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The Sun. — 1846-12-12 (London, England)

SUICIDE OF MAJOR EAMES, OF  THE 47TH FOOT.  An inquest was held last evening at the Prince of Vales Hotel, Leicester-place, Leicester-square, before Mr. Bedford, on the body of Major R. F. Barnes, aged forty-five, lately residing at Nu. 61, Jerm)n.street, St. James's. Ann Linfield, chambermaid at the above hotel, said that the deceased came into the front hall at nine o'clock on Wednesday morning last, and demanded a chamber. Having shown him to a room up stairs, he called for pen, ink, and paper, and sat down to write. At three o'clock she again went up stairs to see if he wanted anything, but she could obtain no answer to her repeated knocks at the door. At length she entered the room, and found him lying dead across the fender, with a pistol by his side. She heard no report of fire-arms, but even if she called toxtthhieridbe,cieuastchAe. had she should have paid no attention to it, as there was a shooting-gallery at the back. over the sixth was shot immediatelyw oa nti o; Mr. Robert Cross, surgeon, of No. 21, Leicester;igen Leicestersquare, region of the heart. The ball had broken the rib, and The vestihtelaz(lileiceel,asain,dd buried itself in the lit art, so that death must have been found said a Ipistolie instantaneous. muzzle of the pistol close to his body. opened, and he thought shirt had been There had pwraess secl anothera c loaldveiduipaimstoLl (i)11 jig, gthe utnamblaeiter of No. 61, Jermyn-street, said the deceased had rcsidclin his house for the last fortnight, but he had known him for some time before. He was whimsical in his manner, lie left home shortly hb before f ore shouldni n e be o'clockbaek ont Wednesday morning, saying that of major in th Witness could not.ino breakfast. lie had held the rank deceased had committed.e4dthloot, but lately was unattached. in order thatany way account for the act the After some the furtherdeoeeLieddepsce friends inquest was adjourned, , and relations might be communicated with.
The Sun. — 1846-04-17 (London, England)

SUICIDE OF TWO GIRLS.—A coroner's inquest was held on Thursday last, and another on the following Saturday, on the bodies of two young females found drowned in the canal, near to Leamington, one of whom had been missing for nearly three w,aks, and the other from the day only preceding that on which her remains were discovered. The latter, named Emma Lewis, daughter of a sawyer in Groveplace, was in her sixteenth year, and from the evidence produced appeared to have committed the rash act in a state of despondency, from the harsh treatment she experienced in service under a superior demestic, who was severely repri manded by the Coroner for her unteeling behaviour. The former unfortunate girl, named Davis, was not quite fifteen years of age, and had lived unhappily with her relatives, ho were in a respectable sphere of life, and whom she had suddenly quitted, with an intimation, left in writing, that,she would be' no more when the same came to their bands. 11,e strictest search having been ineffectually made, hope were for a long time entertained that her intention had not 1.. . • carried into effect, and advertisements, with offers of reward newspapers. for her restoration, appeared in sever al ofrettl u'erned in each Verdicts of " Temporary insanity (lirneday) the body of case by the jury. This morning --',Tio has been fir some another female, a native of German), ed ' the River Lean), and days missing, was found d r.“"The above three deplorable is now awaiting an inquetiv within so short a period, events, occurring succes,4%. ~ the town and neighb9urhond have occasioned a sensapon m ea, of Leamington which will be moreily conceived than de. scrib...' FR'S MATCH FuR 200/. The trial of GREAT .SCULL: Robert Newell of , London, and H. aquatic skill between . fixed' Clasper, of Newcastle, is,. to come off oh the 22d of 4 June, on the river Tyne, New celiac.  Wednor.day after;ne individual
The Sun. — 1846-04-20 (London, England)

SUICIDE IN THE SERPENTINE THROUGH AN INCURABLE DISEASE.—Late last evening a long inquiry took place before Mr. Bedford, the coroner, at the Rising Sun Tavern, High-street, Knightsbridge, on the body of John Taylor, aged thirty-five years, lately residing at No. 10, Cross street, Golden-square, who committed su►cide. John Price, a young man who lodged with the deceased, stated that the deceased had been in a desponding state of mind for the last four months, arising from a disease of the skin, and always seemed in great pain. Witness had often beard him say that no person on earth suffered so much pain as he did. He bad applied to all the principal physicians in London respecting the disease under which he laboured, but none seemed to do him any good. He was a very sober, steady man, and very saving. He said in August last that " Drowning was a very easy death, but laudanum would be a much more preferable death." On the 11th of August witness found him in bed vomiting very severely. Witness asked hint what he had taken, and he said that he had taken sixpennyworth of laudanum. A surgeon was called in who applied the usual means, and he recovered. Some time since the deceased gave witness a letter which he begged he would not open until something happened to him. Since the deceased's death witness had found another letter, which resembled the first. It was directed to witness, and chiefly referred to some money and property, which he directed to be shared among his brothers and two children. The letters terminated by stating " that his life was a burthen to him, and he was unable to bear tip against his troubles." The jury, after a few minutes, returned a verdict, " That the deceased destroyed himself while in a state of temporary iaggaity, torinht va by dieta"'"
The Sun. — 1846-07-10 (London, England)

ETON.—There will be Baron d'Ebro, and he had a legal right to detain all Baron d'Ebro's propery until the arrear of rent due to him was dismorrow for silver oars, &c., to be ke by boat racing tocharged. The Rev. C. P. Wilbraham pt thewinner. , vicar of Mr. Pratt said MM r. assingbam had deprived himself fordshire, met with a severe accident last week,usll Asy he was of all remedy against Baron tiThro by turning him out of riding near Scot Hay his horse fell, and rolled upon him recovery. his lodgings. He did not know where to find Baron d'Ebro gHoeinb;rooknefaovnoeuorfabhliys thighs.towar. T he reverend gentleman is now now. Mr. MALTBY directed that evidence of this allegation should TILE IRONMASTERki OF SOUTH STAFFORDszuRE.—The be taken down in writing, which having been done, the order . iritmonnpitaoi wassitero' held quarterly meeting for the die,triet near Wolver. on the defendant was made out forthwith. h oft Wednesday. The attendance on the part Eliza Cross, a remarkablygootWooking well-dressed female, of the ironmastera was unoanally large, and though it is diffi about twenty-five years of age, was charged with feloniou,ly cult to ascertain re stealing there is little doubt but the former stealing a silver watch, a gold watch-chain, and three g.dd prices will be adhered to, and will be coutirmed at the more watch seals, the Property of Mr. P. Beambine, of No. 29. extenstirs meeting at Birmingham, Some rumours were Windmill- street, Haymarket. It appeared from the stet( punt ailoat iat some of the ironmestere of the district had broke(' of the prosecutor, that a month or five weeks age, betwam faith since the last meetirif, and had sold iron below the price nine and ten o'clock in the evening, he met with the prisoner, fixedL upon, by taking off a discou it from the nominal price. who was a perfect stranger to him, in the neighbourhood of A yonug actress of the Baton Theatre, at Madrid, the Haymarket, he got into conversation with her, and she repai-al to lately commited suicide in the fallowing horrible manner. of phosphorus in vinegar, and drank accepted his arm for a walk. Ultimately they She mixed a quantity some oyster rooms in the Haymarket, to partake of 4Pper ; the infusion. She survived a week in the most horrible they drank rather freely, and on leaving there walkesduabout agony, and then expired, it the eftbrts of medical art to for some time, and then had some more wine. Eventually cure or relieve her having failed. The suicide was OCC4the prisoner consented to accompany If to his 104. nu signed by A disappointment is bine.
The Sun. — 1846-12-08 (London, England)

GRATUITOUS MARRIAGES AT ST. JOHN'S CLERKENWELL.—Yesterday morning, pursuant to a notice, some week since issued by the Rev. Hugh Hughes, the rector of St. John's, Clerkenwell, that marriages would be celebrated by him gratuitously between parties who were too poor to pay the marriage fees, the Rev. Gentleman attended to perform the ceremony. In the district Of St. John's, Clerkenwell, comprising a population of above 9,000 inhabitants, the majority are of the lowest class, numbers of whom cohabit together without the performance of the marriage ceremony, in extenuation of which they almost invariably plead that they are too poor to pay the marriage fees. With a view of remedying this moral evil, the rector published notice that he mould twice a year, viz., on the first Monday in December, and on the first Monday in May, marry such parties free of charge, and that the clerk should give notice of such banns without fee. Yesterday morning only two couples availed themselves of the benefit thus offered. The rector has further given notice that the children of the parish will be christened and registered twithout fee on Advent Sunday and WhitSunday in each year. SUICIDE OF A FEMALE IN THE PRESENCE OF HER ClllLDREN.—Yesterday, Mr. William Carter held an inquest at the Cannon, West Moulsey, on the body of Mary Anne Watford, aged twenty-four, the wife of a ballast gatherer. On the evening of Friday last, a person in whose house the deceased lodged was astonished at hearing screams of children proceeding from the deceased's apartment. The children of the deceased were found on the bed, and screaming most violently, and theit mother was discovered hanging to the bedpost. The deceased was cut down, and a mes senger was sent to Hampton Court for medical assist ance, but by the time the surgeon arrived life was found to be extinct. It was proved that the deceased had been for some time in a low and desponding state of mind, arising from ill health. The jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased destroyed her life whilst of unsound mind."
The Sun. — 1846-03-09 (London, England)

THE LATE OUTRAGE AT DF.PTFORD.-011 Saturday morning, at Southwark police .court, information was brought to the magistrate that the policeman, James Hastie, of the R division, had died at Guy's Hospital from the injuries inflicted on hint at Deptford. The unfortunate man was so intelligent account of the affray which caused about a his death. It appears that week previous to the affair lie had taken two or three men into custody for dgrivieai(l Igfulalyny wounded that he has been quite incapable of creating a disturbance near the spot, where he was afterwards attacked. The men were fined at the time, and it seems that this act excited revengeful feelings against him, and that his late assailants were, in some way, mixed up with the previous affair, and had on that account attacked him, lie lfsesi.tiNGTON.—On Saturday DETERMINED was a stout, hale man, about 35 years of age, and has since suffered most severely. Mr. Payne, the coroner, has appointed n tii:TidnEot Rsot l'raeyt Ee determined i .SUICIDE eholdingd case iq took place at the house of Mr. James, 20, Alfred-street, River-terrace, Islington. It appears that Mr. and Mrs. James had, for some time past, lived unhappily together, in consequence of the intemperate habits of the latter. Mr. James went into the Prince Albert, in the same street, and there found a heavy bill clue for liquors supplied to his wife ; he r.iting„and soon after three mice Albert, exclaiming that her mistress was destroying herself. Mr. then quarrel niforbadeth enessluiPePdt,Yao any more on credit ; and on his return hntd Mrs. James threatened to leave hint on the morrow. Similar threats having before been held out, no attention was paid to the present. At two o'clock Mrs. James was seen oby'cloacakoppositenlnei neighbour girl ran Thorpe, the landlord, Immediately went into the house, where he found Mrs. James suspended to the bed-rail. It appeared that she had first opened a rein in her arm, but not hitting on the artery, she found she could not In this way effect her purpose. She the ibenigriatgoetdhe in n attempted to strangle herself with one of her garters: this also failing,,, site next tried a piece of tape; and at last resorted to a silk handkerchief, with which site accomplished her dreadffil purpose. On Mr. Thorpe cutting her down, life was quite extinct. The note sine was seen writing was to her husband, and to the effect that sho could bear it no longer, and requestlag her triothes might be Own to her titter,
The Sun. — 1846-12-25 (London, England)

CLOSING THE EQUITY COURTS AND OFFICEII.--n We h.e.sday the Lor.l Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor of England, the Meter of the Rolls, and the Vice-Chancellors Wigram and Knight Bruce, sat in their respective courts, for the last time before Hilary Term. The Regit trars, Masters, and Six Clerks Offices, as also the Affidavit Office, closed this day for the purposes of general business, and will continue closed until the 7th of January next. The office of the Accountant-General of the High Court of Chancery will also be closed during the same period. Notwithstanding the closing of the offices and the rising of the respective courts, in cases of positive emergency, where the parties are desirous of filing a bill for the purposes of obtaining an injunction, &c., in pressing cases, a limited attendance at the offices will be given, to file the necessary bill and affidavits preparatory to an application to either the Lord Chancellor or one of the other judges at their respective houses for such i•iju s toll We have already mentioned the failure of the house of Schiller and Co., of Breslau, fbr a sum of 800,000 thalers (3,200,000 r). We now learn from Dresden that M. Schiller, the chief of the house, attempted a few days days ago to commit suicide in a bath in that city, by opening the veins of his arms. He aas found alive, and removed to an hospital, but in such a state cf exhaustion that little hope was entertained of his recovery. M. Schiller had a fortune of half a million thalers (two millions of francs) from his father, which by long industry he had trippled, but latterly he had speculated exten sively in railway shares and other securities, and lost so much, that the amount to be divided among the creditors of the house is estimated at only 100,000 thalers (400,000 f). M. Schiller is said to have lost one million of thalers (four millions of francs) by the incorporation of Cracow; the shares of the Cracow Railroad, of which he was a large holder, having fallen 30 per cent.—Guligiali.
The Sun. — 1846-05-21 (London, England)

LOVE AND SUICIDE.—WORCESTER, MONDAY.—A fine young woman, named Mary Hall, Niece of Mr. Jeremy, landlord of the Angel Inn, in this city, put a period to her existence at her uncle's house, on Friday evening last, in consequence, it is believed, of a disappointment in her affections; and an inquest has been held on the body before Mr. Hide, coroner, and a respectable jury. A number of witnesses were examined by the coroner, and from their testimony we glean the following facts :—lt seems that an ardent attachment had sprung up between the deceased and a printer engaged in the city, named Dennis, but that the attachment was not approved of by the ill-fated girl's relations. A short time since, a proposal of marriage was made to the deceased by another suitor, whom she rejected, and at the same time she expressed her determination never to marry any other than Dennis. On Friday evening the deceased, having forgotten (in her capacity of barmaid to her uncle) to give one of the customers frequenting the house his change out of some money handed to her by him, Mr. Jeremy's son went up to her room, whither she had retired, for the keys of the bar-till, for the purpose of giving the ceased standing on a chair, and, having procured the keys, customer his change. Mr. Jeremy, junior, found the dehe retired. Half an hour elapsed, and the deceased not having come down stairs, young Mr. Jeremy again went up to her room, and on entering it he found, to his horror, that his cousin had hung herself by a scarf or shawl, to a staple in the wall of the room. lie instantly raised an alarm and cut her down. Surgical assistance was sent for, but it was too late, eecineagsed quite dead. There bad been no quarrel and her lover, the parties having been on the best terms when they last met. The latter, when examined at the inquest, seemed deeply affected at the thbeetdweeceenastehde db tragical event. The Coroners jury shaving duly considered the evidence of the witnesses brought before them, returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity."
The Sun. — 1846-05-21 (London, England)

LOVE AND SUICIDE.—WORCESTER, MONDAY.—A fine young woman, named Mary Hall, Niece of Mr. Jeremy, landlord of the Angel Inn, in this city, put a period to her existence at her uncle's house, on Friday evening last, in consequence, it is believed, of a disappointment in her affections; and an inquest has been held on the body before Mr. Hide, coroner, and a respectable jury. A number of witnesses were examined by the coroner, and from their testimony we glean the following facts :—lt seems that an ardent attachment had sprung up between the deceased and a printer engaged in the city, named Dennis, but that the attachment was not approved of by the fated girl's relations. A short time since, a proposal of marriage was made to the deceased by another suitor, whom she rejected, and at the same time she expressed her determination never to marry any other than Dennis. On Friday evening the deceased, having forgotten (in her capacity of barmaid to her uncle) to give one of the customers frequenting the house his change out of some money handed to her by him, Mr. Jeremy's son went up to her room, whither she had retired, for the keys of the bar-till, for the purpose of giving the customer his change. Mr. Jeremy, junior, found the deceased standing on a chair, and, having procured the keys, he retired. Half an hour elapsed, ai.d the deceased not having come down stairs, young Mr. Jeremy again went up to her room, and on entering it lie found, to his horror, that his cousin had hung herself by a scarf or shawl, to a staple in the wall of the room. He instantly raised an alarm and cut her down. Surgical assistance was sent for, but it was too late, the deceased being quite dead. There had been no quarrel between the deceased and her lover, the parties having been on the best terms when they last met. The latter, when examined at the inquest, seemed deeply affected at the tragical event. The Coroner's jury having duly considered the evidence of the witnesses brought before them, returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity. last, the 9th inst., before W. W. Brown, Esq , OUTRAGE ON Two '
The Sun. — 1846-01-12 (London, England)

DETERMINED SUICIDE AT GUY'S HOSPITAL.— On Saturday night an inquest was taken at Guy's Hospital, before Mr. Payne, the City coroner, on view of the body of Mr. William Dye, aged 36, assistant-surgeon to Mr. Ryan, Bermondsey-street. Mary Davis, nurse, said that the deceased was admitted on the 7th January. He was under the care of Dr. Babbington. On the following day (Thursday) he got out of bed and screamed violently. As he appeared deranged a strait jacket was put on. The same evening witness was called by a patient, who stated that something had happened to him. She went to him and found blood streaming under the waistcoat. Mr. Hill, one of the surgeons, was fetched, who discovered a wound in his throat, and a clasp knife was taken from the bed by Mr. Hill. The jacket was put on by Mr. Cooker, and deceased was fastened to the bed. Fanny Gurger, sister of Job ward, said that, shortly before the act of the deceased, he asked to have the curtains of his bed closed. The clasp-knife deceased must have brought with him. A great number of pawnbrokers' duplicates of wearing apparel pledged were produced by the witness, that were taken out of deceased's pocket. Mr. Paxon Hicks, house surgeon, stated that deceased had inflicted a large incision in the throat. He died about two o'clock on Friday morning. Harriett Brown, housekeeper to Mr. Ryan, stated that deceased had formerly' been in business. That day fortnight he was taken suddenly ill, when he requested that he should be taken to this institution. His mind had been much affected for some time in consequence of the change in his circumstances. He was to have entered into business with his brother on New Year's Day, when the deed of partnership would have been signed. It is through his own folly that he became reduced. Verdict, " Temporary Insanity." Iwo
The Sun. — 1846-09-07 (London, England)

ALLEGED W HOLESALE POISON  ING OF CHILDREN. An inquest was held on Friday night at the London Hospital, on the body of a female who had committed suicide by swallowing a pennyworth of fly water. Mr. Thomas Jessop, the house-surgeon of the institution, on being examined by the coroner and jury, took occasion to make an important statement. He said he had analysed some of the liquid which deceased had taken, and he found that it contained a great quantity of arsenic, and the liquor was so sweetened as to attract the vermin to partake of it. He wished particularly to call the attention of the worthy coroner and jury to the label on the bottle (banding in a bottle of fly water). The coroner having attentively perused the label, said it appeared to him a most extraordinary heading for a bottle of poison, " Sleeping made easy." Why, a person might purchase a bottle of the mixture, and, without reading the whole of the label, might conclude that it was a cooling draught, and calculated to do the party good. He (the coroner) thought the heading of the label ought to be immediately altered. Mr. Jessop said he wanted to call the attention of the court to one part of the label, where it stated, " to destroy black beetles, cockroaches, and crickets, soak crumbs of bread in some of the liquor, and strew them about the floor, and the vermin will eat the same and instantly die." Now what could be more dangerous than throwing crumbs of bread, containing poison, about the floor ? It was a well-known fact, that in the neighbourhood of Whitechapel and other densely populated districts, where the fly water had the greatest sale, there was scarcely a house but what contained many families, and the number of young children living in the same rooms with their parents it was almost impossible to tell. Of late it was well known that a vast number of children had been treated for, ard died from, what was imagined natural diarrhoea. He (Mr. Jessop) had no doubt that one-third of the children said to have died from that complaint had been poisoned with fly water. It was equally well known that children, if left playing on the floor, would pick up anything they could find and put it in their mouths. Crumbs of bread, thus scattered over the floor, ard left in the way of children, was exceedingly dangerous. What were the symptoms after taking the poison? He would explain. first sickness, and then diarrhoea. The children were taken in some instances to a surgeon, who prescribed for them;.but the poison having become absorbed in the system, it was unknown that the deceased had died from anything deleterious. From what he had ascertained he had no doubt, as he had before stated, that one-third of the children, supposed to have died from diarrhea, had died from the effects of poison. He believed, if his remarks were noticed by the press, that they would have a very beneficial effect.