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The Sun. — 1839-12-02 (London, England)

CHARTISTS.  (From the Brighton'Herald.) At the Magistrates' Bench, on Tuesday, Major Allen drew the attention of the Assistant-Overseer to the meeting of the Chartists, on the previous night, at the Brewers Arms. He understood, he said, that a number of persons attended who were not in easy circumstances, and who, it was suspected, received parochial relief. If this was the case, he thought inquiry ought to be made by the Directors and Guardians, and the relief stopped ; for if such persons could afford to pay 3d. or Gd. each to attend such meetings, he considered they were not fit objects for charity. Now, we doubt very much the propriety of a Magistrate making such remarks as these from the bench. If they were intended politically they were bad ; if merely as a tihnen they suggestion to the Directors and Guardians, unnecessary. Nobody will accuse us of being friendly to the Chartists ; we have stood opposed to them when some of Major Allen's friends looked more kindly on them than at present ; but we should never have thought of making sr such a remark as this we have drawn attention to. It is not long ago that the Chartists could procure the vuse opi frtnhceipTleoswn have H undergoneall t o hol d notheehiranmgeeestiinneges have only carried out what they then avowedly professed. Are they then to hold no meetings now ? We aretow nso;rrybutht having were ever been nr nanlleoeweednutontehnoalndeaendy_ in b been recognized as a political party, it does seem hard now to tell them that they shall have no place of reunion, and that if they do meet, those who are not rich enough to be allowed to hold political opinions, shall be deprived of their miserable pittance and left to starve on the wide world. We abhor. Chartism, but we love. Justice.  JUVENILE SUICIDE —On Friday morning the family of Mr. Thomas Powell, of 17, Henry-street, Pentonville, was thrown into the greatest distress, in consequence of their eldest son, a lad thirteen years of age, being found suspended by his handkerchief to a wooden rail in the kitchen. Medical assistance was inrtantly procured, and although every means were resorted to, the vital spark bad fled. It appears that the unfortunate youth has for some time been labouring under mental aberration, as he has once before attempted to destroy himself in a similar manner.
The Sun. — 1839-03-05 (London, England)

LIFE ASSURANCE. The new principles on which this Society is founded, bring the benefits t f Life Assurance within the ,-each of all. It provides against the contingency of misfortune during life, as well as against the isk of death ; and even affords to the Assured a fund out of his premiums on which he can at any time operate, as his eircnrnstances may require. It thus affords to the prad,nt of all classes, the greltest facilities and most powerful encouragement to lar up a certain provision for the future. Among other advantages the ssured will enjoy the following :1. Moderate rates of Premium consistent with security; besides the g larantee of half a million of capital.. 2. No entry-money. 3. Power of converting the policy at. any time into a payment in cash, a new policy, or immediate, or deferred Annuity. 4. After five years, two-thirds of payment on elapsed policies returnable at death. 5. The Assured, on complying with the conditions of tha office, may, at any time, borrow two-thirds of all previous paymen s and the amount of any declared bonus. 6. Two-thirds of the entire profits on the Life Assurance, and on the investment of the GLarantee Fund, divided annually among the Insured, and at their option paid in cash, added to th policy, or arlied in reduction of future premiums. 7. Great facility in effecting Insu:ances. Premiums payable by one paym' nt, or annually, half-yearly, quarterly, or monthly, or on the increasing or decreasing scale. 8. Females assured at one year less than their actual ages. 9. Relaxation of restrictions on travelling beyond the limits of Europe, except to places specially enumerated, and a policy in force seven years not forfeited by suicide. SPECIMEN OF ANNUAL PREMIUMS TO INSURE £lOO.  Age ‘2O. Age '5. Age 30. Age 33. Age 4'. Age 45. Age 50. s d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. 5. d. £ s. d. 1 13 7 1 IS 6 2 4 4 2 le 11 2 IS S 3 9 4 4 4 2
The Sun. — 1825-05-07 (London, England)

NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAIL-ROAD.  Every thing connected with this great public undertaking is progressing most favourably. The Subscriptions, including that portion (50,000/.) set apart for the landed interest, now consider.. ably exceeds 220,000/.; so that, in point of fact, little more than 700 shares remain to he disposed of, which, it is reasonable to conclude, will be taken ere many days elapse. Hence, in a veil short time, it is obvious that an interest in the Concern will not be attainable but at a premium. At their meeting on Saturday last, the Board of Directors received a communication from the Mayor of Newcastle, (lIENItY CRAMLINGTON, ES(1•7) highly creditable to that Gentleman, and to.the body of which lie is the head. The Mayor, addressing the Directors, stated, " that in consequence of the absence of several of its members, he could not immediately convene the Common Council, notwithstanding his anxious wish to do so, but that he should do injustice to the body over which he had the honour to preside, if he did not express his conviction that they would be found desirous of promoting an undertaking which promises much advantage to the commerce of the town, as well as other important public benefits, and that it would be to them a matter of regret if they had not an opportunity of contributing to its success." Ll.st they should be deprived of that opportunity by the disposal of all the Shares, he concludes by requesting, 64 that the power of subscribing to t! e extent of fifty Shares may be reserved to the Corporation of Newcastle." A pubic meeting is about to be convened at Carlislewith a view to forward the measure,—so that all' parties uniting with cordiality, this very important undertaking is sure of being accomplished. And we venture to offer it as our fixed opinion, that its accomplishment will tend as much to the profit of the adventurer, as to the advantage of the public.—(Newcastle-upon-Tyne; • May 3 )  Howard, the man who stands charged with having, in conjunction with- another, passed a 5001. note, the property ofliessrs.Snow and Paul,'  . . bankers, in the Strand, appeared yesterday at the Mansion-house, to put in bail for his appearance at the next Lincoln Assizes, and the Solicitor for  the prosecution being satisfied with the parties offering themselves, he was admitted to bail, him' self in 2001. and tvio sureties in 1001. each.  Su'clDE.—A young man, foreman to Messrs. PAYNE and SIMMON, cutlers, of High-street, Borough, last night committed suicide, by stl" pending himself to the bed-post. It appears thi'e he had attended the funeral of 8 near relative tp the afternoon, whose death it is supposed preyett on his mind ; for immediately on returning borne in the evening, he retired to his room, where be' put an end to his existence.  Last week as a man of Polperro Was fishing near the Canuis Rock, on hauling up his line, lw found a keg of spirits attached to it ; continuing his new sort of fishery, he took on board upwards of forty kegsr-, and carried them to Fowey Costom-house, for which he will he handsomely. rewarded.----(Pfpnonth Journal.)
The Sun. — 1825-01-18 (London, England)

EDMUND KEAN. (Address—R. A. Cox, Esq. Wellingtonstreet, Waterloo Bridge, London.)  According to an article from Dresden, it appears that, during the Session of the Saxon Diet, which has just closed, the expellee of the army is diminished 60,000 dollars, but the augmentation in the votes to public libraries, schools, and poor-houses, has left the amount of the annual expenditure nearly the same. It appears by the Bills of Mortality of Vienna for 1824, that the number of Births was - - 12.986 Deaths - 10,537  Excess of Births - - - - - 2,449 This chews that the number of births exceeded by 228 that of 111.33, and the number of deaths was 623 less. Among the deaths no suicides are mentioned ; they may perhaps be included in the casualties, which arc 116. _ _  Dispatchei were yesterday received at the Colonial Office from Sir FRED ERIC Ao.in, Lord High Commissioner at Corfu, dated the 26th of November, from the Marquis of HASTINGS, at Malta, dated the 7th of December; and from the Earl of CHATHAM, at Gibraltar, dated the 30th of December ; but none of these dispatches contain any intelligence of public importance. The Colombian, CHAPM AN, arrived at Milford, spoke on the 2d inst. a Portuguese squadron of two frigates, a brig, and a corvette, cruising off Cape St. Vincent. An Algerine frigate was said to have passed the Straits of Gibralt r, and the squadron was'on the look out for it. The Aurora, from Bombay to London, was spoken with on the 4th inst. in lat. 37. N. long. 29. W.,- out 120 days. A letter from Vienna of the 4th inst. received yesterday, states—" In consequence of intelligence that the Turks had complied with all the conditions required by the Russian Government, the Russian. Ambassador has delivered his credentials, was very favourably received, and perfect harmony between the two Courts is now understood to be restored. The effect of this reconciliation on the fate of the Greeks remains to be ascertained. The Ambassador was most graciously received. It is said that England has now disclaimed all further interference in the affairs of Greece and Turkey, which are to be placed for the future under the guidance of Austria and Russia. The Blossom, 24, has again been put into commission at Woolwich, by Captain 11. W. BEEcnEy. This enterprising and intelligent Officer has been selected for Cze purpose of makiug a scientific voyage among the numerous Islands in the North and South Pacific Ocean. The ship is to be equipped with stores and every thing requisite for four years; and it is intended that she should proceed to Behring's Straits, in order, if possible, to effect a communication with the expedition which sailed last year under Captain PARRY in the Itecla.  ~~ '~~  pP.7..--, i-k- d r.,(W • ..,f ). 4_,., .A,...,,-• ...--tr 4 = 1-s,E,t--7,-.2R:c•—or.g,sf:c-,:". ksi4 -,* ~ .ir'''' 4.-..4,.W/:''‘,14,,f.44: 4.'`\' 0" , • 44' ...t. L i 1 Ca -4412.1,V . 'IZY
The Sun. — 1825-04-11 (London, England)

NALITICUS.  Taunton, 28th March, 1825.  Duti.PitsvittiTED.—Satiirday mornin,g;,betwoon five and Aix o'clock, as a party of the road patrol were coming oir fluty at their station near Clapham-Common, they observed tour ceriages draw up, froal which several gentlemen descended, and immediately walked to a retired part of the common. The petrol, suspecting that thcy_were about to proceed to hostilities, directly followed them, and on coming up, one of the gentleMen appeared to be measuring the ground, whilst another was engaged in loading a case of pistols. The conductor of the patrol on perceivin!, these insignia of warfare, jumped over the. wall which divided him from the combatants, and, in the King's name, charged them to desist. One of the principals (as he proved to be; questioned the officer's authority, when thedatter produced his staff, and giving a pre.concerted signal, the remainder of the patrol jump e.l in, and the four persons actually concerned, namely, the principals and seconds, were taken into custody, and were subsaqa;ently bound over to keep the peace, -before George Harrison, Esq. a Magistrate of the County. The •rinzipala were, T. Fetherstone, Esq. and Capt. Lawrence, R.N. The former seconded by Mr. T. Irvine, the latter by • Major Jones, of the East India Company's service.—(Morning • Part!. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE• - Yesterday morning, about half past six o'clock, a waterman named Peek, of Waterloo-'bridge, bed his,attention attracted by a young woman, who, after walking backwards and forwards on the bridge 'in a very melancholy mood, rat-Int:l the balustrades, and precipitated herself into the water. He instantly -made an alarm, and with another waterrnan named Fitzgerald, proended to her assistance in their boats. They commenced dragging for the bode, and in about tan minutes succeeded. in getting her oat of the water, in a .tote of insensibility, but 1),:;, proper remedies being resorted to she was soon recovered, wheat she cried very Match and said, that she had been driven to the . rash attempt upon match, life through extreme distreas, and Shu would rather die that' live, as life had heeome a burden td•lier.: She stated, that sl:e'liaed in Druryaane, where she had a thflii which she was una'ole to support. The waterinanwPWK, 'hamanely accompanied her -home, and delivered her' to her, , another, a poor aged woman, who was excessively overcome; by , grief when informed of her daughter's rash determinatio4.anti• she was left tinder her care in a weak condition. y• A. circular has been received at, the different. Police Offices of the. Metropolis, from the Secretary of the Home Department, orde:irg a return of the number aof persons aim-, initted as vagrants for the last 12 months from their respective establishments.; ankalso a specification.of the different crimes, the perpetration of which has made them amenable to the penalties of the Vagrant Att. • .Nire understand these returns have -been ordered preparatory to some contemplated alteration in the ~present Act.
The Sun. — 1825-01-13 (London, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE.--An Inquest was yesterday taken at the Plough public-house, Kentish-town, on View of the body of Alexander Taylor, aged 48, late of the lion. East India Company's civil service, who put a period to his existence on Monday last. Mrs. Martha Power, maternal aunt to the deceased, stated, that about four months ago he returned home from Madras, where he had spent several years in the Company's service as an engineer, and by his industry had realized considerable sums of money, which he placed in the handS of a 31r. maa.,„ a boot h mo,ch an t at _Madras. to be vested in the name of the deceased, in British stock securities, purPoffiVat. the expi.rption of_ the term of his last engagement to Come over to his native country. It appeared, however, that the person to whom those deposits were intrusted for remittance to England, had converted them to his own use, together with monies belonging to many other persons attached to the same service; and, -fearful of detection, sold off his effects, and fled to America. —This circumstance hastened the departure of deceased for his native country, where. on arrival, he found himself nearly as poor as when he quitted it. An eminent physician who attended him through a lingering illness, advised a constant change of society and scene. During the last two months he had been to Brighton, Cowes, and Southampton, on visits to various friends. On Sunday he came from town by one of the stages.. Ile then looked rather better than he had done for some time before, but his spirits were evidently forced and unnatural. When the servant knocked at the door to call him to breakfast on Monday morning- she received no answer, and thinking him asleep, did not repeat the knocking. About 12 o'clock witness went up to him to arouse him, but still no answer was returned. The door was bolted inside; and this circumstance, together with the lateness of the hour, excited suspicion in witnesses mind, and she, with the servant's assistance, forced open the door. and n entering the apartment she was shocked to see the d•xeas d lying half out of bed, and the floor and bed clothes literally drenched with blood. Witness fainted, and was borne out of the room, and could tell nothing further about the matter. Mr. James Ewart, surgeon, examined the body of the deceased on Monday, about noon; it was then quite cold, and no human effort could have restored life. There were three cuts in the throat made with a pen-knife. Mary Ramsay, servant etdhi e i nce, on deceased;when' he rang forto ilalsrvsfn eP_oglv,iesrs„ to bse take his the night previous, said—" This bottle is out, but I shall not want another." lie appeared very melancholy when he wished her good night, on shutting the door. The Jury expressed themselves perfectly satisfied as to the fact of insanity, and returned as their verdict observed, medicine, —" That the deceased committed suicide whilst in a state of mental derangement."
The Sun. — 1825-06-28 (London, England)

CORONERS' INQUELTS.  SUICIDE. On Saturday afternoon an Inquest was held at the Rodney's Head, Rodney-street, Pentonvine, before THOMAS STIRLING, Esq. on view of the body of 111 r. James Finli, a Jew, who lodged at No. 16, Johnstreet, Pentonville. Previously to the arrival of the Cot'oner, the Clerk proceeded to take down the evidence of the witnesses before the Jury were sworn. The Gentlemen summoned to attend as Jurors observed, that such a proceeding was improper, because it was giving them an ex parte view of the case, before they were legally sworn to hear the evidence.— The Clerk said that it was done to expedite the business by the time the Coroner arrived. The Jury, however, persisted in their opinion, and the clerk desisted.--By the evidence adduced, it appeared that the deceased had gone up stairs to his bed-room between 11 and 12 o'clock, and shortly aftenvards the bedroom, rooi3ell was heard to ring violently. The servant maid and her mistress went up stairs, but found the door fast. They immediately gave an alarm—the mistress shrieking wildly at the door till the watchman arrived. The watchman broke the panel of the bed-room door, and putting his hand\ through, he undid the bolts. On entering the room, a most shocking spectacle presented itself ; they found the deceased lying on the bed with his throat dreadfully cut across, so much so, that the head was nearly severed from the body. It appeared that he had commenced cutting his throat with a razor while standing before the dressing-glass ; from thence he had walked round to the bedside, and thrown himself on the bed. The blood had rushed so impetuously from the wound, that it extinguished the candle, which was found standing on the bed, allover blood. In his fall he must have caught hold of the bell-rope; for it was found grasped in his hand, which occasioned the violent ringing.— A lady, residing at Nortonfalgate, who had known the deceased for several years, said that he had dined with her on Friday, when he complained much of his head. She had frequently observed, for some time past, that his mind was much affected. He had failed in business about ten 'months ago, and ,that circumstance had since preyed upon his mind. He was a: general merchant in the city. The Coroner observed, that from all the circumstances it appeared the deceased had committed the rash act under the momentary impulse of aberration of mind. There was a striking similarity between his case and that of the late lamented Sir Samuel Romilly, who, on hearing his niece coming up the stairs, went and bolted the door: The deceased seemed to have taken the same precautions. The Jury returned-a verdict of " Insanity."  LON DON MA It KETs.
The Sun. — 1825-07-09 (London, England)

SUICIDE AT BRISTOL.-On Thursday last an Inquest was held at the King's Arms public. house, in Paul-street, Kingsdown, on view of the body of Mrs. Eleanor the wife of a retired Major in the Army. It appeared by the evidence, that between one and two o'clock on Tuesday last, the deceased and her husband had been out walk. ing, and on their return to their house in Paul-street, through Clarence-place, it began to rain, when deceased requested her husband to go on for an umbrella. Ile did so; but on reaching Paul-street he looked back, and missed his wife. Application was made to the Police, andin consequence several persons were employed in search for deceased ; but no information respecting her was obtained until early of Wednesday morning, when her bonnet, veil, pelisse, and gloves were found 00 the bank of the Avon, near Avon-street, Saint Philip's, and a few hours afterwards the body was found in the river. Other evidence was adduced as to the state of deceased's mind, previously to the fatal act; and it was satisfactorily proved, that since January last, she had manifested strong symptoms of " religious mania." She was described by a gentleman, a relative of the family, as weak in mind,—without self possession—afraid ofeverybody and even of her own shadow. She would frequently say that she was not good enough to exist in the world,—that the Almighty was displeased with her,—and she ought not to live for that reason.—Upon one particular occasion site asked witness,—" Were you in my condition should you think it right to remain in the world ?" It appeared also that the apprehension of Divine anger had taken such full possession of the unhappy eicly's mind, that she considered 'herself unfit to receive the common necessaries of life; and when any thing extraordinary was on the table, she was " Oct good enough to partake of it." She had previously made two attempts to destroy herself. The Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of " Found Drowned." The deceased was in her 41st year.—(Batii Herald.)  There is a probability that his Royal High. ness the Duke of Sussex will visit Scotland this summer ; but it is thought that he will come in rather a ,private manner.—(Editzburgh Courant.)  par. 1144  loi 23,j 9i . 8 . 4 7 4,  Our German and French Papers have no news of interest. The French Ambassador at Rome had given a splendid fate in honour of the Coronation of
The Sun. — 1871-02-01 (London, England)

GAII.IBETTA, and short are the hours left him for deliberation. He may resign; he may remainin office and disregard the armistice made by the Paris Ministers, carrying on the war as if nothing had happened ; or he may accept the decision of his colleagues, and prepare for a general election. Of these three courses, the last is the only' one that he can justifiably adopt. It would be wrong to resign at the present crisis, for he wields the whole adminiprovincial France, and he ought not sttoraattivaendpoonwetr of the nation to anarchy until an Assembly has been called which will be able to select another governing power. •To carry on the war without regard to the terms made by the Paris Ministers would be a criminal usurpation, unjust to the colleagues with whom he entered upon the work of defence, and unjust to Fral.ce, which is now in a position to pronounce upon its own destinies. So prejudicial is ele?,tionearing and similar political ferment to the prosecutiou of a defensive war, that if the provincial armies were in a position to make head against the invaders, there would at least be two sides t ) the question of M. GAAIBETTA'S rig!it to overrule his colleagues. He might have information which was not at their command, and it would be hard if some combined movement promising success were frustrated, because the Ministers locked up in Paris had agreed to an armistice. There can be no precise rules for war time. But M. GAMBETTA has no information except of disasters, and the movement of h:s armies d;:eoanidshismovementscll ANttr nitzoy;tsh.i the rear. Bei naor ut. hnFeßAuActnn utmost nt ositt hasl3jeßo' spa taf torerdmeye—p itsei dar, diemsu all suicide, indeed, not wholly lost. The blackness of such a position is unrelieved by any gleam of success. It is for the. representatives of the people to decide whether a guerilla warfare to the death shall be carried on in preference to surrender. By attempting 'to decide this question for himself, M. GAMBETTA would commit a flagrant offence and a flagrant blunder. The offence will lie in trampling upon those liberties of which he himself has been one of the most eloquent exponents of modern times ; the blunder would consist in facilitating the return of that despotism which has been got rid of at such a heavy price.