The Sun. — 1848-01-11 (London, England)

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE AT THE BULL INN, BISHOPS• GATE.—Last evening Mr. Joseph Payne, the Deputy Coroner, held an inquest at the Bull Inn, Bishopsgate, on the body of John Collard, aged 44, a helper at the above inn. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased had, for several weeks past, been unwell and confined to his bed. Yesterday morning Mrs. Wade, the landlady, on going into his bed-room with some toast and water fir him, was astonished at finding, him hanging to the bedpost. An instant alarm was given, the police were called in, and the deceased was cut down, but life was quite extinct. The deceased had been noticed, of late, to be exceedingly' depressed and low spirited, and it was the opinion of Mrs. Wade that he was not able to earn sufficient to keep himself. .The jury having consulted, they returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity." A letter of the 27th ult. from Algiers states that the submission of Abd-el-Kader was announced there by salvos of cannon. The city was illuminated at night, and the Central Commissary of Police went to the theatre and made known the important event to the audience, who received the intelligence with enthusiastic cheers. The " Marbeillaise." was called for-and sung on the stage, the whole of the audience joining in the chorus.  A correspondent sends us the following :—Sale continued to say he was innocent until ten:o'clock on Sunday night, when he expresses a wish to see the Rev. Ordinary. The Rev. Gentlenian .at Dace proceeded to his cell, when he said, ." He_could, not get God to relieve his wicked soul as he should like," on which the Rev. Gentleman replied—" No i• God will not give peace to the soul of any one of us, unless we speak the truth in all things." Saie•paused for a moment, and then said—" I confess I. did do it... I struck the blow. What INI`Coy has said-is the.truth. It was agreed that .M`Coy should rob Mr.,: Bellchambers, and, if he made any resistance, I was to knock' him down. I had the bolt with me, which was known to Young, but M'Coy .did not know it at the time." Sale then proceeded to say 'that he' had been guilty of a great many other crimes before. After this confession he became exceedingly penitent, and expressed a hope that he should be. forgiven. He then expressed a wish to have one of his handcuffs taken off, on which the Rev. Gentlemen sent for Mr. Cope, and it was agreed that the handcuffs should be removed. At the request of Sale, the Rev. Gentleman write the two letters already alluded te. ' The following letters were written the wretched man's dictation by the Rev. Ordinary " Condemned Cell, Newgate, 20 min. to 11, raw. Jan. 9, 1848. " Dear Father and Mothcr,—Hoping to find you as well as lam at present, considering my unhappy situation, I write this letter to you. I hope my brother William and my sisters mill be good children towards you, and comfort you. When my poor brother Henry has got his liberty* I hope he will be dear to you. Dear mother, I hope you will protect my poor children. I could earnestly beg your prayers for my wicked soul if it were possible. Had I taken your advice and •my father's I. should not have heen here. I pray that the blessed Lord may receive my guilty soul. I have sent you a lock of my hair; a portion of it for my wife. " Your unhappy but affectionate son, ' • ".Mrs. Sale. "