The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-04 00:00:00

ROMANTIC SUICIDE.

Yesterday morning Mr. G. S. Brent, deputy
coroner for West Middlesex, concluded an inquiry
at the Lord Nelson Tavern, Holloway-road, into the
circumstances attending the death of Miss Ann
Page, aged 17, who committed suicide, on Thursday
last, by throwing herself into the New River, at
Highbury-vale, in company with a female friend,
who fortunately was rescued. The circumstances
created the greatest excitement in the immediate
neighbourhood. It appeared that the young girls
were of respectable families, the deceased residing
in St. John-street-road, and the survivor in Coppice-
row., Clerkenvvell. They became acquainted about
three years since at a Sunday-school treat, and were
so attached that their greatest happiness was
in each other's company. On Monday, the
25th ult., deceased remained from home all night,
and between two and three in the morning the father
of the deceased in great alarm called upon Mrs.
Harding, thinking the two young girls were toge-
ther. Miss Harding, however, was in bed. De-
ceased had called upon her friend, and wished her to
accompany her on the previous afternoon, but she
was unable to do so. The following was elicited in
the examination of Miss Harding :—Deceased
returned home on the Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock.
It appeared that she had been to the tailors'
ball at Higlibury Barn with sonic woman. She was
very fond of pleasure. Mrs Page dressed for the pur-
pose of seeing the young woman, and deceased was
allowed to accompany witness home if she returned
in half an hour. Deceased took 6d. away with her,
and on getting outside the door she said she would
buy poison with it. She had told her mother it was
the last time she would see her. They both walked
about some time, when they got very hungry, and
deceased proposed to buy arsenic for both. They
however walked beyond Edmonton, and back to
.
London. On the Tuesday night witness was taken
ill in the street, and cried, when a gentleman asked
her why she cried ; and on her replying that she
was ill, and without anything to eat, he gave her
ls. 3d., which was all he had. They lived upon the
ls. 3d. till the Thursday morning. On the Wednes-
day they passed the day in St. James's-park, calling
upon deceased's sister in Oxford-street, where they
washed, but had nothing to eat. On the Thursday
morning very early they walked to Highbury-vale,
and witness asked deceased if she would go home.
She replied, " I never will." She then asked wit-
ness if she would agree to die with her, and after
an expression of their love, they joined hands, and
exclaiming " Oh, love ! love !" jumped into the
water together. She remembered nothing more.
Witness had no wish to leave her home, but she
could not leave her friend. The jury returned the
following verdict, " That the deceased Jane Page
committed suicide, but there was not sufficient evi-
dence before the jury to prove her state of mind. at
the time of the commission of the act." The pain-
f
ul inquiry then terminated—the mother of each
young girl was present.

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TEE SO UT ri-WES'TR.,I2N RAILWAY EX-
-1 TEN LION TO EXETER.

It is expected that withiri the next ten days the
G Impactor will pass over the line of this
a purpose of making his examina-
tionroilv‘evraiyi.n: feeti;
the
sho,,ild he report in favourable terms,
-nd to open it early in the week,
the ;
directors and,
Monet; ay, the 16th July.
sion will form a continuation
of the main line of i'.he South-Western Railway.
commencing
Ecxine
ExteLl
gter
London to Salisbury, and from
round is covered by the Salis-
re runs
et
'v an independent line, but
Thetbhuer thence
e latter
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e ,ivdYeovil
a fromhe g
Railwa
now under lease to the bouth-Western. From
of 491 miles, to cover
which tract
itatshenEc:o
to• extension of the
Y E xeeftel •is
country d a
London and South-Western line, of which we are
now writing, has been laid down.
Thus, as will
be seen, it will form a completion of tteo main trunk
line from Lond9n via Salisbury and Yeolo to Exe-
ter. The whole dbtance, as compared with th,c! route
by Bristol, shows ft saving of 23 miles; and it is
hoped that, when th,9 new line is opened, we ;3hall
have third-class passe,vers leaving Queen-streei At
seven o'clock in the mo-rning and reaching London
a little after two in the ,Ifternoon.
There will be three tun.nels on the line. The first
is near Crewkerne, the secon,rl at Honiton, and the
third at the Black Boy Roacf.. The one at Honiton
is about three-quarters of a mile. in length, but the
others are short. The Honiton .tunnel was by far
the most difficult to work, in consequence of the
nature of the ground, and the imin ense quantity of
7,2 iftr with which the engineer ha d to contend.
There works- ..11.ftve been most satiefuo torily carried
out under the superinte:odence of Mr. ,G • Muir, Mr..
Taylor's principal agent. They' war 0 finished so
long since as January last, and have set re =rimbly
well. The injury done to the bridge at Axminster
by the late high floods—the highest whilell have
been known in the Axe for 40 years—has I‘l4-,
-.en re-
paired, and engines now pass over the line as ,before.
All the stations, with the exception of the line at
Exeter, are nearly completed, and have been bvit
in a substantial manner from elegant designs by Wr..
Tite, Esq., M.P. The engineer to the company is,
J. E. Errington, Esq., of Duke-street, Westminster;
but the works have• been more immediately carried
out under the inspection of W. R. Galbraitk, Esq.,
the resident engineer. Messrs. Drew and Son have
acted as surveyors to the company, having arrange&
the land purchases, &e. Th 9 contractor is Mr.
James Taylor, of Springfield House, Staffordshire..
The late unfavourable state of the weather has im-
peded the completion of the worklif but we are
happy to stale that much good will result..
to the public,
from the delay, inasmuch as all the we'k points
of the line have thus been tried and the elillban
meats and other works consolidated. The follovr;.ng
are the stations to which we have alluded :—LeaVi-
ing Yeovil, the first will be at Stoford, whence the'
line is continued to Sutton Bingham and then on
to Crewkerne, from which town the station is about
half a mile distant. Railway accommodation will
now be afforded to a large surrounding district ;
including Beaminster, Broadwinsor, Merriott, and
South Petherton, which were at a considerable dis-
tance from any railway. From Crewkerne we pass
into the valley of the Axe, by Ford Abbey, the beau-
tiful residence of W. Miles, Esq., to the Chard "toad
Station, about three miles from Chard to which pie CO
a branch will shortly be laid down. The towns of ll-
minster and Ilchester will be reached in the sauna
way. Continuing the route down the valley, the lit, `l,
reaches Axminster, where there will be a first-elms
station, accommodating Lyme, Charmouth, Az. •
mouth, and Seaton, a very extensive district, at
present entirely unprovided with railway facilities..
Leaving the valley for higher ground towards
Honiton tunnel, the next place of stoppage is near
Shute House, the property of Sir John de la Pole,.
and now occupied by Col. Maberley. This station
is named the Colyton Station. On emerging from
the tunnel, Honiton Station, at the head of New-
street, is at once reached. This is also one of first-
class dimensions, intended to serve also for Sid-
mouth, which is 10 miles off. The next station will
be Feniton, convenient as well for Ottery St. Mary,
distant two miles, as for Sidmouth. Broadhembury
and Payhembury are also adjacent. Then on to
Whimple and Broadclist, which will provide for
Honiton Clist, Rockbeare, and Aylesbeare. This is
the last station before Exeter. At Yeovil, the new
station will be erected by the united companies of
the Bristol and Exeter, London and South-Western,
and Salisbury and Yeovil Railways, who will have
an interchange of traffic at this point.— Western
Daily Mercury (Plymouth).

LOUN2'RY MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL-JuLy 3.

We had a pretty fair attendance at to-day' market, but
a slow consumptive demand for wheat at a reduction of
Id to 2d per contal. Flour difficult to quit, and fully 6d
per sack and barrel lower. Oats and oatmeal were at full
rates, but a slow sale. Beans declined Gd per qr. Indian
corn was at rather less money, bat in free sale. In barley
there is no alteration to notice. Peas in good request, at
full prices.