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London, England, 1859-02-15 00:00:00

of the Assembly will not permit me to reply fully at pre-
Sent to your Excellency's speech.
"The official reply shall be delivered in the name of the
_Assembly on a future day, which will be duly announced,
" Your Excellency will permit me meanwhile to say that
we greatly rejoice in seeing a personage- so renowned and
phihellenie in the chair of her Majesty's representative. -
" With respect to the graveand momentous subjects con-
tained in your Excellency's speech, it is my duty to assure
you that the Assembly will devote their greatest attention
to them, so that they may freely and judiciously pronounce
an opinion in conformity with their sacred mission as re-
presentatives of the lonian people, .
" By command of the President of the Assembly,
" N. Lusi, Secretary of the Assembly."

LOVE AND SUICID.E.--EXT.RAO.RDI-

NARY CASE.

Yesterday, Mr. Wakley, coroner for West Middlesex
held an inquest at the Assembly House, Kentish Town, on
Joseph William Jones, aged 22, late assistant to Mr. Emer-
son, surgeon, of 3, Lower York-place, who committed self-
destruction under very peculiar and determined circum-
stances.

The evidence having been given by deceased's employer
and others, to the effect that on-Friday morning last he was
found dead in his room, and that death had been caused by
prussic acid, a bottle which had contained that poison being
found by his side.
Harriet Ranson, a young person to whom it was stated
the deceased was engaged to be married, was next examined,
and the witness appeared deeply moved. She said .aat she
resided at 7, Dishopsgate-street Without. She was well
acquainted with the deceased, and she received a latter from
him on last Friday morning. The last letter prior to that
was on Monday morning.
The witness handed in the letter she received on Friday,
and while it was being read she became very much agi-
tated, and swooned away. The letter ran thus :
" 8, Lower York-place, Kentish Town.
" My dearest Harriet,—My gold watch is for you, and
please apply for it at 1, Hamilton-place, Highbury Pkrk
North, a Mr. Llewellyn, who will give it up to you, as you
are the one I most love of all. Therefore accept my watch,
with my love.—Yours most affectionately,
" JOSEPH JONES."
The letter appeared to have been written in a very hurried
manner. The witness haying been restored to conscious-
ness said, with continued emotion, that the deceased had
never written or spoken abort suicide to her. They parted
as friendly as ever on the Sunday before, and he promised
to see her again before the month was over. She never
noticed anything peculiar in his manner; and he seemed as
usual when they parted on Sunday night, about a quarter-
past nine o'clock.
Edward Champion, errand boy at Mr. Emerson's stated
that on Thursday night, before going to his room, the de-
ceased wrote two letters and sent them to the post. He
was writing another but he tore it up, and he then went to a
cupboard where the poisons were kept. After this, about
seven o'clock, he went upstairs, and he did not come down
again. As he was going up stairs he gave witness a parcel;
eTohnetareiniwnags shirt,naothing unusuals4 ing in the deceased's manner. And
he might have it if he liked.
the witness further said, that he never noticed anything
peculiar about the deceased.
Other evidence was taken for the purse of endeavour-
ing to gain a clue as to the state of the deceased's mind at
the period he committed the suicidal act, but in vain; the
deceased being described as being always cool and col-
lected, and nothing had ever been observed in his manner
denoting the least insanity.
The coroner, in summing up, said that he never had a
case before in which the evidence was so scanty and bare
as to the state of mind ; and repudiating as he did such a
harsh verdict as one of felo de ae, which did no good, but
only gave pain to the relatives, he recommended an open
verdict to be retureed.

The jury, after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict of
Suicide," leaving the state of mind an open question.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.