Brisbane, is promoted to the tank of Commander. •  The only memorial of the -death of Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, remaining at Kirkby Moorside (where he thud in obscurity and distress), is an entry in nn old register of Initials, which runs thus 1657, April I7th, Gorges Villus, Lord look of bookingham."—Ellis Correspondence. Tuesday last, two infants, the children of Thomas Dawson, a farmer, perished in th,, whicii. consumed his bouw, at Brook-hill, near Water--; ford Mirror.