The Sun. — 1845-09-09 (London, England)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE.  M. Hall, of the firm of W. J. Hall and Co., of the Custom House Quay, waited upon the Lord Mayor for the purpose of making a communic Ilion to his Lordship relative to the suicide of a gentleman on his passage from Hull to London, in a steam-vessel. It appeared from a statement made by Mr. Hall, that on Saturday afternoon, the 6th of September, when the William Darley steam-vessel was on her passage from Hull to the port of London, a gentleman, best cabin passenger, jumped overboard near the Lower Middle Buoy abreast the Shears, and was drowned. The moment Captain Turner saw the unfortunate man in the water he ordered the engine to be stopped and reversed, and the boat to be lowered and manned. The order was instantly obeyed, but all the efforts of the crew were ineffectual. The deceased sunk, and was seen no more. No appeararce of insanity was attached to him as far as those on board had opportunities of ascertaining during the voyage, but he was observed to be exceedingly low-spirited and restless. On Friday night he partook of tea with the rest of the passengers, and he sat in the cabin all night. On Saturday morning he took breakfast alone. At about two o'clock in the afternoon he h..(1 a small bottle of porter and a biscuit, and after the other passengers had dined he (lined by himself on d(ck, and soon after he had finished his meal he committed himself to the waves. He was about five feet eight inches tall, had a round face, appesred to be thirty or thirty-one years of age, and was dressed in a Taglioni coat, light drab trousers, light waistcoat, light neckerchief, and Wellington boots. According to the best of the recollection of Mr. Barrow, the clerk of the William Darby, the deceased had a watch in his pocket at the time he jumped overboard. The following certificate was handed to the Lord Mayor : .  "We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that we were passeng?rs on board the William Darby steamer, Captain William Turner, which left Hull for London on the sth day of September, 1845, and on the 6th, when at sea, near the Lower Middle Buoy, a gentleman, best cabin passenger, jumped overboard and was drowned, and we, to the best of our j sclgrnent, do believe that Captain Turner used every exertion to save him, by lowering and manning a boat, and reversing the engines, bu it was all in vain. (Signed) " E. Pickering, J. Dobson, D. Milner, W. R. Grove, Geo. W. Codd, S. Wride, A pcssenger was booked as Mr. N. Coll, Norwich who was supposed to be the gentleman who drowned him. self, as a box with that name upon it was left on board and had not been claimed. There was also a light leather portmanteau, a coat, and fishing tackle, un• claimed. It was stated that the articl s specified as having been on board without being claimed may be seen for the purpose of identification by application to Messrs. Hall.  H. Edwards F. Edwards, J. Rastram, Richard J. Pears, Wm. Mears Newton  The deceased was said to have destroyed himself just as the other passengers had all moved to the opposite side of the vessel to look at the Gazelle steamer which was rapidly passing along. The LORD MAYOR approved of the course pursued by the captain of the William Darley, in causing the statement to be made public as soon as possible, and in order that the friends of the unfortunate gentleman might be made acquainted with the facts. It was also satisfactory to be assured that every thing that could have beep done by the captain to save the life of the deceased had been done, as was evident from the wording of the certificate.  Mr. Edward Morbleau, an old gentleman of rather eccentric appearance and manners, was charged with drunkenness.  A policeman said, that as he was passing upon his beat, the defendant, who had all the evidences of a hard night's booze upon him, staggered along, and at last made a full stop, and turning round like a dog three or four times, to make himself comfortable, was about to Hump down in the kennel to sleep, when he was taken hold of and shaken. He had his watch in his hand to ascertain, as it was supposed, the exact time he was retiring to his repose. Upon being brought round to some knowledge of the exposed condition of his bed-room, he, instead of expressing any feeling of gratitude for the care that was taken of him, swore that he had been robbed of 51.  The