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The Sun. — 1850-09-30 (London, England)

SUICIDE.—On Saturday Mr. H. M. Wakley held an inquest at the Sun, Newman-street, Portman-market, on Richard Pryor, aged forty-eight, viho was found suspended by a handkerchief from the ceiling of Lis back kitchen, 33, Newman-street. Mr. Pell, a neighbour, cut him down, and Mr. Tucker, surgeon, was instantly called in, but life was extinct. Thomas Nolby stated that the deceased was clerk of the works at Lady Vane's, under his cousin, Mr. Arva. On the day preceding his suicide deceased was greatly excited in consequence of a portion of a balcony which he had erected at Lady Vane's being several inches too short. He called witness out of Lady Vane's drawing•room, and, having bitterly complained of the above deficiency, said that he did not know what to do, as he would lose 161. or 17/. thereby. Then, taking up a penknife, he rushed at witness, exclaiming, " Either you or Mr. Arva must die." Witness pinioned deceased, who said, " It's all right ; its only a flow of blood to the head." Witness then brought him home. He had been under Dr. Roe's care two years ago for insanity, and was put under restraint. Since then he placed himself under Dr. Coffin's treatment. The jury returned a verdict of " Insanity."  A vast chain of associations is often spread out before the mind, by a few simple words, and those associa. tions are nine times out of ten totally different from any that the speaker intended to awaken.— Eliza Cook's Journal.  It is stated upon professedly good authority that the average yield of wheat for this county is not more than three-quarters to the acre. Some of the qualities are so poor that in last Friday's market at Lincoln sales took place at the low rates of 225. per qr. The choicest samples realised 51s. ; so that the difference in qualities is 295. per qr.— Starnford Mercury.
The Sun. — 1850-11-21 (London, England)

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCE. Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.... Ditto, 5 per Cent O9 34 Mexican Borills, 1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent B5 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent lOB Ditto 4% per Cent. 96% 96 964 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. ...... Ditto Account . 17% Ditto Passive Bonds 334 ,Si anish Bonds,3 per Cent,l840 Ditto for the Account .... 39% Dividends on the above payable in Loncon. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates  ROYAL HUMANE SOClETY.—Yesterday' a meeting of the governors of the above institution was held at the offices in Trafalgar-square, Charing-cress, for general business; B. Hawes, Esq., in the chair. The report was satisfactory, and a number of cases of recent occurrence in which lives had been saved at great personal risk were laid before the committee, and adjudicated upon for pecuniary and other rewards. During the past bathing season in the Serpentine River, which had been resorted to by upwards of 300,000 persons, only three fatal accidents had occurred. • A number of attempted suicides had also been prevented by the vigilance of the society's men. During the past year there had been submitted to the society 150 cases, comprising 190 persons, out of whom 173 were, after rescue, successfully treated and recovered.  GRAY'S INN, Nov. 20.—At a Pension of the lion. Society of Gray's Inn, holden this day, I\l<mtague Mordatint Ainslie, 14:sq. (of Christ Church College, Oxford, 13. A.), and William Arnold .Bainbrig,ge, Esq.., were called to the degree of barrister-at-law.  A melancholy accident occurred on the river Clyde on Sunday afternoon, by the capsizing of a small. ;riling boat from Cartsdyke, whereby two of a }Awls,'" party, named Miller and Cameron, were drowned.— Scotsman.  We understand that George Crawfurd, Esq• writer, Glasgow, has received the appointment of Justicq Of Peace Clerkship of Lenarlsehire.--Scotsmarts
The Sun. — 1850-09-12 (London, England)

TESTIMONIAL TO DR. JACKSON. On l grand r feabreenwdealrl ydoejteusnterrwatlals,l,giup v to y Designate of Lyttelton, New Zealand, and Principal of thelel;.uDe'rd.aja a ckgsornan, the Training College, Battersea, by the students of the college, by whom a testimonial had been also subscribed for, to be presented on this occasion. The entertainment took place in the beautiful grounds belonging to Mr. Fownes, contiguous to Christ Church, Battersea, where Was erected several marquees, including that within which the dejeuner took place, together with the emigration tent presented by the students to Dr. Jackson, also exhibited upon the ground. In the Bishop's tent, prior to the entertainment, the testimonial was exhibited to the company. It consisted of a splendid solid silver epergne to form a table centrepiece, beautifully decorated with foliage and figures, of the weight of nearly 130 oz., and of the value of 120 guineas. It bore the fillowing inscription:--" Presented to the Bishop Designate of Lyttelton, New Zealand, and late Principal of the Train. ing College, Battersea, by the master, students, and officers of that college, Sept. 10, lilso. This offering is respectfully made by the masters and students of the Battersea Training College, in grateful remembrance of valuable talents and services devoted to the training of schoolmasters for the Church of England during a period .of six years. They sorrow in parting, but whilst they remember his persevering zeal and the distinguished blessings which have attended his labours as principal of the college, they feel the assurance that in his exalted station abroad he will be as successful as he has been in England." In the unavoidable absence of Lard Ashley, the chair was filled by the Rev. C. B. Dalton, M.A., rector of Lambeth, who was supported by the Rev. T. 13. Murray, rector of St. Duustan's-in-the-East, and the Revs. M. Rowlett, C. Lilley, H. Twining, and Dr. Hussey. Nearly 100 ladies and gentlemen sat down to a most elegant repast, and at the conclusion, after the usual loyal toasts had been drunk, the Chairman presented the epergne to Dr. Jackson, who briefly addressed the company in acknowledgment of the honour. During the entertainment a new glee, called " The Canterbury Pilgrims," was received with much approbation.  • SUICIDE Or Da.
The Sun. — 1850-05-13 (London, England)

FRIGIITFUL SUICIDE OF A YOUTEN-011 Saturday Mr. Baker, the coroner, held an inquest at the Star, Wilkesstreet, Spitalfields, on the body of Thomas Pickard, aged 18, the son of Mr. Pickard, one of the parish rate collectors of Spitalfields, residing at 37, Wilkes-street, who destroyed himself under the following determined circumstances:— Mr. Thomas Pickard, the father of the deceased, deposed that his son wan apprenticed to a cabinet-maker and upholsterer, butlresident a home with him. He had noticed for several weeks past a great alteration in his mind and appearance, which he was unable to account fur. He was iu a low and desponding state, and of late refused taking his meals. He had frequently asked deceased if anything' was the matter; to which he, invariably, replied " Nothing," and be was not aware that he had formed any attachment to a female. On Wednesday last he was in a very dejected state, which was also noticed by his master, but who was unable to account for it. He slept in the same room as witness, who was called by his daughter, about eight o'clock on Thursday morning, and on his entering the kitchen he found the deceased lying across the doorway of a closet, the walls of which were covered with blood ; and on lifting him sip he found his head nearly separated from the body', and only adhearing by a small piece of skin at the back of the neck. One of witness's razors, with which- he bad "committed the deed, was firmly clenched in the deceased's right hand. Mr. Lewis, a surgeon, said that the deceased had been dead for some time, and that death must have been instantaneous. In answer to a question by a juror, Mr. Pickard stated that the deceased would have come in for
The Sun. — 1850-02-07 (London, England)

SUICIDE AND INFANTICIDE.—Great Excitement has been ctea,ted at Bath by the death ef a man named Edmund Francis Hunt, who destroyed his own life and that of his child, a little girl two years and a half old. The ut.fortuustte man was a plasterer, about thirty-ssven years of age, hying in Cornwall-terrace, Walcot street, and his house abuts upon the river Avon. Ile was a steady, industrious man, and had been in the service of his master upwards of twenty years. His wife, however, has several times been convicted of shoplifting, and the poor fellow in consequence has undergone much mental suffering. Upon the last occasion of his wife's delinquency becoming known, threw or four months ago, he declared that if ever ale so disgraced him again be should be induced to destroy himself. On Saturday night last, as the deceased was returning home, be was it formed by a neighbour that his wie, was again app:ehended for shoplifting. He hastened home, took 114 favourite child out of bed, and was seen no more alive. the Sunday morning the river was dragged, and the body of the unfortunate man was pulled up about fif y yards below his own house. His arms were f.aded over his chest as if embracing something. The n ater was at the( rrisver arms, eighteen them bioledsybbeeloinwg at on very flash at the time, and the child roust have been e hermswoinlldeadyeduitscoefvereu in t spot where t'le sad catastrophe I tappened. The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased drowned himself , whilst labouring under t-in • • porary insanity. The ll'Se has been committed on the charge. of shoplifting. LOCK .....osrair, ASYLUM, AND C lIATLL.—The anniversary dinner of this charity was held yest rday evening at the Lan(Ln Tavern, his Roy al Highness the Duke of Cambridge in the chair. After the usual toasts had been duly honoured, the Rev. A. Gamier read the report, from which it appeared that the number of latients who during the year had received care at the hospital amount( d t) 741 (414 of these being in-patientr), making an aggregate, from the first opening of the institution in 1747, of 38,420 patients who have been cured. The financial prospects 4 f the charity have at last assunicld a somewhat more hopeful aspect. 'Re receipts of the N ear have fAllen short of the expenditure by nearly 900/.; 3 e', inasmuch as this debt is the accumulation of former years, and has been reduced upon that which stood a;ainst the hospital a year ago, by about 4001., the time is net, it is hoped, far distant when the charity will enjoy all its former prosperity. The report having been read, the healths of the various officials were drunk; and at about tea his Royal Highness left the chair. ISittvem 700/. and 8001, was cellec:el at the dinner.
The Sun. — 1850-06-14 (London, England)

RCP. FELONY.—Sarah Smith, aged 41, described ss spinster, was ind;cted e,r feloniously thowing 9174, George Argent, and William Charles Argent, bis 00°_, ct-rtstin corrosive fluid with intent to do them Owl grievous bodily feirm. The prisoner Piended guilty. 1, was George Argent, the prosecutor, stated that he pa. wine porti,r, living in El'zanet IF street, Bethnal-W-01N He hail cohabi'ed with the prisoner fir about Din° Y of but separated from her a month before the commit' -01 this nflence. On the 21st a May last, between 9 aog 10 o'clock, he heard a knock at his doer, and en los to answer it he found the prisoner there. She 88,k7erief for a lea-tray, but before he had tune to reply mutl„-nocl something from a jug into his face. which eir",je," painful burning sensation, and, exclaiming ."Ts'et 'to a ran away. He washed his face, and then wen," rifloa surgeon, who recommended him to go into theL.:v:o2s Hospital. He took the advice and remained 1`; out hospital for a fortnight. lie bad completely jc;*sight of his right eye. ,his William Charles Argent, the son, wo— liquid father's statement, and marled that teknortion of tb6 fell,upon him. n An oil and colourman proved that the Pris°-„ear'ooo,i, chased some vitriol of him on the evening in (175000 and a young woman, who saw the prisoner throvii-of se• jug away a few minutes after the cominittli,n-s ssd offence, stated that she picked up the ffsg.,,wf to!. carried them to the prosecutor. They 'aPP°.-• covered with a white spirit. • Prisoner, who was not represented by eniinge" stated for oaer in her defence that she had lived with the pris Ane shs ten years, and bad had two children by hiln:aiiilP buried nine months ago, and the other was bissl The prosecutor was a violent and bad-tenieer—‘e° he had ill-used her dreadfully, and after a long ,te of brutality he turned her and her child into the ,liis-psi Not content with that, he had set all her friends Teter' her, and while smarting from this ill-essgefiew bur° mined to perpetrate this offence, but she intenuej„ deist; his clothes and not his face. She concluded ing that when taken into custody she was 013,,'„"-0 other of committing suicide, as she and her child had ° home but theltreets. A do lb° The Learned JUDGE having briefly Bumble" jury Guilty, at once found a verdict of and doted The COURT sentenced the prisoner to be for 15 years.
The Sun. — 1850-06-14 (London, England)

FORGERY.—A young man named George Thongs" oi 17, described as a lalyntrer, pleaded guilty to ei'll,ftsl/, of feloniously uttering a forged order for the anal of with intent to defraud the Governor and CoaiPsniv the Bank of England; but the Court deferred passi " sentence. spinster, waFELONY.—Sarahs indicted Smith, afeelodni4oui George Argent, and William Charles Argent. hiss ow certain corrosive fluid with intent to do thew (gi pot pleaded grievous bodily harm. The prisoner guilty. I, was George Argent, the prosecutor, stated that me; en. wine-porter, living in Elizabeth-street, Bethnal-e'rpors, He had cohabited with the prisoner fur about nineY-lof but separated from her a month before the congn'at—ood ,61ydetbscbriwibpodg suioses this offence. On the 21st of May last, between " oieg 10 o'clock, he heard a knock at his dour, and °La !IWO to answer it he found the prisoner there. She as" ibro for a tea-tray, but before tie had time to reply solaced„ something from a jug into his face, which lon,""thot," painful burning sensation, and, exclaiming "In°, to is ran away. He washed his face, and then weTnajoll surgeon, who recommended him to go into lhe,''„ the Hospital. He took the advice and rernainen 7 ths hospital fur a fortnight. He had completelY sight of his" right eye. 6 ad 11 1 William Charles Argent, the son,enn-,73h father's statement, and added that a portion o. fell upon him. An oil and colourman proved that the prisoner tioto chased some vitriol of him on the evening in lufastasil and a young woman, who saw the prisoner throw rflf ;be just away a few minutes after the commitin`L, sad offence, stated that she picked up the *gni: to bs carried them to the prosecutor. They appears covered with a white spirit. , stated Prisoner, who was not represented by -1 oar =vin her defence that she had liviad with the pre s° nes" ten years, and had had two children by hi°gjiting: buried nine months ago, and the other wag 00' The prosecutor was a violent and bad-teinPer'- coatie he had ill-used her dreadfully, and after • *l°4 treats' of brutality he turned her and he ' • Not content with that, he had set all her Means tier her, and while smarting from this ill-usage 'lnn buns mined to perpetrate this offence, but she intends* le r' r child tato e .1-00 his clothes and not his face. She concluded by Dist ing that when taken into custody she wag °ll SP; Other of committing suicide, as she and her child 110 °A no 1110 home but the streets. The Learned JUDGE having briefly summed jury at once found a verdict of Guilty, 'The'The COURT sentenced the prisoner to sports .„ to be tr'""porlß for 15 years.
The Sun. — 1850-03-28 (London, England)

GAS-LIGHT AND CORE COMPA 1 ' NIES. 105,000 t. Tho bank-notes in called that the prisoner had received 1/. 13s. 9d. from years, who committed suicide by shooting himself. The evi- As well as by want of heart." with witness into the back parlour. While doing so : Dividend Amount by 500,000 f. The balance to t .1 ' /Are. Morven, grocer, of Westminster Bridge-road, and deuce went to prove that the deceased was a carpenter by And truly has Mr. Willis written in the passage re- 1 she said "lam in a fit and • a very bad fit. Don't Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. has decreased by 2,250,000 f. for which he had signed a receipt which was produced, trade, and had for some time past lodged with his wife at ferred to :- leave me ; for God's sake don't leave me, Mary Anne." Annum. Share. increased by 4,750,000 f. but of which he had given no account to his employer; the house of Mr. Whitmore, a fruiterer, &c., Charles-street, „ Ilovv little we know what is in the bosoms of those These were the last words she ever uttered. 'Witness --• also 8/. Is. 63., from Mrs. Drew, grocer, of Whitecross- to whom he was nearly related. About seven o clock on around us! How natural it is, however, to feel and act wished to put her to bed, but her husband said she British .. •••••• • • • • •• 11. Z. a. d. Z. s. d. which only 11. 6s. had been accounted for. The Tuesday morning a loud report of firearms waskesrd by. if 40 0••1641 0 14 THE FRENCH street, of as we knew-to account for all that appears on the should never go into a bed of his Ditto Provincial.• 11. Bs. 20 0020 0 0 20 rear of ' ' defence was that the confusion resulting from Mr. Whitmore's porter to proceed from a loft at the . _ _ again. Deceased The report of the Comm prisoner ssl.per cent. ,20 0 0 - - i.-. . . . and to his surface by the limited acquaintance we have with dream- was then standing over a sink, and presently her CT's-miLondon -- • from a variety of places had the premises. lie quickly hastened to the place, and f . having to reueive money __ - ' tecelpts was on Friday di sti towed • produced the apparent default in his accounts.-Com- great astonishment a corpse-blood was flowing copiously from his clothes, and we know not the cause-to approve or condemn, with- the floor, with her heed resting on the kitchen steps. Equitable........ •• • • 501. pr share, 50 00500 0 27 •it 1 milted. smoke, as if from a recent discharge of powder, was curling out allowance for chagrin, or despair, or love, or hope, or She lay there insensible for more than two hours, at Independent ... .... •• 61. percent. 40 0 0 40 o 0 56 of Imperial .........• •• 3/. per cant. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 report which had already upwards from his body. A large horse pistol was found distress-any of the deep under-currents for ever at " timeexpenses it proposes asl
The Sun. — 1850-01-30 (London, England)

STHEET.—(T A' L 'Jane o. r at her a baby urcast , a young, woman with tep,i '' 4 brought bt ere r. u. eerloobrilß ,4 g to throw herself M andHiloi ch , . ~,chovarr Wat gth ed wi at441tee. six titl a . eon,,table Duff, 84 F, deposed ti at between at the was standing tohis"ell o' Duff, last evening he prisoner came hurrlata! of Waterloo-bridge when the,Yennt,, seemin 1 IIY uP and threw down a he'll) .1.7 „ not y „a • . that a w tiot h,,gr'ut angui*h. Gocssiug follows d ler across tho r'l - watched ler closely, and third recess cf the brid,:eJ When she got to about the atal then RA '1'1„ ,4e .Placed her child on the balustrade,_. they lihu 1r herself being determined, as she said, that -I" die ' `-' • constable, howeler, rithhed i together. The police. the bat 4rwai'd the moment he saw the child placei 0.0 uceeeded in triit,„t•ustra4, and by dint of great force s down coa.n wittit'lng with the a..d blieging her _e, 11,141 k) t hilt' in hev:°thr ans of she thatdiscovere,dtm ailli4 hai!„4lat at suicideuannid.murder had been fiusdrunk. ';`'"", li-N44) tears and clied bitterl. She „as evening 41 -Oval.' si,‘eQtistable vent to her residence last %11() a,. -;„°`:', 13Iaekfriars-road, and saw her husband,_eto. Vt .cA:I- 14de t • sober man, a cubbhir. H. wain, tlz„' -- hat hiti , .tieu,, ecofid time Wife was a great drunkaid, and this t rapt,:d her life. Her bah}',l 4he wa4 1 that 6" 1a I at e would soon come ',Pit deEtth. rNnently heard to -ay, Liliqic4ettirbeer, whose sobs prevented her frem being mY the iii itiyara in ci urt, said that :he was driven t The it,,17,„.'4411ent of her husbinch landlord last tiehin ''e'eolastable said that he saw the ,r, a -41111!'i 4" he l told hm that she wss a g.,. t 41.( a' (1 aSo s a sober, industrious tear ,-1 that her husbandwas kr. tr ALL remanded the prisoner for a week.  . Tit t /3,,, structure has ,isti„ ".
The Sun. — 1850-02-13 (London, England)

CORONER'S INQUEST.—SUICIDE BY A COMPOSITOR. —Yesterday afternoon an inquest was taken before Mr. Bedford, at the St. George's Hospital, Hyde-park Corner, on view of the body of John Walker, aged 44, a compositor, who committed self-destruction under the following very determined circumstances:—The evidence proved that the deceased was employed for many years at the establishment of the United Service Gazette, and he had also worked upon several of the morning papers. He had lately been employed by Schultz and Co., the foreign printers, in Poland-street, Oxford-street, Oxford-street, and on last Saturday weekf h.ote receivedmperate Metssrst: notice of dismissal, in consequenfce lasto week he habits. On the beginning of Mr. Walker, a surgeon, in purchased a shilling's-worth of laoudainnumsailtvethr-estsrheeorp, of destroying Golden-square, for the. ,Pu from him by himself, but it was taken away Mr. dtohne. 5 t rloaent,d o rid e g eonf the An t street, tree at and Crown, whosend Crown, e itnoe bedoelqouoikt eosao bt he or ofollowingnight day house he lodged.lasza and about morning he was found in bed bleeding profusely from several wounds in his throat, which he had inflicted with a razor discovered lying by his side. The deceased was quite sensible, and said to Mr. Davis, that " he was ashamed to look him in the face, but he was compelled to do it, as he had been in great agony all the week." The deceased was speedily placed in a cab, and on being removed inside the hospital be was found to be quite dead. Mr. Francis, the house surgeon, said the wounds in the deceased's throat were not sufficient to cause death, and from the appearance of the stomach and the intestines, he was of opinion that the deceased had taken some corrosive poison which had caused death. The jury then adjourned the inquiry for the purpose of having the contents of the deceased's stomach analysed.