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The Sun. — 1826-12-20 (London, England)

IVO. Newroo was known to be a defaulter early on Friday ; he„. hitl,:tt seems,_ settled his affairs by drafts on his Banker, and retired, as usual, after business to his house, at Hampstead. The drafts were returned unpaid, and some-of the parties who had discovered the circumstance of the forgery, waited on him at his country house for an explanation, and to entreat him not to remain there, but to effect his escape while he was able to do so. Mr. Newman was in the midst of a num,ber offriendu; ,whobad been invited to celebrate the anniversary of his wedding-day ; and the parties were requested by Mr. Newman to wad, as he was at that moment engaged in singing part of a duet with a lady at the piano. forte. As soon as he appeared, the gentlemen intimated their discovery,. and its probable consequences, and urged • him to conic with them, and get out of the way : he, however, declined this, saying he should be down in the City in the morning, and should put every thing to rights. On the parties leaving him, he joined his friends, and finished the evening with them. We • are informed, that in the early part of the night he complained to Mrs. Newman of having had a bustling day in the City, and he seemed disinclined to sleep. Mrs. Newman, on waking in the morning, missed her husband, and in the course of the day the melancholy fact of his having committed suicide in a field, at the back of his house, was discovered. The body was found by some lads, who were playing in the field. It is supposed that he left his bed before daylight, and had shot himself at a very early hour. Ha bad been a man of tolerably extensive dealings, but an inveterate speculator, and that he had suffered latterly some very severe losses, which he had not the philosophy to bear up against, and was imprudent enough to endeavour to make them good by an act which he doubtless intended as a mere temporary resource, in the hope that he could retrieve his cireumstances.—Times.
The Sun. — 1826-12-12 (London, England)

CUMBERLAND'S BRITISH PLAYS.  An unlucky title—like the--telescopes--andft; this reason:— Cumberland, the over-praised dramatist, some few years since edited a collection ofplays, which were so coldly received by the world, that the very fact of their publication,became a secret, except to the ill-fated bookseller, the bookstalls, and the cheesemungere —those never-failing encouragers of unsuccessful intellect. We ourselves, no later than last year, purchased the whole fourteen duodecimos (all for the asks of one Sovereign), and are free to confess that the, universal• discouragement was justified by the trashy character of their contents. With respect to the present collection, it is widely different : the dramas selected are of good odor in the public taste, and being prefaced by some exceedingly pertinent criticisms, will no doubt keSp up their attractiveness. Another advantage is, that all the necessary stage.directionto are given, so that no aspiring !toadies can in future have the slightest excuse for rushing in ou the right bend of the stage, when he should make his entrance on the left. To such a height is this roped for even the minutest theatrical technicalities carried, that the very situations of the Dramatis Persona at the fall of the curtain are marked down. Now this, as Dogberry says, is " moat intolerable and praiseworthy," sod will do►►btless-prevent many a promising tragedian from stabbing himself or his love close by the lamp-lights under the nose of the orchestra, instead of gracefully committing suicide in the hack ground. It was once our good fortune to witness a mistake of this sort during the performance of Othello at Carmarthen. The " murderous Moor," in the excess of his revenge, had brought Desdernona's feather. bed (a very respectable pie►se of ticking belonging to the landlord of the float and Boots in that ever.todre-venerated town), so close to the lamp-lights, that when he was about to smother her, the couch gore way, and the pour lady slipped through, blankets and all, upon the beards, much to the gratification of a crowded and diecorning audience. Now had this promising young tragedian hut purchased a copy of Cumberland's Plays, he would have there found tlat the bed should he placed in the rear of the stage, in whickease,the accident would hare remained unnoticed, and Dedemona, for ought we ran see to the contrary, might just as well have been smothered by the weight of the blankets falling on her, as by the hands of Othello round her threat. We mention this anecdote as a praetical illustration of the value of sock a dramatic Miscellany as the present, which we also presnn►e conscientiously to recommend to the notice of our ►eaders in general.
The Sun. — 1826-09-08 (London, England)

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—On Thursday morning, in Kilkenny, a soldier Of the 65th, now in that garrison, whose name is Quinn, shot himself through the body and heart, and almost instantly expired. The Kilkenny Independent says ..—.‘t It is customary for the Colonel to bring a portion of his regiment each morning, at an early hour, to fire at a target in some of the fields convenient to this 'city. Those who are to go out are apprised of the matter the preneding evening. No notice whatever was given to the deceased, 'Michael Quinn, until about half-past four on Thursday morning. The drill-sergeant, whose name is John Kitchen, made him without either shirt, stockings, or shoes, and gave directions to a corporal named MatheWs, to keep him moving in double. quick to aotautt:utriti'et,wesat'ins:_ttalerr:cao lituttnutuntilit'le:gellelest.iiionleeu' reachedt ohltiimil,t astonishment,utuaiiltell ebiiiealwaltruairneeka.. if he slackened his pace. time,' and to goad him with his bayonet, . leave his pallet .and the barracks by the torporal, in Paloufelithe tlirone*, but tPhoeOtrdQiegruizieflteliftpltilgtiett,bainrrdaigekn unmerited injury offered .ie moved after the erehe contrived to him, not only as the sworn defender lit due h as a corporal, shirtless and Jere . .. quarry, which, is about a yards behind the corporal, cud to delay about ten or twelvee.me. Thecorporal, . to With his musket over his smhodueldeori,stant.'There . , saw hint with the muule of his ..rUon being placed at his right mod his toe in the trigger. u bet:lg Asked by Mathews, breast, whit be was going to do ? he replied,could you left' shoulder. To will know that bitolei"eiesenfroohawitstislyitelo,uiptaslinadkodrbeQealfautititite,al Pr be forced to return about eight o'clock in the morning, into the lour city of Kiikanuy, in the minutely and unsoldier-like garb pop entered his right breast, and passed throne* his M which the military petty tyrant compelled him to leave hie barracks, was art -ordeal which his pride. would not permit him to submit to, and to avoid which: he formed the desperate resolution of putting an end to his existence." The verdict of the Coroner'i 4,1 wa5,...... Ws find that Michael Quinn mine by his death in consequence of his having discharged a bullet through his right side with his musket (the Jurors suppose) in a state of momentary derangement,'---Dublin Morning Repititer.
The Sun. — 1826-10-31 (London, England)

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.--A melancholy instal of self-destruction occurred a few days ago at Helen's. .A young woman, about 20 years of ai became acquainted, at teigh, with a soldier, who duced her, and with whom she afterwards carried an illicit intercourse. The poor creature became pil nant by her paramour, to whom she was seriously tacked. He was sent with a detachment from regiment to St. Helen's. Thither the unfortunate 0 followed him ; but the fellow refused, on her ers there, to renew his connection with her. 'this en behaviour on the part of her lover broke the pork heart, and drove her to despair. She iMmediSy formed a resolution to poison herself. In vain 1 endeavoured to procure a deleterious drug at the a ferent apothecaries' shops in St. Helen's. ResOluti bent, however, upon self-destruction, the wretched male, it is stated, came all the way to this town procure arsenic, with which, having purchased it, 1 returned to St. Helen's. There she went into apt lic-house, called for some ale, put the poison into I jug, and after throwing the paper which had contain the drug under the fire, drank off the poisonous la ture. She immediately quitted the house, with( any person suspecting that she had swallowed poi* In the evening, however, the servant of the hou who had seen the unfortunate woman throw the pose of using it to curl her hairy per under the grate, took up the paper, for the C ni•shment to find written or printed on it the " Poison !" She immediately, communicated to 1 people of the house the suspicions which this d very had raised hi her breast, and a search waS What was her staidly made for the unhappy woman. She was foul soon after, in the privy, in the agonies of death+, in a short time after she expired, a victim to olisPl3( affection and to the wickedness of man.—Glasr+ Courier.
The Sun. — 1826-04-20 (London, England)

MOST LAMENTABLE SUICIDE.  Yesterday evening a Coroner's Inqnest was held on the body of a gentleman of the name of BUZNNAND, belonging to a mercantile house in Liverpool, who cut his throat on Sunday last at the Tavistock Hotel, Covent-Garden where he had resided for upwards of a month. It appeared by the evidence that he bad of late been in a very depressed state of spirits, ()Wing, it was supposed, to some loses, not at all connected with the business of the firm to which he belonged, which is in a very . prosperous state. lie committed the dreadful act soon after the waiter had brouht him his shaving water on Sunday, but survived till the following day. The surgeon whoattendod him said, that be found him quite speechless; but on obtaining pen, ink, and paper, he wrote a letter, of which the following is a copy " I had not the smallest cause for committing this dreadful act. How it happened I know not ; but I must have done it, and on, the easy chair—Llow I came to have an old razor in my hand to stave there really looks suspicious, but to cut my throat it was not likely. Atworks me too much to write—the only thing I can remember is, reviving, and finding myself in my mangled state, I 'went to the bell and rang it once. " .was delirious many times; just at getting out of bed this morning I endeavoured to conquer it, but I suppose; I did not. All this occurs to me even now by piece-meal. Tell Doctor Beaman my only fear is the return of my fever. I will do all I can to facilitate the recovery of my wounds—they are not intended or Tuts. meditated acts of mine. My partners. know roe to be honourable, just, and worthy. Let My friends on this tide' the water. speak. To conclude, I have not an enemy in the world that I know. Are not these considera tions for my regretting my misfortunes, and wishing my return of h'ealth, and most of all my restoration to my family." The waiter and chambermaid described the shocking state of the room when they entered it, in consequence of the deeeitsed. livNi'llergtliinet--his""TenmypollythAelenbetalll. Derangement."
The Sun. — 1826-06-15 (London, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDES.  Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. Sun. Tor, the corth• ner of London, at the Workhouse, in Dunning's Alley, Bishopsgate-street, on view of the body of a poor woman, named Catherine Smith, who put a period to her existence, under the followirI• dreadful and distressing circumstances —Mr, Smith, the hosband of the deceased woman, some years ago, turned her out of doors, and took iu ber steel another woman by whom he has a family. 'l'lw reason Mr. Smith had for Cleserting his wife was left unexnlained. Repeated applications were made to Smith who is a respectable gunsmith, in the Minorieu, both by his wife, ;nu, several of her frientla, fur a suitable maintenance ; but he peremptorily refused to allow her any, and the poor creature was necessitated to procure a miserable existence in the streets, by selling matches; and a wretched hovel in Angel Alley, Bishopsgate-; street, was her abode at night. 'There was, not an atom,of furniture in the room; a large granite stone was the- only thing this poor woman had to sit upon, and a bundle of filthy rags to rest her bones upon at night. Her wretched situation often seemed to affect her feelings, and she has been heard by the neighbours to stamp on the floor, and exclaim, "Oh my cruel husband oh my cruel William, how can yo,u serve your poor wife.so ? She was often observed to tear her hair front her head in a most wild manner on these occasions. •On Monday afternoon, she and another woman came home together, and both went to sleep on the rags in one corner of the room, and, on the Woman opening her eyes, she missed the deceased ; and, looking round the. room, she was horroesstruck at finding her hanging by a handkerchief from a nail'hehind the- door. She caused an immediate al..rtn, and some ,persons came to her assistance, and the poor woman was cut down, but the vital spark had fled int ever.— It appeared that this miserable woman had been in the morning to seek some relief front her•relentless husband ; but he was inexorable, and she was heard to declare that she could no longer stand her wretchedness. The Jury deplored the distressing circumstance, and after some observations on the husband's conduct, returned a verdict of "Insanity." •
The Sun. — 1826-10-26 (London, England)

PRICE 7I).  AFFLICTING CASE OF SUICIDE.  Yesterday the family of WiMara AlmanlE, residing at No. Wethroat, were thrown into the deepest anguith, in consequen of Mr. Alinanle having fallen by his own hand. Tuesday night he retired to his bed at the usual hour, apparently in good health, and yesterday n►orning, about 8 o'clock, the servant went up lo his chamber door to call hi►n, but receiving no answer, knockrd again, thinking that her master had fallen into a dote( but receiving no answer to the second knock, she mentioned it to Neater Almanli, and both he and his sister proceeded to the bed-chamber, when, shocking to relate, the children discovered their unhappy parent hanging by the ntekkerchief to the bed-post, and quite dead. Surgical ,aid was instantly sent for, but the vital spat k had fled. THE INQUERS .  Yesterday evening, the Inquest on ilk. Alinatili was held, when the following witnesses were examined : Mr. G. W. Almanlii, inn to the deceased—On Timothy morning last, about eight o'clock, he vrat in bed, when he heard his sister scream out, he instantly got up, and on entering hit father's hed-room, he was horror struck at discovering his unhappy parent stispatuled from the bed-past by a silk handkerchief 7,, his *tato. was writ ktottrint; to hold him up. Witness instantly 00114 handkerchief, ad, leaving the deceased on the besl, rushes!. met Anpj fetched Mr. Edgingtan, $ Medical gentleman, who resorted to every means to restore animatiotto brit in vain. Coamtra—Pray, when did you last see your father alive? Witness—On Sunday last. Coßoska—How did he then appear in his mind? Witness--Very low spirited. Juror—Art you aware of any thing that preyed upon the deceased's mind to cause him to commit this dreadful act ?  Witness—l ant not. A medical gentleman, named Burt, said, that Ile attended the doomed lately, in consequence of a nervous attack ; upon which occasion the deceasedge intellects were alfeeted. The Jury returned a verdict of " Insanity." The deceased was forty-eight years of age, and bee left a wife and fantily.  CIRCULATION of the
The Sun. — 1826-01-02 (London, England)

LAWYERS' BEARDR...-..Upori All Soul's-day, in the first year of cueen Elizabeth',► reign, the Judges made an order, which Wit 3 imperatively enforced in all the inns of court, and gave great offence to the lawyers, " That no fellow of these societies should wear a beard above ft fortnight's growth ;•' and another, " that none should wear any sword or buckler, or cause any to be borne afterttim into the town."  D HYDE tit! workmen wr're rriduy empinytd marking out a ring.fenve to inclose the statue of Achilles, in Hyde Park. ' The inclesure is to be about 40 feet from the iron now standing. A path is to be mule round the fence, and the public will see the statue at a Inver distance,-The road or drive Is rapidly advancing. it is to be continued the same breadth to Curnberland-gat:. Sever.il trees which stood in the way were yesterday cut down.  Th.! follove ink remarkable instance of deliberate suicide is recorded of Count de Hoyms, who was ulster of state to the King of Poland, tint had been afterwards disgraced, and confined two yews in the fortress of Konigstein. On the night of the 2lei It,pril, 172t1, he hanged himself with a handkerchief !listened to a hook in the wall, leaving the fol. lowing nose for his two servants t—." Be prudent, melee no noise or alarm; untie the immediately; put we to bed, and then shut the door after you, lir boltiog it when you Ate Mit, whiCh you may do by the help of tine packthread; by this means nobody will know you have hetn in my chamber. The meld wilt, doubtlese, believe 1 died of apoplexy. If you exc., cute my orders discreetly and faithfully, my family will pay you 1,00 ducats upon yuur producing this note to them."3g Miss Ii ooTt. is shortly expected at Bath, having finished her engagements in the North of Englund, where her success has been extraotdinat. y and triumphant. Mips FOOTL: will perform a limited number of nights at the Bath Theatre, where all the dress boxes, are already taken for each night's performance, 'notwithstanding the lady is not yet arrived in that city. Mr. LISTON, while delivering his memorable and regularly encoyed " Sermon" as .3few.reoem, at Drury, do the fipporelte, the other night, was interrupted by sottmof the holyday.roaking " Gods," just Al he WAIN declaring " infatuated wretches I yell all, all go to the Devil !" Raising himself' up with much. burlesque dif,olity, and with ' mock sternness eyeing • the interrupter*, he. exclaimed, with Stentorian lungs—:" Silence silence I 1 say, 've nuiey whistling infatuated wretches ) yell sail, all, 'go to the devil,-1 whistle ye off!" 'the uproarious applause that fol. lowed-this episode may perhops itnegined; the perthrtners themselves were convulsed with laughter. "And yr sou laugh, do ye P" added Liston. MIL ItENCOUGIIN
The Sun. — 1804-11-28 (London, England)

MAYOR. Charged With being concerned, with teve. 'rat others; in a Onspiraey to defraud tradesmen of their goods upon false pretences. The Prisoner did not enter into any Ofence, and was remanded for further examination. The private Watchtnin of 'the Castle and Falcon Inn, Aldersgate.street, was charged before the Sitting Alderman, ac Guildhall, on suspicion, 'of being concerned with some persons who lobbed the Counting,.house of that inn, of bills, notes, 'and cash, to the amount of near 4001. It appeared, they. had got into the warehouse by ,a false key, where they found the key of the Citurifing.house, .tod where they broke open every desk in it, which must have made some noise; as Well as taken time to do it. The watch. • man confessed having been at a rublie.house drink. 41' at the time. I'he Alderman, Said his condua certainly negle&ful, nbut 11e diti,not see reason's front the evidence, to keep hint. in custody, and dis. charged him, on his promising to be forthcoming at any time it wanted. About five fi'cloek on Sunday morning-a stable, erett,.o at the loin of the Brack Wont, in. Lewes, with aatnall tenement attached to it, suddenly gave way at 'the I•l,irthern end, and gradually fell into A heap of ruins, by which an Attillery.driver, seven. teen horses, , n)Ti itr' with his wife, and four children, who occupied the tenement, were placed in the utmost peril of their lives ; hut fortunately, the driver who was on his guard.bed, in the hay. loft, at that part of the building which fii"st though much cut and bruised, was:ahle to give an alarm; that "soon brought Many persons to'the spot, who quickly extricated him, and the affrighted fa. tnily in their blocked.up tenement (whose cries were trust piteous), by digginu them out at the back part of it, and happily before they had suffered any material injury. 'lhe horses were with difficulty, all got out of the ruins alive, except one that was killed by the fall of the miin gittlei, belonging; with nine more, to the Corp* of Artillery:.drivers the other seven belong to Mr. Wtta.ltit, Cammon carrier. 'Had the 'accident happened an:hour or two spoiler, before any persons were stirring, the con. sequenees must have been dreadful. in addition to rite sycce4sful attempts at suicide; during the lair 'week, .a y oung fetn4le, genteelly ha.  bited, was observed to throw hq.Sell into the birvair, in Hyde' Park,. at' dusk, Or. Monday even. Mr. Wm', l'olbey, a grocer at Knight,bridge, W 4 int`ssiog by at the tiine, an.i snatched her from her iinp,.ntiing fate; and she %vas conveyed to the Lodge, v% here surgical aid WAS rendered her. After her reci)v..iy, she descril”d -herself as having left her apArlnleilt3 its .Nlori, tl.4lreet, New RndWith a determination to enlron.lt the, rd,dt cit. eumstonee was eviitctit twin Ole letters four d in her pockets, reteivt..:(l from her faiher at hain.  11/I`lntlay night the ,hour 'ts C'ontletn,in irk SJlter's.ll4ll,e,intrt capnon.btreet; tv‘ii loicittly'en.ere,l by 'thieve, unknown, 'who stole ;art perty to a 'terge 4:nount, with which they eir.tt,ti their est:JFe.
The Sun. — 1804-10-17 (London, England)

XVI. to the Bishop of ARRAS can, therefore, be nothing else but a mere matter of curiosity un the part of this- Prince, if it be teal ; but many thiok it 'one of' the many fabricated in his •narne by the Jacobins of 175 z, and 3793..--:(Afaia. d'.threcdoter.)  On %ruby night Mrs. Hays, a most respeetable old Lady, above So years of age, and who has te:. 'sided above thirty years in her house in Pall. Malt: court, retired to *Chamber, attended by her, servant, about ten o'clock, her usual hour a rest when undresied and put to bed, the servant joined the rest of the servants in the kitchen, white they were at supper.' Mrs. HATYS chaMber was on the attic story, for the benefit of the air, About '-eleven o'clock the servants heard a most dreadful crash and a groan beekwards. On running out, they found their mistress, in her night-gown, fas. toned, by the spikes; having entered her thighs two' inches, above the kneel, to the railing, her back broke, and her skull flaftured in two ‘Aacet. On being carrird into. the house she expired. It appears that the she had been for scime months in a state of childhood, and it is supposed something, as she slept, alarmed lw r, and that site opened the Windt* and threW herself out.  • , The unforitinate'GCntlernan. who shot himself dn Priddy last, in a geld adjoining .the Jew's Hate House, is sLieutenant M.LeAti, of the Royal Noyy. The deceased was yesterday recovised by several Gentleincn, wh2 knew him when on board His Majest);').'Shill Leander, in whiChhe recently arrived id.K.ii,lank4 In the' afternoon the' bOdy was rernoyed trerrit theln6rmary, in the New Road, to rite Undertaker's, in order to be decuntly inter; red. No cause assigned for cdmiditting the suicide.