The Sun. — 1844-11-25 (London, England)

TWENTY POUND NOTES. 85,017, June sth 68,895, June sth 87,325, June sth 72,126, June sth 69,663, June sth 87,861, June 5. 56,510, June 5. 21,189, February 17. 25,552, February 17. 78,629, Juno 5. 36,962, June 5. 88,930, June 5. 68,817, June 5. 46,695, June 5. 76,082, March 6th 75,537, March 6th 76,235, March 6th 76,163, March 6th -4, March 6th 71,482, March 6th 70,183  Whoever will give such information as will lead to the apprehension of the guilty parties,•or, either of them, and recovery of the property, or any part thereof, shall receive the above reward, or a part thereof, proportionate to the sum which shall be recovered.  Further particulars of the Bills of Exchange will be published. Payment of the above-mentioned Notes has been stopped, and it is requested that all information be forwarded to Mr. Francis Hobler, solicitor, 26, Bucklersbury, Mansion-house, London ; John and Daniel Forrester, Mansion-house, London ; or to any of the Inspectors of the City and Metropolitan Police. London, Nov. 25, 1844.  THE SUICIDE ON EPPING FOREST On Saturday evening last an inquest was held at the King's Oak Inn, High Beach, before Mr. C. C. Lewis, the coroner for South Essex, on view of the body of Alexander Scott Grove, Esq., aged fift years of age, who committed suicide at mid-day on 'Wednesday last, in Epping Forest. The circumstances attendant on the death of the deceased, seemed, for two or three days, to be enveloped in considerable mystery, and the report current in the neighbourhood was, that on Wednesday morning he arrived from town, at the establishment of Dr. Allen, at High Beach, on a visit to one of the female patients there, and shortly afterwards was found hanging from a tree in the forest. From the evidence adduced before the coroner and jury on Saturday evening, it appeared that the deceased gentleman had been a patient in the asylum of Dr. Allen for five months, and left in perfect health. The week before last symptoms of his former disease having presented themselves, his medical attendant in town recommended another retirement to the asylum of Dr. Allen, and on Monday last he was taken there by his brother. There being no certificate of his insanity, he was not placed under any particular restraint. On Tuesday night his malady seemed increasing, and in the presence of Dr. Allen himself let drop some hints about his intention to commit suicide, but the Doctor rallied him, and he subsequently joined in a game of whist, and his mind seemed more at ease. Dr. Allen, however, felt it necessary, from the symptoms that presented themselves, to write to the brother of the deceased, and request his attendance at High Beach without delay. On Wednesday morning deceased was allowed to walk about unrestrained, and had been seen by many persons in the neighbourhood of High Beach. About one o'clock ho was found by two men, named Clark and Morgan, suspended by a white silk handkerchief from the branch of an oak, in a thicket in the forest. They immediately cut him down, and carried the body to the King's Oak Inn, where Mr. Scool, a veterinary surgeon, made several efforts to restore animation, but without effect. The body was hardly cold when the brother of the deceased had arrived at Dr. Allen's establishment, where news of the melancholy discovery had but a few minutes before reached. Dr. Darling, a medical gentleman, under whose care and treatment the deceased had frequently been, deposed to his being subject to occasional attacks of insanity, and said that Mr. Grove had latterly expressed his fear of laying violent hands on himself, and he (Dr. Darling) in consequence recommended him to go back to Dr. Allen's, and keeping himself quiet there, and he should soon recover from such a feeling. The CORONER expressed his regret, after what fell from the deceased gentleman himself about his intention to commit suicide, that he was not put under some restraint or surveillance. Had such been done his life might have been spared, and he considered that the conduct of Dr. Allen was not altogether free from blame in the unfortunate affair. The jury expressed a similar opinion, and returned a verdict that the deceased had committed the act of suicide while labouring under temporary insanity.  FUNERAL or DR.