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The Sun. — 1854-08-23 (London, England)

SUICIDE IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.  LINCOLN, Aug. 21.—The inquest on view of the body of the gentleman who was found dead in a railway carriage, on Thursday afternoon, which had been twice adjourned, was again resumed this afternoon. Nothing haF been elicited from the numerous inquiries set on foot b) the coroner, Mr. Hitchins, tending to throw any light on this extraordinary case. The open razor, coverer with blood, the plait of female hair, the blood upon the clothes of the deceased, together with the fact of there not being a single atirasure on any part of his person, suggest a train of details which have yet to be accounted for. Yesterday (Sunday) the coroner received the following letter, which. he read to the jury :  " London, August 19.  " Sir,—Your correspondent is too ill and crushed down to attend the inquest on the body found in the railway car riage at Lincoln, and the exposure would but wound a lar.Y., and respectable circle. Though not legal evidence, the grievous facts are simply these: the deceased, against long remonstrance, had injured his health and shattered hi= nerves by a habit of excessive reading at nigbt, supported by a large use of strong stimulants—coffee, tea, an tobacco—to keep off sleep. He was very generous, au! rather careless and expensive, and thereby in some Hifi« degree embarrassed. lie became suddenly nervous aTiough treated with tenderness. He turned vet;, religious. He seems to have imbibed a wild notion th .t he ought not to live any longer. A letter sent circuitously came to hand only yesterday, stating that he must die. and would when near Derby, by night train. It was sullen derangethent. for a more excellent-hearted man or more full of information and high feeling could hardly b.. found The enclosed 51., with whatever he may have had. will suffice for the last rites. Pray, let the officiating clergyman be requested to accept 11. ls. More money would be sent if it were at hand and needed, bat what can funeral rights do?"  A Bank of England note for 51. was enclosed. Th, jury returned a verdict of " Found deal in a railway carriage, but by what means deceased came to his death there is no evidence to show." The body of the uf. fortunate gentleman was interred at 5 o'clock adevening, in the presence of a great crowd of persons.
The Sun. — 1854-06-14 (London, England)

SUICIDE IN THE SURREY TELEATRE.—Yesterday Mr. William Payne, the coroner of London and Southwark, held an inquest in the board room of St George's workhouse, Mint-street, Southwark, on the body of Mr. George Percy, aged 45, the property master, at the Royal Surrey Theatre. George Williams said that he was employed at the Surrey Theatre, and was assistant to the deceased. On Moze.ay morning last, at a guartern past nine o'clock, he saw the deceased in the theatre paint'ng. He then told witness to light the fires, which he d'd. After that was done he sent him to fetch some things that were wanted as properties to be used in the performances of the evening. Witness went and procured them, and returned in about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, when, on entering the property room, he passed him without see!ng him. He turned round to :ook alter Wm, when he sound him hanging by means of a piece of rope, which was fastened to the gas pipe. Witness ran down stairs .:rd gave the alarm to the hall keepee, who attended with others, and the deceased was cut down. Mr. Donoghue and Mr. Watson, two surgeons, prompt'y a,tended and tried to restore suspended animation, but without success. Witness knew that deceased was under notice to leave his situation, and that he was depressed in mind owing to some reflection which had been cast on him as he believed unjustly. The wile of the deceased said her husband had been overdriven with his work. She was sure he was out of his mind when he committed the act, for he was a very good man. Mr. Shepherd, lessee of the theatre, attended, and spoke well of the deceased : he himself had underlet the theatre, and knew nothing of the cause of the suicide. The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity.
The Sun. — 1854-03-09 (London, England)

LEWISHAM AND BROMLEY. " Many of the proprietors may not fully understand the importance of the project of the Lewisham and Bromley line, and look at it as a mere branch to bring traffic to Bromley. Such is not the case; and the real object and the success of this scheme are most important to the future welfare, and even the protection, of the company. " Every year attacks have been made on the South-Eastem Railway Company, and plans have been projected for a Mid-Kent line, and meetings held in aid of this scheme all over the county : a scheme, moreover, which must in the course of time be carried out. _ _  " Should any other company succeed in carrying out a line which would join the South-Eastern Railway Company on the other side of Tunbridge, every man who looks at the map will see the injury your property will inevitably sustain.  " But by carrying out the Lewisham and Bromley line, you practically commence this work yourselves—you secure your position—place the wedge in the Mid-Kent for further operations when time and circumstances will permit, and make opposition next to impossible. Well acquainted with the county of Kent and the position of the SouthEastern Railway Company, I warn the proprietors that the rejection of the Lewisham branch would be an act little short of suicide. Looking at the great capital of this company already embarked, to stop short now at making six miles of railway (to secure that already completed), and on such poor and insufficient grounds as those promulgated by the minority, is an error that I cannot for a moment believe the proprietors will be unwise enough to be led into. "Imputing no wrong motives to the gentlemen who are so advising the proprietors, I can only say, for my own part, that, numerous as the enemies the South-Eastern Railway Company has had for years to contend with, they never had, or will have, any more inimical to their interests than those gentlemen who thus injudiciously advise us, and who will place in the hands of some other parties the power to make a line elsewhere, which we repudiate— moreover, should we, unfortunately, once repudiate the Lewisham and Bromley line, you will not be in a position again to apply to Parliament or oppose any other company; aud, it is to be borne in mind that, at this very moment, two other companies, one of them actually in unison with the Brighton Company, are promoting bills in Parliament fora line to Bromley and beyond. if
The Sun. — 1854-03-09 (London, England)

LEWISHAM AND BROMLEY. " Many of the proprietors may not fully understand the importance of the project of the Lewisham and Bromley line, and look at it as a mere branch to bring traffic to Bromley. Such is not the case; and the real object and the success of this scheme are most important to the future welfare, and even the protection, of the company. " Every year attacks have been made on the South-Eastern Railway Company, and plans have been projected for a Mid-Kent line, and meetings held in aid of this scheme all over the county : a scheme, moreover, which must in the course of time be carried out.  Should any other company succeed in carrying out a line which would join the South-Eastern Railway Company on the other side of Tunbridge, every man who looks at the map will see the injury your property will inevitably sustain. _ _ _  " But by carrying out the Lewisham and Bromley line, you practically commence this work yourselves—you secure your position—place the wedge in the Mid-Kent for further operations when time and circumstances will permit, and make opposition next to impossible. Well acquainted with the county of Kent and the position of the SouthEastern Railway Company, I warn the proprietors that the rejection of the Lewisham branch would be an act little short of suicide. Looking at the great capital of this company already embarked, to stop short now at making six miles of railway (to"secure that already completed), and on such poor and insufficient grounds as those promulgated by the minority, is an error that I cannot for a moment believe the proprietors will be unwise enough to be led into. " Imputing no wrong motives to the gentlemen who are so advising the proprietors, I can only say, for my own part, that, numerous as the enemies the South-Eastern Railway Company has had for years to contend with, they never had, or will have, any more inimical to their interests than those gentlemen who thus injudiciously advise us, and who will place in the hands of some other parties the power to make a line elsewhere, which we repudiate— moreover, should we, unfortunately, once repudiate the Lewisham and Bromley line, you will not be in a position again to apply to Parliament or oppose any other company; and, it is to be borne in mind that, at this very moment, two other companies, one of them actually in unison with the Brighton Company, are promoting bills in Parliament for a line to Bromley and beyond.
The Sun. — 1854-01-12 (London, England)

BOW-STREET. - STABBING, - William Entwisle ure as well as books Will he be ood to fornit . . • . g enough perime.nt that we are making on human nature ; but still, to inform the Court if the combustion of.gas so largely as I Bald on taking my seat in this place mercy and justice .h. inge have been pained 'not a little by the we' yin which I fixed light will occupy the place. This is likely to take, west Indies ........ at 2A,,,,- !7it, o month!Sonthatn . r lace about the commencement of our next mon 'T - pion Jan. 16 ration as byf.law is required) ; and that they and their Willis, ala 't 61 f w-wn er, years o age, wae.brought up i -n I charged with sulphur, in combination with oxygen • must reflect each other's rays .or neither:deserves its name. • • e seen m self s o .Y . p ken of (compelled myself to be silent) f volving light has always been the main d 'seen* he • soccessers shall be able and capable in law to grant, •de- custody, from King's. College Hospital, charged with inidstfafie,reentptttrt;of thekingdom, by those who were entire) ,uran_aileed the _ wrier' any of these dates , ecer e •Mnday, the mails Will 0 not also very ,destructive to the wind-pipe and, lu 'els 'The practical problem is, how* so leniently to • administer 3' oenly sure, guide for entering the harbo d g thick aispatched on the renewing (iv witk the exception of the India r's tome, alien, or otherwise dispose of all or any of the pro- stabbing his wife in the throat, and subsequently attempt- especially of persons in the daily habit of sittin n-s, g for the criminal law as not to encourage, perhaps I might say feta stranger (i'odfir,:tßut believe me, gentlemen, my heart tmeut, and I know how to put a libe- weather. . - - isenthamptona and the Malta, both of which will be dispatched the day preceding. perty, real or personal, belonging to the said college, ing to comnsit suicide on Christmas-day last. • several hours in shut-up rooms w.here such gas is• burnt ? even tempt, the commission of crimeo for there are brutal ral construct' ion on the motives and intentions of those who, - -
The Sun. — 1854-01-12 (London, England)

ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. —Yesterday the annual general court of the governors of this society was held at their offices, Trafalgar-square. Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that during the half-year ending 31st December last, the society had brought under its notice 102 cases of drowning, involving the risk of 105 persons, of whom 8 had been beyond recovery, and 24 had been attempted suicides. The circumstances attending 10 of the abovementioned cases had been so extraordinary as to induce the committee to refer them to the General Court, with a view to the society honouring those who at the peril of their own lives humanely rescued their fellow-creatures from a watery grave. The total number of cases during the year had been 152, and the persons attended to 165, of whom 153 had been recovered, 12 had been beyond recovery, and 31 had attempted suicide. The total number of cases referred had been 19. During the same period the society conferred the following rewards, namely 24 silver medals, 36 bronze ditto, 9 testimonials on vellum, 6on parchment, and 108 pecuniary gifts. There had bathed in the Serpentine during the last season, 223,250 persons, or about 40,000 fewer than the average of some years past. The casualties, none of which had proved fatal, had been 21. In the interval, between the 19th of last month and 6th of the present, there had been on the frozen waters of the Royal Parks about 253,000 skaters, several of whom had suffered immersion, and would probably have perished but for the assistance afforded to them by the society. Of these only 49 left their names and addresses. The thank offerings for rescue were confined to one poor boy, who, with gratitude greater than his means, subscribed 2d. to the funds of the society. Mr. H. Goring, one of the vice-presidents, presented the society with a donation of 1051.
The Sun. — 1854-09-07 (London, England)

THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT SIIOEBURYNESS.—III the account which appeared yesterday of the melancholy accident at Shoeburyness by the bursting of a 56-pounder gun, 11 feet long, (and weighing 98 cwt., it was stated that colour-sergeant Rose and Repository-sergeant Lee had both died on the afternoon of the same day on which the accident occurred, owing to the severe injuries they had sustained. Pay Company-sergeant Williams bore the injuries he sustained with such courage that it was at first hoped he would recover, although it was known that his right thigh was broken and would have to be amputated. Unfortunately on his removal on a shutter to the hospital to have the operation performed, it was found that his left [arm had been shattered, and it was apprehended that, if it was indispensable to amputate the arm also, there could be but slight hopes of his recovery. The contents of a letter, received from Shoeburyness yesterday, communicate the intelligence that he died on Tuesday, the day after the accident took place. The three sergeants were all remarkably finelooking and well-conducted men ; they bad all been married and had families, and two of them have left widows to mourn their loss. Colour-sergeant Rose has left a family but no mother to take care of his now orphan children, as he buried his wife about a fortnight ago, she having died of cholera.  DISTRESSING SlllClDE.—Yesterday morning a man named Thomas Bowes .committed suicide at No. 140, Lambeth-walk, under the following circumstances : It seems that the deceased was in the service of Mr. George Webb, butter and bacon merchant, of Highstreet, Shoreditch, who recently opened a shop in Lambeth-walk, and of which deceased had the sole management. Webb's affairs becoming embarrassed, he was declared bankrupt about a fortnight back, the deceased, who occupied apartments in the house, being left in charge of the property until the appointment of assignees. The deceased endeavoured to obtain another situation, but failing to do so he yielded to despondency. On Monday night he gave his wife all the money he had, telling her to take care of it. The next morning he went down to the cellar where the butter and bacon were kept. His wife, alarmed by his long absence, followed, but finding the door locked she called another lodger, when, on forcing open the door, they found the man lying on the floor in a pool of blood, which flowed from a terrific gash in the throat, inflicted by a knife, which lay by his side. Life was not wholly extinct, but before medical aid could be procured he had expired. The deceased, who was about forty years old, was considered to be a most trustworthy servant. The wife and six young children are thus rendered wholly destitute. The police have taken charge of the property on the premises until transferred to the custody of Webb's assig.  noes.
The Sun. — 1854-12-30 (London, England)

SUPPOSED MURDER AND SUICIDE.---:. PRESTCN, Friday. —An inquest was held yesterday i n this town oh the body of Phoebe Rose, a single we en an, 18 years old, who had been missing since the 1 34,h inst., and who was found in the canal on Thursda r. Deceased was a rover in a factory, and sometime ago formed an acquaintotea aim with Edward Wilkinson, a ma:, -ied man with five children. The result of their intercoi trse was the birth nencon: contributed. au ted. child, toward Latterly the he supportdec deceased whin chedWdileksinposnodcy whether arising from the consciousa, ess of her imprudence, from the lois of employment, 01 • from some other cause, does not clearly appear. On t.l to evening of the 13th inst. she left home with her infra, tin her arms, and neither of them was afterwards seen a live. Last Monday the body of the child was disco, ered in the same canal. The mother had lost her emple .yment about four days before her disappearance, throe gh the closing of the factory, and had then no moans of support. She left home with the child at seven o'ol ock, and did not I mention to her sister where she was , going, or whether die should return. The jury retna ned a verdict of "Found dead." A. similar verdict )a td been previously returned in the ease of the child. r 1  tired, could furnish another. They could do Austria no harm in the Crimea, and admirably 'would they match with our troops, since their only clime has been that of aspiring to those institutions uadar which every Englishman was born. Why not propose to our new and noble Ally to open her infernal prisons and spare us her political  piisoners for a regiment ? We do not know wiether they would not make two. English  bEef and fresh air would soon restore their ema ciated limbs aid pallid faces ; and most willing would our recruiting serjeant find them to ex change the patriot's dungeon of Austria for English service against the man who enabled Austria to throw them into a felon's prison.  T`Zt
The Sun. — 1854-09-13 (London, England)

SUICIDE BY VITRIOL-VERDICT OF " FELO DE SE."  Yesterday afternoon Mr. Langham, the deputy Westminster coroner, held a long inquiry at the Regent Arms Tavern, Regent-street, Westminster, into the death of Sarah Mummery, a married female, aged 47 years, who committed self-destruction by swallowing a large quantity of sulphuric acid, or oil of vitriol, under the following extraordinary circumstances : John Mummery, the husband of deceased, deposed that he acted as chamberlain at the Albion Chambers, Dean-street, Soho. He had lived away from his wife for a short time past in consequence of her intemperate habits. Deceased lived at 87, Regent-street. He had been in the habit of bringing shirts and other wearing apparel from gentlemen at the Albion Chambers to his wife for her to get up. He last saw her about half past nine o'clock on Saturday evening last. He then went to see if she had washed some of the linen he sent her in the week. Some of the things had been pawned by deceased for the purpose of procuring liquor, and the remainder were unwashed. Deceased then appeared unwell. He thought she was suffering from liquor. She said to him that she had taken some oxalic acid and some sulphuric acid. He thought, however, that she had been drinking. He left her, and returned shortly afterwards to the house to speak to the landlady to induce deceased to redeem the pawned articles and get theta washed, when on entering deceased's room he found her lying on the bed quite dead. John Callow, the landlord of the house, having given corroborative testimony, proved finding a milk jug, which contained some oil of vitriol. A paper of oxalic acid was also found in deceased's possession. He never saw anything in deceased's manner that induced him to think her likely to destroy herself. She was given to intemperate habits. lie believed deceased had been disappointed of money from her sister, who had refused to give her (deceased) any more, and that not being able to redeem the articles given her to wash she had determined to destroy herself. Mr. W. Pearse, surgeon, of Marsham-street, deposed that he had made a poet mortens examination of the body, and on opening the abdomen he detected a strong smell of sulphuretted hydrogen. The stomach and bowels presented a highly-inflamed appearance. There was a quantity of fluid in the etomach, the inner coating of
The Sun. — 1854-09-13 (London, England)

SUICIDE BY VITRIOL-VERDICT OF " FELO DE SE."  Yesterday afternoon Mr. Langham, the deputy Westminster coroner, held a long inquiry at the Regent Arms Tavern, Regent-street, Westminster, into the death of Sarah Mummery, a married female, aged 47 years, who committed self-destruction by swallowing a large quantity of sulphuric acid, or oil of vitriol, under the following . . _ extraordinary circumstances : John Mummery, the husband of deceased. depoied that he acted as chamberlain at the Albion Chambers, Dean-street, Soho. He had lived away from his wife for a short time past in consequence of her intemperate habits. Deceased lived at 87, Regent-street. He had been in the habit of bringing shirts and other wearing apparel from gentlemen at the Albion Chambers to his wife for her to get up. He last saw her about half past nine o'clock on Saturday evening last. He then went to see if she had washed some of the linen he sent her in the week. Some of the things had been pawned by deceased for the purpose of procuring liquor, and the remainder were unwashed. • Deceased then appearid unwell. Ho thought she was suffering from liquor. She said to him that she had taken some oxalic acid and some sulphuric acid. He thought, however, that she had been drinking.. He left her, and returned shortly afterwards to the house to speak to the landlady to induce deceased to redeem the pawned articles and get them washed, when on. entering deceased's room he found her lying on the bed quite dead. John Callow, the landlord of the house, having given corroborative testimony, proved finding a milk jug, which contained some oil of vitriol. A paper of oxalic acid was also found in deceased's possession. He never saw anything in deceased's manner that induced him to think her likely to destroy herself. She was given to intemperate habits. He believed deceased had been disappointed of money from her sister, who hid refused to give her (deceased) anymore, and that no't being able to redeem the articles given her to wash she had determined to destroy herself. Mr. W. Pearce, surgeon, of Marsham-street, deposed that be had made a post =orlom examination of the body, and on opening the abdomen he detected a strong smell of sulphuretted hydrogen. The stomach and bowels presented a highly-inflamed appearance. There was a quantity of fluid iu the stomach, the inner coating of