The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-17 00:00:00

DOUBTY-.-SUICIDE AT NEW

A considerable sensation has been created in,New York, by
a case of double suicide, in which the victims were discovered
sitting locked in each other's arms in an open balcony, and
quite dead. The Sunday Courier of New York, -in narrating
the circumstances of the case, says :—" The female came to
New York in-Oct., 1849, her age then being eighteen years.
She took board in a respectable boarding-hsuse, among the oc-
cupants of which was a Mr% Merritt, whose husband keeps a
shoe store in the Bowery, near Vauxhall Garden.. Her true
name was Sarah Kirkland, and she then possessed so m.e money,
and was regarded as a lady of irreproachable character. Her
place of nativity is a little hamlet nine railes-from Liverpool,
England, on. the Chester road. In an evil. hour she made the
acquaintance of a youth about seventeen, residing in Brooklyn,
but who,had the appearance of being mush older,an.d this ac-
quaintance ripened into a close intimacy. She was delivered
of a maleehild, which lived only about twelve months, when
the seducer abandoning her and removing to the West,
she was compelled to receive • miscellaneous• company for
her support. A portion. of this time she was afflicted
with St... Vitus' dance,. and was under the treatment
of Dr. Robinson, at the Emigrant's- Home, on Staten
Island-. About two yews- since, she either made the ac-
quaintance of young Gustin, or, if he was -her seducer, he then
returned, and a compact was made by them which unfortu-
nately exists too frequently hi large cities. He became her
lover passed his leisure-time with her, and was supported by
the wages of her shame. On the afternoon. previous to the
commission of the fatal deed, according!to the servant's state-
mentXustin came to his father's house, andaskal his mother-
' how she would like him to bring home a wife with him that
night ? ' The reply was .that he had better not. He then.
returned to 130, Duane-street, and had a long interview with.
thegirl. They seemed cheerful, but evidently acting under
mental excitement. At ten o'clock, pan., she dressed herself
carefully, and, taking the key of the apartment, presented it to
Mrs. Harrison, remarking that she-was going home, and had,
come to take a final leave of her, adding that she wished, her
landlady to take possession of her wardrobe and effects. The
woman, supposing, her to be joking, paid little attention
to the matter, and the twain crossed that threshold for
the last time.. They then, crossed the Fulton Ferry
to Brooklyn, and rode up nearly to old Mr. Gustin's
house. Here it is said, that they went together to
the house and asked admittance. The reply was
that he might„enter, but the girl could not. And then, appa-
rently, the resolve which had: been culminating became a fixed
determination. They started down Myrtle-avenue,, and pre-
sently struck,into an obscure street. At half-past one o'cloek
they were seen returning, he having in his hand.what probe-
bly was the bottle of prussic acid. It was not labelled. Then
they must have entered, the yard gate, passed. through the
beautiful:garden to the-rose-covered/piazza, and there, seating
themselyes noiselessly on a lounge covered with black leather,
they doubtlessly partook hastily of the fatal. drug, and then,
locked, in each °thee% arms, their spirits went hand-in-hand
to him who gave them." The parents of the young man hav-
ing sent his victim's body to the dead.house, the populace
madea demonstration opposite their dwelling.

THE STAR RETUBLIC BURNT AT SEA.,—The Star Republic,
from New York to Galveston, was accidentally burnt when
three days out. All hands saved.
FIRE AT ST. PAUL'S, WALWORTII.—At an early hour on
Friday morning a fire broke out at St. Paul's Church, Lori-
more-square, Carter-street, Walworth. The fire was not
extinguished until considerable damage was done to the roof
of the vestry.
COLLISION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.--011
Friday morning, as the night mail train from Edinburgh was
proceeding to London, at the rate of about forty miles an hour,
on the Great Northern Railway, about a mile north of Don-
caster, it came into collision with a coal :train which was
running in the same direction, and a frightful concussion
ensued, although, providentially, only two or three persons
were hurt.

PRINCE DANILO AND HIS BRIDE.—The Agram Gazette
contains a letter from Cattaro, which states that a disagree-
ment has arisen between Prince Danilo of Montenegro and
his newly-married bride, of so serious a nature as to be likely
to lead to a divorce. It is only three months since the mar-
riage took place. The lady, whose union with the young
savage caused much surprise at the time, is the daughter of a
merchant at Trieste. _

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EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.—A few days since, while
one of the ordinary passenger trains was travelling from
Bristol to Exeter, the guard, on returning to his box at one of
the stations, found a parcel directed " E. Weller, Culmstock,
to be left at the Cullompton Station till called for." On his
way down a most offensive smell was emitted from it, and as
he threw it out at the Cullompton Station, he remarked on
the unpleasantness of its odour. In compliance with the
directions, the bundle was placed in the office, but the smell
became so bad that it was deposited in a horse-box, near the
goods station. Here,towever, it became worse, and at last it
was so bad that it was taken to the station master, and it was
opened, when it was found to contain the body of a full-grown
mail infant which was rapidly approaching a state of putre-
faction. An inquest was held upon it, and the guard stated
that he was unable to give any explanation as to how the
parcel came into his box. Under these circumstances., the
jury returned an open verdict,