The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-28 00:00:00

SUICIDE AT THE WATERLOO HOTEL

An event of a very tragical nature occurred at the Waterloo
Hotel on Monday last. The unhappy sufferer who ter-
minated his existence, under circumstances evincing an ex-
traordinary amount of firmness in the consummation of his
fatal purpose, arrived in this country on the preceding night,
by the Royal William steamer, from New York. We sub-
jo►n the evidence taken on the coroner's inquest.
Ellen Parry, chambermaid at the Waterloo Hotel, stated
that the deceased slept at the house. About half-past eleven
on ➢Monday morning, wituess went into his bed-room. He
was dressing, and was looking into his portmanteau for some-
thing. Witness gave him a parcel brought by a boy. He
told witness to request the boy to wait for an answer. In
about an hour after, witness returned to his bed-room, and
on opening the door found the deceased lying on his back on
the floor, with his throat cut,, and a quantity of blood on the
floor. Witness immediately informed one of the waiters
below.

William Lynn, the proprietor of the Waterloo Hotel, was
then examined.. When the deceased came to the hotel, he
was accompanied by another gentleman. On being informed
that the deceased had cut h►s throat, witness immediately
ran into the Lyceum newsroom to look for a medical man.
Found Dr. Anderson, who went up stairs to see the deceased,
and reported that he was dead.

Joseph Anderson was the next witness. On proceeding
to the Waterloo Hotel with Mr. Lynn, he was shown to a
bed-room, on the floor of which the deceased was lying with
his throat cut. The windpipe was completely severed. The
deceased appeared to have been dead some time. He had
evidently made two cuts. On the floor witness saw the razor
now produced. There was a silk handkerchief twisted round
the handle—for the purpose, evidently, of getting a better
hold of the handle. The razor was knotched at the edge, and
as the bone of the vertebrae was cut, witness was of opinion,
that the knotches were occasioned by cutting against it.
Death must have been instantaneous. Witness was of opi-
nion that very great force had been used.

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James Johnson stated that he was a surgeon. He arrived
here on Sunday last by the Royal William, from New York.
Witness knew the deceased, who was also a passenger on
board of the same vessel. The medical adviser of the de-
ceased, at New York, informed witness that the deceased had
undergone an operation for the piles, and that his health was
much improving. 'Witness made an examination of the de-
ceased, and found he was doing well. On the passage he
laboured occasionally under extreme depression of spirits,
which witness attributed to the effect his ailment had on his
general health. Witness did not consider him out of his
mind, but weak. Witness had to be very cross with him, and
reasoned with- him, which sometimes had the effect of rousing
him. Witness anticipated what had taken place, from his
desponding state. So strong was this impression on the
mind of witness that, while proceeding on Monday to keep
an appointment with the deceased, he passed the dead-house
in Chapel-street, and, seeing a crowd of persons around it,
was apprehensive he might find the deceased there. Under
the circumstances, he did not think it was prudent to alarm
his friends.

George Nicholson stated that he also arrived from New
York by the Rbyal William. The deceased was a friend of
witness. His name was Alexander Cruikshank. He was a
native of Scotland.
.He left. Surinam in a very bad state of
health, and was very desponding. Witness and. deceased put
up at the Waterloo Hotel. They breakfasted together on
the morning of the catastrophe. Witness afterwards took
deceased to Silver's, where he was measured for some clothes.
The deceased said he would return to the hotel, and witness
fixed to meet him at two o'clock. The deceased appeared
much as usual, and intended to have loft for London on
Tuesday night if his clothes had been ready. lie was thirty-
six years of age. _ .

Tile jury, after an inspection of the body, returned a ver-
dict of " temporary insanity."

STEAM NAVIGATION OF THE ATLANTIC.

The New York Weekly Whig of the 4th of August has the
following reflection upon the intended. departure of the Royal
William

Four steam-vessels like the British Queen, or larger, would
be able to keep open a communication, methodically, between
the eastern and western hemispheres throughout the year,
and without the slightest interruption, giving to each steam-
ship fifteen days at sea, and one week in port. Our packet-
ships have been, heretofore, of great service in this respect;
but their arivals at Liverpool or New York, as the case may
be, can never be so regular as is the case with the steamers.
These before-mentioned four steam ships, we will say of three
thousand tons each, will cost one million six hundred thou-
sands dollars, allowing the cost of each to be four hundred
thousand. Steam-vessels of this size would be able to carry
twelve hundred tons frieght, and one hundred and fifty
passengers; also two thousand dollars worth of letters and
parcels. We will throw this estimation into a tabular form,
for the plainer inspection of our readers.
1200 tons freight at 8 dollars per t0n....10,400 dol.
150 passengers, average 150 dollars each. 22,500 „
Letters and parcels. 2,000 „

34,900
Thus, at the end of each passage, each steamer would re-
turn thirty-four thousand nine hundred dollars, or at the end
of each trip, sixty-nine thousand eight hundred dollars. At
the least calculation, each steamer would make seven trips in
a year, thereby bringing in four hundred and eighty-nine
thousitnd six hundred dollars. The four vessels at this rate
would return, afterone year'ssuccessful running, one million
nine hundred and fifty-eight thousand four hundred dollars.
The annexed statement will exhibit at a glance our estimate
of each steamer.

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Dollars.
Interests on capital invested at 6 per cent 24,0(X)
Insurance at 5 per cent 20,000
Depteciation at 10 per cent 40,0(X)
The wages'of 100 seamen, including officers, averag- •
ing twenty dollars each per mouth.. 24,000
Wines and eatables throughout the year, about. 75,0X30
Cost of coals, allowing 1000 tons each trip to each
steamer for the year, at 8 dollars per ton.

239,000

It is generally allowed by our shipowners, when they are
making their estimates for ship-building, that the vessel will
run ten years; and the depreciation is reckoned accordingly.
Perhaps our estimate in regard to wines and eatables may
be considered too high; but it is our opipion that the calcu-
lation above is rather low. It is perceived that we have in-
cluded the officers and crew all together; the reason of our
doing this was, that we could not learn precisely, or near, the
salary of the officers; but suppose the compensation of the
commanders to be three thousand dollars per annum, or
thereabouts, and the above estimate is made up accordingly.
Now to come at the probable profits of vessels of this descrip-
tion, we must divide two hundred and thirty-nine thousand
by seven, which-is the number we have allowed to each steam-
ship as the trips during one year. We do this to see if there
will be any gain arising (ruin the enterprise, for, unless these
is a fair per centage reaped by, running such steamers as we
have mentioned, American shipowners will decline having
anything to do With them, choos►ng rather to stick to their•
packet•ships, which pay an exceedingly handsome profit.
But to the divisiori. Two hundred and thirty-nine thousand
divided by seven, and u•e have the dividend 0f.... 34,143 dol.
Receipts of each trip

35,657
This shows to us a profit of thirty-five thousand six hun-
dred and fifty-seven dollars for each trip. This we do not
give to our readers to form any opinion in regard to the ex-
penses and receipts of•bither the Sirius, Great Western, or
Royal William steam ships, for it is well known that the
American and British Steam-packet Company, together with
the Great 'Western and Atlantic Associations, have lost con-
siderable in the enterprise thus far. The Great Western
steam-vessel is about thirteen hundred tons burthern, and
can accommodate over one hundred passengers, allowing that
some will take berths down in the cockpit, and she can
carry about four hundred tons freight. Now unless she goes
full every trip, her owners will not reap much benefit from
her receipts ; but a vessel of the size of the British Queen
will be able to carry eight hundred tons 'freight, and about
one hundred and fifty passengers: therefore, vessels of this
class, or larger, will, if successful, return a very large per
centage to the builders, as our estimate above exhibits. The
fact is, it will cost but a little more to run the British Queen
than it does the Great Western; consequently the gain will
he much-greater than in proportion to the size of the vessels.
By the time twelve months have moved round, they will have
the machinery in such perfection, and their economising
powers so well arranged, that those who enter the field will
reap a rich harvest.. There will undoubtedly a number of
companies start up, and run steamers for a time, but by the
system of buying in and the like, they will dwindle down to
three or four substantial associations. As the business is
now rather unprofitable, American shipowners and masters
will be very backward in joining English companies, or
establishing lines of their own ; but as soon as the business
begins to pay, and is placed on a sure footing, as it undoubt-
edly will be, then our merchants will enter the field and start
steamers of their own, built in this country, and commanded
by Americans. When it comes to this, our present packet-
ships will be turned into freighting vessels altogether, and
we shall have steam-ships arriving here from Europe as re-
gular as our Providence steam-boats now do.

OPERATIVE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.--Last evening a
meeting of the members of this association was held in the
school room, i❑ Hackin's-hey, for the purpose of getting up a
testimonial to present to the Rev. I'. D. Gregg, for his recent
splendid triumph over the champion of Roman Catholicism,
the Rev. T. Maguire, and for his manly upholding of the
principles of Protestautism. Measures were taken for ob-
taining a subscription for this object.
Mr. CLARKE'S BENEFIT.—The season has again arrived
when the spirited manager of the Theatre-Royal takes his
benefit, which is announced for Monday evening next. We
need hardly say that there will be a crowded and fashionable
house. The attractions are indeed numerous. Mr. and
Miss Vandenhoff are announced to play along with the cele-
t►rated comedian Harley; and quaint little Keeley and Mrs.
Keeley are also announced for that evening, and Mr. F.
Vining. The comedy of the "Provoked Husband" is to be
brought out with the afterpieces of "The Loan of a Lover"
and "High Life Below Stairs." Thus we know, on that
night, there will be . squeezing work at the theatre, both
above and below stairs.

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POLICE I2GTELLIGENCE.

ROBBING A TILL.---At the Police-office, on Friday, a boy
named Shaw was brought before Mr. Hall, charged with
robbing the till of Mrs. Hastie, publican, Torbuck-street.
The boy,•accompanied by a man and another boy, entered
the house in questionson the afternoon of the preceding day,
and called for some ale. The apartment in which they seated
themselves communicated with the bar. While the servant
went below to draw the ale, the prisoner proceeded to empty
the till, which contained some forty or fifty shillings. In
doing this, however, be was clumsy enough to let some of
the silver fall, and the servant hearing it immediately gave
the alarm, which the prisoner and his comrogues construed
into a notice to quit. The prisoner, as Rob Roy bath it,
was "easily found by his friends, andAtilim_are_tasily-hy-ia-
foes,"—for, in his flight-dolin the street, he rushed 'into the
arms of a policeman, who was waiting to receive him. His
flight was a little impeded by having crammed a quantity of
the silver into his shoes, little ithegining,'perhaps, that his
exit would be so peecipitous. He was committed to take his
trial at the sessions.
A POCKET FuLL.—Yesterday, at the-Police-office, one of
the constables of St. John's Market preferred a charge
against a female for stealing some butter:. He said he saw her
going away in a great hurry from a stall and endeavouring
to put a pound of butter in her pocket; he stopped her, and
on enquiry, found that she had stolen the butter. He search-
ed her, and found in her pocket a tumbler glass, a knife and
fork and nine eggs! all. of which he found she had stolen.
None of the parties appeared against her from whom she bad
taken these things, and she was ordered to be discharged.
STEALING A NV ATCH.—Yesterday. at the Police-office,
one of the horde of thieves that prowl about the town steal-
ing whatever they can lay their hands on, named Charles
Marshall, was charged by the servant of one Patrick Daley,
with having stolen a watch out of his kitchen. The servant
girl said, that between 8 and 9 o'clock on Saturday night,
she went out to get a quart of porter for the family, and was
about three minutes away, and when she returned she met
the prisoner coming up the kitchen steps. She said to him,
"you young rascal, what are you doing down those steps ?"
He asked if Mr. Stephenson boarded there? She told him
to go to the front door and enquire; he had no business
there. On entering the kitchen, and looking on the shelf,
she found the watch was gone. Onlooking after the pri-
soner she found he was gone too. She gaie an alarm and a
description of him to a policeman, and he soon after appre-
hended him; but the watch was missing. Mr. Hall commented
on the carelessness of the servant in leaving the kitchen in that
sort of way. Twenty persons might have entered it. It was
merely a case of suspicion. Air. Parkinson said. the pri-
soner had been in custody before, and was an associate of
thieves. The prisoner swore positively he was never near
the house at all. The girl, however, was confident as to his
identity, and Mr. Hall committed him for 3 months to the
House of Cot rection.

" WATCHES WERE MADE TO Go."—Yesterday, at the
Policeoffice, a thievish looking young scamp, named Charles
Dillon, was placed before the magistrates, charged with hav-
ing robbed a drunken looking man, named Stewart Bond, of
his watch. The complainant stated, that about ten o'clock,
on Saturday night, he was coming up Castle-street, and met
the prisoner accompanied by two other men, and he (the pri-
soner) ran up against him, and said, well my hearty," and at
the same instant snatched his watch. out of his waistcoat
pocket, and ran off, " and here's the guard," said the com-
plainant, as with a lack-a-daisical face he held up to view a
shattered watch guard, made of black beads, which seemed
to be in mourning for the loss of its accustomed appendage.
" I found my watch was gone," said the complainant, " and
the thief with it, and I cried, stop, stop,' but my watch was
made to go, and wouldn't stop. I told the policeman of
what had happened, and he followed, and took the prisoner
into custody." Police officer, 40, stated, that on being in-
formed of what had occurred, and seeing some men running
he asked which was the thief, and having the prisoner pointed
out to him, he followed, and• after a sharp chase captured
him in Lancelot's-hey. The complainant was quite sober
when he saw him. The prisoner called his sister, who swore
she saw the complainant robbed, and that it was by another
party of men, and not by her brother; and that the com-
plainant was drunk. The Bridewell keeper was examined
as to whether the complainant was drnnk or sober, and he
said he was drunk. Mr. Hall said, it was of no use com-
mitting the prisoner, for no jury would find him guilty on
the evidence of a drunken man. The prisoner said he was
a tailor by trade. Mr. Parkinson said he was a thief by
trade. Mr. Hall remanded the case for further inquiry, as
he could not depend on the evidence of a drunken man as to
identity.

PASSING BAD SOVEREIGNS.—TeSterday, at the Police-
office, a man named John Dixon, was placed *before the
magistrates, charged with attempting to pass bail sovereigns.
The prisoner was put into the custody of an officer on Fri-
day, on a similar charg.,e, but made his escape. It appeared
from the evidence of Mrs. Hope, of the Horse and Jockey,
public-house, in Gilbert-street, that on Thursday last, the
prisoner came to her house, and purchased two glasses of
wine, for which he gave her a good sovereign in payment, and
asked for change. She was going away to get change, wben
he said, " surely you have that much ?" She replied, " Yes,
I have." He,requested the sovereign to be returned. Pre-
sently he said, " never mind, I want change," and gave her
another sovereign, which she immediately discovered to be a
bad one. She returned it to him, and he gave her a.: good
one instead of it. Policeman 207, said he took the prisoner
into custody on Saturday night, and had him searched in.
Bridewell, and seven good sovereigns, and a bad half so-
vereign were found upon him. Mr. Dowling said many of
the publicans had suffered severely by these sort of tricks.
If Mr. Hall would allow the case to be adjourned to Wed-
nesday, he believed he should have some further evidence.
The prisoner was accordingly remanded till Wednesday.
ASSAULT ON BOARD THE NEW BRIGHTON STEAMER.—
Yesterday, at the police office, an individual named Peter
Taylor, one of the class of pugilists in this town, who are in
the habit of kicking up rows for the purpose of bragging over
their fellows, and exhibiting their "science," was -placed be-
fore the magistrates, charged by a gentleman named Moxon,
a surgeon, from Huddersfield, in Yorkshire, with-assaulting
him on Sunday night on board the New. Brighton Steamer,
and giving him a black eye. Mr. Moxon.stated that he was
a stranger in the town, and was returning on Sunday even-
ing from New Brighton, when it began to rain, and in crowd-
ing into the cabin a disturbance took place on 'beard the
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basted. This passed over, and he (complainant) was standing
on deck, and the defendant came towards him and-wanted to
know why he had received so many blows ? He (complain-
ant) said, " you should not have struck at a woman,?:" The
defendant retorted—"d—n,your eyes I'll strike you," and
immediately strucrliiin a videnlblow on the face, which gave
him a black eye. The defendant had'sinceiried to compro-
mise the matter with him, but having heard the man's charac-
ter, he thought it his duty to bring the case before the ma-
gistrates. Mr. Crewe, who appeared for the defendant, en-
deavoured to show that the steamer was on the Cheshire shore,
and out of Mr. Hall's jurisdiction ; and then that the defend-
ant had been irritated, and struck the complainant in mistake.
Mr. Hall said there was no mitigating circuinstance. The
assault was most distinctly proved by a respectable person,
who having seen him first raise his fist against a-woman and
strike her, told him he ought not to do it, and he then imme-
diately struck him. He must pay 40s, and costs: