The Sun. — 1844-11-26 (London, England)

TRAGEDY. Perhaps one of the most affecting suicidal tragedies ,114 t haS happened in the metr,polis for wary years 174170 yest relay at a very early hour, at the clvrel;itit,:i:ijit,ftlitt.'zg:.ilt t 'f-destruction If-:ai"hs9a:r egilse:Wire2:::: 10Vp-'t' 'on and Elizabeth kiKe fr"' thc -ff,ets f prussic acid. As may be ma1,-it has crea the greatest sensation in the immeti.iat. neighb,urhood, and during the whole of the mornlung the m * xciteent has been of the most intense charger. The cirtnaistances connected with this re;Aly laentale of are of a very painful description. It noun s that for upwards of nine years the unfortunate 1,11,1% Persons, who have fallen a sacrifice by their own ~,,,;4, Were closely attached to each other, and never known to have quarrelled. On hOIY aftemoon they -had tea at Mr. Duckett's tt ttiii•e, and to,,k their departure at about half-past five, atAZsltrae time stating that they were going to church, The:l Period they seemed in excellent good spirits. ht,%,tag wore on, and eleven o'clock having arrived, --1111 time they returned having passed, the family brother torneehat alarmed. Soon afterwards, two quieedersi;f the ill-fated girl visited Mr. Duckett, and inheti his son or their sister had been seen, she rig not made moor, ind -eue her appearance, and the lateneis of the some _sawed them to think that they had met with accident- Unpleasant feelings of alarm were then vicinity all. Messengers were dispatched all round the hetAi search of then, but of no avail. At last, seltweheilin °lle and two o'clock, whilst Mr. Duckett was letter: -"g Shout the house in the hope of finding some eoeti,ewhich would mention where they had gone, he disleside • 41,that his son's bed-room was -fastened in tiy, tleit h' tr hey being in the door. It being -surmised tetirme "ad returned unknown to family and had hags t° rest, the door was h";,',,e open, and there, perlate .°ll° of the most scenes that could be tined was, • saddening J4tito. presented to a parent. The bodies of the ::.tio4te°llPle were stretched on the bed, life having been round aPParellily for some time, with their arms saeh 't each others neck. Cups were found on kid, their sides which smelt of prussic as eoetai, i° two bottles on the mantel piece, which had that deadly poison. Mr. Deere, a surgeon, of nounnl4l"read, was promptly. sent for, and who prot,,eo,,eeded them to have expired from that effective poison. e bod lay, -aY, it appears that they must have sat on beekthe endri,°' the bed when they committed the act, and fell She ft: he Poor girl's features were very prepossessing. gushy ;,/l'rY respectably connected, her father being a 1- di the Cannon-street road. As to the cause of 447404:h01y affair' rot the least motive, as yet, can be /tith glibeid• In the apartment' was found a letter, bordered man . , sile_,ltt as also a black seal, written by the young Co ra:nu addressed to a young lady in Lucas-street, eottt-'ercial-road, in a very cool and deliberate style, the Weslt:42r which may tend to solve this tragic affair. Tower given to understand that he was a clerk in the Chapel, Court of Requests' house, in White. DU 01-8,;:r1