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The Sun. — 1847-06-24 (London, England)

SALE 04. TIM EQUESTRIAN STUDS OF THE MESSRS. Cooaa.—Yesterday the sale by auction of thirtyhorses, mares, and poneys, the property of Mr. T. T. Cooke and Mr. A. Cooke, took place at Cooke's Royal Amphitheatre, Mount-street ; Mr. Fullalove wielding the hammer. There was a numerous attendance of the fanciers of horseflesh ; the pit seats being well filled, and a considerable number •of persons occupying the stage ; the animals being trotted out and exhibited in the arena between the pit andsage. Amongst the parties present were, Mr. Batty, 'die well-known circus proprietor; a Mr. Dambolton, of London, who is said to be in the same line; and a number of horse dealers and proprietors of coaches, ete-, amongst whom may be named Mr. Sufflebottom, of Liverpool; Mr. Richardson, of Salford; Mr. Greenwood, of ofPendletmi ; Mr. Emanuel Brd, tad Mr. zsc. underst Manchester;d Mr. Massey, of Altrincham, ;fetched good prices: that generally the animals and that Mr. Batty was a very considerable purchaser,—so so that " the well-trained trick horses " are not likely forget what they have learned. The whole of the darnrsesssolf the two studs was subsoquently sold, and the wardrobes,adid not close till six o'clock. The extensive ; and vetahree tmoluskets, drums. &c., will be sold to-day not unlikely that, ultimately, the altmphitheatred•it is itself will come to the hammer.—iYlanchester Guardian. SUICIDE OF A LUNATIC IN BETELEM IIosPIT —Tuesday, Mr. William Payne held an inquest in the the hall of Bethlem Hospital, relative to the death o; Sarah Fordend, aged forty-five years, late an inmate, who committed suicide. Alice Crick, head laundrymaid, proved that she had kr own the deceased about .three months, as being an inmate of the above institution, and an occasional assistant in the washing room. ilt) Monday last, shortly before twelve o'clock, witness and the several washerwomen were partaking of luncheon in the laundry, when they suddenly missed the deceased. Witness instantly ran into the:wash-house, and saw the deceased standing on the top of a large copper, which was then filled with boiling water. Witness called to the deceased, but before she could reach her, she jumped into the boiling liquid. Witness oht ained the assistance of another female, but was unable tt get the deceased out, as she resisted, and crouched be rself down En the water. Several men were immetoe diately called in, and the deceased was taken out in ' a •bout two minutes, in a most frightful condition, and veoved to the infirmary. The usual remedies were ap plled, but the injuries were of such an extensive nature tha t she expired at six o'clock the same afternoon. The jury • returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity."  8,250
The Sun. — 1847-10-29 (London, England)

THE APPALLING SUICIDE IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. ANOTHER ACCOUNT.—Yesterday morning, about half-past one o'clock, a most determined case of selfdestruction was committed in St. Paul's Cathedral by Mr. W. Davison, a solicitor, of Bread-street, Cheapside, and 21, Bloornsbury-square. The unfortunate gentleman was well known in the City, and was for a period of thirteen years one of the members of the Common Council for Bread-street Ward. Of late a decided change in his manners had been noticed by his friends, and they were all of opinion that his mind had, from some cause, been slightly impaired, but no one ever imagined that he contemplated selfdestruction. Yesterday morning he left his private residence at the usual hour, and, it is believed, went to the Exchange to transact some private business. From there, it appears, he went to St. Paul's Cathedral, paid the admission money to enter the whispering gallery, and shortly afterwards Thompson, who has charge of the gallery, noticed the unfortunate gentleman climb over the railings that surround the gallery, and deliberately throw himself over. He fell with a crash that completely echoed through the building. Several persons immediately went to his assistance, when they found him nearly lifeless. Without delay they removed him to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, but he expired on the road thither. The surgeons, upon making an examination, found that the right leg was fractured, the ribs forced in, the lower jaw shattered, and the teeth knocked out. The height the deceased fell it is understood was upwards of one hundred and thirty feet. Upon searching the unfortunate deceased a Si. Bank of England note, 51. in gold, and 18s. in silver, were found in his pockets, and also a number of bank bills and other documents. He had also a gold watch and a bunch of keys in his possession. The ring which held the keys together was broken into half a dozen pieces by the force of the fall. One of the vergers was sent to his friends to inform them of the melancholy event.  -
The Sun. — 1847-10-29 (London, England)

THE APPALLING SUICIDE IN  ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. ANOTHER ACCOUNT.—Yesterday morning, about half-past one o'clock, a most determined case of selfdestruction was committed in St. Paul's Cathedral by Mr. W. Davison, a solicitor, of Bread-street, Cheapside, and 21, Bloornsbury-square. The unfortunate gentleman was well known in the City, and was for a period of thirteen years one of the members of the Common Council for Bread-street Ward. Of late a decided change in his manners had been noticed by his friends, and they were all of opinion that his mind had, from some cause, been slightly impaired, but no one ever imagined that he contemplated selfdestruction. Yesterday morning he left his private residence at the usual hour, and, it is believed, went to the Exchange to transact some private business. From there, it appears, he went to St. Paul's Cathedral, paid the admission money to enter the whispering gallery, and shortly afterwards Thompson, who has charge of the gallery, noticed the unfortunate gentleman climb over the railings that surround the gallery, and deliberately throw himself over. He fell with a crash that completely echoed through the building. Several persons immediately went to his assistance, when they found him nearly lifeless. Without delay they removed him to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, but he expired on the road thither. The surgeons, upon making an examination, found that the right leg was fractured, the ribs forced in, the lower jaw shattered, and the teeth knocked out. The height the deceased fell it is understood was upwards of one hundred and thirty feet. Upon searching the unfortunate deceased a 51. Bank of England note, 5/. in gold, and 18s. in silver, were found in his pockets, and also a number of bank bills and other documents. He had also a gold watch and a bunch of keys in his possession. The ring which held the keys together was broken into half a dozen pieces by the force of the fall. One of the vergers was sent to his friends to inform them of the melancholy event.
The Sun. — 1847-08-17 (London, England)

THE LATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND SUICIDE.-From the hour that Mr. Solly, the senior assistantsurgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital, performed the difficult operation of extracting the bullet from Mr. Craw. ley's jaw, as noticed in our journal of yesterday, the unfortunate sufferer has been improving. At six o'clock last evening it was the opinion of the surgical staff of the hospital that no fatal consequences need now  be apprehended. It is matter of surprise to every one that Mr. Crawley and his intended murderer were not both killed instantaneously when the pistols were dis. charged, for when Ovenstone fired at Mr. Crawley the mouth of the pistol nearly touched his cheek. It is stated by Ovenstone's friends that the pistols had been charged for upwards of two years. The intended murderer is also considerably better, and it is the opinion of the surgeons at Guy's Hospital that if no unfavourable symptoms come on, he will be fit to be removed to the Mansion-house to hear the charge against him in the course of a day or so. He has been under the strict surveillance of the police ever since he was removed to ' the hospital, and he has not uttered a single word about the deplorable occurrence during the time he has been in bed. He has been visited by several of his friends, but he has not so much as alluded to the event to any of them. Besides the document found upon his person by the police, in which he alluded to the motives that induced him to commit such horrible crimes, two other letters were also written by him to his sisters, in which he told them what he had gone out to do. In one of the letters written by him he stated that the money owing to himself was more than he owed, and he hoped his creditors would be all paid and the overplus given to a relative of his. _ _
The Sun. — 1847-11-25 (London, England)

LONDON. The reports which have lately appeared in many of the public journals relative to his Lordship's serious indisposition, are, we are happy to say, incorrect. Although his Lordship still sutlers from the effect of his late accident, he is sufficiently recovered to travel, and on Saturday last he left Brighton for his town residence. A slight contraction of the muscles of the face is the temporary result of his late accident, but the inconvenience eonsequent upon it does not prevent his Lordship from attending to many of his ordinary duties. His Lordship is still attended by Sir Charles Clarke, his physician. Yesterday Mr. Payne held an inquest at the East India Arms Tavern, F'enchurch-street, on the body of Louis Celeste Lecesne, aged fifty, a gentleman of colour, well known in the commercial world from the strange vicissitudes and changes of fortune he had met with. The deceased was the person who, between twenty and when at ho et mehs nsyrt oin. businesss colocalff raccountGe3o v oefrntrnheenthaorfshjamtraeaictam.en At thirty years ago, excited so much of the public symas pathy G onv distiller,ine ahned wasin accused bywtiht he thethartecetiimveed, Duke of Manchester, the governor of the island, of endeavouring to excite the slave population to revolt. He WAS deported in consequence, and on arriving in this country made his case known to Lord (then Mr.) Brougham, and Dr. Lushington. These gentlemen, and many other advocates of the emancipation of the slaves, espoused his cause warmly, brought the subject before the House of Commons, clearly established his innocence, and the result was that the deceased and his partners received a largo sum of money from the Government as compensation for the losses they had sustained in consequence of the accusation. The deceased bad been ill for some weeks past, and on Sunday died very suddenly w hile getting out of bed. The jury returned a verdict of " Natural death."  CORONER S INcluzsT.—Yesterday Mr. Niko held an inquest, at the Grapes, Mount-street, Th'01111• nor-square, on the body of Anne Akers, aged 48, who committed suicide on Saturday evening by nearly severing her head from her body with a razor. From the evidence of the married sister of the deceased, it appears that the deceased was not in so destitute a condition as had been asserted. The deceased had shown signs of mental aberration two years ago, and was placed in a lunatic asylum, but was discharged three months since as cured. Sl:e could not account for the rash aci:of the deceased. Verdict—Temporary insanity. It is stated in a letter from Cracow, of the 15th, that the tomb of M. Zajaskowski, President of the Political Criminal Tribunal, who was assassinated on the 4th, has to he guarded night and day, by strong de-1: the people intended-to drag up the body and hang it on a gibbet.
The Sun. — 1847-11-15 (London, England)

SINGULAR SUICIDE AT SEA.  The master of the ship Confidence, just arrived at this port, has communicated to us an account of an extraordinary and determined act of self-destruction, which occurred on board that vessel while on her voyage from Malta. The unhappy individual who committed the unfortunate deed was a young man, named James Rowell, who had hired a passage from that island to England. He appeared to be a person of respectable rank, and was supposed to be on his return from foreign travel. On the second night at sea after leaving, it blew severely, and he came on deck to enjoy the cool air, where he continued walking and smoking excessively, against the advice of the captain, who warned him from indulging too freely in that practice in so warm a temperature. Meanwhile he seemed observant of the sailors, ar►d gave some directions about the trim of the vessel, which were not attended to. In the morning the captain asked him to take some coffee near the wheel, and he complied with the invitation ; but as they were seated he complained of the oppressive heat, and rose to put off his coat, which he placed near him, and then instantly jumped over the taffrail into the water. " I'm off," he was heard to cry in the act of making the leap. The helm was immediately put down, and the ship brought round, while he continued to swim away from her. It is stated that he possessed unusual expertness in the water, and did not seem in the least to suffer from exhaustion or fright. The mate ran to the rail and called out to him to come towards the vessel, but he did not appear to heed the voice, and after a few moments he clasped his hands above his head and sunk. The only cause that could be conjectured for this melancholy act is, that probably the stimulating effects of the smoking and coffee, in which he had indulged, aggravated by the heat of the climate, had momentarily disturbed his reason. The deceased is described as about 21 years of age, fair haired, and of fine personal appearance. It may assist towards the discovery of his friends, to state that while on board the vessel he seemed to be familiar with the city of London. In reporting the occurrence, the master, whose name is Smith, desires it to be added, that his box has been left at the Custom-house of this city, in order that his friends may be able to recover his personal property. Deceased had also informed him that more of his luggage had been shipped in the schooner Jane, from Corfu.—Cork Examiner.
The Sun. — 1847-11-15 (London, England)

HINT TO THE LADIES.......The Nottingham Journal states that a singular fraud has been successfully attempted by some laceworkers, who have given to cotton the appearance of silk. Silk thread is dissolved by a chemical process, and after the cotton thread has been drawn through the solution thus obtained it has the gloss and appearance of silk,thread, from which the eye cannot distinguish it. The Observer, of yesterday, Nov. 14, gave a sort of programme of the intended performances at Coventgarden, on the 7th of December, in aid of the Shakspere House Fund, with the names of twenty talanted performers, who have already volunteered their valuable services. A copy of the Observer will, at all times, be a great treat to country cousins. Price of the Observer (40 columns) 6d. There is scarcely a Club House, Institution, Library, or News Room, in all England, Sectland, Ireland, the Continent, East and West Indies, &c., in which the Observer is not taken in, and frequently duplicate copies. The extensive publication of the Observer commences at Six and concludes at Ten o'clock on Sunday morning. A Monday edition of the Observer, best adapted for the country, and abroad, is regularly published at Four o'clock on Monday afternoon.  PRINCIPAL CONTENTS OF THE " OBSERVER," Nov. 14.—Upwards of 6 folio columns of monetary affairs up to the latest hour of Saturday, including Messrs. Laing and Bruener's circular ; two columns of Marylebone important meeting at Vestry Court-house ; full particulars of the suicide of Count Bresson, the negotiator of the Royal Spanish marriages ; death and a memoir of Mendelssohn Bartholdy ; art and artists, &c. HULL, Nov. 13.—Last evening a meeting of the Liberal electors took place in Market-place Wares, for the purpose of selecting a fit and proper person as councillor, in the room of Mr. Forrester, lately elected an alderman. There were two candidates proposed, but the large majority of hands held up for Mr. Thomas Mitchell places his election for the office beyond a doubt. Indeed, it is a compliment Mr. Mitchell richly deserves for his straightforward and unflinching conduct during a churchwardenship of ten years, held to the satisfaction of the greater portion of the parish of Holy Trinity.
The Sun. — 1847-11-15 (London, England)

SINGULAR SUICIDE AT SEA. The master of the ship Confidence, just arrived at this port, has communicated to us an account of an extraordinary and determined act of self-destruction, which occurred on board that vessel while on her voyage from Malta. The unhappy individual who committed the unfortunate deed was a young man, named James Rowell, who had hired a passage from that island to England. lie appeared to be a person of respectable rank, and was supposed to be on his return from foreign travel. On the second night at sea after leaving, it blew severely, and he came on deck to enjoy the cool air, where he continued walking and smoking excessively, against the advice of the captain, who warned him from indulging too freely in that, practice in so warm a temperature. Meanwhile he seemed observant of the sailors, and gave some directions about the trim of the vessel, which were not attended to. In the morning the captain asked him to take some coffee near the wheel, and he complied with the invitation ; but as they were seated he complained of the oppressive heat, and rose to put off his coat, which he placed near him, and then instantly jumped over the taffrail into the water. " I'm off," he was heard to cry in the act of making the leap. The helm was immediately put down, and the ship brought round, while he continued to swim away from her. It is stated that he possessed unusual expertness in the water, and did not seem in the least to suffer from exhaustion or fright. The mate ran to the rail and called out to him to come towards the vessel, but he did not appear to heed the voice, and after a few moments he clasped his hands above his head and sunk. The only cause that could be conjectured for this melancholy act is, that probably the stimulating effects of the smoking and coffee, in which he had indulged, aggravated by the heat of the climate, had,momentarily disturbed his reason. The deceased is described as about 21 years of age, fair haired, and of fine personal appearance. It may assist towards the discovery of his friends, to state that while on board the vessel he seemed to be familiar with the city of London. In reporting the occurrence, the master, whose name is Smith, desires it to be added, that his box has been left at the Custom-house of this city, in order that !his friends may be able to recover his personal property. Deceased had also informed him that more of his luggage had been shipped in the schooner Jane, from Corfu.—Cork Examiner.
The Sun. — 1847-04-19 (London, England)

DEATH OF LADY GODOLPHIN.—We regret to learn that intelligence of the demise of the above lady, sister of the Earl of Auckland, was received in town yesterday. The melancholy event took place on Saturday morning, at Gogmagog Hall, Lord Godolphin's seat, in Cambridgeshire, after a short illness. Her Ladyship was third daughter of the late Lord Auckland, and was born on the 21st of March, 1780. The deceased married on the 31st of March, 1800, Lord Francis Godolphin Osborn, second son of Francis Godolphin, fifth Duke of Leeds, who was in 1832 created a Peer of the United Kingdom. By her Ladyship's marriage with the Noble Lord she leaves issue three sons. The families of the Earl of Auckland, Lady Brougham, the lion. Mrs. Vansittart, Lord Bexley, Mr. C. and lion. Mrs. Drummond, the Countess (Dowager) of Buckinghamshire, &c , are placed in mourning by her Ladyship's death. EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY A REsrEcrAnt...x FxmALE.—Yesterday afternoon, between the hours of two and three o'clock, the neigbourhood of Manchester-square was thrown into a state of considerable alarm and excitement in consequence of the following extraordinary attempt at suicide made by a highly respectable female whilst labouring under some temporary mental aberration. It appears that the unfortunate victim, named Fanny Richey, aged tifty-six, had for some months past resided at No. 19, Henrietta-street, Manchester-square, and was somewhat remarkable for her eccentric ways and habits, though it was little suspected that she was of unsound mind. At eleven in the morning she was in conversation with the landlady, after which she retired to her apartments at the upper part of the house, and at the period specified above she deliberately proceeded to the roof of the house by means of a small ladder, and at once precipitated herself into the street. She fell in a diagonal direction, and lodged upon the area rails, her clothes having caught; and thus the unfortunate creature miraculously escaped an instantaneous death. The occurrence, was seen by several persons passing by at the time, and police-constable 109, D division, states that her dress caught on to the spikes of the rails, so as to break the fall, otherwise she must have been killed on the spot. The unfortunate creature was then conveyed in a cab to the Middlesex Hospital, and Mr. Dickson, the house surgeon, ascertained that she had sustained, besides a dreadful wound on the head, some severe internal injuries, so as to leave little hopes of her ultimate recovery. She is unmarried, and very respectably connected. LIBERALITY OF THE DUKE or