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The Sun. — 1853-02-08 (London, England)

AILD MURDER, AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE Y....0T11ER.-:-.011 Saturday, at an inquest taken by Mr. r Baker, the , coroner, at .the Victory, Kingsland-road, Shoreditch, information was communicated to hirn by Mr. Meadows summoning offieer of the .parish, of the following extraordinary case of child Murder in the Regent's Canal, Il•aggerstone, by the unfortunate mother, and of the attempW suicide of th* latter, who is at present lying in Shoreditch Wti-hhouse, where she was removed, after haying been Prevented effecting self-destruction. It appears that on Tuesday morning last, about 11 o'clock, as serseinen were passing down Great Cambridge-street, Itaggerstone, near the bridge which traverses the Queen'sroad, they observed a female, who was holding a bundle in her hand, plunge into the canal. Several of them went to her assistance, and succeeded in bringing her to the towing' path. While they were so engaged, an infant was observed to be struggling in. the water, and which had dropped out of the handkerchief in which it had been wrapped. The poor baby soon sank. Some persons, who were in a state of astonishment ..at the extraordinary scene, tried to rescue it, but without success. The mother was taken to the Acorn public-house Great Cambridge-street, where she was put to bed. The next day the, unfortunate young woman was removed to Shoreditch workhouse, and has been attended to by Mr. Clarke, the hOuse-surgeon. She still remains in a very precarious state. The name of the young woman is Mary Ann Capron, and she resided at No. 7, James-, street, Coal Harbour-street, Hackney-road. She is a single woman, about 26 years of age, and very respect. ably connected. She was delivered of the child about five o'cloCk on the morning of Tuesday, unknown to Iva. parents, who charged her with having been enciente, rend who suspected that her delivery had taken place, which she denied. She left her home unknown to themk hay.; ing folded her infant up in a blue handkerchief.  AN
The Sun. — 1817-08-19 (London, England)

SUICIDE.—About eleven o'clock yesterday a respectable. inhabitant, residing next door to The Job Castle, in White Lion-street, Norton Faigate, put an end -to his existence, by shooting himself through the bead. The deceased was about GO years of age, and had been married to a woman much younger than himself, who is now in a state of pregnancy. Ot late they were heard to have 'frequent quarrels, and yesterday morning he beat her most unmercifully, till she was obliged to fly for shelter from him, and hit'e herself up stairs. The report of a shot from the house brought se,i!eral of the neighbours as well as the passengers to the door, when they found his brains scattered across the street, and part of them even blown against the front wall of the opposite house. His body was lying near the street door with half the head blown to atoms, and he was in the last agonies of death. lie was by trade a shoemaker.  ANOTHER CHILI) SToLEN.—Thursday last, a Child was stolen at Kensington, almost in thesame manner as that for which Mrs. H. Molineaux Hamilton was lately convicted at the Old Bailey. —The wife of a bricklayer's labourer sent her eldest daughter, about twelve years of • age, out with an infant ; three months old. The girl was standing talking with a play-fellow, when a Lady, dressed in a blue silk pelisse .and white lace veil, came up and told the girl, that site knew her mother, whose name she mentioned, and that she had some needle-work she Wished her to do, and requeved the girl to go home and bring her, and site would hold the child in time mean time. The girl immediately delivered the child and ran home; and the child who had been playing with her says, the Lady instantly got into a chaise-cart standing near, with the help of a man that drove it, who merely said, " down the road ?"—the answer was, " yes ;" and they drove off with the infant at speed. When near the turnpike by Phillimoreplace, the horse fell. The man jumped out, and having raised the horse, sat off with increased speed. At this time the Lady had divested herself of both her pelisse and veil. Nothing has since been heard of the child, though every inquiry has been made at Hammetsmith and all the surroundine, inns. The parents are almost distracted, but are too poor to make further pursuit. The infant was very sickly "anti weak. It is supposed from the Lady knowing the name of the mother, and the few words that passed with the driver, that the whole was a preconcerted plan.  A warehouse in Wallace-court, Bell-street, Glasgow, was broken into last week, .two desks therein forced open, and a Loudon bill for 1981. carried off. A few days afterwards the owner of the warehouse received, through the Post-office, the folloWing letter, enclosing the bill stolen :  " CoRNELUs 11ROWN—I nc.thing indebted to you now, but eighteen pence in copper--which I shall honourably' pay when 1 return from Paiseky Fair.—Yong servant,  . . " A
The Sun. — 1817-03-19 (London, England)

HANIII-ToN Contended, that the numerous mischiefs arising from Lotteries had been proved over and over again,in that House. Mr. MortLAND was of opinion, that Lotteries occasioned a vast deal of ntisehiet. A wiiteri who had recently published to volume of travels, partiedlatly states, that the Lotteries in Paris had produced the most dreadful vireos, He Was told by a person connected with one of Iliose gambling establishmeuts, that the Lotteries oocasioned, itt 'Pmt.'s, 100 instances of suicide in .the cowrie mil the year.. The [clog of Splin, it seemed, amongst the other exttaor,linary acts of his reign, had instituted-a Lonely on the F!uglish platt.., lie did not chose to imitate any of our heueticial blishnients--be croold not hot 00:ice Trial by Jury, • or ant' other it,ettil and praise-worthy system—. nothing but a Lottery would please hint,.: The Lottery was now extended to the.most remote villages—orai he knew ,one where the Post-master, officiated els Lottery Office-keeper. It was cery at the time of the Assizes, to hear the Clerk, in Court,. reading the King's Procia. 'nation against gambling, and other vices, while , his Majesty's Post•master, outside of the door, was tempting the people to a gambling speculation.  Mr. Tuostsort admitted that it was of great int-. portanee.that the Revenue sbould'be encouraged hut he thought that , the Lotteries ma teriatly inittred the Revenue by.their frequent recurtence. The lion. Gentleman proceeded to quote many instances from the evidence in 'the Reports, to spew that the infatuation •of the Lottery constantly 'minced' servants, clerks, and othtrs, to rob their employers. Mr. BE N ETT mentioned some instances. that had come, under his own knowledge, of young women whom he had seen in the 1-louse of Correction, victims of the common informers.  Mr. LYTTLETON explained. lle was glad to hear that rhe principle of the thing was given up by ins advocates, who only encouraged the immoral practice as tti matter of necessity. 13th he would say, " If you must have money, raise it by borrowing, or any other means, rather than by swindlilic."—Tbe•thmse then dividecl,72. For the previous Question Against it .Nlajority —46 The Report of 'the Comm:Oct! of Supply was brought upo and the Resolutions were agret,l Mr. LUSIIINfi ION brought up the Report of the'Commit tee on the East India Trade Arts, rind a Bill war ordered.  The Report of the Madhouse Bill teas brought rip; the amendments were arzteerl to, and the Bill was ordered to tie read a third time on't hursday. Mr. PEEL brought up the Irish Police Preservation Amendment Ii u; which was read a first, and ordered to. be rend a secoird time on ,Moriday. On the Motion for the second reading of the CameTresertation Bill: -Sir S.
The Sun. — 1817-12-13 (London, England)

CORONERS' I NQUESTS.  SUICIDE.—An liviest was held on Wednesday night at the Rising Sun, Sph-.lrs on vievc of the body of a highly respec dale aporliceary, reskling in the New-road, who that inorningjwir. put a period to•his existence. It apPear.y; in (fence, that the deceased bad for son,' ,;-oily:is been in an unsettled and desponding state of r,). :dp and within the last ten days had resorted to tle. advice of a medical friend. 'Last Monday, however, he exhibited such obvious symptoms of a disposition to suicide, that his friends judging hira to be insane, called in the advice of Dr. Burrows. BY his recommendation, he was placed under the inspection of a careful keeper, and every other means were adopted to prevent his attempting any desperate act; as well as for the recovery of his health. On Tuesdly he was more composed. Oa Wednesday morning, it being 'necessary to shave him, and the keeper not being able, from rheumatism, to perform the operation, a relation of the deceased undertook it ; and while the former turned aside to reach something, the latter unhappily laid the `razor for a moment out of his hand, which the deceased perceiving, instantly snatched up die instrument, and before he could be prevented, made an incision in the.neck, dividing all the blood-vessels, and almost immediately. bled to death. Verdict—" Lunacy."—The deceased Was of very amiable manners, and greatly esteem= ed by a large circle of friends.  An Inquisition was yesterday taken before Mr. Guns, in the King's Bench Pi ison, on view of the body of John Mills, whu was found dead sitting in his chair : his hat had fallen off, and his hands Were placed upon his thighs. Mr. Lister, the surgeon, was of opinion that his death was occasioned by a complete stoppage of the vessels of the heart. The deceased was hetween 60-and 70 years of age. Verdict—" Died by the Visitation, of God."
The Sun. — 1817-09-02 (London, England)

GAME.  The Eli" of PEMBROKB, in consequence of the backwardness of the harvest, does not intend to shoot upon any of his manors until the 15th  instant.  Sir Taos. LETLIBRIDGE, Messrs. WINTER, and other gentlemen of Bishop's Lydeard and its neighbourhood, have laudably entered into a resolution to abstain from killing Game un:i! after the 20th September. 'file harvest %rill probably be a late one, anti we therefore hope that the example above stated will he generally followed. The Earl of COVENTRY Ii s, we understand, given orders to his gamekeepers to desist from partridge shOnting on his respective manors, tilt the 'l,-1(b of September, in consequence of the lateness of the harvest i a laudable example that we trust will be generally followed .throughout the country, as touch injury will be otherwise done to the farMers, with little prospect of success to the sportsman.  Lord SOMERS has also given the most positive orders to his gamekeepers to fnrhear shooting, and not to suffer any other persons to sport on any of his Lordship's manors and estates, in this comity and Herefordshire, until the 15th of September next, or till the grain is housed.—(frur. aster Herald )  We are sorry to relate the following melancholy circumstance young womhn, from a neigh. bottling village, having been slighted by her sweetheart in a dancing-room in this city, on Tuesday, resolved upon the desperate expedient of suicide. However, -the druggist to ‘vhonrshe applied for quantity of arsenic, with a prudence highly commendable, refused her unless she could produce a respectable person to •vouch for the use slip itviended to make of it. She retired, but afterwards returned ‘vith a young man with whom the druggist wa, acquainted, who stated his firrikbelief that the girl's story was true, viz. tho the poison was wanted by her mistress to destroy rats; when she obtained the fatal flruff, wi,ich she swallowed the next morning, and expired .in great agonies at noon, notwithstanding the utMOSt mc. dical skill, Vet cset, „Lunicy.—(Carliat :Pops. ,)
The Sun. — 1817-04-19 (London, England)

EAST INDIA MANDAMUSTAPBRS.  An incorrect ;stacin‘ at .qt tag prgceediugs 01 the General Court on the instant having ali pcart) 1:1 saute of the. pubiic papers, we think prone!. to' lay .ht.tore 'our Readers a .weever copy of the tinattimolis vote of Ow it v, which De a. moved 'by llumratutY 110wouTa, E.ri. Y. and Feconded hv JosEprt Liu Mti. 11.4 q., approving the eotiduct_ of the Court or Mitt:tors, iu tet•isijog 4he power assumed, by a former Board of Comtn.ksioners for 'he Affairs a he Pre, Nitieney of the IA: L.'..;rl of Bin:kitighanishire, oraiid it.dilboisvmeiit of inont:v. from the, Tre:wo ii! E.l,i Vidirt Compiiny ui iiiv/Hyr of an (,)!:1,,./. y. L.) [hen dismissed the viz.:— Itesolvvo !hat this court !laving maturely cowl:Jere(' the proteedoi,:l weeo the Cana of Di.reetors and the Hun. Commiss7onel:3 for the iiltairs of India, relating to the powerby the C,Connissioners of adjudicatiltg.at disputed Oahu, and enjoining. the payment of* slim of 'matey of.the Putimany's Treasury, in liquidation of the, same; and findirr; that the power so claimed was resisted by the Court of Directors, until compelled to solnnit by a manclAinas I this Court dot!) approve of the eonducrof the said Coot t of Doectors, iii ol4iutalning the chart eked rights of t i.e Company; and dorm therefdre return thanks to their executive body. .  l'his -Court vie,ing with sineerc regret the attkmpt to recooixe tt.principle, ainl to establi,h a precedent, conceived to he artsitrary'in its nature, dang,rous in its consequences, and su.hversive of the vested rights of the- Compaoy, doth farther reciniu»clut to thr of Directiirs,to exercise the utmost vigilance agaimt eveyy infraction of ihe nlistttntional rights of the proprietoes; and to oppose their nichr scr.enuous -efforts against every attempt to sohvert them: 4tistirpd Unit their con•qituents wit 1, roupally co-operate with them in any measures that mar be found necessary for that purpose.  . , . . event . of the murder of Captain MILLER and the suicide of Lieutenant FLENtM), of %Odd; we yesterday gave the particulars, 'has produced tho most universal sensation. The latter had been confined tor some time in the madhouse at Fivehead, -near Taunton. After dining- with his friend Captain MtLLeR, who, as We.have already stated, went front London to see him, lie contrived to gain admission into the rooni of GILLETT, the keeper, where he seized a brace Of 'pistols, with which he proceeded to the apartment where his friend (Captain MILLER) was writing, and discharged one of the pistols at him', which unfortunately took effect, and he fell dead. lie immediately retired to his own room, where he shot himself with the other pistol,.and died; in a few seconds.--,-(Morning Post) • Last, week the two remaining lions were placed upon their pedeitals 'at the ounce oi Lord fitLL's column ; and on Sattir,day, Lord HILL, :attended by J. EATON, Esq. and Mr. STRAPIIES '(the boildet), attuvuded to the top of the column. •Ilis Lordship expressed hini,sell touch indebted to Mr. S. lor the excellent wanner in which he had
The Sun. — 1817-08-22 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDES.—AWOUI month since Mr. Guy, of Pahner's-terrace.,.'Holloway, went to the sea-side, 'at Hastings, and Mt his house iu possession of two Maid. servants, of the, Dances of Sarah ;Croft and Maria Ayling. About the beginning of last week some pairaers came to a ne;ghbouring 'humse, and under pretence of getting warm water•to snake tutu tea, introduced themselves tikAirse girls, and finally, they not only boarded with them, but cohabited with them. On Saturday morning„,aboitt right o'clock, a Carpenter, Who occupied the adjoiuing empty house, sharply remonstrated with the girls on t heir improper intimacy with the painters, and told them he had wiitten to MY. Goy, .whom he expected home that afternoou, They intimated much feeling after this, and. before ten o'clock left the house, with a child 13 months old,-belonging toS. Croft, and were seen passing up Ilighbury-place, towards the New River. The circumstance that the house Was lett empty, excited attention among the neighbours tilt Tnesday,•.‘Vhen it was entered icy. Mr. Boucher, a relatiee.O.f Mr. Guy, and nothing was missed from any part butt the servants and the child. liinTible 'to relate, oil Wednesday orie.,lf those, Maria Ayling, was found the New River, near Stoke Newiteg:on, with a bandage tied-over her eyes ;•and 'at four o'clock on Thursday morning, the body of Sarah Crofts was stopped by the grating at the Sluice-house, alt.() about noun, her child was found on the Eliot which the body of'Ayling had been found. Sarah. Crofts also had it bandage tied over her eyes. It is believed, therefore, that in the phrenzy excited bY the accusation, they voluntarily destroyed themselves, by weilking 'the river blindfOlded; the mother with the child in her arnis. The:bonnet of Aviing floated to thy :Sluice•house befae three o'clock on Saturday. They trust therefore have sought their late one or two hoots before that time, or thtce or four hours atter it was announced to them that their conduct had excited notice and suspiCion.  'file Assize Court at Perpig:na has -convicted :s woman-of toorder..This wretch, it appekrea; strayed a young; soldier who lodgt d in her 110.0 e, for the sake of some money in his-posse,,sion.— Shocking to relate, the art:eased proved to be her own son This heart-residing eirenuistance was nut nonle known to the ‘vfetelied mother.— (French Paper.) • •At the Assizes of Oinagli 15 perons were capitally convicted and scntoleed to be hlinc;l,
The Sun. — 1817-10-20 (London, England)

HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE.  Doring the last two ..or three weeks, persons passing along. a road near PelYnt, Cornwall, were annoyed by an ,offensive slued, that appeared, to. proceed from a 'field adjoining ; but the cause was not sought after until Vriday last, when in an unfrequented corner, a. person discovered what appeared the Mangled carcass of- a, calf; but on a nearer approach it proved to he the headless frank of a human ,being. . Horror-struck at the sight, the person gave the alarm, and several individuals hurried to the spot. The body, which was half devoured, appeared to be that of a man ; and soon after the bead was discovered at some distance in a very mutilated state,;-=-the whole was highly putrid. Tattered remains of clothing were found on the body, amongst which was part of a woollen frock, such as is worn by stream-tint-wits ; there was also found near, a small bundle, containing some articles of apparel, which might be supposed to belong to sorb a person ; but nothing appeared that could lead to a discovery of the name or residence of the unfortunate owner. A halter used for horses was found tied to a stump of a tree, not above two feet from the ground. It is probable that the person had ebna [rived to strangle himself whilst be lay on the ground ; his head and shoulders being raised a little by the cord. In this situation ,the body becoming putrid, was discovered and torn by pigs, which had access to the field ;—it is supposed that it was by the efforts of these .ani. orals to tear their prey, that the- bead was separated from the body. The whole that has yet been learned of this wretched being is, that about six Weeks since a man who, bad the appearance of a miner came to the house of Mr. Northcott, a 'respectable fat mer, to whom the field (where the body was found) belongs, and said that he was in search of employment,—he was invited to cat, but be sail he should take no more in this world, and left-the houSe dejected. Th e same day .a tatter was missed from the staple; but no idea was entertained of its being stolen. An Inquest has been held on the'body, but the above is the w hole .of the facts that were given in evidence ; consequenily it did not 'clearly appear how the deceased came by his death ;—the body has been interred in a proper u►anner.—There seems to be but little doubt that the wretched man was driven by povefty and distress to commit suicide, and as he appeared to be at least 40 years of age; he has prob.bly left a wife and family to lament hi: wretched fate.—(Plymouth Telegraph, Saturday, Oct: 18 )  MR.
The Sun. — 1817-08-23 (London, England)

BOW-STREET.  Yesterday, John Ratctiff and Edward Dixon were brought before the Sitting Magistrate, .by Hull, the constable of Kensington, and charged by Sarah Wood, servant to Mr. Sawer, of Kensington, with stealing a wateb, and a purse containing a 1/. note, and 11. 6s. ed. in silver, her property. The-prisoners were committed to Newgate for trial.  SHOCitINO SUICIDE —Thursday last. CHARLES Ravin., Esq. a Gentlernan.of . the highelit te9ec. tability, put a period to his existence,'at his seat near Enfield, in the following extraordinary ruanner unfortunate Gentleman, it appears, had been for sometime past subject to occasional fits, of insanity, on which account hislriends pro• cured a keeper to take care of him at home,. to prevent any unpleasant occurrence taking place.; and'at times hii derangement was'at.such a height., .that it Was "fOiid necessary_to confine him ina strait ,waistcoat, • On Thursday morning:appearing to be more sane than usual, he entreated his keeper, to loosen the .strings of his waistcoat a little, that he plight sleep with the greaser ease ; the keeper seeing him More cool and collected than he had beenfor'some ' tune, inca.utiouslycompliea with his request, and loosened thelbraces alit41e, so as to allow hip, to lie with the greaterease; ReVelthanked hies ?or 'his kind indulgence, and then lAy dowriand pretended to go to sleep, in which =situation' his keeper left himtO take Tome repo'Se, and.. WithdreW for about an hour. On 'his-return he was horror-struck at finding Mr. -Revell lying on his back ors:the bed quite dead,. having strangled ,himself with the braces of' his ,waistcoat; "which lie.cuntriv'ed" to :tie; round his neck, and,. pull theni quite tight tvith, both his hands, w he by iolne inearik freer{ 'find). theiy bondage. Mr. Revel was a Gentleman of the. greatest respectability, and is very much regretted by all who had the pleasure of his acquaiutauce.
The Sun. — 1817-09-13 (London, England)

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—On Thursday night a young %% annals, residing at the Horns public-house, High-street, \Vhitechapel, made an attempt to. put an end to her existence by cutting her throat with a razor, but fortunately was prevented from completing the rash act by a person who was present at the time, who, observing her on the point Of cutting her throat, snatched the razor, hut not before she made an incision. She was taken in a state of mental derangement to Whitechapel watchhouse, to he taken care of; and being asked what inducement she could have to commit the act, she said that she had retired to rest, but by some means a soldier, who was in the habit of drinking in the house, gained admittance to her chamber, and hail violated her person : being somewhat composed, she was taken home to her friends. Early on Thursday [limning last, as Harrison's Birmingham waggon was travelling; near St. Alban's, the waggoner, who was asleep in the waggon, leaving the boy to drive, was suddenly wakened by some person treading on him. He got out of the waggon, and told the boy to get the blumierbuss (although he had none), thiAing to intimidate the thief, but he discovered three other thieves, %who beat him unmercifully, stole two hales of stockings, and got off. The waggoner lies in a dangerous state. On Thursday morning last, between five and six o'clock, a poor woman was met near the Highgate Archway by a man who asked alms of her. She said she had nothing to give hint. He swore he would not leave her till she gave him something, and then robbed her of the bundle she had in her hand, and stripped her to her under petticoat and shift, and made his escape into a wood. The poor woman was discovered in that state soon after by a gentleman on horseback, who learning the track the robber had taken, traced him by the dew, and succeeded in apprehending him, and had him secured in Highgate watch-houie.