The Sun. — 1849-09-29 (London, England)

DETERMINED SUICIDE IN A PUBLIC-110133R --Oil Thursday afternoon, about four o'cl,,ck, a most determined a..A of self destruction was committed by an elderly man, named John Chapman, in front of the bar of the Three Compasses, public-house, Little Marylebone• street. Chapman had carried on fur many years the business of a coffeehouse-keeper, in ll'gh• street, Mary Phone. Fur some time past he bad met with many misfortunes, and a large number of his customers, through his kindness, had become indebted to him and lett his shop. The result was that his affairs were much embarrassed, and about five weeks since the whole of his furniture and business utensils mere Eeizzd for a ,:ebt. On Thursday afternoon he entered the Three Compasses, obtained a glass full of water, into which he emptied a white powder, and before any person could prevent him, drank off the contents of the glass at a draught. lie reeled backwards on to a form, and a surgeon was immediately sent for, but when he arrived he pronounced life to be quite extinct. It was afterwards discovered that he had swallowed a quantity of mimic.  ... 23,246,500 ... 335,600 ... 3,580,516 1.907 ... 8,528 948 ... 799,088 ... 9,112,962 77,756 •.• 983.134 53 274 ... 14,354,859 ••• 20,604 .. 10,721,590 318,485 10,813,735 Increase .. 567,585 Bullion ... ... 15,114,876 Increase ... ~, 254,403 Active Circulation 17,432,765 Decrease ... 231,985 The gross amount of .13ink notes of all the private and joint. stock establishments, circulated in England, Ireland, and Sco:land during the four weeks to S, ptemb(r 8, was 31,111,8781., being 225,8911, less than at the same time last year. As regards the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon there was a slight decline in the rates for Bills on Paris, Fraukfoi t, and Trieste, but an advance upon Hasoihurgh and Antwerp The exports of the precious metals from London this week hz.ve been large, viz., 431,000 ounces of silver, all to the Continent, except 1,300 ounces, and 11;100 ounces of gold.  Increase ... Public Deposits ...  Inyrease Other Depc.)sits  Increase ... Seven Day end other Bills  Dccri:ase  Government Securities  Increase ... Other Securities ...  Notes  Incri use  An American (New York) contemporary states con• verging the postal communication between that city and cue West India colonies, as follows : " We learn that letters have been received in this city by the British mail steamers from the West Indies at one-third the postage that has to be paid on those sent by the same steamers from this city to any one of those islands. We were yesterday shown a single letter, mailed at Point•l Pitre, Guadaloupe, on the 27. h ult., and the postage prepaid to this city was one franc and twenty-five centimes, or twenty-five cents of our money, and on delivery here five cents additional was charged, making the total postage thir►y cents. To send a reply to Guadeloupe, the writer cannot make use of our f.ost•otfice at the same rate, but is compelled to go to the outside dikes,' and pay 75 cents, on a single letter. This almost amounts to a prohibition, and puts a stop to all but the most urgent correspondence between the islands and the United States. We suppose that the 'outside offices' have a right to charge what they pVa,-,e, and we, therefore, find no fault with them. But we call upon the Postmaster-General to take this matter in hand, and see if he cannot effect some arrangement by which the rate of postage to and from the islands may be rec'.uced and equaliz,d." The Funds have been very quiet, but tolerably steady. Consuls 92 s for Transfer, and 92:44 for Account. Exchequer bills are :.38,,„ to 41s. premium. In the Foreign Matket Spanish Active Bonds have been 171; Portugw.se Four per Cents., 29i; end Mexican, 27A- to a. Buenos Ayres are flit at 43i. Ittilway bhares are dull and rather in. favour of buyers. Yolk and Berwick, however, have improved a shade, and Great Western are firm.  0 ,E O'