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The Sun. — 1818-07-03 (London, England)

SERJEANT AT LAW.  DREADFUL SUICIDE AND ATTEMET.—Yesterday morning, about one o'clock, the attention of one of the sentries, stationed o❑ the Pagoda Bridge in St. James's 1),0.4, was attracted by two females, who were crying, conversing, and shaking hands with each other, and appeared in a very distressed condition from their appearance : he took no further notice of them, and marched backward and forward on the bridge, till at length be saw them salute each other and part ; one of then► went to one side of the bridge, and the other proceeded to the opposite side, and climbed on the balustrades, and hung by their bautls ; the sentry instarrtly ran to the one wbo was the nearest to him, and laying hold of her whilst suspended from the outside of the balustrade, effected his purpose in saving her life ; during this interval, the other woman threw herself into the water, and was drowned ; the soldier gave the alarm, and some persons came to his assistance, to whom he related the case, and with difficulty the unhappy.wornan tl►at was paved was conveyed to the workhouse. Drags were immediately provided, and it, about half an hour after, the body of the other unfortunate woman was got out, but was quite dead, and was carried to the workhouse foe the Coroner's Inquest. The woman who was saved gave the following account of the cause of this melancholy circumstance :—She stated her name to be Mary Carpenter, and her husband is a soldier in the (iva• di. The other woman'3 nan►e is A wger, and her husband is in the same regiment ; that the deceased and she were companions, and brought the greatest distress on themselves by drinking ; in consequence of which their husbands would not let tl►em come near them, and maintained their children themselves. They had been out drinking all that day ; and not having a lodging to go to that night, and not being able in. procure. one, trey agreed with one." a not her, (tor the purpose of ending their miseries), to drown themselves, and proceeded to the Pagoda-bridge for that purpose, where, alter shaking hands with each other, they parted ; but the sentry observing their intention, ran and prevent• etl her from throwing hersdf into the water, while in the meats time the other effected her purpose. She said she was still determined to carry her intention, into effect, as soon as ever she had her liberty. She seemed in the greatest distress, having no shoes or stocking on, and only a gown, handkerchief, and bonnet ; and about 30 years of age.  PRICn
The Sun. — 1818-02-14 (London, England)

MSS. intended for his stupendous undertalciiig:i, We sincerely lament the fatal catastrophe "4)15, has Pt tended the family ; and though it is iint it Bible to apologise for the crime of suicide, Yel ose is equally impossible not to SyniptAiii!;e in tir'ool feelings of the tinhappv Gentleman, arising, a" event that occasioned universal sorrow, wl.;liter subduing all fortitude in his mind, ha`", dt it appears, produced sliolt a deiec of insan'deP of mo at length drove him to so dreadful a putting an end to his miseries in this world'  I  I  i  C.  3 him oci aly  to. ock, "64 d ab,„t tell! the evi:lenco, the .100' .0. stroyed  s;:fely deli' Ir. Herbert; Ile Lad):" vav of duiog  (leAtft oft, of 13°.11. g cileatil4  g tifet fl a t " (moo)  (P eVe, t „ve I • b 6 icilt 3  verend tct " s 0113 f tir 0 oro Croft, ‘ti, iale in 1 to! es ~..:Tbe „co di,tres,eo tllcir 3105 arixic:jl7 1 liinhoi ,a; i4O, w e 'sfcarAf Ari• ao wii 111 v •if• 11)5t.za44.1 re the is 11;100 tbe xece 001,4 lad w3l 0  ells.0)14 P. Cr i elicei 440 o•  iiptok.° sYI 0, 0 -,". • to err` r (74 teif, Rpe".,-aairi 'crowt"re red I° The lr 110 4,1 iota A io left It  sent tlit Port,  tUe 133,  ;80.5,1 Id. Sj, inent°l3l° laced k►lCs 3g. e r el Atif  „ at” otv't II tb Irl to SOPil" f rt id° % 's 511 K S Of III!t e.. 8 ne' of 000 yd 1,00115 ,artgletith led  akillg.--, !►e ‘vbic`l  is ifullas; Yet 1. in thos' g 6.41 rir ha (1 114 3nity, oi molio  rid•
The Sun. — 1818-08-14 (London, England)

FRANKFORT, AVG. 3.—Her Serene Highness the baebess. of- Saxe, Meiaingen•arrived here yes terd,ty. The Princess has returned from England by way of Paris. • . •  HORRID ASSASSINATION IN AMERICA:  (From ike .4lbanv lbwister of July 12.)  With:heartfelt and unfeigned sorrow we announce the untimely and distressing death of the gallant Major Benj. Birdsall, of the United States' Army. He was shot on parade this everting, a few minutes beCore eight, and his immortal spirit left its tabernacle of clay in one hour and fifty-five minutes afterwards. He was shot by a soldier of the name of Hamilton, who had been enlisted about three months. The murder was deliberate, and the monster exults at its perpe- , titinn—he is in prison. Major-Birdsall was in conversation with Lient. Scott, itt .front of his marquee. Hamilton presented himself before them, and said, " Major, 1 arts here."—On being orderyd hack to the ranks, he made ready and discharged his rifle— the ball entered on the right side, passed near -the heart, and lodged in the flesh near the back-hone.  This high-minded soldier met danger in its most terrific forms—was mutilated in the most cruel manner, by Laving his face literally shatto.red to pieces—has undergone surgical . operations of the most agonizing nature—snfiered pains indescribable—his wounds hut just healed—hiA prospect of returning happiness had barely began to dawn, and he has fallen the victim of unprovoked assassination.. We learn that Hamilton committed suicide on Monday morning.  EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF .ARsoN.—A woman has been lately convicted at Antwerp, .who set fire to her house out of revenge against her husband, who used to go and drink his pint of beer at a neighbouring alehouse: she had often threa• tened to deprive him of the means of regaling himself, and has now carried her threat into execution. The husband, hearing that his house was on tire, hastetied hOme, and, found his wift lookingiquietly'on. A neighbour asking hint if he knew.the come of his thisfortnne ? The latter 33id, ". I'll tell you some day." His wife exclaimed, " Say, ascal, that I did it ; you know_ I have long warned you. I told the parson that I would put a knife to your throat—now 1 have 5 and.yrits: will no more go and drink your pint." what adds to the atrocity of this'crime (unless it be-an act of insanity) is, that before setting fire to the: house, she desired her children to go to bed, saying, " Go to bed directly, for I am going to. bum the house." In bet, one of 17, the other of nine years of age, went to bed, and she put, the third in the cradle. That of nine years yf age perished in the flames ; that of 17 escaped with difficulty through the flame and smoke. In. a momentary fit of sensibility the cruel mother rushed into the burning house to save the youngest child, and came out bolding it in her arms. It. was immediately taken from her., She is now calm as usual, and shows. no sigh of remorse.'
The Sun. — 1818-10-24 (London, England)

DREADFUL SUICIDE..-- Yesterday morning s. Middle•aged man, whose appearance bespoke the character of a reduced tradesman, was ' Hyde-patk, with his throat cut in a must frightful manner ; the blood flowed in a stream from the wound ; there appeared little signs of remaining lite, and he was carried by some passengers 1;110 discovered the unhappy man to St. George's Hospital, where he was recognized to he a perSou of the name of Jatames Guy, who resided at 12, Carrington-street, May-fair, and was formerly in i'zood circumstances. A.short tine ago he lost his svite, and was left with several small children,without suflici:..nt means of support., which has lately re-. diced him to a state of the most miserable despondency. Having expended all his money. and drained every resource, he resolved to commit the clime of suicide, and leave those-troubles his mind WAS incapable of bearing. Yesterday morning, with the last twopence in the world, he purchased one pennyworth of milk and a pennyworth of bread, and having divided it amongst' his children, be kissed them, and in his mind pacing taken last living leave, he hastened to the Palk, and with a razor he committed the above act. He lies now without the least chance of recovery in the o spit al. Itormaßa-v. At a late hour on Wednesday Dight, or early on Thursday morning, time premises of Air. ARNOLD, situate at time back of the F4ttglish Opera-house, Strand, were entered, and between S and 400 weight of lead was stripped oil the roof, and stolen therefrom, which the thieves contrived to carry away unperceived, supposed in a backney-coach. A similar attempt took place some time since, but the watchman giving the alarm, they escaped, leaving their plunder behind. Three new caravans, on an entire new construction, passed along time Strand yesterday, with the following inscribed on the footboard— " Association for the Relief of the Manufacturing and Labouring Poor." Time inscription excited much curiosity among the spectators."  THECJL ,Nr2S.  Tke 'following is frou► Tilt Quebec Mercury of the ISth Sepuinher
The Sun. — 1818-12-12 (London, England)

ANOTHER MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF AN OFFICER.  Thursday, a Gentleman of the name of Charles Peregeanx died by his own hands, in consequence of insanity and jealousy It appears that the deceased was born in Switzerland, but served in Spain during the. Peninsular war, when he contracted an intimacy with a - Captain Gayman, whom he accompanied to England at the termination of the war, and there became at once enamoured of his friend's sister, who, however, thought his means unsuitable to the support of the married state. Deceased had importuned her to unite their fates, on Wednesday evening last, when, finding her resolute in her refusal, he requested to write a letter, and then expressed his intention of going home, till at length, seeing him linger on towards 9 o'clock in the evening, and knowing not what to say in his distressing state, she ordered a Iptckney-coach to be railed for him immediately. On returning to the loom, however, she it,Jund it difficult to open the door, which the deceased had fallen against ; but she at last succeeded in forcing it so as to discover that, Ise lay bleeding on the floor. Assistance was soon attracted by her terrific screams, when the deceased was raised front the ground, bleeding most profusely. In his left side a darer was found, while a number of wounds were discovered on his breast. Deceased was unable to speak, and appeared to be fast dying. When a surgeon bad come, it was ascertained that three deep wounds had ocoßred on the left side, and reached the heart. Deceased had the misery to linger in this situation till about one o'clock on Thursday morning. His body was opened soon after his death, when the heart was found to have been pierced in three places. The blade of the dagger, which was covered with blood, was about five inches long, and had entered the body of the deceased up to the hilt. Upon the letter, which the deceased had attempted to write about an hour before his corn, milting the rash act, being read, it was found to ' contain a farewell to his friends, in the content, [dation of the dreadful deed by which be expired.  The Public do recut/ea that HAZARD 911(1 Co. sold both the Thici y Tho..s.tods last Lottery—it is proved by LI pzAtio and Co.'s increase in their sale, which is greater this Lottery than tor many years rast. NE.xT TUESDAY the first-drawn Ptize will be entitled to 30,0001. 3 per Cent. Consuls, On which day Four 'thousand Tickets will be drawn.-1-lazAtto and Co 's Offices are at the lifiyid Exchange Gate, 2(s, CuiutAll, ,al;itt 324, Oxtorthstreet.
The Sun. — 1818-09-08 (London, England)

HORRIIRY AND SUICIDE IN ANIEHICA.—A large reward wait,. several weeks ago, offered for the discovery of the persons who broke open and robbed the Cuniberland Ban, in the United Stares ; and the following account of the apprehension of the perpetrators is given in The Boston Pairiot of the Bth ult.:— " We learn by a Gentle Man who arrived' in this town from Portland, that in consequence of suspicitins entertained, Daniel Manly, and Captain -- Rolf, were examined before a Magistrate ; in the course of the examination, Captain Rolf was particularly solicited to inform whether be had any concern 'in the robbery of the Bank; and further to,induce him to di.close, an. offer of 10„00.0 dollars WAS made him by t! ,e Diteci ors, it he would inform where the principal part of the money then was, that they might obtain it ; which Offer he. accepted, and affirmed that hirriself and Mr. Manly were the only periOus con eertied in the robbery ; but • that a third person was concerned ill carrying the money off. Capt. R. went with some persons a few miles out of town, but not finding the bills at the place where they bat! been deposited,. lie observed that they tnu't slave be'en' rerinived by. Mr. Manly : be was kept in,enstorly through the night, and on thestreceeding morningcarried them to where the specie had been hidden, being in the environs of the rOWTI a part of the specie was there tontid. •Whikt engaged in recovering the specie, Captain Rolf left them,- passed out of sight, and blew out his bra'ins. Manly is still in confinement to await his Ilia'. The third concerned had taken a seat in the stage fur Boston, and was arrested while ocenpying  The Lion, Baron Woof) reprieved all the priso►iers under sentence 01 ►leath, at the Lancaster Assizes, before he left the town.
The Sun. — 1818-12-22 (London, England)

SUICIDES IN FRANCE.—A tragical event has just plunged into extreme grief two families in Troyes. A young man, aged twenty years,. by name Jean Francois Manchin, conceived a violent passion for a young girl, called Emilie Simounot, which she returned with equal ardour. The consequence of their attachment was, that the girl, ,became pregnant ; and she, therefore, asked her lover to sanction their connection by marriage. Manchin went to his (Esther, and throwing himself at his feet, besonght'him to consent to his being united with the object of his attachment. The father, from some opposition of private interests, and on account of the inequality of their fortitoes, rejected the prayers of his son, and commanded him to cease instantly all correspondence with the unfortunate Emilie. The young Mattchin returned brokenhearted to his mistress, and informed her of the result of his application ,w hen she immediately formed the resolution of acting according to the suggestions of despair; and her lover, finding it impossible to alleviate her sorrows,determined to share her fate. On the4th of this month, after the business of die day was concluded, he went to the apartments of Emilie, where be left biivratch, and she took off the apron, and one of the neck handkerchiefs which she generally wore. On leaving the house, she gave the key of the room to the landlord, requesting him to give- it to her brother and sisters, who resided •in It with' her, and who were expected to return soon. There is within a quarter of a league of Troyes, on the hanks of the river, a little ipot, which is almost an island, where the unhappy pair having arrived, Manchin took off his hat, and Emilie her bonnet, They then tied a wrist of one to a wrist of the other, by a pocket-handkerchief with double knots, and threw themselves into the river. Their bodies-• were found near three o'clock on the following evening, and were carried to the hospital. Emilie was, in the fifth month of her pregnancy. The remains of this ill-fated couple were ioterred on the evening of the following Monday, without any religious ceremony.—(Gazette de France.)
The Sun. — 1818-03-26 (London, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE.  CORONER'S rt,:tittisT.—An ingnisition.was taken yesterday before Tt-omiks ,STIRONG, 'Esq. at the Mason's Nrms,'Upver• Berkeley-street, Pot t:iian. square, on tre hotly of iNtriti)hert Prosser; of 17, Adam-street West. Charles Want visited the deceased •on Sunday last : they entered into conversation ; the deceas. ed was very untv4ll; he,tisikeil hint What ailed him; he shook his head and said." all was not. tight he asked him what was the occasion of his dejection, and he "itifiia;med him that !Ili peCUniary affairs were_ deratiled, and he was almost maa ; tic toirst into tears , then raved very incohe reutly ; he was-alarmed and left hint.  Mr, Z. Meene belongs' to the family of Lady Pat ker, iVo. 4.1, Upper Brook-street. qu the night of Sunday last, be slept at the house or the deceased, anal was alarmed about four o'clock' on the following-morning by the cries of Mrs. l'rosset. : be ran down-stairs, and saw the- deceased lying on th'e landinglilace, at the top of the fiest , stair-case es head was hanging over the stairs. Upon lilt tug 'him he found • his throat shbekingly cut he• was conveyed into the back parlour and medical assistance, sent for, but before the Surgeon arrived Mr. I'. w:is ' Coroner—What instrument did he cut his throat with  Witness---We looked about-for Elie instrument, anal, so did others, hut it could not be found 'aoyivitcre.  Foreman--I think the instrument ought to he found before we return any %Tidier. Several Jurymen=—Certainly it ought. Coroner-,lt is evident the deceased was insane, and no doubt hut he conintitted the act himself. Beadle—The praNes of Mr. Prosser have been searched, and the instrument has not been discoiered.  RObert GOOdY, stated the nature of the wound ; lie said.thi main artery of the neck and the wind-pipe were severed.
The Sun. — 1818-10-03 (London, England)

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—A young Lady of amiable manners, about 20 years of age, who for the last two years has resided in the family of a Clergyman in the neighbourhood of Clapham Common, attempted to put a period to her existeuce on Wednesday last, by taking poison. It appears from the statement of a person connected with the family, that this unfortunate young woman is the daughter of an Officer tin the Army. When about 16 years of age, she was addressed by a Gentleman of considerable property, and it was settled that the marriage should take place on her attaining the age of nineteen. About two years ago her father met with a heavy pecuniary loss, by tire failure of his agent, in consequence of vhich it became necessary that his daughter should employ those talents with which nature had blessed her, and which had been improved by education, in support of herself and in aid of a beloved parent. She fortunately obtained a situation in the family above alluded to, where she has ever since remained i❑ the capacity of Governess to his daughters, and where she has always been treated as a relative. On her lather's reverse of fortune she was forsaken by her fickle lover, and this conduct on his part plunged the unfortunate girl into a deep melancholy. On Wednesday last, having previously contrived to procure a quantity of laudanum, she retired from the dinner table to her own apartmeta, on a plea of indisposition, and when alone she swallowed the deleterious drag. The Lady of the house, however, whose suspicions had been roused by her conduct during the day, fortunately followed her almost immediately, and discovered her upon her knees, apparently at prayers. By dint of questions, she at length induced the unfortunate girl to confess the rash act she had committed. Medical aid was instantly called in, and every effort used to counteract tire poison.-We are happy to say, though against her inclination, they were attended with success, and she is now considered as out of danger.  Hattoic
The Sun. — 1818-02-09 (London, England)

AFFLICTING SUICIDE.—On Satorday. morning, after breakfasting with his fantily, Ir, lornan, painter and 'glazier, No. 24, London-road, :St. George's-fields, .went .into the workshop, apparently in a composed state of mind, intimating to his wife (a lovely • woman) and his daughter, an only child, about ten years of age, 'drat -he. had some important business to transrvt, and he wished to communicate it to the. foreman. There happened to be no person in the shop at this time, but shortly afterwards one of the men arrived, and, on entering, he was shocked to licit! his master:lying on the floor,, with his brains blown out : life, was not quite extinct. An alarm was given, awl -a Gentleman of the Faculty caned., in, but his efforts to restore life proved unavailing. The unfortunate deluded man, who fell a, victim to his own self-created alarming and drearlftd impending• danger, had been for some tithe past in a dejected and desponding .state ; lie h-id been under the hands of an eminent physician. It was not contemplated by-his friends thot he te.. signed self-destructimi. The. pistol with which he committed the fatal deed .was w'ver seen in possession nrevions to his committing the act ; then it was found, quite warm, cinsv to !title. 'No _cause is assigned for his derangement ; his business floorisbedi and lie lira's considered e nail rat, responsibility arid pcOperts.: A (;orotters Iliquest will be held on the body this day:" • -SUppEN DP:ATE: —Thomas Ricketts, who ties on Friday committed to 'Horsenionger-lane otOI, to take his trial for a burgtiry, ,cummitted in the !loose of Mrs. Hannon, Hanover-street, ;Valworth, suddenly expired on Saturday mornirg.; On the'29th tilt. at night, about ten o'clock, a basket filled 'Wills. the fragments of human bodies, 'Was. 'found l'ying middle,of the high-itreCt, Glasgow, opposil-e to the .Crosa IV, 11. T. what  turpitude must the wri.tch have atived H pitch of torp  'who cn►►hl deposit such a spectacle on the p►►blic streets 1  From the LONDON GAZETTE, Fos.7.  . . If , Feb. 5, 1818: 11. I,fig• His oyal Highness the Plince Regent been pkaserl, in the name and on the behalf °I hip Majt direcillettets patent to be passe(e tthder the Great Seal or The United Kingdom ot Great Britain and Ireland, for granting onto the Right Hon. Frederick John Robinson the 011ie° ctf Treasnrer of his .\raj?sty's Navy, in the robot of the Right I-lou. George Rose, deceiscd.  Mennolrb,erigir,eclfußrniepdonto.Cisittlßioiillig‘chlete'lliFioree::::eut7iii:atalei-IFiariendeenrti::rju'til:: Robinson. •  CommisSion in the Western Regiment of Oxfordshire en. , •. te y— B Fredel id: oyce, lisii..t.o be Captain, vt" L Marynis,of 131andturil, resigned.  BANKRUPTCY EA/kit: