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The Sun. — 1831-09-08 (London, England)

CORONER' S INQUEST.  An inquest was hell yesterday afternoon at No. 2' Amen-corner, Paternoster-row, before Mr. PAYNE' on the body of Mr. Thomas Marshall, brother to Mr. Richard Marshall, of the firm of Simpkin and Marshall, booksellers, Stationers'-court, who committed suicide under the following circumstances : Mr. Richard Marshall being sworn, stated that this unfortunate relative, who bound all the books for the firm, lived in the house in which the Jury were assembled. Within the last month he had become quite an altered man, and appeared sullen and dejected ; he did not pay that attention to business which he did formerly, and a number of books were at different times returned to him to he rebound, in consequence of their being badly done. Some books were sent to him on Monday morning last ftir the purpose already stated, when the deceased flew into a violent rage, and shortly afterwards had some high words with a young man in the employment of the firm upon the subject. Witness dined with the deceased as usual on Monday afternoon, when he took occasion to expostulate with him for quarrelling with the young man alluded to, at which the deceased appeared much incensed, and accused him (witness) of acting partially. Thev, however, afterwards shook hand., and separater.' apparently good friends. About six o'clock in the evening the deceased was missing, when witness went in search of him, and on entering his bedroom, to his horror and surprise he beheld his unfortunate relation hanging by a silk handkerchief from the bed-post, his knees nearly touching the floor. Witness instantly cut him down, and called in medical aid, but all to no purpose, life being wholly extinct. .  Samuel Horton, the deceased man's foreman, corroboreted the foregoing statement, as to the irritable state of the deceased's mind prior to his death. Ehzilieth Carse, the forewoman, pve similar testimony, and added, that about a fortnight ago the deceased was driving out in a phaeton with Mrs. Marshall and other ladies, when, in consequence of his coming in collision with a coal-waggon, the whole party were thrown out, and the deceased, who fell o►► his head, was much hurt, and had not, in the opinion of witness, been right in his head since. The CORONER having summed up briefly, the Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity."
The Sun. — 1831-04-08 (London, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDES.—On Tuesday evening, about five o'clock, a middle-aged French lady, elecantly attired, hired a waterman, named OXLEY, belonging to Waterloo-bridge stairs, to row her to the Old Bargehouse her, use stairs. On the man being about to land she desired him to return back and proceed to Westminsterbridge. lie instantly pulled round, but, previous to his arriving near the bridge, he asked the lady which stairs she would like to be landed at ? to which she replied the lower one, When nearing them the lady placed her muff sad purse in the boat, and taking a portrait nut of her boson,, and her bonnet off, she precipitated herself into the river before the Waterman could prevent her. By gre:it exertion, however, he succeeded in catching hold of her after shehad floated through the second arch, and by prompt assistance, she was rescued from the death she meditatede.Sh e was conveyed into the S: an tip, where every attention any was paid her, but she would neither give ny_ residence. ridnrexplanation of the rash conduct, nor her name or place of her, with the circumstance, by some means, became acquaintedrseh". blot friends, and they sent a coach fo being desired to drive to Tbornhaugh_4e t. the coachman On the same evening a young man of the name of rGtINusuiP the son of a respectable tradesman, residing neartA"Er.s' Amphitheatre, endeavoured to terminate his existence by precipitating himself off the east side f Waterloo.7nbridge Fortunately a waterman, named Fxsuwicx, was convey. ing two passengers across the water at the time, and he succeeded in saving him from destruction. On his" being conveyed ashore, the unhappy young man said, Why did you prevent me dying? I have no wish to live." He was taken in a coach to his father's house-, and from what we are given to understand, it was a touch of the "tender passion" that distressed him ; he jumped into the river as he most speedy and only sure means of cooling it,
The Sun. — 1831-04-01 (London, England)

SUICIDE.--011 Thursday last the family of Sir Jour THOROLD, Bart., of Syston, were very much hurt by the discovery of Alf. BROWN, the butler, suspended to a tree between the hall and his own cottage. As several reports have got abroad, we have taken some pains to ascertain the facts. Mr. Bnowx, it appeals, had been a servant in the family for many years, and had filled the situation of butler since Sir JOHN had occupied the hall. lie was a man of quiet mind and habits, and did not interfere with the rest of the servants; and if any disagreewent arose he did nut exercise that authority which he was bound to do. A short time since a quarrel took place rr, the servants' hall, between the footman, CHARLES, and the groom of the chamber (who is an Italian, and bring a foreigner, perhaps a prejudice existed against him) ; the dispute got so high, that the footman put his fist in the face of the Italian, and the Italian seized a knife and dared the footman to strike him. The butler was present, but did not interfere, nor attempt to bring the parties before their master. The noise, however, caused an inquiry, and the servants were all brought before Sir JOHN, who discharged the footman as being the aggressor, and also discharged Mr. BROWN for not showing his authority and preventing such disturbance ; this evidently prayed upon his mind, and being an old man he could not brook it, and no doubt made him commit the melancholy act. Sir JoarN allowed him the cottage rent-free, and he had saved enough to live comfortably. Such was the public prejudice against the Italian, that on Sunday last, when Lady THOROLD attended the Catholic chapel, the mob attacked the Italian, and her Ladyship was compelled to apply to the police fur assistance. Lady THOROLD entirely acquits the Italian of all fault, anti attributes the prejudice to the footman, who still remains in Syston.• An inquest was held, and the jury returned a verdict of " Lincoln Times,
The Sun. — 1831-04-01 (London, England)

SUICIDE.-011 Thursday last the family of Sir JOHN THOROLD, Bart., of Syston, were very much hurt by the discovery of Mr. BROWN, the butler, suspended to a tree between the hall and his own cottage. As several reports have got abroad, we have taken some pains to ascertain the facts. Mr. BROWN, it appeals, had been a servant in the family for many years, and had filled the situation of butler Since Sir JOHN had occupied the hall. He was a man of quiet miud and habits, and did not in • terfere with the rest of the servants and if any disagreement arose he did not exercise that authority which he was bound to do. A short time since a quarrel took place in the aervarits hall, between the footman, CHARLES, and the groom of the chamber (who is an Italian, and being a foreigner, perhaps a prejudice existed against him) ; the dispute got so high, that the footman put his fist in the face of the Italian, and the Italian seized a knife and dared the footman to strike him. The butler was present, but did not interfere, nor attempt to bring the parties before their master. The noise, however, caused an inquiry, and the servants were all brought before Sir JOHN, who discharged the footman as being the aggressor, and also discharged Mr. BROWN for not showing his authority and preventing such disturbance; this evidently prayed upon his mind, and being an old man be could not brook it, and no doubt made him commit the melancholy act. Sir. JOHN allowed him the cottage rent-free, and he had saved enough to live comfortably. Such was the public prejudice against the Italian, that on Sunday last, when Lady THOROLD attended the Catholic chapel, the mob attacked the Italian, and her Ladyship was compelled to apply to the police for assistance. Lady THOROLD entire! the Italian of all fault, and attributes the prejudice to the footman, who still remains in Syston. An inquest WAS held, and the jury returned a verdict of " Lineal entirely quite  !n Ti....  ts-s  -P 4  ~~ ~,+~ ~~ ___-
The Sun. — 1831-09-19 (London, England)

LOVE AND SUICIDE.  On Monday Morning an inquisition was taken. before ROBERT BARR, Esq., Coroner, at the house of Mr; Samuel Armitage, the Shoulder of Mutton Inn, top. of York-street, on view of the body of Samuel; Hobson, a young man about 'l7 ynrs of age, who was found dead on a bed at his father a house in York-street, early on Saturday morning, having taken a quantity of crude and liquid opium in'the cour-e of the night. It appeared that the deceased had for some time past exhibited signs of despon dency, for which no cause could be assigned, except that about two months ago he had an illness which was sureeeded by a depression of sprits at intervals. He was fondly attached to a young woman, and regularly visited her up to the time of his death; indeed, he' was with her till ten osc!ock oa. Friday night. He went to bed between ten and eleven that night„and when called to his breakfast ;on Saturday morning, he was found lying across the bed, with his clothes on, quite dead. In a dras.er was found a bottle, labelled "laudanum," which 4.peared to have been recently emptied, and in Os pocket waft a letter,in these words ftr,2, ; 4q.ll4,;'Spt iifh, 1 SS 1.  " MY DEAR PARENTS,-When you 'find this letter I shall he no more. I have been an unworthy son, and you have been too kind, far too kind, to me. I have been indulged by you in every thing my heart desired ; you have denied me nothing, and I have striven against you all my life, but I hope you will forgive me. My reasons for cointtiitting rash act were these—l feel myself unworthy of your love, and I cannot live in the presence of the persons I have so much wronged, but I must drop this theme, for I cannot bear to go on with it any longer. There is one thing I hope sou will perform, nay I demand it, that is, to look upon Mary Copley as your daughter, for she loicd the dearly, and I leave her my breast pin, and anything besides that she may desire ; and WI my dear father comfort my poor mother as well as you can, so no more from your undutiful son, " Son
The Sun. — 1820-04-22 (London, England)

THE QUEEN.-Letters have been received:froth the Queen, dated April 5, which announce th,,t her Majesty vtras;theo on the I►oint of taking her departure for England, and that it was her inteocion ti),PioCeed on her journey without in kin 6 any longer stay, at any place than was necessary for the.Chapge of burtes.  , . 3d-vices frOm .Trinidad to the 7th tilt. arrived yesierday. They enable us to culitra.dict (be repoll lately receited, via Jamaica, of the occupa= by the Insuigents, of Caraceas, Caithagebti, and Santa Martha.-(fbia`.)  [Morning herald.] The gallant against %tliont att. action for Crim. Con. wits aboui to be fried; *has fled 16 France, and left the deloded -vittim of hii criminal pas.sion in a state of the roost perfect misery, alt alien in the land of her birth—a*S-tranger in the bottle of her infancy•  [New Times.] Private letters received yesterday from Mancheater, convey the intelligence of a rumour hav, ing prevailed of the workmen intending to stripe next week ; they contain no particulars on the subject, but merely refer to the. report as being very general.  SUICIDE,—An Inqui4tion was taken yes'erday at the Duke of York public-bOuse, Con Or-street, Ratcliffe-highway, before Mr. I.llZWlNT,'Crl'Onee, on•the body of Mr. George Howell, who put a period-16 his life by cutting his throat. The deceased was about 64 years •of age, and hi,-;1 filled the situation of sexton to St..Georg,es Parish for many'years- : be bad been in good circumstances. but having lately-become embarraSsed, he became low-spirited, and chewed 'symptoms of derangement ; be- had been missing • froth home since Wednesday evening, and urn account could he had of him until about three o'clock on Thursday afternoon, when he was found in the boryiug ground of St. George'S Church, lying. against a tree, with his throat cut ; his bat lay on one sidQ of him', and a razor open on the in tier, all bloody ; bis'eravat was fo'und in his pocket. Verdict—. " That the deceased's death -w,s caused by his own actin cutting his throat, being at the time in a state of temporary derang,emenL" •
The Sun. — 1820-09-13 (London, England)

WELLINGTON. The parties who made.the charge stated, that the prisoners used abusive language, and struck them without provocation, merely on recognizing the livery,of his Grace, as the servants were passing through Tictadilly.. The priSoners contended that they had received the first offence. it appears to ,have been a scuffle of an ordinary kind,, in which,. perhaps, both parties were to blame.--Carter was discharged, but Roberts was ordered to find bail.  A singular suicide was committed at Paris on Friday last. A well-dressed man, who was looking with others at a.bear which was shewn with different animals in the Jardin du Roi, sud• denly threw himself into a situation where .the bear could come in contact with him. The bear immediately sprang upon ,him and ,killed him, and it bad partly. devoured the body before the keeper could succeed in inducing the animal to quit its hold.  Wei mentioned yesterday in a Second Edition, that ievolutionary commotions had broken out in Piedmont, and this intelligence is confirmed in the French Papers received this day, which state that Austrian troops were advancing iu that direction.  This is Settling-day in Omnium, which is at a., discount of 2 per cent. The payments are to be made onrriday.—Consols were done this morning at 67?-, for the Account, and G7i fey Money, with the appearance of a eery heavy market. Money is sa scarce that great difficulty is experienced in getting good bills discounted at 5 per  We received this morning, the Paris Papers of Sunday last. Most strange to say, they do not contain one word respecting the events in Portugal, although intelligence of their occurrence is known to have been received by rner, cantile houses at Paris on Saturday, and the Government, there is every reason to believe, were in possession of it some days before.—The following are extracts :  " PA 10 S,,
The Sun. — 1820-01-14 (London, England)

CORONERS' INQUESTS. SUICIDES.  An Inquest Was_ held a fesv clays ago at - Nor• wood, on the bOdy-of Hntioriond, Esq. partuer.in a respectable tea firth in London,' who tiv4 ed in a .mostsecluded manner at Norwood;. his greatest pride was in ministering to, the wawa of his less affluent neighbours, who have g,,od cause to regret his loss. A distaste for society' drove him from the world ; • and, although he seemed seasible.of his loslorn conditions he. could not rouse himself from that gloom ancl, melancholy which seemed to have taken pmsession of his .mind; and accompanied his every act. Tita manner of his death, too, was- singular. Having plAced .a gun near the fire-place, in such a manner that the muzzle came against his head, he tied a string to the.trigger, and fastened it to his cane, so that by noshing the: cane from him, the piece would go off.. After placing his chair in suet, a position as to be able to lay hold of the hell. rope, he posbed back the trigger, when she charge entered his . head, and caused his almost immediate depth. The body tell off she chair oft the floor, R 1341: the. bell rung so loud as to alarm the family and domestics, who, 011 entering the room, found their heloved•master dying. Surgical aid was procured, but .proved of no avail. Verdict —" Insanity." Yesterday.an Inquest was held at the Brick. layers' Arms,. Stretton-Ground, Westminster, on the body of Isaac Hewitson, a stage-struck youth, about 16,, of disordered mind, who terminated his existence --by banging .hitnself lo she privy of his' master, a cabinet-maker, in Great l'etet-street, fin Wednesday morning last, after some differences with his mother. •Verditt-,+ " Insanity.". • Yesterday -an incinea was Itch) al the Middle.. sex Hospital, on the body of ?J;. J.. Carmichael. for many .years Master of the Bloomsbury Oral rity School, who attempted his existence on Thursday morning last, by curling big throat with a razor. Lice, -however, was not extinct, and the deceased was conveyed to the '.above Hospital; where •lie expired on Tui,sday, lea'ving a immerous offspring behind hini. Verdict—" Insanity."  • •
The Sun. — 1855-08-20 (London, England)

HADDINGTON CORN MARS-of crime. The right of nations to freedom from foreign made an important distinction between the parishes tt' tweed under which be appeared to have disposed of all the laintiff of the farm, and an agreement was also pro- 0 'oo'i' 503 33 domination is entirely ignored and superseded by the -`) . - le It. to cmisolidate the power in which Act, and 2 William IV., cap. 60 (Hobd (Air statesmen appreciate the difficulty and danger of pon re Ditto 8end5........ 4/. per cent. - - - WIIsAT. InsitL3l! 1 „55 3 491 oa • arbitrary and artificial arrangements necessary to peise tied on the amelioration of the house's Act) was in force and those in which it was ! ause was, whether these were genuine instruments tock that was u tl farm also to him, and the question in the c Sto.iKthatharine ........ 4 per cent. Stock. - - First eos Od 38s C•ta -3, 9a 0, ij of Turkey, they aye insis such a position, thhat, t. in. mg i ampton -- - - 37. Os per c. .50 0 0, 50 0 6 - s A Victoria .......... ~ 51. per cent. '2ooo'to o 0 ; - ece"- 76s Od 36s ficl, 12g, 03 oet°,.) the balance. The sanction bestowed on past conquest . . th f , ase leaving the vestries in or not. Mr. Coleman, sen., was called as a witness, aud Y not ' ; in e ormer c becomes a justification of future, and the denial ot this co.'iditeon of its Christian subjects, and thus 1100011I t M d' tl latter requiring he swore that the transactions relatine to the lease and over the Old Course. 3 subs. _ third 7ls Od 30s !fie rb, 19'j eel e 1141 kt ower unti nex . ay, an in le t•ght of independence as a general principle of inteina- . smugly enforce its suicide. Can our Ministers be so • it3ll to die b the Ist of next October. This dis- the agreement were genuine ones, anesome other evi- The Selling Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added ; for
The Sun. — 1855-11-03 (London, England)

CZAR—and have accepted an inglorious, dishonourable, and temporary truce, which they would 1-I,ve dignified with the name of " Peace"— a truce which might have postponed for a brief period the evil day, but would have allowed, aye, have tempted, Russia to have resumed her operations at a morn convenient opportunity, which could not have lone* been wanting ! They, however, failed as signally and completely as even the members of the PeacJ sicisty; and Aherdeenism and Gerreanimn stunk in the nostrils of the people.  A still more potent auxiliary was speedily obtained. A Statesman who had distinguished himself from the commencement of hostilities by the bold and wanly sentiments which ho had. seized every suitable opportunity for promulgating, was selected as British Plenipotentiary at the Confer. ences of Vienna, probably on account of his quasi firmness and. resolution. Lord JOHN RUSSELL went to Vienna armed with clear and unequivocal instructions, which could have left no possible doubt as to the nature and extent of the terms to which he could assent. But he, too, yielded to the sinister and mysterious influences in operation. Ile was brought round to the acceptance of illusory and inadequate propositions, of which he exhibited his real opinion in the remarkable statement, that " the question was between an imperf t2ct security for Turkey and for Europe and the continuance of the War ?" Fur this he committed pClitical suicide, and with reckless desperation plunged into the yawning gulf of Musc.)vitism.  There have been sinister rumoxrs of another and scare Iy less deplorable sacrifice. It has been more than hinted that many of the Conscrvati ye or Derbyito party are prepared to follow the evil examples, and to tender themselves as the next victims on the Russian altar. An Unholy Alliance has been spoken of, iu which BRIGHT, and GLADSTONE, and RUSSELL, and others, who have tot yet condemned theniselveg Out of their own mouths, and br whom there is, therefore, still a lei& penitentice, are oyncernecl. We aleal have totally discredited these reports, have repelled what we should have supposed to be the ford • Ca'"nrcy with honest indignation ; but unfortunately it has been too long suffered to remain without ' any authentic contradiction. A journal which has hitherto been supposed to give expression to '.he sentiments of the leaders of the party has very recently used langrago that cause a: grave apprehensions as to the truth of these assertion% -• A contemporary, ;•iin whose op.. ,ns we have always treated with resped, Ilan put fut ward what seems to be a very I
The Sun. — 1855-10-18 (London, England)

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