The Sun. — 1865-02-11 (London, England)

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN F FORTUNE.—Yesterday one of those unfortunate cases of self-destruction, which of late have been of such frequent occurrence, took place at the Bedford Hotel, Covent-garden. It appears that the night previous a gentleman of middle ago arrived at the hotel, and, having taken some ra'reshment, retired to his apartment, which was situated on the third floor, he being at the time perfectly sober. About half-past 12 o'clock, from something which one of the porters of the hotel perceived, his suspicions became aroused, and he communicated with another porter on the establishment, with whom he proceeded to the apartment which the gentleman occupied. _ They  knocked at the door, but, receiving no answer, pushed it open, and to his horror and astonishment discovered the deceased suspended from a boll ropo from of the bed rails. The deceased had cut down the bell rope, and must have proceeded in a very deliberate and determined manner, as the ropo was very carefully secured to the rail, and in snch a way as to effect his purpose without any chance of failure. Medical assistance was promptly procured, but when Dr. Vine, of 3, Henrietta-street, Coventgarden, the professional gentleman summoned, arrived he found that life was extinct. The gentleman, whose name was Lewis, resided at Merthyr Tidvil, in Wales, where he possessed property and was well known, and up to the present time there has been no clue to the cause which induced him to commit the rash act; but there have been some rumours current to the effect that transactions in connection with the turf have, in some degree, conduced to the melancholy event ; but these rumours rest upon no certain foundation. There was nothing in the manner of the deceased calculated to excite suspicion as to his sanity, or indeed to cause any observation whatever at the hotel. On searching his clothes and portmanteau, there were found a purse containing £3 10s. in gold, £5 in silver, a cheque for £250, a pocket-book, a silver watch and gold chain, and some articles of apparel and of the toilet. The friends of the deceased have been communicated with by telegraphic message, but no answer has as yet been received.  BRIBERY AT A MUNICIPAL ELECTlON.—Yesterday he first cases which have ever been tried under the  22d Vic., cap. 35, sec. 11, arising out of malpractices at an election under the Municipal Act, came before the Leeds County Court. The agent of the Liberal Registration Society sought to enforce a penalty of 40s. in each of several cases in which it was alleged that bribery had been committed by a town-councillor named Wray, an auctioneer named Joy, and two other persons. It was proved to the satisfaction of the judge that Wray and Joy had paid to certain men 4s. each to induce them to vote at a special election of a councillor on Nov. 28 last, and he imposed the 40s. penalty in each case, with an intimation that the defendants, as a necessary consequence, would for six years be struck off the roll and disqualified to exercise any of the A.e The Empress of rights of burgesses either with respect to municipal or Parliamentary elections Ipre im.r— Tribunal EuTglienEieEhlaisPßitEisstsloEst,"beEllfoirEe the Supreme Madrid, the trial which has lasted some years, claimed the inheritance of the countshi Her Majesty the immense estates attached to the titlel) of Miranda, and family also alleged its rights, ; but the Malpica and a d • • • the latter has been given. decision in favour of  We have great regret in announcing the premature death, in childbirth, on Tuesday last, of Mrs. S. 0 Beeton, the accomplished editress of the Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, and other useful home publications.