The Sun. — 1844-07-17 (London, England)

LEA BRIDGE RACES.—YESTERDAY. The Lea Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 10 added; the second to. • save his stakes ; three yrs old, 7st 101 b; four, Sst 1011); five, 9st 31b; six and aged, 9st 101 b ; winners this year • slbs extra. Hcats, twice round and a distance. winner t(ibe sold for 601., &c. (6 Subs.) Mr. Nightingale's Ascot, aged Mr. Lamb's Samba Sutton, aged 0 1 2 Mr. Wiltshire's Delusion, aged ... 2 0 dr Mr. Fisher's Risk, aged 3 dr Mr. Cannell's Luxury,.syrs . 0 A Forced- Handicap of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added,dr the second to. receive 41., one Mile and a quarter, was won, in two heats, by Mr. Ilepple's Lady Flora, 6- yrs (Pattiam), beating Zara, aged. and Dart, 5 vrs. The-Hunters' Stokes of 3 Boys. each, and 15 added ; the second to save his stake, and the winner to be soldfor 80 sovs'. Heats, over eightl hurdles. (3 Subs.) Mr. Teak's Unknown, llst 101 b (Clark) 3 1 1 Mr. Law's Ace of Diamonds, 11st 71b 2 2 Mr. Lamb's Donald Caird, llst dr•  WDlTERAlT.—Whitebait, then, is. only a little means for acquiring a great deal of pleasure. Somehow it is always allied with sunshine—it is accompanied by jolly •. friends and geeCrlmmour. You rush after that little fish, and leave the careS. of London behind you—the raw and struggle,, the foggy darkness, the slippery pavement where every man jostles you, striding on his way, pre-occupied with care written on his brow. Look out of the window—the sky is tinted with a thousand glorious hues—the ships pass silently over the blue glittering waters—there is no object within sight that is not calm, and happy, and beautiful. .Yes! tuen your heal a little, and there lies the Tower of London lei tte dint smoky sunset. There lies Care, Labour, To-moe'row.—Neza Monthly Illitgazine. • SUICIDE TIIROUGII FAMILY DIETERENGES,--Last night an inquest was taken before Mr. Payne, Deputy Coroner, at St. 13artholomew's Hospital, on view of the body of Cornelius Ryan, aged thirty-eight, who committed selfdestruction with arsenic, at No,' 4, Easton-place, Lxmouth-street, Clerkenwea, where .he resided. It appeared, from the evidence, that the deceased was foreman in the employment of Mr. Godby, clothes-dealer, Breik-street, Holborn. A few weeks ago he married a second wife, who was much younger than ..naself. -Ile had three children, and eir, the last few weeks lie complained of the treatment of nis wife tywarde-then, On satarday night last, between eaeven and twelve o'clock,- he mee his brothiir eo Holborn-hill. He then seated that he was very unhappy about family affairs, and he was very depressed in his mind, he gave his brother sonic money, 91. 103. belonging to his mistress, and observed that the last time he took home his mistrese's money, ho missed a sovereign. lie parted from his brother, and purchased some arsenic in Gray's Inn-lane, which he took in water between twelve and one o'clock on Sunday morning. No medical man was called in till about nine o'clock, when Air. King, surgeon, High. Holborn, was called ; accessed was then fast sinking, and he was removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he died in a few hoursThe paper containing the arsenic had written on it " most virulent poison." Some of the jury thinking deceased was in a sound state of mind when he committed the act, the inquiry was adjourned. The investigation did not conclude till half-pest ten.