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The Sun. — 1814-08-09 (London, England)

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.  Friday inorning.a res.pectable tradesman of the JewiSh persuasion, attempted to put a period to his existence at the lien public-house; FidcOnCourt, in the , Borough. He• had, it appeared, been at the celebration Of a Jewish wedding at Kennington on the preceding evening, where, in' consequence of some dispw.e, he had been given in_charge to Glennon, the officer, of Union Hall, who, at the, prisoner's request, took him to the Bell for the night, rather than to the watchhouse. After lie had 'been there, however; for a short time, lie became so -disorderly and riotous, that Wortley, the landlord, was obliged to call in the watch., anaesend' Jilin to the watch-house, Where 'he :remained -till near four o'clock in the morning, when having ,become more peaceable, he requested to be taken back to the 'kik.— His request Was Complied witti,( and the landlord Was roused ,froin h's bed CO, take' him in.- He was conducted to a chamber', but he had not been long there when he made so Much'noise with singing and (lancing, that he roused the whole house. Mr: Wortley in consequence got up, and 'went-to'desire him to be quiet. •Pre-;ious to his reaching the prisoner's- roots be•was,,silent, but foettneately persevered in going into the room; -fOr oit.opening the door he, dis.cove'ed the With a silk. bandkerchiel from prisoner Suspended peg in • the wall, -and lapparently lifidess. He immediately cut him down, and.sent geon, but sortie-Ailue elapsed.before suspended animation was restored.. When, however, . the fortunate man recovered the, use. of his speech, he appeared perfectly Compased, and expressed 'his gratitude to his preservers in the strongest terms. lie declared•himself utterly at a loss to account for-his rash conduct, except that it had itsori'gin iv 'a fit of jealousy occasioned by his wife haVing gone to the wedding without him, and pany with another man. , •,,  SurciDE.s.--,On Friday morning, the pth Ult. Mr. THOMAS LOVELESS, of .e onliton Hut,. near Salisbury,. Was found by his son hanging in an out-house lie was in a desponding state for some time,-and has left a wife ',ma seven children. An inquest was held next. day on the body.: Verdict--Lunacy. , , On' Friday a tradesman, residing at Brompton, threw himself into the Queen's Basin, in the Green' Park, and was drowned. He had been in a desponding state for some weeks, and had lately escaped from a receptacle of lunatics.
The Sun. — 1814-07-27 (London, England)

BOXIN.7I.—A severe pitched !mule,' for 20 gulneas a-side, was fought on Monday, at Ridge Common, Oxiordshire, between ,T3enjamiii Fcri-estcr, a,farrner, and Sconueb a butcher,— The combatants were cousins, hoth .said to be affectionateiv'attached to a yonnc—. widow in the village, and it was this which led ;o the first.dis7 ptite._ They .were athletic young men of thirteen stone. Tbe,batile was maintained with the most deterMitted 'resolution. one hour and a quarter, when Porres-ter gave in., Both were blind after .half•au . hoar's_ fighting, and above one .hundred heavy hits were exchanged: SuiciDE.H.Marg.ard Seceie, under nurserymaid in the family 'of Lord La DEGPENCEP, drowned herself- in the cistern on Sunday mornint*. .On the Coroner's Inquest, it MIS adduced in evidence, ,thttt the:dttceased had been- rebuked by an upper servant, for some. negli;2,-ence, and threatened to be discharged., it was proved also, that her conduct • had of late . appeared strange; and her inconsistencies led some to. suppose she teas insane, and a verdict ,of insanily was delivered. . •  The Vice-Chancellor and Mayor of Oxford halv=e published an addret-,s, •requesting the inhabitants of tbat,city to abstain from' giving alms to street beggars, an office having been esta:Asf!ed t:t tlit: Town Hall for investigating the cases or persons asking alms, and affording relief to such as really require it ; those who are found to be beggars by pro`fession-are taken into custody, and dealt with according tolo.v. This is a most laudable mea= sure, and if generally followed, could not fail of clearing the kingdom of those swarms Of streetbeggars which are every where to ,he met with, and, who, perhaps, in nine cases out of ten, are entitled to no relief.  List week, two men in a one-bors6 gig,. put up at Mr. LontY.,hton's; inn-keeper, EpWorth', in the county' of j,incoln, aild stopped all night ; theit: .expences the next morning amounted to ten shillings, when they . offered Mt. I.Oughton a .five pound note, drAwn on the ll'affiCS of Thos. Pakcey, Downing, and Co. of the, Worthing Bank, in Sussex, payable to Messm Jones, and Co. hankers, in London. On. Mr. L. refusing to take it, they told 'him they could not give him any think else, in consequence he changed it, tlncl on its being sent London it proved. a fok;gerv; there being no bank of that description at Il'orthing, or !Inv of thenames of Jones and Co.•, bankers, iu LoildCm ; it is supposed these .sWindie!s arc travelling through this and. the neighbouring counties, for the same fradulent purpose, it will be well for the inn-keepers in particUlar to be cautious of those worse-than highwaymtn. •  LAW INTELLIGENCE:  tOUV.LT OF CHANCERY, •L; LA 26  Tlfl ;,O:
The Sun. — 1814-12-14 (London, England)

LORD FFR.NCiIi  From the Dublin Evening Correspondent. The melancholy fate of this Nobleman, was so-universally circulated yeSterday by the public . papers, as well as by private statements, that it is no longer necessary to observe the delicacy and sensibility towards those who may be most deeply affected by it, which prevented us from noticing• the event yesterday. It is one of those transac tions from which humanity recoils with horror— one of those acts of distempered and perverted reason, which must reflect heavy and lasting sorrow. A very high spirit, which would not brook the public remark and the public scrutiny into his affairs, which became a subject of investigation, by the failure of his Banking Concerns, seems to have driven this unfortunate Nobleman to • the horrid act of svlfmtirder, which has deprived his family and society of a valuable and useful member. The dreadful occurrence has been related in An Evening Paper of yesterday, and a paper of this morning,.it is as follows : Lord PFRENCEI has, for some months, spent the. greater part of his tinre in his son's rooms in the College: He was observed several times this day , by some of the 'Students, and displayed oothing particular in his manner or appearance, with the exception of a general dejection and melancholy, which has characterised him since his late mis. fortunes..  When he perpetrated this act of desperatidn, he was sitting alone in his son't chamber by the fireside. He expired nearly instantly, for When some persons procured admission into the room in a few minutes, there Was no sign of animation. His son had left the room a little before; and had gone down to the Courts.—(Sentinal,) An occurrence of a very tragical description took place in this city yesterday, in the Suicide of Lord FFRENCH, who terminated his existence at his son's chainbers, in Trinity College, by a pistol, the muzzle of which be put into his mouth, in order that his purpose should be effectually perpetrated. He was unfortunately too successful in his desperate design—his death almost immediately followed the discharge of the pistok, His Lordship was to have been examined yesterday, at the Royal Exchange,, respecting the Banking esta— blishment, with which he had been connected, 'and which-had, as the public knows, stopped payment, and it was whilst he was expected to attend for this purpose that he committed the dreadful act of .his own destruction. The event created a. very great'; sensation in the town--those who knew Lord FFtteNcu, were more especially shocked at the terrible transaction, but it was generally felt with considerable .sensibility —(Saunder's News Letter.)  We regret to have to state, that the Rev. VE.as EssEx QIJAILE, Resident Master of Trinity College, and one of the Curates of St. Peter's Parish, about one o'clock yesterday, in College-green, was suddenly seized with a fit of apoplexy, and expired. Surgeon AUCIIINLEC,K, Who happened to be passing by, bled him in the remperal artery, burin vain.—(Dublin Correspondent.)
The Sun. — 1814-03-18 (London, England)

NEW CONVENTION ACT.—" We can state (says ti;;. Dalin. Evening. Post) on authority on winch we have been in the habit of relying, that a 13i11 is in preparation, and will be introduced early on the Meeting of Parliament, by Mr: PREL, to *mend tit;: Goavention Act—by which Meeting, whether in. the present form, or what is called an Aggregatc.Assemhly,' will be declared to constitute a misdemeanour. -In short, it is, in.tended to enact, that no Meeting, unless one where the Sheriff of theliailiwick or a Magistrate .presides, shall be deemed a legal Assembly. ,klence it is easy to infer, that Public Meetings must loon cease altogether. It is therefore incumbent on the Catholic 130ard to speed all business, and to prepare their different Petitions and Addresses for; or else we much misdalculat, there vrill not be 5t...7}1 a Body as' the Catholic Board in existence by the middle of April." —Never tvas there a measure more wanted than that which is here spoken of. The folly,. licentiousness, and mischief of the Catholic Debates, have risen to 'a beight which demands.the interference of the LegiSlature. They-met under the pretence of preparing a. Petition to Parliament, and there is not a subject connected with the internal or external policy of the. country, into which they have not wriggled themselves, and canvassed like a regular Parliament.  We are sorry to say that she indisposition ot Mrs. JORDAN has continued for some time, although her great spirit, vivacity, and resolution, enabled her to triumph over its appearance during her presence before the public, on the stage. Wednesday, however, increasing indisposition obliged her to resign the limps.' contest, and yielding to the advice of her physicians, Mrs. JoaDAN-in the evening reluctantly left town for the sea-coast.  SUICiDE.-Yesterday morning Captain C-, formerly Commander of an least Ifidiaman, put an end to his existence by shooting himself through the bead, at his apartments in tire neighbourhood of Bloomshury-square. He dined the preceding day- at the Captains' Club, and appeared in excellent spirits., No motive can be assigned for this dreadful act..
The Sun. — 1814-12-24 (London, England)

PARIS, DEC. 19.  Amongst the letters lately intercepted either on Lord Oxford or Murat's Physician, there is one of twenty pages, written to Joachim by Madame de Stael. She writes to him nearly in the same style and with the same expressious that she has spoken to Bernadotte, in the little work on Suicide, which she has dedicated to him. This letter was communicated to the King, who immediately gave orders to send it to Madame de Stael, informing her at the same time, .that she might send it to Murat by the Post. A letter was also intercepted, written by General Exec'mans" to Joachim. The Minister of War called upon the General and shoved him the letter. The General could not disavow his handwriting. He is now at Vincennes, the following was, in few words, the sub Stance of the letter : " I have 16,000 brave Men, they wait my orders to execute youra."  The papers of which Lord OXFoRD was the bearer, were not taken from him without the ap-probation of Lord WELLINGTON, but the Ambassador, in giving his assent to this extraordinary measure, made it a condition that the papers should be transmitted to himself. They were opened, however, in the presence of a French Minister, to Whom attested copies were Ittrukhed. The French, who always exaggerate what relates to theft' views and their interest, assert, that there was much culpability 011 the part of Lord OXFORD ill this affair. As a consequence of this, they also alledge, that Lord WELLINGTON advised Lord OxFoED to set out on his journey to Naples before he (Lord WELLINGTON). had received she answer of the PRINCE REGENT with relation to it. The French likewise pretend, but it is not known upon what foundation, that at the opening of the British Parliament, there will he a very severe inquiry relative to the conduct Of the Noble Lord. —(Jiorving Chronicle.)  Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India Ilottse, when the undermentioned Captains were sworn into the command of their respective ships, viz. :--Capt. 11. ScoTT, Ceres, for St. Helena and China ; Copt..l. VtrooD, Marquis of Wellington ; Capt. C. Gttattam„ Pitt, for Madras and Bengal.
The Sun. — 1814-09-27 (London, England)

FROM SATURDAY'S GAZETTE.  ,Cdnnissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of  'Llattalion of VC7..ilts Local Aliiitift.—Junes faw•kins, Esq.  _ . to be Colquel-.Cotontanclaot. A'Court. to be I,i~u.euaci.-Colotti 1. Am'lrose Goodall!, jun. Pm. to be First Major. ,IZobrt.litl:;bes, FAq. to: be 'Second Major.  • Swrm Lowe, .John Goodntaa, Wm. Ritildle Brown, Thotp.; Edward Wa.;lll)tirne,..Jobrk Hayward, to be (.:aptaMs.—Adj,eant It. Hunter to he ditto, by lii•eret. Edy.-nrd, Gilf.,rd ..Thomas Bro4ll, Alexandct Ball, tivorqe Thomas Sinith, .1. F. INilton,„ cents. to be Lieutenants.—.l,lept!caswell,,Gent.. to be ..i'Msign, I.Voafrye,-Gent. to be Lieutenant.  alh Battalion—Tbowas 'rhos. Lacapard, Isaac: Flower, Esqr§: toi be Captain.s.  By .a Circular from the French Royal Customs, dated the 29th of August; French ship-owners are informed that the 'Slave Trade k restored, with and under the old arrangements and regulations.  A remarkable instance of recovery from the effects of cutting the large bloOd'vessels- in the neck has recently occurred in l'ortsea, on anun-fortunate person who had made this attempt at suicide :—The surgeon • instant!), grasped • the bleeding orifice, to prevent further loss of blood, and.adopted an operation which alone presented tile least 'hope of saving life, which Ni7;ts to in'terrupt the circulation of blood through these vessel, by tying thew and the ,mass of substance surrotinding• them (both above and below:; the wound), so that- might be made impassable cur' the bloOd. This Was carefully effected, .4though the patient. was nearly expiring from the greoteffusiOn- of blood ; but is , now, ho.wever, completely re.-stored to case allords the fourth. very gratifying. proof, Ahat the disuse of one half of, the organs which convey blood to the head •may be sustained without injury, when ihe cure okwounds or diseases of these pasts renders it neetsiary ; which fact, until lately, was not conceived possible: • At tLewis new -sheep fair on Wednesday rast, _there were upwards of 30,000 penned.  POLiGE I.:\ i 14,
The Sun. — 1814-09-01 (London, England)

HORRIBLE CATASTROPHE.  About nine o'clock last night,,a person passing by a field near the Paragon, in the 4. ent-roa, was alarmed by repeated groans,. when, .after • a moment's hesitation, he entered the field, and wag met by a woman, staggering forward ; she fell near a bank on the edge of the road, and he theri obtained a light from a chaise which was passing, and found her dead,, with her throat cut from car to • ear. Several persons were nyw c‘rilleeted ; on adrancing further into the field a man was..discovered with his throat cut, and two children by his side covered with bloods but uninjured. He ,was still alive, and aftersome delay, arising in a great measure irons the indecent impetuosity of the crowd, lie ‘vas carried,off to an hospital. Previous to his re= moval a pencil and paper .were givdn to liini, and it is said. that he wrote a canlession of his crime and his address :.he wai• expected to stir:, vire. The unfortunate woman is said to he the Wife of her supposed .murderer, and the two children .their of spring. These helpless irf6lutf; were humanely taken into a hoUse near the spot/. ThiA ,double crime of murder and suicide was perpetrated with an instrunient found on the ground, ascertained to be a clasp-knife, but which vas car Tied off by the person who found it.  T'despertitely wounded in the affray mani-ayt le.‘a vil.'o Bethnal "'as(Gireen, is not dead; as rinr Reporter of- Actidents and Otienee'S was tilkinformed ; and litipes .tire entertained that be will recover.--(Morning Post). ' Ann Cramplorp,.coodenined at thirhatii,Asizes; for mutilating Robert Jordan, iS,reprieved. • CORONER'S night on- inquest was held in the 'Biiard4boin of Bridewell hosrpitat? on the body of --tlizabeth Randall, found drowned in the- river Thames. iolin ROgers, about six tf clock, on Tuesday mnrifing, found the deceased drowned between two barges. at • Littledale's Wharf,--near Blaelifriars4nidge.—Ver'‘ diet, .Lunacy. • N. The punishment orthe pillory was mulcted on in the Market-place of Hull, pursuant tOler •sentene at the lust Qnarterly SesSionS, for keeping, a disdrderly house. After haying stood the usual time, she was reconducted to the flotise of CorrectiOn to' fiuisk the period of her iinpri4onuierit.
The Sun. — 1835-03-09 (London, England)

LAMENTABLE SUICIDE BY AN EAST INDIA MERCHANT.—Saturday an inquest was held at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, before Mr. Payne, on the body of G. Tuttle, Esq., aged thirty-six, an East India merchant of considerable wealth. Thomas Waltho, servant to Mr. William Harding, proprietor of Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, deposed that the deceased gentleman had occupied apartments in the hotel for the last twelve months. He (deceased) was an eminent East India merchant, as witness had heard ' - several months back the deceased had received letters from Calcutta announcing the death of his lady ; the circumstance preyed gt eatly upon his (deceased's) mind, and witness had observed that he was low-spirited and dejected since that period. On Friday morning witness took up his shaving water, when he discovered the unfortunate gentleman lying on his bed in a state of stupefaction ; a phial was near him. Mr. Bradford, surgeon, of Fleet-street, said that the deceased had swallowed a quantity of laudanum; he administered antidotes, but he died about three o'clock. Mr. Harding, the proprietor of the hotel, spoke to the deceased's distracted state of mind and his having recourse to hard drinking since he had heard of the death of his lady at Calcutta. The deceased was principal partner in the firm of Tuttle, Turner, and Co., merchants of Calcutta, and who had arrived at the hotel from that Presidency about a year back, on commercial business of importance; three of his (deceased's) children were at present at Mr. Demey's seminary in the Kiegsland-road. Cornelius Allingham, hairdresser, of Fleur-delis-court, Fleet-street, deposed that the deceased had lately been in the habit of coming to his shop to be dressed and shaved ; witness had observed his incoherent manner of late. On the day before his death he said that be should be in perdition before that time to-morrow. Verdict —lnsanity.
The Sun. — 1835-05-21 (London, England)

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The Sun. — 1835-09-14 (London, England)

CORONERS. INQUESTS:  Saturday an inquest was 'held at the Blae; k Horse Inn, Rushy-green, Lewisham, on 'Mrs. Sarah Hut :;on, a widow lady of fortune, residing at F. 3rest Hill. It appeared from the evidence adduced, thr a bout three we( !ks ago the deceased, while walking in her own grounds, which adjoined those of a gentleman maned Christie, an L while passing Mr. Christie's house, w hick is underg& .ng repair, was wounded in the instep by a t lie which h ad been thrown from the roof. The wound gr we her but little trouble till about a week afterwards, wb Ler t it becam e much inflamed. It gradually got worse, mom if,cation ens ued, and she died on Thursday last. She was attended by Doctors Dobson and Brown. These gentlem en were ex amined on the inquest, and stated that the cast was one of the most singular that had ever come under the it notice. They could in no way account for the melanc: holy resit' it,. except upon the presumption that the decease d's of body was extraordinarily disposed to inflamm s tory actio n. The Jury returned a verdict or " Died frc mortifi cation, caused by the accidental falling of a brick la pon her foot." Saturday an inquest was held ; it the Ro. yal Fort, Grangeroad, Bermondsey, on the body Wm. C. 'lake, an infant of seven weeks, erroneously report ed to ha ve been poisoned by the mother. It appeared fr )rn the el ridence that the child (which was an illegitimate one) has 1, soon after the birth, been put under the care e F a woman (of the name of Whitby, and was afterwards tak en charge .of by the mother. It became sick after g:o ing into her; hands. She gave it four powders ; soon aft( 31 • taking wlafel;t it died. The body had been examined by 1...dr. Green, a s mrgeon ; but there was no appearance of its . having died frc wn the effects of poison, and the powders w Live quite harr al ess. Verdict Natural Death."  A girl, about twelve years . tor age, nar ned Ann. Thornecroft, residing in Banbury, e, anamitted suicide. The deceased, who resided with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Castle, had been suspected of stealin g some money, for which it appeared she was corrected, and desired by her Ix in the . Bible. On Monday governess to learn a chaptc she took a piece of paper, on whit' a was written ~ two pennyworth of arsenic," cont., .i ning tv :opence, to a doctor's, and said it was for her ::11.11) t, Sh e then went to a Mr. Boxold's, and procured son ie water to dissolve it in, stating that it was magnesia and cream Of tartar. Mrs. Boxold thought. it did not : ipper cr like it, and told her to throw it away ; the dec( ;asce , went out at the door, as it was supposed to do so, and returned with the