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The Sun. — 1851-04-04 (London, England)

LONDON, FRIDA.Y, APRIL 4, 1851.  In the House of Lords last night, The Duke of RICHMOND presented ma ipastition from the Town Council of Chichester, complaining conduct of the Rev. Mr. KENRICK, thil incumbent of the Peter's, in that city, who had rein,ied torinat read the othef obefurS xemiati service over the body of a Dissrntiug Enin plary character, and also over the body of a Woman who had committed suicide while in a state of lunacy. The Bishop of CHICHESTER could not extenuate the conduct of the Rev. Gentleman. After a few words from the Bishops of LONDON and of EXETER, and from Lord BROUGHAM, the petition was ordered to lie on the table. Lord Baouosem moved the committal of the County Courts Extension Bil. The LORD CHANCELLOR opposed the Bill, and pointed out sevaritl objections to the proposed enactments. .It was ultimately agreed that the Bill should be recommitted pre forma, and ciiscusJ.4l on Monday. Their Lordships then acljeurne '. 7 ~1„,,k In the Commons, r AmaTEr moved nu address, praying her MAJESTY M'into the -.:: e . 4.: •to appoint a Commie on to inquire, in India, i' 0' ' '''' 'Operation and results of the exiNtirs+; laws touching the government and management of th, '-rritories under the &drainistration of the East India Company. In support  {  OW IN A OW" t• • AdV.V  V)* 'LW .o*irt.7l  •16.  of his motion the Hon. and Learned Gentleman entered into a detailed statement of what he considered the abuses of the Government of India.  Lord JOHN RUSSELL considered that an inquiry in India would produce great excitement and mischief. If an inquiry were necessary it had better be before a Committee of the House.  Mr. Ht mx considered inquiry necessary, but did not approve of sending a Commission to India. Sir JAMES HoGo defended the Court of Directors and the East India Company. The motion, which was supported by Mr. BRIGHT, and opposed by Mr. MANGLES, was eventually withdrawn. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then".moved, in pursuance of the resolution of last session, that the Rouse resolve itself into a Committee to consider the mode of administering the oath of abjuration to persons professing the Jewish religion. The Noble Lord recapitulated the history of the attempt of Baron ROTEISCIULD last year to take his seat, and concluded by declaring that, in his judgment, it was for acts and not opinions that Parliament ought to legislate. Sir ROBERT Irtotis reiterated his former objections to the measure. Mr. M. GIBBON considered the measure should have been introduced earlier, and hoped that if it were again rejected in another place, the Government would take some decided step. Mr. PLIIMPTRE and Mr. NEWDEGATE opposed, and Mr.
The Sun. — 1851-04-03 (London, England)

DETERMINED SUICIDE.  On Tuesday Mr. IL M. Wakley held an inquest at the residence of Dr. Smedley, 8, Torrington-square, on Captain Edward Harris Butterfield, H N., aged 44. Jane Bradley, the housemaid, deposed that deceased was her master's brother-inslaw, and that he had resided in her master's house six months. Last Saturday:she last saw deceased alive as he retired to his bed-room. Instead of eating his supper as usual in the parlour, he bad it in his bed-room. For the last month he was very melancholy, but why she could not say, as he was on the best possible terms with all his family. He never sat down without falling asleep. At tea on Saturday he complained of pains in his head, and went to bed earlier than usual. At half-past eight on Sunday morning she knocked at his door to call him, but not getting an answer, her suspicions were aroused, and she called her sister (the cook), with whom she entered his bed-room, when they found him quite dead In bed with his throat cut. She immediately informed her master of the dreadful occurrence, and he sent for Drs. Cooper and `Browne. Deceased never threatened to destroy himself. Dr. Robert Hunter Smedley, brother-in-law of deceased, said that he suffered from liver disease and congestion of the brain, and had been such a martyr to illness for the last two years that nothing could soothe him. Some years ago, while capturing a prize, ha sustained a severe injury of the head by the boom of the prize vess4 failing on him. In witness's opinion, the disease of his brain and liver was caused by his long residence on the coast of Africa. Although deceased was eccentric he was not so insane as to require being watched. Sir E. Parry, RN., said he had known the deceased upwards of 30 years, and saw him last alive ten weeks ago, when he appeared so melancholy and altered in his general manner since November that he scarcely knew him. His face was shrunk, his body was attenuated, and he looked twice his real age. He had seen great service, and had been on the African coast longer than any other officer. On one occasion he served there twelve successive years, and when he first was there he was witness's first lieutenant. Since his return home he complained of pains in his side and head—the usual symptoms of tropical disease. While on the African coast he had fever. Officers who had been on that trying service frequently committed suicide. Two of witness's friends, after leaving that station, did so. Deceased was one of the best officers in her Majesty's service. Some further evidence was given ; after which the jury returned a verdict of Temporary insanity.  The Glasgow Daily Arad announces the demise of Lord Mozcrieff, and states that the vacancy thus created on the Scotch Bench will be Ailed by Mr. Cowan.
The Sun. — 1851-04-21 (London, England)

SINGULAR CASE OF SUICIDE AND ABDUCTION.— On Saturday Mr. H. M. Wakley held an inquest in the Royal Free Hospital, on Marian Waldeinhß, Wednesdayr Boston-street, ,K i King's-cross, sl-acsrto hs se, eeedne.ceaHseednraylsoPleliivlepdo", said id 3 woman, aged heard deceased's shrieks, and going ' into the hall, her running saw weighhert running down stairs, while she excl • it. I have done it." She foamed out of " I have done the mouth, and fell insensible in the passage. With the least possible delay, he conveyed her in a cab to the hospital muttered, "I have taken oxalic acldticl on the way she David Thomas Walden (humpbacked and dwarfish) • married to deceased eleven months. On nat that he had been Monday he beat her, gave her a black eye, and ceused her nose to bleed, because he suspected that ehe had been drinking During the last five weeks she was very 4reatther freely. e,,d, and repeatedly exclaimed, " I cannot live, I must jdie. He asked her to explain what she meant: and, u to tell the cause of her grief, she sj'den being pressed " I will tell all. About five weeks ago, while I was going down Brewer-street, I was forced by a gentleman into a cab, which drove off with me. Soon after I was put into the cab I lost. my senses, and when I recovered them I found myself lying in Oxfordstreet. The gentleman who dragged me int the cab is an artist living in Portland-place. He dishonoure me. I must die. I don't know where be lives." Witness promised to forgive her, and endeavoured to quiet her, but in vain She had twice before attempted suicide, but prompt remedies. saved her life. Dr. Robertson said the deceased had been out-patient of the hospital for some weeks for sore throatan and another complaint. On making a post-merlons examination of the body, he found that deceased had died from the effects of oxalic acid, of which she had taken a large quantity. The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased had destroyed herself, but what was her state of mind when she committed the act there was no evidence to prove."
The Sun. — 1851-06-17 (London, England)

JON NDERSON." His Grace said,upon reading over the first letter I observed the narue of the town of flawiek was wrongly spelt, and this excited my suspicion. I therefore placed the letter yesterday in the hands of the endicity Society for their investigation. I never saw the prisoner before till now. Francois Trenyens, valet to his Grace, proved receiving the letters from the prisoner. Horsford said, from the description of the prisoner which he had received from the last witness, he apprehended the prisoner on the previous evening as he was leaving the Clarendon Hotel. Mr. Ferguson, clerk to the Mendicity Society, said in consequence of a communication he received from his Grace, he went yesterday to the London Hospital and examined the book for the last six months. The name of Walter Scott did not appear on the books. The prisoner, who did not deny the charge, was committed for three months.  SUICIDE FRIGHTFUL OF ____.... A PROFESSIONAL SINGER —A long inquiry took place on Saturday before Mr. G. W. Payne, the deputy coroner for the borough of Southwark, at the Moonrakers, Great Suffolk-street, Borough, as to the death of Mr. George Hawkins, aged 51, for many years known as a singer at the concerts in and around the metropolis, who destroyed himself in the following determined manner :—lle had been residing for the last five or six years at 89, Great Suffolk-street, and since last Christmas had suffered much from illness. The deceased was last seen alive on Thursday, and nothing particular was noticed in his manner. The next morning a friend called on him, but the door of his room was found to be fastened on the inside, although the key was on the outs'cle. This caused some suspicion, and an entry was made into his chamber, where the deceased was discovered lying on the floor in a pool of blood. The head was nearly separated from the body. A razor was found lying near a table, where it was evident the deceased had committed the act. The jury returned a verdict—That the deceased committed suicide while in a fit of momentary insanity,
The Sun. — 1851-12-03 (London, England)

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.--"Wre "nell t° -1300`idesii" themii_ oawiunbuildingmaintaining regretgg:i itenD t Hyde-park will be throvia °Pve vent et P ' f on Monday next, and that arrangeMentslif.‘f 015 010 ,t 1 d Diorthumberlat fo iispo ~.te IV e re ogr 0 villa at Twickenham. ~g ra' .'e ClOnittiOg SUICIDE OF A LIVERPOOL IVIER,'-'l9 1 ra-r $l, ha tiib'° CO° j 0" in ce nd is to announce that one of our most resPe° .. bY gr, ,011 to gtsessrpturpatertsueeercnihntteghscsoa condition rsdohiritlialsosnsiui itliurgoies ito,tbi 0:09: , 5 tlii oei, 'Change has put an end to his exist allude is pie", suicide. Toe gentleman to whom we 3",tiia Olio 01„401, Taylor Crook, long and extensively enge,g„'„f of '''to 65. S' passenger trade, and consignee to a large ''';',, 10,50 0' efel P asto tending nit dhh i the past gpßal shateisky year rsaihnr selsiNsniesaiort of NeeweinwAe-niortroskr, k::octrki otertibvererP ni;eiragott_seot:L:roljo months atter, experiencing during his s°'ines :4 01°'re °I,; States several severe attacks of illness. •thel7.,gve, too health was but little improved, and dtirilce ',.,' sati',,,„'s'e.Oler was evidently labouring under the flues.te 'l' e °l' ioJt' trying indisposition, aided, perhaps, O.Y %tel,l OP° state of his private affairs, occasioned 11 eeraoi,,,,aa 0" lions in America. At nine o'clock thisratliasgll3.) Ill:/ if° lags in Mount-pleasant, he was discoverea extinct.-Liverpool Standard of vest tett.- 'es-e vd AO e klif° At the Middlesex Sessions Sega., seFstwiff, Steven,, a weaver, residing in SpitalfielidouAgTal:bere'r,oo4( six months' imprisonment for brutaailjlay 'rLhaeliopnpafreecoteutllsritso,efis Meet-street, eto' tkl-‘ssitsrrt.eoelCte,n. knocking her down, beating her,traal abli 0, she the P a ist . 1 y. Rseevdle son,,, o f the srbh,etlceleil :1 'rrtrillibeertidC(sl:t°cji:crjji!'cj yS'eisthtertdhaeycesmenitneinsscieodnboyfivitrh.eA offence. ',are ebe-vi ~,its. irons resided overlooks Mr. Mitchells " craOnlar t-jiiit himself into a railwa A prize-fighter, named Titnethifearteeeatetilitle prisonment in to force default of paying 3 ilae 0 tbe de: Or ticwithout paying his fare. 'll be ,105,10 • eS WI belt tri d THE Assn ES.-The winter agii,.. ass wit ass, on Saturday next, by Baron Par'-sitieg ;Ibl3llit 4' bigamy, wounding, ;4; Earle. The number of pMr. snOW ilt-, 3; 'l.-; OP it;itt, which is made burglary,s- fr(7lloonwesr:--gar„,,"-ii'rder,;l9.;loo,l;Themanslaughter,total6 poaching, 1 ; house-breaking, e• "2; forb"..,"" 'etes`',„ 0013,•cotri ina, , co., lipa poi ,o, bankrupt, 1 ; stealing a post letter, end stes pre A t bezzlement at Mincliester. The ~ 1 ; horse stealing, 1; „ieritte bort/0040'i whole number ofprisoners here snub; ow, st ire 0 fined in Kirkdale, a portion being in t':.:risoat-Aa*-5' id railway carriagec k ett ,t)ofo 20s. fo or vo, ; onn;te brn eit° rt' ot° f;": :° 9bf ibi'll -i111:e' ' 'teb':: confined in Kirkdale gaolisll33B', of whic' ' -,oo' 0, fP w J, 47 are females. - Liverpool Mercury. rhs faillt"Og' f,,,41
The Sun. — 1851-06-30 (London, England)

NEW TRIAL PAPER-ABBOTT V. BACON.  HORRIBLE D6ATLI BY SUICIDE.-00 Wednesday last a stranger, who represented himself as an engineer, was observed loitering about the blast furnaces of the Gartsherrit Ironworks, near Glasgow. The man appeared to be somewhat eccentric in his proceedings, and stated to some of the people that he had made an attempt to drown himself in the canal, but he was sorry to find that there war not enough water in it for that purpose. No one paid attention to him, as it was not believed toe man was speaking seriously. A little afterwards he appears to have ascended unperceived a stair or ladder to the tunnel head of one of the immense fur• naczs, for before any effort could be made to arrest him, het was seen to leap into the flaming gulf. The damper or blast, was immediately put down, but the action of the great body of fire which is kept up by the action of the hot bl st was so instantaneous that not even the ashes of the unhappy man could be distinguished from the burning ironstone. The stranger had stated that he was employed at Gartsherrie some years ago, when the works were in their infancy, but, beyond that, nothing is known of him.  The plaintiff was formerly superintendent of police at Denham, in Norfolk. The defendant is the proprietor of the Norwich Macury, in which there appeared an article imputing to the plaintiff that he had stolen a b ittle of pickles, some cigars. and a bottle of maeassar oil, from a shop in the town of altharo. The detendant plea led that the plaintiff did steal a bottle of capers, a toothbrush, a cigar, and a piece of rottens,tone. The ease was tried at Norwich assizes before Chief Justice Jarvis, when a verdict was found for the defendant, the jury saying that the plaintiff had taken the bottle of capers 001) ; and, upon his Lordship's r, quest. as.ess.d the damtges, in ease the Court should think that ihe pi, a had not been made out, or that it was inaufbciebr,at orm. farthing Sergeant Byles, however, for the plaintiff, had obtained a ruin for a new trial. Mr. PRENDERGAST and Mr. RAYMOND now showed cause. Mr. Baron
The Sun. — 1851-06-14 (London, England)

DESPERATE SUICIDE. On Wednesday an inquest was held at Mr. Gough's, the Steam-packet Tavern, Strand-on-the-Green, Chiswick, before Mr. Wakley, deputy coroner for Middlesex, upon the body of Mr. Samuel Thorrington, aged 58, a coalmerchant and barg,,e-master, late residing at Hill Cottage, who destroyed himself by discharging a rifle-pistol at the back part of his head. The first witness called was Sophia dlorrington, the deceased's wife, who stated that on Monday evening, the deceased and herself were the only persons in the house. About eight o'clock she went into a room occupied solely by the deceased, in which ho transacted business, and asked him for an envelope to enclose a letter she had been writing to one of her daughters, who is living at Windsor. He said, "I won't give you one." He then went into an adjoining bed-room, and the witness went back to her room and sat down. In a few minutes he walked in holding a pistol in his right hand, and exclaimed, "Here, old girl, the time has come." She, fearing that ho was about to murder her rushed towards him, caught hold of the pistol with one hand, whilst with the other she opened the front door, and ran into the front garden and culled out " Murder, police." A policeman was Pissing at the time, and as he was entering the garden the report of a, pistol was heard by bdtli t;±* them. She returned to her husband's room with the policeman, and found deceased lying en the sofa, weltering in his blood, and the pistol grasped in bis right haul. He was teen struggling in the agonies of death. When he came to her he was without his shoes. Dr. Holdness, of Windsor, had attended him for fifteen years. Had said ho was decidedly insane, and ought to be under confiuement. He appeared always anxious for usincso, and closely attended to it.. He had said she Was a disreputable woman, and would not believe the children were his, although she had borne him eight. He had repeatedly threatened to murder witness. When she came it was to see his mother, and she took possession of a mall bed-room. When deceased knew she was in house he said he would get a policeman to drive her our, and he only wished he had a pistol. Deceased kept a sword between his bed and mattress, and a brace of pistols on the, mantel-piece. She had been fourteen months away troll him. Jessey Allen, policeconstable, 106 F, gave confirmatory evidence. Ocher evidence was given, including that of a Mr. Bambridge, a sea-la-law, who said, that although the deceased lived separate from his maintained her by indirect means, and he had always acknowledged his children; but the was an unhappy difference existing between deceased and his wile, created by interaering acquaintances of the wife. A verdict was ultimately returned that the deceased destroyed himself in an unsound state I of mind.  F/ MS 2 '
The Sun. — 1851-10-01 (London, England)

AMENTABLE SUICIDE. BRISTOL, SEPT. 29.--This morning. between nine and ten o'clock, the neighbourhood of St. Paul's, Bristol. was startled by the intelligence that a very respectable tradesman of the name of Biker, residing in Milk-street, had committed suicide. It appeared from the evidence adduced at the inquest, which was.held this afternoon, before Mr. Joseph Baker Grindon, the city coroner, that the deceased, Mr. Francis John Baker, was a highly respectable plesterer and painter, of about forty years of age, carrying on business in partnership with his father, and, until about fur weeks since, in the usual manner. At that time his two suns, who were his only children, sailed in the Cosmo for the United States, having been induced to do so by the continual solicitations of Mr. Baker's sister, who has been a resident of the United States for the last twenty years. From the period of their departure his mind became very depressed, and indeed so much so as to excite the apprehension of his friends. This morning (Monday), however, he rose at the usual hour and went about his business, giving directions to his workmen. At between nine and ten o'clock, the unfortunate gentleman not having come to his breakfast, search was made for him, when it was discovered that one of the upper workshops was fastened, and being forced open, the body of Mr. Baker was found lying on the floor quite dead, the greater portion of his skull and brains being blown about the loom, and a gun lying with the barrel on a vice, and some string fastened to the left hand of the deceased. From the appearance of the gun, &c., the deceased must have fastened the string to the trigger and to his hand, and then placed the muzzle in his mouth, as the upper jaw was broken, and the whole of the cranium blown off. From the whole of the evidence it appeared that up to the period of his children's departure the deceased was of .a very cheerful temperament, but since, he had frequently been found crying about them, and lamenting their departure. The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity.
The Sun. — 1851-11-17 (London, England)

DREADFUL MURDER OF A CHILD. AND  SUICIDE OF THE MOTHER. On Saturday ,evening, between five and half• past, information was received at the police-station, Churchlane, St. Giles's, that a child had been barbarously- murdered by its mother ia Windmill-street, Tottenhamcourt-road. It appeared that a young woman, named Sarah Turpin, had for some time resided with her child, an infant of about two months old, in the front parlour of the house. On Saturday morning, at an early hour, the landlady and other parties resident in the house left it to proceed to their various occupations, arid the woman Turpin vras left alone in the house. The landlady was the first to return, and on entering the apartment (<,bout five o'clock) saw the child lying on its left side apparently asleep, and she concluded the mother had gone out for a minute or two, and had left it. She approachrd with the intention of lifting it on the bed, and took hold of its hand, which shaa found to be covered with blood. She screamed out, and some persons living next door hastened in, aid they were horrified at finding that the chill was lying literally in a pool of blood, with its head neurly severed from its body. The !au/iceman on the beat, Sander.;, 35 E, wtis immediately called in, and he at once sent for Air. Wildtiore, a surgeon in W'iudmill•street, who, on examiuit,g► the body, uronuunced life to have been extinct for some hour:. Thu neighbours on being questioned said they had not heard any alarm, and had nut chserved the mother leave 11:o house. Iler conduct towards the ilifant had la en uniformly kind and affectionate, and the persons rifio had known her were at a loss to account for her.having been induced to commit the crime.  Great exertions ware made by the police to effect the capture of the culprit, but nothir,g was heard of her until yesterday morning, when information was received at the various metropolitan stations that the body of a female, with her throat frightfully cut, had been discovered in the Serpentine, at about half-past six that morning. Several persons at once proceeded to Mountstreet workhouse, where the body had been conveyed, and it was immediately identified as that of Sarah Turpin. On the finding of the body a surgeon had been seat for, who expressed his belief that the body bad been some time in the water, and that the wound in the throat was of itself mortal.  No circumstance tending to account for the mother terminating the life of the child has as yet come to light. Her age was about twenty-five.