The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1818-11-11 (London, England)

AFFECTING SUICIDE. Yesterday aft. thou• aii 'korai was held at the Duke of Arlo* public house. Great Wsisilmill.street, St. J ones's, un the body us Sarah Peruse, aged 22, who came to her deal under the fulissuioe inelaocbul) circumstances:— Mr. James I' , of No. 28, Guest Windmill-street, Vat. 11, shag she &crass d was his daughter, mid lodged at a Mawr. Howse oupo-iir it,. owl,. She was addressed by a poem( 10-11 named John Hill, who Is • harness-maker, working at the c..ssier of Shepherd-atm t mot (Word-street, and who lodged 110 II /11101.1.% house. 0.. Sunday three weeks, he bad her am Ise was going to St Atli to pub.. lisp the halms for their marriage She mill • female ()lend to the church to weertain the (art, and the fullownic Sun. day treat het grit. but found that her mane was slut called. She is tut ned h quite melancholy, sod was observed to he in • .Sate of this-rime' from (last day till lb. hour cf her smarm iy Sunday last Ike deceased was with witness another issui her all the day; als.ut the afternoon, Hill came hems, b. aging _with him a young woutau, whom he demi, ii his lanstiada to tell the deceased was bis intended wile; and as a fusilier insult to it,. poor girt, be kept the frmn.e so tea, during which, the arees.ed was in a matt sisz us. frenzy ; witness detained her at his horse till near one u'eliiik in the musing, trying lo soothe her, but to 110 effect. Neat morning Mrs duties, with whom the de. eras. II lodes it. came to • linen and said the kneed some. tints; haul Is .mscurd, as she could not bake her hear when slit called Inn Witness, full of term, tail over; the dour was lucked; 154.1'w-cyst it opra, and instantly ran to the bed; 119 0110 was there, 110 r had it the appeal suer of having beeu slept ill. Thinking that she bast wandered out, be was about 111 retrace his steps, hot as be turned roam, was heir. cur struck to see her hanging by a silk handkerchief from • rail staitist the clipboard. %steins' up a half. that lay ow the table, be cut the body down, and tbeu rasa into the street, out knowing what hr slid. Mr. C. Dixon, of No. 66,122'd00r-street, surgeon, stated, that about ten o'clock on Monday murniug be was called to see the d J. Tbrre was a deep mark round the meek ; the ts.nglie protruded sod was much smiles. The body was quite cold, and she was dead mine hours ; coaseauently he slid out attempt to administer any remedies. Sim bad all hr appearances of a person strangkd. Mr. Jim**, of Nu. 26, Windmill-street, with whom the deceased lodged, deposed, that tube worked at sbee.hinding, and that nts Monday morning some work was sent to leer Stool Mr. l'usey'a, iu Piccadilly. Witness went to call her lint rimiesat uo answee.—Tkiit tritons hese ceolftrood the evidence of Mr. Peewee )—She was • modem, pendent, gond-natured girl, rind mach respected; but lately bee cow duet has been that of a lauatte. Os hems asked by the Jury to give his opinion as to the grallaC of her melancholy, Mr. Juges mid, " 1 have 1141 doubt Intl that rascal of a fellow (Hill) deceived her." The Coroner briefly summed up the evidence; anal the Juicy, through the medium sf Mr. Savage, their Raremost, re. t 'trued the following verdict :—" The dement heaped Aerie,/ he a of InaiMilit, produced, as Site whim isf the Jury, by Hie calmMis, mid they odd, eventual coadoet Id Jolts Hilt"  The house in which the huoband ash' celebrated  JANE SHURE formerly lived, it Can Itme proved by via lease% was Nu. 13, in Lousburd-street. It is supposed the present house of that number is the 1141111 C dwelling, though from the extensive repair. it has undergone at various periods, it has now a mo. dent appearance. SMOKE was a silversmith, and his house has always continued in the occupation of one of 11141 trade till within the last fourteen years, when it came into the hinds of Mr. ALGER, a boottoaker, who is the present occupant. A quarter of a mile race took place yesterday 'Putman:, in St. James's Park, betwten Mr. the ce;rhtatetl runner, and a Lieutenant GILES, ii.:• won by the latter in one minute and Omit k.. •"•i• Tlw rave was very closely contested, and 11,,ivE log it by about Iwo yank. Many bets iv( orpending, considering the watch was only in Ale preceding evening. .poet PHI 11ORSLET, a child about three years and a hail old, the son of Mr. FloasLEY, of (;anonbury-lane, 1.11, :;1011, whom the maid took nut with Isis little rimer, since recovered, in a child's chaise, for so oirit,g, is still missing. Neither are there tiny tidings of the maid. A reward of twenty poutids has In-en offered fur their di.covery. On Saturday evening Mr.