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The Sun. — 1856-03-18 (London, England)

SUICIDF'S IN PARIS.  An Englishwoman named Henrietta B--, in the service of 'an American family staying at the Hotel da Louvre, on Saturi'ay requested a fellow-servant to procure her a bottle of brandy, and the latter, knowieg that she was amen to drink, did so. But from what Henrietta said on rcoAving it, the other servant suspected that she had seine fatal design, and instead-of going away she stood listening at the door. Presently she heard some faint groans, and she caused the door, which Henrietta had locked, to be forced open. Henrietta was then found lying on the bed, with blood flowing profusely from a deep cut in the throat, arid from the arteries in the arm ; and a rizir stained with blood was near her. • Medical assistance was procured for her, and she was subsequently conveyed to the Hotel-Dieu. The cause'of this ra=h a'.tempt itt• not known.---72'inether attempt at suicide of the satne'kind was also made on Friday. The occupiers of the hence No. 32, Rue Cba,bro!„ at La Chapelle, heard in the morning faint groans and • cries in a room occupied by an elderly mho, a labonrei, named Taut, and on.enteriug it they tound hini lying on MS bed with a deep cut in the throat, and with two cuts in the bud each'arm.' Medical assistancs was procured for him, and he was sent to the Hospital Leriboissiere. He states that as be,was cloning on the bed, some man, whom he did 'not'know, 'came in and inflicted the 'wounds with a razor' which had been lying on the table ; but as it does not appear that the man had any personal enemy, and as besides it was ascertained that no robbery • had been committed in the room, it is supposed that he endeavoured to commit. suicide; but that, failing, ho was asbamud to say go. In addition to the above, three persons committed suicide the same day. A married couple named Francois, hawkers of vegetables,' of the Rue Saintonge, in the Marais, suffocated themselves with the fir Mes of charcoal; they were found lying dead in their bed, clasping each other by the hand. The man was GO years of age, and the Woman 31, and it is supposed that it was misery which caused the fatal act. The third person who corn• mitted suicide was a washerwoman at Bagnolet, who also effected her purpose with charcoal. Her reason was profound sorrow at the death cif her daughter, aged 18, which'took place some months ago ; in her hand she held tightly grasped- a dar,utrreotype portrait of the young woman, and in a letter to her husband she entreated him,to keep the girl's tomb constantly decked with flowers. '  SUBMARINE TELEGNAPII BETTVEg  A V
The Sun. — 1856-04-11 (London, England)

DEATH OF SIRE. 11. LECIIMEEE, BART.—We ( Warcc's, ershire Chronicle) regret to have to record the death of 'Sir Edmund ilungrford Lechmete, the head of the eminent firm of Berwick, Lechmere, and Co., bankers, of this city, Tewesbury, and Upton, which occurred on Wednesday last, from a termination of gout to a vital part. The deceased baronet was in good health up to a few hours previous to the fatal seizure, and on the day before his death was attending to business in Worcester as usual.  SUlClDES.—Yesterday morning a respectable-looking man was found with his throat cut, in the water-closet of the Feathers public-house, Ranelagh-road, He had about ten minutes before called for some porter at the bar, and having left, and remained absent some time, a person was sent to lock for him. He was taken to the Westminster Hospital, but died soon after his admission. Deceased appeared to be about 45 years of nge, but there was nothing to lead to his identification. —A. woman named Mary Regan, aged 50, residing in Prince's street, Drury-lane, also committed suicide yesterday by cutting her throat. She was of intemperate habits, and had been drinking for the last fortnight. Upon examination it was found that she had a knife fu each hand, and cut her throat downwards and horizontally, in the form of a cross. She died soon after her removal to King's College Hospital. GREAT EDUCATIONAL MEETING AT TIALIyAX.-011 Wednesday evening a densely-crowded meeting wiser*. bled in the Oddfellows' Hall, Halifax, convened by the Mayor, on a requisition signed by upwards of 200 inhabitants, to "petition Parliament in favour of a general measure of national education, which shall be subject to local management, and supported by local taxation, and which, at the same time, 8,11, all not impede voluntary efforts in the like direction. Mr. Edward Akroyd, in a vigorous and earnest speech, moved the adoption of the petition, and was supported by Mr. Abbott and Mr. J. Stores Smith. The Rev. W Walters moved an amendment, deprecating all Governmental interference, which was supported by Alderman Crossley, &c. Tue amendment, on a division, was lost by a small majority, and the petition was then adopted, amid loud cheers.
The Sun. — 1856-02-22 (London, England)

ATTEMPTND ,SUICIDE BY LIVERPOOL MERCHANT.  this forenoon, Tthyurtandeaya. —nnTouhnecenmeiegnhtb tehuarth neighbourhood ofof thethe Exchange was thrown into the greatest consternation merchants of this port had made an attempt upon Lis life in the Exchange News-room. Upon inquiry, found it was that the report was too well founded, and that the person who committed the rash act was Mr. William Tatham, of the firm of Messrs. Hill, Tatham, and Co., brokers, Lancasterbuildings. It appears that the unfortunate gentleman went into the water-closet, under the bar of the newsroom about half-past ten o'clock this morning, and shortly afterwards one of the porters going for coals saw blood issuing under the door of the closet. He e tried the the door, but found it fast. He thereupon gav alarm, and Me. Warburton, the master of the room, at once broke open the door, when to his horror he discovered the unfortunate man sitting on the seat with his throat cut. He was riot dead, and medical gentlemen were at once called in. He was kept in a vault under the news-room all day, being too weak to be removed. Upon examination it was found that the wounds were inflicted by a razor, one toeing found on the floor and another in a case on the scat of the clet. At. preSent hour (four p.m.) lie lies in a very precarious state, and no hopes are entertained of his recovery. The melancholy event is said to have been caused by heavy losses, the firm with which he was connected sillfcring severely by the failure of.an extensive soap-boil; ing house here, which suspended, Payment yesterday, and also by a Bristol house in the African trade, which ( also stopped pa3ment yen'erday. He is a young man, most respectably connected, and has only been married a few months. Unbounded sympathy was expressed ) for the unfortunate young man on 'Change, and a very perceptible gloom overhung the countenances of every one.  - , ,
The Sun. — 1856-12-03 (London, England)

SUICIDE AT HIGHGATE CEMETERY.—On Mond  evening, a little before five o'clock, while a labourer, named Collins, was stacking wood at the Highgate Cemetery, ou a portion of the new ground which has been recently enclosed on the right-hand side of Swain'slane, iinraedia.tely adjoining the superintendent's (Mr. Broadbent's) house, he heard the report of fire arms a few yards from him. ...However, he took no particular notice of this, as it is a common practice with Mr. Broadbent, for his own security in so lone a locality, to discharge firearms in the evening, but continued to work until five o'clock, when the bell tolled for all to leave the grounds. He then proceeded towards the gate for the purpose of leaving the cemetery, but in passing down the path close to the spot whence the firearms explosion appeared to have come, he observed a human body, with the head frightfully mutilated. Without delay he informed Mr. Broadbent, who at once proceeded to the spot, and there discovered an exceedingly frightful spec. tacle, as the deceased, who presented the appear. ance of a gentlemanly-attired person, lay on the ground, with the right side of his face and head corn pletely blown away. In his right hand the deceased grasped the stack of a pistol, and the barrel, which had been blown off by the force of the explosion, lay at some distance from the body. Mr. Broadbent immediately sent off to acquaint the police, whe, on examining deceased's clothes minutely, found that he was dressed in dark clothing, and appeared to be a gentleman ; be had a gold ring with a white stone in it on his finger, a serpent ring through which his neckerchief was passed, and a gold pin in his shirt. His linen was masked " Henri Feuhonlet." LADvaarisswinsr.l SIGHT AND }DURING SPECTACLES, POWERFUL TBLESCOPBS, OPERA, RACe,
The Sun. — 1856-12-03 (London, England)

SUICIDE.--A horrible case of suicide was 7111itted Lover Largo on the night of Saturday to t' by Elizabeth White and Janet White, twin sis_ • about 30 years of age, and weavers by occupation. 4,3' committed the deed about eleven p.m., by tying -Nle of their own make to the joists of the loom they Itirou ght at, and then must have tied it round their necks, pit`e were both found hanging in the shop about half it4o4e,leven p.m., by. one of tea neighbours, who went 134 the shop to see what haa hecotrn cf them, dead. twi,lat afternoon they were seen by their, mother to )4,3,..," a rope, which was suppose :I to be t.le same as bite .%„." in this action, and star-d to her that they leave e into the world together, and that they would 41z:tether. The two unfortunate i!irls mere very much. kirPi 4te'l ; and being steady, sober, a !Id industrio ait.% there can be no can,e as yet cdvoi for their corn. tinr? sui *de —Pifcrshire Journal. Qtr. et ClEtihs' PERCIIA HOOPS FOR Lamas.—The the much latitude, or rather citcureere.nce, DOW ladiesn giv'natter of dress, that it is very difficUlt for fashion to e the,Blsread enouuli to their garments vvihout subjecting tav--e to inconveniences not easily overe,etne on narrow bet.°3ents and nbztructed pa,finwe-isar A new and beet, article than wh:ilen•ne or distending the dress has ia IltrOduced. It is A cord nr,de ,:f gutt4a percha, whine(l4 ,8t..0 heavy as whaletiore, is more ible, so that the and `' n tobte,l close to the p,rsen when necessary, tiotia"re!etve elasticity enough to re-rimo its proper posibeeilerri. For the ia. ies' 5a just the thing ► of it earl ho 'enitet by ply Lettish the ends and t‘ %later. There is thf ref •re no springing of the ends 11 ,51qtar re —t f the dress, Gu'ta percha ill one of the most a 134 articles known. We ia:No no don ht that the cord • fct. 071. f,ferred to would make excellent d othes-lines, and bettor Plug ropes for the young ladieg n othing could be °r more desirAble."—New York ben zny Post.
The Sun. — 1856-12-03 (London, England)

SUICIDE.—A horrible case of suicide was ell ornmitted w Lower Largo on the night of Saturday t'aeat by Elizabeth White aud Janet White, twin sis. 46, about 30 years of age, and weavers by occupation. , 6Y committed the deed about eleven p.m.,. by tyhig -1.613 a of their own make to the joists of the loom they Itrr,„ , I,kignt at, and then must have tied it round their necks -"Y welePboth found hanging in the shop about half: Net (.1 by of the neighbours, who went i,,,, - oven p.m., one . ~`Lo the shop to see what haa become, of them, dead. `'ll that afternoon they were seen by their mother to twirl 1,4 a rope, which was supposed to be the same as they ! .4 ed in this fiction, and stated to her that they both ilttpe into the world together, and that they would leave te "Nether. The two unfortunate girls were very much ~,•13Peeted • and being steady, sober, and industrious.coln 'IV6, there can be no cause as yet given for their 411tting r, suicide.—frifeshire Journal s —The ladies 1 . trlvA p-Enoue ROOFS FOR LAME • .0 e air„, the an 60 much latitude, or rather circuMference, uow 1 te. matter of dress, that it is very difficult for fashion iot,l.nto t;l„.(lPread enough to their garments without subjec ', )441 to inconveniences not easily overc-ome on ran., d bettltaenta and obstructed passage-ways. A new an be ' article than whalebone for distending the dross has it 'III iutroduced. It is a cord made of gutty percha, which dress ca 80 heavy as whalebone, is more flexible, so that the 4114' Can be folded close to the person when necessary,. ti 4 Preserve elasticity enough to resume its proper Ty ,Fie% iligain• For the ladies' dresses :his is just the thing i_ hot'f ed n and it can be united by simply putting the ends AN; iWater. There is therefore no springing of the ends tlatf "'ring of the dress, Gin to percha is one of the most 841 articles known,- We have no doubt that the cord for qect,Terred to would make excellent clothes-lines, and better IPPit'g ropes for the young ladies nothing New York Evening Putt.d coul be °l' more desirable."—  'co .10
The Sun. — 1856-12-03 (London, England)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.  DROUGHT AT MORETON-BAY.—At Moreton-bay, Tasmania, there has been great mortality among the horses and cattle, awing to the prolonged dryness of the season and the severity of the weather, which had the effect of withering what little pasturage there was, and impeding the growth of the young herbage. The Grand Duchess Com:tantine of Russia arrived last week at Weimar. The sojourn of this princess has been celebrated at the court by brilliant festive parties. Her Imperial Highness was accompanied by her Highness the Princess Theresa of Saxe-Altenburg, her sister, and her father Duke Joseph of Saxony. to r OXFORD,ecord the Dec. death2.—olft isth the with e vd.e Robertepregret at_h at we haveß .D . History, which melancholy event toot, p itß Beaumont-street, of Christ Church, and Regius Professor ofiacßuceestsleheLis'aastlitcearl. ronoooont,.satfrteeerta very short illness, at hisb reersridorenctbeaitn Tile Debats says• that it was . yia , aide-de-camp to ig3to complement the rtihoeunKciendgtohfe sdaeprdairottnia-re oirfomCaTunutriCnt., ~ The Count is gone to Emperor o: Austria, at RY.—On Monday while a labourer, Egypt with presents for Vtheen evening, a little before jiveking ,clock, wood at the Highgate SUICIDE AT HIGHGATEE Cemetery, on a the right-hand side of Swain'sbeen recently enclosed o. . the superintendent's (Mr. Vo;cem.rno_Ty„.E., named Collins' wpaosrtisotna:of the new ground which has Broadbent's) housez,owever, be took no particular notice andei°l3lefialrndg the report of fire arms a few yards immediatelyfromhim. so lone a locality, to discharge hut continued to work until five sussing,ibnll tolled for all to leave the i as .t is a common practice with Mr. Broadbeut, Ilse then ptoceeded towards the gate for the grounds. . fofioofTeretlahohrcimssk,,:‘ivnniti:u iht3e purpose of leaving the ceeaetery, but in passing down the path close to the spot whence the firearms explosion pe dto have come, he observed a human body, with athpehaeraed frightfully mutilated. Without delay he informed Mr. Broadbent, who at once proceeded to the spot, and there discovered an exceedingly frightful spectaele, as the deceased, who presented the appearof a gentlemanly-attired person, lay on the ;Lend, with the right side of his face and head corn P _ letely blotvn away. In his right hand the deceased grasped the stock of a pistol, and the barrel, which nal been blown off by the force of the explosion, distance from the body. Mr. Broadbent iminediat!ily to be a- he gentleman at some sent off to acquaint the police, who, on examining deceased's clothes minutely, found that dressed in dark clothing, and appeared man ; he had a gold ring with a white. finger, a serpent ring through which passed, and a gold pin in his shirt•" elkiserhuchieeuf viw,sias h;. tno e in it on his marked " Henri Feuhonlet."
The Sun. — 1856-08-18 (London, England)

DISTRESSING SUICIDE.  On Saturday evening Mr. -111. belasaux, coroner for Kent, held an inquest at Canterbury, on the body of Elizabeth Ann Steer, a single woman, i 1 years of age, • who had committed suicide early that morning by hanging herself in the washbouee of her brotber's house. The deceased was to: have been merriel the previous da y to a carabineer of the name of Greaves, but the commanding officer refused to grant leave, and her friends were opposed to it, especially her mother in-law, who had cau el her to leave home in conseque s The de ceasei, it appeared, had previously kept company with a young man named West, and was desirous, for some cause, to leave the country, which she thought to effect by inarriago with Greaves, who was about leaving for Lelia. The poor girl was found hanging, and dead, shortly after a detachment of the carabiueers left the city cm route for India. In her bosom was the following letter, written only a few minutes before committing tee fatal deed." It was addressed to her former sweetheart :—" George, you took great trouble to write to me on Tuesday about my going with Greaves. He was a marl; he will either live or die for me, and I will do so for him. Remember, George, bow you deceived me. Daily and hourly `you sought my ruin ; often did you wish to get me into trouble, but the L trd protected me so far. Your conscience will tell you you was a base, deceitful man, but God never pays debts with money. My life I will forfeit. Pay my dear father and mother what you owe me ; it will help my funeral expenses. You have broken my mind, you seduced me, and God will reward you for it. You will never prosper. Re member these last dying words of one who has been'the dupe of all your lies. My heart aches, my band trembles, and in a few moments I shall be launched into eternity." After a brief consultation, and an address from the coroner, the jury returned a verdict that "The deceased destroyed herself while labouring under temporary insanity."  A
The Sun. — 1856-02-28 (London, England)

CLERICENWELL.—EIizabea Webster, aged 24, miserable-10-.king woman, was placed at the bar on re' =nal, before Mr. Carrie, charged, on her own coulee" anon, with having caused the death of Samuel Webster, her child, aged 11 months. It appeared from the evidence that police-constable Datnond, 175 G, found the prisoner lying asleep in passage of a house in Portpool-lane, Gray's-inn-lane, an up tri waking her up she said, Hold me, I have doe. it." He asked her what she had done, when she .aly pied, " I have killed it I—l have killed my child !” then inquired where it was, when the prisoner state that it was at No. 7, Charles-street, Hatton-garden, where she resided. The prisoner, who was very drunk' was then taken to the station-house ; and upon 10106. for Anderson, of the G division, malting inquiries found that the prisoner did not reside where she stateai He ascertained, however, that in the month of May )4$ she had taken her child, which was then four menthe old, from the St. Andrew's workhouse. She also state(' that her husband had been employed at several priating., establishments, and amongst others on the morniva newspapers. The inspector, who took a great deal of trouble to awertaiu the truth of,the woman's statement," said he had found them all false. The prisoner, Wu° on the first examination appeared to be suffering fr°l an attack of ddirtiwne tremens, was remanded, a'lo since then, as he understood, she had attempted to mintnit suicide. The inspector has continued his Or quiries, and has seen some parties with whom the Pr; saner has been residing for the last four months, bu who stated that they had not seen her with a child dot' ing that period. the Mr. Carrie again remanded the prisoner, to give police time to continue their search.
The Sun. — 1856-01-10 (London, England)

ICHINA.-^A now been revived. By a repert, obtained recently from good authority, it appears that upwards of 70,000 men have been publicly executed in Canton, since the commencement of the Chinese new year, on the 17th of Feb. last. The same authority states the number put to death at Shan-king-fu at 27,000, and about 25,000 at the taking of the fort in Blenheim Reach, and the subsequent capture among the villages thereabout'. I believe, however, that the numbers are very mach understated. I was at Canton in February last ; and visited the rebels at the fort in Blenheim Reach. I want also  to the execution ground at Canton, and it stank worse than half-a-dozen slaughter-houses. The sides of the walls were sprinkled and covered with blood. The clothes and tails" of the unfortunate wretches were lying he heaps, and the ground was covered with clotted and dried cakes of human blood. In many of the villages near Blenheim Fort, and other places adjoining, houses have been erected where suspected or proscribed persons may commit suicide, and thus save their posthumous reputations, and be buried by their Weeds ; and hundreds are said to have gone to there places (where their bodies would be identified), and put an end to their existenceby hanging or taking oPinsl• Many women (probably those who had lost all hopes of support or rafety) have also destroyed themselves. Such things as these show how sad is the state of native society, and how wide-spread is the desolation the insurrection had caused in that province. Its results, so far as one can judge, have been unmitigated evils to the people of both parties. On the 9ih inotant one oft e leaders named Kam Sin was put to death by a lingering punishment—having been cut uqp in 108 pieces. There are three grades of this mode of; execution ; the other two, where the criminal is divided into 24 or 30 pieces, not being considered so disgrace ful. This leader headed the bands which threatened the north of the city last autumn and winter. More than 300 of lesser note were Fame er day,the repose. of the spirits of and en one day last executed. There has been a festival of seven days lately held,. something like the officers and soldiers killed during the contest. monthan A over executedsuis festival,h e One o the most affecting sights oonneet ed with the maiSouls' were ll ter is that of a hundred or more coolie i lounging about the streets waiting for the executions, that they may pounce upon and seize the yet palpils sting bodies, to hurry them a to the pits. I have or • doubt that the number of lives lost on both sides thr.oi ighont the empire since the rebellion commenced is 2,0,01,000.7 •