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The Statesman. — 1812-06-04 (London, England)

NQUEST3.—Suicide. An Inquisition was taken on Monday, at the Cock public-house, Evesham-buildings, Somers Town, before G. RonSON, Esq. Coroner for the County of Middlesex, on the body of a Lady resident opposite t!e sak, publichouse, who was found hanging iu her bed-room on the preceding morning. The decease.' was a Lady of great respectability% in the neighbourhood, and of middle ago. On the evening previous to her death,l she slept alone, her sister having hen generally with her. On entering her bed-room in the moriug, she was found suspended (IT a. tape, from the cut:ails [rut,. She was full dressed, with a gold- watch by her sidle, and a Bible was lying open ou the bed. It ap- 1 geared that the deceased's. zeal in religion had reduced her to a state of despondency, and to•this was attri, buted the cause of suitjde.—Verdict, llnquisition was taken on Tuesday at the Brown Bear,l Knightsbridge, before A. GELL, Esq. Coroner for Westminster, on the body of Peter Jones), who was I • found drowned 'in the Serpentine River. The de-i ceased was of respectable parents in St. Gearge's rish, and 'he had been out all the preceding night with a party. In order to refresh themselves they repaired to the river at au early hour, and the deceased, who was a good swimmer, had gone twice across, and in attempting to do so a third time, he: suddenly disappeared and was not seen after. The body remained an hour under water.--Yerdict, Ac, cidental Death. .  - D►RING &ROLA nv.--Yesterday morning, between the hobrs of one and five'o'clOck, some robbers made their way into the first floor. of the Two Spies' wiue vaults, the corner of White Hart yard, in Catharine-street,. Strand, and robbed the apartment of a quantity of linen,. &é. The robbers securely effected their escape; after having wrenched off a semi-circular piece of wood with iron spikes, and torn away a kind of wooden pent-house, neer the first floor window. The singularity of this robbery is heightened by the circumstance that the watchlnan's stand is under the very window through which the robbers had effected their entrance and escape.  SECOND ED:I'ION  ST iTESMAN OFFICE, TiVO O
The Statesman. — 1818-08-19 (London, England)

SUICIDE THROUGH FEAR.  On Thursday last, Mr. Abbot, bricklayer, in Leather-lane, had a 101. and four 11. Bank notes,' together with a sisteettth of • lottery ticket, stolen nut of his desk, and suspicion falling on Mary Moreau, his maid-servant, about thirty-five years of age, he sent for Edward Read, one of the Hatton-garden officers, and had her taken into custody. Head searched her bones, but nothing was found to lead to a discovery ; and Mr. Abbot, not wishing to pro. secute the unfortunate woman, was satisfied with turning her out of his service, threatening if he could trace the notes to her possession be should prosecute her. On her leaving Mr. Abbot's, she went to lodge with a family who are taking 'care of a horse for a Gentleman, No. 20, Lower Cross-street, Hattongarden. Mr. Abbot had. the ten-pound note stopped at the Bank, and on Monday the note was tendered at the Bank for rayment, of which he re. ceived notice. This coming to the unfortunate wo. man's hearing, it had such an effect on her, through apprehension of being detected, that she was observed by the persons with whom she lodged as if she wee deranged; she was restless all night, did not sleep, and •Rpeared to the woman who slept with her, as if she was starting out of bed. She got up about six o'clock yesterday morning, and went down stairs, having nothing on but her bed-gown, shift, and stockings; and a little aftey seven she was found by the man in the back kitchen hanging by a rope from the top of the door, and the place was so low that she was nearly on her knees; he cut her down, and sent for Mr. Taunton, surgeon, of Hattongarden, who came immediately, but to no purpose, as she seemed to.have beets dead some time.  Mr. Jacobs, of Tottenham.court.road, going on a visit to a friend on Monday evening, at Enfield, iu ■ single.horse chaise, was met by two footpads when within shout a mile from the place of his destination ; one of the villains caught hold of the reins, while the other presenting a pistol to ►Mr. Jacob's breast, demanded -his money. They robbed him of his parse, containing about 101. and his watch, after which the ruffian, cut the harness of the chaise, to prevent an alarm bvieg given, and made their escape across the field.. On Saturday night some 'Plains attempted to rob I a little boy of • handle, in iligh-street, Mary-la. I Boone; bat the little feilow kept bold of it, called 66 Watch," and one of the thieves was taken. A strawberry, measuring five inches and a half in circumference, was lately gathered in the garden lof J. 1. Mann; 'Esq. if Dilelorgis) Montgotneryibire.
The Statesman. — 1818-03-13 (London, England)

ATTIDIPT AT SUICIDE..—A seaman named iire on Tuesday, attempted to pat en end to his etistem by rutting his throat, at Lisettbonse. The unfreiteg nate man, it seems, had lately returned from • Wog voyage, and the day previous to the rash attempt had• received a considerable sem of money. This be was enfortenate enough to lose on his way home to his; family. On entering the boom: he did not menthes his loss, bet in a few minutes retired to the garden, in which there was a pigsty*, and getting into the latter place pulled out a large clasp knife, which he drew across his throat, inflicting a deep wowede ae was about to repeat the cot, when a lad voke..teree passing saw him, and, iostantly leaping °teethe maw seized him by the arm and called loudly fov aseistanothe Medical aid was shortly prorated, aad he is sow ier a fair way of recovery. When restored in neses the wretched man expressed himself eatremely greto•l fel for the preservation of his life. ' •••• DAatna iiOVBERT•..-00 Wednesday night, or early yesterday morning, the Auction.roora of Me. Hindle, of N 0.28, Charicery-laue, was broken inb• by thieves, oho stole nut of the desk, ie the carotin. house, fear silver watches, a dosibleskottonsed silvan chronometer, with handsome enamelled dial jewelled in four baits, three double.bntrnmed silver watches, with duplex escapement, and jewelled its fear boles, `and a quantity of hair-bracelets and neck•cheinp with goldand metal snips. In coneeqeettee of infarmation given of the robbery at Worshap.sreet••l'nlice-nifce, a young man was, yesterday, apprehended by Gleed llteoltperroo suspicious  7 • •  •  The following Plait Caches. Mail Coacher, fie. let est frees the Saracen's Head be, Suow-hill t— • The" UM FIR R, • sew Liverpool Licht Cooker, only ate Mehl am the read, carries Four Insides and Four Ousibles.; seisms evert day al Dee °Vieth, at rives at Livery oil next AfterieN at Rix eTlisek. through Dumont:le, Wootouro, Laildteryi Norhamptae, %Telford, Letterworth, Hinrklev, Athenmer‘ Litchfield Slane, Reply, Newcastle, Kuoitsford, Warring.; toe. anti • Presort.
The Statesman. — 1818-01-16 (London, England)

PLAINTIFF AND DEPRKOAST. lIIWILISALL.-Atiblru Adage, residing in Anti). .street,,,Weetmioner.roed, a venerable Ltidp, tsO Ivor, ,01,2tg0, lottilly blind, charged her ems% Mr. Maw of musical celebrity (also blind), aged Mr. ~I,lwile;, Surgeon awoken of wit, with nandaltinif her. Axis. Adams stated, that ;on the litth-laksbuit ache gaol to tbeilmaskse of. her eon, No. 44 Weicaplatte, Lambeth, to ,see ,fites, wbaso some words. stern between her . e,jid big, end Mr. Harley violently )es• -witted her, 04 titiklear son is pettiest*, kielted.her. Mr. Adems,steted, that be had sot seen Ws mother . these five years (he .waX born blind), of rattier, that he bad not visited nor been visited -by hisliotberder. let that period, in coosequeacte of mew patt of tier' cendest,which he did not approve. bettirbiell le would not be proper to develop .in eptibiittCsett. .0n the evening in questiort, she smarter Its trump he requested her to lease it, Andalsesefootd.' Hesoek hold of out arm, anti Mr. Harley of, its* other, and coll. ducted her to the doer,. mid ;paid" wetcluese is see her home safety..--The Defeudents:weire &whirr& IlAsLso,sos4s-nssis. —Thitaday.:* • aorm, et the alaa•Of Pilgrim, ss he inai formerly held no important sittallion la pre reraer of the East India Company, oas thargid Wide rob hi, lodgings in ,Linsidler,stnret, Otfatol.mitchet, of 111Mallf f. ides of bedding,. sc., the property of g rt. •! It appeared that the Prliunir had pledged she unitise nagesertlied at carious pawnisoketo, and 'he bad *ld some 11611."41 cotes. It Ptaiett that the. Answer had acted dirkaiddir.thlldi the most abject disiren, his wife a,nd children not haripen riff,* • of abating their bootee. tt Will tso Wart anolkda waillateal ;Sat and of his wretched ettitdrra tias-1M0M444 4100 to ihe .parish is ork bwise for issierrnens .no- rho gamete ,liod,lbot memmaf burying it; u 4 the child had laid empg text,,lte the kook'. TlW'wriltrhiff-artra, en tblaarappe+lieNdal • soured to commit suicide. On Mr. Joan, in IMIPolf..Of. at. Georp'sl/4 informing binnof the "atom lig hi& iskit,..iseyetiyal to a eapboard. took .004 Azar, and dee* it actors Ins Want- Tit Meter seized kit Mn. *Si whit Ids ilk. •Tkeer, Acmes .the, throat,.obials /Moira sit iwl.ii/.4Mdre Ittnec. dirtressiog cit:culatices the parties Wereitstiles)rant.e!gteno -hirthe pt teed f ' lakes provi4od thekretlitiorr terwory Mfarmatiod wkereilmiatetitlbsisould be gatiroalt, &(W 141 tbe•Oflice,to do so. • The Pelsoser. was .aann Alter Write taiiiioV. Wei/Mined that he'llid apebeiti au ITE by *VIE isiCiaptie4 it *Pits Miteset . ate Mfictio,k4fd• . • • -.ISVEMP=Mair CfnitAbElalS 1449. Wednesday sight a nyiescwatt nth! A gorgeit.sseee: air Skill-or the ,Aid y Peter .I;44‘i • .of :Csbralantritiner..a**4l•4 massif. Ititpieorear a few days fps the sect. pion lOW the beat stIV: th elleelleot *ben IM taffeta& drop ell w TIM bear Attaic essiortelf- raid Oa - ne,ionel OD eldersy. map, aint salibitespe-ad• 4bg the itipinnisa af a •• - t _ - 0.
The Statesman. — 1818-08-20 (London, England)

CASE.  Abost three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, a respectable looking man, abuts, 45 years of age, went into the shop of Al r.Jacnes Ripley, a barber, residing in Portland-road, and waiting until he found the barber alone, he took his neckerchief from his neck, opened his shirt collar, and sat down on the chair as if to be abased ; whilst the bather stood over him with his razor in his hand ready to begin the opera. tints, the stranger interrupted him, and pulling nut a handful of Bank notes, he thus addressed the barber : —" See these notes, there is as much here as will make you comfortable for life, to me they are useless ; you have a family to provide for, I have no persost living to look to, or that cares for me; do not be alarmed at what I am going to propose to you, you run no danger, and will have nothing to account tor; I am sweaty of life, and do not wish to commit suicide, and if my body he buried in the cross.ruads.; I do riot care; take your razor, be not afraid, and whilst lam reading the Paper cot my threat. Do not start, give itie alarm anti say I did it. Here, first go and conceal these notes: do not tremble, he resolute. To save you blaine, go get rue a sheet of paper, pets, and ink, As it I wanted to write a letter, and 1 will write on it that I came into your shop wilts the determined purpose of cutting my own throat : this will be found in my pocket,• and will consequently clear y ou."— The poor barber was pa. inc •truck 41111 couki not spe4k; he ran out to call a Iconstable and gve the alarm, its the meals time his strutge vssitor departed, and .t. 43 has nut since beets heard auf.
The Statesman. — 1818-11-25 (London, England)

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—Monday night, a person named T. Turner, residing at a coffee-shop, in Wells-street, Cavendish-square, made a most dreadful attempt on his own life. He went up to the second floor, and therewith some sharp instrument cut his throat almost from ear to ear; he then opened the window, and having dragged his body through with difficulty, hegarea spring and fell to the bottom. In his descent he struck some of the area railings, which tore his abdomen, and inflicted an incision on the side, and he then fell on the water butt in the aces. Notwithstanding all the contusions he received, the poor wretch was net killed. He was taken to the Middles,: Hospital, where be was dressed. and put to bed, but from the complicated nature of his wounds, he is not expected to recover. He', is 42 years old, and, it is said, has been deranged for some time.  SUDDILN Daastr.-0a Monday last, Cherie. Cutforob, Esq. late Consul-General at Gibraltar, accompanied by his son, called on Mr. Curtis, tba eminent Aurist, of Soho-square, to conselt him about his heating. While waiting to see him, he amused himself with a book; is the act of reading it, be was seized with an apoplectic fit, and expired almost instantly, even before Mr. C. could get out of an adjoining room to him. Ue had written two or three letters before he came out, and had made an engagement with his wife to accompany her in his carriage, on his return. A Coroner's Inquest sat on the body yesterday afternoon, and returned a verdict—Died by the Visitation of God. ATTIIIPT AT SUICIDZ:-..Mr. Varney, who keeps an eating-house in Newcastle.etreet, Strand, made a desperate attempt on his life a few days ago. He was carving a joint of meat at the wirnlow in his shop, when he suddenly applied the airing-knife to his OA under the left ear, and indicted a most dread. ful wound on the side of his throat. One of the servants was standing near st the time, and on tee* the blood iota down. the knife and op the counter, was so overcome that he could render his master no assistesce, but gave a !toed shriek and rid Rosy.— Mrs. Varney and ethers found the unfortunate man lin that coadition • they soot for Mr. Caton, a ger. gees, who dressed the wound, bat pronounced hire to be io great danger. Mr. Varney "main floerisis. leg eireet43ll94ol) and lie a ale can be assigned fur the set.  4054 A-4 • 4-kit. I thrtritilleAti- -.
The Statesman. — 1818-09-15 (London, England)

SHOCKING MURDERS 4ND SUICIDE.  --...N.0.- A most melancholy circumstance (wearied on Tuesday evening last, in Southampton, which prodoced considerable sensation in the neighbourhood where it happened. Ann Staden, wife of Edward Stsden, a labourer, in the employ of Messrs. Sionaers, hreweri, in • fit of insanity, strangled her only two children (both fine boys), one seven years of age and the other three _; after which she hung herself on the cellar door. r.• An Inqiiest was held on the following day by Mr.' Cottle, Coroner, on the above bodies, when, after a• long string of evidence, particularly that of the Bergson, who had known her some years, it aces clearly 'proved that the unhappy woman was fregoently in a very low and desponding way. Verdict—Destroyed herself and children in afd of In sanity.. • The above tragical event has excited The deepest Sympathy for the -poor man, FAward Staden. the husband and father; who, on entering the trout door 'otkbis hooey, was the first to discover his eldest child, FodwaVd,:of whom he was very (pod, murdered, Lying tilfislees Corpse on the Door of the passsge. Struck With horror end amazement at this most tlreadfol 'sight, he Lew from the •spot, and met his lodger, Tillott, nt the door, who, seeing him in thicagonised ,state, enquired the cause ; the answer was, " Oh ! Tillott, my dear Kiward is &Rd in the passage. They •called in assistance, and took the body op, stairs, when, en Staden's turning down the °bed. clothesi he saw there his youngest child stretched out a corpse! Then, as a climax to the whole,• his wife, hanging. a corpse, in the cellar bodies were on Friday interred in St. Mary's Churchyard, in three coffins, bat all in one grate, its pre; LL seats of thousands of sorrowful spectators.  I • • Several quarries have been discovered France, of stone suitable for the purposes of Lithography.  , • vity.
The Statesman. — 1818-10-24 (London, England)

CAUTION.—A woman, having the nppearence of a laundress, called, about three o'clock nis Thursday afternoon, at the house of Mr. 'iimmond', 25, M a rchmont-street, Brunswick-,quire, saying she came for the clothes to be mangled ; on which the servant without hesitation gave her a large basket of clot hes, containing sheets, table-cloths, napkins, shifts, shifts, gowns, petticoats, and other articles of wearing apparel, to the amount of 251 , with which she made off, cod has not since been heard uf. The'emlint had been previously with the mangle womitt;to tell her to send for the clothes, whlh she pr4aed to do in half an boor, within which time the;thiet called, and obtained them. Several robberies of a similar nature have•latels been committed in that neighbourhood, sod it is supposed by the same person. DIKRADFUL Stitctoe.—Friday morning a riddle-i aged maw, whose appeatance 'bespoke the diameter of cc reduced tradesman, was found in Hyde Park. with bit threat cut. in a rest frightful manner ; the blood flowed in a stream from the wolinds there sp. peered little signs of remaining life, and he was oarriedby souse paesengeri who diecovered-tha unhappy mess to•Stt George, Hospital,. where he •svas recap 'deed to be'. person of the name crf James Gay, who resided oft Carrington.street, Marfair, and was forrnetly in good circatastences. A short timS age hts,lostbis wife, and was lift with several small children, without sufficient means of support, which hasisterly eedeced•hisW to it stalls of the most delserable despondencys Having espooded all his mosey, and dreiardweery resource, be, resolved to tennis the crime of suicide, and, leave tinier* troobieu his mired 'Was. incapable of bearing. Friday anorning,' with, ttns last two.pence in the world,.he poschased one penwpworth of twilit end a peanywurthoof bread, and hoeing divided it mirestget his childrowq.bo kissed them, and io his mind haling takvo•a sit living leer*, bestidstesied tivthet. Park., iramb with a rater lie cotainitt edthd,ahoe• acid Hd liee none wk,boregsibe least chance of recovery in .tbelioSpitai.  •
The Statesman. — 1818-02-13 (London, England)

NAPOLEON.  Captain Maitland, of the Bellerophon, much to his honour, has gives. a decided and public contradiction to the scandalous and erroneous statements which have appeared in the publicstions devoted to Goverument, reliable to the conduct of Napoleon whilst on board Ike Bellerophon. The political part of the. Edinburgh Annual &wirier abounds with adoptions of the newspaper calumnies and opprobrious epithets heaped upon the illustrious exi:o of St. Helena. Captain hlritland's letter is addressed to the Editor of this Edinburgh Publication, and says : " I must state," says Capt. Maitland, " that Bunaparte•never conducted himself with arrogance whilst he Sias on board the ship I commanderf. lie knew the world too well, and he was aware.keould not have adopted a measure more likely to'clefeat any wish be might have enteitained of being considered as a crowned head; but, in fact, he Dever attempted to elect such respect; and, so• for from its being shown to him, he had tint e'en the honours due to a General Officer paid on his comiti4 onboard the Bel.' lerophoo: any helpers that, could be construed into those due to the former tank he had held, did not originate with me, and certainly were not demanded by him. " I can assert most solemnly, that at no period in my presence (and was the only person in the ship who had direct communication with him, his own people excepted) did he ever threaten to eemmit suicide. It is true, some of his attendant. hinted that he would be guilty of that crime—whether with his concurrence or not, I cannot pretend to say : hot when the question was put to them by me, if he had ever said he would put himself to death, they acknowledged he bed not, and the expression they had construed into that threat was, that he was deter. misted not to go to St. Helena ; and if I may be allowed to judge from the sentiments he expressed on the subject, it avid an act he uever had in contemplation."
The Statesman. — 1818-11-13 (London, England)

PANCRAS, AUDDLRSKI.  k~._  ~~  T We are desired by the Directors of the Pool. de the Perish of St. Pancras • to contradta a statement which appeared ill our' Paper of Thrarsdeti, the Silt inst. (as copied from a Morning Paper as a Police Report at llatton.gartlen), relative to a man of the name of k4in p, who was represented to have attempted an art of suicide by reason of the culpable neglect of the Overseers of that Parish. The Directors finding that the circumstances there related are contrary to the fact', as appears by the subsequent elimination of the man upon an inveoigation instituted by them, have favoured us with the following• statement, as given by the man himself :—Teat he It 'plied to the Overseer, Mr. Cater, for assistance, thine, beiug a stranger, the Overseer very propedretiquired his residence and the particulars of Meijer., that he might first inform himself whether iteViete an object of parochial relief, end desired the magi to come to him again, and he would relieve him if correct; and he was accordingly relieved, end desired to attend before the Committee at the Work-111,04;e for their further direction ; he did do atten.l, end it appears that he had then some work in hand : they gave Mu some further temporary relief, and ht. went sway as. lisfied. Shortly after that, on the day he attempted the rash act, a melaticholy sort of fear came over him in a way he cannot account for, and drove him to a desperation equally unaccountable, whi'ds caused him to make the attempt upon his life. The matt adds, that his statement at the Police-Office, orwhich lie has heard, is altogether misconceived, and that he should be guilty of great ingratitude towards the Overseers and the Parish, were he not to contradict i', and with that view has voluntarily made the following affidavit : " altuoLsiisx TO