The Sun. — 1821-08-03 (London, England)

SUICIDE.—On Friday last, some boatmen took out of the Seine, at Paris, a man who had precipitated himself into it from the Pont-au-Change. Having taken him to the Corpsde-Garde, they succeeded in recalling h m to life. He had scarcely come to himself, when he very seriously assured the Commissary of Police, that it was still his intention to drown Wmself on the fir,-;t opportunity, and as soon as he should be set at liberty. The Commissary asked him to sign a declaration of his intention to destroy himself, which the fellow readily Consented to do. While all this was going on, a woman arrived vociferating, "My husband ! Let me see my husband." When she perceived, however, that her better-half was alive and well, she became instantly silent. The boatmen, notwithstanding, approached her, and claimed to be rewarded for the good office' they had just rendered her in saving her husband, but she angrily repulsed them, exclaiming, " why did you not let him drown himself ? why did you intermeddle ?" At these words, the husband, it is said, suddenly found himself cured of his folly, and swore he would make no more attempts to drown himself.—(Gazette de France.) An ELOPEMENT under very curious circumstances, and sheaving a determination on the part of the young lady seldom equalled, took place in this neighbourhood, on Monday morning. The daughter of a gentleman of fortune, residing within a few miles of WorceVer; came a few days since on a visit to a friend of her father's, who lives about three miles from this place. On Sunday last, a gentleman, who afterwards proved to be her lover, called upon her, introducing himself to the friend of the lady as an intimate acquaintance of her father. He spent the day with the family, and, as it was supposed, took his departure for Worcestershire in the evening. So well did the parties arrange their proceedings, that they fixed their plans in the' presence of the whole family, without the slightest suspicion being excited. Early the next morning, it was discovered that the young lady had escaped in the course of the night, and had left a note assuring her friends that should they succeed in overtaking her, nothing should prevent her bestowing her hand upon the object of her choice. Instant pursuit' was made, and at every stage the pursuers had the mortification to find that they.had little chance of overtaking them, till the knot of Hymen had been irrevocably tied. Unfortunately for the fugitives, the celebration of the ceremony was not so well arranged as the elopement, for owing to the absence of the Clergyman of a small town in Shropshire, they were compelled to wait " in dire suspense," and before his return the friends of the lady arrived. Remonstrance was however, in vain, and in the presence of her friends, the lover and his fair fugitive proceeded to the church. The clergyman doubted,. the. happy pair insisted, the friends opposed it by every means, in their power, but as no legal difficulty intervened, the ceremony was performed. Report says the lady is very handsome, and the gentleman possessed of an ample fortune. Both parties are exceedingly well known.—(Binningham and Lichfield Chronicle) Aug. 2.)