The Sun. — 1845-03-28 (London, England)

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A DUTCH JEW.—On Wednes lay morning considerable excitement was caused in the neighbourhood of Islington by the discovery, at an early hour, that a middle-aged man, most respectably attired, was weltering in his blood in Bridle-lane, a comparatively secluded spot on the north side of the Britannia-fields' close by the Shepherdess public-house, and near a small brook which flows into the adjacent Regent's Canal basin. The party had evidently met with his  FREQUENCY Or Diva➢EßS.—The English have long spoken of the frequency of murders in Ireland, but now in England they are almost of daily occurrence. Suicides, too, in England are very common,  --II • . b 47S 41,/,..,:cr !.7.7-':.i•:ff...,-.... t...,.4-315..):4"  S u IN .‘  not that distance that ought to be observr gentleman and his servants. qadvi.o;Atlo' Cross-examined—Never saw any indecent tamliarities with Mr. Monckton and his servants. I was blamed by Mr. Oldershaw for propagating the slanders against Mr. Monckton. I did not believe in September last these reports. The Rev. Mr. Monckton did say about two months ago to me in the vestry, " Richard, there is not a word of truth in it." Last Sunday Mr. Monckton administered the sacrament. There was about the usual number of ladies present. The Rev. Mr. Monckton was most kind and generous to the poor. He would always assist them, sending wine or bottled stout where needed. Our neighbourhood is rather a slanderous one. Re-examined—When Mr. Monckton was sent for to attend the sick, he immediately went. Mr. Doane said that his case was concluded. Previously, however, Mr. Ballard was called to give evidence as to the identification of parties—pursuant to a demand of the parties on the (Vier site. Mr. Warren said it was not necessary, and Mr. Ballard was not sworn. The Lcarned Gentleman then addressed the Commissioners, and stated that as the case on the other side had been brought so suddenly to a close—his belief being that many more witnesses would have been called—that he (Mr. Warren) was not prepared to address the Court then with respect to the voluminous evidence that had already been given. lie trusted, therefore, that the Commissioners would adjourn the proceedings until to-morrow morning, as by such a course his address to the Court would be much shorter than under any other circumstances.  death from a wound produced by fire-arils, by which the interior of the head was frightfully shattered. The body was then warm, but life appeared quite extinct. It appeared that the case was one of determined suicide, although for several hours it was apprehended that the death of the deceased had been caused by violence from the hands of another party. Upon searching the body, however, several documents were found, and their genuineness having been tested in the course of the day, the following facts may be relied upon :—From a billhead it appeared that the name of deceased is Meyer de Gonge, and that he resided at 80, Church-lane, Whitechapel. Formerly he had been in the employ of Messrs. Joseph and Percy Prockter, tobacco manufacturers, Bishopsgate-street. A note from the firm was also in the pocket of deceased, calling upon him without delay to hand over a balance of about 121. due to them. There was also a letter written in the German language, of which the following is a literal translation :gob—yesemed‘r'vatienmrn.i:logiillyaillangpeye,ician Wife—Receive this, my last letter, as a thank for you, my partner in my misfortune. Farewell to the world! I could no longer remain here without making you and my dear sweet children still more unhappy. lam now resolved to make an end to my miserable life, but for • the sake of our children do not follow my example, and be aware that there is a God Almighty. One more farewell in this sad world! Yonder we each other shall see again no doubt. There is a God, and here once more be confident in him wholas created us; and bring our children up as Jews—that is, as Israelites; for our belief—and specially the Jewish belief—is the true one. There is a God, and that is the God of the Jews. Dear I wife, as a mother, do impress truth on the minds of'-my dear children, that they may persevere in the Jewish belief. You may tell them that their father died before the time; he was a Jew, and wanted to see them live and die as Jews. Farewell for ever!—