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The Sun. — 1841-06-09 (London, England)

DREADFUL SUICIDE--In the early part of Monday afternoon a respectably-dressed man applied to Mr. Simmons, of Bury-street, one of the Chtuchwardens of the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, fur permission to ascend the tower of the new church, stating that his motive in asking the favour was to enable him to take a sketch of Westminster Abbey. Permission was, without hesitation, granted to him, and he went up the steeple to the summit, with the man who usually tolls the bell for the funerals ; who having conducted the stranger to the top, returned below to the ringing chamber, and commenced tolling the bell. About a quarter before four o'clock a policeman on duty on side the churchyard rails observed a person on the top of the tower apparently preparing to Precipitate himself to the ground, and a second afterwards he threw himself off, and came down with terrifiz velocity on the west side of the tower. Several persons were immediately on the spot, and lifted the unfortunate mall up, but life was found to be quite extinct. The Acmes all round were covered with blood. The height of the tower of Chelsea New Church is nearly 200 feet» cured, into which the body of the deceased was 1`1"1ie110,a...: conveyed to the workhouse adjaeent, where a medical gentleman ._.:/.oe-.. A shell wa!, pro man examined it, and found the skull fractured, shoulders di 1 v wed, and the legs broken; in short, the body was literal!, smashed. . The deceased was att ired in a suit of blac.4.'• s nd and, upon examining his pockets, eight so'ereto"'''' a Mr. two Lloyd, shillings were found, also two letters, addressed neatly new, Leamington, Warwickshire.' From this it is I, d th tl i being mar-e wi u. deceased's name is Lloyd ; his linen. n. •I'be d•ceased judged that the initials " J. L." strengthens this appears to be about filty years of age, fair. supr2sticooniplealon, rather the first instance, When he applied to the elittrchward remarkable was observed in hit stoutly built, and is. about five feet eentgitint inches in height. nothing in the slightest degree le wth the man who manner ; and when ascendingthe steePllected. An old lady, tolls the bell, he seemed eheerlul and eewas falling, went into who chanced to sec the deceased a appointed for the in.. of in-ensibiltty. No time has yet violent h)sterics, and was conveyed as he her residence in a state quest to take place.
The Sun. — 1841-06-09 (London, England)

SUICIDE IN A STATION-HOUSE.--MOlldaV night a man named Samuel Byford, about 30 years of age, who had been brought to the B division station-house, Elizabethstreet, Pimlico, upon a charge of insulting females, committed self-destruction, by hanging himself from the circular grating of the window of the cell in which he was confined. The charge was taken at a quarter to eight o'clock, and it was observed at the time that the deceased did not appear to be Ashamed of his disgraceful situation. He was visited several times between that period and half past nine, and betrayed no agitation whatever. At the latter hour the constable found him haning by the neck from the grating. He was cut down immediately. Mr. Fowler, the surgeon, was sent for, who opened the deceased's arm, and he bled freely ; the body wa, quite warm, but life was extinct.. The deceased was described upon the charge sheet as an artist.  " DOVER, JUNE s.—Yesterday a report was drculattd that a corporal of the 34th Regiment had been shot by one of the privates of the same corps on the road between here and Sandwich; but we are glad to find, on subsequent inquiry, that the manner in which the man met his death, through of a melancholy description, does not bear so criminal a Complexion. From the evidence at a Coroner's inquest held yesterday at the Little Rose, Whitfield, it appears that the deceased had- been sent %Nab two soldiers as an escort to convey three prisoners to Sandwich, and on their return home 'they Went into the public-home, the George, at Welderhare, in company with two females, where they indulged in intoxicating drinks until they all became drunk. On leaving this plate to proceed towards Dover it would seem that deceased turned off the road into Hazledean-wood, and shot himfor he was found there two hours after mortally wounded from a musket shot, which had passed through his body.. One of the feinales was lying in the wood beside him, but she was in mid} a state of intoxication that she could give no account of the'melaneholy affair. Verdict of the Jury—" That the d‘,teased &tattled himself while labouring under a fit of tempo. riry insanity." ANigitICAN
The Sun. — 1841-06-12 (London, England)

POPERY.—It will be seen that a rabble of disorderly characters, after breaking up an Anti -Corn-law meeting in Great George's-place, on Wednesday, amused themselves by shattering the windows of the school attached to St. Patrick's Chapel. How far they might have gone, but for the interference of the police, we cannot tell ; but we suppose that this is to be • taken as an ebullition of that spirit which 'the Rev. H. M'Neile, and other orators of the Protestant • Association, have been so sedulously endeavcuring te evoke for political purposes. Mr. M'Neile has, on several occasions, shouted " No Popery." Ile will, probably, do so again at the meeting i of the ‘• Protestant Operative Association," which is to boe heldubt that this i thes y eveningelwll be re-echoed at the coming election. in the Amphitheatre ; and we have no The Rev. Gentleman is reported to have said, in one of his sermons, delivered about two years ago; that Catholic chapels must come down by fair means or :foal. Probably he spoke only metaphorically, but be should remember that many of his ignorant and prejudiced hearers at amphitheatrical gatherings do not understand metaphors, that some of them, as was nearly the case on Wednesday evening, may act literally upon his text, and, furthermore, that this is a sort of game that two may Flay "It appears from an official document that the number of suicides in France increases each year. In the year 1839 they amountat.— Liverpool Mercury. SUICIDES IN recentlyF R publishedA/%7 E . ed to :1,747, being 161 more than in 1838, 304 more than in 1837, and 407 more than in 1836. The department of the Seine figures for 484 nearly one-fifth of the entire. 633 females are returned amongst the suicides. Each period of life, from infancy to old age, has paid its tribute to this malady. There are 2 children of from 8 to 9 years of age, 2of 11, 1 of 12, 2of 13, 3of 14, 9of 15, 147 of 16 to 21, 335 of 60, 189 o$ 70, and 41 of tO. The means most frequently usf'd to destroy life axe submersion and strangulation. 958 duals drowned themselves, 816 hung themithes, IE4 suffo• sated ther4elves with the tartee of which eppeers to be the principal mode resorted to by the . .
The Sun. — 1841-06-12 (London, England)

LATE CELEBRATED PERFORMER ON THE CLARIONET, MR. WILLMAN.-Vve understand that Mr. Laporte .has very kindly given the gratuitous use of the Concert-room at the Opera House for Monday morning, the 28th instant, and that Mesdames Grisi, Persiani' and Viardot. Garcia, together with Tamburini, Rubini, and Lablachu, have, through, the kindness of M. Costa and M. Laporte, volunteered their servi2es in this noble work of charity. The CoMmittee who have the arrangement have unanimously requested M. Cosa to conduct the concert. The Philharmonic and Opera bands lend their aid. The principal German artists also come forward ..on the occasion. Victim emps proffers his valuable services. Some of the best English singers contribute their talents, and we may fairly anticipate not only the most splendid concert of the season, but that the result will be such an assistance to the widow and family of the talented professor as will place ,them pe.inanently beyond: the reach of want. At Marlborough-street Poace Court, yesterday, Mr. Clavering, hosier, Regentstreet, was fined 51. for de-t—hiat t. theappears number from all official document of suicid • s dining to give a correct return' of the person,: in his house, agceably to the Act for taking a Census of the Population. SUICIDES rIeNFttANC tly published in France increases each year. In the year 1839. they amounted to 2,747, being 161 more than in 1838, 304 more than in 1837, and 407 more than in 1836. The depai intent of the Seine figures for 486, nearly one.,fifth of the entire. 688 females are returned amongst thtrsuicides. .Each period of life, from infancy to old age, has paid its tribute to this malady. There are 2 children of from 8 to 9 years of age, 2of 11, 1 of 12, 2of 13, 3of 14, 9of 15, 147 of 16 to 21, 335 of 60, 189 of 70, and 41 of 80. The means most frequently used to destroy life are submersion and strangulation. 958 individuals drowned themselves, 816 hung themselves 189 Suffocated themselves with the fumes of charcoal, which appears to be the principal rode resorted to by the Parisians.
The Sun. — 1841-06-03 (London, England)

DEBILI- Wishech TIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, their Va- Witham 62 62 03 33 28 31 35 411 36 ,3 6'l 611 11 31 '24 3 , 40 41 38 31 rieties, Causes, Treatment, and Cure. Yarmouth LI ERPOOL CORN 514112,(Ef.—June 1. By a MEM BE R of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SU RGEONS7, WHEAT, Ettglish, White, pCT 701 b. .0 London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary. •••••• ••••••••••••••••• fled "I am impotent, and not tit 14 live."—Last's Records of A ...............- Scotch, Welch, and Manx Suicide. 7 6 0.--4 Ts, English, Welshon. Sold by Onnltyn, CaSherine-street, Strand ; 11033 and --- -Red 8 e 10 6 Nightingale, Liverpool ; Barlow, Birmingham ; and all Book- foreign .4 Scotch, per 4513 „. 10 3 6 sellers in Town and Country. ..tio ol Irish N.B. Persons in the Country may have this work forwarded Foreign - . oti It 0 . -... ..... .. SI a A .'  40 42 35 40 36 40 31 40 30 40 :s t 45 :17 40 34 34 34 03 40 38 40 40 42, 34 41 35 431 :ill 40 3,5 37 1 35 41, I .0 41 .June 1. 9 „ tid, to tat 21 9 4 9 9 6 10 8 0 7 2 8 10 • 7 4 13 ... 8 fi 10 6 --- Foreign 10 3 6 CUTS, English, Welsh, in. 9 9 1 --- Irish ...., ,•••• 0 0 n (1 Foreign ... 0 ''SA BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quart. .. 4 34 0 4 4 Scotch and Irish, pet 661 b;. 3 10 ----- Feeding 3 • BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 42 0 44 - Irish, Stc.. - Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 4O 0 41 Foreign FLOUR, English, per 26816. 47 0 50 0 - Irish 4d 0 48 0 OATMEAL, English and Irish , pcir ▪ 2ti 0 27 C INMAN CORN, pc r 48011,. RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter  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 Ps.  Just published, in royal 18mo., cloth, price 3s. and sent in Town or Country free, b post, 3s. 601., MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suffering fram the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHCEA, GLEET, tee. Illustrated with Cases, &c.  By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. ... _ . .
The Sun. — 1841-01-18 (London, England)

SULTATION S. Price 2s. 6d. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-rnyv; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; g ' l have be Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Harris, 24, Dow-street ; and ell original five-act p ays been successfully produtied, 11tymarket besides several well appruved Booksellers. and paid for, supported by the highest available talent th, country ; and that, after paying upwards of -  Just published, price 2s. 6d. APRACTICAL ESSAY on the DEBILITIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, their Varieties, Causes, Treatment, and Cure, By a MEMBER of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS, London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary. " lam impotent, and no fit to live."—Last's Records of Suicide. Sold by Ormiiiva, 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 iw post (free), upon addressing either of the above Book;ellers, atid ittelosing a remittance 3s.  TR Jo . 0,0001. to aoiliary talen.t, nearly ,600/. to dramatic authors, and 25i4i nighty ' iiteloriPs tfp every person reAularly engaged on this establishment, -1 .hall now close up my season's account with a very considerable profit. For the future, Ladies and Gentlemen, I beg to inform yen that that high-minded and liberal nobleman, the devotion of thil theatre to the true interest of the legitimate drama, has kindly granted a special license of two months in addition to the pre sent season, which will commence on Monday next, %Iwo if 1115 !Aorclship's own words, that 'he hope., it Pr°nt L ortdhe striae c 44mherlain, having taken into his consideratione will enaction to the aGa Pn.tPMipTent and satisfaction begs you will acce pt his heartfelt gratitude." of the public, are not verind(i, it shili rot he fw -waiit of any ex.2.rtion on the part of the huMble individual who has taken the liberty to address you, and who, most respectfully,
The Sun. — 1841-07-27 (London, England)

HONE. MISCELLANEOUS. --. A nit collision took place between two foreign vessels on Saturday, by which eight lives were lost. be --" the Surrey Zoological Flower-Show this day will Own grand scale. Nearly, a hundred prizes will .4. be distributed. di ed ---An old patriarchal shepherd at Tobosa, in Spain, In hi '`ely. For 100 years he tended his flocks, and died s 105th. He must at one time have been a very I"ng shepherd. Iv-- Purcell's Sacred Music, -annually performed at "ttninster Abbey, will take place on Thursday next, .4e 29th inst.. at ten o'clock. Eton school broke up yesterday for the summer holiaYs• Fireworks ox Saturday celebrated the fourth entccary of the establishment of this renowned school. Mr. Dyer, who committed suicide at Sydenham, had actually issued printed circulars, calling a meet' ing of ministers, connected with the Tract Society, to meet at the very house at which the Jury were sitting On his body. 11e had lost much through the recent failure of a publishing-house in Paternoster-row. A large extent of vineyards in the commune of Leutesdorf has been completely blighted as if by frost. The leaves and grapes have fallen, and left the vines leaked as in winter. Yesterday of this month, in the year 1815, was executed Eliza Feaning, whose melancholy fate excited /such general sym'lathy. Some offic,Lrs in Ghent have introduced umbrellas Into the army, e yen when in full uniform. The grea4i, iron steamer at Bristol will probably combine a greater number and variety of untried princiPles than were, ever yet united in one enterprise of the sante magnitt .de.. The vessel herself—her enormity— her materia'L (plate-iron)—her engines, nearly 1,2001 horse-power—her cylinders, 120 inches in diameter—no piston-rode.—no beams—the connecting-rod laying hold !nlmetlia...ely on the piston, and a moveable hollow castmg playing through a box in the top of the piston—no Paddle-wheels, no paddle-boxes, but an unseen agent revolving; under her quarters, instead of any apparent Propellb ig power. Lard Motpeth has forwarded a second donation of 10/, for the relief of the sufferers by the awful calamity at notheram. F
The Sun. — 1841-03-01 (London, England)

TEE POLYTECHNIC JOURNAL. orl:ne first article of F. Winslow, Esq., " Author the Anatomy of Suicide," &c., contains some „flgular facts, illustrating the wonderful changes ;(11.°duced on the animal frame by cold. Indeed, singular are they, that but for the respectable tCiles by which they are attested, we should e classed them with the tales and lies of the tinchausen school ; and, notwithstanding the authorities we believe many readers will still be se ore)tical, so contrary are many of them to the ionary laws of nature. In short the treatise is snoteresting, not only in this respect, but for the 11,11_11(1 practical advice it affords to persons who, necessity or choice, remove from one temperature to another. " The popular practice," ;7s it he writer, " of waiting till a degree of cooloress leas taken place before quitting a hot room, th before going into a cold bath, is dangerous in Per extreme. It is questionable whether any 1:1.8,0n ever received an injury from cold after efnng a heated assembly, if he left while he 4i-iltinued warm, and either by exercise in the r) or by a warm covering, kept up that warmth 8,1)111e degree till lie arrived at home." On the datnority of Dr. Currie, nothing can be more 1,, ingert.us for persons in a state of perspiration, tl° \vial t) bathe, than waiting on the edge of ,ile bath, or at the water side till they are per`47 tll- cooled. They ought to plunge in at once, to klld sudden chillness, often of the most danger,tis character. The following are a few of the Iti ,001,t remarkable instances given of the effect of Bomare affirms that on the Andes there r()e found some of the bodies of the first ccuquepars of South America, arrested by cold on their ,„,!Sage. to Peru in quest of gold. They are still ,78,erved with all they carried with them, and a ..,tne various attitudes in which they were frozen surprised by death some 300 years ago. Et„altk 'Walton, on the authority of Gesner, gives a- account of some large breams being put into thPond which was frozen next winter into one they of ice, so that not one could be found, yet ksel Were all swimming about in spring as lively w.'lver• Captain Franklin saw a carp leap about til,lll great vigour after it had been frozen for ,)41.tYsix hours, with others that had been split Piwith a hatchet like a piece of wood. And, peie°lling to Gangin, quoted by Fletcher in his dilYsiology, there is a people in Moscovy who l: every year, about the 27th of November, and ie not restored to life till towards the end of April ! Neire is a curious article also on the duration of PAat in the United Kingdom, from which it apand lrS) that in the northern districts of England in Scotland, there is coal sufficient to supply e current annual draught for a period of 1,727 Years,,i: independent of the vast beds in Wales, 4eh would supply all England for 2,000 years h, e• The present generation may, therefore, C,L satisfied that they shall have coal fires at e4st for the duration of their lives.
The Sun. — 1841-10-21 (London, England)

DREWS, LL.D.—Tuesday morning, ',alma& three o'clocki the Rev. Dr. Andrews expired in a fit of apop:exy, at his residence, West-street, ‘Valworth, in an awfully sudden, manner. The Rev. Gentleman had the preceding evening pitsided at a liumerous teetotal meeting, which was held at the-School-rooms,York-street,Walworth-road, and had delivered a lengthened address to his auditors. At that time lie was in the .enjoyment of his usual good health. At the termination of the meeting he proceeded to the residence dills brother-in-law, Mr. Townsend, whom he invited to supper, which invitation was accepted ; and when Mr. Townsend left him at eleven o'cloek, he was then quite well, and in excellent spirits. Soon after that hour the reverend gentle_ limn retired to rest, and about two o'elock he complained ti Mrs. Andrews of a slight pain in - his chest, and got out of bed for the purpose of procuring a glass of water, and whilst in the act of raising it to his lips, he fell extended on the floor on his face. Mrs. Andrews becoming alarmed, immediately summoned assistance, an 4 Pr, Cauldweil and Mr. Bell, surgeon, who reside in the ltitttlediate neighbourhood, arrived and opened a vein - • . blood followed, tiff. tlvieL•rpi:iofni,:iusnalerct:, that life was • nut .--- ' he had died of .apoplexy.and'lliiLla extinct, andstm.. ._ gentleman was in the sati. . a widow and family of ten chldren. _ YcsteritaT morning a person of "rest,.__ _ cctable °P.pearanee wiltully threw himselt under the wheel 0. a cart: heavily laden with stone, as it Was passing down i the Pont St. Michel towards the hue e la iinepe. ii is left side was horribly crushed Old part of his face torn. .11-Oivlng signs of life,- he a s taken into a . pharmacy --near the spOt. Though unable to speak, he restgul all ‘ attempts' to administer restoratives, as, if determined to -(lie.- 'His wounds- were, however, dressed, and then he I was -carried to tho -11,,t, p- l'fieu.. Lr om. pipers .fl :1111d about him it appears tha. Iv, liv. (1 in tilt. Quart-1:r: 1., In. ibut the" was fouling to snow tuv tlisiitlW VI was attempt at suicide.--Paris paper,  . .--7- .•4 - - - - ' -----------... - '-'7, ---. . . ---r--.-'. - 'MORNING SUN is -,,
The Sun. — 1841-12-09 (London, England)

EVENING SUN  WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday no less than three persons mere charge! with having attempted self-destruction. Samuel Jackson, a working man, was the first of them' and was brought from the If police station. His wife, a decent-looking woman, was present, Oa. stated that he was a good sort of husband, and had a(' been in the habit of drinking much for . the last two of three years, but when he did take a little too much h became frantic. He had done so OR Tuesday night, and .e upon his return home behaved so wildly that his wu was frightened out of the place, and he then hanged him' self. A lodger in the house, however, hearing a stranr_ noise, entered the room, and saved his life by cutting the handkerchief with which he had suspended himself. The prisoner now expressed contrition for what he had done.  Mr. BROUGHTON remanded him. TwO young women, named Emma Edwards and Mal Harlton, remanded from last week, were again Plac' at the bar. Emma Edwards, a rather handsome young woman' attempted to drown herself in the Regent's Canal, was prevented and taken in charge by a police constable of the N division. aKempt, a constable of the same division of police' ifor formed the Magistrate that the prisoner had been many years leading an abandoned life, and she had bee. passionately fond of a smart young fellow, but a notoll: ous burglar, who a few months back was transports that ten years. She had gone mad, or nearly so, on t young fellow's account, and had been for a time in workhouse, and afterwards at service, but had agia, taken to bad habits, and at length was found attemPtin° to drown herself, as above stated. The prisoner wept and expressed sorrow tempt, and promised reformation.—She was discharr for the present. The other young woman, named Harlton, had etakra laudanum to destroy herself, but a policeman, who ;°11„-d, her suffering from the effects of it, obtained medicaL -1 and the prisoner was restored. • settled tody prisoner, who was known as having been tody at different times for felony, now expressed a set' determination to put an end to her existence. rsin Mr. BROUGHTON said there were then two prisolle the Newgate for attempting suicide, he would remalathir for the atprisoner again for a week, and if she then nranifest same inclination he would commit her to Newgatiali°-, • be tried for the offence.  CORN AVERAGVS• ,ogs, GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRI TiStelheteL.A'utßi4 For the Week ended Dec. 3, 1841, made up from the Inspectors in the different Cities and 'fawns In Onr."--lu 44, Wales, per Imperial Quarter. ...Os' id. Wheat l3s. 6d. Vats Barley AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEKS• psigg' Week ending)