The Sun. — 1821-07-06 (London, England)

MORNING POST.] NA PO L r.O-N i 3 APA RTt.—:-It was a Maxim of Solon's, that no man was to be considered "forthnate before death, as the termination of his earthly existence -might take place- under such circumstances as would throw all previous prosperity into the shade, and prove -him a real child of misery. The recollection and mention of this maxim, at the moment when the pile •to which his con queror had doomed him was-about to be lighted, saved the-life of-Crcesus in ancient times, and.restored him to splendour and dignity. How does it apply to the..man, who greater than. Croesus ever was in the- midst of all his riches, came like the sport "of fortune and the captive of his enemy Was his death one ,which redeemed the-tarnished lustre of his fame, or did-it add to •the disgrace which clOuded his triumphs, and set the seal to his humiliation might have died, says the one, the death olasol-* tiler on the field of, battle,- with the brave men who fought and bled for him. Witn'the -firm resolution of a-gornan, says-,anOther,.he Might' have fallen upon his: sword; and expired in all .the glories of suicide.•. But he chose a tamer path, a more lingering-dissOlution. Whenthe sceptre of empire crumbled in his hand, he did- not rush upon a bayonet; and when distant exile broke "every tie of love and affection which bound the huiband and the father, lie still abstained from shedding hiSown blood. The Monarch whom glory Contd. not satiate, and earth scarcely contain, seemed to drop proud thoughts with hiS crown,' or if he retained liis pride, to use it in bearing' -caiatlnity with-a calm though not contented heart. Life had probably- 'become an infliction, since it it had been deprived of all that made it pleasant and illustrious ; but the infliction was borne through years of ..unsoftened banishment,' tilt Heaven gave the -sumnriOnsi and the mighty spirit Was recalled. Atillriess, excruciating and-certain in its progress, was the messenger empldied: In a dayS rampartsof existence were battered down. His mind, flOwever, su rvivedinits strength: Conscious of-apprOaching dis Solution, lie frequently conversed- with his •medical--attendants the natiire*Of his disease, which be declared to be hereditary, and.'--to have terminated 'his father's life.' Whatever cvas. the violence of his suffer= ingS, be gavi:them-hO-utterance, and' when the 'supreme hour arrived, his dissolution. was 'so calM 'and serene; that not a 'sigh' revealed the flight -of the 'emancipated spirit: •  The Light Horse Volunteers underwent an inspection,'yesieilfay morning, in Hyde Park. I t appezired iii its us-nal-high coalition and discipline. RrytciDE..--Yesterday an inquisitimi' was taken before THO'IVIIS Sirril'ON,"ltSq. Coroner for Lon-don and Solitliwark, at' Giltspur-street Compter, on the body of James Read, aged 55,,a,prisom there, who put period to his existence about ong o'clock on Wednesday morning, by hanging lirmself•(by means of his garters and' cravat) to the miale bar of the grating osier' the door of the cell in which he-Was Confined; The deeased' had Veen 'for the lasethirty years -by business a baker, but: king reduced tOindigence lately, he was principally supported hy a-Gentleman in-the Bank, who allowed him per 'week. Verdict, Insanity.