A boy of fifteen killed himself yesterday by leaping from
the top of the Monument. It appears that his name is {awes, son to a widow at Chelsea. He left St. Ann's School, Brixton, (where he received a Bible as a reward of good conduct,) a few weeks ago ; and has since been employed as an errand-boy by Mr. Hodson, bookseller in Wim- pole Street. About five in the afternoon, Hawes ascended the Mum- meat, with four other persons, who soon afterwards came down. Iwo ladies then went up ; and on coming down, said to Jenkins the porter, "There's only a boy up now." At that instant the falling body of the, boy was seen, and Jenkins said—" Ali, poor fellow, he's down now l" Several persons in the street had seen him climb over the iron breast- work of the gallery, stand upon the edge of the coping outside for about a minute, and then leap down. The body reached the ground about forty feet from the base of the column. The back part of the head was smashed; both legs were broken, one at the socket of the thigh ; but the face was not even scratched. The corpse was taken to St. Magnus's Peadhouse, and there recognized by one of the St. Ano's scholars. The Bible presented to Hawes at school was found on the floor of the gallery: some passages relating to death were underscored. A Coroner's inquest on the body will be held to-day.
Two other persons committed suicide yesterday afternoon. A man shot himself with a pistol, in a public-house near Astley's; and a young woman drowned herself, by leaping from Waterloo Bridge iuto the Thames.
Inspector Campbell, of the D division of Police, took a razor on Sa- turday morning and attempted to cut the throats of his wife and child, but fortunately they escaped with only a few wounds. Immediately afterwards, his wife having left the house, the miserable man contrived to ent his own throat in a frightful manner.
Early on Tuesday morning, a fire broke out in a house in Francis Street, Westminster Road. The Catholic inmates had been waking the corpse of a child that died the day previous ; and the party haying got intoxicated, they dropped a lighted candle on the bed, and the flames spread so rapidly that they were compelled to rush into the street with the naked body of the child. The coffin and every article of furniture in the room were consumed before the firemen or engines arrived.
On Tuesday night, Richard Goodman, a coachman out of .place, was rescued from drowning in the Serpentine, by two boatmen m the em- ploy of the Royal Humane Society. He was put into a warm bath, and on partial recovery went into violent convulsions, raved like a mad- man, and four persons were required to hold hiliti : he was bled pro- on his return home, being perfectly sober at the time, two men, one of finely, and the next morning taken to his onw house. When lie was able to speak rationally, he said that Ile had been to receive some money ; and them a soldier, came upon him just as he was crossing the bridge over the Seroeutine : the soldier thrust his hand into his trousers-pocket, and snatch:: 1 a five-pound note : Goodman caught him by the collar, and a struggle ensued ; when the other man interfered, and the two robbers threw him over the bridge : he clung to the parapet, but a blow compelled him to loose his hold : lie tried to save himself by swim- ming, and called out to two women, who alarmed the boatmen.
A fire broke out early yesterday morning in the library of the Clarence Club-house, Waterloo Place ; and was not extinguished till a great number of books were consumed, and some damage done to the building.
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