The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-30 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Loss OF THE LEITH PACKET.—The Norman, Captain '
Rudderham, of Sydney, Cape Breton, arrived at Liver-
pool from Alexandria on Tuesday, having on board the'
captain and crew of the Leith Packet, of Dundee, which
were picked off the Tuscar Rock. Early in the morning
the crew of the Norm an observed a vessel in distress in
the distance, to which she bore. The sea was running so
high that not a boat could live in it, and it was, therefore,
resolved to open a communication with the vessel by some
other means. After numerous efforts, the two vessels
were brought sufficiently near to allow a lead line to be
thrown on board the Leith Packet. This rope the crew
and captain of the vessel successively tied round their
waists, and were drawn on board the Norman. Captain
A. Mackenzie stated that his vessel was bound from New-
port to Stirling with iron, which had shifted in conse-
quence of the vessel rolling, and, as the pumps were made
of metal, they had been broken off about three feet
below the deck. The vessel was making water at the
time. The vessel was making water at the time, and the
pumps having thus become useless, she got waterlogged,
and was on the point of sinking when the Norman came
The vessel went down in a few minutes after the Norman
left her.
SHOCKING SUICIDE BY A LADY.—On Friday, an in-
quest was held before the borough coroner, on view of the
body of Mrs. Regina Victoria Davis, a young lady about
24 years of age, who caused her death at the Queen's
Hotel, Haymarket, under the following melancholy cir-
cumstances :—lt appeared that she was a German Jewess,
and that her maiden name was Dungrave. She was
married on the 10th of October last, at St. Thomas's
Church, London, and shortly after she seems to have
taken apartments at the Queen's Hotel, in this town.
Her husband did not live with her, and so far as the evi-
dence went, it showed that he was in London. The de-
ceased was evidently a well-educated lady, and she was
described as being a fine handsome young woman of most
respectable parentage and education. The husband was
said to be a gentleman moving in a respectable sphere of
life; but little or no light was thrown upon the reasons
which induced them to separate so shortly after their
marriage—in fact before the honeymoon could be sup-
posed to have more than commenced. About five or six
weeks since, she took lodgings at the Queen's Hotel, and
conducted herself with the greatest propriety until her
bill was presented to her, and she was solicited for pay-
ment of it. She then made some excuse, alleged that re-
mittances from her husband were expected, but had not
been received, and she fell into a state of great des-
pondency.
At times she would laugh heartily, and
at others she would cry bitterly ; and from her general
manner after the application for payment had been
made, it became apparent enough that something
was weighing upon her spirits of a strange and un-
accountable nature. She continued in this state
some days. On Tuesday night, between ten and eleven
o'clock, she was seen up to bed by the chamber-maid,
whom she requested to call her at half-past eight in the
morning, and as she was in the habit of rising rather
early, the request was not thought extraordinary. The
chamber-maid went to call her ',accordingly, and the door
being found fast, it was shortly after broken open, when
deceased was found lying across the bed, in her night
dress, quite dead. It further appeared that she had pur-
chased, at two different times, a quantity of oxalic acid at
a druggist's shop, in Castle-street, stating that it was for
cleaning bonnets, and that she had swallowed it. The
jury returned a verdict that she had died from the effects
of the acid, but how taken or administered there was no
evidence'to show. It was said that a German passport
was found amongst her papers. The inquest was post-
poned from Wednesday (when the body was viewed), un-
til Friday, in order that deceased's husband might be
present, if he thought proper, but he did not appear on
the latter, and the inquest was consequently proceeded
with. A certificate of the marriage of the deceased was
received from the church above named. •