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The Sun. — 1839-05-21 (London, England)

DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. On Thursday evening, about seven o'clock, a most determined attempt at suicide was committed bye person named George Kay, who is a compositor. It appears that his wife had left him to live with another man, and, happening to meet with her, be was much excited and subsequently took to drinking and became intoxicated. At the time of the attempt a compositor named Pagan was with iKnatoy,tbsevhrioveranrr ptoawgaanrdgsotßhlaimckforivatrso-fbtrhide river, ge, and ujumped btafter jtimpedhiminouatg;aihne and his was then a struggle he broke away and tcaokmepn a tnoi otnh the ucc coeme pd teedr , inanagainu tgettinginto a warm bath. -Every attention was paid to him, and after much difficulty he was restored.  ,y express .!p regret that, by a recent duel your Lordship's sanction should have been given to a practice so injurious to the best interests of society, at variance with the laws of the land, and in direct ; violation of the precepts of the Gospel. `• With every feeling of regard and courtesy, and in a 11 spirit far removed from dictation, and with a view, it may be, to continue to your Lordship their support, without the compromise of principle, the undersigned have felt it to be due to religion, their representative, and themselves, to offer this decided expression of their sentiments, and in so doing they would cherish the hope that your Lordship may in future be enabled to manifest that exalted moral courage ‘lhich, in the matter of duelling, can set at nought the corrupt practice of the world by proclaiming, whenever a fit occasion may be presented, y our regret that, in your own person, the sanction of rank, position, and of character should have been given to a practice white the wise :and good have on such just grounds so often and so reasonably united to condemn. " Bath, Wednesday, 24th April, 1839."  _LN 2,; • rSA ' •A\ UELL Tl.' 'VW.4.-1The following address from th•VL... of the city of Bath has been pr ; f court, in reference to his recent ~•Air:7l.:;j., v-4,/ to which his Lordship has returned ti .11. cm.• • A_ At " TO
The Sun. — 1839-03-28 (London, England)

SUICIDE OF AN ASSASSIN.—We before noticed a trial, that of the murderers of a Madame Renaud, which had excited great attention at Paris, and occupied not less than twelve sittings of the Court of Assize. Soufflard, one of the two villains condemned to death, on hearing his doom, stooped, concealed his face, and put something into his mouth, which was generally supposed to be tobacco. On his return to prison he begged for a glass of water, and on entering his cell was taken with violent retching and convulsions. Ia spite of every effort he died next morning. On his body being opened, the surgeons declared that he had swallowed enough oxide of white arsenic to kill a hundred persons.  Asia, the male elephant of the Garden of Plants, died on Saturday. He was taken ill about ten days ago, and a veterinary surgeon was brought from Alfort on purpose to attend him. The chief remedy administered was honey dissolved in water, given in doses of about ten pailfulls, sometimes with the addition of sulphate of soda. The only person who could induce the animal to take his medicine was Gean, his keeper, to whom the animal was much attached. As a proof of this, it happened, about two years ago, on account of an indisposition with which Gean was attacked, Asia was put under the charge ofanother keeper for a few weeks. The elephant submitted patiently during Gean's absence, but the moment he returned Asia drove his substitute away with a violent blow from his trunk, and showed strong proofs of welcome to his old companion. During Asia's last illness, he was lying in a position which evidently aggravated his sufferings ; and in order to move him it required ropes moved by a capstan turned by 20 men. M. Bainville, professor of anatomy, is dissecting the body, and M. \\Teener, a painter attached to the museum, is delineating the pathological peculiarities which the operation exposes. As a contrast to this great death may be mentioned the recent decease of one of the smallest I monkeys of the menagerie—a playful little black fellow well known by all the frequenters of the garden for his extraordinary agility.— Calignani's Messenger.
The Sun. — 1839-04-22 (London, England)

SIR ROBERT PEEL A FREE TRADER.— When, in 1824, Lord Liverpool's Cabinet brought forward their celebrated free trade measures, taking away from our manufacturers the monopoly of the home market, by throwing open our ports to French and other fabrics, and when the silk manufacturers petitioned to be heard at the bar of Parliament against the proposed changes, Mr. Secretary Peel, in defending the Government policy, took occasion to denounce the manufacturers as interested and selfish parties. When, in 1839, the same manufacturers petitioned Parliament to be heard at the bar, in order to prove the necessity of applying the same principles of free trade to corn and provisions, Sir Robert Peel not only de.. nounced them as interested parties, but charged them with falsehood, deception, and even with attempts to in' cite the people to physical force! In 1824 be defended the principles of free trade, to enable the peeresses to visit Almack's and the drawing-rooms, in the cheap silks and laces of Paris or Brussels. In 1829, he denounced the self-same principles, when they were advocated merely to give access to the corn and provisions of Russia and Poland to the mechanics and labourers of England. However irreconcilable in other respects may be the advocacy of such opposite principles of commercial policy, the Right lion. Baronet's biographer will have no difficulty in proving his consistency as the supporter of the aristocracy against the people. —Anti- Core- law Circular. SUICIDE FROM PHYACAL PAlN.—Saturday afternoon an inquest was held at the Sun Tavern, Heddon. street, Regent-street, before Mr. Higgs, on the body of Francis Crawshaw, aged 48 years. Mrs. Elizabeth Washington, of 15, Ileddon-street, widow, stated that the deceased had lodged in her house for the last seven years ; he was a widower, and had lived for the last 00 years with Mr. James Cutler, of 22, Sackville-street, Piccadilly, surgeon. On Thursday afternoon, about five o'clock, lie came home ill and went to bed ; he was in great agony from a rheu. matic affection which seemed to affect his mind—ho was of sober habits. He went out at six o'clock on Friday morning, and witness did not see him again alive. Witness believed that the pain he was suffering rendered him incapable of knowing what lie was doing. William Holloway was acquainted with the deceased. About seven o'clock on Friday morning, witness going into the stable saw him hanging from a joist in the opening from the stable to the loft, by a halter round his neck ; he had thrown himself off the ladder that led from the stable to the loft, and must have had a fall of at least 4 feet. Verdict—Temporary insanity.
The Sun. — 1839-10-15 (London, England)

EDITION.  - EXTRAORDINARY AND DETERMINED SUICIDE.  On Monday afternoon last, an inquest was held at the Red Lion Inn, at «orsbrough Bridge, before Thomas Badger, Esq.,Coroner, and a highly respectable jury. on view of the body of John Perks, only eighteen years of age, son of Mr. Perks, (of the firm of Wood and Perks) glass manufacturers, Worsbrcugh, who had come to his death by his own hands, under the following melancholy circumstances. It appeared from the evidence adduced on the inquest, that the deceased was seen by his sister to leave his father's house on the previous Friday evening, about seven o'clock, and in consequence of his not returning home the same night as usual, the family became alarmed, and search and inquiry were immediately made after the deceased ; but no tidings could be learned of him till his father, on Saturday afternoon, accidentally opened his box in his bed room, wherein he found a letter written by his son, of which the following is a copy " Friday, Oct. 4, 1839.  " Dear Father, Mother, and Friends,—When you ead this, I shall be no more, for feeling a disease from which I shall never be freed, I am resolved to put a period to my existence. You will find my body at the low side of the bridge at the reservoir leading to Mr. Attenborough's. Dear father, do not grieve for mg, I pray you, for you would not have had me much longer if I not committed this act. You will find twelve shillings in my purse which you will please to pay to the writing master ; two and sixpence for my mother which 1 owe, and one of my watches for Richard, and the other for Thomas, my brothers. My books, &c. at your disposal. So conclude and remain, your unfortunate son,  "
The Sun. — 1839-12-30 (London, England)

DUBOIS. On Saturday the Chamber being regularly constituted M. SAUZET the President, was conducted to the Chair, upon which he delivered a speech filled with common-place expressions abo his gratitude for the honour done to him, and his determination to discharge his duties with impartiality.  Tile following extracts are from the French Journals. Those of Madrid contain no news of any interest. Twelve days has the Court of Assize at Rennes been occupied with the trial of 30 prisoners for the Cornriots at Dol. On the 24th fourteen were acquitted, and sixteen found guilty. The sentences were—one to imprisonment for five years, one for four years, three for two months, six for six months and a fine of 50f., three for two months and a fine of 161., and two a fine of 100 f. without imprisonment. One of the prisoners, a woman, attempted suicide between the verdict and the sentence, by dashing a :largo stone jug against her head, but was not much hurt, and was let off leniently by the penalty of 1001. fine. The Tartare steam-boat, which left Algiers on the 21st, arrived at Toulon on the 24th, with dispatches. The reports which have been circulated at Toulon, and acording to which the Arabs had suffered great losses, are not confirmed. Up to the 21st no action of importance had taken place. On the 24th there were received at Toulon letters from Ourlac dated the 10th of December, which speak of the approaching departure from France of Rear-Admiral Lasusse, with the Montebello and another ship of the line.—Consittutionnel. The Minister of Commerce has addressed the following circular to the Chambers of Commerce in the sea ports : Gentlemen,—Some of the English regulations respecting pilotage presented the assimilation of the French to the British flag, as stipu'ated in the convention of 26th February, 1826. " To remedy this, the King's Government had required, 1. The exemption for all our vessels under 60 tons burden from the obligation to take a pilot in entering all the ports of Great Britain. 2. The right, for all French vessels, not to pay the pilotage, when they have been unable to obtain a pilot, after having made all the customary signals, " I have the satisfaction to inform you that the de- I
The Sun. — 1839-11-12 (London, England)

REMOVAL OF THE BODIES OF SUICIDES.— At an inquest recently held before Mr. Higgs, on the body of a person who shot himself in a public-house, the landlord, Mr. Bishop, asked the Coroner whether the e by keeping landlord of any tavern or public-house, or the proprietor of any private house, in wnich any party had committed suicide, had died suddenly, at been killed by accit'ent, could on his own responsibility remove the body ? Mr. Higgs replied certainly. Mr. Bishop conotnilnyuevd:y The reason for his asking the question was, that tthehe frequentlylandlords bodies put ouft, o fpt eupr su obgnlrisec a- htwohui whose sce co deathssnv weree nienc not might have been occasioned as above-men ioned, but also were severe losers in a pecuniary point of view, as many of their par:mr customers had a decided objection to spend their evenings in a house containing M the corpse of a suicide. r. Higgs said the landlord might apply to the beadle, or consult the parochial authorities as to removal of a body. Mr. nisbnP said he was aware of tthat,ion. but Could that h waso re ntnoovtehoi s bodyobject o inn hisputtingw o pot sibility ? Mr. H ggs answered—Yes, to any Place of safety, say an undertaker's ; but the landlord of the house where the suicide was committed was liable for its custody. Mr. Bishop concluded by remarking that this was a very important question, and on which a decision had iI a coroner never in hisrg general opinion eceoole'et ionbeoen thatgive nonbyanY Coroner. It had been the corpse, except in cases juryo of naturalsat doena ti,h,i e, wcooufl could thebe body,rem ov removed The conversationt here terminated. Very early symptoms of winter have shown themselves in several parts of Europe. In Warsaw, the streets and roofs of the houses had, on the 29th ult., been completely covered with snow for two days previously. In Dresden. on the 30th, the snow lay a foot deep No judge has yet been appointed under the Haifix, liudeerstield, and Bradford Small Debt : A ct, and the business of the Courts is entirely at a stand.--lla/Az. Express. .
The Sun. — 1839-08-08 (London, England)

SUICIDE OF MR. CHADBORN ON GLOUCES.. TER.—A very sad event has taken place here. Mr. Chadborn, the solicitor, one of the executors named in the testamentary papers of the late James Wood, the wealthy and eccentric banker of this city, against the validity of which judgment was given by Sir Herbert Jeuner, a short time back, has committed suicide. The news was spread abroad between eight and nine o'clock, and created the most painful feelings among all classes. The unfortunate Iran w. s found hanging in his coach-house, quite dead. The clerks of the deceased stated that the deceased had been in a very low and desponding, way for some months and the jury ultimately returned a verdict of---'. Tempo . rary insanity." The connection of Mr. Chadborn with beento this hi s witnessed. The distress created a the extraordinary case of Mr. Woods will, has naturally sgeinyesantioandegree of h has seldominterestof his family and friends it is, of course, impossible to describe. Sir Matthew Wood, one of the executors, is serving upon the Grand Jury at the A3SIZCii...,-.Gloucester Paper.  NA RY.--There is now RDI venerable old man, whose age amounts to 85, having a small lot of meadow land HAYMAKING AM iniCl RoNmGney EMXaTrsithA a ° attached to his house. This year he was seen to mow the grass, and afterwards make the hay, and stack the greater part himself. He had a chair placed in the field, on which he sat to whet his scythe, or rest himself. we was accustomed to mow as much as he thought he could stack in a day; but towards the latter part of the business he had a little help.—Maidstone Paper.  The Duke of Rutland is not i gong to Belvoir on the 13th, his Grace is abroad and never goes to Belvoir till Christmas, when a party of fashionables from London go there fora short time. The Duke of Rutland is going to his shooting cottoge, in Derbyshire, where hemill be joined by Sir-Robert Peel, Lord Forester, and Mr. Coke, and it is expected Lord and Lady Jersey will arrive on the next week after.
The Sun. — 1839-10-16 (London, England)

FIELD OF WATERLOO AT NOON ON 'IHE DAT AFTER THE BATTLE.—On a surface of two square miles it was ascertained that fifty thousand men and horses were lying! The luxurious crop of ripe grain which had covered the field of battle was reduced to litter, and beaten into the earth ; and the surface, trodden down by the cavalry, and furrowed deeply by the cannon wheels, strewn with many a relic of the fight. Helmets and cuirasses, shattered fire arms and broken swords ; all the variety of military ornaments ; lancer caps and liighland bonnets ; uniforms of every colour, plume, and pennon ; musical instruments, the apparatus of artillery, drums, bugles ; hut, good God ! why dwell on the h irrowing picture of a foughten field ? Each and every ruinous display bore mute testimony to the misery of such a battle. . . . Could the melancholy appearance of this scene of death be heightened, it would be by witnessing the researchea of the' living, amidst its desolation, for the objects of their love. Mothers and wives and children for days were occupied in that mournful duty ; and the confusion of the corpses, friend and foe intermingled as they were, often rendered the attempt at recognizing individuals difficult, and, in some cases, impossible. . • • In many places the dead lay four deep upon each other, marking the spot some British square had occupied, when exposed for hours to the murderous fire of,.a French battery. Outside, lancer and cuirassier .were scattered' thickly on the earth. Madly attempting to force the serried bayonets of the British, they had fallen, in the bootless essay, by the musketry of ,the inner- files., Farther on, you traced the spot where the cavalry of France and England had encountered. Chasseur and hussar wore intermingled ; and the heavy Norman horse of the. Imperial Guard were interspersed with the grey chargers which had carried Albyn's chivalry. Here the Highlander and tirailleur lay, side by side, together, and the heavy dragoon, with green Erin's badge upon his helmet, was grappling in death with the Polish lancer. . • • • On the summit of the ridge, where the ground was cumbered with dead, and trodden fetlock-deep in mud and gore, by the frequent rush of rival cavalry, the thick strewn corpses of the Imperial Guard pointed out the spot where Napoleon had been defeated. Here, in column, that favoured corps, on whom his last chance rested, had been annihilated ; and the advance and repulse of the Guard was traceable by a mass of fallen Frenchmen. In the hollow below, the last struggle of France had been vainly made; for there the Old Guard, when the middle battalions had been forced back, attempted to meet the British, and afford Here time for their disorganized companions to rally. the British left, wlich had converged upon the French centre, had come up ; and here the bayonet closed the contest.--Maxwells Victories of the Brilish Jrnry. DETERMINED SUICIDE OF it
The Sun. — 1839-06-27 (London, England)

ACTUARY—J. J. Downes, Esq., F.R. A.S. •  The following are among the advantages of this Society. Ist, The security of an ample Assurance Fund, besides the subscribed Capital. 2dly, For young and middle-aged lives the Lowest Rates of Premiums that entitle the assured to participate in the profits. 3dly, Three-fourths of the profits divided every fifth year among those who have been assured four years on the equal scale of premiums. The bonus declared in 1834 averaged 161. per cent. on the premiums then paid ; and the bonus awarded in 1 839, on the average, is equal to 311. per cent. on the premiums received during the last five years. 4thly. Assurers may have the bonus applied to increase the sums assured, or in reduction of future premiums, either for the remainder of life, or for the next five years only. sthly, Policies granted without any charge to the assured beyond the stamp duty. 6thly, An option given to Assurers on the increasing scale of rates after the lapse of any number of years to commute the future increasing premium by an equivalen equal annual one for the remainder of life, and thereafter to participate in the profits. The same advantages are appiicable to assurers on the decreasing scale of rates. 7thly, Policies on the lives of parties dying by suicide, duelling, or by the hands of justice, not void as respects the interests of persons to whom they may have been legally assigned. Bthly, No extra charge for residence in any part of Europe, nor for proceeding to any port (in a decked, sailing, or steam vessel) between Brest and the Elbe. Licenses are granted to go to any Dart of the world upon terms proportionate to the risks. 9thly, Whole-life Policies on the equal scale of premium purchaseable after four years. Lapsed Policies revived on favourable terms to the assured. _  All assurances effected on the equal scale of rates during the year 1639 will participate in the next division of profits. JOHN KNOWLES, Resident Director.
The Sun. — 1839-06-19 (London, England)

SOLICITOR—Henry Young, Esq., No. 12, Essex-street, Strand.  Acrniay—Jj DOivnes, Esq., F.R. A.S. The following are among the advantages of this Society. let, The security of an ample Assurance Fuud, besides the subscribed Capital. 2dly, For young and middle-aged lives the Lowest Rates of Premiums that entitle the assured to participate in the profits. 3dly, Three-fourths of the profits divided every fifth year among those who have been assured four years on the equal scale of premiums. The bonus declared in 1834 averaged 161. per cent. on the premiums then paid ; and the bonus awarded in 1839, on the average, is equal to 31/. per cent. on the premiums received during the last five years.. 4thly. Assurers may have the bonus applied to increase the sums assured, or in reduction of future premiums, either for the remainder of life, or for the next five years only. sthly, Policies granted without any charge to the assured beyond the stamp duty. 6thly, An option given to Assurers on the increasing scale of rates after the lapse of any number of years to commute the future increasing premium. by an equivalen equal annual one for the remainder of life, and thereafter to participate in the profits. The same advantages are appiicable to assurers on the decreasing scale of rates. 7thly, Policies on the lives of parties dying by suicide, duelling, or by the hands of justice, not void as respects the interests of persons to whom they may have been legally assigced. Bthly, No extra charge for residence in any part of Europe, nor for proceeding to any port (in a decked, sailing, or steam vessel) between Brest and the Elbe. Licenses are granted to go to any part of the world upon terms proportionate to the risks. 9thly, Whole-life Policies on the equal scale of premium purchaseable after four years. Lapsed Policies revived on favourable terms to the assured. All assurances effected on the equal scale of rates during the year 1839 will participate in the next division of profits.