SUICIDES.—An inquest was held, on Wednesday, at St. Georges Hos-

pital, on the body of an elderly woman, of respectable appearance, who was found drowned in Rosamond's Pond, in the Green Park, on Mon- day last. The body did not appear to have been long in the water, which at this place is very shallow, and the clothes were only partially wetted. A gentleman residing in Piccadilly, stated to the Jury, that he was on the spot when the body was taken out of the water : the police-

man laid it on a piece of swampy ground, although the body was then quite warm ; and it remained in this situation full half an hour, when a ladder having been procured, it was placed on it and conveyed to the

Hospital. The policeman stated, that soon after the body was got out, a gentleman, who said he was a surgeon, examined it, and pronounced

that life was extinct, and under these circumstances he did not consider that he need be in a hurry to remove the body. [There can be no doubt that the gentleman " who said he was a surgeon," and who pro- nounced so decidedly in so delicate a case, was an ignorant booby ; whether Mr. John Cobby, the officer who so readily took the word of the stranger, was as ignorant as himself, or merely careless, is not so obvious. The woman's life seems to have been sacrificed between them.

A few days since, Mr. Ward, seed nineteen, the son of a surgeon on half-pay, and a clerk in the Bank of England, shot himself with a pistol, at his lodgings in the house of Mr. Lloyd, an Ordnance messenger, near the Horse Armoury in the Tower. The shot passed through the head : a friend named Hope, who had called upon Mr. Ward by appointment, heard it, and just got up stairs as he fell on the ground quite dead. A respectable-looking man, described as a surgeon, on being appre. hended on Wednesday, on a charge of theft, twice attempted to hang himself at Hatton Garden Police Office. He was ordered to be conveyed to the New Prison until his next examination.

HUGHES, THE ATTEMPTED Sincrois.—Robert Hughes, the blind man, who shot himself, and also Elizabeth Westley, in Mr. Bentley's house,

Lower East Smithfield, some time ago, has so far recovered as to be able, within these two or three days past, to walk about the ward and lobbies on the men's side. The woman is also considered out of dan- ger, and doing well.

SUICIDE AND Mermen, ET A Qusaza.—On Sunday, an unfortunate woman, residing at Brighton Terrace, Brixton, destroyed her infant

child, and afterwards cut her own throat. She was removed to the hospital, and is still alive. The insanity which prompted this double crime, of murder and suicide originated, it is said, in the unequal marriage of the wretched perpetrator. It seems that previous to her marriage she was a member of a most respectable family, belonging to the Society of Friends ; but having married a person far inferior to her- self in rank, she was discarded and neglected by her relations. This cir- cumstance preyed on her mind, and for several months past she has been observed to be in a state of the utmost despondency. A note in her handwriting was found on the table of the room, and the ink on which was scarcely dry when it was so found, in which she stated that her hus- band had always treated her most kindly, and that she had not the slightest fault to find with him. This is the only instance in our recol- lection of such an act of violence in one of the very respectable commu- nity of which this female was a member.

Fire.—A fire took place, about ten o'clock on Tuesday night, in a stable belonging to Messrs. Holohan and Darcy, R.C.C. to the Rev. Mr. Grace,

of Ballycallan. The stable and loft were completely enveloped in flames,

and, rapidly communicating to part of the dwelling-house, destroyed most of the furniture, books, &c. therein. Mr. Darcy, in his fruitless en- deavours to save a valuable horse, was unfortunately so much scorched before he could get out of the stable, that he has since died in conse- quence of the injury.—Kilkenny Moderator.

On Sunday, a fire broke out at the Green Man, in the Coal Yard, Drury Lane, about two o'clock in the morning ; it destroyed great part of the tap-room, and the bar and stock.

SLEEP-WALKING.—Last Saturday night, between twelve and one o'clock, George Jefferys, a carman, in the employ of Mr. Fowler, of

Seymour Street, Marylebone, got up in his sleep, and descended by a step-ladder from his room, which is over some stables, into the back-yard of the house ; and while passing along in the usual way to the workshop, it is supposed his foot caught against something, and he fell against the wooden railings of the areas, which being rotten gave way, and the poor fellow was precipitated from a height of about twenty feet. He was very seriously injured, having broken his left arm, and dislocated three of his ribs.

Sinawnacxs.—On the 20th of August, the long-boat of the Norval, O'Brian, from London to Cape Coast, arrived at Bathurst (Africa) with the passengers and part of the crew, having left fhe vessel a complete wreck on a sand near Cape Roxo. The Norval grounded on the night of the 17th; the master and eight of the crew are missing, four of whom :and the master, it is feared, have been murdered by tlie natives. A eon- .siderable part of the cargo has been saved by craft belonging to the :settlement ; the whole is damaged.

A brig, entering Padstow about noon of the 22nd, drifted on the Dun- lbar .Sand, and was totally wrecked. The crew, from seven to nine in 'number, took to their boat, which upset, and they were all drowned. Some Wheat and oats came on shore ; also about thirty sacks of flour, marked " Phillipstown, T. Kieran."

'SUDDEN DEATH.—On Sunday afternoon, the Rev. Mr. Sandford, curate of Publow, dropped down near his church, and instantly expired.—Both Chronicle.

FATAL STEAH-BOAT ACCIDENT.-.-OR Wednesday, James Bailey, lighterman, was drowned by encountering the City of London steamer,

off East Greenwich. Bailey was in a lug-boat, and notwithstanding he was repeatedly hailed, he continued to bear down directly upon the ves- sel; and before the steamer could be quite stopped, she struck, and dis- appeared under the paddles.

TILE LAPSE OF TI3IE.—On Sunday week, an unfortunate man

named Thomas Galtry, was proceeding to the belfry of the church at Escrick, near York, at the time that the sexton was winding up the clock ; when the string broke, or was thrown out of the pulley, and the clock-weight fell upon his head, and so severely injured him that lie has since died.—York Courant.