The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-02 00:00:00

EVENTINTG, JUNE 2, 1E558.

FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE OF A. OciLLIERY
PROPRIETOR AT LEEDS.

Mr. Blackburn, coroner for Leeds, held an in-
quest yesterday at the White Horse Inn, Low-
road, Hunslet, on view of the body of Mr. Joseph
Longbottom. Deceased, who was the proprietor
of the Pepper-lane Colliery, and 67 years of age,
had been much depressed iri spirits for some
months, partly in consequence of the unsatisfactory
nature of his operations at the pit, and partly from
other causes. On Sunday evening, after supper,
h e proceeded, in company with his sons Edward
and James to the colliery for the purpose of seeing
a horse that was ill. After looking into the stable,
Edward Longbottom left his father standing at the
door of the engine-house while he took a can of
water into the house of his brother Jame, distant
a'-out 70 yards. When he returned to the engine-
house door, however, he could not see the old
man, and supposing that he had proceeded on his
homeward way, he was about to follow him, when
heheard the signal from the pit. Tne signal was "A
man has fallen down the pit." Assistance was im-
mediately available, and Geo. Clark, the banksman,
descended the shaft, in company with his son. On
arriving at the bottom of the pit, which is 90 yards
deep, they found the remains of the deceased, a
' shapeless mass, and blackened from head to foot.
There was scarcely a singla bone in the body that was
not fractured, and the head and face so horribly
disfigured as to be perfectly unrecognisable. The
top of the pit was properly secured by the "cages"
and corves, but deceased appears to have got to the
brink of the pit by climbing over the f nce that
bounds the airway, and from thence taken the rash
step. From the appearances at the extreme edge
of the pit, and the fraying of the wood and bricks
in the immediate vicinage of the summit, it is sup-
posed that the unforiuna4e man let himself down
into the shaft, so as to avoid the conducting rods,
and then dropped to the bottom. There are some
sharp scratches and indentations upon the brick-
work, as if there had been a slight struggle or a re-
pentant movement. Further down the marks of
the boots of the suicide are apparent. and towards
the bottom his walking-stick caught one of the con-
ducting rods, and snapped it altogether. The rash
act was marked by a wonderful degree of delibera-
tion and determination, and the event has created
considerable excitement in the neighbourhood. It
was shown in evidence that the deceased had been
freqnently depressed of late, and that in conversa-
tion with Joseph Brookshank, the steward of the
pit, he had frequently said, "he felt as if he could
not get over it (i.e., his trouble with the pit.) His
labours had been pecuniarly unprofitable, in conse-
quence of the awkwardness of the level he had se-
leeed, an arrangement by which his pumps not
only had to do the pumping of his own mine, but
also for half-a-dozen others situate in the same level
or basin. The jury found the deceased had thrown
himself into the pit while in a fit of temporary in-
sanity. Mr. Longbottom has left a widow and a
large family.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 29.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr.
Samuel Ward, to be Consul at Bristol for the United
States of America.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of the Count de
Melano as Consul-General in London for the Republic of
Nicaragua.

FOREIGN•OFFICE, MAY 31.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George
R. West as Consul at the Bay of Islands for the United
States of America.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 1.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of ➢lr. Albert
G. Catlin, as Consul at Prince Edward's Island for the
United States of Amer•ca.

The Qt.i.en has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Thomas Dickson as Consul at Colombo for his Majesty the
King of the Belgians.

WHITEHALL, MAY 31.

The Queen has been pleased to nominate, constitute,
and appoint Harry Maxwell Inglis, Esq., to be one of tho
Ordinary Clerks of Session in Scotland, in the room of
John Russell, Esq , resigned.
CROWN OFFICE, MAY 26.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
James Spaight, of George-street, in the City of Limerick,
Esq., iu the room of George Gavin, Esq., whose election
has been declared void.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 1.
32nd Regiment of Foot—To be Lieutenants —Lieut. A. R.
W. Thistlethwayte, from 33d Foot, vice Cook, promoted
in the 100th Foot • Lieut. G. Walker. from 88th Foot,
vice Clery, promoted in the 100th Foot ; Lieut. S. B.
Noble, from GSth Foot, vice Browne, promoted in the

100th Foot. .
100th Foot—To be Captains, without purchase—Captain
and Brevet-Major T. M. L. Woguelin, from half-pay
sGth Foot ; Captain R. B. Ingram, from 97th Foot ;
Captain P. G. Lake, from 2d West India Regiment;
Lient. Henry Cook, from 32d Foot ; Lient. James Clery,
from 32d Foot, vice do Rottenburg, promoted ; Lieut.
H. G. Browne, from 32d Foot, vice Robertson, promoted ;
To be Lieutenants— Lieutenants G. B. Coulson, from
49th Foot; John Lee, from 17th Foot, and to be Adju-
tant; James Lamb, from 50th Foot; F. W. Benwell,
from 33d Foot ; H. L. Nicholls, from 39th Foot ;
Joseph Dooley, from 77th Foot ' • R. L. Baylilf, from,
33d Foot ; G. F. Grant, from 62d Foot ; C. J. Hamp-
ton, from 56th Foot.
BREVET.

Captain Joseph Maycock, 53d Foot, to be Major in the
Army.
Lieut.-Colonel Frank Turner, Bengal Artillery, to be
Colonel in the Army.

TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY.

Major Henry A. Olpherts, Bengal Artillery.
Major James Metcalfe, Bengal Infantry.
Major Charles Harris Blunt, Bengal Artillery.
TO BE MAJORS.

Captain It. C. Lawrence, 73d 8ang,..1 N.I.
Captain H. Nicoll, 50th Bengal N.I.
Captain S. Graville, lit Bengal European Fusiliers.
Captain A. Light, Bengal Artillery.
Captain G. C. Hatch, 57th Bengal N.I.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT

County of Pembroke— James William Bowen, Esq., to
be Deputy Lieutenant.
Tower Hamlets King's Own Light Infantry Regiment
of Militia—Ensign William Lewis Kulback to be Lieut.,
vice Strong, retired.
The Earl of Chester's Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
—Captain Lee Porcher Townshend to be Major, vice
Brooke, resigned; Lieut. Shalleross Fitzherbert Widdring-
ton to be Captain, vice Townshend, promoted ; Cornet the
Hon. John Byrne Leicester Warren to be Lieutenant, vice
Widdrington, promoted.
Royal Sherwood Forresters or Nottinghamshire Regi-
ment of Militia—Robert Felix Bower Sr. Clair, Gent., to
be Ensign; Edwin Robert Ives, Gent., to be Ensign;
Leonard Jaques, Gent., to be Ensign.
East Kent Regiment of Militia—Augustus Frederick
Tanner, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Chisholm, promoted ;
Clement Wolseley Featherstonhaugh, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Leatbaw, promoted.
Warwickshire Militia, 2d Regiment—Ensign Percival
Richards to be Lieutenant, vice John Blackeley, resieme,i,
2d Royal Lanarkshire Militia—Ensign William Benja-
min Wilkin to be Lieutenant, vice Waidell.
Leicester Militia—Robert Curzon, Gent., to be Ensign.