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The Sun. — 1845-11-17 (London, England)

SEDUCTION AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A YOUNG FEMALE. On Saturday a degree of considerable excitement prevailed in the vicinity of Russell-street, Bermondsey, in consequence of a young and handsome female named Mary Ann Simmonds, aged seventeen years, . the only daughter of respectable parents residing in Edward-street, Star-corner, Bermondsey, being removed from the parish workhouse of St. Mary, Bermondsey, to the lunatic ward of Bethlehem Hospital, St George's-fields, under the following distressing and painful circumstances : It appears from the following particulars which have been furnished' to the reporter, that the unfortunate female was recently in the service of Mr. Davis, umbrella and parasol manufacturer, residing in the Westminster-bridgeroad, Lambeth, where she bore an excellent character for her cleanliness and propriety of condnct, until a few days since, when she became strange in her behaviour, which was also attended by a lowness of spirits, and an evident attack of insanity, which attracted the attention of the family. After considerable difficulty, Mrs. Davis, who had always been extremely kind to her, prevailed upon her to reveal the cause of her unhappiness, which she at length consented to do. She said that she had been keeping company with a young man named " Charles," an engineer in the employ of young man named "Charles," an engineer in the employ of lesers. Maudslay and Co., the engineers of Westminsterbridge -road. He was occasionally in the habit of meeting her and taking her to a concert-room, in Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road ; that he had ruined her and promised her marriage, and now had entirely forsaken her. Her mistress, seeing the danger of her staying in service, communicated with the parochial authorities connected with the parish of St. Mary, Bermondsey, to which her parents belonged, the result of which was, her immediate conveyance to the lunatic ward of the above parish, whither she was taken on Thursday night, and placed under the usual restraint. The same night, about ten o'clock, whilst the back of her attendant was turned, she succeeded in raising the window of her apartment, and jumped into one of the neighbour's gardens, from which she made her escape. Several persons proceeded instantly in pursuit of her, as she was without bonnet 0,- shawl, but no tidings were heard of her for nearlytwo when she was discovered by a constable,City.rlicienth the act c r hour, her on the centre of London budge, through ugh the acwho rim: saw one of the eastern recesses, leaping from* tivity of the oth. . *-1 A certificate for her removal to was the parish, who subsequently con ' necessary by Mr. Tovey, the sur. -veery conveyback.i vtt was providently the above workhouse,a n and where subsequently nelpataerliyah,fotau n aotptia... . ccordingly put in the hands Bethlehem Hospital, which was 6.- .--,,,... . . recolinevvienyged"hm• er',l°,lQti four o'clock on coals s 1 Sunday afternoon, to a 3 um. Her parents, who are rd-working pp, are poflaMeerd. herm. Slow, a one carotf the relieving honest, ha thus thrown into a state of meat trouble.  [
The Sun. — 1845-11-12 (London, England)

BIRMINGHAM.  On Monday a meeting of the Town Council was held in the Committee-room of the Towa Hall, for the _purpose of electing a Mayor in the room of Thomas Phillips, Esq., whose year of office terminated this day. The usual preliminaries having been gone through, Mr. Councillor RODWAY proposed the re-election of Mr. Phillips in a highly complimentary speech, in the course of which he observed that he firmly believed nine•tentbs of the burgesses were decidedly favourable to the re-election of the present Mayor.—( Hear. ) Mr. Councillor MATCIIELL seconded the nomination.  Mr. Councillor Lucy proposed Mr. Henry Smith as a fit and proper person to fill the office of Mayor, and took occasion to advert to the well-known business habits of that gentleman, and his general qualifications for the discharge of the onerous duties which devolved upon the Chief Magistrate of so important a borough as that of Birmingham. Mr. Councillor PEMBERTON seconded the nomination of Mr. Smith.  —The Council was, then addrtssed by several members of the body, when it became evident that Mr. Phillips would be re-elected. That gentleman, however, on putting the proposition to the meeting, said, he regretted that circumstances had recently occurred which would prevent him from filling the office, and if re-elected, he should be obliged to avail himielf of the privilege of the Municipal Act, and decline the honour. Upon this announcement the Council unanimously elected Mr. Smith.  SHOCKING SUlClDE.—Another proof of the direful results which the preaching of such fanatics as Dealtry and Burgess, who recently honoured this town with their presence, is calculated to produce upon the minds of the ere.dulous and ignorant, has, we regret to state, been afforded in the suicide, at an early hour on Friday morning, of a woman named. Netherton, the wife of an. ostler residing in Gibbons • lane, in this borough. The, poor woman, it appeared, attended the lectures of the worthies above•named, and frightened at their declaration of the near approach of: the day of judgment, she has ever since hen •in a state of mental derangement, and thus it was, that being, left alone tor z. sh9rt-riday morning, siue. jot a perin,l to her etistsst^h  . • - , . n1,..t ' % • -.,,ririi-1 .I„,r ',3??l'd fro:, : ; ' •":•—! ' ~, '' i.. Lor4 (*llford has given up tue master nip ui we fox-hounds with which his Lordship hunted some .seasons past, and they are WAY to be a glibgalption packt.....s7udlionie igurna.li —..- .
The Sun. — 1845-04-24 (London, England)

TOILE ZGN. , ded bl On Sunday at three o'clock, the King of the French, at--ten oe., General Earon Gourgaud and two orderly officers, hat the lo' ries for Neuilly, and there staid till five, when they rern""- the the evening their Majesties received the Minister of Finaticer, tie, Dukes de F6zenzac and de Ileaufremont, the Marquis de than2.o, Generals Count de Sparre, Jacqueminot, Sanstiani, and St: Si • the Prefect of the Seine, and Counts Friant and St. Maur% A There has been held, it is said, a great political with corder'nee P"--...• the residence of the Minister of Justice. The subject under sideration was, it is affirmed, the course to be adaPradopter. sp ect to the Jesuits.  d  The Moniteur publishes royal ordonnances 'creating - t $O. France the Duke de Valencay, Lieutenant- General Dun de dolphe de Latour Maubourg, the Count de Tilly, the °sr°  Bo Count de is.le.ComtLatoure, and IdMaubourg, . de liebertthe French Ambass.--- in. _Aar itdo, di „g Holy See, died on the 18th inst. at Marseilles, where he "  rived a few days before, on his way from Rome. aith We regret to state that the accounts of M. Guizot's -h e web not to favourable, on Monday night he had a renewal of the ' and by thSaue last accounts he was in a weak state. awes, M. de ssure, son of the celebrated naturalist, died at on the 17th inst., in the 77th year of his age. .„,eot M. Excelmans, receiver of taxes of the Arrondlit.aer Louviers, in Normandy, and son of Count Excelinans. act is France, committed suicide at Louviers on Sunday.  attributed to insanity arising from ill health. A. 0 31°. The funeral of M. Aubert, Peer of France, took plate -;b01001_ day. The service was performed. In the Church of sods d'Aquin; the grand deputation from the Chamber of Pier  tie ew, 'llO 45, 'le i;We'. , 7° 'lo° le, ro ito I,llr )61. ,  10`".  ,ckoPW
The Sun. — 1845-10-16 (London, England)

SCROFULA OR KING'S EVIL, BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTME NT.—A FRIGHTFUL CASE.— A young man named Bowman, a shoemaker, living in James -street, Manchester, had been afflicted from childhood with the most malignant kind of scrofu'ous ulcers, covering various parts of his body ; besides other sufferings, they had deprived him of the use of his left leg; yet, extraordinary to relate, this poor fellow has not olly had all the ulcers soundly healed, but has likewise regained tic compete use of his limbs by means of these two wonderful medicines. Sold at Professor Holl sway's Establishmet t, 241, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by a.most all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world.  LAMENTABLE SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning an alt of determined suicide was committed near the powder magazine, Hyde-park. Shortly before ten o'clock a welldressed man was noticed to walk from the direction of Corn berhind-gate; his manner attracted the attention of son e iets toefedaa_Yvi7fht persons, who suspected he was insane. 40n arriving near the magazii;e, he drew a pistol out of his waistcoat and discharged the contents through his head and immediately fell; several persons ran to the spot, but so effectual was the act that IT) was extinct, the whole of the upper part of the brad beirg shattered to pieces. The body was conveyed to the barracks 1 cn the north bank of the Serpentine, and from papers found 0, the. unfortunate gentleman's person, there is every reason 'nose that his name, is Elliott, and that his residence is to 01.. WILLIAM CHAMBERS, Porches' happened to N\ illiarn With several railways in different parts of the connecteel , er-terrace, Bayswater. A large quantity of papers between tea and elevn o'el le, kingdom we.. n worthy Baronet had only SERIOUS ACCIDENT Diosil riTi ii,sogi Tpi is ksetisrt. _ n , ,t7,ioucester- place, nature Sir ' lie . e Chambers, Bart. , oin .., a few minute s left his resioent.,~. Seymour-street, Br• anstenal3nA i:cr cid el; his horse took fright from some cause, and vv. ens off in a furious gallop. Sir William, being very aged, was unable t;) stop its speed, and it continued its eareer as far as the New-road, when the square, when, in riding upanimal came in contact with one of ft.?, Paddington omnibuses The collision threw Sir William off int.') the road, the horse continuing his progress towards Paddington. Sir William N%-as removed to the house of Mr. Spencer, surgeon, of Alson'sbui:dings, New-road, when it was ascertained that his collar bone was dislocated, and he has otherwise leceived serious injuries. He still remains at the house of 2fr. Spencer, where every attention and medical skill is rendered him. A YLESIMItY,
The Sun. — 1845-09-17 (London, England)

FIFTY IOUSES BURNT.—Soon after Midnight, on Saturday morning last, a fire broke out in a bakehouse at Moretonhampstead (a small town situate about 12 miles from Exeter), and as nearly all the hotises were thatched, the flames spread with great rapidity, and were not subdued until the grater part of Cross-street was consumed, the number of houses destroyed amounting to about 50, and including the prethises of Mr;.Bidder, a builder • Messrs. Nix and Co., drapers and the Golden Lion- Inn. The greater part of the property, however, was not of- a valuable kind, and the loss, therefOre, is not so extensive as the number of houses burnt would seem to indicate, though much distress will be occasioned to many poor families. The town engine was:not in a working state, so that the Only available means of stopping the'progress:of the fire was by pulling down some houses, until effective fird-engines arrived from EXeter. • Exchange, Ravin had under their consideration the ter STOCK: Committee of the proposal Stock elosing made by miny of the leading brokers for al Ist of next month. in the hours of business on and theat eleven o'clock in the foreof the mark ts, have agreed that an alteration shall be made The market will then open a second alteration that has . consequent upon the pressure noon and close at three occibeocekninmtadheeaftdeunritnoogn.thTe This last the of business iiitroduceextensive operations in bydears that, the brokers ltihneg,late have not railway few securities' It appears half hour • months in the hours dof ((m lid the curtailment o the in the opening and closing first blade sufficient to transact , the counting-house tof theiribusiness, and have, therefore, agreed among themselves shorten "market hours," if . possible, to give them more time for the arrangement of their correspondence . before the Eitchange opens and-after it shuts. - The enormous increase of orders produced by the extent of speculation in the provinceS,as well as in the metropolis, has so multiplied business, that' many of the brokers new receive and dispatch between 300 and 400. letters per diem. It is, therefore, essen. tial that they should be allowed a little extra time to arrange their orderS for. sale or 'purchase in the morning, and also to advise their correspondents of the success or failure of their. operations. ,Under these circumstances it is that the change was desired and has been agreed to.—Advertiser. DETERMINED StiiclDE:'--Monday morning, about half-past sit o'clock, Mts. Eliiabeth Harley, of No. 6, New Union-street, Moorfields, committed suicide. During Sunday nothing particular was observed in her manner; she supped with her daughters, and about ten o'clock retired to bed as was supposed, without making any remark. Yesterday morning, the time having long passed when she should have been tobreakfast,. one of.her daughters went to her bedroom, but could not•get in until the door was broken 'open, where her unfortunate parent was found suspended by a ,handkerchief to the bed-rails, Miss Harley instantly 'cut her down, but ;she was quite deAti. Tn MURDER or. MR.
The Sun. — 1845-11-08 (London, England)

PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold,bars....f3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in Bars 0 4  ........ ......  eh ... :........._..... { ___............. ;10k 44 liotTi,„„ glit '34 k ~---- or TRH LORD MAYOR'S PRo. csuesd!Vight °A7b4:r lIEXTThe followin notice was lord ittle4,',°,_l'../0 •10M the Town Clerk's office:—" By the yli, atyo7loBTtle.ll a.s John Johnson, Esq., (IN utlt , r this City for the 'year ensuing, on Monda), 18 . ,•s 1,, Ilteil 41,3" of November nesi, to be accompalned by ni lately elected the 0',1441 t.:40 Aldermen, and attended by the Livery oft 11 'l'l44tk ei.._4ll3anies of this City to go from Guildhall a r lliiCtlies,7,. tIY, throurat Kind-street, Queen-street, UpPe thtprsioit.:h`ett, Arthur-street west, King William-street, litt ellyaitse-street, the Poultry Cheapside, St. PTil N„%I, t, ,t, Ludgate-street, Ludgate-hill, and New Bridget ltiLter, tfi'mekfriars-bridge and thence by water to Wes ; litkilrriars eilLeto be sworn ; 'an I at his return, will lanAeaw thioNr,„:',.ilrB, and pass from thence through isi,s. 11,11e11y,,,,,--s Ludgate-hill, Ludgate-street, St- Pau.'d_ 4„,tsdiniiellea,,,l3B.ide, and down King street to the Gull kep '''lC,. ' ko'gued )IAfEttzwETRER. tbsktitikevitTed here SllERRNESS.—Considerable excite't D 'trart - '''re ou 'Wednesday morning, tkll, tel°, ite gentleman h dcommitted suicide at the Ship Tavern,a t kii '4 night b . .a commt e hketle 4eitivea the p.rel./, johangtang himself from tlalabmedesrt,eallii; Slle lbugn. on Its being rumoured ;11.44gttecbAct ba,.3 12 ! Onytuye lahicidlio'roldi coailling him in the morning i7,IINA _414,-..0 -roorn door locked, and receiving nob answert_oor to ;;31k. 11 4,r,l,rise bra dmittance he gave the alarm ; ended de fromi wilt itZlipi'l it Iktskinai aid c hed man was foundredsusbpoetn( 14'' 4go A corot;zita iimmediatelybprocu _e, re _ the vital spark ~k 1 tole pf his ._,_ StnqUest has een dt r a till the appeartt qttY advert, ir,endi, a whom the circumstance is to be anqLiti , llOje 8e , Th, 'nem in the London papers. khl,trj. ikttra .t,„ lA:r
The Sun. — 1845-09-09 (London, England)

DISTRESSING SUICIDE PROM SEDUCTION.—On Saturday evening a coroner's inquest was held at the slack Horse, Lower-road, Deptford, before C. J. Carttar, Esq., on the  body of a young female, named Mary Anne Robson, aged only nineteen, the daughter of one of the master shipwrights in the dockyard at Deptford, who committed suicide by throwing herself Into the Surrey Canal on Thursday night. Mary Lake, the wife of a master smith in the dockyard, deposed that in consequence of the indisposition of the mother of the deceased, witness and her husband went to lodge in the house of Mr. Robson. She had known the deceased for some months previously, and had only gone to live there after the deceased ran away from home about two months since. The deceased was a virtuous girl up to . _ . . _ . . .  - . the time of her leaving her home, to which she returned about a fortnight since, after an absence of five weeks. A girl named Emily Skinner, who was frequently with the de. ceased, left her home with her, and they had lived together with a young man, named Jones. Witness last saw deceased alive about six o'clock on Thursday, the day of her death. Since her return home, the deceased appeared much depressed in spirits. Emma Brown deposed that on Thursday night, shortly after eleven o'clock, she heard the splash of something heavy in the water. On hearing the splashing, witness went out and saw some person plunging about In the water; also heard the person moan heavily two or three times. Witness instantly raised an alarm, when several persons came to her assistance ; in the meantime, witness got a prop, but it was not of sufficient length t i r each the deceased. Witness found the bonnet, shawl, gloves, and 2ocket-handkerchief of the deceased close by her door. The deceased was in the water about ten minutes. Emily Skinner, the young woman alluded to above, said she and deceased left home together, and went to reside in a common brothel in Fairy 's-buildirgt, Bermondsey. They were taken there by a young womar whom they met at •.the St. Helena Tea-gardens at Rotherbithe. Whilst at the brothel was visited by a young mar , named Jones. On one occasion witness heard deceased threaten to make away with herself, but afterwards said she was only joking. Upon being closely questioned by the Coroner, the witness admitted having said, " Has she gone and done it? Oh Iw, God, I must go and tell him, or else he will get into troub'e and me too," but she would not give any explana. tion. This wi, ness gave her evidence with great nonchalance. The Coroner saiu there was no doubt remorse, arising from the course of life she had been leading, had rendered her unhappy, and had led to this disastrous end. Tt e jury returneda verdict of " Temporary insanity."  ARRIVAL or Two
The Sun. — 1845-09-27 (London, England)

DETERMINED SUICIDE....YeSterally afternoon Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Red Lion, Princes-street, Story's. gate, Westminster, on the body of Mrs. Sarah Day, aged 45. The .deceased was the wife of a pastrycook and confectioner, carrying on business at 22, Princes-street, Story's-gate, and for some months past she had been in a low and desponding state of mind, unaccounted for except that the husband was in the habit of keeping I).i- Ph lulu ilia the bush-lees had pt' 14e fallen pif censiderA ',Ty: ' eceaseil . , decease di seen last alive about one o'clock that morriiiiiiVriday), when she appeared in her usual spirits, About three o'clock one of the deceased's daughters,Who slept in the adjoining room to her, he44l. gomP INIso ill the room, ini 9 Ott!lig 41 to see what was the matter, she observed her mower In the bed struggling violently, and at the same time detected the smell of essential oil of bitter almonds in the rooin, which she knew by her father using it in his trade for flavouring pastry. She immediately called to her sister to go fur a surgeon, u on "whiili piii depekeed ptintly rpplied, il:lrf cfnfift lise,'i f. Wright. of Story's-gate, 'Wee' 0110 lit im eTately, 1 lid found the deceased still alive, And detected the'sthell'OfeeseiV tial oil of almonds in her mouth. Active remedieS were adopted, but without effect, and the deceased expired in about i.eR inintee after his arrival from the effeets of the above vol.. son, tiiv6el/4tribpe a vibiefm4a knoito 6 till a 146e,:.:443ct ki.g‘i directly. A tumbler from which the deceased had swallowed the.pe:eort was found by the bedside, but the, bottle containing the essential oil of bitter almonds, used by Mr. Day in his besineee, was iniesing. and has not been discovered. -Verdict, ‘; Temporary hisiti4ti.lf . ' 4ismirs op BAD* TuATIn.,-71t the itoelidele petty sessions; held pn llfpniirty. and Wednesde,y, there was net a eii'igita prkenee either from the ont-ttiwnship.s Oe the borough; and verzfeW cgseo fvf AO tlggi§joi4 gf thg Plae*ates''''' ILeeds 'Junes.
The Sun. — 1845-09-20 (London, England)

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN IN THE REGENT'', 'WM.—Last night an inquest was held by Mr. Mills, Deputy Coroner for Middlesex, in 'the Board-room of St. Marylebone Workhouse, on view of the body of a gentleman, apparently between 50 and 60 years of age, presumed to be a foreigner, who committed suicide in the Regent's-park by shooting himself, under the following circumstances :—The first witness examined was police-constable Harris, D 112, who stated that about three o'clock yesterday morning he was on duty in Sussex-place, Regent's-park, when he heard the report of firearms. He immediately repaired to the spot whence the sound proceeded, and discovered the deceased lying against the iron railings which inclose the ornamental water, blood issuing from his mouth, and apparently lifeless. He sprang his rattle, and sergeant Granger responding to the alarm, witness ran for Mr. Guy, surgeon, Upper Baker-street, who returned with him, and declared deceased to be dead. Deceased was on his back on the ground, and the fingers of his right oand were partially bent, and within two inches of a pocket pistol, which bad only evidently recently been discharged. Deceased's hat and wig (black) were by his side. Witness assisted in carrying him to the workhouse, where he has as yet not been identified. The witness here described the dress worn by deceased, as also the property found on him, which were as follows : —A braided top . brown coat, with beneath an olive-brown dresscoat, a silk white, yellow, and black vest, a chocolate-coloured scarf, black trousers, and socks, with Wellington boots, a silk hat, maker's name " Dedent, Paris;" linen shirt, initials in pink silk, "E. 11., No. I." On his person was a gold watch (Lessine, maker), a gold pin. enamel top, four small steel keys, and a pistol loaded to the muzzle, and which, on comparison, proved to be the fellow one to that which had, been discharged. The pistols were quite new, but no name on them, and every article which deceased wore also seemed to be new and of foreign texture. In his waistcoat pockets there was found a purse of green, red, and white silk, and a mother-of-pearl eye-glass, with eight shillings a Icl fourpence in silver. Sergeant Granger, It 21, gave corroborative testimony, adding that deceased was five feet ten inehes in height, of very muscular frame, grey eyebrows, and very nearly bald. To give time for publicity to be given to the melancholy catastrophe and the identification of the body, the inquiry was adJourned till seven o'clock on Wednesday evening next.