The Sun. — 1827-11-27 (London, England)

DREADFUL SUICIDE.  . A truly. tragical event has" occurred in a village , but a few miles distant from this city. A young man, about 20 years .of age, of respectable connexions, had for Some time fixed his affections upon an amiable girl; moving in the same sphere as himself, and sought her hand, but w thho refused his his dresses. Although.; however, e ct of attachment had unequivocally and candidly made known to him that she could not !iecome his wife, his visits were permitted to the house of her parent, where he ever meta hearty Welcome, And," with the kind notice of herself and friends, their mutual families having long heen'in the habits of intimacy. On Sunday afternoon, as was frequently his custom, he drank tea at-his sister's, and called in to spend the evening at the residence of the moths.. of the female. He appeared cheerful, and conversed freely with those present, including three young men besides -himself; but just as supper was announced, he abruptly left the house. The family, although surprised at this eircumstance,and little imagining what the sequel was to be, retired to rest at the usual hour; but about 11 o'clock they were alarmed by a violent knocking at the door, and which they found proceeded from their visitor, who had returned, and who earnestly implored to be immediately admitted. The mother, therefore, went down, when she observed him at the pomp drinking water, and laving his lips with it. On her accosting him, be prayed that might be instantly .called up—he wished to see her, he said, for he should,be " but a short rime here—he had taken poison I" Horrified and startled by this declaration, yet unwilling to give credence to it, ,she - remonstrated with him on the nnreasonableness of his request and behaviour, beseeching him to go home; he, however, per hersisting in 'it, was called, and to whom, upon appearance, he repeated the fatal sentence he had uttered. to her mother. It was then proposed to send instantly for medical aid, but this he forbad, and actually slipped himself from his coat by which it was endeavoured to bold him, and ran from the house. Upon this, one of the men• servants was sent to secure him, and found him concealed in a shrubbery near, whilst another was despatched for his father. The latter, on his arrival, gently rebuked him for his conduct,, arid altogether discrediting his *statement that he had attempted self-dostiuction, put bin) on horseback and took him home. Unhappily, however, soon after reaching there, it became too manifest that he had actually committed the sad act he had disclosed; he was seized with dreadful wimirinO, following by those other symptoms which are -occasioned by the deadly workings of mineral poison ; meighbouring, surgeon was sent for, and arrived with all p(b:lsible speed, but who soon saw and pronounced it to be a cage, utterly hopeless, and after 4n interval Of great suffering and agony, about seven o'clock in the looming the hapless young man was d Corpse ! The hoer fellow retained his senses till the last. We do not icarn that he assigned any rea- son for the rash deed,. but it is thought by those acquainted with the circumstances that it was prompted by the fear and belief that one of the three young men he had met in the evening was destined to the happy lot he had himself long cherished the hopes of enjoying. He, however, confessed to the surgeon that it was arsenic he had taken, and which was most evident on the body being opened, as well as that the quantity was sufficient to have destOoyed a dozen lives. He said that on quitting the house so suddenly as stated above, he hastened to an innclose by, where he drank two large glasses of brandy, and from thence went home, and administered to himself the fatal drug in soap and 'water. An inquest rots held upon the body on Monday evening, before Mr. SMith, when a verdict of ‘! Insanity" was returned. We cannot describe the distress and consternation into which this afflicting occurrence has plunged the friends of all partixs.— Worcester Herald. .Major- ‘jor-c3eneral TON concluded his llalf-yearly inspection of ci4 the Pith ,arat.ops in the Northern Dietrict, on Satni 72d Highlanders, stationed , by reviewing the depct of the at Armagh.--Dublui Xvening Post; • . •  MORTALITY JN THE BENCH OF BISHOPS! —The present year has bp..en remarkable for an extraordinary mortality among the Benoh sif Lawn Sleeves.----' Since its commencement the following Prelates have died : _Dr.„ pgumm, of Lincoln ; Dr. LEOGE, of Oxford ; Dr. Kirta; of Rochester ; Dr. GoonExoucir, of Carlisle, and Dr. ToMLINE PRETTYMAII, of Winchester. At present his Grace thet Archbishop of York is the father ,of the Episcopal Bench, haying been consecrated to the See of Carlisle in 1791, and it is somewhat singular, that the Archbishop of Canterbury should be the next in seniority, as well as rank, to his Grace, p h 4 was consecrated to Norwich in 1792.