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The Sun. — 1851-05-24 (London, England)

GENERAL LEAVE TO THE ARMY.—Leave of absence for the purpose of seeing the Exhibition has been given by his Grace the Commander-in-Chief to all regimerata at home, from the Ist of June to the 30th, one field officer; 'half the captains, and half the subalterns to be allowed the it glutgence each fortnight is the month ; and it is the inte, ;Won of some of the railway directors to allow officers, upon producing a certificate of their rank, to travel at the Gov 's lament rate of charge of 2d. a mile, as when on duty. THE LATE SUICIDE ON THE LONDON AND NOM 'ala WesTenie RAlLWAY.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., b eld an inquest at the Elephant and Castle, King's-road, St. Pancras, on James Young, Esq., aged seventy-two, late of 35, Augustus-street, Regent's-park, who, as has been alines idy stated, committed suicide, by throwing himself under the train on the London and North-Western Railway. :Mr. George Harris, the deceased's nephew, stated the decet used, who was a gentleman of independent fortune, had late ;e rly suffered much from ill-health, which greatly affected l his spirits. Sunday morning he appeared more cheerful than usual; and, after taking some coffee, left home to tal re a walk. For a few days before Ins death he complain, id of pain in the head. On Saturday he made his will. He was the last man whom witness would smpect of suicidal it itentions. Mrs. Emily Norton, residing at Park Villa East, Regent's-park, was watching from the Victoria-bridge , the arrival of the Liverpool train on Tuesday, which ree ached the London station between one and two o'clock, when just as the train appeared in sight she saw deceased walk from the right hand side of the railroad towards the rail # on which the train was runniug. When the train came close to him, he halted for a moment, then knelt down, anc I enveloping his head in his cloak laid it upon the rails. She was so horrified, that she lost all power of speech. nen she looked the next moment, the train had passed over the unfortunate gentleman, having severed the head diago2 sally from the body, and leaving the mutilated portions se oeral feet distant from each other. The train, which consist sd of six or seven carriages, was going at an easy pace down , the incline plane. Verdict, "Insanity."
The Sun. — 1851-10-07 (London, England)

SUICIDE ON THE SOUTLI-EASTERN  RAILWA.k.  On Saturday, about one o'clock, r.m., the usually quiet locality of Cold Harbour-lane, leading from Brixton to Camberwell, was thrown into a state of intense excitement, from the following awful occurrence :—At the time in question a man in the garb of a painter, carrying some pots of colour and brushes, was observed to proceed down Pollard's-grove, a retired spot in the rear of the Green Man public-house. Shortly after, the report of a pistol was heard, and on persons proceeding to the spot the man was perceived running away, blood flowing profusely from his head. He had left the paint sand brushes behind him, and carried in his hand a large pistol, but which a gentleman who followed succeeded in taking away from him. The alarm drew together several of the police of the P division from the Brixton station, who Joined in pursuit of the wounded man. He, nevertheless proceeded, notwithstanding the great loss of blood (which was tracked the whole distance), at a rapid pace in the direction of Forest Hill, and, before he could be overtaken, rushed through the railway station on to the rails, and deliberately threw himself before the 1.20 down train, which passed over him,.and thus terminated his existence. The body, dreadfully mutilated, was picked up and conveyed to the Dartmouth Arms contiguous. The name of the deceased, it has been ascertained, was James Harding, by trade a painter and grainer, and resided at 5, Elizabeth-place, South-street, Walworth, and he has left a widow and nine young children to deplore their father's unhappy end. The cause for committing so dreadful and rash an act cannot be ascertained at present.  Yesterday Mr. Carttar, the coroner for East Kent, held an inquest on the body, when, after some consultation, the jury returned an open verdict, to the effect—" That the deceased was killed by being run over by one of the South-Eastern Company's trains, but whether by accident or his own wiltul act there was not evidence to show."
The Sun. — 1851-10-21 (London, England)

LYONS.—From Sept. 28 to Oat. 4 ; ' 298,042 f.; goods, 95,1431.; total, 393,190 f. „d ----igritlVl RESULTS of the GREAT FOR EIGN 14'n0t,,/ Our foreign visitors have neither burns ;01.1 )0') about our ears, nor endeavoured to overturo ° Tbek, meat, nor run away with our daughters. 014 behaved themselves jeaceably and good-11,6i $ op, have borne with oi4little peculiarities anaiahlit:4o, they have paid for what they have had, lilts ';eil May I be permitted to surmise that from; sight-seeing and metropolis-visiting, this 1 sky fete-giving and hand-shaking, some little, 6°o pet 4 good may arise? Is it too wild a though; (tool' A our children will not quite believe that the f.„,tbiSoti oi sarily eat frogs and are all dancing-mastersboseo/ Italian gentleman carries a stiletto in his that if bowl of p•ison in his left-hand pocket"aeDgeoed babies arc weaned on sauer-kraut—thet, 1.- )00 ea one inevitable passion with which all 7001, r 1 possessed—and that the unvarying fate 0•00 r ladies is to be sown up in sacks and east I,od • phorus? Is it really impossible that our 1;0110 may discard those legends altogether? igtllo4 t, hand, it strikes me that our continental le 101 not henceforward be quite so decided 05 00; olli their notions and impressions respeelln,g,,;oo',lfird think we shall be called " perfidious, AP ";,, 0 ovii frequently. lam of opinion that the edit% Wel Al newspapers will no longer declare that!:,ooo,eof, beefsteaks, and occasionally eat the rii; bee) Derbies; that every nobleman takes lus doilniepf to court with him; that we are in the dso Jo selling our wives in Smithfield-market; °he i, Ole the month of November three-fourths of Tt-thieteto of London commit suicide. Altogether, 1.0160" 9 little peace, and a little goodwill, and 11,,_ -Ifors,,'", hood among nations, will result from tesaer 0 7.01:001 sion; and that it will, in future, be no loorti- bow, oli course, that because 50,000 Frenchmeni:ll„ blue red trousers meet 50,000 Englishmen ," tit s-ij, ' and red coats, they must all fall to, a° ce' i each other to atoms. —D ickeni s Household Ite. 61)-- a Mr. L. Leake (Western Australis) had with Earl Grey yesterday. .r 1 h,"801,',0 [
The Sun. — 1851-10-21 (London, England)

LYONS.—From Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 : 000 298,042 f.; goods, 95,148 f.; total, 393,190 f. j RESULTS of the GREAT FOREIGN 11 V • br-d Our foreign visitors have neither burnt oar la's about our ears, nor endeavoured to overturn ottrkpnti:i meet, nor run away with our daughters. 171100 behaved themselves peaceably and good.nateilotej have borne with our little peculiarities amiably. they have paid for what they have had, like hot 0d l May I be permitted to surmise that from thirri. 01Td sight-seeing and metropolis-visiting, this Wee tr1)0 fete-giving and hand-shaking, some little, 100131DopeAr good may arise? Is it too wild a thought oh Priel our children will not quite believe that the Frelloot 0(10 sarily oat frogs and are all dancing-masters 03, 011t0 Italian gentleman carries a stiletto in his bee°t GO? bowl of poison in his left-hand pocket --03.,4 .0 babies are weaned on sauer-kraut—that rel'el;rd.V one inevitable passion with which all SPall„ frtc,of possessed—and that the unvarying fate of 00"tbo,r, ladies is to be sown up in sacks and cast int„,dohYool, phorns? Is it really impossible that our c-the 00? may discard those legends altogether? l',ll3boeooo hand, it strikes me that our continental lie,tter not henceforward be quite so decided as P i„o! their notions and impressions respecting, tl,, qtri think we shall be called " perfidious 11.1b1°°of 4O` frequently. frequently. lam of opinion that the eclitorelio 0004 newspapers will no longer declare that we„ero beefsteaks, and occasionally eat the wii;:boolog.hiti" Derbies; that every nobleman takes his A.ity byme to court with him; that we are in the "A"-gbaVa selling our wives in Smithfield-market; eli" legoor the month of November three-fourths of thabot (yr of London commit suicide. Altogetbert I,.ttao 104 little peace, and a little goodwill, and e '1(0041100f j hood among nations, will result from the r no or sion; and that it will, in future, be no long ,e,„O course, that because 50,000 Frenchmen in Pclue trulf red trousers meet 50,000 Enlishmen to t 011.4 ' and red coats, they must all fell to, and Irotes. .d each other to atoms.—Dickens's Household to
The Sun. — 1851-06-23 (London, England)

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1851.  DISTRESSING SUICIDE, BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY.—This town was the morning Considerably excited, upon its being known that Mr. Callum, valuer and auctioneer of the Court of Bankruptcy, had committed suicide at his house at Highgate. The deceased was well known, not only in Birmingham, but in the metropolis and the principal towns of England, as extensively emeected with the sale of first-rate horses. It appears that he went through his business yesterday at the repository—formerly occupied by the late Mr. Beards worth—in his accustomed spirits. From thence he proceeded to the Warwick Arms, Bradfordstreet, where, in company with sir. Barton, he partook of tea. The waiters at that tavern state that he was appari-roly unusually joyous. Between ten and eleven o'clock he requested Mr. Barton to accompany him in his gig to his house at Highgate, where they arrived shortly before eleven o'clock. The deceased and Mr. Barton bad not been in the back sitting-room many minutes when Mrs. Callum told her husband he was wanted in the front room. He immediately proceeded to that apartment, and there found Mr. Suckling, solicitor, and Mr. Glossop, the head of the Birmingham detective police force. He was told by Glossop that they held a warrant against him for a charge of forgery uoon Sir George Chetwynd, of Grendon Hall, Staffordshire. Mr. Callum seemed prepared for the accuaati,n, saying, "I am ready, but let me bee my wife first." Upon the bell being rung, Mrs. Callum entered the room, when her husband met her and embraced her, and whilst doing so drew a phial, containing prussic acid, from his pocket, and swallowed the contents. He fell instantly upon the fl 'or. The consternation of the party present, and the distress of Mrs. Callum may be conceived, but csn qt. uo bs dbed. Barren, who was in tho back room,t besting the skirl its of Mrs. Callum, flurried into the drawing-room, and there found Mr. Suckiing and Mr. Glossop attempting t raise the tnicly ut Mr. Callum, who was t vi(lenity expire,g wider the influence of poison. Mr. tied, a surgeon, residing within a few doors ()I the unfortunate gentlemen, was called in, but he at 'lnc,- declared that all hopes of saving him were vale; life was not extinct, but the adoduistrstiou or antidotes did not produce the slightest beneficisl effect—ho died in a few minutes. Triers steins to be nu doubt that, for some mow he past the deee is( d had been lab-uring under pecuniary diffiJuldea. The bill with the forgery of which he stood charged wse off- red in Birmingham more than once for di,cotsat during the early part of the week, and a e.,rrespOndenca with Sir George Chetwynd led to Mr. Calium's apprehen4ian. The bill upon which the eharge was made was, we understand, to the amount of 700/.  25 26 27 28  An inqa.st was held at Ba'sail heath, near Birminghair, on turdiy, on the body, when the me hest testimony went to show that the deplorable can .ition of his affairs had so far wroughi upon the physical fiaule as to produce temporary insanity, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly.
The Sun. — 1851-06-23 (London, England)

EXECUTOR. This was an action to try the right t., a patent taken out in the year 1840 for an alleged improvement in the construction of iron safes and boxe. for the preservation of books and papers from destruction by fire. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the alleged infringement that the invention was not new, or of public utility, and that the plaintiff was not the inventor. Mr. Chambers, Mr. Crowder, and Mr. Webster, appeared for the plaintiff, and the defendant was represented by Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Knowles, and Mr. Ilindmarsh. The boxes and safes made by the plaintiff are well known by the name of " Milner's patent," and their peculiarity consists in the introduction of water and sone other absorbent substance, which keep the docutoents deposited inside in a moist state when the boxes are surrounded by fire, and protect them from the influence of the devouring element. The evidence, which was of a purely scientific and technical character, promised to occupy the Court the Whole day.  MARLBRO'-STREE f--(THIS DAY•) ATTEMPTYD SUlClDS.—Jernima, Rusted, a girl about 18 years of age, was brought before Mr. Bingham, • charged with attempting to coawait suicide by throwing herself into the Serpentine, Hyde-park. Inspector Brandstorci. M division, stated that about halt-past ten on Saturday night he was standing on the north bank of the Serpentine in company with a sergeant, when he saw some person'come by the waterside and sit on one of the benches. In about a minute after he saw that the person had disappeared. This excited his suspicions, and on going to the spot he found a shawl and bonnet lying on the seat, and on looking into the river he saw a dark mass floating on the top of the water. He rubbed into the river, and after considerable difficulty succeeded in getting hold of the prisoner and bore her to shore in a state of insensibility, and as he had no assistance immediately at hand, he pulled out his knife and cut open her dress. A police-sergeant shortly came to his aid, and the prisoner was taken to the Humane Society's receiving house, where the usual remedies were resorted to, and atter a short time she was so far recovered as to be removed to the workhouse. The prisoner, who refused to assign any cause for attempting suicide, was remanded for the attendance of her parents, who reside in the country.
The Sun. — 1851-06-25 (London, England)

DELIBERATE SUICIDE.—PLYMOUTFI, TUESDAY.-Yesterday morning at eleven o'clock, as the up express train, which leaves Plymouth at 10.20 A.M., was passing over the Battery incline of the South Devon Railway, about a mile and a quarter this side of Totnes, it cut off the head of a man who appears to have deliberately put himself on the rail. '['he train was in charge of Marlow, the guard, and consisted of three carriages only, drawn by the Strom' bolt engine. At the point mentioned there is a considerable turn in the road, and a person like the deceased was on the approach of the train observed in an adjoining field running towards the line. When first seen on it he was only 30 yards off, stooping over the left hand rail, apparently putting something on the plates or picking up something lions the road. The train was at full speed, and, the descent being severe, it was impossible for Dickenson, the driver, to stop it at the moment; he, however, sounded the whistle, but the man kept his position, and his head was instantaneously severed from his body. When the train returned it was found that the head had been flung 60 feet forward from the point of decapitation; the body was in a ditch about 40 feet in advance with a left arm and left leg broken. The mutilated remains were delivered to the brother of deceased, Mr. Bidlake, a gentleman tarmac, who resides at Whitley farm, through which the railroad is constructed. Deceased was about fifty years of age, a bachelor, possessed of some property; he was subject to fits, add within the last ten days has been afflicted with a severe seizure. Just before the approach of the 6.50 up train in the morning a person resembling him Was seen at s the same spot apparently hying something on the plate but he suddenly absconded when detected by the polic'eman on duty.  THE GOLD EXCITEMENT IN MAT less than 200 men have started thisinw. start next Monday, for the gold and are ready to company of a dozen men, from this morning. Companies are fittingWe are informed, the river week, and not ino Gardiner, ue st passed f here the aunNpdorithn Augusta, to start next week. authority, that gold has been recently upon good found in the streams that rise on the east side of the height of land, and flow into the west branch of the Penobscot. The bead of these streams is in the vicinity of the head waters of the streams that flow west into the Chaudiere. No doubt exists of the presence of gold in thestreams that flow into the Moose river, emptying into Aloosehead Lake. The whole country around the tributaries of the west branch of the Penobscot and Moose rivers is mountainous, and similar in many respects to the mining regions in other countries. We do not wish to favour the excitement on this subject further than the truth will warrant. One fact is undisputed—that gold has been for about two years obtained in this region. The discoveries were deemed of sufficient importance to cause a geological survey of the Chaudiere river by the Provincial Government of Canada. Since that survey the Government has quietly carried on mining operations.—New York Tribune.
The Sun. — 1851-07-31 (London, England)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Robert Johnson, a Scotch lad, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with attempting to pick pockets at the Great Exhibition in Hyde-park. Police-constable Capping, H 379, said he was on duty at the Exhibition yesterday afternoon about five o'clock, when he saw the prisoner, in the south gallery, put his hand to a lady's pocket. The prisoner soon afterwards went and stood by a gentleman and put his hand into the gentleman's pocket and drew his handkerchief nearly out. Witness went forward and took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner protested his innocence. He had only come from Scotland with his father, who was a baker, about a week ago. He was looking at the articles in the Exhibition when he saw a gentleman's handkerchief partly hanging out of his pocket, and he touched the gentleman fur the purpose of drawing his attention to the circumstance, when the constable came to him and took him into custody. The constable was positive that he saw the prisoner attempt to steal the handkerchief. He had seen the prisoner about the Exhibition, on the outside, a day or two previously. Mr. HARDWICK sent him to prison for three months. After the prisoner was removed to the lock-up cells information was given to the gaoler, Parkin, that the prisoner was attempting suicide. On entering the cell the prisoner was discovered in a sta e of strangulation. He had tied one end of his handkerchief to his root and the other round his neck, and had drawn the noose so tight that he must have died bad not the gaoler made his appearance. The handkerchief was taken away and the prisoner, after being brought to, was left. In a short time afterwards an alarm was given that the prisoner was a second time attempting to destroy himself. Oa entering the cell the prisoner was found with his braces round his throat, nearly strangled. The gaoler was informed that the prisoner had offered a lad who was in the cell with him 4d. for a clasp knife to cut his throat with. Parkin reported the circumstance of those repeated attempts at sell-destruction to Mr. Hardwick, who, atter sending for a medical gentleman, decided upon requiring the attendance of the lad's father, iu order to ascertain his previous character and conduct. The prisoner was remanded for that purpose. W
The Sun. — 1851-03-25 (London, England)

LATEST PARTICULAROS.) O'CLOCK. After the wretched criminals bad "dead-house," usual time, they were cut d andeenresmusoved to the e wereow inspected by the suro _taciais. It is most extraordigeon of the gaol and other sof the medical profession, as nary the number of applie Lions that have been made to the governor by members also by agents for Ma dame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors, all of which, by direction of the visiting magistrates,appeared to have undergone little chargehe body beyond were refused. T of a man who had met a voluntary death by strangula don. The effect upon Sarah Chesham onodf Drory that was somewhat different, her neck appeared to be broken; she died without a struggle. On the admission of the reporters into the prison, after the execution, they were informed that Sarah Chesham died impenitent. She exhibited no sign of contrition, and she died as she lived, an awful example to those of her sex who, in the county of Essex more especially, have been guilty of the frightful crime of arsenical poisoning, for the purpose of obtaining paltry allowances from burial clubs and other societies set on foot for such purposes. Drory's admission of his crime has been fully stated; beyond that admission, he has added nothing, his friends urging him not to make a written confession, a course which he pursued to the last moment.  Thus both criminals died, one acknowledging the crime for which he suffered, the other denying leer guilt of the crime for which she was compelled to forfeit her life to the offended laws of her country.  During the trial of the convict Drory his father, with many others, had a strong conviction that his son was innocent. He was present at the trial, seated among the numerous friends of the prisoner, until the reply of the counsel for the prosecution. In the course of that speech he burst into tears and left the Court, stating that, until that moment, he had believed the asseverations made by his son that he was innocent, and that the girl had committed suicide. The able and masterly reasoning of Mr. Edwin James upon the facts of the whole case had convinced him, as it did all who heard it, that the evidence for the prosecution was unanswerable. It has been stated that the prisoner had been known to have read some accounts of strangulation by the Thugs in India, hence the idea arose of thus getting rid of the girl, whose existence he dreaded.