The Sun. — 1825-05-09 (London, England)

SUICIDE.—An Inquest_ was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Prince Regent Tarern, himehouse, on the body of Thomas Bill, Esq.'an officer in the .Honourable the East India Company's service,. residing at No. 15, Edmondstreet, Limehouse. It appeared- that _the deceased, when he returned to England, a short time since, accompanied his family to the Ascot-heath races:; he there received a kick from one of the race horses in the left leg, but he thought so lightly of the injury, that heareineined till the races had concluded. On his return home his leg: became troublesome, and although medical Assistance was obtained; symptoms of mortiffeation .' appeared, and it became necessary to amputate the leg. On thiS melancholy intelligence being communicated to the sufferer, nothing could exceed his anguish, which was _increased by the circumstance -of his -having received promotion for past services, and an appointment to sail in a few days for India: At length, induced' by the earnest intreaties of his friends, he consented that the operation should take place on Saturday last. As the time approached, his mind became more . and more agitated and dejected, and lie was heard to declare, that life to a military man, fond of his profession, and entertaining sanguine'hopes of fame and promotion, seas not worth retaining after suffering spirits t h e were report: the loss of a limb, which would forever incapacitate him for service. On Friday he appeared more cheerftil, but about 7 of a `considerably pistol was d e p Beard, resse d a. —-n d o'clock in, the evening, when he took leave of his friends to Shortlyr etir e afterto r hises rest, , his departures when his friends hurried to his room they found him on the floor weltering in his blood. The ball had entered.the left side, which peeventedits being extracted. The unfortunatera aammaapposed that he would forfeit all claim to the censiderAtion of the East India Company by the loss of his le , lingered till the following morning, and then expired..' The Jury haiingheard evidence to the above purport, found "That the deceased committed suicide whilst in a state of temporary mental derangertient." The pistol alluded to was one of a brace kept by the father of the deceased, and which the letter bkd removed from the place where they were usually kept. On Friday night an Inqnest wa.s held at Guy's Hospital, before T. SIIELTON, Pasta', upon the body of a young man named Peter Levett, a shopman in the employment of Messrs. Payne and Simpson, extensive cutlers in the Borough High-street; who committed suicide on the day-preceding by hanging himself. From the evidence of those examined, in the service of the -firm, respecting the state of the deceased's mind preceding his death, it -appeared that his intellect had been considerably affected ever since the death of a fellow shopman of his who bad died about twelve months ago, between whom in his life-time, and Levett, a reciproCal friendship and attachment subsiSted. Since this event, the lat.. ter manifested great dejection of spirits, and when opportunities afforded abstracted hirnself from .society as much as his occupation would enable hit ;' and in his retirement was stated to have been known in the practice of poring even Dr. Johnson's Rambler. The deceased was also in the habit, in the short interval of his friend's and his own death, when any person' complained to him of being depressed inspirits, or otherwise unhappy, of exclaiming with the utmost seriousness, " Go and hang yourself—that will rid you of all your troubles in this life." This method of destroying himself the unfortunate adviser of it adopted himself, for it appeared that on Wednesday evening, after having attended the ,•emains of Mod, the t___lamented fireman, to the grave, the deceased went home, retired to bed early, and not rising at his usual hour in the morning, his bed-room door; which he had fastened, was forced open, and he was dii&ivered suspended by a piece of rope to the tester of his bed a lifeless corpse.—A verdict of " Insanity " was returned,