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The Sun. — 1822-02-12 (London, England)

HOUSE OF COMMONS. ROYAL ASSENT. The SPEAKER took the Chair at half past three ; immediately after which, the House was summoned by the- Deputy Usher of the Black Rod to attend-at the Bai-Of the House of Peers. On the SPEAKER'S return, he inforMed the House, that the 119ose had been to the Bar of the LOrds, and had heard the Royal Assent given, by Com Mission, to the Irish Insurrection Rill and the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill. , Mr. HUTCHINSON, from the Bank, presented certain /japers relating to the funding of Exchequer Bills, by the eaturnissioners of Management.  AGRICUI:FURAL DISTRESQ, Mr. GOOCH presented a Petition, signed by upwards of 800-persons, Occupiers of Land in the County of Suffolk, complaining of Distress, and praying for ,protecting Laws against 4tuportation, so that the Petitioners might be placed upon an tqual footing with Manufacturers. After a few words from Mr. Gooch in support of the Petition, it was ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Similar Petitions were presented by Lord Lowther, from Occupiers of Land in Westmoreland and Lancaster, and were similarly disposed of. A Petition to the same effect from Hotbed), in LincolnIhite' was presented by an Hon: Member, whose name could not he learnt. Petitions, complaining of Agricultural Distress, were also Presented from.the Owners of 'Land in Gloucestershire, by -Ltd Edward Somerset.—They were also ordered to lie on the talile and be piloted. Sir CHARLES BURRELL presented a Petition, twinetwas signed, from the Land Owners and Cultivtors of th Rapely of Bramher, in Sussex, complaining of theair distress.e 't he Hiati. Baronet said, that the Petitioners humbly begged to state to the House, that the remedies of time and patience which had been'so earnestly recommended to them, had heen tried and found ineffectual; that the condition of labourers, and all connected with agriculture, had been affected by the distress under which that interest.was suffering; and they Prayed for the extension to themselves of that protection which had heen given to Commerce and Manufacture, and the policy of which they could not possibly question. They condemned that legislative measure, popularly called Mr. Peel's Bill, and attributed much of the pressure they felt to that measure. The Hon. Baronet said, that in all these observations of the Petitioners he entirely concurred; and, with respect to the last, be knew not what name to give the Act in question ; ha he thought it is description of national suicide.—The Petition was then read, and ordered to lie on the table.  Mr. COKE presented a Petition from the Owners and Oc.. enpiers of Land at Harleston, in Norfolk,-complaining of Distress, and praying for a repeal of the taxes upon Malt and Leather, and for a Permanent Protecting Duty upon Foreign Corn to be imported. The Hon. :Amber presented second Petition froni another place in Norfolk, making the same complaint, 'praying for the same remedy, and also praying for a Reform in Parliament.—Both Petitions were ordered to lie on .t he table.
The Sun. — 1822-10-10 (London, England)

ROUEN.—Since the disastrous. i lsla a -4e4 ' ttle fire, men have been employed in rlbtl'Y done the rubbish. The extent of the e'er -e oY the fire has been fully ascertained. qhp 41 partqs of the Church escaped. T_ ~he Neri- °f th IT h stv e linly Virgin is untouched. AL he '°B"d .; has "t been consumed, as it was sup,tPiY,:atuidt.heZof only suffered in the fall of the tijyra4l.:ne part of the arch which supported fury ;,'lle tk h-1 was very much injured by the i,114,1e to—rrt: es: ..4 1016 Pair ,is -expected that it will be posit and to preserve to religion a 111Nrate•e" edifice. It will still be worthy of A n 1011. t°44 \''°rre r i, th„sPoodent says, it is thought in the 4liti l'ait;',l4 the dvent of d'ssolution of Parliament, both 'sr ‘"raen ":". and Al C lis will retire, and that tour tin .ne h , neiti,,.. r. I:UTE 41t1 c'nou g Mr. CAvENDIsu, will become cadidates itcln ' 411 d v "le;presenting Sussex—two Whig or Constituwe IINI" two °f To y principles. We know not the source t tlanleettrd Ltee,i°ll.r, Correspondent obtained his information, Nye: of the" nll, report twelve months ago,but and ever,'3r ' 1)14 parties who it was imagined would presen. t tllfrot eispsek inaftatk ercrvouthdiet very. strong manifestation of the coun Y. .el'ed I)3ea t corer of liberal and independent politics, we are 1414Qtq,„t° kr! a report of the least opposition being .. ,s who __,,,,AvElthi-,,, . and the gentleman of the same 41)04, bht , ~71' Y stand with him.—(Lewes xp? • /°4t ‘,,°tle oisi uf U L SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning itte Yeq,„_etra-t°,,e'', the following most dreadful act of suicide' 1414-4414`1er• fne'4:_t sth_e Cross-Keys, I in_ Belton-street, Longh4tlliftet Past IGe,!_.,4AcxsoN, a Wt.- officer, who for grolbet suttn. lodged In the above houseP, o. n Tuesday night tht Iva_ at the ahoy a short period below stairs, retired to his 0tile!! alarnter_v_e ,r hour. The landlady of the house soon .I:t..oeeedeitiYfantneatul groans, and_s aop inquiry she found itiYesetloiwl'ileenanthaelarinr, ,and deceased's artmett. She in 4 arriving the door wat h'`e4 ake, ~,, unfortunate deceased, who was about forty I°4 on his th as seen on the bed with a dreadful wound in-4ltinieteel'ltcl thet°baetd;aandrazthor cover'ed with blood was lying by ti ettitite,.' blood. p e whole of the room were completely tle,tti.:ed „.? sent for, a....r; !fume, of thsatdrneesisgelp;onunrhood, was which the qtll3'4l,c•al teriedtoncl the ":','; the Middlesex Hospital, Hospital, where he soon Apse e Opehr. d• 4 till 1711,9 g Of Drury' etlueßa Lane Theatre is postsay next,
The Sun. — 1826-12-27 (London, England)

ISI. Se. and 261. 12e. ;per have been divided during the last Fourteen Years.—Aner Septennial Dividend will take place next year, in which close who now insure will participate.- • ililit4rif Men are not charged additional, unless called into 4litual service. , Persons ate at libeity to pasi repass to the Continent un"er limitations, without Licener end extra Premium. Persons removing subjectto or to bodily unaea.t..y climates, infirmities, may be insured. If any Person die by Suicide, Duelling, . te lice, the, full value which his Policy bore on h Hands of Justhe day previous to the time of lilt Death will be paid. No Admistion-Feee are required, nor any Charge made for Polioiee, except Stamp theDuty.  SORE THROATS, HOARSENESS, &c, • • BUTLER'S ACIDULATED CAYENNE LOZENGES, are particularly recommended for habitual Sore Throats, relaxation of the Uvula, enlargement of the Ton_ ads, ,and that description of hoarseness which arises from relate, boa of the membranes of.the Throat, and the parts contiguous. The corning tosenge her been found of great utility to such persons as are frequently in the habit of speaking in public; they 'My, therefore, advantageously he used in the Senate, at the Bar, and in the Pulpit, and the highest testimony in the lk World has been advanced in their favour, especially in those- caret where, from the constant use of the voice, or the influence of a humid "guoPhere, the membranes have become relaxed, and ditnittieltettin theie. . Theis L°2leigre are also recommended as .a stimulus during Field Sports ; they are refreshing, and prevent Sore Throats, Bosreenstadi fix. to them who are unaccustomed to exposure in the morning, before the dew has.paeseil off, and in moist and foggy comings. 9Sold in Boxes, at 2s. and 4e. 6d. by Metres. Butlers, Chemists, leapside, corner of St. Pauli ; 78, Prinoes-street, Edinburgh ; 1114 54, Sackville-street, Dublin; Savory & Ce. 156, New Bondt'; Willmott, 83, High-street, Borough; and the principal eaucine Venders in the United Kingdom ;. where may be had, 7u T4ER'S
The Sun. — 1826-10-06 (London, England)

SPIRITS.--A very thin lady seriously .asked a wit, whether he believed in spirits.--" Aye,.madam," replied lie, looking her full in the face, " as sure as you are there." At a village near Cambridge, Mrs. '111.40k, who keeps the post7office, is likewise a midwife. - A wag passing that way, wrote with a diamond, one the glass of 'her window, " Ladies and Letters safely delivered." On Sunday.. night last, the Protestant School-ho Use of Terryglass, Barony of Lower. Ormond, county of Tipperary, was maliciously burnt to the groUnd.— Freeman s Journal.  Upon a late occasion at Berlin, the tickets of ad, mission to the theatre in that City, were at a premiwi  of one thousand percent., in other words, ten times the price was offered in vain for tickets, to witness the first performance of Mademoiselle Sonntag, in a favourite Opera (ItoSsini's ‘, Italian in Algiers"), after her return from. Paris.  A whimsical return appears in the Mauritius Gazette of the 10th of June last. It is printed by order of Government, and in pursuance of a proclamation, made in February, 1825, for the destruction of rats and birds, which form the plague of the island. The rats' tails from eight districts amount to the almost  incredible number of 830,473, and the birds' heads 'to 238,549, in one twelveinonth. The document, which is no unimportant one, is signed G. A.• Barry, Chief Secretary of the Government. A female incendiary suffered the extreme penalty of the law in Hanover, on the 12th ult. The executioner, at one blow, severed the head from the body with the sword I The unhapy'wotetan,lt was clearly proved, on her trial, had wil idly set fire to ,a dwellinghouse in the town of Elze, which occasioned a most serious loss of property, including the church, &c. A double suicide took place On. Saturday, in Rue St. Martin. Two yoUng ladies, one- 23, and the other 26 years of age, suffocated themselves with charcoal in a small stove. All recourse to medical aid was useless. Not only, were they suffocated with the vapour of the Charcoal, but horribly burnt in many places. It appears from the letters they had written the night before, that family distress drove them to this desperate act.----/ )(iris Paper.
The Sun. — 1826-11-04 (London, England)

MURDER AND SUICIDE.--On Suuday evening hat, William Meson, of Wainfleet St. Mary's, (sou of •Ydr. Mill! an opulent farmer, of Northholme,) suddenly stabbed his ": with a sharp butcher's knife, near the breast, aud afterwards cur his own throat with the same instrument. The particulas,o: this awful case are stated to us as follows :--Maison had bou ici, some time subject to jealousy respecting his wife, and this ()e;:, sioning frequent quarrels, the consequence was, that slis ii,„ tbe 1`),:r", pirated herself from him, and took refuge in of her father, who lives at Wainfleet Bank. This tuft' cumstance appears to have preyed very untch 'tiro'. go. husbind's mind, and his habits became, unatesaf• bolos Mason had remained a • few weeks only at her father's ,ciocl, when the lamentable catastrophe ensued : about 'il,.„°, joton Sunday evening the unhappy man went to its, 71,,,s :leg _ nice and 'requested the loan of a pistol, which the 1i,,,;0 'tin sonic suspicion of a fatal result) refused to lend him, ts",ho,o: ito .....4 nudely took a knife from the house of a Vronuto I.sit,d, ..,h-e„boae lodged, and, armed with this deadly weapon procceues";;; ;dant Ei of his father-in-law, where his wife was sitting stickling '',e. -f she 7 child, then about 7 weeks old. On his entt a.tt,e, he ho ' ;he jrwould again live with him, to which she replied in the Thrli-,,,,-„"oritb immediately sprang forward, and stabbed her so deiffelnell to -- the 'knife which he had concealed on his person, that., 11" e Hefor. aythe ground, anti fears are eta' entertained for her hir* ;roles' her father, who witnessed the dreadful deed, had tiro* t's f'-, hol ...... from his surprise and arrest the hand of Mason, ti ro* isot".' f ity cut his own throat, and lay weltering in his blood. is° PO air effected his purpose its regarded himself; for, although the :11 PO afternoon.--Lincoln surgical assistance was renderwl, he exPired 011 fru Mercury. _____....,  BIR da °II the 24th . e* 4 snghter sth ult., at Eilinburb Dire frenh; Brit* . , 111 rs• .
The Sun. — 1826-04-14 (London, England)

FATAL FANATICISM.  Yesterday evening, :tit I uquisition.Was takerlag the London Hospital, .)tile-end-roast, before J. W. 1101114 Esq., the Coroner, on view of the remains of Joseph Dun •. an aged man, who put au.end to his existence while labonfwfr under the influence of strong fanatical feelings. The evidencft' given on the occasion was as follows : üb. Eliza Harris examined-1 am a servant at the Swan P lic house, iiwa.n-vard, Shoreditch ; the deceased came to: lodge at my Master's on Monday week; he came there 0? Tuesday, and towards morning became very restless. Abe°° twelve o'clock on Wednesday morning, I went up stair en: put the room' in order, and to make the beds ; deceased unfastened the door, by removing a 'chain from On my going into his apartment, he held up his, threat, which there was a wound, and desired me to look at did so; and he then told me , "that the devil had been %or him all night, and had cut •it .•" there' was at. the *Male, some broken glass in ,hishand.., Ile afterwards came dew stairs ; before he , he..pushed die bed from the Sig place; I saw a piecedid. osof handkerchief. .My master asked tn: what he had been doing to the girl ; but he gave no ansvTo to this question : he afterwards, . however, told him thet.,lien devil had cut his throat. lie had a nail in his hand wiutr, he came down ; -and in his bed-room I saw a pair ef ers, covered with .blood. He was removed into the 11171 t. room, and a doctor was sent for ;- after „which he was what to the Hospital. I never: heard hint say any morelthan.a D I thatchhve mentioned. He slept any himself, and I have no el irj": t e committed the fatal act himself, and that he "%ad sane at tike time. The deceased was advanced in yea" was, I bEieve, a dog-finder. • • he Sou; Joseh Entto eamined...Ll am proprietor of t the deceased was ax stranger to me, but was, . unilersrfDie weaver out of .emplayment. , The servant called roe n his was coming down stairs; saw some blood. and- 004 dot room. I asked him what lie had been about; and he_ sa,, moot the devil had been busy with him. • There' Can bno but that he was the author of his own deskt/l• and Oaitv : that it The Coroner summed up the evidence, set was evident that thc deceased had committed the .....d; himself, while labouring .under a fanatical delusion 0t1.62 171,1!_r, and he would therefore recOminend .the Jary to return " diet accordingly: '; • - • WO reThe Jury coincided in this opinion,.'ind-i verdict aatoo corded " That the deceased committed suicide while In . of derangement,"
The Sun. — 1826-03-27 (London, England)

DISTRESSING SUICIDE.—On Saturday evening an Inquisi. tion was takett at the Duke of Wellington public house. Gorn, wall...treet, Commercial-road, on view of the body of Captain flax.' ~ late of Upper John-street, in that neighbourhood. Mr. U. Chapman, stitieon, resides in Aide End, Old Town. I know the deceased, andhad been in the habit of attending him or 6or years past ; his health during that time had been indifferent, and he was occasionally subject tohypoehondriaeaffectien.' lie had no doubt but he was the author of his own death. Coroner ...Did you see the instrument with which ho perpetrated the fatal deed ? I did not. On Sunday I was called to sec the deceased ; he was then very melancholy, and labouring under bypothondriasis. On Monday I saw him, when he appeared somewhat-better, but his spirits were had I saw him for the last time on Thursday, when his general health was much improved, but his spirits bad an increased dejection. I ant decidedly of opinion that when the deceasgd committed the rash act he was not of sound mind, memory, or understanding. Mr. Bell examined—l live opposite the deemed ; in consequence of his not getting tip at his usual hOur on Friday morning, I was cage I on to ascertain the cause; .1 went to. his house, and finding hirkehamber door locked, I forced it open, ands discovered the deceased with his throat severed from ear to ear. Ile was weltering in blood, and a razor was lying near his head. T certainly think he was de, isuaged when he committed the fatal deed. The evidence dosed here, and the Jury, returned a verdict of " Suicide," committed while in a :state of insanity,  Sittings appointed tc► be held in Middlesex and London, before the Right lion. Sir Charles Abbott, iinight, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, in and after Easter Term, 11128  IN
The Sun. — 1826-09-26 (London, England)

LOVE AND SUICIDE.  " STUTGARD, Snrv. 14.—0 n the 9th, a young man and woman arrived here by a coach from Cerlsruhe and alighted at one of our inns. They passed the whole of the next day here and at Carlstadt, and ordered the coachman to be ready on the afternoon of the 11th. The coachman having waited more than an' hour,.Went up stairs to ask instructions. To the questions that he put the young man answered that he might come in. The door, however, was bolted on the inside, and barricadoed also with a chest of drawers. After he had got in through anotheeroom, the young woman was found lying insensible on the bed, bathed in her blood--qtnd the young man was leaning against the wall of the apartment, with blood stream,ing from his mouth. They had attempted (it would appear) to commit suicide, and had put a number of hail shot into two small pocket pistols for that purpose ; but the charge was so weak that most of the shot remained in a barrel. The unfortunate pair were carried to the Hospital. The young woman is severely wounded; she can with difficulty utter some unintelligible words, 'and is considered in a< very dangeroua state. The condition of the young man is more favourable, and he speaks distinctly. " The following are the Rarticulars which have come: to our knowledge :—The young man's name is I*4-7: He is 24 years of age. Was born at L—, in the Grand Duchy of and She was born at S—, in Alsace. The motives which lle yoiingacitveodn:aan S'sug name is at isCtehreoltlinoespital t of Carlsnrinduced them to 'attempt- suicide are hut imperfectly known. They left Carlsruhe on the Eith, and when here they did not live in a very economical manner, although they had no money, net even sufficient to pay their bill.'
The Sun. — 1826-08-17 (London, England)

QUEEN-SQUARE...4IIm DA T. )  Stiorturrtno.— 'William Barton, a genteely dressed young man, was brought before the sitting Magistrate, W. A. A. Want, Esq., on a charge of felony. It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutor, Mr. Bear, wits a linen-draper residing on Pindico-terrace. The prisoner came into his shop under pretence of purchasing Jenne trifling article, and after asking the prices of several lets of calicos and *balloons, he left without buying any, observing that the prim) was. too high. The prisoner, however, coutrivod, .before he retired, to secrete a quantity of printed cotton from off the taunter, ,end placed it in his basket. The shoproani iniundiately alines .the prisoner was gone, missed the property, - *nd brought him .beck. On searching the basket, the stolen goods were discovered con, cealed therein. A constable being sent for ha was taken 'into custody. He declined saying any thing, and was fully committed to Newgate, the parties being also bound over to prosecute.  AFFECTING SUICIDE of a CLERGYMAN,  yutaciayitichsrd carter, Eaq., the Coroner for Surrey, and a highly respectable Jury wary ernPumelled at the Queen's Head, %hearth, to inquire into the death of the late Rev. James Charles Blankerne aged about b 0 yeah who committed suicide on the previous day by banging himself at his residence in Arttold's-plate, Newington. It appeared that the deciessed had been. Curate of Newington Church for seven) yeira owing the last four or five monthche had been observed to be dealanding and nervous, he, howarir, always Performed his clerical duties, yet it seems his mind at length was ea much affected/ .tbst in a state of desperation. he deprived himself af existence' The cord with ;which the act was perpetrated, 'toss fixed to the ,keY at bilk, ..eitt 4004, "'kW!. had beta thrown over in the inside, where the neceeeett was found suspended by the neck. The deceased was not in embarrassed circumstances, and no cause can he assigned for the rash act. The Jury, after hearing the evidence, returned for verdict—That the deceased destroyed himself when in a state of insanity.
The Sun. — 1826-02-23 (London, England)

CATAI.ANI is nt present in Naples, where she holds Academies during the Carnival. On the 20th of last month she sung at Rome, in the Tentro Valle. Never did that theatre overflow with 'an audienCe so select and so ,nunrerous ; never was seen gathered in one place so great an assembly of all the illustriodi persons whore Rome contains.—(Nitan Gozeite'..) A petite piece, entitled The Suieideel has been produced in Paris, avowedly written . 'excite laughter at the expence or poor Jean Buhl. The Parisians have welcomed The S'aieides for many successive nights; with applauSe commensurate to its national importance. It is curious enough, not withstanding the notions of the French on the subject, that in Paris there are about four times as many suicides as in London, and-there are other cities of the Continent where the proportion of self.slaughter is still greater. When the ,Frenchman find oat this fact, they will, suppose, swear that we are not gay enough to kill ourselves.  CUMBERLAND GAttror,tis.—Our renaers aro ready aware that this favourite place ot' resort has, since the destruction by tire of the tavern attached to it, pn4sed into the lauds of the South London Water-works Company. We, n're glad tod learn,irevtois 9f that hotly have witha; hatis::.vo the praiseworthy attention io the wishes of the public, come to the resolution of restming the eSta 1/H0111)1a upon an improved and more attractive scale, reserving for the erection of their new water-works that portion only or the grounds which had formerly been occupied by out-houses. The building of the water-works is, we understand, On the eve of commencement.— The water is to be raised From the Thames on a plan not hitherto adopted, and ww liich combines greater purity with copiousness of supply: Tiro steam-engines, of 80 horse power each, are to be erected, and the water will be forced a far as the summit of Brixton Hill, where a piece of ground, several acres in extent, has been purchased for the formation of a te,,ervoir,  UNrouTuNATE Occtiuttcser..-----A sehot,imaster, by the name of 13Iftke, in Salisbury, 1, ermont, has unfortunately caused the death of a young man, by the name of Howard, aged eighteen. It appears that the deceased, with two younger brothers, had been in the habit of :defying the teachers, and disturbing the school, for years ; and Blake was engaged under the belief that he possesse'd sufficient energy to pre. serve order against the !Towards. Last Saturday week, however, a younger brother behaved badly, anti ran out of school. lie was called buck, and admonished that if he did not return, he would be punished. On Monday, he came, tvhee 111:: other a with his elder brother, the deceased, to protect -him. Blake called, him up ,for punishment, and deceased interfered, and told him to let; his brother alone. Blake ordaeLedga to sit down ; but he refused. Blake then seized haeal(ii.mi-llsocwhaqrldar,clenched him) and 'tllllllcoar?!‘cigihiatvflreloernhim another blow, which fractured his k 11 , and he died the same day. Blake sur. rendered himself into the hands of justice,— Imerican Paper.,)  NORTH AND SOUTH AMETtiCAN