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The Sun. — 1821-09-05 (London, England)

ADVENTURE WTTII A BEAR.—On the 26t1T ult. a son of Mr. Adam Miller, of Troy township, about 17 years of age, had occasion to pass through a piece of wood, which extended about four miles. Having proceeded about a mile, he discovered at a short distance a bear and three cubs. Being en. tirely destitute of weapons of defence, he tried to frighten them off by liallooing,&c. but the old bear immediately made towards him, and he,sprung for a sapling about ten inches in diameter, and free of limbs to the height of forty feet. This he ascended, and the bear followed ; at the height often or twelve feet, she was so near Lim he gave her a kick, and she slipped to the bottom. She immediately rcascended, while he exerted himself to climb beyond her reach; but she agai% overtook him, and as he kicked at her, she tore his right foot badly, took off his shoe, and again fell to the .grouniti. She then followed him up the third time, and fell without doing him any injury. He had now ascended the saplin about 20 feet; but the old bear was soon at his heels the fourth time, caught his left foot, and both fell together. On reaching the ground, the bear started from him about a rod, when he recovered, and ran. She followed thirty or forty rods, and gave up the chase, and the young man reakhed home in safety. The above particulars were communicated by Mr. Miller himself, who is a respectable citizen of Troy, in this county.—(New York Evening Post.)  A very remarkable instance of a propensity to self-destruction has lately been exhibited in the Lincoln Lunatic- Asylum. A female, about. twenty-five . years of age, the mother of three children, some months ago became impressed, from no assignable cause, with a conviction of her own unworthiness to live ; and after -several attempts to commit suicide, was placed by her friends in the Lincoln Asylum. Watched and restrained as she there was, she would rush from the nurses, and beat her head against the walls or floor— has been known to push a thimble_ clown her throat'—to throw herself into a water cistern ; and when put into a warm bath would resolutely immerse her head until it was forcibly withdrawn. Finding her purpose constantly prevented by the care and vigilance of the institution, she had.recourse not only to the obstinat? refusal of food, but to retaining her breath, and insisting every call of nature, so long as her exhausted powers would maintain the struggle. She at length effected her purpose, by contriving fo get herself at liberty dur,. ing an absence of the nurse, not exceeding ten minutes,. and succeeding in strangling herself with one of the strips used for keeping her confined —( Lincoln Paper.)
The Sun. — 1864-12-05 (London, England)

MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—SOUTH AMPTON, Sunday.—A most atrocious and cold,  blooded murder was committed last night at the village of Shirley, about two miles from this town, followed immediately by the attempted suicide et the assassin. The murderer's name is Broomfield, a butler in a gentleman's family in Loudon, and his victim was Mr Frederick Coburn, now resident at Shirley. It appears that the parties formerly lived together in a family at Alrestord in this county, as butler and lady's-maid. Contrary to his wishes and desires, the latter married from that situation, and Broomfield subsequently left and went to London, where he has also since  married. Yesterday (Saturday) afternoon ho cam© down from London by the three o'clock train, and went over at once to the deceased's house at Shirley, where he was invited to take tea. After tea Mr Coburn said to his wife  that they had bettor go out and do their marketing, as it was Saturday evening, on which Broomfield said, "Well, don't go out and leave me hero alone, but if you go your wife had better stop here with me." This was objected to, and they went out together, leaving Broomfield alone. After they had been back a little while Mrs Coburn was about to get supper, and her husband left the room for a few moments, 'a hen Bloomfield immediately pulled out a revolver and fired at the poor woman, who ran to the back door and there fell dead. He then fired two of the barrels at himself, and ran after her, falling on her at the back door. He was subsequently brought into the Royal South Hants Infirmaiy. in this town. where he has received  medical assistance, End it has been found that one of the shots passed under his lunge, and the first apparently passed off from the chmt without doing any serious injury. He is not expected to recover. Broomfield himself says that he came down from London to get her to go away to America with him, which she refused to do. The murder must have been deliberately planned in case of Mrs Coburn's refusal to accede to his request, as he brought the revolver down with him from London, having, it is said, purchased it at a shop in Oxford-street. Two shots were found in two of the barrels of the revolver after the affair.
The Sun. — 1864-05-02 (London, England)

IRELAND.  DUBLIN, April 30.  Sir Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald, the descendant of a man unhappily notorious in 1798, committed suicide on Tuesday night last by throwing himself into the river Suir, near his own residence, Golden Hills. It appears that he was severely pressed by pecuniary difficulties. He had been in Dublin the greater part of the previous week, it is supposed with the object of effecting an arrangement with some of his creditors. There he was met by several of his friends, who found him in his usual health and spirits. He returned home, and was in Cionmel on Monday. It appears that there was an execution then in his house for a debt of £3OO, and the bailiffs were in possession. He made a last effort to raise this amount on Monday morning, but his solicitor failed to accomplish it, owing to the heavy liabilities under which he laboured. He went home by the train on Tuesday afternoon, having left a letter with his solicitor stating that he should shortly be no more, and indicating where his body would le found. This gentleman immediately communicated with the office of the constabulary, and a telegram was at once sent with imperative orders for the instant arrest of Sir Thomas Fitzgerald. But the precaution was, unfortunately, too late. He wrote similar letters to other friends, and among them was the following to Mr John Massy, justice of the peace :  "Dublin, April 26, 1864. "My dear Massy,—l have a last request to make of you, and that is that you will on receipt of this go over to Golden Hills and see poor Lady Fitzgerald, my dearly beloved wife, for before you get this I will be no more. God have mercy upon me and my poor family. . . I ask this as a dying request, that you will go at once on receipt of this and see what is best to be done. . . , Igo down to-night cn purpose to see my poor wife and family for the last time, and then my body will be found in the weir at that part called the Pig-hole, near Golden Hills.  . . . . I again ask you, as a favour, not to desert my family till things are set to rights for them. It is the dying request of your friend,  " TuomAs J.
The Sun. — 1864-05-02 (London, England)

IRELAND.  DUBLIN, April 30.  Sir Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald, the descendant of a man unhappily notorious in 1798, committed suicide on Tuesday night last by throwing himself into the river Suir, near his own residence, Golden Hills. It appears that he was severely pressed by pecuniary difficulties. He had been in Dublin the greater part of the previous week, it is supposed with the object of effecting an arrangement with some of his creditors. There he was met by several of his friends, who found him in his usual health and spirits. He returned home, and was in Clonmel on Monday. It appears that there was an execution then in his house for a debt of £3OO, and the bailiffs were in possession. He made a last effort to raise this amount on Monday morning, but his solicitor failed to accomplish it, owing to the heavy liabilities under which he laboured. He went home by the train on Tuesday afternoon, having left a letter with his solicitor stating that he should shortly be no more, and indicating where his body would be found. This gentleman immediately communicated with the office of the constabulary, and a telegram was at once sent with imperative orders for the instant arrest of Sir Thomas Fitzgerald. But the precaution was, unfortunately, too late. He wrote similar letters to other friends, and among them was the following to Mr John Massy, justice of the peace :  "Dublin, April 26, MI,  "My dear Massy,—l have a last request to make of you, and that is that you will on receipt of this go over to Golden Hills and see poor Lady Fitzgerald, my dearly beloved wife, for before you get this I will be•no more. God have mercy upon me and my poor family. . . I ask this as a dying request, that you will go at once on receipt of this and see what is best to be done. . . . Igo down to-night on purpose to see my poor wife and family for the last time, and then my body will be found in the weir at that part called the Pig-hole, near Golden Hills. . . . . I again ask you, as a favour, not to desert my family till things are set to rights for them. It is the dying request of your friend,  "Tilomls J.
The Sun. — 1864-06-11 (London, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE UNDER THE WHEELS OF AN  ASCOT TRAIN.—A shocking ;affair took place 01 dTohnu andtsdays oevening, s taboutWestern Railway, h alf .pas t o 'cl spotock nearly oanr ythe midwayLonwh between the Richmond and Twickenham stations, when r, man, about 60 years of age, named John Bunce, who acte( oneas o f under th egardener special the ttrains Duke r oomf BAuseccolte,utchhewheels oftb , was ee killed b carriages nearly separating the head from the body. 11 appears that the driver of one of the down special train, from Waterloo, when about three quarters of a mile from Twickenham station, saw the body of the unfortunate mat spring from the up rails, as the train which had killed tht deceased passed along, and fall by the side of the railway. The driver consequently stopped at Twickenham, and informed the station master, who immediately s:;at a body of men to the spot where the man had been killed, when i, was found that his head had been nearly severed from hit body. The remains were conveyed to the Crown Inn, where they await an inquest. It is stated that the deceased was seen to place himself in a lying position on the rails before the train passed. The Ancient Order of Foresters has forwarded t( the National Lifeboat Institution £255, to be appropriate; in the purchase of a lifeboat, to be called The Forester. 1 is proposed to station the boat at New Quay, on the Cardiganshire coast.  TRE HOME AND FOREIGN REVIEW, the pubiiel  lion of which was recently discontinued, is said to be abow to re-appear, probably, in that case, with an altered title its Editor, S,r John Dalbery Acton, Bart., proposin it is understood, in tho event of this re-appearance of th Review, to restrict himself and his contributors to the die. cuesion of eubj,:=cts purely literary and Scientific,
The Sun. — 1864-06-11 (London, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE UNDER THE WHEELS OF AN ASCOT TRAIL—A shocking affair took place on Thursday evening, about half past 7 o'clock, on the London and South Western Railway, at a spot nearly midway between the Richmond and Twickenham stations, when a man, about 60 Sears of age, named John Bunce, who acted as under gardener to the Duke of Buccleuch, was killed by one of the up special trains from Ascot, the wheels of the carriages nearly separating the head from the body. It appears that the driver of one of the down special trains from Waterloo, when about three quarters of a mile from Twickenham station, saw the body of the unfortunate man spring froze the up rails, as the train which had killed the deceased passed along, and fall by the side of the railway. The driver consequently stopped at Twickenham, and informed the station master, who immediately sent a body of men to the spot where the man had been killed, when it was found that his head had been nearly severed from his body. The remains were conveyed to the Crown Inn, where they await an inquest. It is stated that the deceased was seen to place himself in a lying position on the rails before the train passed. The Ancient Order of:Foresters has forwarded to the National Lifeboat Institution £255, to be appropriated in the purchase of a lifeboat, to be called Tho Forester, It is proposed to station the boat at Now Quay, on the Cardiganshire coast. THE HOME AND FOREIGN REVIEW, the pubileq, tion of which was recently discontinued, is said to be about to re-appear, probably, in that case, with an altered title : its Editor, Sir John Daibery Acton, Bart., M.P., proposing, it is understood, in the evert of this re-appearance of th© Review, to restrict himself and his contributors to the discussion of subjects purely literary and scientific,  CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 10 (Evening). Prince Couza has been splendidly received here, and marks of unusual distinction have been bestowed on him by the Sultan.
The Sun. — 1864-05-07 (London, England)

THAMES. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—DISTEESSING CASE.--Margaret Cotton, a very respectable young woman, who has been in good situations, was brought up, on remand, before Mr. Partridge, charged with attempting self-destruction. A few mornings Since the prisoner went to the banks of the Lea Cut, in Limehouse, and plunged into the water. She would have been drowned but for the tact and bravery exhibited by a man named James Park, of No. 9. Flower'slane, Stainsby-road, Limehouse, who got into the water and held her until further assistance was rendered. She was quite exhausted when taken out of the canal, and was removed to the station• house in Poplar, where policesergeant Bridgland, No 65 K, succeeded in recovering her, and after providingher with dry clothing,sent her to the Stepney Union, at Bromley. Her recovery soon followed, and she was brought before Mr. Partridge on Monday, and remanded. Her statement was a very distressing one. She had been seduced by a man named Alesender Mamoth, a native of Hungary, who is well known at this court, and who turned out to be married. He laughed at her, and treated her with scorn, and she resolved that her life and her miseries should end together, and was very sorry that she had not accomplished her purpose: She now appeared in a better frame of mind, and Mr. Partridge read a letter he had received from the Rev. Mr. Jephson, the: chaplain of the Clerkenwell House of Detention, which stated that the prisoner had expressed great penitence, and had promised not to repeat the attempt on her life. Mr. Flowers, the principal of an excellent Christian Institution in Silverstreet, Stepney, had been kind enough to interfere in this case, and he thought the best thing would be to send her to a refuge. He should discharge her, and hand her over to the care of Mr. Flowers, who would provide her with an asylum
The Sun. — 1864-05-07 (London, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—DISTRESSING CASE.---Margaret Cotton, a very respectable young woman, who has been in good situations, was brought up, on remand, before Mr. Partridge, charged with attempting self-destruction. A few mornings since the prisoner went to the banks of the Lea Cut, in Limehouse, and plunged into the water. She would have been drowned but for the tact and bravery exhibited by a man named Jamee Park, of No. 9. Flower'slane, Stainsby-road, Limehouse, who got into the water and held her until further assistance was rendered. She was quite exhausted when taken out of the canal, and was removed to the station. house in Poplar, where policesergeant Bridgland, No 65 K, succeeded in recovering her, and after providingher with dry clothing,sent her to the Stepney Union, at Bromley. Her recovery soon followed, and she was brought before Mr. Partridge on Monday, and remanded. Her statement was a very distressing one. She had been seduced by a man named Alexender Mamoth, a native of Hungary, who is well known at this court, and who turned out to be married. He laughed at her, and treated her with scorn, and she resolved that her life arc, her miseries should end together, and was very sorry that she had not accomplished her purpose: She now appeared in a better frame of mind, and Mr. Partridge read a letter he had received from the Rev. Mr. Jephson, the: chaplain of the Clerkenwell House of Detention, which stated that the prisoner had expressed great penitence, and had promised not to repeat the attempt on her life. Mr. Flowers, the principal of an excellent Christian Institution in Silverstreet, Stepney, had been kind enough to interfere in this case, and he thought the best thing would be to send her to a refuge. He should discharge her, and hand her over to the care of Mr. Flowers, who would provide her with an asylum.
The Sun. — 1864-10-28 (London, England)

FATAL DUEL.—A letter from Berlin in the Precurseur of Antwerp relates the subjoined:—Count de Fuerstenberg S.ammheim has just fought a duel with M. de Hochwaechter near Vaes, on the Dutch territory, when the latter was mortally wounded. The following are some details of the affair :—Some years ago there lived at Deutz, near Cologne, a M.ijor M—, who had two very beautiful daughters. The count, who possessed a very large fortune, was a constant visitor at the house. Somo time after M. de Hochwaechter, brother of the deceased, and first equerry to the count, married one of the daughters, and the count gave the young couple one of his chateaux as a place of residence, furnishing it with great elegance. The honeymoon had, however, scarcely passed when Count de Fuel stenberg received from his equerry a let• ter, in which the writer stated that his wife had confessed to him that before her marriage she had had intimate relations with the count. The equerry loaded the latter with reproaches, and concluded by asking him what remained for him to do undersuch circumstances. The count, who had just married a Princess d'A—, showed the letter to his wife and to one of his friends, Count de Hompesch, and protested his innocence. That gentleman was of opinion that the affair was an attempt to extort money, and that no notice ought to be taken of it. The matter, however, became known, and the nobility of the province was convoked as a Council of Honour. Their decision was in accordance with the advice of the Count de Hompesch. M. de Hochwaechter, some time after, meeting that gentleman near the railway station at Cologne, assaulted him with a whip. He was brought before the Correctional Tribunal for the offence, but acquitted. In the meantime Major M—, in consequence of proceedings taken by the body of °facers at Cologne and the rumours which accused him of a guilty connivance in the affair, was obliged to resign his commission. Madame de Hochwaechter, after attempting to commit suicide, declared to a Catholic priest that she did not know how her husband had been able to extort from her an avowal which was completely false. A civil action was afterwards brought by M. de Hochwaechter against Count do Fuerstenberg, who had dismissed him, notwithstanding a written engagement for a certain number of years. As, however, the count firmly refused to give him any satisfaction, the brother of M. de Hochwaechter decided on publicly insulting the count, The latter was obliged to meet the brother, and the affair proved fatal to the brother."
The Sun. — 1864-10-28 (London, England)

FATAL DUEL.—A letter from Berlin in the .Precuraeur of Antwerp relates the subjoined:—Count de Fuerstenberg Stammheim has just fought a duel with M. de Hochwaechter near Vaes, on the Dutch territory, when the latter was mortally wounded. The following are some details of the affair :—Some years ago there lived at Den: z, near Cologne, a Major M—, who had two very beautiful daughters. The count, who possessed a very large fortune, was a constant visitor at the house. Some time after M. de Hochwaechter, brother of the deceased, and first equerry to the count, married one of the daughters, and the count gave the young couple one of his chateaux as a place of residence, furnishing it with great alegance. The honeymoon had, however, scarcely passed when Count do Fuerstenberg received from his equerry a let. ter, in which the writer stated that his wife had confessed to him that before her marriage she had had intimate relations with the count. The equerry loaded the latter with reproaches, and concluded by asking him what remained for him to do undersuch circumstances. The count, who had just married a Princess d'A—, showed the letter to his wife and to one of his friends, Count de Humpesch, and protested his innocence. That gentleman was of opinion that the affair was an attempt to extort money, and that no notice ought to be taken of it. The matter, however, became known, and the nobility of the province was convoked as a Council of Honour. Their decision was in accordance with the advice of the Count de Hompesch. M. do Hochwaechter, some time after, meeting that gentleman near the railway station at Cologne, assaulted him with a whip. He was brought before the Correctional Tribunal for the offence, but acquitted. In the meantime Major M—, in consequence of proceedings taken by the body of dicers at Cologne and the rumours which accused him of a guilty connivance in the affair, was obliged to resign his commission. Madame de Hochwaechter, after attempting to commit suicide, declared to a Catholic priest that she did not know how her husband had been able to extort from her an avowal which was completely false. A civil action was afterwards brought by M. de Hochwaechter against Count do Fuerstenberg, wh3 had dismissed him, notwithstanding a written engagement for a certain number of years, As, however, the count firmly refused to give him any satisfaction, the brother of M. de Hochwaechter decided on publicly insulting the count. The latter was obliged to meet the brother, and the affair proved fatal to the brother."