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The Sun. — 1869-03-20 (London, England)

ROMANTIC ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE AND COURAGEOUS CONDUCT OF A GIRL—A very romantic attempt at suicide •Jecurred on Friday et the Duchess of Beaufort's Wood, Stoke Park, near Bristol. A young man of the grade of commercial clerk, named William Derman, had, in company with a young woman, named Ireland, to whom he was paying his addresses, walked out from Bristol to the wood, which is a favourite walk with the residents of that city. Whilst in the wood some disagreement arose, and young Derman left his companion and went away. Finding that, after the lapse of many minutes, he did not return, Miss Ireland went in search of him, and was horrified at finding her lover suspended by his handkerchief from the branch of a tree. As soon as the first shock had passed over, the young woman, with much presence of mind, clambered up the tree, and having no knife of any kind to cut the noose, and being unable to untie the knot, she seized the handkerchief with her teeth, and so far managed to tear it that it became unequal to the young man's weight, and he fell to the ground. Having removed the pressure from his neck, she screamed for assistance, and some labourers who were working in an adjacent field hastened to the spot. The young man was insensible, but a waggonnette was procured, and the rash youth was driven with all speed to the Bristol Royal Infirmary. THE BADDESLEY ENSOR MUDDEIt.—TIIO fOl- is the written statement of Michael Atkins, who, t was Ba d sentencedn s toor death r forat tthhee amt eu r Vder a roufi eiki is Awsisfiez,e sa, Atherstone, on the 11th of December last, but who has since obtained a reprieve:—" I reached my home on the 11th day of December last, 1F:68, about ten minutes after ten o'clock at night, and my dear wife was in bed, and child, and she did light the candle and come down :tairs and let me in ; and on my return to the House I perceived that the gun was not on the nails a:-; it ought to be, and I reached it down, and sat Inc down on a chair that was under the gun. My dear wife was in her night dress, and she had been to thekellar to cut a candle, and she was hanging up the scissors from cutting the candle in the corner that the witness Day said he saw my dear wife in, and I had got the gun in my hands when she did come in the corner, with one hand above that piece of wire that is on the gun, and the other hand below the guard-loop, and my dear wife was in that corner, where, as the witness Day said, he saw her in, when the gun exploded and shot my dear wife. Whether my jacket did catch the hanker of the gun I donot know. I was twist.' the wlitthcr it was that or rot Ido knox ; but it ray skis
The Sun. — 1869-08-31 (London, England)

LORD JUSTICE CLERK PATTON.—A telegram from Scotland states that it is the Lord Justice Clerk's brother, and not the Lord Justice Clerk, who died suddenly at Glenlamond, whilst grouse shooting, on Saturday.  The Daily News advises holiday-makers not to let their travels be longer than their purse. Measure your cloth before you start, and then cut your holiday suit accordingly. Don't go to Italy if you can't afford to get further than Switzerland, and don't go to Switzerland, if you ought to have stopped at Margate, only for the dismal pleasure of &pending the morning in the examination of your bill, and the afternoon in sigiing over its sum total.  There i; no holiday in that. The Alps cannot help a spirit dejected by such sordid consiclerat;ol:s. Forbear to carry `•the ignoble melancholy which springa from pecuniary einbarras.neent " into the placid presence of Nature. A second hiNt is, go where the change will be really a change. Alter toe conditions of your existence for a time. If you live in a crowded society, seek solitary places • if pair ordinary days be spent much in solitude, seek the reasonable companionship of your fellows. We do not mean go to Baden, Spa, Homburg—hells upon earth. There are cheerful places where men congregate without seeking from morning to night to fleece each other. Yet another piece of advice that we would venture to offer is—don't take your work with you. Leave the yoke at home. HOliday time is a time when you may imitate Hylas without incurring his fate. Not only is work done under such circumstances inferior work, but it will injuriously affect the work to be performed when the collar is once more resumed. A month's holiday, like a night's sleep, should not be invaded by any ruder visitor/ §oft 4uciplacid dreams.  Colonel Nagle, the famous Fenian leader, has just committed suicide in America. Nagle left America to join the Brotherhood in Ireland in 1363, and he was connected with the Jacknell expedition. He had been in prison for two years, but was released as a naturalised American. He is supposed to have destroyed himself while in a state of insanity. AN
The Sun. — 1869-08-26 (London, England)

LAW AND POLICE.  SINGULAR CHARGE.—At the Middlesex Sessions, on Wednesday, the extraordinary charge against a medical galvanist, named Brooke, was investigated. It will Le remembered that the defendant was accused of violently beating his little daughter, two Sears old, and galvanising her. The principal witness against the doctor was Lydia Dawes, a young woman who had been in his service, but who left on bad terms with her master and mistress. The testimony of persons living in the house was, however, in the prisoner's favour, and a physician who gave evidence explained that tl.e galvanising apparatus a (add produce marks like bruises. Persons who had been galvanised by Mr. Brooke for various complaints gave Similar evidence, and said they Lad experienced great relief from his treatment. The judge held that there was no ease against the prisoner, but said he had nut interfered eavlkr to allow the defendant the opportunity of vindicating his character. A verdict of not guilty was recorded, ane, in answ.m to a question front the counsel for the prosecution, the judge (Mr. Serjeant Cox) said he did not think the case was one which should have been prosecuted. THE EMBEZZLEMENT OF £l,soo.—At the Middlesex Sessions, on Wednesday, Arthur Johnson, who was charged with embezzlement at the last July sessions, and remanded in order that he might give information to the prosecutor, was brought up for judgment. The prosecutor is a wax chandler at the West-end, and the prisoner, who had been in his service about seven years, had embezzled sums amounting to nearly .£1,500. He expressed great regret, and said he had given all the - information in his power, but restitution was impossible, as he had spent all the money. He was sentenced to five years' penal servitude and appeared to feel his position acutely.  AN HABITUAL CanitNAL.7-At the Thames Police-court, a woman named Hannah San Sauter was charged with breaking four panes of glass, with being drunk, and with attempting to commit suicide. It seems the prisoner has been in custody upwards of 200 times during the last ten :rears, but cannot be brought within the provisions of the Habitual Criminals Act. A constable said she had been in custody twenty-one times since August 1867, and in the last two years she had received 219 days' imprisonment and bard labour ou twenty summary convictions. She had so often attempted to commit suicide that they could not leave her alone a moment, and the attendances of the doctors upon her figured heavily in the police expenses. The magistrates committed her for trial.
The Sun. — 1869-11-04 (London, England)

CRAWFORD, M.P., said there was no toast that could have been proposed which came more nearly home to such a company as that. It was by trade and commerce that those who were there assembled "lived, moved, and had their being." The Bank of England administered an enormous trust with fidelity and success ; and he ventured to say that there were few persons present who would not admit that it had fulfilled its duties to the satisfaction of the community at large. He wished to say one word with regard to the depression under which the country was now labouring. There were those who believed that the country must look to the action of the Legislature for the relief of that distress ;  but ho did not entertain that opinion. The Legislature had freed every man from the incumbrance which formerly existed, and left him at liberty to pursue his enterprises in accordance with what he considered best for himself. They had only to look at what was passing in another country to see what was at the root of the depression of commerce at this moment. There was a time when England was pre-eminent over all countries in consequence of its insular position ; but, owing to the extension of railway and telegraphic communication, and other causes of the same Lind, she had now to engage in competition with the other countries of Europe, and it was from that competition that she was now suffer ing. It was not, however, to the action of the Legislature, and still less to any action on the part of that institution over which he presided, but to their own intelligence and energy, and the use of the means within their own reach, that the people must look to be enabled to compete with the other nations of the earth.  At a tenant-right meeting held at Scotstown, in Mcnaghan, a resolution has been passed declaring the Ulster tenant right a myth and a delusion. SUICIDE OF A Boy.—The coroner has received information that one of the boys on board the trainingship Warspite, off Charlton, has committed suicide by hanging himself in a fit of temper. The lad, who was named George Dodson, aged 15, was admitted by the Marine Society on the 18th ult., and on Wednesday was 'laced in solitary confinement for misconduct, and half an hour afterwards was found hanging by his comforter, quite dead. On the discovery b ing made, there were some signs of insubordination amongst the other boys, and Captain Phipps, the commander, went on shore for the assistance of the police, and order was restored.  A. BAlt
The Sun. — 1869-01-05 (London, England)

CORRESPONDENCE FROM FARM  ..FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)  The Etendard once more takes the trouble to deny a statement by the Nord, that the Imperial Government supported the candidature of Queen Isabella's son. The Emperor, says the semi-official paper, has in nowise departed from his policy of non-intervention in the affairs of Spain. The same journal, adverting to the Convention between Baden and North Germany on the subject of recruiting, announces that the arrangement has no political significance whatever. It is merely to prevent the subjects of the two States from escaping their military obligations. If this be all that is intended, why should not a similar treaty be concluded with the other German States which are not in the Confederation? The Opposition has lost the election in the Manche department caused by the death of M. Ravin. The official candidate gained 17,600 votes against 10,751. It is not a little odd that the official papers have taken to speaking of the Government voters as Conservatives !  There is now no doubt that Count Paiva, Portuguese Ambassador at Berlin, whose death was recently announced, committed suicide.  The Gaulois announces that the health of Count Goltz has so sensibly improved since his return to Berlin that all danger has disappeared. This miraculous change has been brought about by drinking the mineral waters of Solfatara, near Naples. These waters were recently discovered in an old crater of Vesuvius. The late Prussian Ambassador at Paris, like all eminent invalids, is the subject of diverse reports. It was announced the other day that Count von Goltz was rapidly dying. The story of the Gctulois has not on the whole a satisfactory appearance. Patti's appearance in Brussels has been an unprecedented success. The three performances netted respectively £720, £BBO, and £1,120. The Journal Officiel has opened its feuilleton with an account of the trial of Marie Antoinette. When, asks the Temps, is the account of the Duke d'Enghien's trial to appear ?
The Sun. — 1869-04-14 (London, England)

LIVING WITHOUT FOOD.--The Aberystwith Times, in reference to the case of the little girl at Llantihangel-yr-Arth, who is said to have lived since the 10th of October, 1867, without food, says that a committee of respectable men was formed some time ago to inquire into the case, and three gentlemen were requested to watch the girl. These gentlemen, one of whomis a medical student from Llandyssul, another a scholar of St. David's College, Lampeter, and the third a medical assistant, watched the girl continuously from March 22 to April 5, and they state that nothing whatever was given to her during that time. So the story rests,. incredible, it is true, but supported by evidence which it is difficult to disbelieve.  Mr. John Simpson, formerly a reporter on the Nottingham Daily Press, and subsequently sub-editor of the 31anchester Courier, committed suicide on Sunday last. The deceased gentleman hal been about a fortnight in Nottingham, and the last few days lodged at the Oliver Cromwell Inn. It was noticed on Friday that he was depressed in spirits, but on Saturday he assumed his usual gaiety, playing at whist with some of the company in the evening. He retired at midnight, and not making his appearance at the usual hour in the morning the landlord sent his son to call him. The deceased replied that ho was getting up. At one o'clock the landlord became alarmed, as 31r. Simpson had not come down stairs. He then went into his_bedroom and there discovered the unfortunate gentleman dead. In one hand ho held a handkerchief, upon which he had vomited; the other hand was placed under his head. A bottle was found under the bed with the label scratched off. The bottle it is supposed had contained poison, and very little doubt was entertained that 3.1 r. Simpson had committed suicide. The unfortunate gentleman has left a wife and three children.  A NIcE
The Sun. — 1869-04-14 (London, England)

THE GIRL LIVING WITHOUT FOOD. —The Aberystwith Times, in reference to the case of the little girl at Llanfihangel-yr-Arth, who is said to have lived since the 10th of October, 1867, without food, says that a committee of respectable men was formed some time ago to inquire into the case, and three gentlemen were requested to watch the girl. These gentlemen, one of whomis a medical student from Llandyssul, another a scholar of St. David's College, Lampeter, and the third a medical assistant, watched the girl continuously from March 22 to .A_p_ril 5, and they state that nothing whatever was given to her during that time. So the story rests, incredible, it is true, but supported by evidence which it is difficult to disbelieve.  Mr. John Simpson, formerly a reporter on the Nottingham Daily Press, and subsequently sub-editor of tle Manchester Courier, committed suicide on Sunday last, The deceas.d gentleman had been about a fortnight in Nottingham, and the last few days lodged at the Oliver Cromwell Inn. it was noticed on Friday that he was depressed in spirits, but on Saturday he assumed his'usual gaiety, playing at whist with some of the company in the evening. He retired at midnight, and not making his appearance at the usual hour in the morning the landlord sent his son to call him. The deceased replied that he was getting up. At one o'clock the landlord became alarmed, as Mr. Simpson had not come down stairs. He then went into his bedroom and there discovered the unfortunate gentleman dead. In one hand he held a handkerchief, upon which be had vomited; the other hand was placed under his head. A bottle was found under the bed with the label scratched off. The I ottle it is supposed had contained poison, and very little doubt was entertained that Mr. Simpson had committed suicide. The unfortunate gentleman has left a wife and three children.  A
The Sun. — 1869-08-21 (London, England)

OOO.  The Sanitary Commissioners have adjourned their inquiry till the commencement of next year. Owing to the extent of the inquiry, and the immense mass of evidence yet to bo taken, it is not expected that this important inquiry will be concluded till the end of 1870, if so soon.  In the report of the London General Omnibus Company it is stated that tho very encouraging results which attended the use of maize as provender induced the directors to substitute it entirely for oats. During the summer no other grain has been used for the working studs.  Much uneasiness is being felt at Lydney, Wales, on account of the disappearance of a widow lady. She with her daughter attended the late Gloucester Assizes, and has not been seen since. ller daughter has returned, seems to be very excited, and states that she left her mother at Ivy Cottage, Longhope—a house which does not, as far as inquiry can discover, exist.  A man calling himself Wm. Henry Hall charged himself at the Clerkenwell Police-court yesterday as tho Cannon-street murderer, end as the portperator of another at Highgate. About the latter, which ho said had taken place on Saturday, no particulars could be learnt. Of the man himself little was known. It was stated that the man had attempted to commit suicide, and it was plain that he was not sane. The case was remanded. A correspondent of the Church Tones states that when the Bishop of Winchester's eldest son had b.:en in orders one year ho was presented by his father to the rich living of Old Alresford, that the second son was presented to the richest living in the diocese, that the third son, a laymar, was made chancellor of the diocese; and that his son-inlaw and other relations had boon almost equally well provided for.  A working saw-grin& r obtained judgment in the Sheffield County Court on Thursday against his employer for the considerable sum of .C-16 45., the balance of wag due. Tho allegation by which ho sustained his case was that there had been no settlement between kns and his master since 1866, an ho had received being payments on account. At length he pressed for an adjustment of his claims, and was discharged. The defence was that in May, 186 S, there was a settlement, and at that time plaintiff admitted that ho was £6 in defendant's debt. So large a swat as that claimed could not, it was contended, have accrued in so short a time; and further, it was asserted that the claim was made up of discounts deducted from plaintiff's wages according to agreement. Plaintiff, however, insisted that be bad always resisted these deductions, and lii4lfeour g:tve.ltiru i verdict for the full amount ;:utgled.
The Sun. — 1869-08-21 (London, England)

THE BOILER EXPLOSION ON THE THAMES.  Mr. Richards, deputy-coroner, resumed an inquiry on Wednesday, at the Court House, Wellclose•square, Towerhill, touching the deaths of George Charles Evans, the master, and Joseph Williams, the stoker of the steamtug Edward, the boiler of which exploded on the morning of the 11th instant. Evidence having been given as to the finding of Evans's body, Mrs. Sarah Evans, the widow of the deceased captain, deposed to the presentiment felt by her husband that something would happen to him on that day. Her husband was not in pecuniary difficulties at the time of his death, and he had never directly or indirectly threatened to commit suicide. The remarks of her husband as to the presentiment did not appear strange to her. In reply to Mr. Lewis, the witness said her husband and she occasionally " bad a few words." More than once he said, " I'll sleep on board the steanatug." Mr. Lewis asked the witness whether what her husband said was said in consequence of the way in which they lived together. Mrs. Evans, who cried bitterly, said that was her business, and that Mr. Lewis had no right to enter into her domestic affairs. Mr. Merriman asked the witness whether her husband gave her any reason for the presentiment he felt on the day before and the day of his death. Mrs. Evans replied that her husband did not state the reason, but said the boat was " dickey." Thomas Dickson, a Custom-house lighterman, deposed that on the morning of the explosion he was in a boat within eight or nine feet of the steamtug Edward. He saw the deceased then standing on the deck of the tug, lying across the wheel with his arms crossed. Captain Evans was at the time looking anxiously towards the shore. The witness wished the captain "Good Morning," but he did not hear his reply. Captain Evans looked at witness for a moment, and again turned his head towards the shore. The witness then heard a hissing noise—he felt himself a corpse, and thought his wife and children were leaning over him. He had fallen into the water, and was picked up insensible. John Graham, boiler-maker, adhered to his previous statement that the boiler had been tested up to a pressure of 1241 b. to the square inch. He added that he was sorry to have to state that there was no fixed rule as to what amount of pressure a boiler should be worked to which bad been tested to a particular figure. The inquiry was then adjourned.
The Sun. — 1869-09-02 (London, England)

ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—Mary Briant, one of the frail sisterhood, aged 26, who has often been in custody, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with attempting to commit suicide at the Old Gravel-lane swivel bridge over the London Dock, where so many of her class and others have committed suicide. The prisoner was intoxicated and in that state was getting over the rails of the bridge, for the purpose of plunging into the water and ending her wretched life, when she was seen by a police-constable, named John Chappell, 105 K, who dragged her away and after some resistance conveyed her to the station house.  Mr. Benson said there was a mania among the unfortunate women of the district to rush to that dangerous place the swivel bridge, and throw themselves into the water. Ho was sure the prisoner was not in a state to face death, She must have time for penitence in solitude and away from the world. He remanded her for a week to Clerkenwell Prison, where she would be attended by the chaplain of the gaol.  Carlisle Castle, hired troopship, Captain Austin Cooper R.N.R. (Messrs. Green, owners), arrived at Spithead on Tuesday evening with military invalids and time-expired men in military charge of Captain G. C. Slade, 3d battalion Rifle Brigade, and in medical charge of Assistant-Surgeon Robert Lover, R.H.A. She also brought the following passengers :—Mrs. Dickson and two children ; Mr. and Mrs. Owen Snow and child ; Mr. Allen Brawn and four children ; Mr. and Mrs. Veild and two children ; Captain and Mrs. Matson and three children; Colonel and Mrs. Hennessy and two children ; Mrs. Harris and five children ; Miss Frith ; Surgeon and Mrs. Parr and two children ; Mrs. Soady and three children ; Dr. and Mrs. Guthrie, Major and Mrs. Sheffield, Mr. Grant, Mr. C. 11. Oldfield, Mr. C. Thompson, Mr. E. Gordon, Mr. Benzley, and two children, and two children ; and two insane officers. The Carlisle Castle sailed from Calcutta as long as the 27th of March, but a succession of calms and light airs in crossing the Atlantic accounts for the delay which has occurred. At one time no less than 80 sails were counted from the deck, and at another 150 were seen from aloft, these being all becalmed. Mrs Pullen, an Indian tea planter, died on the passage, and was buried at St. Helena ; and the other deaths consisted of three men and one child. The Carlisle Castle embarked an elephant, which Lord Mayo, the Governor-General of India, intended as a present to the Dublin Zoological Gardens, but as soon as the mahout or attendant left the ship the animal began to pine, and, refusing its food, soon died. Invalids were taken on shore yesterday afternoon in the Grinder paddle tug, and sent from Portsmouth by train to the Royal Victoria Military Hospital, after which the Carlisle Castle left for the Thames to discharge her 1;4)001 cargo.