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The Sun. — 1847-01-06 (London, England)

MONDS.—Monday afternoon an inquest was held 'bit' Canal Bridge Tavern, New Peckham, before gr.., of) ter, one of the coroners for the county of' Surrersio, view of the body of Mr. Charles Young, aged 36Yheor , who committed a determined act of suicide, 00 1" boo day evening last the deceased, who had formerly longed to the Surrey Theatre, and latterly held the the tuation of a collector of one of the trust rates 'in sod parish of Newington, entered the Bridge Tavero•oo called for a rump steak and a pint of sherry, which/ 08 served in the coffee. room. He partook heartily • steak, and drank part of the wine; but soon 017,4i0f strange noise was heard, produced by a sort of gorb be of the throat, and the deceased was observed tiro deadly pale. The landlord of the tavern and one oactre r gentlemen in the coffee-room rushed to the deee"'' w assistance, and it was at first believed that he willo bouring under the effects of a fit. This im however, soon removed by one of the party fieditleo small bottle, such as are usually kept in opothee‘—hol shops, with a label on, which left no doubt that ite;io contained essential oil of almonds, and that its eeni—hee% had been emptied into the wine-glass which he haSe 01 using, and drunk off by the deceased. Two IP—seb men were quickly in attendance, and used the sto.llo, pump, but their efforts to preserve life were freltioo the unfortunate man had drunk sufficient of the P°thos cession to kill three or four persons. It further appeared, the bottle containing the fatal drug had been taken a ' from the surgery of his brother-in.law, by the decelts with the intention, no doubt of destroying himself. op jury ultimately returned a verdict of temporary insse4 awl ft appears that the deceased has left a widow four small children to deplore his loss. A 0 [
The Sun. — 1847-04-28 (London, England)

LOW RATES OP PREMIUM.  Persons Assuring in this Office have the benefit of the Lowest rat. 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 issuo of between 5,060 and 6,000  ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSUER £lOO.  Age.  For Oue Year.  For Seven YearB. J Whole Term.  20 £0 17 3 30 1 1 3 40 1 5 0 50 1 14 1 60 3 2'g4  £0 19 1 1 2 7 1 6 9 1 19 10 3 7 0  £1 11 10 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 6 0 10  One. half of rise " 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 time without notice. Policies assigned as a security to others, will not be rendered void in consequence of death: ky suicide, duelling, or the hands of justice. In case of death by the above causes, where the Policies are cot assigned, the gross amount of Premiums 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. EDWARD BATES, Resident Director. A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents.  NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIIf L, LONDON, Capital ASOO,OOI Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured ha,, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); also the option or selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet ether conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted at the lowest possible rates.
The Sun. — 1847-04-28 (London, England)

SUICIDE.—Monday rnornin f cortee eno clock, Mr. Hammond, a timber merchant, 10;1 0 et: tan extensive business at Millwall, Poplar. Iturroes. t Wit', em pt to commit self-des.truction by cutting his throat be-a razor. The servant, on entering the kitchen, .°lll,ll Al aster lying on the floor weltering in his I)l°°d' wd be 116 flowing profusely' from a deep and extensive Winn _ ..r. sir showed etber-diotlr° inflicted on his throat. He was quite insensible. :yr' i ..,, chanan, a surgeon, of Ratcliff, who was called in, 5 ,0070.00` the wound, and prescribed for the unfortunate man, residedw I. a very precarious condition. Mr. Hammonds bus A To° ecte'"•lo Po • • Oar for many years, and is universally P „ his causes which have led 'him to make the atteniPt °-. „ ..--••• are merely conjectural. IV krtol,.,';nae ME I ' NFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, ••- „0 ii,--,0 On Mo 0 _ nday the annual meeting of the governors:to recelit f the Infant Orph A as governor beoe an sylum, Wanstead, W to the .100 the report of th of the institution, thecharity be able t° 916,1' now being were .0,11 children annually. The rort showed that there „revi Pant orduring tbn: tfateti tp orphans in the society, and 'that year 40 had left for other asylums. The inc°lne sa- n°o°l 15001 r 6,821/. 10e. 3d., which included a bove 4,000 h, -tiles. - ad*: s"cirliipc thi on s ; and the expenditure reached 6,10 trassorleft a balance of 21/. Bs. 7d• due t° There were 14S applicants. 41:001 BIRTHS r Y. 1-4 On the 22d inst., at S' * lady of the Be idmoutb, the af the 0 Burney Warner, 8.A., of a daughter. park, On the 23d inst., Sussex-place, in ea ,E-_ B. 130 lejf of Isaac Moses E pia, t On the • 23d inst., at the residence of Coloile,m of Dr. Witheconibe, of the Bengal thes' '..--* IW' 11. arty)", wife 0 On the 23d inst., in Chesh ti am-street' . Ai of Pole Carew, Esq., M.P.,of a daughter. ~.skT the lii" On the 24th inst., at Waltham AbbeV, -I,'''""-' • eet, Daniel Sic' • Skinner, jun., Esq., of a daughte.r. .esstle-stl On the 24th ' inst., Mrs. William Dent, of NO the of a son. usre' On the 21st inst., in Westbourne-place, Eaton-gl _ lady of Captain Archibald Douglas, of a soli. ~ incolosllirm On the 21st inst., at the Vicarage, Swatoll, .L., l' the lady of the Rev. Henry K -"PIN of a daughter.? ~..,, Co St. el'fta Om On the 21st inst., at the Masters Lod g, legs, Cambridge, the wife of the Rev. Dr. odgson, gp h,
The Sun. — 1847-08-31 (London, England)

MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 24.—The Three per Cents. were done in Madrid, on tho 24th, at 27,1 for cash, and the Coupons, at 15; and the. Fire per Cents. at 17j for paper; and the Debt without Interest at 5-11.  We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The physicians who examined the body of the Duke of PRASLIN have reported that he died from poisoning by arsenic, and that as arsenic was found in the liver, it must have been taken some time before death ; they are of opinion that there were not two administrations of poison, and that the apparent convalescence of the Duke of PAASLIN on the Saturday and Sunday was " nothing but an aggravation of the phenomena of reaction of which the apparition may have simulated a favourable crisis" (dont l'apparition avail pu simuler une crise favorable). The report seems drawn up altogether in accordance with the Talleyrand theory of language, which lays it down as an axiom that words were given to man to enable him to disguise his thoughts. The Moniteur Parisien states officially that the Attorney-General has received from M. WARNEIIRY certain charges of corruption against officers connected with the administration of affairs in Algeria, and had ordered a judicial investigation into the truth of those charges to be commenced.  The trial of Messrs. GOBELEY and BEERIER the younger, charged with having embezzled large quantities of corn from the Government stores, took place on Saturday, and terminated in the acquittal of the accused. •  The price of flour in the Paris market continues to decline.  Count ANATOLE DE MONTESQUIEU, a chevalier d'honneur of the QUEEN, a Peer of France, and exaide-de-camp to NAPOLEON, committed suicide at Paris on Sunday. No reasons are given for this rash act.  The number of failures in Paris during the last year was 1,139, and the aggregate amount of the deficit 68,474,803 francs. Eight of these failures were to the amount of 40,0001. and upwards. As compared with the previous year, there is an enormous increase both in tue number and amount of the failures. In the previous year the number of the failures was 931, and the amount 48,342,529 francs. The Gazette des Tribunaux positively contradicts the statements which have been made that M. DE BEAUVALLON had been ordered for trial before the Court of Assizes for perjury, and that he had appealed to the Court of Cassation against the decision of the Chambre de Mises en Accusation. It states that the Chambre de Mises en Accusation has not yet come to any decision on his case. The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de I'Opera on Sunday at 76f. 60c. MARSEILLES, Ana. 25.—Marseilles and Avignon, 595 f. ; Northern, 530 f.
The Sun. — 1847-01-16 (London, England)

ACTOR AT MANCHESTER. An inquest was held yesterday at the Royal Infirraary, bf fore Mr. J. Roberts, solicitor, the deputy co-. Toner of the borough, on view of the body of Peter Fitzsimons comedian, aged forty years, a married man, but not residing with his wife. Egerton Berry, of No. 22, Kennedy-street, stated that the &ceased lodged at their house, and had done so for some time. On Tuesday evening the sth instant, witness heard a knocking in deceased's room, and on going there with a candle saw deceased sitting on the floor, with his back to the wall, and hie throat cut and bleeding. Witness ran down stairs and told his sister, and then ran for a neighbour, named George Lucas, to come to his assistance, and Lucas ran for Mr. Blackmore, surgeon, who accompanied him to the deceased's room. Deceased was found alive, with an op.n razor lying by his site, and, at the suggestion of Mr. Blackmore, was at once taken to the infirmary. Mary Anne Berry stet( d that deceased lodged with her, and that about three months ago he had a fit of c:rieking. Since then he had been very steady, up to about three weeks ago, when he went to the theatre very tipsy, and returned home afterwards and took to his bed, and remained there a fortnight During that time he only got up at night, and then only to get quite tiesy, but on corning to himself, he wrote a note to Mr. Sloan. his employer, which I took and delivered for him. Mr. Sloan sent word he would have nothing more to do with him, which seemed to trouble him mach. After thet he went on drinking, and on `Tuesday committed the rash act described. Richard B,trry, a son of the last witness, gave similar evidence, stating in addition that d,. ceased used to get upend walk &beret the room all right, as if he could not sleep. Demised several times eouver'sed with him about suicides, and on the Sunday before his death asked if there had been any suicides committed in town. Witness told hire two or three, when he inquired if he would have nerve to cut hi: own throat, and witness replied no; he asked which he thoiteeht tha easiest death, shooting or cutting the throat. Deeeas,d had often eld him he wished he Was deal- Mr. house sur_ eon at the Infirmary, stated th-et deceased was adantti,d, as before stated, and that he died on Sunday last, from the wound in his throat_ Although he was sensible, he gave no reason for the 'rash act, yet :Omitted that he had done it himself. Amongst other matters, he told witness that he was stariftne; at the time, but he did not allege that as a reason for 'cutting his throat. Verdict, Temporary insanity,— hie enchester Cow ier.
The Sun. — 1847-01-08 (London, England)

VIEWS. T The PHYSI -BRAE  And Prom t betaken int as Rood as if FRE]  Notice Is the Half-ye Cent. per an holders.  11, Water N AS( tiotlce Is I Stock of thi received by Titreatuy Jan. 9, IS  NIT CeN.I geori:e-atre( ege-green, Ijz th 18-11' ti 111r1 as! e a. lune they w beat cli;isio When the teed be paid Every inf Director E London, \vh. Y‘ll  Thin lasi With respel WA, on all eiture of ti also the op erestg to al Ansuranci Deter,  The rem, enablel k fourth bo I each Pol  g Pre,  4 .£ 1000  The (11,r11 LeceEnber  LEGso( The at:e `eraPlating hriproveme The terrain: Among o rectors of tl 1. Porsoi /nent of ar hood Hopi any place d witho to the sau Equator,  2. The c Bo to tl.e I than 33 del 3. Then life is assut clolsite add tore becorn 4. Perso officers of Board of I ail cases of of suicide, Who Is cal received w aeknowled The adv. Cation to p cies now st The per fifths of th time (31st shortly de, years. N, Medical are in att o'clock.  Decemb EAS  The SE Shares wi clulY paid rest at the ties la arn  thhops LIST OF /blot fit rrerPool —.anchest Wilts ale Messrs. Messrs, 31 I.tessra, National National National Messrs. k Messrs. Western Western ItoYal Ba East of F West of Messrs. Messrs I Messrs, Cheltenh Union B. National North=  11°  The D that a di the Shat  In the for the the am, this Cou augnion compan however lieu of which v but it bi questior  They from a to all, h they ha Order ti affect tt rent o before 1 he will or an al decision less the condos  31, L  IT  The SUAR] 011 WE
The Sun. — 1847-06-05 (London, England)

SUICIDES IN THE SERPENTINE. Thursday In ell female's te,nnet. si water, a man's hat and coat, and also a . instantly gew informed Mr. Superintendent Williams, who i Ole banks of the Serpentine River, discovered, lying u Ile nde the first 10 the ruenklu,4 tha.lint4 qt, Vat! st.uall Ur ...x.s.aarnUis an,. auss dens. The men continued to drag it, and about four 27, orders that the river should be searched. After some , of from the same spot they found the body of a female. Nor upon examination, it was ascertained that they hattisnT4 were removed to the receiving-house in Hyde Park,.w,_Abw" in the water several hours. The water where the boa! MI., fund was only 4 feet 6 inches deep.—Last evenut_g_S, Bedford, the Coroner, held an inquest at the Rose and 97, Knightsbridge, on the bodies—Joseph Blackman, ,g,?,1 10, and Eliza Hollis, aged 24. Mary Ann Hollis, li` Aa• jet, and ceased. Blackman was by trade a painter and g tnince, Richmond-street, Maids hill, identified the bodiesioaofztile.l-d her sister, Eliza Hollis, was a servant recently out 7,1„, se. and resided with her ( witness). Her sister firs_t,o. 04 port' quainted with Blackman while in service at i`le ' , a latter W— man-street, Portman-square, and though th ever sillee' Her sister was near her confinement, and latterly"" wol: married, they had lived upon terms too intimate e ~.d or in exceedingly low spirits, frequently declaring was sing s drown herself: Blackman had told her sister he ,f ,0 and it was not until December that she foun2s!tiofia",,, lot married man. Her deceased sister went out on the tole and did not , eturn, but on the next day she receivedt_ frofr-in is! lowing letter:—" Dear Mary. you will receive:lli, 004: as the last. I hope I shall be in trouble no more i tuaroalt My dear mother has all my thoughts, and new,. ~ coon° 1° Eliza Hollis." The jury returned a verdict ota_..r oars drowned," but how the deceased got into the W was no sufficient evidence to show. al NO°
The Sun. — 1847-06-05 (London, England)

SUICIDES IN THE SEEPENTINE.—ThIIThday 111°111.: ing, between four and five, Thomas Cox, one of the icemen of the Royal Humane ociety, while passing along the s banks of the Serpentine River, discovered, lying near z.,1! water, a man's hat and coat, and also a female's bonnet. Pe: informed Mr. Superintendant Williams, who instantly gs" orders that the river should be searched. After some time the men found the.body of a man under the first arch of the bridge which divides Hyde Park and Kensington Gar; dens. the men continued to drag it, and about four feet from the same spot they found the body of a female. Both were removed to the receiving-house in Hyde Park, when, upon examination, it was ascertained that they had been in the water several hours. The water where the bodies were found was only 4 feet 6 inches deep.—Last evening el" Bedford, the Coroner, held an inquest at the Rose and Crown' Knightsbridge, on the bodies--Joseph Blackman, aged 3' and Eliza Hollis, aged 24. Mary Abn Hollis, of No. 10' Richmond-street, Maida-hill, identified the bodies of the de: ceased. Blackman was by trade a painter and glazier, see her sister, Eliza Hollis, was a servant. recently out of place, and resided with her (witness). Her sister first became acquainted with Blackman while in service at No. 24, Portman-street, Portman-square, and though the latter was married, they bad lived upon terms too intimate ever sleet Her sister was near her confinement, and latterly had bets in exceedingly low spirits, frequently declaring she we'l; drown herself. Blackman had told her sister he was single and it was not until December that she found be was married man. Her deceased sister went out on Tuesday s,• and did not return, but on the next day she received the e following letter :—" Dear Mary. you will receive this from world. My the last. I hope I shall be in trouble no more in this if_ My dear mother has all my thoughts, and now farevrel Eliza Hollis." The jury returned a verdict of "Fenn drowned," but how the deceased got into the water the re was no sufficient evidence to show. fa
The Sun. — 1847-05-19 (London, England)

LOW RATES 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 65,0001., arising from the issue of nearly 6,000 Pobcios. ANNUAL TILIMIIIM TO ASSURE £lOO.  Age. 20 30 40 50 60  For One Year. I For Seven Years.  Whole Term. £1 11 10 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 6 0 10  £0 17 3 £0 19 1 113 1 2 7 150 1 6 9 1 14 1 1 19 10 324 3 7 0  One-hall of the " Whole Tam" Premium may remain on credit or seven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a Jebt upon the policy at 5 per cent., or may be paid off at auy 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 Side security to others, will not be rendered void in consequence of death ley suicide, duelling, or by the hands of Justice. lu case of death by the Above causes, where the Policies are iot assigned, the gross amount of Prenrilume received will be returned. Claims paid In one month after proofs have been fnriffithed. The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two O'ClOck. and Policies issued the same day. E. BATES, Resident Director. I liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents.  May 20185141. s N mCayhaibret4obtained at the Office of the
The Sun. — 1847-02-02 (London, England)

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF TWO  LOVERS.  A most lamentable affair took place in Wakefield during the night of Friday last, which ha- created a great sensation in the neighbourhood, ana whereby two respectable families have been thrown into a state of the deepest distress. A young man, named George Hampson, about twenty-five years of age, had paid his addresses to a young woman of the name of Susan Morton for about three years. Both the parties resided in Wakefield,- the young man being a whitesmith, and son of Mr. George Hampson, also a whitesmith, in that town. On the evening of Friday last, Hampson went as usual' to the house of- his lover, and at that time it would appear the girl was not very well, for she sent for her younger sister, Fanny, who came to her, but when she arrived Susan was better. Susan, however, had a fainting fit during the evening, but it appears she had been subject to them for some time. About ten o'clock. Susan feeling better, was persuaded by her sister to go out walking for a short time, and advised her to go and see her mother, who was in a different part of the town They all thfee went together, and after walking round St. John's, and afterwards into the town, Fanny left them, as she slept at the house of a friend. It seems Hampson and Susan returned to the house of the latter, and Susan's brother left them in the house tof.,ether when• he went to bed. Nothing more was seen or heard of them until the following (Saturday) morning, when two coats and a hat, and a bonnet, shawl, and boa, were found on the banks of the Barnsley Canal, near the bridge which crosses it in some fields near Heath Wood, about a mile and a half from Miss Morton's home. Search was afterwards made in the water, and the bodies of Ha peon and his lover Susan were found near the place where the clothes had been discovered. The suicidal determination must have been strong in each, for their bodies were firmly tied together with four handkerchiefs; which must have been fastened by Hampson, as the knots were tied behind the young woman. In his pocket was found a pistol loaded with ball, and two bullets, some powder, caps, &c.-; and in her pockets was found a soft substance, like paste, which has not yet been analysed, but which is supposed to be poison. What tends to make the affair mare mysterious is the total 'inability of any one to find a reason for the commission of such a rash act. There were no marks of violence on either of the bodies, or anything to lead to the belief that either of them had come to their death by unfair means.  The deceased yotangwo'manlva;ttiTZt 21 years of age, a fine figure, and very pretty. An inquest was held on the bodies on Saturday, before Thomas Lee, Esq., Coroner, when the jury returned the following verdict :—" Found drowned, without any marks of violence; but how, or by what means, they got into the canal, there is no evidence to show."  A
The Sun. — 1847-05-17 (London, England)

NUMEROUS ROBBERIES.—On Saturday information Next packet due, the Caledonia steamer, on the 30th inst. Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Aden, was received of the following robberies .—From Mr. liesCeylon India, Hong-Kong, and China, on the m • keth, in the Edgware-road, a purse, containing thirteen soThursday, the 20th inst., to be forwarded by the Rion0111113 g o steamer, via Southampton. By the fortnightlyoverland vereigns ; from the office of the terminus of the railway, Brighton, the property of the Brighton Railway Company, Lilly-boy Sarah, lying off the Rose closed mail to the Mediterranean, Egypt, India,s4 the and Crown-stairs, Shad Thames, the property of 'William evening andseals ; from MT evening of the 24th instant, via Marseilles. Wake, a silver watch, No. 951, THE DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE IN THE silver spoons, quantity of tobacco, sugar, and clothes, beCITY. —On Saturday 8 • the police as to the foreigner who, on Thursday, cut his a ome information was circulated by longing to lodgers;ingoi Tavern,n-1 irtn d Goodfellow's, the Waterman's s, Lower Shadwell, several l fromd; froMmr. the Howell's, Thatchedthe ITaad Housea quantity of silver plate and Holborn, 6Ol. throat in Princes-street, in tll City nd has since been lying in St. Bartholomew's Hospital in a'dangerous state. It had eT. H. I. ; from Mr. Brown, of South' been ascertained that his name is Halentine Legg, a nativeof amlinen, in a house in Leman's-pond, Southwark, 27 Bove. -"any. and that he had been only a few days in London. reigns, six 5L and four 101. Bank of England notes; and ,Rne,d mLiaornk-esdtreer, Holborn, Get.._ -c abode was not certainly known, but was believed from Mrs. Gullives, 51, Trafalgar-square, Walworth, 50 soHis 82.1.,nd 10s. in silver, and a quantity of plate, marked place ~,. -bbourhood of Holborn. He is described to be in the neig..... see feet eight inches in height, with aS. A. O." about 45 years of age,,.. l'ag blue jacket. .,