The Sun. — 1834-01-02 (London, England)

DELIBERATE SUICIDE.—We regret to hear that Mr. Darker, a gentleman connected with the house of Orr, Robinson, and Co., of this town, has, in a rash m ,menr, destroyed himself by drowning. He went to Bray, near Dublin, anti, having deliberately taken off his coat, and left his name written on a paper, threw himself into the sea. It appears he was labouring under a depres sion of mind, as he had dclihera'ely planned his sdf destruction, having the day previous written to the house in Liverpool of his intention to do so.—Liverpool Albion. Mn. BURKE's HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH GENTaY.--We are requested to state tnat the Fifth Part of this important Work, forming a Companion to the Peerage and Baronetage, is now ready for delivery at the principal booksellers. The want of a work of this nature, furnishing an account of all the Families constituting the Gentry of the United Kingdom, has long been extensively •eit and acknoa ledged ; anti it is expected that the present undertaking, founded on the most authentic sources, and aided by the most assiduous researches, will be found to accomplish in the most satisfactory manner the important object 0 quired.  On Monday last a man, wrapped up in a large cloak, with his hat drawn close over his face, was waking up and down en the pier at Calais, evidently in a state of great agiration, looking anxiously from time to time to the sea, which was obscurral by a dense tog. He tour inured to himself in broke., sentences, " They must die !—lt is impossible for them to live any longer ! No signal from the sea !—What can I do !—How shall I dispose of their bodies !—Well !—They shall live till tomorrow." An old sailor, who happened also to lie on the look-out, overheard the•e outpourings of a troubled mind, and at length, with the frankness of his class, asked 0 e soliloquist whose death it was be contemplated. "Parbleu!" replied the troub'ed spirit, " my 1,200 turkeys, that I have ready to send to England for Christmas Day, and which will all be spoiled if I kill them before the wind changes, and suffer the packet to go over."  On Tuesday night, at nine o'clock, THOMAS STIRLING, Esq., Coroner, and a highly respectable Jury, met at the Olive Branch public-house, Crawford-street, Portman-square, for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances connected with the death of Mr. Henry Wisbey, a young gentleman, who resided with his father at Foot's Cray, in Kent, who terminated his existence by taking prussic acid, at N 0.68, Upper Berkeley-street. Miss Hannah Herbert, a well-dressed, lady-like young woman, being sworn, deposed that for the last fortnight she had been sojourning with Miss XVillOughby, at the house above named. She had known the unfortunate deceased some time, who was much attached to Miss Willoughby, and was in the habit of paying her occasional visits. About five o'clock 'on Monday afternoon he called, and proceeded to the drawing-room, where •he was joined by Miss Willoughby and witness. He appeared in pretty good spirits, and entered freely into conversation. After he had sat about twenty minutes he asked for a glass of ale, and M:ss Willoughby sent her servant to procure it for him. When it was brought he asked witness to partake of it. She accordingly drank a small portion, and then quitted the room. She had been absent about half an hour, when she was alarmed by the frequent ringing of, the bell, and on returning into tile drawing-room to ascertain the cause, she beheld Miss Willoughby lying senseless on the sofa, attended by her three servants arid the deceased, who was leaning over her, and giving vent to the most heartrending grief. Witness said to the deceased, " What have you given her ?" He replied, " Nothing," in an agitated tone, which convinced witness that he had administered something of a deleterious nature, and, upon being closely pressed, he acknowledged that he had given her prussic acid in the ale. He then became dreadfully agitated, and exclaimed, " I did not mean to kill her, and, by —, if she dies I'll die too." He then bent over Miss Willoughby in the most affectionate manner, and, weeping bitterly, exclaimed, " Speak, dear Eliza, speak to me;' but she was unable to answer. He then asked the servant if she had given her mistress the draught which he had procured as an antidote to the poison, and was answered in the affirmative, after which be walked away to the mantlepiece. Witness then assisted in giving Miss Willoughby some more of the antidote, when, on turning her head round, she saw the deceased in the act of swallowing some• thing out of a vial, and judging it to be poison, she ran to him, and with a shriek snatched the bottle out of his hand. She then said to him, "My God, what have you done ?" when, at this instant, Miss Willoughby awakened from her state of insensibility and got up from the couch. The. deceased siaggered towards her, and then fell motionless cn the sofa without uttering a word. Miss Wilinughby being made sensible of what had happened, appeared much distressed, and expressed a resolution to die with her Henry. A messenger was despatched for the aid of Dr. North, who resides next door but one, and who promptly attended, but all to no purpose, as the deceased expired after uttering a few groans. By a Juror—When I entered the room at the time Miss Willoughby was on the sofa the deceased put on his hat, and was going away, but she prevented it. The deceased called upon Miss Willoughby about ten days previous to the dreadful event, and in my presence took a bottle out of his pocket, which he said was prussic acid, and declared his resolution of destroying both himself and Eliza (Miss W.) with it. I did not see Miss W. drink the deadly draught. CORONER —Was the deceased jealous of the lady? Witness—Yes, very much so.