The Sun. — 1844-11-14 (London, England)

HANGING.—On Monday afterfair toe and heel walking. W 'j, lohsyldoafnvviri William mst at the Cricketers, sequently there will be no competition. The Comer merce expresses indignation, that whilst Belgium and Camden-street, Yon' theF Chelsea pensioner, aged seventy-three, who imanvgetehiramn Isenlftg.et hcoisurlosedgc!fngths,el4, Wellington-street, last Friday. Holland resort successfully to a national subscription ye eidlionr,otehaes i nCortter observed in cases of loans, the French Ministry should have so little confidence in the wealth and patriotism of the that it was extraordiPnrae; I all the personsfwho committed suicide by hanging, the French nation as to suppose that a similar course 1 hanging were. That was apparent from the fact, ethtast of here would not be successful. The French Ministry, . of majority were ound either in a sitting posture, or with their feet or knees touching the ground. In one instance however, know the people better than the editor the Commerce. a young lady, who was watched by two females, one at led herself with the strings The Journal des Debats gives the following details I either side of her bed, strang of her nightdress, without their knowledge. On anrelating to the trial of General PRIM, transmitted by i. hung himselfwhile its own correspondent, who was present at the court- i other occasion a man stretched upon martial : !his face, with his nose almost touching the ground. A short time since he held an inquest at Balls Pond upon " The appeal laid by General Prim's counsel against ! a man, who having hung himself up, the cord broke bethe jurisdiction of the court-martial has not been allowed. fore he was dead, and he survived the attempt thirtyAlthough the General, under'an accusation of treason five hours ; he stated that he had enjoyed the most against the State. thus finds himself desufuero, that is, pleasing sensations while suspended. Persons who comdeprived of privilege of the fueros, which was anciently milted suicide by hanging (continued the Coroner) went granted to both military men and ecclesiastics ; he is off as in a sleep, and died without pain. He did not nevertheless brought before a court-martial composed of speak of malefactors hanged at the Old Bailey, whose his equals, all generals, as he is himself. The six mem- necks were broken, but of those who, like the deceased, bers of this Court, among whom are General Ribera, an hung themselves without subjecting their bodies to a old friend of Espartero, the Marquis de la Concordia, jerk In the case neither was the nor General Pignero, and General Jose Concha, brother of was. the windpipelatter closed, but a congestionneck ofbro thek en brain o,:sceearntdlie leading members of the Opposition ; all are I ensued, which caused death. The jury returned, in the ' moderate men, and believed to be incapable of case of William Carter—" That he destroyed himself, suffering their judgment to be biassed by personal or 1 but that there was no evidence of his state of mind at the political animosity. The President is, ex officio, the time he did so."  Session after session we have Committees appointed for purposes of this truly conservative policy. Accidents in coal mines ; accidents from machinery, employed in mills and factories; shipwrecks, their causes, and the means to be adopted for their prevention; these, and twenty other subjects of not less signal importance to humanity at large, or less connected with the duties of good government, are referred by the Legislature to Select Committees. But the number of practical plans adopted for remedy or prevention of such casualties is really in the inverse proportion of the number of the Committees and the amplitude of their reports. It is high time that steam machinery, especially in its application to maritime purposes, should be brought (to the limited extent we have suggested) within the reach and precautionary control of the Legislature, as occasion may demand. We should be sorry to see the same reckless indifference displayed to the consideration of human life and its liabilities, in connexion with steam navigation, on this side of the Atlantic, with which our American brethren are so often and so justly reproached.