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The Sun. — 1860-06-04 (London, England)

GAITE. The list of novelties this week is rather worse than nil, seeing that the only production it has brought forth is a lugubrious affair entitled " Une Pecheresse," being the adventures of a young lady of the class of " La Traviata," " Marion Delorme," and many others, all of which are so perfectly known to the play-going world that there is not an incident or scarcely a passage in the present piece which is not anticipated by the spectator. The principal character is a furiously virtuous young man, by name Andrew Stevens, a sign-painter by trade, who having the good—or ill—fortune to preserve a young woman from suicide, incontinently goes and marries her. He speedily diseovers that this was a mistake, as she turns out to be one of the unhappy tribe, familiarly known to London policeoffices as " unfortunate." The results of the singularly hasty union may easily be divined—ceaseless jealousy on the part of the husband, and misery to both. Two or three comic roles are introduced to enliven the dulness of the proceedings, one scene of which is laid at Musard's ball, which rather relieve the heaviness of the 'piece, and at the close Monsieur Andrew has the grace to acknowledge that he has been wrong, and his suspicions of his wife unfounded. Full of commonplace sentiment, absurdity, and improbability as this piece is, there is a vein of interest running through it which somehow, in spite of all defects, keeps the attention and sympathy of the audience i alive. It s fairly acted ; and the names of the writers, MM. Prebois and Barriere, were received with a warmth that promises " Une Pecheresse" a fair prospect of a run. nd  During the performance of "Pierre de Medicis" on Monday evening Mme. Ferrais had the misfortune to sprain one of the tendons of the heel, and was totally unable to continue her performance. The opera is in consequence postponed for a few nights, to allow her a little repose. Miss St. George, a special favourite of the London theatres, has arrived in Paris en route for the other principal capitals of the Continent, whither she is proceeding with a view to give musical and dramatic entertainments; a species of representation to which the sprightly talents and voice of this , young lady are most admirably adapted to give effect.  Miss Cushman, the justly celebrated American tragedian, is at present in Paris on her return from Rome, where she has been passing the winter. MM. Binfield's Soirée Musicale passed off brilliantly. The programme commenced with their trio on Oberon. Then came an old favourite, Stevens's glee " Ye spotted snakes," new to Paris, and sung with good expression and ensemble by Mlle. Falconi and the madrigal party. Mr. H. Binfield performed a charming new harp mazurka, and his variations on the " the faro" and Parish Alvar's " Mandoline" study with his usual brilliant fingering; his Agnus Dei was very well rendered, and was warmly applauded. Bach's fine organ in fiat, and Schubert's " Hark, the lark,' arpre,lude
The Sun. — 1860-01-14 (London, England)

THE LATE SUICIDE OF A NAVAL OFFICER.— Last night, Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner, held an inquest at the North Briton public •house, Bedford-street, Stepney, respecting the death of Captain Goodby, aged seventy years, who committed suicide at No.'l, Henrystreet, Mile-end 011 Town, under very frightful circumstances. It appeared that the deceased was of independent property, and laboured under various delusions. He was frequently incoherent in his conversation, and imagined that his wife was going to place him under sotee restraint. He left his residence on Monday afternoon last at Kent-place, New-Cross, Deptford, and was to have taken tea with several old acquaintances at Greenwich Hospital, but instead of returning he went to the house before-named and asked for writing-paper, lie retired to an upper room formerly occupiwd by bin, where ho had left some household furniture, and subsequently he was discovered in a sitting position in an arm chair with a pistol in his right hand. The weapon had been recently discharged in the deceased's mouth, And blood was issuing copiously on the floor. He was quite dead, and had shot himself through the head. Death was instantaneous from a wound in the head. The deceased was in good circumstances, and on the table where the de • ceased was sitting was a small paper parcel containing his watch and other articles, together with a letter addressed oineelirasv delivered 1 I tb o r the Parcel, but the stotahblies waiiid. e. it the deceased's • eonwile It contained nothing of imprtanee. The coroner was of opinion that the parcel should have been left for the perusal ol the jury in such a serious case, as the result entirely irest upon its production. Mr. mont might surgeon, of Sydney-square, Mile-end stated ague Sturges, deceased had died from a pistol shot wou laceration of the brain. The bulletnd in the head, and case behind where the deceased was found in a book returned a verdict of t had been. sitting. The jury temporary insanity.[ADvEßTlsEMENT].—Th bringing up infants by hand e difficulties and dangers of or wet nurses have been entirely overcome by Du Barry's which feeds, delicious Revalenta Arabica Food, strengthens and removes all the little • pains and irregularities infants are so subject to. The following letter speaks Stevenage, volumes :—" Grammar School, 16th Dec., 1850. Gentlemen,—l think it but comm justice to you to state that I have used Du Barry's Revalenta for the last four months, during which time our infant has never had disordered bowels, from which it had suffered much during the previous six months, whilst being nursed, though every care was taken to prevent it. Had I known of your valuable food sooner, it would have saved my infant much pain, and me also the heavy expense • of a wet nurse.—l am, &c,
The Sun. — 1860-10-10 (London, England)

SUPPOSED SUICIDE.—SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday. —Mr. Richard Pordage, a highly respectable tradesman of this town, carrying on the business of a draper in the High-street, met with his death at an early hour this morning under the following lamentable circumstances : —About 4 o'clock some of tho neighbours living on the opposite side of the street were awoke by violent screamings, and on looking out were horror-stricken at seeing two persons apparently struggling with each other at an open window on the second floor of Mr. Pordage's house. One of the persons, who subsequently proved to be the unfortUnate deceased, was standing on the narrow window sill, and before assistance could reach them from within or without he either fell or precipitated himself on to the pavement below. The screams of his unhappy partner during the brief conflict were of the most heartrending character. While this harrowing scene was going on, two or three policemen who had arrived were endeavouring to force an entrance into the premises, and had just succeeded when the deceased fell on the pavement. The neighbours, who had by this time as well as reached the spot, rendered every assistance, some hurrying off for medical men, and others aiding the policemen vw wound, in removing the body into the which house.ie The deceased had apparently fallen upon his. h .d, h was much wounded, the fall. Deceased has been in a depressed and desponding state of mind of late, caused by disappointment in regard to a business speculation in which he had recently engaged. and dm blood the ey was-C yes and flowing nose,ing c° copiously I terodm a the very shortun time after He had taken some large premises in another part of the Hi g h-street, which he intended opening es a cafe, or club, on a very extensive scale, but s for some reason or other the f d affair went off at the last moment, a te rhe h a invested a considerable sum of money in furnishing, circumstance doubtless preyed upon his mind, ©forean it tishpresumed, led to his untimely death. The inquiry b L e.borough tDececoroner opens this evening. ased has left a widow and five or six ehildren, one of them only a few months old. The lamentable event has caused great excitement in the town, Kr, cordage being generally known and respected.  LATESI •  The following telegrams hive been received at Mr. Reuter's office :
The Sun. — 1860-12-04 (London, England)

POISON PROOF."—On Friday, an inquest was held at Aldershot, touching the death of Samiel Wells Hillier, paymaster sergeant in the 9th Lancers, who had committed suicide by shooting himself the previous morning. It appears that Hillier was a defaulter to the extent of seven pounds, and the following letter, addressed to a comrade, was read :—Dear Cliff,—l suppose I'm the last man in the world you would imagine to commit such a deed ; but under my assumed gaiety I have been frightfully miserable for the last six months. . . Besides, what have Ito live for 1 My poor mother, the only person on earth I cared for, is dead. As to death, I look it as calmly in the face as I would a number I report. It is a most remarkable thing, but I really believe I'm poison  proof. About ten days ago I took an ounce of laudanum, enough to poison a horse. It had ao effect on me. After that I took eight grains of opium ; again no effect, except a slight drowsiness. Then four grains of morphia ; no  effect. I then took five grains of Lig. Opida, Lidatirus, with the same result. My last mode of exit is a sure ono. I know the exact position of the heart, and if a ball doesn't penetrate the centre it is strange to me. I am sure you will say, " What a fool to do such a thing," but my life is truly miserable. When I went to London and heard for certainty of Josephine's marriage with a man I hate above all men, I was nearly driven mad; for, although parted from her for more than six years, I love her more than ever; tut yet I accuse her for marrying the man I hate. Good-bye, good-bye, Cliff. God bless you.—Yours, not perfectly sane.
The Sun. — 1860-12-04 (London, England)

POISON PROOF."—On Frid:y, an inquest was held at Aldershot, touching the death of Samuel Wells Hillier, paymaster sergeant in the 9th Lancers, who had committed suicide by shooting himself the previous morning. It appears that Hillier was a defaulter to the extent of seven pounds, and the following letter, addressed to a comrade, was read :—Dear Cliff,—l suppose I'm the last man in the world you would imagine to commit such a deed ; but under my assumed gaiety I have been frightfully miserable for the last six months. . . Besides, what have Ito live for I My poor mother, the only person on earth I cared for, is dead. As to death, I look it as calmly in the face as I would a number I report. It is a most remarkable thing, but I really believe I'm poison proof. About ten days ago I took an ounce of laudanum, enough to poison a horse. It had no effect on me. After that I took eight grains of opium ; again no effect, except a slight drowsiness. Then four grains of morphia ; no effect. I then took five grains of Lig. Opida, Lidatirue, with the same result. My last mode of exit is a sure one. I know the exact position of the heart, and if a ball doesn't penetrate the centre it is strange to me. I am sure you will say, " What a fool to do such a thing," but my life is truly miserable. When I went to London and heard for certainty of Josephine's marriage with a man I hate above all men, I was nearly driven mad ; for, although parted from her for more than six years, I love her more than ever; tut yet I accuse her for marrying the man I hate. Good-bye, good-bye, Cliff. God bless you.—Yours, not perfectly sane. SA.M
The Express. — 1847-08-21 (London, England)

DESPERATE ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.— On Thursday afternoon last a very unprovoked and violent assault was committed in the workhouse at liolbeek, near Leeds. It appean that a man named Joseph Robinson, late of Ashton-under-Lyne, was about six weeks ago admitted an inmate of the workhouse, and had occasionally been employed as an amistant to wait upon the aged and infirm inmates. On Monday last he suffered a paroxysm of violence almost amounting to insanity, but under the attendance of the medical officer he was considered better on Thursday morning. Whilst sitting in one of the wards, with four other persons, one insane, one an idiot, a third old and blind, and the fourth an aged pencils, Robinson suddenly seized a Large coal shovel, with which he began a violent attack upon the two old men, chiefly about their heads and faces. Upon seeing this the idiot pauper ran to call for assistance, and succeeded in that object ; but before any available aid could be rendered, Robinson had inflicted very severe injuries upon the head of Thomsa Cooper, the blindman, aged 73 years and had severed one of his fingers by striking it whilst raised to protect his head from the blows ; and the other old man, Samuel Gibson, aged GI years, was also severely injured in the face and about the head. When the alarm was given, Robinson threw down his weapon and ran away into the water-closet ; and, on his being followed thither, it was found that he had inflicted a severe wound on his throat, and had stabbed himself in two or three parts of his body, with a knife which he had previously borrowed from the eld man, Cooper, " to aut his flesh with," as he used to call cutting his meat. He had also cut and destroyed his shoes and trousers. All the three men were conveyed to the Leeds General Infirmary, where it was stated yesterday that Cooper and Gibson were likely to recover, but that Robinson was not out of danger.
The Express. — 1847-05-03 (London, England)

WALES•  SUPPOSID MURDER OP THREE CHILDREN BY THEIR 2/OTHER. —A moat cold-blooded case of infantitdde has just occurred In the parish of Llanybyddee. The following par tieulars have been reported:—Mary Hughes, aid bar three children (the unfortunate victims) resided with her sister-inlaw, who keep. a public-hoar, salted the Carriers' Arum about three miles from the village of Llarthydder. On Wednesiay last the sister-in-law had mead= to leave home tc , go to as adjacent village. She started from her house about twelve at noon, leaving the mother and the three children at home to take charge of the premises during her absence. Nothing transpired till about seven o'clock in the evening, when the sister-in-law returned to the house, and found the outer door locked, and the key placed "clue under the door. She thought nothing of this, as it was usual when they went out to lave the key in the place where it was found. Having opened the door, eke was horror-stricken to see the three children suspended by their necks to one of the beams in the roof. The sight overcame her so much, that she was unable to cut them down, and she therefore immediately ran to the house of a neighbour, who hastened to the room, and with all possible despatch cut the bodies down, but life was extinct. The three children were found on the same beam—each being suspended by two silk handkerchiefs—one was secured to the beam, and the other fastened to it, and then tied round the neck of each. The children were of the respective ages of five years and a half, two years, and twelve months. The youngest and eldest were girls, and the other a boy. No cries bad been heard during the time the sister-in-law was absent, to induce the neighbours to suppose that anything uncommon had taken place. Suspicion, of course, could attach to no one but the wretched mother. Search was made for her, but she was nowhere to be found. It is supposed that she hu either taken her course towards Merthyr to see her husband, who had left her a few days previous to seek work at the iron factories in that neighbourhood, or at Nantyglo. Many believe, however, that she hu committed suicide. No motive is u•igned for the commission of the horrible crime. It appears that destitution could not have induced her to do it, as, although her husband had left her, she received assistance from her sister-in-law and had parochial relief to enable her to support her children. The adjacent country and ponds had been searched, but without success. The bodies await a coroner's inquest.
The Express. — 1847-07-15 (London, England)

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.—The half-yearly meeting of this society was held on Tuesday at the office, 3, Trafalgar-square, Mr. B. Hawes, sen. in the chair. The following cases were considered, and silver medals to the actors in each granted: —To Lieut. Woolridge, R.N., and Mr. Brutwhistle, mate of H.M. sloop Spike, for having saved Stephen Box, who fell overboard at Sheerness, June ft, 1845. To Mr. Ralph Bates, for having saved, at night, on the 12th of last February, Arthur Willow, who fell through the ice whilst skating, in Lancashire. To Lieut. H. W. Hire, of 11.14. sloop Ilecla, for baying saved W. Richardson, seaman, on the 12th December last, washed off the forecastle in the Grecian Archipelago. To Capt. Archibald Cameron, of the Prince, river steamer, for saving, by daring personal exertions, tho crew and passengers of the Sirius, in Ballycotton Bay, on the 20th January last. To Capt. Bernardino Camp, and his chief mate, Mr. Villary ide, for their humane and noble conduct is saving 79 persons belonging to the steampacket Tweed, wrecked in February last. To police-constable Brown, of Clonmel, for having rescued, on the 10th of May last, a man and a boy from being drowned is the Suir during a flood; in attempting to save a third party, the constable narrowly escaped drowning himself.—Mr. Chiseller stated that, since December last, 13 persons had been taken out of the Serpentine by the society's men, and 12 out of the 13 resuscitated. The total number of persons during the period mentioned coming within the sphere of tie society's exertions was 72, 7 being attempted suicides, and 6 out of the whole terminating fatally.—Thanks having bren voted to the venerable chairman and treasurer, the court broke up. THE AGED MASONS' Asytt'xi held their annual meeting, last evening, at Radley'e Hotel, Blackfriare, to receive the report fur the past year. The report showed that zeasures were in progreu to obtain a site, within 4 short
The Express. — 1847-07-20 (London, England)

SUICIDE. —A young man, named Henry Bolingbroke, was charged with a desperate attempt at self-destruction.—Mary Ann Pryme stated, that she and the prisoner had lived to ether as man and wife for a considerable time past, and that latterly the prisoner had been reduced to a state of extreme distress and mental depression in consequence of his inability to procure employment. Witness had occasion to leave home on the preceding evening, and on her return at a late hour at night, she was horrified at finding the prisoner stretched upon the bed in a state of stupor, and bleeding profusely from a frightful wound in the upper part of the left arm, evidently inflicted with a razor, which was lying open at hie side. Nearly a quart of blood had poured down upon the floor and become partially coagulated under the bedstead, and there was almost an equal quantity in a basin, on a table by the side of the bed. She immediately alarmed the other inmates of the house, who called in two policemen, and procured the attendance of Mr. Mather, the divisional surgeon who dressed the wound and applied proper restoratives, and the prisoner, for his own security, was conveyed to the station-house. Police-constable Watts, 115 0, stated that upon being called in, and interrogating the prisoner as to his motives for the commission of the act, he sullenly evaded the question, and pointed to the wall, on which the initials of the preceding witness were distinctly traced in blood, and followed by the Words "You are the cause of thia." When called upon for his defence, however, the prisoner, who displayed the deepest despondency, said that he had been reduced to the greatest destitution from want of employment, and that that was the immediate cause of his attempting his life, but that other circumstances, which he declined mentioning, had also combined to render him weary of existence.—Mr. Broughton said that it would be manifestly unsafe to intrust the prisoner with hia liberty in the frame of mind he then exhibited, and he should therefore remand him and direct his immedidiato admission into the infirmary of the prison, where his mental and physical state would be properly attended to, and that in the course of a week, when thoroughly recovered, he could be brought up again, and he would then consider what should be done with him.—The prisoner offered no observation and was removed to the van _ _
The Express. — 1859-08-08 (London, England)

THE 'UNITED STATES.  LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. The royal mail steam-ship Canada, Captain Lang, which sailed from Boston on the 27th and from Halifax on the night of the 28th ult., arrived here this afternoon. She brought 108 passengers and 260,000 dollars in specie. The steamer North Briton, hence, arrived at Quebec on the 24th ult., taking out news of the conclusion of pesos. The steamer New York, from Southampton, arrived at New York on the 26tta, and the Europa, hence, reached Halifax on the 26th, and was subsequently spoken by the Canada on the 27th, bound in to Boston.  The news by this arrival is unimportant. The peace news occasioned considerable sensation, and the papers are mainly filled with comments upon it. Its effect in a financial sense was very slight, but it caused an improvement in the cotton markets. A shocking tragedy was enacted at the Brandreth House, corner of Broadway and Canal-street, New York, on the 23rd of July. A merchant from Mobile, Alabama, named Robert C. M'Donald, baying cause to doubt the fidelity of his mistress, Virginia Stewart, determined to kill her out of revenge. He quarrelled with her in the street, and shot her through the head as she was attempt.ng to seek refuge in the Brandreth House. The murderer then made an effort to kill himself with the pistol, a Colt's revolter, but was arrested and restrained by several citizens before he had time to accomplish his object. The injured woman was conveyed to the New York Hospital, where the doctorin attendance pronounced the wound a mortal one, and gave it as his opinion that she could not live many hours. The prisoner was taken to the station-house, where he made a fall confession of his guilt, and regretted nothing save the fact of his being prevented from committing suicide, as he intended. M'Donald is about 30 years of ege, and is a native of Georgia. The steam-ship Tennessee, arrived at New Orleans from Vera Cruz, brought from General Garza, of Tamaulipas, a request tor, or invitations to 3,000 Americans to pursue the civil war in Mexico, but it is not understood that he acts under the autnority of the constitutional government. The expedition is to be fitted out at Tampico, where General Degollado now is, and is to organise solely under the state authority. General Lerdo had left New Orleans for New York. During his sojourn in the former city his proposition to effect a loan did not, as was expected, meet with much favour.