The Sun. — 1816-09-10 (London, England)

SUICIDES.  DISTRIZSSING CASs.--= lire folloWinirdivreinin nceount appears in The tided:it:L(6`l erctcru pi. Thursday last :—/Otni morning last week )or fort.unate man in Edinbufgh plt an end ro his lifet A widow and three helpless Children,one.of %vh Old three years Of age, am! anotherilot two months, are the unhappy sufferers by 'this eying The deceased was a colitleatial'elir.tt iit a re,  speetable house in that distinsitisbe:.l  iutetligenee.,itiperlor to hi; station in' soctetyi and his conduct through life marked -'byelll stricte3t integrity and sobriety. Ahoot six Week ago he tell into 'a state of Melaucholy, and spite of every effort to the malady gradually in •state.he swallowetLa quantity of inn: Quinn ; but by the entreaties of his afflicted wife, lie Was pre. vaited on to take an antidote. From this period; however, 'his langtta'ge and conduct Ip•s:t;ke. fixed determination to effect his'purpose h means more speedy and certain ; and his Wife, aware that any interference on the part of others would only.have accelerated his design, concealed her distress, still indulging- the 'hope that she might 15e able to' divert him from his purpose. fli, elde-t son, au interesting youth about thirteen, never failed, under some pretence or. other, to accom+ pony hint to the place of his eniph‘yment, and to be in the way to return with hint. The 'situat:on of the'wife and son during this interval may be. better conceived than described. On Tneauityl morning lust, at half-past five o'clock, be stole from his bed, and though discovered by his son, and aftrrivsrtls by his wife, With a pistol in. his 'hand, he cdorrived in a few toitones to duck the. vigilance of his family, and finally eomniitted the, desperate act, which laid him who had hithertotheir faithful and affeetionate.protector life+ less at their feet. On the night preee,iing this cal. tastrophe he read to his wife settle lines written in the course Of the day : they were found. in his pocket next morning, and denote very attikingly7 the horror of mind to which he fell a victim. • ' Yesterday afternoon, at 2 treloCk; 'an intptiti-i thin ream; taken before one of the Coroners fol. Middlesex. on'the body of George Lane, silver. smith, 170, 1-lOlborn,- -who shot hiniself with a pistol otESaturday morning last. Tice evidence adduced proved that the deeeased bad' been in a low state of mind for some time, 'and his cdedilet to. 'wards his relatives had strong markS of insanity The Jury returned a verdict, 'that the deceriSed shot himself while in a state of insanity.' Sunday evening an elderly lady, mother' of 4 gentleman living in lied Lion-square, threw her. self from a three pair of Stairs window Into the street, and was killed on the-spot. • ' A young woman, of the name of Fisher, living servant at g baker's in Ilermondsey-streer, hang herself On Saturday last, frbin a peg in 'her bed.; room ; 'shewas discovered in'Jt few minittes by her mistress, by reason. of the noise she made Ili throwing down a table on.whiCh she athod ;-'ber mistress emit her down iminedixtely, and medial asistancesvas- sent for, Which, after two liourl spent in using thelimeans- recommended for the hwor,“ion perions sidiocated, succeeded in restorimmg her to life ; she is how perfeetlrrel; covered. Thereeetit death of her father, andithe circumstance of her mother and t*o little sisters being reduced to the 'w-orketonie, is the atippbseti cause of her despei-ate attempt.: -  , . ~. . . .