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The Sun. — 1806-07-22 (London, England)

SINGULAR ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.--A servantmaid in the family of Mrs. Hookham, No. 8; Ar 7. gyll-street, Oxford-street,, who had lived some tirne in her service, was discharged eight days since, and never afterwards heard .of I:lThu- friends, who reside in the Edgeware-road, nor by any other person, until yesterday morning. There is a back kitchen in Mrs. Hookham's house, which has been converted into a lumber-room, and is seldom entered. The servant of the house, however, hadioccasion to go thither yesterday morning, and in searching for what she wanted, she discovered the late servant sitting' in a chair, in an upright posture, as if dead. The persons in the house were alarmed, and on- ap.proaching the unfortunate woman, it was discovered her throat had been cut. Thefe appeared to be a wound of three inches in length, and one inch deep, which had Severed part of her windpipe, but it was perfectly dry, and, the Surgeon, who afterwards examined it, supposed it to have been inflitaed several days. The unfortunate woman was unable either to move or speak, but she did not appear to be altogether senseless. In this situation she was conveyed to the Middlesex Hospital without the slightest hopes of recovery. It is not ascertained by what means she got into the house. Yesterday morning a Mr. Edmonds, a Baker, in Wardour-street, Soho, at eight o'cloCk, put a period to his existence, by cutting his throat from ear to ear, with a-razor, in his parlour. • The unfortunate man was observed, for some time past, to labour-under a mental derangement. He has left a "widow with six children, and far advanced in pregnancy, with her seventh. During the storm on Wednesday last, a rem: rkablY strok dash ot lightning,- followed by a tremendous crash of thunder, attraded particular attention 'at Salisbury, about v. o'clock in the aftersoOn : shortly after which we learned, that at the moment when thiswar of ele,nents was thus observed to be most awful, a' poor,man named Whitlock, servant to farJner Maton; of Pitton, was struck dead by the lightning. He vas at the time in the house of Mr.:Read, of that villrge. Three or four other persons were in the same. partment, none of, whom received the least injury.  LONDON: rinted by ItICHARI HA it of N0..4% tvlartivt.court, Bow-street ; and Vuhlisned h) 14. I. A M M At the SuN-Oriqcz, No. Strand where didetrtia)rnerits Orders for the- Paper, Letters Sur ti
The Sun. — 1806-11-20 (London, England)

LDHALL.—Yesterday Edward Wright, alias My Hearty, between 70 and. 80 years of atre, was charged With stealing a piece of Silk handkerchiefs out of a shop in Barbican, and fully conitnitted. The excuse he made was,, that he wanted a shirt. He .is a very old offender, having been, tried more than •70'thites at the.ditlerent.S:2o:l3. He has been-upr wards of 50 tiiub:s 'publicly whipped, at-ill .vas once capitally conviaed. • PeaLic Of TICE, H,vvro&-GAltnr:x.—YesterOav Sophia George, who attehapted suicide a few even,. ings since in one of the lock7up rooms, was examined a second time, being charged, on suspicion, with stealing stockings, the property of a Mrs. Nichols, 1..vh0 being unwilling to pro,iermt,.), iu consequence.of the attempt she made on her own life, she was discharged with a Salutary advice:  . , A few days since a young, Lady, of the name of en es, whose parents reside in Wilitecross-street, St. Luke's, was burnt to death in the following manner :---As she and a young man; in the habit of visiting the family, and an admirer of Miss FOR were conversing together in the parlour, a spark from the fire flew, unperceived, on the muslin dress of the Lady, which soon kindled into a blaze.— The young man pulled off his coat to wrap round her, with a view to extinguish it ; but, before he could accomplish his intention, she ran out of the room into the street ; he followed her, and before effedual 'assistance could be procured, she was SC) dreadfully burnt, as only to survive until the following 'morning; She was about seventeen years of age, and on the eve of marriage to the Gentleman.  On Saturday ,night a daring attempt was made by the Spanish Prisoners, in Mill Bay depot, Plymouth, to etre& their escape ; twenty-nine of them got into the Bog-house drain, from which they cut a.subterraneous passage under the prison wall, and were making their way through the hospital avenue, when They were deteded by one of the turnkeys, and their escape prevented. This is tt-e .seconcl attempt in the course of the week which has been frustrated by the vigilance of the turnkeys. •. In consequence of-these repeated efforts to etre& their libeation., every possitlie precaution, we hear, hat been adopted.  SLIZ c (1121 Sir IS'. H. 9.0 D 4 .D 1 _V 2‘, ER: . . ;  Yesterday a very nurwous.meeting of the tors-of Westfninster assembled :it Willis's Itoorris,  to celebrate the ele&ion of ?gr. SHERIDAN and. Sir
The Sun. — 1806-08-22 (London, England)

SINGULAR' SUICIDE.--On Wectne.sclu night, at g o'clock, a young wOrnari, about 18 years of age, called a coach from the stand oppositeCharle-street,covent Garden; and ordered the coachthan to drive to Grasvenor-gate, -Park-lane ; which he did. On alighting from the carriage she gave the coachman 3s.,and proceeded thwvgh; the gate for the Park, --but instantly returned to the coachman and gave him 6d. roore: She then asked him If that was the way to the Barracks, Hyde Park ? Ihe cpachman offered to set' her down at Hyde Park. Corner, it being the nearest way. to Brompton, whiCh she refuSed, and left him .in an incoheren t manner. The -coach Map lin med ia tely iutbrmed the.woman at the gate (tty whom She gave the. same answer),_ who informed :§.eyeral people 'of their suspicions; when a Mr. Clarke, Mr.•Bodham, and a servant belonging to .Lord Howard, and two .LO:V-street. Patroles went in pursuit of her. The young woman, on finding hersetf so closely pursued; took off her shoes, and ran. aern's • the Park',:, the night being dark, she escapedtheir vigilance.by giiiinga sudden thru, but was discovered by ber'shrieks to jump. into the Serpentine itiver,hy _tl. taidge,,lf place ntar.B feet 'deep. 'The alarth was itrmediately. given to'Bolland the rark-keeper, -who-- got out his , boat,. an(i,, after_trying some time,,succe.eded in bringing the body on shore, after it had been z 5 Minutes in. the water. The Until means for restoring sus- penclect animation were re'sorted AO without eftea.— festerdaymorning the body..-was removed to Mr. Storer"s, undertaker, Mount-street. It was soon after..ctiscovcre4 that the,deceased and another girl lived ..tellow,servituts. in a respeaable family in Ben~ tinck-street, Maestersquare ; thata few- week-S' ago the aecease4'4 fellow-seryant was decoyed by a Q.:lilac:man to golfito keeping, 'and she prevailed on the i.leceased to livd with her as slier maid.: The de ceased last week 'informed -her she would quit her place, not approving of ;. 'and on Tuesday. she re, earned to her mother, whpm she' subsequently left, . and committed the shocking 'aft of self-murder.  . . . , . . - . . LONDON : "riiiied by RY. (.1;"
The Sun. — 1806-08-04 (London, England)

HODGSON,F.Eq. Coroner,. on. the body of William Mirrison, Esq. of the Land Revenue-Office,. Whitehall, who expired suddenly on Saturday evening-, the 26th of July; at his house at Chelsea It appeared that the deceased had of late been subjea to a spasmodic affeaion of the' heart, of whichle had expeOnced repeated attacks, particularly- one on the morning before his death, which had 'nearly terminated his existence, as he was transaaing buSiness at the Bank. In the;, afternoon he had been visited by Dr. nLA6KBURNE, Wh(.attended'him, and be afterwards employed hirnSelf for seine tire in his garden ; whether he exerted himselfue much is un-, certain, but, on his return to his house,' he rang his bell, and, desiring the servant to go for assistance, expired in a 'few Minutes. The Any consisted of some of the most respeaable inhabitants of chthea. Verdict—Diedhy the-Visitatian. of 66d. Singular Attempt at Suicide.---,A man of very genteel appearance, apparently between !3,0 and 60 years of age, engaged with the post-boy belonging to a'return chaise, on his way through HounsloW, On Friday evening, to convey him tdtendone • Soon after he was taken up, the driver overtook a woman, 'genteelly: dressed, who was going to town.; but the stranger r.efused to have any. company, with him, and put a guinea into the hand of the post7boy, to --remunerate him: On his way the stranger fre 'quently ordered the drier to stop, when-hewalked, 'alongside the chaise, gave Money to every needy person he met, and behaved in 'the most inCO:liererit manner. Soon after the- post-boy had got through Hammersmith-gave, .thC stranger, whom he supposed to haVe been asleep, threw 'himself out -of the chaise, ha‘:tig- cut his throat with a , pen— knife. He was cmveyed by his desire to an Hotel in Charing-cross, where hopes are entertained of bis recovery. He reflused to assign any other rea-' son for his condaa than that life was a burthen to him. .  1.401!K
The Sun. — 1806-02-19 (London, England)

BOI'.7APARIE'S. hungry 'vultures. There .are eight, thousand of those birds of prey in. Fr4nktbrt, who make the ~ most extravagant demands upon that City ;, beside4' their Ringleader and his worthrStZ, wh6 cblnpel the Magistrates to furnish a most magnificent tablq  . . . for them,. every Colonel in the Army_ quartered there insists upon the same privilege, which must be instantly complied with, to prevent-a greater evil. You have of course; heard that the Archduke CHARLES has caused a thorough investigation: into the causes of the misfortunes of the imperial Arms in Germany, and, astonishing to think,. the undermentioned persons, so high in the confidence of His _ . . :IL.kijesty,.are said to have ,had the following sentences passed upon them, for the criminal part they have:'aaed: in.the late transaationS :  Prince AtiEkSBERG, to be deprived of his nobility, his estates confiscated, and imprisoned ten years in the Fortress of Spielberg,  Princel,;A mßEßTlimprisoned for life, in the said  Fortress:;  sehtenced.to be shot.  Privy Coutisellor CALLENBACH, ordered to quit the Imperial States.  „ . Counsellor FASZBENDER, to be aismissed from his. Office'. ' '  .::Field .Marshal KAUNITZ, and , Field Marshal AUFENIMIZG, have committed suicide while wider arrest.  Alithe Staff Officers of the Regiments of lc:Au.. NITZ and SPORK redUccd'and disgaced. • • Count CoLENZEL'ordered-to quit the CoUntry,„ Giirleral`MACK's Plans to be submitted to a Board of Gencral,OffiCers. . "  Thirty Generals diSnais;sed, and rri:any'rn...); re tinder enfiEnatlpn.  So you see BOICIAPARTE'S viaiories are not at all iurp6ing,"when the :HeadS, of Departments, and 'eyed Generals of the.highest confidence .and rank were in his•pay.—l don't suppose the Hamkurgh Correspond:enien dare insert the names and punishments of those Traitors ; but I 'assure you the lists are hande4 abont,:here in every circle, and almost; acqu'kte as much; r,ublicity as if they were in the p4blic Journals.
The Sun. — 1841-05-27 (London, England)

FELO-DE SE, AT , TWIN ST ED:—All inquest was held on Friday last, at the parish of Twinsted, before Wm. Codd, Esq., on the body of William Horsley, aged 58. William Harrington stated that about four o'clock in the morning of the 18th instant, he was awoke by the screams of, a woman, proceeding from the deceased's premises, adjoining his own ; he immediately got up, and went to the deceased's house, and on going into the garden found the deceased suspeneed by the neck to a bough of a plum tree. With the assistance of Dani.,l Flowers he released him, by removing the line, by which he was suspended, from his neck ; but he was quite dead. Witness had known deceased many years, and had seen him the day before, when he appeared to be quite right in his mind. Daniel Flowers deposed to the same effect, as to this finding of the decoked, and as to his state of mind Sus;tti Horsley, widow of the deceased, stated that her late husband appeared to her, to be out of spirits, on Sunvery, poor, having only Ps. a week day, the loth, and oil 111entlay, the 17th ; bait slept well on both nights. the conlelgire no,. other reason for his depression of his family were so. The toof supportspirits bt theirh at family.o ip ein& itno s never knew him deranged in seol'iveenreddrrimn hanging as hdeiseemaisnecelLwo-arseevaelrlehreradriltit any of momiEg, of the 18th by a young man named John Harrington,, and answered his call; they rington went away ; deceased not followirr , him, but continuing were going to work together,,,ahout four miles off. }hr. and missed ~ Felo-de-se ;" and the Cororter .hibnei 7 o,t,rheae and going nb gedzini.‘ns atio stair:.yetrhde iat Witness,arden di issued his warrant for the interment of the body in the church-3 ard, between the hours of nine and twelve o'clock at Ala!, as directeil by the statute.—Ester Herald.. The daily consumption of green N , o. ba .. Film . is estimated at 200 litres, or 52,537 Lnglish pilau.  ,
The Sun. — 1841-05-31 (London, England)

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. On Saturday an inquest was held at the Windmill Inn, Lower-road, Deptford, before Mr. C. Carttar and a highly respectable Jury, upon view of the body of Miss Ann Castle, aged twenty-six years, daughter of the wellknown ship-owner of that name, carrying on business at Rotherhithe, who was found drowned in the Grand Surrey Canal on Thursday evening last under the following lamentable circumstances. The first witr.ess called was William Jones, of the Victualling-office, Grove-lane, Deptford, who saw a man named Nash dragging the canal for the deceased, and in about an hour the body was found. The deceased had on a figured dress, but no bonnet. Witness saw a bonnet, and bottle labelled " Prussic Acid—Poison." There was also a parasol picked up. The bottle was marked " Wilson, Druggist, Rotherhithe." Thomas Sadler, foreman of the carpenters, Commercial Dock, said that he pulled deceased out 9f the canal. Jacob Myall, of Grove-lane, said that he left the Commercial Docks at half past three o'clock on Thursday, and on going to the canal he saw a bonnet in the hedge and one string fastened to a tree. A paper was fastened to the bonnet. and a parasol and phial were lying on the ground. The note appended to the bonnet was written on ; it was the address of Mr. Castle, namely. Ann Castle, 11, Lucas-street, Rotherhithe. Ann Linton said she was servant to Messrs. Henry and Charles Castle. The deceased was a single lady, aged twenty-six years, and resided with her brothers, Messrs. H. and C. Castle. Mr. Castle, sen., came in the morning and told Miss Castle that her brother Frederick had been lost on board the ship Henry Wellesley in the Channel off the French coast. The deceased was very low spirited all the morning. She went out and returned without saying word, which was not her custom. She returned about two, declined taking dinner, but wrote a letter and went out, as witness supposed, to the post office.
The Sun. — 1841-11-04 (London, England)

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The Sun. — 1841-05-17 (London, England)

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—An attempted murder and suicide occurred on board the steamer Clipper on Sunday evening last, while on her way from this city to Bayou Sara. As we could learn the particulars, it seems that Mr. Tiernan, an old and respectable planter of Point Coupee, had a sum of money stolen from him while on board the Clipper, and soon ascertained that it was taken by a yellow boy belonging to him some fourteen years of age. He did nothing to the boy at the time, but threatened him with a severe flogging on reaching Point Coupee. Shortly after Mr. T. went to his berth, lay down, and was soon asleep. The boy, probably instigated by the fear of future punishment, procured a large butcher's knife, went to his master's state room, and stabbed him twice in the throat, inflicting severe, and it was feared mortal, wounds. •He then fled to the bow  the boat, and, as the men were approaching to secure  him, jumped overboard, and was seen no more. We learned the particulars at Donaldsonville on Sunday evening last, at which time it was feared that Mr. Tiernan would not survive.—New Orleans Paper.  The notorious vessel the Malek Aael arrived at Bal timore on Tuesday, from Rio Janeiro, under command of Lieut. Ogden of the U. S. Navy. The crew have all been arrested, examined, and committed on a charge of piracy. Joseph Nunez, the Captain, escaped at Bahia and was not retaken.  Five young men are now in gaol in Brooklyn, New York, for committing a most atrocious rape on a married woman, in Myrtle-lane. They were of a gang of fifteen, and strong hopes are entertained that those now at large will soon be secured. The poor woman we understand is dead. No punishment can be too severe for these inhuman rascals.
The Sun. — 1841-06-24 (London, England)

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The Sun. — 1841-11-03 (London, England)

ASTLE-tiroN-TY whole of the 'took place this day (Monday). Nearly was liept up with wards were contested, and the pain% j" the Wards of St. COnsiderable spirit during the da);.st. Andrew's, and West J Olin's, South St. Andrew's, North ined efforts to carry a All Saints the Tories made determ t at South St. Ar..ced excel ' member, but' they did not sum. . ~ h w out the old salon t re drew's, where the Tory "P-(ition against the Liberal N E.-- Th o 71! tlllilh the Tory Member. Their oppes In St. Nicholas' and room of one they have displaced.lo weie amongst the have elected a Tory in. the . dEiadstmAt islusecaei zeidts,, Iblurat rdtlhsneythe conteStS were amongst the Liberals t,hcmselV In the Westgate and' Jestniend Liberals themselves. four - t ontests. The results are t Wards there were no c teen Liberals and two Tories. _  _ erfaneesin The P Nov. 7, in which . 1311.81 tth, en iTthwa°.lYisetaorfs.-Zidrs elanEnaland and Scotland,,othe 'cew Laws of Racing, Review will appear. The . England in 1,..-, ' -,... ~ ngragthements• la season, by " regAsus, will be given in at.' life " raving 7n London is Fivepence,, publilhed in nr* of Bat s i e r-K e to be forwarded by the' Saturday afternoon t'ailway. timYestertla v 9 at three o'clock, Mr. William Rod- man, an oil and colour merchant, t/slo. 25, King-street, committed suicide under peculiarly painful Long-acre, circumstances. Mr. Rodman had taken his son into , --,i -ou-rn°alßt:en engraving Lcondono of f theB ntnrtawye ewer next,vire partnership, but from a quarrel between them, which led to blows, the son had expressed his determination to (ilk his father's house, and yesterday he removed. This circumstance so deeply affected the deceased, that he went into a large room, used us a colour room, and committed 'suicide by hanging himself from one of the . ' beams.: The deceased possessed considerable property in the neighbourhood, and was a farmer renting a quantity of land near Croydon.  In St. Lucie a most appalling shock of an earthquake (as described by the papers of that island) had been experienced on the 18th August. Though it did not last for more than twelve seconds of time, yet the agitation of the earth was of the most violent nature, preceded by a hoare rumbling tiound,—Jamqica Diapatcht s.erpt. 14.  G SUN  SVIRIT'of the