The Sun. — 1802-08-18 (London, England)

IIIT SUICIDE.  It; our Paper of Monday we mentioned the me.lancholy circumstance of a gentleman, who stepped into a shop at Knightsbridge, under the pretence of buying sdmethirig, having taken' up' a . knife which .lay on the counter, and cut his throat.— The following are some farther particulars relative 'to this singular attempt to commit suicide : Captain --, of the Army, a native of Ireland, is the gentleman who- has thus endeavOured to deprive himself of existence. He was some time in Martinique, and previous to his going abroad, had formed an intimacy with a Lady here. On Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, he arrived in Piccadilly, where he learnt that the lady on whom he had placed his affections,, was now the there amie of another. The intelligence had Such an effect upon hi/n, that he immediately exhibited symptoms of mental derangement. He walked out without mentioning whither he was going, wandered to Knightsbridge, entered a,cheesemonger's shop, and having found. 4,knifeon the counter, made use of „it in the manner we have already described. A surgeon was instantly sent for, and a gentleman attended from St. George's Hospital ; though the' wound extended•almost from ear to ear, it Was found that the windpipe had not been much injured. The surgeon sewed up, and dressed the cut, which bled very freely. Capt. ------ having now somewhat recovered his -senses, .expressed, a.wish to be removed to the Bell,in Fridaystreet, but still refused to give his name. A coach was procured, and he proceeded to the Bell, attended by the surgeon. When brought to the latter place, it appeared that he was a relied stranger to the peo. pie of the house,and they excused themselves from ad_ mitting him on account of the lateness of the hour, and the want of accommodation. The coach then drove, between tz and one o'clock, to the King's Head-Tavern, in the Old Change, when Mr. Bishop, the-landlord, with great humanity, took,the unfortunate gentleman in. The jolting of the coach hat 4 however, opened the wound, and he had lost a considerable quantity of blood in the coachtite surgeon, therefOre, found it necessary to stitch-the cicatrice a second time. He was now pUt to bed, and a servant left to watch him, lest he should Make another attempt .on his life. About six in the morning the servant was obliged to go down stairs ;. in the mean time, Capt. rose, as it is supposed,--to look at himself in the glass, and behind it-he found a knife which the servant had used in cutting a lemon. He went down one pair of stairs with the knife, and began to sharpen it against the side of the door of another gentleman's bed. roOm.— This gentleman being waked by the noise, rang hiS bell, which brought up a maid-servant, who seeing' Capt. all bloody on the stairs, screamed ly, and soon'colleEted all the other serv.ints and the surgeon around her; they immediately proceeded to secure Capt. but before they succeeded, 'he'cift his throat a second time very deep, nearly :across the former wound, but still not in sucha manner as to render his recovery-hopeless. He was again put to bed ; but 'while the surgeon, who was very attentive,' sat beside him, he picked his pocket of his instruments,. and, 'before he was perceived, stabbed himself in the lower part of the, belly, calling out, There,. now it is done !" The sur_geon then tried to.wrest the knife from him;, but, before he could get it out of his hand, he gave himself another desperate wound in the right thigh.-The wound in the belly was considerable, and some of the bowels were protruded through it. Here the surgeon carefully replaced' and dressed this wound, as well as that on the thigh. The lateral wound which he had inflifted on his throat, had penetrated the gullet, for when he swallowed any liquid, it came out at the orifice. It. was now fOund necessary to confine him in a strait waistcoat. He receives every attention from the humanity of Mr., Bishop, and, we are happy to say, it is the surgeon's opinion that he is likely to recover.' The surgeon endeavonrs to prevent him speaking ; but he'often calls out that the people are coining to kill him, and says he will save them the trouble. in his lucid intervals, he is very thankful for the care which has been taken of hirn, and hopes that he will never be guilty of a similar attempt.  The great variety of incidents which run through the new splendid Speaacle of Gonsalvo de'Cordova, or the. Conquest of Grenada, at the Royal Circus, are of "so peculiarly striking a nature, as to afford the Utmost scope for the abilities of the various Performers ; and such acing as that of Mrs. Wybrow in Zoraida, and Miss Adams in Zora, together with her admirable Dancing, and Mrs. Rolfey in Iris, whose singing is also much applauded, -the able exertions of the other Performers, and the excellent Combat between Lara Almanzor, by Betterton and. 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