The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1844-12-03 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.—Perhaps one of the most aft fecting suicidal tragedies that has happened in the metropolis for many years occurred on Monday at, a very earl,' hour.hari ea s dwelling sDo ru) kaentdt Ea nu az,c,be eo tuhn tiavni; No. 9, Raven-row, Mile end, viz., the self dest,uetion hams, aged 22, lovers, from the eff-cis of prussic aria' Charles Du tf a Mr. It appears that for upwards of n;ne years the unit), taw° young pereotis who have fallen a sacrifice by their own hands were closely attached to each other, and were nol known to have quarrelled. On Sundae attern,on they ba tea at Mr. Dackett's house, and took their departure at about halt-past five o'clock, at the same time stating 00,1 they were going to church; at which period they seeme, in excellent spirits.- The evening wore on, and OW' o'clock having arrived, the usual time for their rea' having passed, the family became somewhat alarmed' Soon afterwards two brothers of the ill-fated girl visited Mr. Duckett, and inqu'red if his son or their si-ter been seen, ate having rot made her appearance, and th: lateness of the hour induced them to think that they ha met with some accident. Unpleasant feelings of alai were then felt by all. Messengers were despatched round the vicinity in search of them, but without avail At last, b-tween one and two o'clock, whilst Mr. Durice'tl was searching about the house, in the hope of Midis!, some letter which would mention where they were rai,e; be discovered that la's son's bed-room was fastened on t" inside, the key being in the door, It being surmised tbs he bad returned unknown to the family, and retired to rest, the door wee broken open, and there, perhaps, ono o of the most saddening scenes that could be imagined wo presented to a parent. The bodies of the young couP were stretched on the bed, life having been extinct sPeri rently for some time, with their arms round each' otheYb neck. Cups were found on each of their sides, will, smelt of r nissic acid, as also two bottles on the rotl, piece, which had contained that deadly poison. nt Dacre, a surgeon of Mile-end-toad, was promptly qo for, who pronounced them to have expired from "14 effective poison. As the bodies lay, it appears they rale have sat on the end of the bed when they committed !",., act, and fallen back. The poor girl's features were prepossessing. "It is our last wish that this letterowi delivered into the hands of the above lady. Such is F,/ final request, and whosoever may find this, we or,lY toe may give the same to her."—E. W., C. U. D. cb handwriting is that of the young man, and displays 10,1141 firmness, being clear in the extreme. The borders ,;95 apparently been inked by one of them ; the letter sealed with black was, with the following motto;ea Absence pains but cannot altar." No idea can be form 0, by the families of the deceased of the cause of the 'idle rable occurrence.' Their parents move in the 11,1,,5is ranks of society. The letter addressed to Miss Char,7er. was found to contain two ep,st les both addres-ed tt One was a piece of poetry in twenty•fonr verses. ,titen title is, "The Last Lay of Two Broken Heath-; wr,lbitt and composed by C. U. D." The letter states, ,d be ere she (Miss C.) had received that epistle they w 01,1!,,, in the sweet sleep of death. Fate had marred his 10'",or this world. He was prepared to leave it, and shet al' whom he had lived had told him, ' If you die with", of you will be my murderer,' and to use the words of 'o J3tie Grey, ' Death had no he rors. ' Both product had deep black borders round them.