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The Sun. — 1863-06-04 (London, England)

THAMES.  TILE MODERN TAREEIA.N Ho mu —Elizabeth Smith, aged 21, of 16, Palmer's Folly, Ratcliff.highway, a single woman, and Annie Wilson, 29, a married w.,znan, were brought up on remand, charged with attempting suicide in the London •dpck. The first named prisoner threw herself into the water from the New Gravel-lane bridge, and the other from Old Gravel-lane bridge, and were both saved by the dock watchmen and police. They were remanded for a week to the Clerkenwell House of Detection, to which place a number of would-be suicides have been almost daily committed by the magistrates. The Rev. Mr. J. phson, the chaplain of the prison, has given much good advice and spiritual consolation to persons who attempted to destroy themselves, and particularly to the unhappy women wh, , while labouring under excitement and drunkenness, have plunged into the water from the Old and New Gravel-lane bridges, where suicides have been lamentably numerous. Mr. Woolrych said the excellent chaplain of the House of Detention had written .to him that the prisoners were very penitent and sorry for what they had done, and that, c oii rid v been et e they might be trusted at large again, the friends of one and husband of the other consenting to receive t hem. He hoped their contrition was sincere, and that they would not rhme ee d this utheawa morning, en attempt to commit inch rash and' wicked acts again. The) .niene.prilsioenshaowueldekn,owanddishchaadrgsuofftehrremd .pain and ina police, constable, Julia Smith, a . a similar offence woman, was charged with committing John Ashburn, o'clock, and was informed the screams of a woman between 246 K, said he heard t the hours of one and two n had thrown herself into the London-dock. bridge, and saw the prisoner strugglingtlohn. the Foxes-lane waterman got into a boat with a. longataian the water. A and in hook, imd got her out alive. There was some difficult: resubciWing her, mid Rho wai insensible for some til Mr. Woolrych rorn:ndA the tiritoner to the. House of Detention for a week,
The Sun. — 1863-06-18 (London, England)

LAMBTON T. H. YOUNG, the secretary, then read the report of the committee for the past Iwo, which stated that during that period 217 cases of rescuing or attempted rescue from drowning, comprising 245 persons, was brought under the notice of the society. Of these 226 had been successfully rieee dr amounts. same lcsa s7e4ps eDbo treated,rrfiuooarndtiperiod, conferred egembmoutpnhtet fdelee attempted pwese eicto nudst thanks unfortunately duehinrsoeat fnrt eisobtol the leti eeebeyondsstdsyoctthoihgeaatt had, during oeolvdsc 7eouirv:el6. nrhsu various If 2 silver when taken out of the water. Twenty-three of this number ww na nd sof vellum, were um , 6 lo n instrumental p parchment, r h m ei nn t saving , an d 881 i pecuniary from d drowning narivoelpersons were estimated to have bathed in the Serpentine during the hours appointed for morning and bathing.eoveceninagdbt hfonlyualdn ehosenseeha noafda them domfmr opmt provedexer committingifatal,exertions o Out of this large number 28 casualties s fwt suicide 14ceida society's o throughth eaittnmhdeei boatmen. watchfulness e Mr. BAKER, the treasurer, next submitted the financial stotataltemreecnatipftoar hadthe yheeeahr, fLrlo,m432w6hsicBhd , ita nadppte:ereex expenditure tthee £1,382 12s 2d, leaving a balance in hand of £49 14s 6d. He said it bad been always the practice of the society to allow the landlord of any public house who permitted any person apparently drowned to be brought into the house for the purpose of resuscitation the sum of £l, and he considered it right to state that in May last, a young woman having been taken to the house of Mr. T. Budgen, of the Falcon, Dowaate 'Wharf, on the sum stated being, as usual, sent to him he returned the same as a donation to the society. He ought also to state, for the benefit of the public, a singular circumstance which had occurred in connection with that case. When the young woman was taken to Mr. Budgen's, apparently lifeless, a sailor, who happened to be in the house, applied his mouth to hers, and sucked the water out of her stomach, when animation immediately  returned. The report and the financial statement having been aecepted, the officers of the society were re-elected, and the pro ceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman.
The Sun. — 1819-08-31 (London, England)

DISTRESSING SUICIDE. Yesterdy morning, about ten o'clock, one of the partners itt a most respectable firm in the hop trade, in Red Lionstreet, Borough, pot a period to Ids existence by placing a pistol al the back part of his head, which he discharged, and whereby a great portion of that part of the skull was blown off. The -unfortunate Gentleman lingered in great agony for about half an hour, and expired. No cause can be assigned for his transaction, except that the Gentleman in question had for some time past exhibited symptons of lowness of spirits and a despondency of mind. The lamentable event has, as may be supposed, plunged the numerous branches of a most respectable family into an abyss of indescribable distress. An Inquest was held at Spalding on Monday seinnight, on the body of a child two years old, named James Higgins, who died the day before in consequence of his having on Saturday climbed into a chair, and reached from thence off a chimney-piece a phial containing oil of vitriol, out, of which the deceased drank a small portion. It is needless to remark that the child lingered in great agony: he died in about twenty-four hoots, The father of the deceased was in the room at the time, but was ignorant of the mischief that was hovering round his infant till too late to rescue it from the dreadful effects of the vitriol. PtoxlNG,—Yesterday a desperate and fluffy cort tested tight took place between Robert Purcell, and JP Dermott, the. Irish navigator,' on Wim, bledon-cominon. Seconds. Shelton and Richmond for Purcell, and Paddington Jones and Tom Reynolds {or M` Dermot. After most deterniiiied fighting, both men were led in the ?oth roand'io a pitiable state to the scratch, and in a rally Purcell floored his advetsary by' a left-haotted body blow, when M`Derrnot was unable to come to after 2G ininuteit' hard s!rtii,a,iinz.
The Sun. — 1819-10-05 (London, England)

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.-Saturday aa female, very genteelly dressed, about 25 years of age, was seen by Inlmetoui persons to walk del;berately into the Thames at Battersea. She was quickly followed by two watermen, and joßt as she got out of her depth they rescued her. Upon being taken to a neighbonring hotise, and I emonstrated with, she refused giving any answer, and seemed in a very low desponding way, and mach disappointed in, not completing her misguided resolution. It was afterwatds understood from her that she was teacher in a gentleman's family in the neighbour. hood of Camberwell, to which place she was carefully conveyed back.  "iAntol 'ADDRESS, tP..KEN SY miss 1 lthe Pi teoing (f Ore Theatre Reval, Dr:try-Lane, Oct. 4, 1819. . . Thougii Fiction here aarrts her ancient reign,,,.4 I We claim, a Moment, her intrin:fct domain: ift-out Truth's high:comistissiotato this,Fo;urt I l'ear, her genuine dictates, and her purpose fair, Whom now she advocates, you long have tried—. Encourag'd long his emulative pride ; The pride you love?—and he, exulting, says, -"r'tT, You ne'er deserted whom you deigned to raise 1 ,1 " Early to win your smiles that pride aspir'di.:!„; " Early those smiles his grateful bosom fled " O'er the young germ yOur genial breezes blew; " And with the growing plant your kindness grew: " 'Various his toll, but constant to his cause, " You nursed the wish to merit your applause ;:' 3.„ Actor or Manager, he still enjoy'd Tire boon for which you saw his zeal erst ploy'dt'd by your sanction, dauntless now he Llarce.,:,, magnify his labours and his catcs ; At Atlas' clialleng'd strength the glove bath hurl'd ; Ms load a pontl'rous, though a mimic world, .4 • The Magi say ;who Nature's secrets track), 1,1 2,,,p  _ . „, This.plarices pois'd upon aca nee hack ! D Ll 3„, what the bearer stays, 1114 ir wisiloin'q pos44 TAI secret, orient science ne'er clisclos'o itto vi'ilOre happy lie whose world nuvi'Courts yotit view j ‘4" Atiiid what sustains his strength, he points to TOL', ib4u 4. That strength the fruit of 5e11.30113 tWICC " May fail of fulness, but it is riot green ; .1•11 " Or grant it crude, your beams may yet unfold `Aft' '1 " The latent hue, and turn the green to gold "14  ~  Where first your well-pined laurels
The Sun. — 1819-07-29 (London, England)

PARIS, JULY 26.—The King yesteiday did not go out, but his 11lajesty teceived the Duke of Orleans, and the English, Spanish, and Neapolitan Ambassadors. The King also held a Court, sv:,ich was numerously attended. His Majesty's heahh is in a satisfactory state. Letters from Munich of the 16th inst. say, "Dia Chamber of Deputies will be dissolved on the 20th or 22d inst. in tha name of his Majesty, by Duke William of Birkenfeld, who is commissionvd by the King for that purpose. " From Wisbaden it is stated, that Loening, who attempted to assassinate M. !bell, died on the 18th, in consequence of the wounds he had given himself in endeavouring to commit suicide.  " Accounts from Bonn state, that some Officers, with an Agent of Police and several Gendarmes, had arrived there, and that on the Isth instant they arrested three Professors of the University, M. M. K. H. Arndt, and the two brothers Welker, whose papers were all sealed up. The Professors were allowed the city for their prison. At Cologne a writer has been arrested,  and an emplo,4 of justice at Erberfeld. Several arrests are also said to have taken place in other quarters. Two persons have been taken into custody in the Duchy of Nassau. " The Government, it is understood, has received the most satisfactory accounts from Rome. " The War Minister, the Marshal Gouvion St. Cyr, has (pitted the waters of Neris : he proceeds to the department of Puy de Dame, and makes a short stay with General Becher. From thence, it is said, he goes to the waters of Mont (I'ol..  " According to accounts from Berlin, the Police continued to be very active. Seals were put on the I Ith inst. upon the propertyof a bookseller who had left the city. In tie night of the. 10th, the alarm was given to the Huhlan Guard, that an attempt was making to release by force, several persons who had been arrested ; the Royal Guard ran to the aid of the Hublans, the assailants were repulsed, sod some of them were apprehended.  " The Emperor of Austria is about to return immediately to Vienna, in consequence of the illness of the Archduchess Caroline.  " Madame Gail, a distinguished composer,  died on Saturday morning. "
The Sun. — 1819-02-16 (London, England)

THEATRE.  IjatinY-LANe.—We are under the painful necessity of recording an event highly disgraceful to the audience who attended this Theatre last night.—A .."1-agedy, entitled Switzerland, the first dramatic production of Miss PoaTaa, to whom the public are indebted for the following interesting Novels, viz. Thaddeus of ti-arsaw, The Scottish Chiefs, and The Past Or's Fireside, was brought forward ; but though the moral influence, as well as interesting nature, of the fair Author's former works, gave her a claim to attention and respect, her Play was treated savage severity. It Was evidently the intention of the Author to compose a simple and affecting story, founded upon hiStorical truth .5 and if the public taste had not been debased by Tragediea of extravagant fiction, bombast, and horror, there can be little doubt that the Drama of last night would have excited interest anri applanse.—We shOuld injure the Author by attempting to detail the fable of a piece which was interrupted by the most brutal Outrage in its most critical situations. As far as the Play was permitted to be heard, it displayed noble and striking sentiments, conveyed in simple, elegant, and impressive langVage.— We sincerely hOpe that the Lady will print her work and shaMe the rogues," or rather brutes, who treated it With such unrelenting Some of the Morning Papers lay the blame on the Actors, but parti'cularly on M-r. I' RAN, Whom they accuse of coldness and sloVenfy Perhaps the part asS'ipined to him did lint gibe stripe for those towering burst's of passion, and abrupt'transitions, in which the merit of hisacting chiefly consists. But we may urge in his faVour that, finding lie bad so brutal an audience to deal with, he might naturally conceive that exertions of More energy might only expose him to ridicule, and consequently injure his professional, character. The rest of the Performers Might naturally tall into CoMparaiiie languor from the same feeling, though for our part we saw no want of requisite animation, considering the turbulence which must unavoidably have impeded their exertions. Though we do not attempt to give the fable, yet we must correct one Mistake into which; the diurnal Critics have fallen, in supposing that Eugene (Mr. KERN) died by his own hand. The Author did not offer Stich a reprehensible sanction to suicide, 'but with a better conception Of the heroic character, represented the conduct of Epanzinondas, who having been wounded, concealed his suffering, and did not draw the fatal shaft from his side, till he heard that his country had been triumphant. The Prologue, an admir able effusion of poetical enthusiasm, was well delivered by Mr. Ilia, and the Epilogue, as far as it could be heard amidst turbulence and contusion, not less so by Mrs.
The Sun. — 1819-10-20 (London, England)

PIIILADELPIIIA, SEPT. 20. "My Dear Friend,—l cannot express to you how happy I feel that you did nut listen to the flattering representations of this now wretched country. I should never hare forgiven myself, if you, or any other Friend, listening to the glowin4 accounts that were sent you, shortly after ray arrival, had been induced to quit England tosettle here. Never was there so great a metamorphosis (from affluence to beggary) in the history of any Country, as the last ten months have wrought in America, whose bunt used to he—' Beggars we have none. and bankrupts very few!'—Now, alas ! trom noe extremity of the Union to the other, the Country swat WS with each description. 4111101); the farmer, I regret to say, are many of my deluded countrymen, who came out under brighter prospects.— As foe myself I have quite exhausted my finances, and sits embrace an early opportunity of returning to Old England, Bever inure to quit it. Messrs. Cheetham and Forster also mean to accompany me, as there is nothing but ruin staring us in the face in every direction.  ' Many Englishmen, who only a few months ago conceived themselves in the high road to fortune, ❑nable to bear the cruel reverses they have experienced, have sunk under their load of suffering. I only know the name of one of these unhappy individuals, and that I shall conceal, in tenderness to his respectable relatives at . The crime of suicide is increased to alarming extent in this country, where it was formerly of rsre occurrence; and to sum up the measure of misery experienced in this once-depicted land of Milk and honey,' that worst of all scourges of the human race, the yellow fever, has again been committing its dreadful ravages. " Many hundred (natives of the United Kingdom), sorna by the aid of the British Consul, others by the humane assistance of the British Merchants, and a few by means of the small wreck of their property, have quitted this land of promise, and returned to Great Britain—and I almost envy thesis for having get the start of me. lam likewise grieved for the fate of the thousands of miserable creatures whom poverty must rivet to this country, where there are no Charitable Institutions for their relict. Any permanent change fur the better is quite unlooked for here, nuless a war should break, out in Europe, of which, I suppose, there is no prospect !"
The Sun. — 1819-04-03 (London, England)

LII?N ACT. Fur our part, we heartily; concur wi:h the Speech of Mr. SINCLAIR, in the House of Commons last night, in a full conviction that it is necessary for the protection of the Country, and in his opinion, that Englishmen would never act harshly against persons whom they were ordered to take into custody, unless fully jusiified by violent resistance. Such was the case with this worthless foreigner, as wAs most satisfactorily stated by Mr. CLIVE last night, in a just defence of the Officers who had been employed on the occasion. Sir GEORGE COCKBURN too gave such an account of the political versatility of this Foreign Miscreant as renders him at once an object of contempt and abhorrence.  The Petition to the House of Lords from the University of Oxford, against the Claims of pery, was yesterday presented by Lord GRENViLLF. It is consolatory, amidst the dangers in which we should be involved, if we were to commit such an act of political and patriotic suicide as to suffer Papists to have a share in our Legislative Councils, to find ,that the two Universities are fully impressed with a sense of their duty on this awful occasion ; but our chief dependence is on the Illustrious Head of the State, who, we have reason to believe, considers the CORONATION OATH as the bisis of his Political Supreo2acy. and Hereditary Rights, and who has resolved to gulrd it the most sanctimonious fidelity. It is curious to find The British Press, an Opposition Paper indeed, hut not of the outrageous kind, terming the restrictions which are essential to the preservat;on of our political and religious freedom " those degrading distinctions, which, under the pretence of religious zeal, seeks only for the continuance of an unwise political Monopoly "_ We may retort the language of The British Press, with a little alteration, and say of the Papists that " under the pretence of political freedom they seek only for the resumption of an unwise religious Monopoly," and the total destruction of the Protestant Church.
The Sun. — 1819-01-01 (London, England)

MOON. The numerous Life Assurance Offices already, established over the Kingdom, incontestibly prove the great utility of such Institutions. The uncertainty of human life, and the certainty of death, must strike every man of reflection, and impress !rim with the prudence of providing against the yearly, monthly, daily, nay hourly, contingencies of the terrestrial world. With 'a view to render this Institution more generally useful, it is proposed that the benefit of it sheotld be extended to persons who may occasionally be afflicted with the most melancholy or all human calamities—lNSANlTY ; for which purpose, a Table of the Rates of Premium, adapted to the various degrees of the malady, is now preparing, tinder the direction of a Committee of the College of Physicians in Warwick-lane. In cases of acute disea'e, when coercion is respired, the usual non-appearance premium charged at other offices will be: dispensed with. To the families of those unfortunate persons who may Commit suicide, or who may die by the hand. of justice, the whole amount of the money paid by the assured will be returned with. interest. After a certain sum shall have been subscribed, sufficient to form a Sinking Fund, tor contingencies, it is proposed that the profits be divided among the assured every lunar month. Co Naval and Military Officers, and to Men of Honour in particular, who ate in the habit of fighting Duels, the liberal plan of this Institution must be a powerful recommendation, as no extra premium- will be required for axsuring the lives of Gentlemen who may fall either in the field of battle, or in single combat.—Nor will any additional sum be demanded from those who may wish to reside in a foreign country, as a temporary retirement. " Upon these equitable principles," (as was eloquently stated by the Honourable Gentleman who brought forward the plan at the Meeting, and in happy allusion to the names of some of the established Offices),'` the Moon will rise Hand !!, Hand with the Star, and, after soaring with the Imperial Assurance of the Engle, will eclipse the Sun. Firri as the Rock, we may then become the Atlas of the Globe, and boldly bid defiance to all our rivals." N, B. A house, suitable to the magnitude of this undertaking, its now building in the New Crescent, adjoining Waterloo-place, from a plan of - she celebrated architect to the Prince Regent. It will he opened for the transaction of business on Ow first of April next.—ln the mean time, applications fur Lunar Insurances may be made, either personally ,a by letter, addressed to the Honorary Secretary of the Moon, Half-moon-street, Picea" dilly.  • As there is some humour in the foregoing article, which we have extracted him The Morning- CI-quick, and as that Paper holds a high rank in public literature, we wish we had oftyner occasion to take from it matters of such harmless pltantrr.
The Sun. — 1819-09-17 (London, England)

OLD BAILEY.  WEST-END GANG.—Nuthaniel Millet, aged'27, was- indicted for astuiring -David-Maxwell, near the Kin'g's highway, and teking from his perm!' .a watch, nine shillings, and a handkerchief-d' The prosecutor stated, that he was at West FAO, -Fair, along with some friends, -on the 27th 01 when be was attacked by a gimp:, who tog' tied him v"ry much, ant to seize hilh watch. lie received everial cuts on his head, u•hich were inflicted by ick% and fists He hs beet knocked (lowa i)efore they _attempted t'' snatch his %,a,cli; he stritaz.li.,l4 leo *ninnies will hviore he Jiro tits witch, tint they succeedeit in taking it. Wn.ie•s'«allvti oto for ait.imtane after his property was Taken !eon, blin he was la st 0 tintit by the biow that he could not theritigno any of gang. Mr. Baron GLAPIAM, i t 611111riiittg tip, StrOfqif animadverted on the outrages -that wt re comuli" tellat West End Fair—oi.triages accompanied with a brutal ter:wily and an excess of cruelty seid,ooo it ever, witnessed in this couutry ; and atid,: one lament that there should be human be' ings capable of so acting,—Not Guilty. Mr. Baron GRAHAM said, it• was impossible to find fault with their verdict,' -but still' he had' th° strougest doubts on the case.  DRUADFUL SUICIDE ON BLACICVRIA*3 BEInGr. On Wedne,day night, a few nrinatei after oil': o'clock, a female of genteel matronly:wear:oc" was observed walking backwards and ftirwartill°ll, Blackfriars:Bridg:e, in a wild anti hurried snantiO" at times anxiously, looking about her, as if shit expected to meet somebody. The singularity-6' her.manner•attracted attention, and some polo° watched her at a distance till she had got abct, as far as the third arch, on the .right ;hand 'ir; front Bridge-siteet, when she suddenly mounit. the bulnstradet?f the hridgeand threw herself PP' A cry of hOrror issued from tcveral persons o'hi) were passing, and one Lady was so overcome thse she fainted. Unfortunately there were 06 waternieh in attendance at that hour, and the unfOrtualitis woman perished. Last a week a peasant who resides near Leigh', tenon, in this county, at 4 o'clock in the nioruit4' elite; ed a field of oats, with the intent to mow WI, acres of a stout crop before eight in the 'ever: j ink, hoping to win a wager of 10 guineas. Uptl' tneasuringthe cut, it was found tbrA, tire acres and a quarter! The age of this wore man is above 60 years ; his name Is Hercono' It was pertormed on BowidOwtf farm, in the pos. ses,ion of Mr. Emerson.,—(Gloucester journal