The Sun. — 1845-06-26 (London, England)

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—About seven 0?1,k, on Sunday morning, Mr. John Commerie, setter up ts„late machines, New Sneinton, Nottingham, was dis11,;ered leaning over a pipkin in the cellar underneath his 14e, bleeding from numerous wounds in various parts of his of ,t; he was in a state of extreme exhaustion, in consequence • e, great quantity of blood which had flowed from his disc""ua• It appeared that Commerie ha• for some time been letirteased in mind, arising from family troubles, and his intelth 'l4B been so much affected as to occasionally produce the ts's.'arances of insanity. He had in the middle of the night oplecil from his bed, gone into the cellar, leaned across the his in Boas to let the blood run into it, and with a razor cut he neck nearly round, and inflicted 'Several gashes on his of , temples, face, and small of his arms. Mr. Burrow es. I,st 'est-street, surgeon, having been called in, found that tf seem thirty and forty wounds had bloke made by the hand Unhappy man himself. flaring nup the arteries stih,.:", had been severed, and dressed the wounds, Mr. BurMC' left the unhappy man with but faint hopes of recovery, 6°%lgh every attention has been paid to him. ietz INGULAR DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN AT HAMPdtvj;•-•-MELANcnovir Ravatts OF inquestE.Ha' "4- Wakley, M.P., held anat the Red Lion, 17-411,stead, on the body of Mr. Samuel Bunby Williams, aged ill' late of Clifton, near Bristol. It appeared that nearly stsisa't week deceased had been wandering about Harnp'te-Ct' and sleeping at nights in the hay-fields, in a state of into!ment a.sl exhaustion. On Thursday last he went ill tltee shopCrabb, hair-dresser, and appeared so qt., oat Mr. Adams the relieving-officer, was sent for, who tt'ed deceased an asylum tho union, which he refused, iint?, he did not want for means, and requested that a lodging tj:alci be procured for him, which was done at Mrs. Tilby's, Old Chicken-house, Roslyn-street. Mr. Lord, surgeon, attkiLkti ruin there, but he would take no medicine, saying that he W" on the via mediatrix natures. He refused all kinds 41(11,6'4H, except a little arrowroot, which he took tki "Y previous to his death on Friday night. Mr. Lord 14 titers kindly and delieately offered him money, which the refused to accept, repeating continually that he had teh4!4 rind that he expected a Post.offiee order, on the to 'i Left Of pi kijch he would return to Clifton. He appeared anda person pf high spirit, great power of mind, 11,,nssPacity of enduranee. He said that he had been a genhad b Not", was unfortunate in PIPY rePects, leen a bankof 11! and cruelly treated by his friends. He great y complained d 11, troubles and their negleet. It was Arther atate. that he ,1" married the daughter of a rich clergyman, dissipated tstri ,4crY, had been transported for fraud, but that his.senrliL.- "„as shortened in consequence of his good behaviour. ki"',e had separated from him is consequence, it was said, Iftki! ill usage, and his reckless conduct had alienated all his itekre,a. Save one brother. Mr. Lord,. surgeon, 0f limp"jug of opinion that deceased died of irritative fever tleathe.l„haustion, the jury returned a verdict of " Natural hrsl , e Dal