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The Sun. — 1847-07-15 (London, England)

NIGHT BALLOON ASCENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—As one of those who joined in the " pheareileoeues, foolery,"—and, now that I have experienced the litscoaenotmlasystelwtegoikve, pitenrmo ibterotteertnoamhoep—eofhtabte ntrhigehtmcbetlelogoen_ menedattoof such Vauxhallexhibitions, a r t et rh e y proprietyeu r admirable the Times of this day. • • din the venture isof too bpalaruat There is nothing game The balloon out nttlicnceige theail in chance of the slightest accidheent a.eronaut is thought no sight in two minutes, and nett firework is let off on the more of as soon as the, ground, or the other .innterienPidLihndeeivisid;uabluosnthr oitsohtesleddftlwrtkno, the wire with the squibs ofasmasiatskrteaeZse: in the middle of a river, as in an wander about, he knows not in whadotnedsiterheection, until day. lwi gi without uot or a house, or and haphazard possibly If the fireworks exploding in the air at a great height oopretnopneld. are the attraction, they might be attached to a small balloon of varnished paper and have the same effect, sailing away no matter where, when over, and gradually settling down. But if there is any other excitement gazersabout tehaenmpartotceur,rei,t fomruhstallii.ea. ci nr owt hne, chance ansac)eintgh,a twhthene the aeronaut is dashed to pieces, that they " saw him go up," and becoming, individually, accessories to the 1 suicide.  I hope you will not consider tint I am intruding on your space with these few observations; and I beg to subscribe myself,  Yours respectfully, ALBERT SMITH 14, Percy-street, Bedford-square, July 14.  Tractarian observances seem prevalent in South Devon, for we learn from the Western Times that in one town a Lumber of old crosses are being replaced by similar new ones, while a confectioner in Kingsbridge makes biscuits in the forms of a " cross" and " star fish," ►uu unprecedented patronage from the high coureh pasty. Dispatches from the Governor of Canada, and from the Governors of the other North American Provinces, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. Dispatches were also reoeiTed from the GoTeraor of South Australia.
The Sun. — 1847-07-15 (London, England)

LIE MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BERMONDSEY. sensation which it is impossible to describe, has been created throughout Bermondsey, since the perpetration 132. the dreadful murder and suicide, in Hickman's Folly; during yesterday, so great was the crowd in front of the house in which the tragedy occurred, that the police Wthere obliged to be kept there on duty. The parents of e unfortunete young woman are in a state of heartr!n,ding distress; and father is obliged to be watched, :,,Re has several times since attempted to destroy himFrom7.l inquiries made yesterday, it appeared that 4.-q atilda Griffin and Henry Parker had been keeping company together for eighteen months or two 3 ears. On nday night the female went out with a male acraintance to some place of entertainment, without tta.rker, who, on hearing of it, threatened to do somen. ,!g desperate. On Tuesday, about half•past four, the itt,`,_ Was sent by her mother up stairs to make the bed, 'fie same time telling her, in the event of Parker comea in, to leave the room, as she did not like his manner th't day- She went as requested, and it is presumed, at whilst she was kneeling down, making the bed, innarker entered the room unobserved, and that he then pagted the fatal wound. Upon examining the neck of thr icer, there are no fewer than three gashes in his biat",t, one of which is very extensive. Mr. Johnson, a szt.,;ner, who lives opposite, found a letter, which it is d I", was written by Parker, and which alluded to the ._re,adful affair. It has been handed over to the police, 7luct the contents will not be made public:until the inquest 15 held. riv I%TEIV POUNDLAND PIitODUCE.-11he vessel Dart, aradd 11,1 the river from Newfoundland, has hr,,::vht, in 11 to a cargo of oil and other merchandise, the. 18,194 cal skins ; and another vessel, r3uthia, arrived from the same place, besid-s e'xtgo of oil, 17,000 of the same kind of skins. These tetlisive importations of the skin of the seal from the ri sh North American province mentioned amply illusv'm the abundance of the creature in that district.
The Sun. — 1847-01-21 (London, England)

SHOCKING AFFAIR.— U EDER AND SUICIDE  STCCKPORT, JAN. 14.—Yesteroay a coroner's inquiry was held at Heaton Yorris, a parish a short distance from this town, concerning the death of Amy Cokel3 and her infant daughter, aged eight months As will be seen by the following facts, the unfortunate parent conn•tted suicide by throwing herself into the rivet. Mersey, with the infant in her arms, which periA,,i with the mother. The unhappy woman cohabited with a man named Barlow, and lived in Sheppard's buildings. to quarrel, and in conseund on her body qwh(n taken out of the water, it was generally supposed They Yce w of r e some heard violent i oflrevurbernuttisY es being to in the neighbourhood that her death had really resulted trom the ill trratmi.r.t she had receive d from him.evidencesof young girl. however, was set at rest by the evidences of the name of Garner, at d the toed:cal testimony. 'ft, female stated that she saw the dec, used in the court, "f last Saturday afternoon. She tern d exceedingly depressed i,t ~er spirits, and r,marki.d. " 0 my G,t(i! I wi,h I was out 01 this world; for there is nothing but trook,,e in it." Late in the day she appear. o more troubled in her wind. and she so continued unt:l la-ft fhP,TI alive. 01: Sunday eveeing she le,t htr taking witty h,r the chili. A ft., hors a‘terwar,ts was se.di near prec pice lead 11 to tf., river, on t Heaton N rris site, :ill(' I,lj to tt, Cotton T public-house. On the same night the bodies were discovered in some shallow vial, r n, ar the. previously described. The corpse of the mother was considerably brui,t,d. Mr. Cheethain a sure, ott. d. pos d that thr, eyes of the i:tirent were deepiy girged with d, whieh Til7ght he rr,,,itc-d ,-r a hi'ou. the head, or bye fall ; or corp. coo, e"td mi -;•catis, thoip zipp,arat•ces. •sev,•r.ti i sees w exami!wri, vv,lo ,poke to 13•-trl•,w havii n seen •1 usiew the deceased, but none of thew s tne able to fix a late date. The jury returned the following verdict, there being no conclusive evidence of the deceased having thrown herself in the river:—" That the deceased were found drowned in the Rive 7 Mersey, with divers iejtiri...s noon their bodies, but how those wounds were ,•0(10 loti, d Ihore was no ”ri,racN•ry evutmee to 5h00,." The I !erener severely censured Barlow for his conduct  • to tho deceascd. The Conde de Afontf-molin was pres.n,f, by invitation, in the, liuuOr of Lords on Tuesday during t tic „,.erring 01 Parliament. His Royal Highness and suite occupied the gaga in the gialgy generally allotted to TiaiWra
The Sun. — 1847-05-05 (London, England)

LOW RATES OF PREMIUM. Persons Assuring in this Office have the benefit of the Lowest rates of Premium which is compatible with the safety of the Assured, and which is, in effect, equivalent to an Annual Bonus ; they have likewise the security of a large subscribed capital—an Assurance Fund of a Quarter of a Million—and an Annual Income of 65,0001., arising from the issue of nearly 6,000 Policies. ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO.  Age. For One Year. 20 £0 17 3 30 1 1 3 40 1 5 0 50 1 14 1 60 3 2 4  For SeTen Yeara. Whole Term. .£0 19 1 £1 11 10 127 2 0 7 1 6 9 2 14 10 1 19 10 4 0 11 3 7 0 6 0 10  One-half of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit or seven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a debt upon the policy at b per cent., or may be paid off at any time without notice. In Assurances for advances of money, as security for debts, or as a provision for a family where the least present outlay is desirable, the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus will be found to be particularly favourable to the Assured. Policies assigned as a bona fide security to others, will not be rendered void in consequence of death by suicide, duelling, or by the hands of justice. 'ln case of death by the above causes, where the Policies are not assigned, the gross amount of Premiums received will be returned. Claims paid in one month after proofs have been furnished. The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Clock, and Policies issued the same day.  E. BATES, Resident Director. lliberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents.  A
The Sun. — 1847-05-05 (London, England)

LOW BATES OF PREMIUM. Parsons Assuring in this Office have the benefit of the Lowest rates of Premium which is compatible with the safety of the Assured, and which, is, in effect, equivalent to an Annual Bonus; they have likewise the security of a large subscribed capital—an Assurance Fund of a Quarter of a Million—and an Annual Income of 65,000 t., arising from the issue of nealyPolicies. ANNUAL PRESILUSI TorASSUREO £lOO.  Whole Term. £Ol9 1 £1 11 10 127 2 9 7 I 9 2 14 10 6 4 0 11 1 19 10 3 7 0 G 0 10  Age. - 20 £0 17 3 30 1 1 3 40 1 5 0 50 1 14 1 60 3 2 4  Fir One Year. 1 For Sev'en Years.  One-half of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit or seven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a debt upon the policy at 5 per cent., or may be paid off at any thus without notice. In Assurances for advances of money, as security for debts, or as a provision for a family where the least present outlay is desirable, the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus will be found to be particularly favourable to the Assured. Policies assigned as a bona fide security to others, will not be rendered void in consequence of death by suicide, duelling, or by the hands of justice. In case of death by the above causes, where the Policies are not assigned, the gross amount of Premiums received will be returned. Claims paid in ono month after proofs have been frtrnished. The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Clock, and Policies issued the same day.  E. BATES, Resident Director. A liberal Commi3sion to Solicitors and Agents.  CHAT IN CHESTEIt OR,
The Sun. — 1847-04-09 (London, England)

DEATH OF A PRISONER IN THE MILLHANS. PENITENTIARY.—Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Millbank Penitentiary, on the body of Henry Wood, aged 21, late a prisoner at that gaol. The deceased was admitted there on the 15th of September, 1846, having been convicted at the Central Criminal Court on the 17th of the previous month, of larceny, on a previous conviction, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. He died in the infirmary, on the 6th instant, of pulmonary consumption. On the 3d of last December he attempted to commit suicide by hanging, but was prevented by the warder. Ile was visited by his friends, and during the last five weeks of his illness he bad everything requisite for his delicate and melancholy condition, under the express orders of the governors of the prison, including wine, arrow-root, bloth, &c. His friends -expressed their entire satisfaction with the treatment he had received. Verdict, " Natural death." NARROW ESCAPE OF THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION or GUILDHALL DY FlRE.—Shortly before three o'clock this morning (Friday), the utmost alarm was created in the vicinity of the Guildhall, City, by one of the private watchmen who are employed to watch the hall discovering that the contents of the cellars were on fire. The first intimation arose from observing a dense body of smoke filling the hall. An alarm was instantly given, when the whole of the watchmen proceeded to the entrance of the celllrs, and on opening-the door a fierce fire was found raging. Tne engine which is kept on the premises was instantly got to work, and the fire-plugs having been opened, a plentiful supply of water was obtained. In a short time there were engines in attendance, and continued playing until the devouring element gave way. Thecellars being filled with coals and faggots, and the flooring that is laid down on the occasion of banquets and balls being stowed beneath, occasioned an immense mass of inflammable property to be in the cellars. Some thousands of faggots were destroyed, while several tons of coal were reduced to cinders. The fire must have been burning for several hours before the discovery Was made, and but for the flooring of the hall being covered with stone, the building would have been destroyed. An inquiry, it is understood, is to be instituted by Mr. Payne, the coroner.
The Sun. — 1847-02-12 (London, England)

BUCKLERSBURY, CHEAPSIDE.—FAMiIieS whose consumption is large, and study economy. will derive considerable advantage at this establishment. One uniform price is affixed, by which the purchaser of a single p ,und can obtain it on the same terms as the trade. Black Tea 2s. Bd., 35., 3s. 4d, 3s. 8d , 4s. 4d., ss. r *T.-) 3s. 4d., 35.8,1., 4x„ 4s. 4d,, 5*., 65., is. Coffee 9d., I utl., Is., Is, 2d., Is. 4d., ls. 6d., Is. Sit. One pound sent free to any part of town. Orders from the country forwarded the same day; and when the quantity is for 61b. weight (tea only), the carriage is paid to any part of EngIand.—MANSELL and Co. wii.4,ale ton dealers, 2, Bucklf,rs-hary, ClicapAid; . Leiaers from Riga of the lit of Etbrualy atiitd bile exchaage 41 IA d. to 41d., which is also a shade less unfavourable for this country.  ROYAL ILIIMAIiff%Q.C.M;TY.,,, The anniversary dinner of the oyal Humane:? ocietvtook place last evening at the Freemasons' Tavern. The Right Hon. Lord Lincoln occupied the chair. The efforts made by the officers of the Human( Society in rescuing the submerged from destruction continue to be most satisfactory. The cases brought under the notice of the Society during the past year amount to 179. OE 'this number the report of the committee announce the au z.e essful treatment of 174 persons, and the death of who. were beyond recovery. In effecting this great object the: exertions of many individuals have of necessity been calif td into action. Fourteen honorary silver medals have been at larded for extraordinary courage and risk of life, and thirty. •one honorary bronze medals for cases of less importance. The thanks of the Society, inscribed on vellum, have beer a presented to d s it t i mnF rleoaxmricnedtte!:dveeti idineuwpoatnisrti,:ol3oooafno: dn4h2e paper.tosl:rcwe Society toyomsti other were pee.personsetrawersrescued utoe o:ahtfearr from me during r decr oe wvt claimantsnhe have received pecuniary rewards. e past year, the number of persons who bathed in the Serpentineing by the Society's boatmen. Sixteen individuals were prevented from committing suicide by the watchfulness of the boatmen during the daytime. Since the commencement of the present skating season 79 persons have been immersed in the water by the breaking of the ice, but were all saved by the vigilant exertions of the Society's icemen, and only one fatal accident has occurred, which, unfortunately, betel a noble-minded youth who had plunged into the water in St. James's Park to the rescue of two persons who were immersed, rt,;d was hims.lf drawn under the ice out of the reach of assistance.—(Report ) vtivcetroer o t rr. e,Mr. Edwmoarrod i, George Clmedals gpa. tFGhrereenecnh( recipientsos sailor Exeter ofnamedt p College,e mi ee Oxford), st r d ) Mr. Mitchell, Lieutenant Fisher, R.N.,Captain Finch, R.N., Lieutenant Clifford, Newman, R.N. (of the est Guard); and John Wright (of Brighton). The subscriptions of the evening amounted to 8101.
The Sun. — 1847-05-29 (London, England)

SUICIDE AT GODING'S BREWERY. Thursday an 3 p3-s aw4y the time,instead of b,-in;-r, aattracted b g c:vening Inneh excitement was ,:evasioned in the neigh13.:toty or Ihe tiictl:re3. y the nourhood of the Hungerford-market Suspension briitgp, the commis,ion of a singular act of self-destruction Mr. II Lill; could not ~:ay that he had seen I.he Gal_ by a It might, perhaps, towards the em lman named Thomas Smith, night watchman in the lery- in that fi; ;by st,ite., Poy of M.,ssrs Godin4 and Co., the brewers in Belend of the day. But the keepers had certainly informed videre-roet tAe few minutes after six o'clock a man was ertil in nrotoil of the brewery, and the attention of him that the rooms were washed every morning. Ile obseprzsesdenog bridge was directed prise and consternation,:ebsi:d the steamers and on the Suspension(Mr. flume) would feel much obliged if the Hon. Mem- the when, to their great ber would p)int out to his attention where the place was men dropped from his in that very dirty state! because he should certainly, as elevated position to a barge in the river, under to the brewery the premises. Several men belong one or 012 trustees of the Gallery, endeavour to improve it. Pe roust say that he had been there—he was tht.re reporAtt, dly—and he washastened to his assistance, and on .H 5 it was frequented by person, o'faurYs•happy trusted barge it was ascertoined his left arts him from the classes; and he I to see that that he had received other itij.tries I:_waas broken, and it wou7Al long confirm to b e ,-. . that lc, was removed to the howe of a ~urgeon ei 1' serious nature "Pt--; unto was then agreed to. ose b • y. was A vote of 8,5611. to defray in part h f , died before his i I arr. vi... Viere. The unfortunate man was 6 cf ar. Britain and Ireland was t. en aoTt te expenses o I , o..•ut thirty Fears of ~ge, ::11,1 has left a wife and three eed t. 46 . - • . oa the vote of 4,094/, for tit, erection of vbse.' ' i dii„ifirPri' -,,PLY',41)10 Wi.:
The Sun. — 1847-08-06 (London, England)

MELA.NCROLY SUICIDE.—Last evening Mr: Mills 1' 101 an inquest at 20, Paddington:green, the residence if :Mr. Howse, a gentleman of independent fortune, upon ,nah Knowles, aged twenty-two, a spinster, late cook i ati he family. Elizabeth Griffiths, the housenaaid, stated t hat ; her mistress, suspecting the deceased was enciente s eat; for.her mother on Monday, to whom, as she- bail d aon several previous occasions, she denied that bhe was so, and attributed her bulky- appearance to . d ?sy. - While with_ her mother she. cried bitterly, alai tore hei hair And cap. During the evening she was melancholy, and upon. going to bed and several time sin the night vomited. - Witness left her in bed, apparently better, between five and six o'clock on Tuesday ting, and upon visiting her a little before seven lowa I her dead. Mr. Kay, surgeon, Cambridge-terrace, stated that he was called upon to attend deceased at sevet o'clock on Tuesday morning. She was then dead, but Ili the body was warm. and as he found that she we s far advanced in pregnancy, he deemed it his du+ v to re .unove the child by the Caesarian operation, whic,:h he of feet ed with the greatest facility. Thy child, which w as of eight months' gestation, was also dead. Upon a la( ist•ni 'Orient examination he detected in deceased's atom ach a sufficient quantity of arsenic to cause death. 11 ow she got the arsenic, or when she took it, no one cot ild tell. Deceased's mother, a very respectable wome who was deeply affected, deposed that she knew no this ig of her daughter's pregnancy until Monday, wl len instead of upbraiding, she did all could,she,, eah,:cf in VW in, to soothe and calm her. Verdict, lOr mils° nntledwhheerusestbcuotmtmheirtetedw."thenoraesvhidoeere of here state  Sc iUTHA
The Sun. — 1830-05-03 (London, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE THIS DAY.—This morning between three and four o'clock, a remarkably fine young woman, of the name of LETITIA DAKES, was brought in her night-clothes in a hackney coach from her parents' residence, No. 14, Chapel•place, Crown-street, Soho-square, to Middlesex hospital, in a state of insensibility, from having tsken a quantity of arsenic. Messrs. LAIDLAW and Galax, the house surgeons to the Itospital, immediately attended the unfo tunate young woman, and applied the stomach-pump wi h partial success. It appears that having hat some angry words in the early part of the evening with her parents, relative to a young man who paid his addresses to her, she immediately left home acid purchased a quantity of arsenic; on her retiring to bed at eleven o'clock, she committed the rash act, and some time after she was teized with most excruciatieg agonies which awoke her parents. Assistance was immediately procured, and the was conveyed to the hospital, where she lies with little hopes of recovery. She is tie eldest of seven children.  ti ~ f ~ 1  ~,,  there rivals  since 2s. p terms quo' and ing C.ain laain fora  Whe  Rye Bu►lc  Mat  • eisi  A 1d1), Alen.] Rosso Chid Clay  Bath Cor' cU .3alv New oal W  1 Anis Anti Cobol Ram  !Lube  NeW Rost, Rott,  Stral Wisx Wolff Coast  Ai 31;e,  Th Laze L Veal, was 'neve] quail  InNr 4cor Prim Prim Infer Semi, COan SOLO  Ab ;bout .I(nft Kent ace.  ef„ PitittC  Ow Bale si declin doing Oats, been i in wai waltii Beans  Whem  Rye,  Barle' Malt, Beans Pease, Oats,  Flour,  Satur notice this queati charm natior fashio  • utheri; ngie bond t --the the an ever n  was n fisher) accrni ing w from ance c nished ►ere f • titular Journ  trent' in the ilea...  Sat i Oli  ty-day, es, the which idon to arierB, langes urs, 50 rriving  rening, wo.—to This  :en in
The Sun. — 1830-10-21 (London, England)

PARKE. 41)4144 P,rinnipal Oboist to the Theatre Royal, Co* vent-gsrn. ncur Colb Y and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Nenly Second Edition, in Two Vols., small Bvo., • with Portraits and other Engraving., VOLONEL VAN HALEN'S' NA RR ATIVE of hit IMPRISONMENT in the DUNin GEONS of the INQUISITION at Madrid, and his escape NO and 1818; •to which' are added his Journey. to Ilasslarldt 'Campaign tvith the Army of the Caucasus, and hie retina to Simi!) in 1821. Edited from the original spattialt Manuscrit. Jly the Author of " Don Esteban and Sandoval." "" stre, rY 'Ciolburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington.  Thi wiae pialAiAlteil; in 2 volt. tiyo. with Mel' MEMOIRS . Pt PRYsE LotKitART GORDON, Es+ • ts Ur. Gordon hat avSited Munich' of the many opporttll'iti4 Wattled to hint in all kinds of life, at home ,end ant'anty, to proolit to US a moat interesting work. Many lirtt, the, ftever full-lengths thesevolumes contain. It ‘144/1,1-1,4 difficult to 'euumerute int:nava ; suffice it to Y`r `6l.l.t.ptas Se;treely- hint with a; page in these Meu►oira c,' teltaid nkPordon'a Life and Times:. which has nut 91 way' or other for the perusal."--SpeeHenry Collntrn and Richard Bthtlq, New Burlington. street.  NEW" EDrtION. • This day way poldhated, in 2 vole. post syn., ripllE olf N T C Ult AT E. By the Author of " The Subaltern." CI) erEN9'B—The Pastor... The Poacher—The School-` raistress—The Shipwreck—The Fatalist--The Stniagglers The Suicide—The Iliser—The Rose of East Kent, and ,ttit 'Parish Apprentice. 6 We have risen from the perusal of -these volumes with feelings of unmixed satisfaction. The ' Country Curate' id not mote remarkable for ;Itl pur.ty of sentiment, fur chaste simplicitY of style ; awl with all its other aurae. we are persuaded that it will not court popularity in vain."—Literary Gazette. Henry Coburn and Richard Bentley, New 'Burlingtonstreet.  1.111, day Were publialterl,. in 2 vols. Sy°. with Map and Twenty Illustrations, CAPTAIN A LEXANDEIt'S TRAVELS to the SEAT of WAR in the