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The Sun. — 1850-04-01 (London, England)

FRIGHTFUL ATT EMPTS AT MURDER AND SUICIDE. PRESTON, iSATURDAY.-A very painful sensation prevails at the present time throughout the village of Bacup and the surrounding district, in consequence of the following tragical occurrence. It appears that a young woman, named Anne Wallwork, residing at a place called Ball Farm, had been living with a man named William Forster, at Cheetham-hill, Manchester, by whom she had one child. From some cause or other she left Forster, and went to live at the before-named village with her friends. Forster followed her, and tried to persuade her to return with him, and he would marry her. This she refused, and after the female and the family had partaken of their dinner on Wednesday last, she was left alone with Forster and a little girl, whilst the others went to work in the garden. Between two and three in the afternoon he sent the girl out to purchase some writing, paper,: and whilst she was gone he took a razor trom his pocket and swore that he would cut her head off. lie tlici made a most desperate attack upon Wallwork, and tried' to cut her throat. The two struggled violently together, but the fellow succeeded in inflicting a fearful wound on one side of her neck, when the girl he had sent ou,t returned, and having screamed, attracted Forster's attention. He then left off his attack upon the poor creature, but the moment he got to the foot of the stairs he cut his own throat. He afterwards ran up-stairs, the blood streaming from his wounds, and when he reached the room he threw himself on the bed, and inflicted another gash in his throat. Dr. Taylor was promptly in attendance, and he sewed up the wounds in both parties' throats. The young woman is expected to recover ; but not the least hopes can be entertained that the man will survive. That Forster intended to murder the woman and also himself is clear, for before committing the deed he made a memorandum in his pocket-book, stating what amount of money he had, and where his furniture was to be found.  THE CO UNTE LivEßrobt,
The Sun. — 1850-08-08 (London, England)

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. very much higher than it ought to be at this day. He ix" I cannot tell why I did the deed, except that I was Males ••• ... ••• ••• ••• 772 100 0 5 cento 0 0 88 (Mr. Bright) contended that all the recent-legislation • led away. Before leaving the house I kindled a light ... 712 We Bank.. •• • Alliance Fire 558111 A. . . ppPn Annum, rrruci, cent.. . 100 sh aOr e . 1070 °0 °0 1:34 Females ... •... ... ••• lo o o 20% of the House of Lords was most unjust itself, moat in- to dress by. I left my wife on the floor, having put B. Accord. and 'fire -, 010 0 suiting to Ireland, and marked with all the animal the knife in her laande- the children on the bed, the Total ... ~. ... g. ... 1,484 sea cc:odtt 11 LAT :i lc 8 tent. 10 0 1 o 0 14.1 Gcl sad ^n t tlshown laudanum b her on the table with the cards which a large party in that house eo san y slid y . ~.. . British Guarantee Ins. 41.1 p. Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. pet cent. 15000 00 10 0 0 23 to Ireland. It was a spirit which tended to create dig- notes, one of which I signed, intending to *ln this number are included 20 by Scarlatina, 32 Colonial Life ... t. 25 0 1 0 0 .1/. 3s. and 11 by Cholera. City of Glasgow Life .• 61. percent. 2 0 0 21. los cord between Ireland and Ettglane, A and therefore the make the impression that Martha after dest-oying out the back door I crossed by Typhus Fever, 136 by Diarrhoea, * 61. alinleirgh Life Incur. pls 001 20 10 0 015 0 ___ most unpatriotic and the most anti-national I that could the children, had co • suicide,'•- . mmittedthe woods Whentoa bermoionkg, and there washed my persen of my wife's and PACKETS East of Scotland Life I: cant LO (0) 217 6 2% possibly be pursued.-(Hear hear.)THE ENGLISH MAIL Eng.& Scot, Law Lifelo 0 0 After a few words from dr. soTErEgoN,
The Sun. — 1850-02-18 (London, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND WONDEZFUL ESCAPE.  —On Thursday morning, the 7th inst., the wife of Mr. B.C. Planner, of the Horse Shoe Inn, Newmarket, attempted self-destruction by jumping dowa a well, wkile labouring under mental derangement. The unfortunate woman, who is in an advanced state of pregnancy, left her tot about Lair o'clock (her husband being unconscious of her absence), went to the well, and junii ed down it. Her escape was certainly miraculous, having sustained no other perceptible injury than a .light abt asion on her fees. The well is near sixty feet deep, w ith, flrtunately, at the time in question, not more than five feet of water in it. After having fallen to the bottom she managed t) get above the water by placing ber back against one side of the well, and her feet on the other, and remained in this posture till the was drawn up. Mr. Balls, carrier, who resides near the well, heard her crying out, and supposirg some one had either fallen in a fit, or a state of intoxication, pattly dressed himteif, and went out, when he was surprised to find tut the noise proceeded from the bottom of the well. He asked  who was these, and was answered by Mu. Planner, from the bottom of the well. He immediately roused her husband and those of the surrounding cottages, who, with great promptitude and alalritv, procured ropes, for the re cue, when Mr. S. Store kiaily deecenCel the well, and extricated the poor woman from her perilous situation. Fears were at one time enteitsined that, as Mrs. P. is enceinte, and bad been in the well f,r upwards of an hour and a half, with nothing on but her night dress, the result would be serious. We are informed that she has been in an infirm state of mind for months past, but is now rapidly progressing to a state of convalescence. We have just heard t prematurely delivered of a son on Sunday last, and t'oks hat she Is as both mother and child are doing quite well.—Cambridgelndependent. Independent. DESTRUCTION or TUB LOBSTER TAVERN AT Gramm), BY
The Sun. — 1850-09-19 (London, England)

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SIIICIDE.—AD inquest 13 years of age, who committed suicidesingular and distressing circumstanceswas held at Plymouth beim Mr. J. Edmonds, on a boy, namedun dJeorh nthDtfollowing at that place on Sunday : —He went home from the '4unday school to dinner, and, previous to the family sitting down to table, he said grace. Mr. Nicholson, a local preacher, came, and having prayed over a younger sister who was dangerously ill, the junior members of the family were given their dinner. Thomas Denham, a brother, told the deceased's father that the deceased had been naughty at school, on which the father said if he behaved badly again he should not let him have any dinner. The deceased held Lis knife and fork in his hand, but the filling of his plate being rather delayed, be threw them down and rushed towards the door, saying, "I will throw myself over the quay or the cliff." His mother caught hold of him and dragged him in. Ile, however, jumped through the window into the street, running oft' in the direction of the Hoe. He there met his brother, and desired him to hold his clothes, which he did. Deceased then said," Father would not give me any dinner, and mother wouldn't; now I want none." With these words he threw himself over the rocks, and before any assistance could be rendered he was drowned.  A screw steamer is about to proceed to California from the Clyde.  The authorities of Edinburgh have purchased the extensive area at Lochrin as the site of the intended abattoirs. The extent of ground is four acres. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Week ended Sept. 15, 1850 : - C. and H. Main Line, P,505/. 14s. 4d. ; Mold, 1! V. 17s. Bd. ; Steam-boats, 361/. 17s. Od. ; Total, 3,931/. 0.3.  Lord Clifden left Gowran Castle for Englamd on Sunday last. His Lordship is expected to return shortly to his ancestral mansion.  Lady Dover and the llon. Misses Ellice Agar left Gowran Castle on Monday, for the Lakes of Killarney. Her Ladyship's return is not expected sooner than a week or ten days, as it is said she intends visiting Mount Shannon, the seat of Lord Clare, and Lismore Castle, where the Duke of Devonshire has recently arrived.
The Sun. — 1850-10-03 (London, England)

INSITEL/S.NCEI CODICPANIES. to seize the proscribed number. The Conservatore of gister-books. Of 71 deaths by " violence," 7 are Florence is silent on the subject of the new decrees ; ascribed to poison, sto burns and scalds, 13 to hang-Dividend Amount ' Name of Company. the Statuto expresses its sorrow at the course puring and suffocation, 20 to drowning, 26 to fractures, Annum.per shout e. Paid. Price sued by the Government, and protests in the name of wounds, and other injury. Six children were sufAlbion •• •• •••••• • • •• 21. 10s. 5.400 gO• di; 450 20. 4.0 82 the press against the allegation set forth in the de- focated in bed, by overlaying or other accident; a tree, viz., that the press had attacked public order, man was suffocated on a lime-kiln ; another by food Ditto Marine. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 00' 5 0 0 6% Alliance Brit. and For. 7114s6d&bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 21% religion, and the tranquillity of private families. in a ravenous attempt to swallow it. A young man 133.6 d. 50 005 6 8 17% Letters from Rome state that Monsignor Amici, of 18 years committed suicide by loading an Italian British Commercial •• 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 7 Commissary-General of the Marches, has been di- iron and discharging it over his stomach. On the Cleriel,Med.&Gen.Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20% 3L 100 0 0, 10 0 0 62 rected to proceed to Verona and negotiate with Mar- 12th of September, at 4, Goulston-court, WThitechapel, crewn .............. 14s. 50 0 0 50 0 14% shal Radetzky, in order to obtain a diminuion in the the daughter of a labourer, aged 4 years, died, ac- Eag1e...... cost of maintaining the Austrian troops in the Roman cording to the return of the jury, a " natural death," European Life ••• • •• 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 10% _ _ rat •••••.•••••• 50 0 5% States. which, however, is further described in the verdict as Gl)be - 130 raperial Life :: :::: •.: 5/. 121. per cent. 500100 00 0 51: 0 00 23016 100 0 0 36 10 0 55 " brought on by want and privation of necessaries." G[Lniapredirinir; -- - " MURDER, ROBBERY, and ARSON On the 27th of September, at the Almshouses, Clap- r IN
The Sun. — 1850-03-08 (London, England)

SUICIDE.—AD inquest was held oil . wort t 0-0 the Grosvenor Arms public.house, Wesitd3erincet.)o;olcie Bedford, on the body of a person raliticet„tili *Pe-Irono committed suicide by shooting hirnse" -so bot-, o.e.e Monday last. The particulars a tile eses she e 031"4 appeared in this paper. Several witness" tate 0 eitle. ding 5 eot De the deceased havin b in d oil ' c g een a esP of his „jog, ie. fur some time past, in cense quenee fell of ole ill health, which prevented him ft9aie'et verdict All occupation. The jury returned A 1 gr.bedie porary insanity." nu died tinders filial, oforioti.o HANDSOME B rQUEST.--We Glen, a citizen of Glasgow for half s ete of Dist of V`i, last week, has left the greater Pr-dowraenii pert, amounting to nearly 20,0001., for the elie the Peed ti schools in Glasgow.- - the ec""„ebee.4 We have no .enu bit - ere culars of the bequest, but e undersi 01 . , 000 bookt dota to be free ofall els. thee, Ged7 is for 50 boys, who are to receive 010" girls' 4 e and the other is an industrial school for g eot „al eta' Examiner. IV 0 111,e1;;13- 'bed col iii MR. BEVTLEY'S NEW NOYEDS'....:IO7 OW:to state that Mr. Bentley has this ieree,,Wi,.ll‘idleon 13, °,;), tonina; or, the Fall of .Rome, by the l't °,:e., of, ee's 3 vols. Also, 1. White Jacket; order attts","......`Vot. a Man-of-War, by Herman Melees-e'esto.• ;-oreit,o, pee," " °Mee," &c. &c., 2 vols• et; tides of i.O tlir'scls New Romance of Canada, Tbo J-1,,°; hi `--4°. Pilo 3 vols.-3. The Martyrs of Csll'ar'e' 12t' .0;106°-.'es, author of " Naomi," 2 vela, foolseliis, 72$ pili or not Hearts, a Story of the DO, bYbe Ilarrii3e sot or vols.-5. The Marriage Contra,er,c ee by 1,- der ; 2 vols. post Bvo., 21s. 6- Icing se-ls'i 6j. il of " Mr. Warrenne," 3 role.--• • yo, io• feel‘fo, pot 8 „...: PO • red cdie, The Threads of Life, ore vol. EXTRAORDINARY GoßMArivogtottgball,_o esediof person ate, for a trifling waver, atei 0 large 1 The at bage just cut out of the garden, and °f ale. role fell fts washing them down with half 0, gni, eestron°39 see brute completed this extraordirlarJes'eed Olive v. Chaffer'Pl) Celleraphisleceo6 three-quarters of an hour, and the close of the performauce.-- 000- efiete vac. Dr. Marjolin, one of the most e ilivess hi, ti of Paris, died a few day's afr sne.e, te '' ago, hoed el for more than twelve months coo  :i ofenotfhllers.tßhobert Batartnheesg, oefctaorycla, On the 6th inst., at Gjiloittreilsttr-terracf : ot tii° . grove, the of I, Ir. E. H. Vernon, inst., if° of a daughter. tile° oda On the • sth inat,, at ilow, Middlese2cr f,Aiesl% Skinn - er, of a daughter , 'ad/ cagliteAr. re, At Kensington on 'the sth inst., tae c sit" oforV Grant, Esq., late 'Ca Captain 61st Regimen!, 4, Pe On the 6th inst.,p in New Orniod-stre. Horringer-hall, On the 2d inst., of London, M. William 1,, D ff of a son. • ra ell, —....... figcl'eceo urger, ofir
The Sun. — 1850-09-27 (London, England)

IXTATER-WORRS otkrs he might mention, whose names alone were Mr. LAMOND, on behalf of the Clydesdale proprie- put into circulation false promissory notes to s Dividend su ffi cient to place them beyond all suspicion. Not- tors, asserted that they had the greatest interest in large amount, in the name of the president of the game of Company. of Amount per Paid. Price. withstanding the alarming circular that had been the well-being of the Caledonian Railway Company, court. Some persons say that the amount is not less Annum. Share. put f ,rward by Mr. Wheeler, he believed he because the more prosperous it was the more curtain than )00,000f. The delinquent at once took to flight, - -- -4 5. d. Z s. d. might say that the directors of all the lines would the Clydesdale proprietors be to receive their leaving a letter declaring that he intended to commit East LondOn••• ••••• • • 8L per cent. 100 0 0 - 160 adverted to in it were on the most friendly terms with full dividends. He believed, however, that under the suicide. This, however, he did not effect, as he was rand Junction •• •• •• 1 41. per cut. 50 0 0 - 72% 78 the C iledonian Railway Company. Certianly some management of the board ' presentof directors no de- arrested the next day, with a Jew, said to be his ac- uraemntbe..t.h. ....... .•••• • . - , 31. 10s. 100 0 0 ••••• • • • • 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 little discussion had:taken place on the subject ; and sirable result would be arrived at, and no arrange- cotnplice. yewßivr Lndu Brdge 21.105. - -57 x, Vauxhall ............ M. per mt. 100 0 0 - 98 NN ith respect to the Barnkirk Company, be certainly ment would be made with the other companies. He
The Sun. — 1850-01-11 (London, England)

GEORGE OWEN, TRAGEDIAN.—We understand the above-named gentleman, of whom we have frequently spoken in great praise, and who has appeared at.4.7mpazavincial theatres, and received 97 engagements, will Tfntiht ,nru sagactgabbl ehreomds:wsycrefgrihtebehuetareiarernf, character wtc, before was twice afr, ,strtewoim.hscfolinresee. ts,Ba societyuasatisfiedrmcye ocb,mea Southampton trobhene.ayuwie daea:Trsube. dhllhel \ifetes:hpinerdeeeedi ;eans,a hooteuanens audience bMetaeeonydloocd, effic curtain.attcahi yei lts,eteniTmeawhirpna-it aterminationppe ainuou fl the but it appears when Mr. G. Owen characterr in Leeds, understand powerful e misibro. doi me. oeHrga at mt lheazt e na t wtih e week Row. Iltatswn bOCIET presiding. Mr. the report, which stated that during the last year there had been saved 190 persons, who, from accidents and attempted suicides, had nearly met with their deaths in the Serpentine and other waters under the sup. rintkndence of the society. Since December 30, 1349, it was supposed there had been above 170,000 skaters in the several parks, out of which number 54 were immersed, one case being fatal. The remainder, after being attended to, went to their several homes. The bathers were calculated to be about 300,000. There were among these, 25 casualties, only one of which proved fatal. The income of the society amounted to 2,160/. 14s. 2d., which included 2,1481.45. 4d. subscriptions, donations, charity sermons, &c. After discharging all necessary claims, tbere was a balance in hand of 821. 7s. The reports were unanimously adopted, and some formal business having been gone through, the meeting separated. THE BRITISH MusuuM.—On Wednesday the Bri• fish Museum was again opened for the admission of the public, when about 4,000 persons passed through the rooms. The establishment has been closed since th Ist cf January, for the purpose of having the various apartments thoroughly cleaned. It will be now open every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to the Ist of May, from 10 o'clock in the morning to 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
The Sun. — 1850-02-25 (London, England)

BOW-STREET.—(THISand John Cox, a young man of very idiotic appearance' who was ver meanl dressed, was charged before' fol• Hall, with attempting to commit suicide under tat', lowing circumstances:— ,one James Taitens deposed that he had known the 1)--; him for the last twenty years, and had always believeuh to be of unsound mind, his actions at intervals les altogether those of a madman. About three °:ci: ja ycsterday afternoon he was at dinner with his w"eith the lower part of the house in which the prisoner ow his aged mother resides, 3, Woburn-mews, W?bubios place, Russell-square, when Mrs. Cox ran doven,l°. andli told him that her son had been attempting u"ri ot• e rushed up stairs and found that the prisoner ha"..ed throughtempted atohhoaonkgihnimthseelufebilyina roe,which he had Vat-o. * and then formed, ihni; de. loop. The hook had giving wagy, however, thwarted sign, the and he was lying on the floor, fully believing t"htld had succeeded in committing suicide. The prisoner 0.0 never done anything regularly for a livelihood, as bernee so exceedingly stupid. All he lived on was a few„Pods he got from the ostlers in the mews, for running e';„- deon their account. The reason for his attensptingLi of stroy himself was ascribed to the following eOrl:-; in some persons whom he was in the habit of gteet7thef tap-room in the mews ; —For some time Ps" tas had told him that he never washed himself, tt" ho was fond of looking after the ladies he must be ' ets4. or they would not have him. Tbey persisting Ises„iiib turtle), that his skin was still very black, he was I°l-beir enough to undress in the to room to show that feri allegations were quite unfounded. He then WOO .030 morose, refusing to partake of anything 1313 till ibe of his attempted suicide. Wing Mr. HALL remarked that it was a very distr look case, and that the parochial authorities ought tn°d his after him, as he was unable to support himself' B,,dere(l aged mother could do nothing for him. He then, ordered the police-constable to take him to the St. Giless house.  -n AY.)
The Sun. — 1850-02-25 (London, England)

THIS DAY., 03 John Cox, a young man of very idiotic appeer3n,a.e' bfr• who was very' m eaaly dressed, was charged bet o' e fol' lffal.l, with. attempting; to commit suicide under th o wjtanmgeesiTrcauimtesnts,adn eepeso:s—ed that he had know jtoner for the last twenty , is b jeg _ )ears, and had always bel v e to be of unsound mind, his actions at intervals , ioa, n the P_erd 110 altogether those of a madman. About three o:cia i° yesterday afternoon he was at dinner with his "%v.-jai t e lower part of the house in which the priscterhaer his aged mother resides, 3, Woburn-mevvs, S' f—hial place,an Russell-square, when Mrs. Cox ran do'iver; life. ._ and told him that her son had been attrupting ,I at lie rushed up stairs and found that the prisoner D 5 ved tempted to hang himself ba rope, which he 115;1 r,:to • i r ugh a hook in the ceiling,and then forme" -- de' cop. The hook had giving thwarts hi' way, however, thwar ,uot be sign, and he was lying on the floor, fully. believing 'P., bad had succeeded in committing suicide. The prisone os never done anything regularly for a livelihood, as IlLnea so exceedingly stupid. All ho lived on was A fc° 11:014 he got from the ostlers in the mews, for running errand, de' on their account. The reason for his atten3Ofingot of stroy himself was ascribed to the following een", ja • some persons whom he was in the habit of nsent'llotteir tap-room in the mews:—For some time 13•31,hat 01 had told him that he never m ashed himself, and clean' he was fond of looking after the ladies he must be t orii.they would not have him. They persisting Ilif-sc,jisb turd ay that his skin was still. very black,- be vi,111,5,,-°tbeidi. enough to undress in the to room to show '"J yet"; allegations were quite unfunded. lie then bream: 600 morose, refusing to partake of anything up till of his attempted suicide. Mr. HALL remarked that it was a very clistresisoiol3ll case, and that the parochial authoritiesinusegVoCaleiriel after him, as he was unable to support himself' aged mother could do nothing for him. Ile then ordered the police-constable to take him to the St. Gile° house.
The Sun. — 1850-02-15 (London, England)

THE PUBLIC GENERAL STATUTES.—The following are curious statistics of the public general statutes, showing that during the six centuries terminating with ISOO, there was enacted by the English Parliament no fewer than 6,847 Acts or Chapters, and in the fortynine years since MO, .s,B46—making together 12,693 Acts of Parliament for the " good of the country." Of these 12,693 Acts, 7,610 have totally ceased to operate ; and the residue, viz. 5,053, are still extant, and some bf these even•, are of a doubtful operation. The 5,083 extant statutes contain, according to an average computation which has been attempted to be formed, about 50,000 clauses ; of which, again, about a third part is inoperative. The aggregate legislation of the first six centuries only exceeds that of the lest forty-nine years by 1,001 chapters. But, in reality, the latter period exceeds the forme: very considerably, for some single modern ,statutes, and even single clauses, embody the substance of two or more prior Acts. The number cf Acts altered in each successive session in modern times has ranged from 20 or 30 to 100 or more. In one memorable session (6 Geo. IV.) there were repealed or effected, by express recital, or by implication, more than 1,000 prior laws.  rtatelhemerpeesil.:4l Iltaoetdßi a atii3 HORRIBLE the D county z A .rtt . gaol raeta Tt , uconsternationlast Thursday r swd says evening,. owing to a most frightful case of suicide, committed by a lad sixteen years of ago, name.' William Hounsell, who it appears had been committed for two months' imprisonment for absconding from the Chard Union. On the day above-mentioned he threw himself headlong under the w heel of the treadmill, which was then being worked by eighteen men. With the utmost . promptitude every means was adopted to check. the motion of the wheel, which, however, was unavailing until the lad was mutilated most fearfully, and on being extricated life was quite extinct. Tile. deceased frequently expressed his determined resolution not to again . oerffixe cti uls.eentwresein.senhu.nocetrtoeynti. it-nh ep r iunion, son. sphr eerf be or rathererinneg Journal to terminate