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The Sun. — 1842-08-20 (London, England)

HANCIINO AND CROWNING.—Murder upon a small scale—no ! that is not good. Why ? Because we are used to see melt hanged for it. Murder on the largest scale-0, that is most excellent ! Why ? Because we are used to see men orowned for it—Bentham. ColinlNGliAm. Letters with very odd directions (Melt pass through the post-office, but these are most generallycaused by the lalign raneeofptheceusleianrdiettes One case, however, which under notice, was somewhat peculiar to • the presenttey day, though it might not have been so noticeable at the period of the Conquest, if letters had been then c llw David was mmoon.—To David with the Red Beard, Nottingham." to .11.1 r apcot r os. resrenlisairone by the p be distinguishedef, othersrrrsouniassesour m havingcomprehension.--Doncaster caster Ciiazette.  The lamentable occurrence has excited an unusual sensation in the neighbourhood ; the more so, in consequence of its being generally known that subsequent to the eqtuilly distressing suicides of Miss Moyes and a boy, a -mes=senger had been appointed to attend at. (44,- top of the Monument to /went the possibiliv !Of like occurrences. • She paid her sixpence, and wa.s told to lay hold the bannister, as the ascent was dark. She repned, "Oh,-I-know the-Way." When at the top she retriained there ten minutes, appearing to he delighted,•evrith the surrounding scenery. She was there attended by. Nathaniel Fletcher, the man appointed , for that purpose by the City Lands Committee, in pursuance of the recommendation of the Jury which was held two years since. She . inquired the position of the different edifices and churches in view, which were pointed out by the man, and she exhibited no incoherence in her manner. Fletcher thought she was about to descend; and went down the steps before her, when she effected her dreadful purpose. The dress of the unhappy girl appears to be that of a respectable servant,,but it is- evident from the softness and whiteness-of the hands-that she has not been accustomed to - any kind of hard work. The foss finger of the left hand bear marks of the needle, hut even, those are rather slight. Several persons who were passing or standing on Fish-street-hill saw, the body of the unfortunate deceased descend from the gallery, strike against the dragon on the north-west come: of the base of the, edifice, and rebound out into the middle of the road on Fish-street-hill. A man connected with one of the steam-packet companies was standing almost close to the spot where she fell, and was the first who raised her from the ground. • A young woman dressed in a manner similar to the deceased Was seen at London-lwidge Wharf last night, inquiring with anxiety fir the arrival of a Margate steam-boat, by which she said she expected a young man to arrive.; and the man who first picked up-the deceased thinks she is the same person. It is suspected that the deceased was exciente, but, the fact will not be satisfactorily ascertained until the post mortem examination takes place. , .
The Sun. — 1842-08-20 (London, England)

SUICIDE BY LEAPING FROM THE MON UMEN T. FURTHER PARTICULARS.  The unfortunate female appears to be 18 or 19, and was dressed as follows :—Lavender-striped printed muslin gown; drab-coloured bordered shawl ; commowhite straw bonnet, trimmed with purple-coloured ribbons. Her shift is marked in the breast with the letters J x C ; two petticoats—one white calico, the other flannel ; prunella lace boots, a little the worse for wear. The lamentable occurrence has excited an unusual sensation in the neighbourhood; the more so, in consequence of its being generally known that subsequent to the equally distressing suicides of Miss Moyes and a boy, a messenger had been appointed to attend at the top of the Monument to prevent the possibility of like occurrences. She paid her sixpence, and was told to lay hold of the bannister, as the ascent was dark. She replied, " Oh, I know the way." When at the top she remained there ten minutes, appearing to be delighted with the surrounding scenery. She was there attended by Nathaniel Fletcher, the man appointed for that purpose by the City Lands Committee, in pursuance of the recommendation of the Jury which was held two years since. She inquired the position of the different edifices and churches in view, which were pointed out by the man, and she exhibited no incoherence in her manner. Fletcher thought she was about to descend, and went down the steps before her, when she effected her dreadful purpose. The dress of the unhappy girl appears to be that of a respectable servant, but it is evident from the softness and whiteness of the hands that she has not been accustomed to any kind of hard work. The fore finger of the left hand bears marks of the needle, but even those are rather slight. Several persons who were passing or standing on Fish-street-hill saw the body of the unfortunate deceased descend from the gallery, strike against the dragon on the north-west corner of the base of the edifice, and rebound out into the middle of the road on Fish-street-hill. A man connected with one of the steam-packet companies was standing almost close to the spot where she fell, and was the first who raised her from the ground. A young woman dressed in a manner similar to the deceased was seen at London-bridgd Wharf last night, inquiring with anxiety for the arrival of a Margate steam-boat, by which she said she expected , a young man to arrive ; and the man who first picked up the deceased thinks she is the same person. It is suspected that the deceased was enciente, but the fact will not be satisfactorily ascertained until the post mortem examination takes place.
The Sun. — 1842-12-13 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT  MURDER AND SUICIDE.  An attempt to commit murder, under rather singular circumstances, occurred at the Auction Mart Tavern, this morning, that is, about half an hour after midnight. A young man, about twenty-one years of age, who had been in ie capacity of potboy for some considerable time, and who had been most respectably recommended, had, it appears, conceived a passion for Elizabeth Magnus, who had been about four years employed at the tavern as barmaid. She being nearly forty years old, gave the youth no encouragement, but still he persevered in his unwelcome attentions. Last evening Mr Baker, the proprietor of the tavern, with somee friends, b. had gone to the Haymarket Theatre, to th at tehnoefit of Mr. Archer, and only Mrs. Baker was left ; Elizabeth Magnus seem atnhoes house went hcilso se t shut up at the usual hour in below to lock the cellar door, and the potboy snhaeme remarkedu'e cou somethingl d not ascertain) strange y(ihvhose expressionher— she of countenance, and asked him why he stared her? He immediately discharged a pistol ats her,at She called out "Murder," and the alarm brought Mrs. Baker down, and the police constable was soon on the spot. The woman was bleeding, and her clothes were on fire. When Mrs. Baker first seized the potboy by the arm, she discovered that his throat was cut. The policeman took the knife out of his hand, and found a razor in his pocket, and'a number of percussion caps. The pistol was one of the cheap Birmingham manufacture. The youth was sent to St. Thomas's Hospital, where it was found the incision in his throat was not very deep, nor considered dangerous. The unfortunate female was taken to her bed-room, and when she was undressed, the bullet fell from her clothes. It would appear, from the fact of her clothes having caught fire, that the young man had been very close behind her. The bullet passed entirely through her body on her right side, perfbrating her stays, and had been caught in her woollen underclothes. She was able to detail all the circumstances, and was placed under the best medical advice that could be procured, so that the most sanguine hopes are entertained of the safety of her life, although, perhaps, it may be attended with a tedious recovery.  Major Malcolm, of the 3d (the King's Own) Light Dragoons, who brought the important dispatches from our plenipotentiaries in China, after transacting business at the Foreign Office, left the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, on a visit- to his mother, Lady Malcolm, at Warfield Park, Berks ; and yesterday the Gallant Officer returned to town, accompanied by her Ladyship, and again had an interview with Lord Aberdeen. It is understood that the Major, who is son of the late Sir J. Malcolm, formerly Governor of Bombay, will not remain in town more than a fortnight, when he will return to China with dispatches from the Foreign-office,
The Sun. — 1842-09-26 (London, England)

SUICIDE AT TIIE CIIAIN PIER, BRIGHTON. BRIG lITON, TII eßsnar.--Last evening, about seven . o'clock, the promenaders at the Chain-pier were thrown into great alarm by a soldier jumping off the pier-head into the sea. It appears that the soldier, ladywho was su t tering to himself, shortly afterwards hit aprivate in the 19th Foot, was observed by a took off his belt, bayonet, and cap, and hug them on the rails, and then got over on to a small lady spoke to him, telling him th parapet. The attendants at the pier would not allow such conducte ; he immediately answered, " I belong to the 19th"' into the sea. The lady, with 3 and then jumped rang the alarm bell, when severalet presence of mind, came to her assistance, and of the pier servants Barber, notwithstanding one of them, named James he is crippled in one hand from firing a salute ' ' aJudmEed into the sea, caught hold of the soldier piles with his lame n ung on by one of the hand, them against it. With the sea dashing both of by life buoys, Mr. considerable difficulty, aided Mathews, the foreman of the works, and others, got them out, and the soldier was immediately conveyed to the Sussex County Hospit al, where Mr. Whitehouse, the house surgeon, and his assistants, persevered for tuhpew upwards of deceased,two hours endeavouring to resuscitate without effect. The deceased was a recruit. about nineteen. years of age. It was nearly low water at thet and the height to the water, from which the deceasedline' jumped, was upwards of thirty feet. Great p laise is due to Barber for the courage displayed by him, as 1t the sea was very rough at the time, in add-on to the disadvantage of his being crippled, which occurre whilst he was firing a salute in honour of the arrival of William and Adelaide at Brighton. [
The Sun. — 1842-03-04 (London, England)

LATE DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.--The result of the troubled by fairies, which," added the nobleman, " may be fire in Tudor-street on Tuesday eveniog, is far more serious spirits from hell."—" Right honoured Lord," replied tie than was at first imagined. The whole range of premises were quaint fellow, " there be verily two saints blessed in heaven the property of the governors of Bridewell Hospital, red which do trouble me more than all the devils in hell, and in although Mr. Davidson was the responsible truant, several true sadness those be the mother of our Lerd and St. Michael, portions of the building were underkt to otherpart.es. There the archangel ; because it is on their days that I am bound to is no,doubt that the fire originated in the first floor, which was pay his dues to the good Earl of Devonshire." tenanted by Messrs. Hare and Co., machine-rulers. The A lady was burned to death at Clontarf on Wednes- workmen had only left the the rooms a ,few minutes previous to the discovery of the fire, and the belle, is, that a spark must day night, while sitting up for some of her family, who had have fallen from one of their candles among the paper gone to the Castle ball.—Dublin Paper. shavings on the floor. Mr. Davidson is not rest', ed, and Wednesday morning a man, named Richard Flinn, flare arc insured in the aged 50, a fisherman, living at No. 5, Crown-court, Bankside, Hand-in-Hand Fire-office for 300/. but their loss is meets his loss is enormous. Messrs. committed suicide by banging himself from a bed-post by hi greater. Mr. Hodson, the bookseller, of Fleet-street, who neckerchief. No cause can be assigned for the committal of I had take!' a part . f the premises only ten days since, and the rash act, as the deceased was a very steady man. had just completed remov.ng a valuable stock of stereotype A bombardier of the lioyal Artillery at Italliricol- plates and printing materials, has lost prop-sty valued at lig, was tried by aeourt-martial a few days ago, aid sentenced upwards of 2,00 C/., and is uninsured. Messrs. Remnant and to be reduced to the rank i f private, for repeated drunkerness. Edmonds, bookbinders, of Paternoster-row, who had also reWhen the finding was promulgated he retired to his room and cently fitted up a portion of the building for the purposes of put a period to his existence, by discharging the contents of his carnal on the new descriptitn of india-rubber binding, have tireloek in his mouth.—Cork Reporter. had much valuable machinery destroyed, but it is believed they
The Sun. — 1842-08-17 (London, England)

SUICIDE OF A YOUNG LADY.--On Monday afternoon an inquiry was gone into before William Carter, Esq., the Coroner for Surrey, at the White Hart Tavern, Kennington-cross, respecting the death of Miss Hortensia Cordelia Haskoll, aged twenty:two, who destroyed herself by taking a large quantity of laudanum on Saturday evening. Mr. Hyde Williams, of No. 17, Chester-place, Kennington-cross. merchant, stated that the unfortunate young- lady had resided with him as a friend of the family for upwards of three years.' He then proceeded to detail the circumstances. She was found in bed on Sunday morning. She was sensible, hut it almost amounted to a state of stupor. He asked her if she had taken anything, and she said " Yes." Ie questioned her as to what she had taken, and she said,'" Laudanum." She died on Monday morning at three o'clock, and he had no doubt from the effects of the laudanum taken by herself. She always conducted herself with great propriety and decorum in his family. He asked her why she had taken the laudanum ? and she said, " I was very unhappy, for my parents had desired me to return home and leave you, where I am so happy, and the anguish and pain of the separation was so great, and nsy desire not to hurt the feelings of my family, that it induced me to take the laudanum." She had seen her parents a few days before. He never heard her express a wish to destroy herself.' She was of a particularly sensitive disposition and of very religious feelings. When he remonstrated with her on the wicedness of the act, she said, "I could not help it ; I did not know how to leave your house." The Jury were unanimously of opinion that the Ale Ceased destroyed herself while in a state of temporary insanity.
The Sun. — 1842-04-15 (London, England)

SUICIDE OF ARELIEVING OFFICER.—The little towi of Shoreham, Sussex, was thrown into a state of consideraV excitement yesterday (Thursday) morning by the report tha Puttock, the relievtng Officer of the Stcyning Union, had shy, himself. The report proved to be true. Puttock resided nea Henfield, and was in the habit of attending the meetini of the Board of Guardians at Shoreham on Wednesday:. He drove to Shoreham on Wednesday afternoon; but, it, • stead of going to the meeting himself, he sent a boy wit , his bag. Ire put his horse and cart up at the BridE, ti er Inn, which is occupied by Mr. Mechen, where he too some refreshment. Between live and six o'cl on came t ock he wei out, and shortly after he was gone some p inquire for him. He was not to be found,. About seve o'clock in the evening a little girl went to the water-clos at the back of Mechen's house, and finding the door fastene, she came away. Another person ~ent to the place about quarter before eleven, and the tloor was still fastened. Th landlord was apprised of the circumstance, and he immediatel took means to force the doer oiler, when he discovered the dad that pistolwoitthhpa in each Land. It was evi dent i stos off; the first one had merely e body h ofe had fired , both scarred his cheek, and the bullet was found in the wall; bti; the second one:had taken a fatal effect, having goad through, the skull. The bullet was extracted by Mr. Bore, surgeon, o't Shoreham, from between the skull and the scalp. He ha been relieving officer to the union ever since the passing of the New Poor-law Bill, but what induced him to put an end ti' his existence wo have not heard. _ _ .  •
The Sun. — 1842-06-09 (London, England)

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A BC:PT.-1s- -- extraordinary and determined suicide of a boy took place on Saturday last, under the following very painful circumstances : The name of the youth in question, whose age is but 15, is Coe, residing with his parents at 206, High-street, Wapping, and who terminated his existence by taking a large quantity of arsenic. About fifteen months since, a hair-dresser, named Dimond,.then residing in theemercial-road East, was found gnilty, and had sente of death passed upon him, hut which was subsequently commuted to transportation for life, on a charge of having committed an unnatural crime. The deceased boy was the apprentice on whose evidence alone Dimond was convicted, and on whom the capital offence was proved to have been committed. Since that period he had been residing with his parents, and in consequence of the unfortunate circumstance alluded to, has been unable to procure a situation of any description, which appeared to prey much upon his mind. On Friday last he wrote a letter to one of his brothers, in which were the words, " Although I shall never meet you happy in this world, I hope I shall in the next." On Saturday he left horns about six o'clock, as he said, to look for a situation at Stratford. On the road he purchased half an ounce of arsenic, and called at the house of a relative at Stepney, where he asked for some water, and in which it is supposed he took the poison. lie proceeded to Stratford, and laid himself down to die in a hedge, close to the borders of Hainault-forest, where he was found by some police of the K division, arid in an almost lifeless condition. in which state he was conveyed to the London Hospital, where he died shortly after admission.
The Sun. — 1842-03-03 (London, England)

THE DIORAMA, REGENT'S-PARK.—This place of amusement opened yesterday for the season, with a view of the Shrine of the Nativity, at Bethlehem, executed by M. Renoux, from al sketch made by Air. Roberts during his recent tour in the Holy Land. The picture represents the shrine, or stable, as it new appears. It is exhibited to the spectator under two distinct effects The first is with the lamps over the manger, and round the image of the miraculous star and the altar, which nurn continually night and day. The second effect is the celebration of midnight mass by the Franciscan monks, with figures in the act of devotion, when the whole of the gold and silver lamps contained in the edifice, of which there is a goodly number, are seen brilliantly illuminated. The transition from a state of comparative darkness to the blaze produced by the illumination of so many , oriental lamps is beautifully managed. On the right of the spectator is seen the shrine, in which the position of the manger is indicated by a stone, and which also contains an altar marking the spot where the Aligi worshipped the Saviour ; a stone bench, on which the mother of Jesus sat while presenting the infant, and an altar erected by the Empress Helena, the mother of Constantine. On the left is a recess in a semicircular form, in the centre .of which is the representation of ' the miraculous star, to mark, the spot where it rested after preceding the wiFe men of the East. Directly in front is a staircase which leads to the church built over the stable. 'I he whole scene is of a very solemn and imposing description. A representation of the village of Alagna in Fildmont, as, it appeared before and after its destruction by an avalanche is also shown. 'I his has been before exhibited, and excited so much admiration at the time that it may well bear reproduction. AIELANctioLY Mondav morning hist about eleven o'clock, Air. William Maryon, of Chelmsford. who has for upwards of fifty years filled the office of conti dential clerk to C. G. Pat ker, Esq., as registrar of wills, was found by his servant suspended in his stable lifeless. He uas 76 years of age, and much respected. The Jury at the Coroner's inquest returned a verdict of " Suicide, whilst labour • ing under temporary insanity."---- Chelmsford Chronicle.
The Sun. — 1842-06-03 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE OF A BOY.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Cooper's Arms, Brick-lane, St. Luke's, on the body of Richard Wilson, aged 16, who committed suicide by taking poison. It appeared that the deceased, who was very lively and intelligent, was apprenticed to Mr. Perry, boot and shoemaker, of the City-road, but re ided with his parents at No. 7, Rose-street, Brick-lane. A few days since the deceased inquired of his master whether it was not two pennyworth of arsenic that Cooler, who shot the policeman at Highbury, took to destroy life, and whether that amount was sufficient to do so, and if it could not be taken on bread and butter, to the whole of which Mr. Berry replied that he did not know. On Monday Is t he had a holiday, and, having played with other boys during the day, he in the evening partook of some ale with his brother, and all at once said he should go and get some salts and go home, as he felt unwell. He was seen to mix up in a cup What was supposed to be salts, and drink the contents before he went to bed. He slept well until four o'clock on the following morning, when his groans awoke his parents, but he persisted that he had taken nothing but salts, which he declared he had purchased of Mr. French, chemist, in Bricklane. Mr. James, a surgeon, was sent for, but deceased died in excruciating agony an hour after. On opening the body a large quantity of arsenic was found in the stomach. Mr. French, the chemist, proved that deceased came to his shop on Monday, and asked for two-pennyworth of arsenic to clean leather. lie objected at first to serve him, but ultimately did so. The word e poison" was marked on the paper. He appeared very lively in spirits when he asked for it. Other evidence was adduced, which went to prove that deceased's father had been for 18 weeks affected with madness, as also other branches of the family. Verdict-" Temporary Insanity." The General Steam Navigation Csnipany's luail prcket John Bull, Captain J. P. Corbin, arrived at a quarter to eleven this morning off the Tower with the Hamburgh mail. A