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The Sun. — 1852-02-18 (London, England)

HEAR THIS, LADIES.—The learned Niebuhr, when in this country stayed some time in the north, and it is stated by his biographer, that in the vicinity of Edinburgh, he visited the seat of Sir John Murray, of Kirkland's Hill, whose wife was " somewhat rough, though pleasant," and who "smoked her pipe, laughed at it, and protested it was no sin." We would rather reconcile ourselves to the " pantelettes" than the pipe, notwithstanding all that has been said of the Bloomers. In short, a lady with a day pipe would be more intolerable than a bagpipe, and heaven defend us from the latter item in this world's annoyances l—Berwich Warder.  EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY TWO FOIiZIONERS.—Some fews days ago the police received information that a woman of the name of Caroline Karama, a servant in the family of Dr. da Alguer, 4, Ovington-terrace, l3rompton, had absconded from her situation, taking with her a quantity of valuable jewellery and other property to the amount of 2001., and notwithstanding every effort of the police she eluded their vigilance until yesterday afternoon, when, as Superintendent Otway and Inspector Monckton of the C division were proceeding down Cambridge-street, Gulden-square, they saw the woman come out of Ur. Yates', a pawnbroker in the same street. They followed her to the Hotel de l'Europe, Leicester-place, which she entered. After waiting a few minutes the officers went in, and, on proceeding to a front room on th© third floor they found a man, who gave the name of Wenzeslaus Joseph Stralsener, and the woman whom they had followed. The latter was counting out some money to the man, and on being told the nature of the charge against them, the man took a razor from his waistcoat pocket, and before the officers were aware of it, drew the blade across his left wrist, and directly fell on the floor. Inspector Monckton immediately extricated the razor from his grasp, anu in the struggle it fell from his hand. The woman directly caught it up, and cut her left wrist in the same manner, and fell down in a state of insensibility. They were at once conveyed to Charing-cross Hospital, and on being examined by the surgeon, he found that the arteries had been completely severed, and that they were in a dangerous state. Two constables were left in charge of them, and as soon as they are sufficiently recovered they will be taken to the police court, Westminster, there to undergo an examination on the charge of robbery.
The Sun. — 1852-03-26 (London, England)

SUICIDE BY A GENTLEMAN.  On Tuesday evening an inquest was held at Bath, before Mr. English, coroner for that city, to inquire into the death of a gentleman who had committed suicide at one of the first hotels in that city on the previous evening. It appeared that the deceased went to Bath by the down mail train on Monday afternoon, and prcceedod to the hotel, where he took dinner, and a pint of bitter ale. About four o'clock in the afternoon, at his own request, he was shown to his bedroom by oce of the chambermaids, to whom he remarked; " What a confusion the town seems in to-day." She said, " Des it, Sir; I have net been out to-day." Us replied, " Yes, it is; it is all through this bothering election; it is a pack of nonsense." The chambermaid, about eight o'clock the same evening, tried the door, but found it locked. She took no notice of the circumstance, suebo'sing the gentleman had gone out and taken the key with him. Next morning, however, as the gentleman did not make his appearanee, his door was tried and found locked, and, as no reply could be obtained from'evithin, a police,constable was seat for and the door forced open. The unfortunate deceased was then discovered lying on the flier in a large pool of bload, with hia throat frightfully cut, and quite dead. Upon the dressing-table was found a razor covered with blood, with which the melancholy act had been committed. The deceased's gold watch was also found upon the dressing-table, and 1/. o'. Qd. in silver and copper coin upon the mantel-shelf. ail coat and waistcoat were off, and in the pocket were found prescriptions, signed by Sir James Clark, so late as Saturday last, showing the deceased to have been under medical treatment. A letter, directed to " Mr. Underwood, architect, Oxford," was also found upon the unfortunate man, which is the only means by which his identification can be traced, as he was a perfect stranger to the hotel. A messenger was dispatched to Oxford as soon as ths melannholy elieenvPry was made. but as he nad not returned at ten o'clock on Tuesday evening the inquest was adjourned. On Wednesday evening the inquest was resumed upon the unfortunate gentlemen when it appeared that the deceased was Mr. henry Jones Underwood, architect, of St. John's-street, turd. The jury returned a verdict of " Tem2orary utnitye,  gg!itit
The Sun. — 1852-07-21 (London, England)

SHAP—Wind S-, gentle breeze—partial cloudy. BEArrocK— Wind S , gentle breeze—rain.  Greenwich, the mean height At the Royal Observatory, of the barometer in the week was 29.852 in. The mean temperature of the week was 67.3°, which is less by 3.6 Q than that of the previous week, and higherrs. by 5.1° than the average of the same week in ten yea The mean daily temperature was 634° on Sunday, and rose till it reached 72° on Thursday, the highest the week. The highest temperature of this day was 87'4°, or 9.9 above the average; and the highest in the sun was 116°. The wind was in the north-east till Thursday, when it changed to southwest.  e ti• Ce't) 4•1 AO AP"` Le'g fir r el. • ;{lO  The renowned are treated in the majority of instances in the light of public benefactors—free pass being yielded to them in places of general resort, or through the ordinary means of conveyance—payment being repeatedly refused at their hands on the steam-boats and on the railroads. Evidences of respect like this as displayed towards DANIEL WEBSTER might be regarded as only a matter of course in America—but we doubt very much if the most credulous man in Great Britain could believe that a similar tribute had been offered to THOMAS Mec.tuLar, or, believing it, could regard it as a sign of anything but irremediable insanity. Surely, we may remark, then, that in one particular, at least, they manage these things better in the United States. Better too in one part of Germany—where WILLIAM HUMBOLDT is a Baron, and in another where the same title has been conferred upon LiEntG Better in Denmark, where the once poor, and ignoble, and contemned CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN could be received as no dishonouring guest in the palace of his Sovereign. Better in the days of antiquity, and during the supremacy of paganism, when SOCRATES was not less revered, although a poor man, than CICERO himself, surrounded with all the splendours of one of the wealthiest and proudest of patricians. How different for ages past until now has been the treatment of the great men of England, both by the Monarch and by the multitude ! Here the literary biographer, in particular, is but too familiar with the records of calamity as the surest among the fruits of a high poetic reputation. It is an old tale now, the death of °TWAY —strangled by a crust in the last agonies of a protracted starvation—a tale as old as the demise of CA MOESS, the sweetest among the bards of Portugal. A narrative more awful, and as well remembered also, is that of the suicide from hunger in the garret at No. 4, Brook street, Holborn (with ten or twelve pounds still owing to him by the well-to-do and well-conditioned booksellers), of "the marvellous boy that perished in his pride," the noble-hearted and nobleminded
The Sun. — 1852-03-15 (London, England)

XVI. Precisely a similar spirit is apparent throughout the whole of the present volume as was manifested in those remarkable and powerfully-written memorials. Having alluded to the uncertainty of Louis Philippe's parentage—an uncertainty which fixed upon him the inuendo of bastardy—M. Michaud insists upon the evil necessarily resulting from his education having been intrusted to Madame de G-enlis, " a hypocritical woman of infamous character," who, he adds was notorious at the time for being his father's concubine, The biographer insists in addition to this that Louis Philippe was still further corrupted in his youth by being initiated into all the basest plots of that vilest epoch of the Revolution—enjoying, moreover, the intimate friendship of the most odious conspirators. His narrative from that period advances in interest with  _ • -every successive chapter—recounting as it does the association of the fortunes of the young Prince with those of General Dumouriez, through the stormy battles of Valmy and Jemappes, until their simultaneous flight from the armies of the Revolution. Subsequently to that notorious act of desertion, it proves, to the discredit of the ex-Monarch, that ho repeatedly endeavoured to obtain military employment from the enemies of his country, not only feeling no horror whatever at being the pensioner of the foes of France, but seeking eagerly to be enlisted among the forces employed against his fellow-countrymen in Sweden, in Sicily, in Spain, but more especially in the latter instance, when the English were advancing triumphantly across the Peninsula under the banners of Lord Wellington. The most interesting periods in the life of the Duke of Orleans here mentioned are of,course, his return to Paris in 1814, his elevation to the throne iu 1830, and his ignominons abdication and flight in 1848, when royalty gave place to that renovated Republic, which has since been happily consolidated under the segis of the glorious name of Napoleon. As appendices we have papers respectively on " The Conspiracies of 1816," and on "The Assassination of the Duke de Bourbon, Prince de Conde"—the writer insisting, in the latter case, that suicide was at once morally and physically impossible. The labours of editor and translator in reference to this enthralling work of M. Michaud have, as the title-page indicates, devolved upon Monsieur V. L. Chemery, 8.L., of the University of Paris, and Professor of Modern Languages, Marlborough College—a gentleman whose capabilities in both respects, as editor of a new edition, and as translator into the English language, have been alike here conspicuously manifested. Hisindustry in compiling the volume under consideration will be gratefully remembered by those numerous readers who cannot fail to be interested in the examination of a career like that of Louis Philippe, a career fraught with changes not often paralleled in their diversity, a history variously coloured with shame and with splendour, with the most pathetic alternations of fortune and the most romantic vicissitudes.
The Sun. — 1852-03-15 (London, England)

XVI. Precisely a similar spirit is apparent throughout the whole of the present volume as was manifested in those remarkable and powerfully-written memorials. Having alluded to the uncertainty of Louis Philippe's parentage—an uncertainty which fixed upon him the inuendo of bastardy—M. Michaud insists upon the evil necessarily resulting from his education having been intrusted to Madame de Genlis, " a hypocritical woman of infamous character," wbo, he adds was notorious at the time for being his father's concubine, The biographer insists in addition to this that Louis Philippe was still further corrupted in his youth by being initiated into all the basest plots of that vilest epoch of the Revolution—enjoying, moreover, the intimate friendship of the most odious conspirators. His narrative from that period advances in interest with  every successive chapter—recounting as it doss the association of the fortunes of the young Prince with those of General Dumouriez, through the stormy battles of Valmy and Jemappes, until their simultaneous flight from the armies of the Revolution. Subsequently to that notorious act of desertion, it proves, to the discredit of the ex-Monarch, that he repeatedly endeavoured to obtain military employment from the enemies of his country, not only feeling no horror whatever at being the pensioner of the foes of France, but seeking eagerly to be enlisted among the forces employed against his fellow-countrymen in Sweden, in Sicily, in Spain, but more especially in the latter instance, when the English were advancing triumphantly across the Peninsula under the banners of Lord Wellington. The most interesting periods in the life of the Duke of Orleans here men.  tinned are of course, his return to Paris in 1814, his elevation to the throne in 1830, and his ignomindus abdication and flight in 1848, when royalty gave place to that renovated Republic, which has since been happily consolidated under the aegis of the glori*s name of Napoleon. As appendices we have papqrs respectively on " The Conspiracies of 1816;" and " The Assassination of the Duke de Bourbon, Prince de Conde"—the writer insisting, in the latter case, th. at suicide was at once morally and physically impossible The labours of editor and trl slator in reference to this enthralling work of M.' Michaud have, as the title-page indicates, devolved upon Monsieur V. L. Chemery, 8.L.,0f the University of Paris, and ,Professor of odern Languages, Marlb6rough College—a gentleman whose capabilities in both respects, as editor of a new edition, and as translator into the English language. have been alike here conspicuously manifested. His industry in compiling the volume under consideration will be gratefully remembered by those numerous readers who cannot fail to be interested In the examination of a career like that of Louis Philippe, a career fraught with changes not often paralleled in their diversity, a history variously colourtel with shame and with splendour, with the most pathetic alternations of fortune and the most romantic vicissitudes.
The Sun. — 1852-10-04 (London, England)

THE AMERICAN CLOCK MANUFACTURE. —Some idea of the extent to which clock making is carried on in this state may be formed from the fact that, in the town of Bristol alone, a capital of three hundred thousand dollars is invested in the manufacture of clocks. The number of this description of timepieces annually finished is oae hundred and fifty thousand. One handred thousand samples of inside work, in addition, are turned out, and sent to other factories for completion • that is, to be supplied with cases, and other external embellishments. Between three and four hundred hands are employed in the different establishments; besides a large number of females, who do the ornamental part of the work, such as painting, &c. Other flourishing factories exist in various parts of the state, equally worthy of notice; particularly at Terryville, Plymouth, and Litchfield.—Litchfield Republican. TIIE CASE OF VOLUNTARY STARVATION IN MARYLEBeNc.—On Friday, at the meeting of the Marylebone Guardian Board, the overseers reported that the magistrates had refused to certify to the insanity of the Misses Sharpley, whb had attempted to commit suicide by voluntary starvation, so that they might be removed to a lunatic asylum ; that in consequence inquiries had been made, and their settlement proved to be at Windsor, to which place they would be removed in due course of law. Subscriptions continue to be received in their behalf, but inasmuch as they still persist in refusing aid, it is understood to be the intention of offering it to their aged parent, bir, Sharpley.  P Leasing • Pn %shield Railways. Nominal Pricer. ,Companies. to-day. Bdf. & Bitch., all p Lon.&N.W ••• Bir.& Oxf., gua. all Gt. Westn. 29% .. 30% Do. without, all p Do. - 30 Bir.Wolv. & Dud., guar all pdl Do. - 31 Do. without, all 1)1 Do. - 30 Buckinghash. all p Lon. &N.W ••• Clydsdale Jc., all pCaledonian 51 -- 53 E. Lin., gua. 6 per; cent 100/.pd Gt. Northn. 147 149 x.d 1474 Gloucest. & Dean Forest all pd Gt. Westrn. 32 —33 32% 32 Hartlepl. Dk. & Yk. Nal Railw....all pd I &Berw. ••• ••• Hull & Selby, all p Yk. &N 113 --115 Do. Halves., all p Do. Do. Quarts., all p Do. Leeds & Brdf., all p Midland ilo6 108 Lon. & Grenw., all S. Eastern ! 133 14% Do. Pref....all pd Do. Lowestoft, gua. 4 per cent...all pd Norfolk Do. 6 p. ct., all p Do. Manch. Bux.tn, L. &NW 1 3 & Matick, 5% f p &M. .1 Middlesbr' & Redcar, 6 p. c., all p Stktn &Dar N. & E., sp. c., all E. Counties 63 —65 Prestn. &Wyre. f L.& NAV all paid & La. &Y •.. ••• Ditto, Halves, A, 100/. pd Do. p Roy. & Hit.,1004 Gt. Northn 149 -- 151 Do. Shep. Ex., all Do. Shf. Rth. & Goole' 5 p. c., 18.11.6 p Lan. & Yks S. Staffdsh., p MrM'Clean 3/ —%• dig, Wear Val. 6p all Stckt& Dar 30 —3l Ditto ditto, all p Do. Willii4l49a.loo4lGt, io4  Wi1144149ai, 3.
The Sun. — 1852-11-30 (London, England)

IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction it will be exchanged If desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The itstablishMenta are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on '4lu.TdaYs, 'shen business is resumed till Twelve o'clock. new Book, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions for self-mearthartnit:mmdoay be had on application, or post-free, to any part A hatici.onanl. on application, Almanac for the year ending 18.52 can be had, gratis, Ici Pon puler Hier strichtm- Deutsch.rancal'. I Qui si parla Italian. I Aqua se habla Espanol.  SUICIDE of A ~, . gentleman engaged-".' '-ekeroß.—On Friday, eveni, the n,isi. ing ' old-man' at the Theatrel Royal, Brigi as lead. , eel:. John Henry Beauflet suicide. The de formerly apantomimist, but has of late years folleod Iv" . but performance at vari wed the morelegitimate line of last engagement waTi,,,Zatrical establishments. His joined the Brighton carp, the, lPswich associatin company He ,and h has suffered considerably frnratique in October'. He ill health very low spirited, seldom as been actors. He was cast for the part of .E. with his fellow ,wrlthrsta farce of Out on the Loose, on prida:ler• Capias in the not make his appearance ; and, v;heZening, but did understood that found lying on the floor at his lodgings :PA, for, was his throat produced by a razor. It is gash in he had received notice to leave the Brighton li* • "'Tan and had no other engagement, and t is is supposed. 3r, have preyed on his mind. At an inquest held on the body on Saturday morning, the verdict of the jury was, "That deceased committed the rash act while in an unsound state of mind."
The Sun. — 1852-01-02 (London, England)

DISAPPEARANCE OF A YOUNG LADY.—A young lady, of highly respectable family, who has for some time past resided in the capacity of governess with. thp family of Mr. Andrew Duncan, Hatfield-place, near this city (Bath), is missing under alarming circumstances. The, young lady, it appears, accompanied one of Mr. Duncan daughters to church on the morning of Christmas-day, but, befo service had been concluded, she rose frem her seat o leave the church, complaining of illness. The pew-opener!t struck by her strange and excited air, invited her to go into the vestry ; but the young lady declined to do so, quitted the church, and has not been heard of since. Some other circumstances, unhappily, point to the probability that she has been drowned. We understand that not long after she had left the church the landlord of the Dolphin Inn, opposite Twerton, observed a young lady answering to the description-of Mr. Duncan's governess walking along the bank of the river in a hurried manner, and within a few minutes after ho had lost sight of her another person saw a female struggling in the water. He immediately ran to get assistance, but, on returning to the spot, all was quiet, and not a trace remained of the drowning person. The river has since hcen dragged, but without success, owing, it may be, to its being much swollen. There is no absolute certainty that the missing young lady and the person seen in the water are the same, though it is very probable, especially as the young lady had, for some time previously, been suffering from depression of spirits, to which, we arc informed, she was constitutionally disposed. Her friends, we need not say, are suffering great anxiety, being in a dreadful uncertainty whether she has wandered away, fallen into the river, or committed suicide.—Bath Chronicle.  OBSCENITIES' FROM CHINA,--A remarkable importation has recently taken place from China, consisting of a series of paintings, or, more properly, carvings of an elaborate character, painted and contained in a kind of frame, each having hinges inversely so as to close after the manner of a draught-board in the form of a book. On examination of this piece of mechanism it was found that each of these painted carvings formed a slide which discovered another carving of an equally elaborate description but of a grossly obscene character, the figures comprising these obscenities being carvings in ivory representing Chinese characters. it is believed that on no previous occasion has the skill of mechanical art been more grossly perverted to an improper purpose. The articles were, it seems, in transitu for France, but the authorities have given directions for these obscene caryips tc, be immediately and eatiroly destroyed.
The Sun. — 1852-08-10 (London, England)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.  John Thomas Parry, a compositor, was brought up by Ware, the pierman, at Blackfriars-bridge, on a charge of attempting to commit suicide. John William Ware said, at about .5 o'clock in the morning his attention was called to the prisoner in the water, and on rowing to the spot indicated, he saw the prisoner roll over into deep water. Witness, however, succeeded in rescuing him, and having taken him to the receiving house ashore, searched him, and found only a farthing and soire trifling articles of little or no value. Prisoner told him he had been driven to desperation by poverty. Alderman FINNIS asked if the officer had made any inquiry at the prisoner's place of abode ? The officer said he had done so, and the prisoner's wife and other friends were in court. The wife then stood forward, and in answer to interrogatories from the Alderman stated that her husband had had very little work to do lately, and sometimes did not earn 53. in the week. She had ten children, and eight of them were young and at home with her, and in great distress. Her husband left home on Friday morning to seek for work, and finding he did not return on Saturday, she applied to the West London Union for relief, when she was told to send her husband. Alderman FINNIS inquired whom she saw at the West London Union ?—The wife said she saw the relieving officer and the overseer. Alderman FINNIS then asked if she stated her children were actuelly without bread, and on receiving a reply in the affirmative he commented with some warmth upon the cruel neglect in leaving the children to starve until the husband could be found to make a personal application for relief. He would remand the case, in order that the relieving officer and overseer might attend and explain why they omitted to relieve the distressed family and the prisoner. The prisoner, on being asked what induced him to contemplate committing such a fearful act as selfdestruction, said that not being able to obtain work on Friday, and having no money to take home, he could not return to see his children wanting bread. He had no means to get a lodging elsewhere, and at last he was reduced to such a distressed state of mind that he scarcely knew what he:did. The prisoner was remanded.