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The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1824-08-11 (London, England)

MEL.EVCIIOLT ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.  We called tho attention of our readers a kw days ago to a melancholy attempt at suicide by a yourg female at Brighton, wEo threw herself from the West Cliff, anti wa' sired by one of the preventive guard. She made a second. and, we regret to add, a third attempt to commit suicide by hanging herself, from a staple in the room in which she was lodged. Hitherto she has been prevented from this desperate act, and every vigilance will be everted to rescue her from the self-destruction on which it is to be feared she i 3 even still detenulned.  ' It appears that she gas a young woman of humble parentage, but Of irreproachable character. But a few months ago four of her brothers, who were fishermen, were lost at sea; this naturally cruated a great depression In her spirits. Previous to this, however, she had been engaged in marriage to a wretch of the nea.,.• of Reynolds, • journeyman painter. lie took advantage of the forlorn situation of this unfortunate female, and seiluerd her, under the pramise of immediate marriage. Almost immediately afterwards be deserted her, under a promise of return on a certain day (Monday), but not until he had expended whatever little money she bad. Ile actually pawned her clothes, and even two or One little valuable articles which she got as keepsakes front her dying Cicada, and he left her in lodgings at Brighton, for which lie had not paid, with only two shillings in the world. In this desolate situation, ashamed to return to tier Mends, and destitute of every means of support, she made the attempt at suicide, of which we have before given a detailed account. It has been since ascertained that the wretch Reynolds is a married man, and the father of several children. _  The attentions of the surgeon and the clergyman are incessant, mid yesterday she seemed awakened to a seusc of 11 hat she was about to do ; her spirits were better, and she assumed a more calm and collected tone of thinking.  Ann.:.
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1820-10-09 (London, England)

SIM 1. He pursued, bus she ran with uncommon 'peed, awl when she gut to the bottom of the street she attempted so throw herself over the woo railing into the liver, hot fort•ostely her clothes imagist the railings, mid she was ',impended by thews until he came up, snit, with Ilse assistnem of a watchman, extricated her from her perilous situatime. She was taken to the watchhouse, where she was extremely ill, and the ecosstahle loinivirly took her to his own house, and his wife watched with her all night. le the morning she lift her fur a short Stier, berme, as she snpposed, removed every thiag dangerous from her reach. Oa her retina to the room, however, she was horror-atter* at finding the wretched girl attempting to destroy herself by sticking pins Into her ibruat!— Even is this singular manner she would have rtr (led her purpose but fur the timely interferenre of the constables Wife, He had been to her this woiriaing, rind she staled to hint that Ler family was highly resoart able, nod that she had been seduced lay a " certain Linke," ithe name was handed to the Magistrate) who sow ikseitid her. Iler hinds refused to notice her, and she gut ion the Guardian Asylum, but they still continued inceurah!c, and at length in an rill moment she listened to the delusive peraussions of • *mese to pail Ilse Asylum, which she did. and went to • house of illtaiwe near Catherine-street. Here, however, she had only been Iwo or three days when, disgusted at the depiavity she witnessr4, and dropsiting of a sermirilistion with her friends,she determined to end her miseries by suicide, and had come out fur that purpose when he found her mist. She gave references to her family, who were of considerable respectability. She was about le years of age, (tingly handsome, and appeared to have been well educated. His object in applying here was to know if any thing could be done with her until her friends could he preveiled upon to receive her, or she could he placed in some proper asylum. Mr. finale warmly complimented the young gesitlemao for his humanity, and, after some conversation, it was arranged that the unhappy girl should remain in Out constable's until the necessary step• could be takes for her future provision, the worthy Magistrate promising to do all in his power in furtherance of the benevolent views of the applicant.  wonsuir
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1820-07-29 (London, England)

THE -MURDERS AT WOOLWICH.  MAIDSTONY. THURSDAY, JULY 47. The trial of Necheit, for the murders of Thomas Parker. and his hottsekeeper. Sarah Brown, at Woolwich. in March last, takes place to-morrow (Friday) morning, at eight o'clock. The case excites a good deal of interest, particularly in the county; and the similarity between it and that of Hassey, for the murder of Mr. Bird, of Greenwich, and hie hiSuielieeper, increases that interest. Since the trial of Nicholson, for the extraordinary murders of Mr. and Mrs. Boner, of Chios.'horst, Kent, so many persons hive not been collected in this town, on account of one investigation, as are now drawn to Maidstone to hear the trial of "the Woolwich murderer," ss be is called. Nestrett's conduct in prison is, and has been, of a very remarkable character. To those around him Ire expresses his confidence that he shell he acquitted; and he then exults in the idea that the officer will' be deprived of the large rewards offered for the apprehension of Mr. Parker's murderer. This elevates him so much, that he will afterwards, with the moat astonishing song froid, join other Prisintera in any game* they may be pursuing, such as fives, jumping, &c. Although his irons weigh a quarter of r hundred weight, he can distance most of his companions in jumping. Sli:wid any strangers appear and gaze upon him. he either amities a sullen and reserved air, abruptly turns away from them, or treats thew rather rudely by throwing. water at them. At oilier times he walks shout in a gloomy manner, readiug a religions book which has been given him by the clergyman, which he cathrthe the Person's Book." To prevent him from committing ally violence upon himsetf, two men constantly remain with him when he is in his cell ; and this precaution is not unnecessaly. us a curious circumstance has sliessir on what his thoughts were sometimes di. rived. fie had written three or four letters to some leading, county and London Papers. purporting to come from some other pets ni. announcing that the celebrated Nesbett, conscious of his iiii.ncettee, and unable any longer to bear the burden or die charges against hop. had committed suicide by cutting his arm and Weeding to death. These letters were intercepted, and attic% charge was made to ascertain whether he had secreted ally means of accomplishing such design. Nothing was compd. • Nesbett, while stationed at Woolwich, had frequently been employed by Mr. Parker to work in his garden, &c. ; and the prisoner • thus acquired an accurate knowledge of tile ways of the house and of the family. The Grand Jury, having terminated all the other Waimea beforo•them, proceeded with this. They, returned-three true bills" against Nesbett for the murder of Mr.. Parker—for the robbery of the houte—and for the murder of his housekeeper.
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1820-03-16 (London, England)

SUICIDE.  Yesterday an Inquisition was taken al the Hoop and Grapes TAVIVII, Anna square, kfure Mr. Gell, Coroner fire she city apd liberties of Westminster, on the body of Thomas Bohai*, Quartermaster of the Ist battalmn 31 regiaient of Foot Guards, who. put an 'red to Iris existruce by cutting hie ihrpli with a rases. Wiodese, private hi- the note haltalinn, stated that he was acquainted with the deceased; he had a wife and two child..., and was 32 years of age. He had been a werjeaot is Abe regleamit fur limey years, add bat bons, a meat eacelleot character. He had been about then weeks appointed to thesitnation of Qtrartermaater, Tuesday rooming, shwa twisty minutes before eight o'clock, he left his wife iu their room in.the Arinuury•yard. Lecke( the Coldstream Barracks, mid shortly afterwards sit called witness, saying bee husheud was wanted, awl begged. lie (wines.) would call .hbla cal or tie water.cliket.% Witnesibknocked at the door, but war wean being made, be was induced to look in, and elmened a quantity of blood upon the flour, he called another* vitae to .his assistance, opened the dour, aitd Woad Hirt deremlnd lying upon his riglo aide, bleeding profusely. 'bought at irst be bad burst • blood-veesel, but iii tabiag will the body they discovered the tb. oat cut nearly from ear to ear„aud he was quite dead. Cress•nowined.--Tlhatane.wilb which.he committed the anon lying close le bite, as was Inicap ; cannot say what he was warted for, unless it was in run-4 qdrucartif mine of the PCB bring ordered to.Wauhrich ; saw a paper close Su him, but dose( know wind was •ritteri un it ; b.d cant heard it read. He had beers only three week. a vpimitild fs• the situation, and rot hens seed to it, believes his exertlous overcame hie wind. 111 r. &how, Fisensao or lire Jrn7, sahl k *lt it his ditty i• amesupeoe• of reports which bail pose alsruad, that i.e deceased had kA • letter,. naitaiotwe Hie batman due to the regiment (711.), mid likewise q biter, containing 21. 'wrote for his wife, to ntirewhir• the predinion of those letter.. The Cavorter seal lbe evoubabOe foe ikon' who shortly altar re. turned wiali.gite letirkpoly,,addieesed in a political, ot Leallaw, but ihich only related is lenity affair.. • Elisabeth Clark depostul N liejlesiruntlescy slid general. dejectiou of the deemed niece. his appointment, hot more pert icu larly ki ete 'noonday lost. Be laved exceeding!) !sappy with Its family. treedipt-s4neonilps .: •  • "••• • • . LA{/ .
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1820-12-28 (London, England)

SUICIDE.  Yeatevdsy the mamas belonging to Mr. C. Warren, of Bedford-orprare, 'pat • period to his existence, by nearly severing the bead from his budy with a razor, it his ',mbar*, is Gower•nxws, Guwer•strrrl. The s•fortuute mss hid hired with the faisigy fur a ■umber of years, and was highly ►espected. No cause whatever is assigned fur the committal of such a rash act.  The public were much amused last morning by the novelty of it market cart i.n motion moving along the Strand by means of machinery, hat its progress was exceedingly slow, and the sink very tiresome to manage. 'l' he to ichinery, which was in front, was winked by two wen sitting 00 it. It was placed before the tart. Yesterday a poor labourer, who had just arrived in town from Ireland, was et work attending bricklayers, repairing the roof of a lionsein Sidmoutlistreet, Spatields, and had ascended by the ladder in safety to the top oldie building, but never being so high before from the ground, on looking round he was seized with a swimming in his head, so *list he could nut sund‘-aod be lay down in the gutter, Bum which place nO persuasion could prevail on him to move; he lay in that situation several hours, until he was nearly fresco to death from the cold. As there was uo entrance from the outside of the roof iuto.tbe bowie, and it getting late, the men were under the necessity of procuring a pally sod a long rope, by which Weans he wet lowered 1. the Tound, more dead thoualive from the. 171.400his novel scene attracted a oumerous crowd of perstios. _ . _  • • CUILISTMAII Oz.—Otte or the -finest oxen ever meow its Devon was slaughtered Int week at Exeter. It WOO five feet three inches high ; lei ot) from rump ta-licrii, nine. feet two incite.; gilds, eight feet six ; and weighed when living 9,38011 xi.; vseiglit•uf rough tallow 1841bs.—This noble animal woo of the North Devon breed, and wee bred and fed, on hay and grins clay., by sr. JOHN LI W Putt, of Westou Z.qlsnd, Soinerset. A heifer. also of the saute breed. was killed Ity the same bulcher, which for shape, fatness, and quality, was perhaps never surpassed.  (0410 e  ;,.. , ~:~ . ~,rte ;
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1820-05-04 (London, England)

DREADFUL AND DETERMINED SUICIDE.  'Au inquisition was Liken yesterday in the Committee-room. of St. Giles% ♦ineler.yird, before Thotnue titer• ling, 64. Coroner for the conot; of 111.1kIlevez, no •iew of the burly of Edward Groom, whose deatb owl canoed by Pis own art in eluting hie throat.  It appeared (ran the evidence that use deceased wage svr• V illf out of place; about seven o'cloek oil Monday morning he went in • G►ntleman's house in Great .Rnsaetl•street, Bloidinabury, and :a quested the footman, wish whom he.was. acquainted, to give him permission to gu in to write • leap, as he bed no proper convenience for writing In the house where he bulged. The Rudman accommodated hint with. peas, ink, and paper,mid left him to aloud his awn ►usiness. On the Autiman's return he perceived the digressed WI, one, leaving the letter which be bail written open on the bible; on reading over the letter he was struck with horror ■t its content 6; it was written in a tremulous hand, hardly legi. ble, and in very incoherent language. les mascots were chi. Ay a warning to !onus men to keep from liquors, and. keep good hours and good company, as hips( and late hours were the cause of his coming to en •autimelg end, The footman bearing • noise in the pantry, in which 1141 slept in a turn.up bedstead, ran to the dune, and finding it fastened on the inside, he knocked sod called, ►ut got no answer, on which he gave an alarm, when the dour was faired open, and the unfortunate man was found lying on his back in the bed, which was•aovrred with blond, when it appeared he had cast his throat three times, with separate knives, a carving knife and two dinner knives, the three knives were lying by him on the bed. A surgeon was immediately sent for, but to no purpose, as be died in less than • quarter of an hour.  It was evident so this Jury Cult the set mast Are been committed by Mosel!, the door bring made fast on the in. side. The chief question 11/110 as to his state of mind. It appeared from the evidence of the footman and other witnesses, that be had bees is a low desponding state fur some time, and quite shovel is mind; indeed, the lesser 'hewed it must be writhes by a pima of disordered intellect. The Jury, after a considerable length of time, returneb the following verdict The deeekted died by Marries aft, by calling his throatr being at the tins* in a state of temporary mental derangemeist.'
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1820-08-12 (London, England)

BRITISH OFFICER. Lueknuw Csatoorneals, Jemmy 19, 1929. •  A dreadful accident happened •belt five o'clock yesterday evening, in Crown-yard, Swallow,street : Asa Grntle•wn'a coach was coming out of the yard at the time • boy, about five years old, the son of ■ poor shoemaker, named WMITE, resident there, was returning home from school. the child stood claw to the wall to let the coach pita, but, melon. choly to relate, was caught by one of the fore. wleels, dragged underneath, and its head was vitt-lied to atoms. The accident being attributed to the curelessuera of the coachman, he was taken to Marlhorough•street Police Office. DOG kat.t.inn.—On Monday, the 31st ultimo, a writ of inquiry was executed before the Sheriff of Essex, in an action, in which Messrs. A. F. Ginsua and Sons, common brewers, of SaffronWalden, were Plaintiff.. and FORSTFR Artsouß, a person lately employed on the preserves of Lord BILAYBROOKE, at Audley End, was Defendant. The action was brought to recover the value of a favourite terrier dog belonging to the whi,•h was killed by the Defendant in the month of April last. The Defendant suffered jodginent to go by default, and the Jury, after retiring for a short time, gave • verdict of a damages, with cost..  The body of the voung woman found on the sands, at Sunderland, which was at first supposed to be u case of murder, was clearly proved before the Coroner to he one of suicide, arising from mental derangement, owing to a love affair. The unhappy young creature had been seduced from her father's house, at Reeth, and had come in search of her lo►er to Sunderland. Disappointment led to the said catastrophe. She had been taken by ■ person. almost by Nice, from the seaside into the town the night befiire, hut escaped from him in the dark, and he could not find her again.—( fiewcostk Paper.)  A femur in Hull hiving been a good deal annoyed by the 'pertinacity of a cat, which, notwithstanding she had bren carried several tinier to a distance in order to be Fort, still found her way home again; the servant girl, about ten o'clock a few evenings ago, ti ok her in the Old Dock, and tying a stone round the animal's neck, threw her iuto the water. The splash occdPiositil by this ciscommence reseed the attention of a watchman near the place, who suspecting the girl to have thrown a child into the water, took her to the House of Correction. where she wee obliged to tend for her master and friends to bear testimony to her character, &c. before she could be trleaped. -
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1820-11-16 (London, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE.  An inquisition was taken on Tuesday evening, at the sign of the Goat, in Chineseinnet, Portman.iiquaie, before Thomas Alining, Esq. Coroner, on the body of Captain ['harks Ferdinand Moeckel, who put a period to his life by .hooting himself through the bead with a pistol, at his ludgings in Thownhaugh.street. Mrs. Swum Lovegrove being sworn and examined, said, 1 am landlady of the house No. 35, Thornhaegliwitreet ; the ceased and several gentlemen boarded and lodged with me. 1).4 Sunday evening we were all nt tea together, and very cheerful except the deceased, who appeared very milling holy, and spoke hut little, which I attributed in hist not speaking She Engli.h language very fluently. lie lodee,l with me about two mouth., and during the last fort. night he appeared in low spirits. Aficr tea, shoot tight o'clock, he went up Main to his bed-chasatvr. About ten o'clock, when we were ping to supper, I ern/ lip the servant.maid to rail him ; she returned sad said, she se pinned he was gone to Ind, as she found his room door locked, and knocked, but gut no answer. No further notice was taken at the time, but be not coming down to break,. 1..1 nest morning, at ten o'clock, as usual, we were alarm. el, 41141 three of my lodger@ and myself west. up slain to his ruoinwloor, which se found locked; we knocked and called, soul receiving no answer, I sent fire Jordon, • constahk, and n smith, who forted open She dour, and went in and found him lying on hie hell dead, with a pistol clenched to hisright 114iid, and his lead blown to pieces. Mr. Charles Llebeneck sworn-1 was acquainted with the deceased abort fuer years; be was• Captain in the Bavarian vice. I gut acquainted with him in Russia; he Wig a .care soldier, and a man of high spirit, but within iheor last tour months I observed a Ireful change in him, he became quilt melancholy, sail seldom spoke, and when spoken to he answered quite peevishly and angrily, but from what cause I cannot tell.  _ ..... 'fuse blacksmith was west examined ; he hail so more to my than his forcing open the ruom.door, and finding the deceased an described by the first witness, excepting that the net most Anse been committed by the deceased, the room door being lucked and the key inside, sad no other person being in the I
The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1820-12-30 (London, England)

HAYTI. The Jottiaies Parini:Worm ns. that his Majesty's` Ali Poeta fteo he* bicritght to Kingston accounts Of Vik Revolution at MO,' from which we are. ehta>lied to add the following particulars:—" After the suicide of Christophe. the few troops who fee Wined with him took possession of the Palace of !Sabo Monti. winch they at.ript and plinidered of every valnable article; they refused to bury Chris iophe, and him body was left exposed in the road.— Vo the 17th October. the revolt hsviug become general ammig the troops and the people, eight of Christophe's officers were killed at Cope Henry.— Aranng them were the Prince Royal. Prince Jontliint, mud Heron Hattie. The Prince Royal and dorm) Bittie begged for life; but Prince Joachim -said, that while he had a man left he would tigM fur :'l.• King. On the 512.1 of October, •Boyer was mei/limed President of Hayti, at Cape Henry. 411; the 26,h of October he entered the city, the of which he changed into Cape Hayti. The Coustitution was inimedistely proclaimed. the uffierrs sworn to support ,ii. and the city restored to complete tranquillity. The wile and remaining luldreir of ChrPtophe were at Hayti, under the I,);otectioti of Boyer. The troop. behaved extremely aril after the arrival of Boyer, and every thing Wag conducted with perfect order. The ofheers were quartered nn the citizens; the men nr the Itir'.4k4 and public places. The people were highly elated at the change, and the popularity of the New Government WIN unbounded. The pertircheice far. oierly styled the Doke of Marmalade was re-al). Owed Governor of the Cape. Ku,iness was %uskaded at the Cape on the breaking out of the Revolutioe. An embargo was laid on the shipping. std great apprehensions existed among the tner. Vomit previotoly to the arrival of •Boyer's troops. But, CM his arrival, they were moored tbst property :If till kinds would he respected; the embargo was .emoved, and businees revived."