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The Sun. — 1842-06-16 (London, England)

GREENWICH PARK. ---Abollt nine ono'clock Tuesday evening, a middle aged man, apparently t foreigner,eiteommitted suicide by shooting himself through h the Maze Hill gate of tireenwic't Park. lie had been sitting on one of the Suit N a dreadful sea:s under a large walnut tree, anti was seen suddenly to pull a large horse-pistol from Ins pocket and, directing it to his head, pull the trigger. The only parties near the place at the time were a boy, named Smith, and an old College mail and his son, who ran op to the spot, and found the miserable man quite dead, -the explosion having taken away the whole of the face from the lower jkw to the crown of the head. 31r. Adam Young, a Count.). 11.1agistrate, Egglestone, the Park-keeper. and police constable Nimmo, 143 R, were quickly on the spot, and the remains were removed to the George Inn, where they await a Coroner's inquest. The deceasedlwas attired in a snit of black, with sa'in cravat and Wellington hoots, and hatmak i's name Hawkes, London. /louse." During the day portions of the head were picked up by persons who visited the sPot. One person found s...ven teeth, arid another a portion of the ear and brain. Numerous applications have been made to view the body by persons who have missed relatives, but all parties have been refused. On his person was found a card with the name of ‘• Chapeott" engraved on it, and his. in silver. An audacious robbery was eon-in-rated on Tuesday at two o'cl.eck .in the day, at No. 10, Gloucester-road, Old Brempton.• 'the thief, it is presumed, entered the house by moans of a picklock-key to the garden-gate, and took frOm the back parlour a large cofos- nut sugar basin,of a triangular form, mounted with silver, with its contents, and silver tong. marked A, of the old English character, The lady of the house was sitting in the breakfast-room adjoining it at thit 000 • Ok• 004 INA 0, VI 01 tx°A
The Sun. — 1842-04-22 (London, England)

DISTRESSING CASE OF SUICIDE.—An inquest was held on Wednesday at the George, High-street, Wapping, before Mr. Baker, on the body of Wrn. Macdonald, aged 19, a clerk employed in the London-docks. Caroline Stewart deposed that the deceased occupied lodgings in her house. On Thursday week last the deceased returned home greatly excited, and said that he bad been suspended from his employment. He said that whilst engaged in an office in the London-docks during the absence of Mr. Mitchell; the chief clerk, he recollected having committed an error in his books, and went away to the room where they were kept to correct it. When he returned to the office he found Mr. Mitchell there, who reprimanded him for leaving quitted the place without his leave, and, as a punishment, suspended him. The followingcustody Aol ro ~adaliclhecceanemased. went for his salary, and whilst waiting f he was accosted by Mr. Mitchell, who declared that if he foour nil; him loitering about the office he would give him into the Deceased appeared to be much affected at this treatment, but was afterwards assured by Mr. Chandler, a gentleman connected with the Docks, that he should be reinstated. Arrangements had been making for deceased's marriage with a young lady to whom he was touch attached, and it was to have taken place a few days ago; but witness observed that since lie received notice of his suspension he took little of his relleer ealjayments„ and gave way to despondency. On Saturday night last he appears to have taken a large dose of arsenic, and died from the effects of it at eleven o'clock the next morning. Mr. Garratt, surgeon, said that he had made a poet morteni examination of the body, and though he could not positively say that the deceased had taken poison, he thought, from the appearance of the intestines that he had taken a large dose of white arsenc. Deceased, on Thursday week last, purchased twopenny worth of arsenic, ant said it was to destroy rats. Verdict, Temporary Insanity. A (I,putation consisting of Mr. Bell, M.P., Mr. Liddell, i%l. P., Mr. Hodson Hinde, M.P., accompanied by Mr. R. W. 13rindley (Chairman of the Coal Committee), Mr. N. Wood, M. J. Johnson, and Mr. Allhusen, had an imerview yesterday morning with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street, on the subject of the proposed alterations in the coal duties.  s R v rfj A 0 '3l r •. ' Lra VVI  AN D ti bite (i) 4) tilt° gt.  " Who runs may read."
The Sun. — 1842-06-15 (London, England)

SUTHERLAND—And do you think Sou %x ere justified in ii,flicting such a severe punishait,lit upon a child six yfars old? Defi‘ndatit—l must say I do not think I shou!d punish him aga n so severely. The Alz,gistrate, here both expressed their opinion that the child appeared io have been punished in a most severe and un• ju,t fiab:e manner.  The defendaot said he had filled the situation of master of the scho .1 for come years, and no complaint had ever before been mace against him.  '1 he father of the comrlainant observed, that it was r otorious that the defendant treated all the boys very cruelly, and a great number of them were about to leave the school in consequence of it.  The deendant here remarked that he was very sorry to Iv ~.,ompelled to say that the boy was a very bad character. The MActsraATas told him it was nonsense for him to talk of the cha:a-ter of a and six years old. They considered he had treated the little boy very cruelly, and they a.ijudged him to p.ty a fine of 2%. and costs. Mr. Sutherland, at the same time, advised the father of the child to represent the matter and tin/ result to the Committee of the school, in order that they might be aware of the fact, anti act upon them as they might think fit.  - _ SUICIDE BY A LEA r rnom A WI n inquest was held yesterday at the London Hospital. before Alr. Baker, the Coroner, on the body of Thomas t'arker, aged 49, a bricklayer. Catherine Forward said that the deeeastel was a lodger in her house in Crescent-place, Hackney-road. Um 1 three months ago the deceased was a particularly sober ma, , I hut since then he had drank to such excess as to tin duce delirium tremens. From the effects of that complaint he had been recently subject to fits, and whilst suffering from one on Sunday week last, he fell down and fraetu eel his skull. At nine o'clock the next morning, during witness's absence, he aro a flow bed, opened the window and jumped our upon the pavement, a distance of 30 feet. Ile was not rendered inseu. Bible by the fal, but became so violent that it to, k four men to secure and take him to the hospital. Ile diet from the effects of the fall on Saturday last. Verd.ct—" Temporary insanity." The Silesian Gazette states that the greater part of the manufacturing town .1 Belehatow' in the district of Petrikanwart, was, last month, destroyed by fire. We were gratified to hear from a gentleznan, who had an opi:ortunity of repeatedly seeing the Royal infants at Windsor choir g the last week, that they were both in excellent health. As for the Prince ef Wales, he appeared the healthiest and liveliest little Briton in her Alajesty's dominions. The Princess Royal has quite recovered from a slight indisposition, which a short time .go fed interfered with her usual healthy appearance.—Morniny Advertise-.
The Sun. — 1842-01-12 (London, England)

FOREIGN.  The right of search, which now agitates the Governments of England and the United States, excites the liveliest interest in Paris. All the Liberal and some of the Legitimist Journals are opposed to the claims of England. Notwithstanding the treaty of the Five Powers, public opinion in France is decidedly opposed to our pretensions; which are ascribed not to humanity but to selfishness, . The National of Sunday, announces that Bourdon, a political prisoner in the fortress of St. Michel, had become insane. This is the third of those unfortunate men who, in the short space of fifteen months, have gone mad, which, with one suicide, speaks strongly on the humanity and justice of the cellular system. The Minister of War had addressed a circular to all the Colonels of regiments of infantry, to inform them of the resolution of the Government to suppress a company per battalion. The Minister invites them, in the meantime, to discharge the non-commissioned officers of the class of 1835 who might wish to quit the service, and offer them situations in Algeria.  Thoilite.iiiity of the cold was increasing in Paris on Sunday. The Seine was nearly covered over with floating ice, and %% Ould, it was expected, should the frost continue, be completely frozen over in forty-. ight hours more. The thermometer marked 9 degree below zero en Friday night. On Saturday night it was lower. At nine o'clock on Sunday forenoon the temperature was still so low as 18 degrees of Fahrenheit (or 14 below the freezing point). Letters from Lisbon of the 3d inst. announce the opening of the Cortes, by Commission, on the previous day. A prorogation to the 21st of February instantly followed. The Portuguese Government has negotiated a loan of 1,600,0001. sterling at 5 per cent., with the Company of National Credit. For the details we refer to the Lisbon correspondence in another part of The Sun. The Prince de Joinville had left Lisbon for Toulon. _ _ _
The Sun. — 1842-01-12 (London, England)

SUICIDE AND INQUEST.  On Monday a lengthened investigation was gone into before Mr. Payne, City Coroner, and a very respectable Jury, at the Horse and Cart, Ashanteecourt, Bouverie•street, Fleet street, on the body of Mr. James Young, aged 22. James Shome, porter at the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie street, deposed—About half-past ten on Saturday morn.ing the sevont at Mrs. Stoll's, N 0.26, Bouverie-street, where the degetli!'d lodged, came for me to go into deceased's room. 01 offing to the room-door I found it fastened on the inside. it was broken open, And deceased was found lying on the floor on his right side, in a nool of blood, with a pistol firmly grasped in' his left hand.  Mr. Charles Day, of Salisbury-square, surgeon, stated—On Saturday morning I was called to see the deceased, and found him as described by the last witness. There was a wound on the forehead, bat whether caused by a bullet or shot I cannot tell, as I could not find any hard substance in the brain. I should say he had been dead four or five hours. I have no doubt deceased put the mouth of the pistol close to his head, and this, in a great measutee, prevented the inmates from hearing the report. Mr. Charles Pearson, solicitor to the City of London, deposed—The deceased was a clerk in his office., where he bad brea about two years, and acted as Secretary to the present Lord Mayor, at the Mansionhouse. He was admitted a Solicitor in July last, and was a very talented young man, and his knowledge was far beyond his years. The last time I saw him alive was on Friday last, when he appeared much confused in his head. Sinca death I have examined his papers, but find none to throw any light on this affair. He was of a morose stubborn disposition, but attended with the greatest attention to his office duties. About three months back, he told me that the Lord Mayor intended to make him clerk to the Magistrates at the Mansion-house, but he should not take office unless it conferred rank. Again, he said Mr. Clarke (the clerk of the Assizes at the Old Bailey) was to be turned away, and he was to have his place. This evidently showed that he was labouring under a delusion. About a month back, he told me that he war going to be taken into partnership with one of the most respectable firms in the City. Knowing that a dissolution was about to take place in that firm, I thought it true, but on making inquiries at the Mansion-house, I found it I 'RA to be true. Ile frequently dined at the Mansionhouie, and was a young man of temperate habits. He had asceit-tined that he left the Mansion•house on Fridry in a confused stale, awl had no doubt he wandered about the street until that late hour in the morning. His mother was in en insane state, and his ruetber's father alto laboured under that affliction. The CORONER said, the Lord Mayor called on biro that morning with reference to the case, and his Lordship told him that deceased was asked to stop to dinner at the Mansion-house on Friday, but he declined, saying he was not comfortable in his head. After some further remarks, the Jury returned a verdict of" Temporary Insanity."
The Sun. — 1842-01-12 (London, England)

ALP., appointing the 16th February next for the annual festivnl of the Society.  In answer to the question from an Hon. Gentleman, The SECRETARY :said that the sum of 62/. had been collected at the doors of Portland-street Chapel, after a sermon recently, preached there in aid of the Society. lie then proceeded to read the testimonials of the various parties who had been recommended by the Committee to the Court as being worthy of reward. The first case was that of Mr. It A. Scott, mate of her Majesty's ship Crescent, lying at Valparaiso. The letter from the Captain stated that two men had fallen overboard in a gale of wind, and Mr. Scott immediately plunged into the water, and saved one of them.—Silver medal awarded. . The next case was that of Michael Cuff, for saving the life of Ellen White; whilst bathing in Aliltown Bay, county Clare; Ireland. • A silver medal was unanimously awarded to Michael Cuff. The tfoo 1 1 "so Twri. n medals were-, faLs o saving n lad:—; a silver A silver medal medal to William Sterne,. for saving the life of William Edwards, near Bognor ; a silver medal to Stephen English, for saving the life of John Byrne, at Ware ; a silver medal to Henry Patwistle and others, for similar humane. acts.  The SECRETARY then read an account of the restoration Chain-pier, Brighton. On the 22d of November last a whO had attempted suicide from the gentleman,iimself from the Chain-pier, and it ofgentlemana th was upwards of ten minutes before he Was taken out of the water. Ile was then removed to the bath-house, where, owing to the prompt exertions of Dr. Willis -and Mr. Burroughs, he was restored to consciousness. There was a gold watch and 501. found upon his person. It was now resolved that Dr. Willis and Mr. Burroughs b© requested to becothe honorary members of the Brighton branch of this Society, and that a medal be presented to Dr. Willis, and the thanks of the Institution, printed on vellum, to Mr. Burroughs. . .  The SECRETARY stated that since the last meeting of the Court, 80 cases, had occurred in London, 76 of which were successful, and the total number in the year was 224 out of which number, 207 were successful in restoring life. Ile also stated that donations had been d receive from. Mrs. Penelope, of 600/., Mr, Gardner, 1001., and Mr. llenneker of wet Josth,tt PEPYS, Esq.. moved that the thanks of the Society be given to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, as President of -the Institution, and that he be requested to act in that-capacity for the year ensuing. This motion was seconded by Mr.
The Sun. — 1842-08-18 (London, England)

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—An inquest was held last week at Sion House, Birchanger, the seat of W. Willett, Esq., before C. C. Lewis, Esq., Coroner, on the body of Eliza Norton, housemaid in Mr. Willan's establish-. ment. It was alleged that an improper intimacy had taken place between her and a person of apparent respectability, residing with the curate of the parish, and she having received intimation of her discharge from Mrs. Willan's service, the prospect of ruin from her lost character induced her to commit suicide, as she was found hanging lifeless from her bedstead. Evidence having been adduced as to the discovery of the deceased hanging in a lifeless state, Mr. William 'Milan, of Birchanger, deposed 7--" Deceased came into my service about five weeks since ; but having been from home I had not saen her. On Saturday morning my housekeeper informed me that she was a character she did not like, and she had heard many unpleasant stories of her ; that she had absented herself from church on the evening of the 17th, and had been with a gentleman who lives with the curate of the parish. In consequence of this I sent for her, and told her she could not expect to remain in my house. I then told the housekeeper to pay her what was due, and to behave liberally to her ; in the course of a few minutes I heard a violent scream ; on leaving my room I met the housekeeper, who told me deceased was dead." Three letters were produced,- two of which were from Mr. Bowlter,,resident at the curate's, to the deceased, but bearing the address "Jane Smith," and the other was from her to him, begging him to see Mr. Willan's housekeeper, and endeavour to persuade her that there was no foundation for the rumours concerning them. A verdict of .felo de se was returned, and the coroner issued his warrant for the interment of the remains of the unfortunate girl without the rites of Christian burial,— Abridged from the Essex Herald,  TO
The Sun. — 1842-10-26 (London, England)

SUDDEN DEATII OF A BOY.—SINGULAR FATA LlTY.—Yesterday Mr. Carter, Coroner for Surrey, held an inquest at the Sea Lion, Wootton-street, Lambeth, on the body of Robert Fitzgerald, aged 14, of 22, Little Windmill-street, Cornwall-road. Elizabeth Fitzgerald, sister of deceased, said, that on Sunday last she went to St. Thomas's Hospital to see her mother, who had een in that Institution since the previuus Wednesday, and found that she had just died, of dropsical disease of the chest. On her return home she found the deceased, who had been ailing all the week previously, suffering from pain in the chest and various other parts of the body. At bedtime he complained of cold, and at eleven o'clock he threw up about a quarter of a pint of blood. He continued to grow worse, and at two o'clock next morning he expired in his father's arms. On account of the lateness of the hour she could not find a surgeon until after deceased's death, which affected her father so much that after bewailing he ran out, taking the direction of Waterloo-bridge, off which he would have jumped had it not been for the interference of three policemen, who brought him home. Soon afterwards he again attempted suicide by throwing himself from the window, but the witness prevented him. A witness, named Mary Clarke, said she saw deceased on the afternoon of Sunday, when he appeared ailing, but that he had injured himself about twelve months ago by jumping over a post in the street, which had affected him ever since. By the Coroner—l was present when the surgeon, Mr. Avis, came, who pressed deceased's chest, and caused water to issue from it through the mouth, and said that deceased had died of water on the chest, the same complaint of which the mother died but a few hours before. Verdict, "Natural death from disease of the chest."
The Sun. — 1842-08-08 (London, England)

ALP., and Mrs. and Miss Shirley, Mr. a-,:d Lady Emily Foley. Hon. Wm. Cover try, Mr, Do wdeswell, M.P., and Mrs. Dowdeswell, lion. Mrs. Lechmere, Colonel Strode, ll.m. Mrs. Parker, Major Wilmot, &c. In the afternoon the happy couple started for Eatington Park, Warwickshire. Tho Hon. Charles Howard, M.P., son of the Earl of Carlisle, led to the hymeneal altar this day Miss. Parke, (laughter of Baron Parke, of the Court of Exchequer. The marriage was its private as possible, and the bride and hridegroom go to the Duke of Sutherland's villa at Roehampton, for the honeymoon. SUICIDE •OP A MANIAC nv LEAPING FROM A WI iinow.—On Saturday last Mr. Baker, owing to the continued indisPosition of his colleague, Mr. Wakley, held an inquest at the Admiral Keppel, Fulham-road, on the body of Mr. JRIIICB Gristwood, aged 35, a corn and coal-merchant. Mr. William Leppand, landlord of the Admiral Keppel, said, that the deceased lived opposite to him in the Fulham-road. Deceased had been known for some time past to be subject to fits of insanity, and not long ago they were so frequent, long, and severe, that •by the advice of a prokssional gentleman, his family were induced to confine him in a lunatic asylum. He had been three times in lunatic asylums (once at Hanwell), but was permitted to leave, as hopes of his recovery were entertained. Recently he had been residing with his family and friends, and had been under the treatment of Mr. Raymont, surgeon of King's-road. He had been confined to his bed for the last four days, and on Wednesday night last he contrived to elude the vigilance of his attendants, who had not been absent from him many moments, and unperceived leaped from the window of the second floor front room. Witness heard him fall heavily -on the pavement, and ran to the spot, where he lay insensible. A surgeon was soon in attendance, but deceased died from the injuries in two hours. Verdict, "Temporary insanity." Lord Stuart de llothsay, Captain Ward, and Captain Knox, left London yesterday afternoon in the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Wil-1 berforce fer Antwerp. Mrs. -..`Aountjoy Martin took her departure for the Continent yesterday, from London-bridge Wharf, in the I Earl of Liverpool steam-packet for Ostend. I The lion. Captain Stuart, Mr. Lockhart, Dr. Ferguson, and Colonel Hey, left London on Saturdty evenin* in the .General 'Stearn Navigation CiJnipany a new share-ship Trident for Edinburgh, % .