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The Sun. — 1858-09-25 (London, England)

DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY BY DROWNING.- Stock Do. 7p. C. pref. stock. 100 125 128 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 21 Yesterday (Friday) morning, Miss Emma Elizabeth Spaf- 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 101 104 20 Eng•.,Scot., & Aus. Ch all 161 17 xd ford, daughter of Mr. Abraham Spafford, of the firm of 10 Do. Fixed 41 percent. all - - 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 20 9 Peaces, SpaffOrd, and Co., merchants and manufacturers, 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 10 6 ) all 234 241 50 London and County . . 20 27 28 11- Eagle Works, Sheffield, was drowned at her father's resi- Stock Do .41 per cent lOO 101 103 50 London Joint Stock .: .1031 32 re 'deuce Grove-lodge, Hillfoot. Miss Spafford, who is about Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is lOO 100 102 100 London & Westminster. 20 46 47 twenty' years of age, had been subject to fits, and her medical Stock Do. New do., 2d issue lOO - - 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - re 20 Do!new lO - -advisers recommended that every morning she should bathe Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 - a- 100 50 National Bank 25 - In in cold water. Yesterday morning she rose about six Stock Do. 41 per cent (o'clock, and went out of the house towards the river Don. 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua all - 25 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c all 28 29 20 New South Wales 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 38 40 39 81 tie .She did not return, and soon afterwards was found lying in 25; Do. 6 per cent 23 324 331 20 Ottoman Bank all• 181 19 .?9, the water, quite dead. She probably undressed herself for Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25' 63 65 'the purpose of bathing, and was seized with a fit while in 6 per cent. 100 38 43 10 Do. New all - eS all 32 34 d- 'the water. That she committed suicide is out of the ques25 Do. New l7l - lion, as the water is not two feet deep where she was found. is
The Sun. — 1858-12-31 (London, England)

SUICIDE OF A PHYSICIAN AT SOUTHSEA.-Dr Engledue, of Gloucester-house, Southsea, a phy81.eian of considerable eminence and having a very exteneive practice in that neighbourhood, :committed suicide Yesterday morning by swallowing a dose of prussic acid. Dr. Engledue had during the past fortnight been Confined to his residence with symptoms of derange'tient of the liver and other digestive organs, which had Produced great taciturnity even towards his-family and his closest friends, and great depression of spirits. Between -seven and eight o'clock yesterday morning his sister, Who resided with him, heard him moving about in his own Chamber, and upon entering the room found that he had just thrown himself upon his bed, life being then, or soon afterWards, extinct. Dr. Engledue was the younger brother of Captain J. R. Engledue, superintendent of the Peninsular aad Oriental Steam Packet Company's ships at SouthAnipton.  In April of 1856 an audacious burglary was "omitted at the house of Mrs. Humphreys, a widow lady residing at Stamford-hill, by four men in masks. An entrance was effected by digging a hole through the kitchen 1"1,,,..11, when the ruffians proceeded to tie the hands and feet the old lady and hervervant girl, the only inmates of the threatening to murder them, if they spoke. Pro*l'lY-to-the. amount of £1,006 was then carried of. One man was convicted and sentenced to death for the crime, but the others have hitherto chaded detection. " Murder will out however, and so in the present case, for a man named Gibson, one of two caught breaking into the prePlises of Mr. King, Sambrook-court, the other day, has been identified by the servant girl as the burglar who tied her tet t(wethmr. She is enabled to do so from the accident of mask .having -fnilen from his_lace, and__litua , g 13.er -to _see _his face.ltilms3 Ile mad replace 44`inford-Jitrury •
The Sun. — 1858-07-16 (London, England)

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.—The half-yearly general meeting, of thin society was hdd on Thursday,Mr. B. B. Cabbell in the chair. The retort stated that since Jan. last no less than 135,000 perans had bathed in the Serpentine river, awl that tho soosty's boatmen had rescued 13 individuals who had been seized with cramp or be' come exhausted from s besides saving nine other persons who had attemted suicide. The honorary silver medal of the societ)was awarded to the follo,.ving poisons for their extrar.dinarY courage and risk of life in rescuing persons froniveing drowned :—Lieut. E. F. Pollard, R.N , corninati.ng her Maje,ty's gun- .. boat Woodcock, who saved Jccph White, A. 8., of the ,• Fame vessel, „ft Tiger bland, Coton River, on the 25 h f Nov., 1857 ; John Bsrgel A. 8., of the troopship Castle Eden, who saved Dann Driscoll, a boy of the same vessel, at sea, off Cape °norm, 20th Nov., 1357 ; Lieut. G.T. Drake, R.N., of 1? Majesty's ship Calypso who saved Miss Howard, ofliheerpesp, on the Ist of February, 1858 ; George Gre, seaman, who saved a youth named Bootliby in, the, ver Humber, on the 3d ' August, 1857 ; Mr. Henry Mere, an insurance broker, who saved R.Upton in the 010 oyelon Canal, Forestbill, on the 23d of March, 58 : Joseph Hawkins, boatswain of the Peninsular d Oriental Company's steamship Pera, who saved Tinos Stone, a boy of the same vessel, at sea, di Malta, ,Lle 7th of April, 1858 ; Joseph Campbell, clerk, who I,t d Thomas Batey in the River Irthing, near Briimptcfm the 18. h of April, 1858. Alexander MiKirgan, 0; of Portrush, who saved Francis Dimood, labour, in the harbour at Portrush, Ireland, on the 21st a anuary, 18511; and Mr. Anthony Stainers, J.P., whAved Miss Johnson, •; , Miss Croly, and Mr. B. Lloyd at, off Cork, on the 24Hi of April, 1853,
The Sun. — 1858-11-08 (London, England)

SUICIDE ON =MIDLAND RAILWAY.  The subject of the late deliberate suicide on the Midland Railway, near Cheltenham, proves to be a man named Edward Brown, a gardener, who resided with his wife and family at Shurdington, a village in the neighbourhood. He left his home shortly before 8 o'clock on the morning of his death, his family being under the impression that he was  merely going to his garden ; but he did not return  again, and in the course of the day the dreadful intelligence was brought them that he had been cut to pieces on the railway. The third-class train from Birmingham was rather late on Wednesday morning, and on arriving near the Sugar-loaf-bridge, at Churchdown, half-way between Cheltenham and Glocester, where the train was travelling at the rate of 40 miles an hour, the driver saw the deceased totter down the embankment on the Glocester side of the bridge, and deliberately walk to the rails along which the train was approaching. He then placed himself face downwards upon the metals, his chest resting upon the rails, and in this position the engine and carriages passed over him, his body literally cut in two, his head dashed to pieces, and an arm cut off. The train was distant about 100 yards from the deceased when he was first seen by the engine-driver, while the act itself was observed by an old man, named Paul, who was watching the train from the Sugar-loaf bridge. Paul did not, however, observe the deceased until he had got down the embankment. It was stated at the inquest (the evidence given at which is comprised in the above) that Brown had been drinking " hard," and lately had evinced symptomg of insanity. John Fox, the engine driver, made the following statement,—" I am an engine driver in the employ of the Midland Railway Company. On Wednesday morning I drove the train which leaves Birmingham at 7.5 and. arrives in Glocester at 10.5. Nothing unusual happened with the train except a little delay. I was behind time about 15 minutes at Cheltenham. Between Cheltenham and Glocester I was going from 40 to 45 miles per hour, which is about the speed allowed, and when I got to the Sugar-loaf bridge at Churchdown, I saw a person step from the embankment at the back of the bridge. I should think I was then about 100 yards from the bridge. I fancied he was in the act of stepping across the line, and I thought he would not have time to get clear of the train. I sounded the whistle immediately, and when I got within about 30 or 40 yards ott him I saw him in the act of lying down across the line. I am satisfied he knew it was a narrow gauge train. I felt the surge of the engine as it passed over the man. I left the fireman in charge of the engine and went back with the two guards to ascertain what had occurred. The train had passed over the centre of deceased's body. My opinion is that lie deliberately committed suicide." The jury said they were satisfied, from the evidence, that the deceased committed suicide, not being of sound mind. He has left a wife and two children.  .. ti _' - `~~ ._ -- -- - ~  '., ~  -~---~  L iejs-stA
The Sun. — 1858-02-06 (London, England)

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND S►UIUIDS .1N BIRMINGHAM.  Yesterday a man staying at the Clarendon Hotel, Birmingham, attempted to murder a Woman who passed as his wife, and then committed suicide. About a fortnight ago Mr. Harrison, the proprietor of the hotel, received a note dated Northampton, engaging apartments for a man and his wife fora ! week. A front sitting-room and bedroom were set apart for them, and on Friday last they arrived. The man appeared to be between 30 and 40 years of age ; the woman about 20. Mr. Harrison supposed the man to be a commercial traveller. Up to a quarter tO 1 o'clock yestet day they had not quitted their chamber, when a discharge of fire-arms was heard, immediately followed by another, accompanied by shrieks of murder from the landing on which the bedroom of the two persons was stairs door they saw wOonm tahne sstearnvdainotr; rushing up phe partially dressed, blood streaming from wound in her neck. She said, "H: has killed me," and then repeated several • •, jealousy." times the word The man was foundretc bed, appnrently lifeless,_ his rio.hts handied upon the grasping . 1a pistol. A second pistol lay upon the floor. Methcal aid was procured, but , he was insensible, and died in a few moments. It was found that the woman was wounded on the right side of the head, and that the bones had been shattered by the bullet, the ball itself remaining lodged. This was extracted by Mr. Bolton, one of the surgeons of the General Hospital, but it is doubtful whether she can recover. Last evening she was in a very precarious state. According to the woman she was in the act of getting out of bed, when the deceased told her to bft a handkerchief lying in the counterpane. She did so, and discovered two pistols. In some alarm she asked what he meant, when he replied—" Oh, nothing ; but there's one for you and one for me." He added, however, that she need not be afraid, and that she must go to sleep again. She returned to bed, when the deceased snatched up a pistol, and placing it to her head, discharged it. Partia!ly stunned she rushed to the door, saw him put the other pistol to his ear and fall on the bed, where he died. A letter written by the deceased, and found on the dressing table, states that his name is Ebenezer John Harrison, and that his par€nts reside in Derbyshire ; that the young woman was not his wife—a statement. thetruth which she admits—that she is the daUg ht and badrof respectable paren's in Northamptonshire, Le en unfaithful to him.  Vice-Admiral Trohouart 'struck his flag in the Bretagne at Toulon two days back as Commander of the'llieditorranean squadron ; and Vice-Admiral Roniain-Desfosses, his successor,att hoofisit eiciguhniss.fiag in the same vessel three hours after. inopy was accompanied by alue Each me.
The Sun. — 1858-01-15 (London, England)

THE ,SUICIDE OF LIEUT.-COLONEL  JAMES STUART.  Last evening Mr. Bedford, the coroner, an=l a highly-rospectable jury of the loc dity, assembled at the Feathers Tavern, Grosveuor-street West, Eaton-square, to inquire, into the .circumstances attending the melancholy _death of the, late Lieut.Colonel James Stuart, aged 68, who committed sett-derructiou by shooting himself through the head with a pistol, on Sunday morning, the 3d ms,.  Mr. Jul-in Henry Daniels of Halkiu-street West, Belgrave-square, s! at,:d that the deceased was his uncle by marriage, and was a retired lieut.-colonel of her Mijes y's sec vice, having formerly bel inged to the 45th Foot. (There is such an officer according to " Hut's Army Lis!," a retired" lieut.-colonel on half-pay from the 84th Foot.) He had served in the Peninsular war. He had also been in India and suffered severely from the jungle fever caught in Burwah. A piece of bone had recently come awiy from his head, and he laboured of late under a delusion tha people were haunting him to prison him, carrying his belief out to such an extent as to refuse dining with his friends-occasionally. At the suggestion of his relatives he was examined a short time ago by Dr. Sutherland, with the view of ascertaininv whether his eccentricity was such as to require any restraint or confinement at but ho was pronounced to be perfectly harmless. A few months ago he went to the police station awl complained of his imaginary torme i,tor4, thereby leaving no doubt about his mind being affected. During the past summer he had been to Germany for the benefit of his health, and returned considerably improved. Mr. James Laing, jun., son of the eminent gunmaker, Cockspur-street, Charing-cross, deposed to the deceased having purchased the pocket-pistol with which the deed was committed from witness on Saturday, the 2d inst. Wm. Sumner, the butler of the house where deceased had lodged, and his wife and servant girl, as also Dr. Griffith, deposed to the nature of the wound. The latter gentleman further stated that the most extraordinary part of the matter was, that notwithstanding the fact of the ball having gone as it were clean through the head, the deceased showed not the least symptom of pain, and, stranger still, seemed a little conscious at times during the nine days' illness that supervened between the infliction of the wound and deith. Such a circumstance was perhaps unparalleled. Mrs. Sumner stated, that she had heard Colonel Stuart wish that somebody would blow his brains out, but he never threatened to commit suicide. After he had breakfasted on the day of the occurrelic.) he declined to order anything for dinner, as he said, with tears in his eyes, that he was miserable.  After hearing some further evidence, the jiry returned a verdict to the effect that the " deceased gentlewin hal destroyed bitnselt during a state of tewpurary insanity."
The Sun. — 1858-08-10 (London, England)

DAY. extraordinary general meeting of the proprietot3 in to reTPany was held this afternoon. at the London Tavern, at 4 eeive and consider a repot t foom the court of director,:, thereto to decide upon and adopt such metmtres in reference li,Ps the ing might cl"em fit. • The entir wrs taken at, two o'clock by Charl-s Hone, F-q. I,e usual routine busine-- having been transactel, ',Nue n CA/R3IAN called upon the secretary to read the fthe (Erectors, which wrs cs follows : 13;1(Our directors having met the proprietors so recently tiro -c 29th July, hare briefly to repot:: that they have had lbt conferences with the committee of co-operation since res,orltate, the result of which is embodied in the following et lit:e,lfie Committee appointed at the general meeting of tirotott,`„°rs on the 20th of July, having met at the offices of the vfithi'any on the f...2d and Nth ofJtey. rnd haling discussed t%to the directors various propo-itions, for the purpore of th"esting the company .rom its difficulties, it wrs unanith,3, resolved to submit the follow:ng recommendation to ttiAProPrietors at an extrrordluary general m^etirg to 13 Cr:an the 10th of August :1. That it is the cp:nion of this committee that the tpefionErstern steam-ship should t: put up to sete by lq tE4. That it is further the opinion of this committee that 00,ne event of say sum being of red by nrivate cons...act the titjher t should In given to the Court of Directoii t) eccept Thurn as they may think fit." A"c CHAIRMAN moved that the report t 3 adopt-d. 1104PRUSe then ensued, no per: 3n rising t 3: cm d the me A. At length kik PROPRIETOR rose and said it appeared to I 'm that, to the „ne !becalm to agree to such a resolut!on was asking WoPri!tors to commit suicide. ' shall give the result in one late edition.]
The Sun. — 1858-08-10 (London, England)

GREAT EASTERN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANI'.  MEETING THIS DAY. An extraordinary general meeting of the proprietors in this company was held this afternoon, at the London Tavern, to receive and consider a repot t from the court of directors, And to decide upon and adopt such measures in reference = thereto as the meeting might deem fit. The chair was taken at two o'clock by Charles Hone, Esq. The usual routine business having been transacte, The CHAIRMAN called upon the secretary to read the report of the directors, which was as follows : "Your directors having met the proprietors so recently as the 20th July, have Weft.) to report that they have had two conferences with the committee of co-operation since that date, the result of which is embodied in the following report : "The committee appointed at the general meeting of proprietors on the 20th of July, having met at the offices of the company on the 22d and 28th ofJuly, and having diicussel with the directors various propositions, for the purpose tV extricating the company from its difficulties, it was unani, ttiously resolved to submit the fallowing recommendation to the proprietors at an extraordinary general meeting to be lye on the 10th of August : es 1. That it is the -pinion of this committee that the Great Eastern steam-ship should be put up to sale by auction. 2. That it is further the opinion of this committee that in the event of any sum being offered by private contract the -power should be given to the Court of Directors to accept such a sum as they may think fit." The CHAIRMAN moved that the report be adopted. A pause then ensued, no person rising to second the motion. At length A PROPRIETOR rose and said it appeared to him that, to ask the meeting to agree to such a resolution was asking the proprietors to commit suicide. He thought the best thing the meeting could do was to hold on a little longer. Another SHAREHOLDER maid he did not suppo,e the directors really meant to dispose of the vessel in such a reek • less manner as a sale by auction. 3IIA.REHOLDER asked whether there was not a preposition 43 form a new company ? The CHAIRMAN said lie looked upon such a proposition as a perfect absurdity. It was, in fact, a proposal to sell the ship for £90,000. A
The Sun. — 1836-11-04 (London, England)

MIDSHIPMAN EASY.—For genuine humour and drollery of the richest kind, this tribute to " Laughter holding both his sides," would even conjure up a smile on the stern visage of Heraelitus, and change into " wreathed smiles" the tears of the lovely Niobe, had either of them had the good fortune to live in this enlightened age, and to have enjoyed the still higher privilege of reading Captain Marryat's novels. In " Mr. Midshipman Easy," which has just appeared, the Gallant Captain seems to have concentrated all his wit to produce an irresistible coup de reserve, and that it is so its popularity most sufficiently proves. On Saturday last a female, 28 years of age, possessing considerable personal attractions, and respectably dressed, was brought into Guy's Hospital, labouring under the effects of some potent poison, which she had swallowed, with the intention of terminating her existenoe. She was directly attended by the house surgeon, who discovered that she had taken laudanum. The usual antidotes were administered, and by the use of the stomach pump the greater part of the poison was withdrawn, and ultimately she was restored to a state of consciousness, and in a short time became convalescent. From the statement the unfortunate woman gave of herself, it appears that her name is Roselle, and that her parents and family, who reside in one of the western parts of England, arc highly respectable. Several years ago she was inveigled from her parental roof by a deeply-planned artifice, her ruin was ultimately accord. plished by an individual of considerable rank and property, who had been the solo instigator of her being decoyed from home. She had since, until very lately, remained under h's protection, and had borne him several children, some of whom are still living. Within the last two months he had abruptly abandoned her without any provision for her future support, or indeed the means of present existence. She became an inmate of one of those sinks of vice and iniquity in Church-street, Waterloo-road, from which place she was brought to the hospital. She had resided there but a few days, when, disgusted with her wrotahod mode of life, and her feelings harrowed to de aperation by the grief and misery she had brought upon her parents, she resolved on terminating her woes by suicide. She expressed great sorrow at having made such a wicked attempt, and an leaving the hospital, stated that it was her firm determination to return home to her family. Thrilivig the last week two other poor creatures were liPought into St. Thomas's Hospital from William-street, Waterloo-road, having takcn poison with the intention of destroying themselves. They were both fortunately recovered, owing to the contiguity of their residence to the hospital enabling them to receive immediate assistarm they were under twenty wars of age, and had OW tram the country. On twin& sufficiently recovered they were sent home to their friends.
The Sun. — 1836-10-14 (London, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE.---It is our painful duty thi9t week to announce the death of Philip Scholfi eld, Esq., °A' Metham Hall, near Howden. On Tuesday last he been out shooting, and had killed four brace_ of birds, 901; on his return no unusual depression of spiri',,s was observed by the servant, who retired to rest about ten o'clock, ing the deceased in the drawing-room. Early on Wednefr day morning, on the housekeeper en'aering the room, she was appalled by the shocking spectacle of the waste,,,; of the mansion sitting in a ebrAir, quite dead, with gun or fowling-piece betwee-a, nis legs, and a pistol in enel hand, firmly grasped. ;;,e fatal ball had been discharg, 0 from one of the p;.stols, and as it entered near the teml3l4'a his death must !dose been almost instantaneous. He bled profusely when discovered. The deceased was a hie% respectable gentleman, in opulent circumstances, about t years of age, and a bachelor. No particular cause can be assigned for his thus prematurely terminating his existemea He was at Howden fair on Monday, and appeared in spirits ; but he had observed to a friend, about a mOlll,l previous, as we are informed, that he had lived in the 10'r till there was nothing left that afforded him pleasur a, e satisfaction. An inquest was held on Wednesday vigbtre, when a verdict of " Temporary Derangement " was turned.—York Herald. A splendid dish of strawberries was gather-A, within' the last few days, in the garden of Mr. Smith, Fishere York. Many others are now in full bloom, awl the frill'', expected to be ripe in a fortnight. There are some apple trees in the neighbourhood of that city, at present beariter fruit quite ripe, and blossom for another crop. The appears as healthy as if it were the month 01 May Halifax Express. .00010  (