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The Sun. — 1845-08-19 (London, England)

SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE.  Yesterday a long inquiry took place before Mr. Bed ford, the coroner,—at the White 'Horse, Rupert• street, Haymarket, relative to the death of Emma Whale, aged twenty-five, of No. 5, Upper Rupert-street, who poisoned herself with oxalic acid.  Martin Whale, the husband, stated that he came away from Winchester on the 28th of May last, in search of employment as a bootmaker, and having obtained Work he wrote to his wife, whom he had left in the country, to come to him. A few days after her arrival he bad certain suspicions, end asked her whether she had been true to him during his absence. After questioning her repeatedly, she told him that the wife of a sergeant in whose house he had left her, had asked her, shortly after he went away, to accompany her to Portsmouth, saying that she was going to receive some money from her brother there, and that she would pay the expenses of both of them. Deceased, without the least suspicion, went with her, and upon arriving at Portsmouth she was taken to a publichouse to have tea. After that, and while they were drinking wine, his wifs asked the sergeant's wife when she was going to her brother's ? The woman only laughed, and his wife then saw that she had been deceived. A man 'mown to the sergeant's wife, and described as a half-pay officer, then came in. and they all drank wine together. Mrs. Lynch then told them to go up stairs, and they did so along with her, but immediately they entered the room the sergeant's wife ran out, and the man locked the door. She (deceased) then felt a kind of stupor, and in the morning recovered, and found herself in bed, lying by the side of the man, who was asleep. She cried very bitterly, until he awoke, and told her that he " was used to woman's tears," and that " Portsmouth women were not like Winchester ones." He offered her a sovereign and a gold chain, but she refused them both, and went down crying to the landlady, and asked her why she allowed such goings on in her house. The landlady said that was nothing to Portsmouth, and that if she (deceased) liked she might stay with her, and she would earn 61. or 71. a week. Deceased refused to stay another minute, and went back immediately to Winchester. The man had written to her several times, signing himself Charles Edward Stewart, and endeavouring to persuade her to leave her husband and go with him to India. He told her to write to him, addressing to Miss Louisa Edwards, Post-office, Hull. Deceased described him as a dark, tall, and stout man, but the husband had since been unable to find him. The husband continued to state that he promised to forgive his wife if he could, but the circumstance was always preying upon his mind, and he re solved to send her back to Winchester, hoping that in a short time he would be able to receive her back. She was to have gone yesterday (Monday), but on the previous day she purchased and swallowed three pennyworth of oxalic acid. Verdict—Temporary Insanity.
The Sun. — 1845-01-16 (London, England)

MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND, AND HIS SUICIDE. Yesterday, John Clements, a wool-stapler, of Little George-street, adjacent to the Grange Toad, Bermondsey, attempted to murder his wife by cutting her throat, and afterwards destroyed himself. It appears that Clements was in the employ of Mr. Elkerton, wool-stapler, in the Grangewalk, Bermondsey, since June last, and that he occupied, with his family, consisting of a wife and three children, a ready-furnished first-floor, at No. 24, Little George-street. For some time past he had exhibited depression of .spirite. He complained of being unwell yesterday morning before he went to work, and returned before his usual time, between ten and eleven, and requested his wife to make him some tea. At this period their eldest son, about thirteen years of age, was in the room and he was sent to the public-house for a pint of porter. In about a minute after the lad quitted the house the landlady, a Mrs. Pndner, was alarmed by hearing a loud scream, followed by the noise of some person falling heavily on the floor immediately over the room in which she was sitting. There was a knock at the street-door at this moment, and a young man named Bond was let in ; as he entered, Mrs. Clements came running down • stairs with her throat cut, and the blood gushing from the wound. When she got into the passage, she fell from exhaustion into the arms of Bond, ejaculating, " For God's sake, call a doctor !" Bond then carried her into the back parlour, and hurried away to the police-station. Two policemen were immediately sent to the house, but, upon their entering the room, Clements was disoovered lying on the floor in a pool of blood, with his throat, cut nearly from ear to ear, and a razor, with which he perpetrated the deed, lay at his side. A medical man speedily arrived, but the unfortunate man was quite dead. Mrs. Clements was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, and will probably recover. Her account of the occurrence, as well as she could recollect from the haste in which it was carried into effect, was, that her husband had been complaining for some days of his head, and being in arrear of rent to his landlord, it seemed to weigh on his mind, and on the preceding night he awoke out of his sleep in a fright, and said to his wife that the officers were going to apprehend him. When he subsequently returned from his employer's premises, and while she was engaged in toasting a piece of bread at the fire, he suddenly turned upon her and drew the razor across her throat. She felt the blood trickling down her neck, and with an eilbrt she rushed out of the room, before he had time to repeat the act. The unfortunate deceased must have destroyed himself immediately afterwards. It appears that the deceased came up from the country about seven months ago with his family, and that he was a sober and industrious man. He had no previous quarrel with his wife.  FIRE and LOSS of LIFE at
The Sun. — 1845-06-21 (London, England)

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY A FRENCH LADY.Yesterday a French lady was brought in a cab to Guy's Hospital, who, it was stated, had attempted to commit suicide, by throwing herself from the window of the third flour of a boarding-house at St. Mary-at-hill. Mr. Brown, of the Blue Anchor Tavern, St. Mary. at-hill, who accompanied the female to the hospital, stated that about ten o'clock on the previous night she arrived at his hotel in a cab, and, producing a card of his, said she had received it from a friend of his at Dublin, from which city she had just arrived by a steamer, and that she had no money, but was on her way to Buu. logne to her mo.her. She had ftiends in London, from whom she was to receive some money on the next day. Mr. Brown consented, upon such a representation, to accommodate her, and she was furnished with tea and a bed. Soon after she had retired to rest, Mr. Brown's attention was sttracted by hearing a most unaccountable noise proceeding from her bed-room. On going thither, to ascertain the cause, he saw her sitting on the sill of the window. As soon as she was aware of his presence she instantaneously leaped into the yard beneath, from a height of about forty feet. In her descent she alighted upon the skylight of a kitchen, which, being covered with a wire-guard, she rebounded into the area. Being stunned with the fall, means were promptly taken to ascertain the injuries she had received, and she was ultimately taken to the above hospital, where Mr. Coulton, the house.surgcon, rendered her every assistance, and, most astonishing as it may appear, from a fall of such a height, the only injury she has snstained is a contusion of the right knee. Notwithstanding her assertion that she had got no money about her, upon examining a reticule which she had in her hand when picked up, it was found that there was 8/. in gold and 225. in silver. The infatuated woman maintains a most profound silence as to the motive which has induced her to commit such a rash act.  !sLE or
The Sun. — 1845-12-29 (London, England)

GRAHAM AND CO.  Alfred. Arthur's.  Senior United Service. Junior United Service.  The Army and Navy. Travellers'.  Oriental. Carlton.  ('These two club-houses, in magnificence Reform, of architecture, splendour of decoraConservative. I tions, and sumptuous style of furniI Lure, surpass all the public buildings l of London. •  Athenaeum.  Senior University. Oxford and Cambridge. Wyndham. Parthenon. Ereothmum. Garrick.  To-day was appointed for the proof of debts and choice of assignees, under the bankruptcy of George Graham and Co., warehousemen, in Cheapside. Graham, the senior partner, bad committed suicide a few days back, on account of his railway speculations. AlTarlane, another partner, had absconded ; and Adams, the other partner, had surrendered to the fiat. The debts and liabilities of the concern are calculated at about 40,0001., the stock in trade about 9,0001., and the good debts about 10,0001. There is a large quantity of " scrip," in which deposits to about 700/. have been paid. Mr. Lawrence, as solicitor for Adams, who was present, made an application to the Court to allow him the expenses of an accountant, in order to make out the requirt d account. Adams, who had not mixed himself with the speculations of the other two, had surrendered, but he was totally unable to prepare the accounts of the house. Adams had no knowledge of the speculations until they had attained a fearful height ; but on ascertaining the position of the other members of the firm, he consulted an attorney, and made an assignment for his creditors, on which the fiat had issued. Mr. Adams was the buyer of the house, and unacquainted with the railway speculations of the other parties Mr. Commissioner Gourmuarr thought the application was one that might be made at a future occasion. lle asked whether any similar cases with regard to costs had occurred.  The Law. Of those that have had their day of fashion and popula) ity, but exist no longer, we may mention the Cocoa Tree, Graham's, Wateirs' (the favourite resort of the Prince of Wales), the Albion (dissolved in 1841), and the Clarence.  The mode of admission is by ballot. In some, one negative in ten excludes the candidate; in others, a single black ball is sufficient—the most absurd of all regulations. The admission fee varies from its highest point of 321. I ls. to five meetings, while the annual subscription is in most clubs six guineas, in the lowest five; and in none does it go beyond ten.
The Sun. — 1845-12-29 (London, England)

LOWESTOFT, DEC. 25.—0 n Monday, Lieutenant Roberts, RN., commander of the Victoria revenue cutter, picked up at s. a a Southwold pilot boat, dismasted, with nine men in her. The sea was running so high at the time, that the pilot-boat foundered immediately after the men were taken out of her. The poor fellows thus saved from being wrecked were landed at Lowestoft.—Norfolk Chronicle. DEATH FROM DELIRIUM Timm:rm.—Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Windsor Castle, Abbey-street, Regent's Park, on the body of Joseph Hardy, aged thirtyfive, a butler, lately in the service of J. Romer, Esq., of 10, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park. Mrs. Ann M•Stay, of No. 1, Ernest-street, said deceased had lodged but for a short time in that house, the landlady of which (Mrs. Nichols) asked her to sit up with him on Tuesday night last. Witness did so, and at first found him aitupified and delirious. At times he was sensible, and told her he had taken nearly a wine glass full of laudanum. She asked him why ? and he replied, "Iva out of my mind, and I hope the Lord will forgive ine for it." He freely took the medicines prescribed for him, and said," I wish to live, in order to repent." He died on Christmas-day, between two and three o'clock. Mr. John Wilson, surgeon, of Albany-street, said he had attended him from the Tuesday evening till his death. He had ejected from his stomach the laudanum, and he laboured under delirium tremens, piuduced by excessive drinking. He confessed to have taken the laudanum, but said he was not aware of what he was doing at the time. He died of the disease of the brain called delirium tremens, combined with the effects of laudanum. The Coroner said, that since he had been in office the large number of gentlemen's butlers whose deaths resulted from suicidal acts was astonishing. Verdict, " That deceased died of delirium tremens, after an attempt at suicide."  On the day before Christmas-day Mr. Kirby, one of the principal clerks in the banking-house of Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., received a note signed S. J. Loyd, the principal of the firm, inclosing a draft for 1,000/., to be placed to the credit of the " Clerks' Christmas Fund," as an acknowledgment of their services, and of the readiness with which they met the trouble and additional labour of the past year.
The Sun. — 1845-12-29 (London, England)

GRAHAM AND CO.  To-day was appointed for the proof of debts and choice of assignees, under the bankruptcy of George Graham and Co., warehousemen, in Cheapside. Gra!tam, the senior partner, had committed suicide a few days back, on account of his railway speculations. M‘Farlane, another partner, had absconded ; and Adams, the other partner, had surrendered to the fiat. The debts and liabilities of the con•:ern are calculated at about 40,000 L, the stock in trade about 9,000 L, and the good debts about 10,0001. There is a large quantity of scrip," in which deposits to about 7001. have been paid. Mr. Lawrence, as solicitor for Adams, who was present, made an application to the Court to allow him the expenses of an accountant, in order to make out the required account. Adams, who had not mixed himself with the speculations of the other two, had surrendered, but he was totally unable to prepare the accounts of the house. Adams had no knowledge of the speculations until they had attained a fearful height ; but on ascertaining the position of the other members of the firm, he consulted an attorney, and made an assignment for his creditors, on which the fiat had issued. Mr. Adams was the buyer of the house, and unacquainted with the railway speculations of the other parties Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN thought the application was one that might be made at a future occasion. lie asked whether any similar cases with regard to costs had occurred.  Mr. Lawrence remarked that this was not a case without assets. The debts were about 40,0001. The stock in trade on the premises had cost 9,0001., and the debts owing to the firm were about 12,0001., so that there would be from Bi. to 10s. in the pound for the creditors. His Horroutt asked whether there was any opposition on the part of the creditors? Mr. Brace, as solicitor to the fiat, thought the application was premature, and that if granted it would prevent M•Farlane from coming forward. The attorney fur M'Farlane %vas in Court, and it was necessary that he (MTarlane) who had kept the books should make out the accounts.  The COURT said the application by Mr. Lawrence could be considered on a future occasion.  Some debts were proved. Messrs. Thompson, of Manchester, were creditors for more than 20,000!. On the present occasion they proved for 11,000/. Mr. Thomson and Mr. Schwale were chosen assignees. By the next examination the accounts must be rendered.
The Sun. — 1845-03-19 (London, England)

IMEISCELLANEOUS. A female, unknown, has committed suicide by hanging herself at the Red Lion public-honse, in Mulgrave-place, Woolwich. The deceased, who appears to have been a respectable-looking young woman, about twenty-five years of age, had engaged a lodging for the night at the Red Lion, and the following morning was found hanging to the bed-rail, in the chamber which she occupied. She is described as five feet four or five inches in height, of fair complexion, with light hair, and wearing a black stuff gown with cape and cloth boots. Her linen was marked "E. P.," and she had a cotton handkerchief marked " J. P."  Our readers will be gratified to learn that the Dove, which left Cowes on the sth of February, reached Madeira on the 17th of that month, and sailed on the 18th for Fernando Po. The Bishop of Calcutta has no intention of resigning his bishopric. His visit to this country, should he be spared to return, will be only temporary, with a view to recruit his health, which has suffered severely during his recent visitation. He proposes to take a furlough of eighteen months, and to return to India in time to consecrate the new cathedral. The state of his health may possibly alter this arrangement, but such is his present design. He has engaged a passage by the Oriental steamer, which leaves Calcutta on May 10, and may be expected in England about the end of June.  The late General Sir Henry Grey, Colonel of the 13th Light Dragoons, has left 120,0001. to his widow and sole executrix. The American line of packet-ship Switzerland arrived in the St. Katharine Docks on Monday morning with a large cargo, consisting of beef, pork, cheese, and other descriptions of American provisions, besides the usual variety of cargo generally brought from the United States for consumption in this country. She had also a number of cabin and steer-• age passengers on board, and several packages of specie. The variable state of the wind for the last day or two has enabled this vessel to clear the Channel, where a very large fleet of ships have been detained for a considerable time, owing to adverse winds and boisterous weather. So soon as the wind changes from the quarter it has remained in for so long a time, and the present severe weather breaks up, a large influx of vessels is expected.
The Sun. — 1845-07-22 (London, England)

PRESENT TO HER MAJESTY.--During the last few days a number of distinguished persons have been attracted to the London Docks, for the purpose of viewing the four thorough-bred Arabian horses which have just arrived in this country per the Caroline, being a present from the Imaum of Muscat to her Majesty the Queen. The animals, notwithstanding the wildness peculiar to their breed, have since their arrival in the docks exhibited a wonderful degree of docility. They were accompanied from Muscat by grooms in the service of the Imaum. Yesterday the group were removed from the docks by four of the royal ser. vants to the mews adjoining Buckingham Palace, Pimlico. We believe that a similar present was made from Muscat to his Majesty William the Fourth.  A Pole, named Pristleinstein, twenty-four years of age, the son of a colonel who served in the French army in 1813 and 1814, was tried by the Paris Court of Assize on Saturday, on a charge of forgery. The prisoner, who had received a brilliant education in Poland, having compromised himself in a conspiracy at Wilna, where he had obtained a professorship in the college, was imprisoned in a fortress with his brother. They both made their escape, but at Leipsic avoided detention only by bribing the gendarmes with nearly all the money that they possessed. The prisoner's brother went to Egypt in search of better fortune, and the prisoner himself came to Paris, where, in order to gain his bread, he worked upon the fortifications; hut falling ill from fatigue, he was compelled to give up his occupation, and go to the hospital. After he had left the hospital he contracted a few I rifling debts, and wishing to pay them off by raising a lean of 100 francs, he drew a bill for that amount as from Warsaw, and put upon it an imaginary name, as being that of a banker of that city. This bill was given by him to his landlady; but twenty-four hours afterwards, stung by remorse, he wrote to her, confessing the fraud, and entreating her not to denounce him to justice. It was, however, too late, the hill being already in the hands ofthe Commissary of Police. Whilst in prison, Pristleinstein, in a fit of despair, attempted to commit suicide, but was prevented by the gaoler. The jury acquitted him, and subscribed a sum of 55 francs towards his relief. An enormous cucumber was cut a few days since in the garden of Sir Thomas D. Acland, Baronet, M.P., Killerton House, Broadclist, measuring two feet four Inches in length, and nine inches in girth.—Plymouth Times,
The Sun. — 1845-01-17 (London, England)

AND HIS SUICIDE. On Wednesday, John Clements, a wool-stapler, of Little George-street, adjacent to the Grange-road, Bermondsey attempted to murder his wife by cutting her throat, and afterwards destroyed himself. It appears that Clements was in the employ of Mr. Elkerton, wool-stapler, in the Grangewalk, Bermondsey, since June last, and that he oecupiedi, with his family, consisting of a wife and three children, a, ready-furnished first-floor, at No. 24, Little George-strev... For some time past he had exhibited depression of spirits,. He complained of being unwell on Wednesday before te went to work, and returned bet Ore his usual time, heti'', eee, ten and eleven, and requested his wife to make hip; some tea. At this period their eldest son, about thirtenen years of age, was in the room, and he was sent to tha public-house for a pint of porter. In about a minute after the lad quitted the house the landlady, a Mrs. Putinar, Was alarmed by hearing a loud scream, followed by the noise of some person falling heavily on the floor immediately over the room in which she was sitting. There was a knock at the street-door at this moment, and a young man named Bond was let in ; as he entered, Mrs. Clements came running down stairs with her throat cut, and the blood gushing from the wound. When she got into the passage, she fell from exhaustion into the arms of Bond, ejaculating, " For God's sake, call a doctor !" Bond them carried her into the back parlour, and hurried away to the police-station. Two policemen were immediately sent to the house, but, upon their entering the room, Clements was disoovered lying on the floor in a pool of blood, with his throat cut nearly from ear to ear, and a razor, with which he perpetrated the deed, lay at his side. A medical man speedily arrived, but the unfortunate man was quite dead. Mrs. Clements was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, and will probably recover. Her account of the occurrence, as well as she could; recollect from the haste in which it was carried into erect, was, that her husband had been complaining for some daps of his head, and being in arrear of rent to his landlord, it seemed to weigh on his mind, and on the preceding nigtit he awoke out of his sleep in a fright, and said to his wail that the officers were going to apprehend him. When lie subsequently returned from his employer's premises, arid while she was engaged in toasting a piece of bread at the fire, he suddenly turned upon her and drew the razor across her throat. She felt the blood trickling down her neck, and with an effort she rushed out of the room, before he had time to repeat the act, The unfortunate deceased must have destroyed himself immediately afterwards. It appears that the deceased came up from the country about seven months ago with his family, and that he was a sober and industrious man. He had no previous quarrel with his wife.  FIRE and LOSS of LIFE at