The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1884-09-06 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

LORI) LICYCESTEVS HOSPITAL. - The Rev. Herbe t Hall, MA., of Northgate-street, has been appointed to the ma,tership of Lord L-ycester's Hospcal, rendered vacua by the de ith of the Rev. Philip S dney Harris. The new master is well hnown in Warwick and neigiibourhold, and gencrilly respected. He held the appointment of healma-ter at the King's Grammar School from 1841 to 1876, and le the author of " Short, Si moue on some leading principles of Christian life," imbliThed in 1851„  . . 2ND VoLONTKER BATTALION ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT -- WARWICK DETACHMENT Or.lers alay, September 9th, practice for drunnmerQ, at the Ai moory, at 7.30 p. in. Wednes• day, Sept. 10th, competition for monthly challenge bad at 3 p tn. ; S.turday, Sept. 13th, competition for monthly challenge ba Igo, at 2.30. S. W. Comm, Captain Cointnatyliug Warwick Detachment. .  THE AUTI'MN ASSlZES.—The•following are the judge ppointed to go on circuit at the ensuing autumn a-sizes, iz. Circuit, Lord Chief Ju-tce Col. ridge; Western Circuit. Mr. Justice Drove ; North-Eastern Circuit, Baron Pollock ; South-Eastern Circuit, Mr. Justice Martit•ty ; Oxford Circuit, Mr. Juslico Lopea; North and South \Vales Circuits, Mr. Justice Cave, and Northern Circuit, Mr. Ju-ttice Day ant Mr. ,Insoiee A. L Smith. Prisoners only will be tried it these a-size, except in the c,ise-t of Manchester and L'verpg oh, on the Northern Circuit, where civil ca is will tile .1 be taken. The assizes rill comineu e about the 24th a,f 0 -tober. _ _  SUICIDE IN TDB AVeN.—Mr. F. R. Moore, borough comer r, held an inqiieet at the letwiiiig tircee Init on Salmi d- y, in the body of Martha Under hill, age! 65, who committed mideide by jumping into the river Avon on the pre vitae. day. --Mary Underhdl, vide of Stophen Underhill, 31 Bridge-end, serif the iiecersairril wee her humband motion She wan a widow, and lived with witness. The deeew eel left home in cornpeny with witness on the previous morning directly after nine o'elce k. They went together to the Dispennary in Castle-street, where she left the decea-e 1 waiting for hr medicine. The lee eiesed Iced been desponding at Vines tied in low Fyn ite. For the list three weeks the manner in which deiceaseirs husband had destroyed himself had preyed upon her mind, reed she had threatened to commit suicide. At ahem a quer, er-past twelve : she was going up the Ca tie b• idge hill with a friend. She looked over the bridge and saw the deceased in the river, by the bridge. The bonnet and umbrella of deceieeed were lying on the bark. She was got out of the water, but did not live long afterwards. She had, been very strange at time. arid witness did not centred-. her accountWale for her actions.—Josepli Leeshon, living at Haleeowen. d posed to seeing decealied jump into the rive-, but as lie could not swim, to went and fetched a policemari.—Johir Fraiike, carrier. Paid that he was panning over the Castle Bridge dire thy after twelve the previous day when he was told thet there was a woman in the river, lie at once jump al into the river, and fetched the woman out. She wan alive when he got her on the bank, and he I-ft her with the neop'e whilst he went for a dector.—Police-conetab'e Li wis depose! to being toil by the witness Leeehon that a woman had thrown herself in the river, and on goin ; there he dined the body of the woman lying on the bank. She diet in about two minutes. The jury returned a verdict that deceased cenvnitted suicide by drowning whilst in an unsound state of mind. —A sad and singular coinc.deirce is that the hireband of the deceased committed suicide by euttine his throat five years ago, and one of her eons was accidentally drowned in the Avon seven years ago.