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The Sun. — 1841-01-11 (London, England)

MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS. Price 2.5. 6d.  Skerwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvallio, 147, Fleet-street; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Harris, 25, Bow-street ; and d 1 Booksellers.  Just published, price 23. 6d. APRACTICAL ESSAY on the DEBILITIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, their Varieties, Causes, Treatment, and Cure.  Bya MEMBER of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS,  London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary. " I am impotent, and no' fit to live,"—Last's Records of Suicide.  Sold by Onwhyn, Catherine-street, Strand; Ross and Nightingale, Liverpool ; Barlow, Birmingham ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country,  N.B. Persons in the Country may have th:s work forwarded by post (free), upon addressing either of the above Booksellers, and inclosing a remittance 3s.  NEW WORK ON STRICTURES OF THE URETHRA Just published, price 55., A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE _,CI. CAUSES, NATURE, and TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA, and their Consequences; with a Review of the different Modes of Cure, and an account of the Meths(' of Treatment the Author has found the most efficacious. The whole illustrated by cases, some of them the records of thirty-five years' extensive and successful practice. By FRANCIS BURDETT COURTENAY, 42, Great Marlborough-street. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London; and late Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Sti ictures of the Urethra.  Sold by Bailliere, Medical Bookseller, 219, Regent-street ; Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-court; Onwhyn, Catherine-street, Strand ; Barlow, Birmingham; Ross an Night•• ingale, Liverpool ; and all Booksellers in Town or Country.  Of whom may also be had, by the same Author, price 65., PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on the• CHRONIC ENLARGEMENT of the PROSTATE GLAND in OLD AGE; with Suggestions for an Improved Mode of Treatment. To which is prefixed, Remarks on the various other Diseases to which the Prostate is liable at all periods of life.
The Sun. — 1841-08-05 (London, England)

SUICIDE FOR LOVE.—OD Tuesday' evening an inquest was held at St. Nicholas Southelmham, near Bungay, on view of the body of Priscilla Rodwell, aged sixteen. The deceased lived with her aunt, Rumsby, and destroyed herself by swallowing a large quantity of arsenic mixed with pork lard that had been laid in the cheese chamber for the destruction of rats. No motive could be assigned for this rash action the part of the deceased, other than a disappointment in the attentions of a young man of the name of Hunt being transferred from herself to another. The deceased. on being first taken ill denied havingrtaincken easaedn,y she at but as her agony and last acknowledged the fact. Medical aid was called in, but too late to be of any effect, and she died within twenty-four hours from the time of taking the poison. After the Coroner had summed up and commented upon the evidence, the Jury deliberated for some time, and returned a ver diet of " Felo de se." The Coroner then communicated the verdict to the parents of the deceased, and made nut his warrant for the private interment of tha body betwoen the hours of nine and twelve at night, pursuant to the provisions of a recent statute.—Essex Herald. SHOCKING ACCIDENT FROM WINDOW CLEANING,—On Monday afternoon a shocking accident happened to a young woman, named Helen Labern, 19 years -of age, housemaid in the service of Mrs. Wagstaff, garalavde-sgyreusaild.ei, Pimlico. It appears that she was cleaningng at No. 24, Lower Belgrave-place, Belthe first-floor window, when she let go her hold and feil into the area, a height of nearly 30 feet. The poor girl i was taken up in an insensible and bleeding state, and ' conveyed to St..Gcorge's Hospital, where she was attended by Mr. Lee, house surgeon of the institution, when it was found that she had received a severe laceration of the right thigh, besides many other severe injuries. The poor girl is not expected to survive many we are happy to say, howdays. This is another instance of the improper practice of allowing young females to expose themselves in so r more than it was expected dangerous a situation in cleaning windows.
The Sun. — 1841-04-16 (London, England)

SUICIDE.—This morning, about half-past ehigial' o'clock, a gentleman of the name of Reynolds threo°,oo self from the second flocr window of his house in %loan and was killed on the spot. The unfortunate gen,is. ur was r vocfrytweecnctyenyteriacrsioadtivtihc housedual,and chiadmrresipdreadtt: baclbt; .13 w maker, at Pimlico, nearly opposite Elliot's adas rewarPendent noticedN o thin deceased gentleman, who was possessed of inlarrniegi property, was well known for his singular but ,-,,d bee° particularlybehaviour. ct ox-iiiiiir,le Nothing beyond his uissuaat tpereosnednu Ones eto account for the desperate act. He was Ore spected by a very numerous acquaintance, 11, beer' BERLIN, APRIL s.—Orders have rea 7 cluesgiven to prosecute Dr. Jacobi, author of the " Ftir everli tions" for high treason. Dr. Jacobi conies's-a aid °thing, and defends himself very decidedly with 1-boics hf a lawyer. He being asked if he had any aceelli''' of' his replied that his only accomplices were the .hiatleohorg. country--the writing of the Minister Steman,t in CO.sa: A subscription is opened for him at Konigsu"sidera he should be condemned, of which there is dalec°l3- ls doubt. The subscription amounted in a few 18,000 dollars. t held $ Yesterday a Court of Directors was sleeted °P the East India House, when the new Directors Lab, Wednesday last—viz., John Cotton, Escos .1°,131%010 Esq., Charles Mills, Esq:, William Henry Henry St. Plowden, Esq., Henry Shank, Esq., and " 'get' George Tucker, Esq., took the oath and theirg,jor. George Lyall, Esq., was chosen chairman, and :Pei General Sir James Law Lushington, G. C.D.' chairman for the year ensuing. rfotiped Schiller s drama of William Tell was Pe- col' at Berlin a few nights ago, after an interdiction of tW" four years. A by t'" It is notorious that for one man robbe- - oaf highwayman, burglar, or pickpocket, thousands tared. plundered under forms of civil law.—Tory Standar ,0 ift
The Sun. — 1841-01-21 (London, England)

ELECTION FOR BRIDGE•NI ASTER. ATTEMFTED SUICIDE OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN CHARGED WITH PEE.ll:llY.—Yesterday a young man, apparently not more than 19 or 20 years of age, presented himself before the poll-clerks, on the hustings, to enter his vote for Mr. Gibbs. A clerk was about to record his vote, when a gentleman, a member of Mr. Ledger's committee, stopped him, considering that the voter, from his youthful appearance, was not duly qualified as a liveryman. The young man was questioned on the point, but persisted that he was eligible. He was then requested by some of Mr. Ledger's committee to accompany them to their committee-room, the Guildhall Coffeehouse ; when, on the books of the crmpany to which he said he belonged bring referred to, it was found that no such name as the one he had given was inserted therein. He was given into custody ; and on subsequent inquiry it was ascertained that, previous to the discovery of the imposition, he had voted three or four times. The business of the Guildhall police-office having terminated, he was taken to the Cripplegate watch-house, when a charge of perjury was entered against him on the police sheet by Inspector Todhuntcr. tie was placed in one of the cells, and, at about a quarter before five, the policeman whose duty it was to inspect at certain hours discovered the unfortunate youth suspended by his pocket handkerchief. He was immediately cut down, and some constables despatched for surgical assistance, and by a quarter before six he was sufficiently recovered to be removed to the City Compter, in Giltspar-street. The young man, after being taken into custody, and on being questioned by the inspector at the watch-house, stated that his name was Baker. He is said to be respectably connected. As it may be imagined, several unpleasant rumours are in circulation, reflecting on the character of curtain influential individuals ; but as the affair will undergo a judicial investigation, we at present abstain from giving them publicity. Two
The Sun. — 1841-08-03 (London, England)

THE WEATHER AND THE CORN-I,' 3rtorof There has been another week of gloomy, wet, and s'es weather; and the corn-markets show its consequetie usiy a continued rise of prices, whilst the Corn-law rigerurnexcludes those foreign supplies which, under „,c,re, real stances, would now be poured into the market. Cow object of that law was, in fact, to extract from t",;ilined sumers the uttermost farthing that could be °,"it.`ca(V from them ; and it does its work effectually., ,'"l,et is we see the price of wheat in the Wakefield 14.0ri.cibly 70s. per quarter, and the results of the law te.libteen re" on the condition of those whose redearningsdehp3;ees odstit:eted duced to the lowest point by the present of manufacturing industry. What effects 13,e Praenersi upon the currency, and through it, upon Ole ,7 by trade of the country. we shall probably see by arl" Manchester Guardian. every stOltt While the Tory press are making up and exaggerating every account, to show the desPeritree, disposition of the Irish people, urged on, as it is rto tended, by the " surpliced ruffians," it is satisfact°ll find that the judges give a very different account ,+ as they have nothing but facts to guide them, their ci,:: dence is of far greater value than the vamped up ily;',(:hoods of the Times. Mr. Justice Torrens, in address,7 the Grand Jury of the city of Waterford, stated tt"i'le there were only three cases for trial in the calendar. '„'d do not believe there is a calendar throughout Engl3it with so few cases. No doubt the electioneering has run high in Ireland, and where has it not ?, at so we have the evidence of the Times itself to she"; " -I;erfar from the priests encouraging them, they, el. e "and olenc sons, are the most active in preventing vi bloodshed.—Brighton _Herald. pyre of An engraver, who had produced several P,,r ago acknowledged merit, committed suicide a few un- Icai from a cause which shows that his strength of two by no means equal to his talent. Having PrePifaereeted?)ic new plates in aqua-tint, he was so sensibly a their not coming out with the force and beauty he had their anticiated, that he shot himse, and thus, at the age of pforty years, terminated a c lfareer which gasliere;ec promise of being brilliant. hos' la
The Sun. — 1841-10-04 (London, England)

DISTRESSING SUICIDE OF A YOUNG LADY. —On Wednesday afternoon an inquest was held at the Black Horse Tavern, in Jermyn-street, St. James's, before Mr. Hife,s, the Coroner for Westminster, on view of the body of Miss Mary Harrison. The deceased, who was about thirty-seven years of age, resided at No. 4, in Jermyn-street, where she carried on an extensive busi ness as a dress-maker and milliner. Her pecuniary circumstances were in a very prbsperous condition. About a month since, her younger and only sister, who resided with her, married, and accompanied her husband on an excursion into the country. From that time the deceased appeared to be at times_ in a low and desponding state of mind, which her friends attributed to the loss of hen Occasions she would answer sister's society. On some incoherently questions put to her respecting domestie arrangements, and there was a peculiarly wild expression about her eyes. About halfpast eleven on Tuesday one of the inmates of the house, on going to inform her that she was wanted on business, found her bed-room door i bolted on the inside, and tile deceased o asted not returning an answer, although repeatedly. called : it was wrenched open, and tho deceased neck from the t,p of her bedstead foundil'as by 'useended by the a piece of bonnet :tire, wrapped round with a towel, through which i had cut and deeply embedded itself in the flesh ofneck ; her feet were off the ground, and she was qt.itedead. Verdiet---.” That the Occeased hung herself, being at the time in a state of temporary mental derangement.”_ The. fishing for sardines has this season heel most productive. The Armor icain 'of B. estsates.lhat fis:lertnan, who went out. a few mornings .ago froni, Douarnenez, retie nel in the afternoon' with 60,000 o. these fish, a catch hitherto unparalleled: ROMNEY MA as it,.
The Sun. — 1841-07-20 (London, England)

SINGULAR SUICIDE OF ONE OF MESSRS. DONKIN'S ENGlNEERS.—Yesterday an inquest was held before William Carter, Esq., the Coroner for Surrey, at the Royal Fort, Grange-road, Bermondsey, on the body of James Thompson, aged 48, who has been in the service of Messrs. Donkin for upwards of 20 years. The deceased was not observed to leave the factory at the usual hour on Friday, but on Saturday morning, at five o'clock, he was found hanging in a secluded part of it, when the watchman went round at five o'clock. He was quite dead. On the beadle searching his pocket, a most extraordinary packet was found. It was addressed in pencil, To the whole World," and written over in all directions, and the following is a copy of it : " This is to certify I have served Messrs. H. Donkin and Co. faithfully since August, 1820. I bear no ill will to any man. God preserve my wife and unprotected children, and God have mercy on my soul. James Thompson. The Rev. Mr. Gibson, of Bermondsey Old Church, refused to baptise my son Alfred, but I hope some good man will." At another part of the paper was, " Success to Brunell." "To Mr. B. Hawes, Esq., M.P. You are a liberal man; if you will take the duty off tobacco, you will much oblige me. Jas. Thompson." In another place was written, " Ha, ha; Money is power, and power is tyranny. The engine is off." The Coroner having referred to the nature of the case, the jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." Viscountess Jocelyn has been on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle during the past week. it was her first visit since her nuptials, and the Queen has been pleased to present her with a very elegant cadeau, or present of brilliants, as an especial mark of her regard. The Viscountess (then Lady Fanny Cowper) was one of the series of Court beauties who attended as maids  of honour at the coronation, and it is also on this account (partaking somewhat of Court etiquette) that this valuable present has been made. Lord Jocelyn and his accomplished Lady will not leave for the Continent until after her Majesty's visit to Earl and Countess Cowper, at Pansanger, Herts.
The Sun. — 1841-03-30 (London, England)

MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS. Price 2s. 6d. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Harris, 25, Bow-street ; and all Booksellers.  Just published, price 2s. 6d. PRACTICAL ESSAY on the DEBILITIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, their Varieties, Causes, Treatment, and Cure. By a M EMBER of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS, London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary. " I am impotent, and no' tit t• live,"—Last's Records of Suicide. Sold by Onwhyn, Catherine-street, Strand; Ross and Nightingale, Liverpool ; Barlow, Birmingham ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country, N.B. Persons in the Country may have this work forwarded by post (free), upon addressing either of the above Booksellers, and inclosmg a remittance of 31.  Just published, in royal 18mo., cloth, price 3s. ; and sent in Town or Country free, by post, 3s. 6g., MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suffering frrm the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRH(EA, GLEET, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. „ published by the Authors, and sold by Ralliere, Medical Bookseller, 219, Regent-street ; 59, Pall Mall ; Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Pattie, 4, Brydges-street, Strand; 8, D'Olier-street, Dublin; Duncan , 1 14, High-street, Edinburgh; and to be had of all Booksellers. The Work which is now presented to the publio is the result of very extended experience in a class of d;-.cases and affecendter into alm ti6r,s, which fer Doyle ungetiuntahle 7.0 practitioner. apathy,rTo and thein uetails of these affections, to point out their causes, and to altogether overlooked. or 4- __—..... nave been either difference l--, ; n e c: Binarymark the terrific consequences, social, moral, and physical, which are sure to follow from indulgence, in certain habits, -"a ptread e would be entirely out of place in an advertisement. We have no hesitation, however, in saying that there is no member of satiety, by whom the book will not be found interesting, whether we consider such person to hold the relation •f a PARENT, a
The Sun. — 1841-03-30 (London, England)

FEMALES.—See Transactions of the Society of Arts for 1826 and 1828. London: Holdsworth, Paternoster-row.  Just published, price 2s. 6d. APRACTICAL ESSAY on the DEBILITIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, their Varieties, Causes, Treatment, and Cure. By a M EMBEt of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS, London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary. " I am impotent, and no' fit, to live."—Last's Records of Suicide. Sold by Onwhyn, Catherine-street, Strand; Ross and Nightingale, Liverpool ; Barlow, Birmingham ; and all Booksellers in 'Town and Country, N.B. Persons in the Country may have this work forwarded by post (free), upon addressing either of the above Booksellers, and inclosing a remittance of N.  J n urslmeurior,slistnitzpapiriylAfEirl Habits, nhiaFribAeH,Edeitir,;so7l ornßodo reßErlpso ynctErfpoeuas:u(leETlntliisttovi IrhnLemyße:ofeANr.fffec,ToEeeleic,lA, tolobiw:Nut with dhoirf,t;sohbEsapEtydrxp, disocel3reaeebs: s.onss3seif6esvr.Ddie, and sent in to Indulgence,octnht i its Psos sonßon sEtfahof e TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHCEA, GLEET, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and sold by Balliere, Medical Bookseller, 219, Regent-street ; 59, Pall .Mall ; Szange' 21 Paternoster-row; Pattie, 4, Brydges-street, Strand; D'Olier-street, Dublin; Duncan ,114, High-street, Edinburgh; and to be had of all Booksellers. The Work which is now presented to. the public is the result of very extended experience in a class of diseases and affections, which far some unaccountable reason have been either altogether overlooked, or treated w?th apathy, and almost indifference, by the of dinary practitioner. To enter into the details of these affections, to point out their causes, and to mark the terrific consequences, social, moral, and physical, which are sure to follow from indulgence, in certain habits, in would be entirely out of place an advertisement. We have no hesitation; however, in saying that there is no member of society, by whom the book will not be foand interesting, whether we consider such person to hold the relation of a PARENT, a
The Sun. — 1841-03-11 (London, England)

UNPRECEDENTED CASE.—Mary Murgctts, an interesting young woman, was indicted for throwing herself into the river, with intent to commit felo de se. The prisoner pleaded guilty. The COMMON SERGEANT told the prisoner that her offence was one forbidden in the &cologne, and by the common law of England declared to be a felony. He (the Common Sergeant) had been informed that down to the present time she enterained a determination to destroy herself ; hence, the best thing he Court could do would be to respite her judgment until the next sessions, and he hoped ere that time the chaplain of the tgaol would be able to impress upon her mind the sin and folly of self-destruction.  The session terminated on Tuesday night, in consequence of several of the prisoners traversing until the next sessions, which was convenient both to the Bar and the Bench, it being the eve of the commencement of their respective circuits.  The following were sentenced to banishment for the periods set against their respective names : For the term of Natural Life—Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace, Patrick Maxwell Stewart Wallace (the trials of these convicts occupied nearly four days, their offence being one of not unfrequent occurrence, but seldom prosecuted to conviction.) For Fifteen Years—Thomas Smith, Charles Powell, Daniel Monday, James Warren. For Fourteen Years—Joshua Page. For Ten Years—Louisa Puddick (for shoplifting), Mark  Goodyear, W. Smith, and Thomas Griffith. For Seven Years—George Hawkins, Charles Smith, Michael Johnson, William Carrott, Henry Coster, Nichbolas Johnson, John Mitchell, George Hambley, Jo,ph Hamley, John Clark, Philip Young, Eliza Clark, Mary Ann Goulding, Co William Humphreys, Johanna Fogerty, George llard, Charles Smith. Imprisonment and Hard Labour in the Hoe been commiuses of Correction tted, where their offences wers alleged to hav for the periods named, viz. : For Three Years—John Thomas. For Two Years—Ann Harding For Eighteen Months—Joseph Howard, Thomas Barker Fitzjohn (for letter-stealing, the first and lt weeks John in solTredwell, itude). For One Year—Daniel Smith, Johns mith, William Grant, William Arnold, William Kemp. For Nide Months—J. Birch. The Grand Jury ignored the bills of indictment which were fiat, preferrod against the following persons, who, by their were discharged from custody, viz. :—W. Golding, John mills John Jones, Edward Newman, Moses Monday, John Maio Charles Dahana, Eliza Wilson, Elizabeth Hilby, and Charlesll, Edward Willis. The Court at its rising adjourned to Monday, April 5.
The Sun. — 1853-11-04 (London, England)

RAMSGATE, E S.E. Sailed—National, for Rio Janeiro.—The Catherine Maria, Newcastle to Monte Video, has been assisted off the Goodwin Sands and into harbour.—The Helen, Newcastle to Galway, was 111, eontact with an Austrian brig in the Downs yesterday, and has put in with damage to sides, rigging, &c. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 3. -Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Caroline, from Bordeaux, for Rio Janeiro, leaky; Palmyra, London, for Australia; Golden Land, London, for Melbourne, leaky. Sailed—Sultana, for Melbourne ; Orestes, do. ; Tudor, do. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 3.—Wind, E.N.E. to S.E. Sailed —Huntress, Yarmouth, U.S. FALMOUTH, Nov. 3.—Arrived—Regina, from London, for Port Adelaide ; Louisa Margaretha, Callao, for Pad' stow ; Eos, Sunderland, for Mauritius, with quarter started, &c., having been struck by a heavy sea ; Havre, for the West Coast of Africa, with three feet of water in her hold, having been on her beam ends. SALECOMBE, Nov. S.—Wind, S.E. to E.S.E. Sailed— Era, St. Thomas ; Patelina, Nassau. GLOUCESTER, Nov. 3.—Arrived—London, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 3.-- The England, arrived here, reports the Malabar, of Boston, bound from Quebec to Bristol, Oct. 23, which had been struck by a sea whilst lying to, on the 21st, and swept the decks ; lost sails, stanchions, deck-house, boats, galley, &c. ; one man kliled and another seriously injured ; ship making much water. SWANSEA, Nov. 3. —Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—Hercules, Sierra Leone; Utile, Monte Video; Jane Erskine, Rio Janeiro ; Commodore, Cuba; Golconda, do. ; Strang, Capo de Vera. HULL, Nov. 3.—Wind, E.S.E.—Arrived—Fortuna, St. John's, N.B. STETTIN, Oct. 31.—The Amaranth, of Neckermunde, Galatz to Queenstown, struck on a rock near Fultschs ; sustained much damage, and had sold her cargo. The master committed suicide. FREDERECKSHAVN, Oct. 28.—The Licence, Sunderland to Rostock, which got on Hertsholm on the 24th, got off, after throwing part of cargo overboard, and has come in here with damage. OFF DOVER, Nov. 3.—Arrived—Edward Cohen, from Shields, for New York. CARLISLE, Nov. 3.—Arrived—Robert Burns, Quebec. CLYDE, Nov. 2. Arrived Trelawney, Demerara. Sailed—Margaret, Buenos Ayres; Horatio, St. Thomas ; John Kendall, Philadelphia. QUEENSTOWN Nov. 2.—Arrived—St. Lawrnce, Quebec.—The Urania, of this port, is on the Bank,e but without apparent damage. Pams, Nov. 3.—The Germaine, Martinique to Drdeaux, which got on shore at Croisee, ~he 19th u't., has been got off with damage, and making water.