The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1838-08-28 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE AT THE WATERLOO HOTEL.  An event of a very tragical nature occurred at the Waterloo Hotel on Monday last. The unhappy sufferer who terminated his existence, under circumstances evincing au ex, traordinary amount of firmness in the consummation of hit fatal purpose, arrived in this country on the preceding night, by the Royal William steamer, from New York. We subjoin 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, witness went into his bed-room. He was dressing, and was lookitigfinto his portmanteau for something. 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.  . WilliamLynn,Jhe 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 his throat, witness immediately ran into the Lyceum newsroom to look for a medical man.  nd Dr. Anderson, who went up stairs to see the deceased, reported that he was dead.  Joseph Anderson was the next. witness. On proceeding to the Waterloo Hotel with Mr. Lynn, be 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 vertebrze 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 use&  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 deceased, 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 bad 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 Abe Royal 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 lie 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 left for London on  Tuesday night if his clothes had been ready. lie was thirty: sixyears of age. •  Tile jury, after an inspection of the body, returned a verdict of " temporary insanity."