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The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-10-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

BAD DEBTS. session of the estate, and many of his shipmates are said to Care shall forget his chain the while having died suddenly it is now suspected that they also fell remainder, and found it to weigh six grains and a-half. Mr. have since resided with him, an old tower being fitted up for And sorrow's load a moment lighten ; Joseph Raleigh and Co.: - their accommodation. One of his sisters in his absence had Beneath thine own infectious smile Hilton and Co 120,000 for poisoning, Her first husband also died suddenly, but, wood contained the stomach of an infant of that name, whose married a Spaniard, and is now residing in Spain, and his P. Gans The darkest, saddest heart must brighten ! lordship has left Scotland on a visit to her. Before he went, G. and S.. and J. and J. Potter And, oh, it lifts above compare Heron and Sons - powder in it ;it was empty, except that a little mucous or a youth named " George," to whom his lordship in early life The triumph of the gifted actor, Douglas and Co 20,000 cepting those alive, have received a helping hand. She has slimy matter adhered to its interior. I dissolved the whole had become attached. This man George is said to have been When haii'd the charmer of despair,* Bancks and Co And bless'd as misery's benefactor. James Bakewell - examination ; but did not detect the presence of a trace of that he will soon make an attempt to reach his lordship. M. E. J. S. W. G. Seed Samuel Stocks *lt is recorded in " Talfourd's Life of Charles Lamb," Beeston (coach-builder) that a poet of a past day was saved from despair and suicide Smith, Edgley and Smith 12,000 to the children while lam awav, and in a week or two wood. Mr. Denham said, he had obtained the contents of
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-03-22 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SECOND EDITION.  Standard-office, Eleven o'clock  DISTRESSING SUICIDE OF THE EARL OF  MUNSTER  (Front the London Standard of last night.)  It is our painful duty this day to record the melancholy suicide of the Earl of Munster, son of his late Majesty Wm. IV. This distressing event took place last night at half-past seven o'clock, at the new residence of the late earl, No. 13, Eaton-square, Pimlico. His lordship retired to his bed-room shortly after 11 o'clock, and soon afterwards the inmates of the house were alarmed on hearing a great noise proceed from that direction. It was immediately discovered that the noble aerl had commited suicide. We hear that he placed the end of a pistol barrel in his mouth, and so effectual was the d  iscbarge  that he died almost instantaneously. Several reports of the details are in circulation, but as the inquest will be held this  evening, we refrain from noticing them. We may, however, remark, that the unfortunate nobleman has left behind him a young family of six children to deplore their loss, and that he had only taken possession of his late residence in Eaton square five weeks ; since which time he had been in a very low and desponding state of mind. His lordship was created Earl Munster in 1831 ; he married the daughter of the third Earl of Egremont. Second title Viscount Fitzclarence, a colonel in the army. Governor of Windsor Castle, Aide-deCamp to the Queen, Lieutenant of the 'rower of London, and Colonel of the Ist Regt. of Tower Hamlets Militia. He was also a Privy Councillor, and F.R.S.  The late earl was in his 48th year, having been born in 1791.  The above distressing intelligence was forwarded at an erly hour this morning to the members of the Royal Family.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-04-05 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE.—An inquest was held yesterday before Mr Curry, the borough coroner, on view of the body of Mary Roberts. The deceased, who was forty-five years of age, was the wife of a carter, and resided in King-street, Toxtethpark. She had a sister-in-law who died about two months ago, and had from that time been in low spirits, and subject to fits of abstraction. On Saturday morning, about halfpast eight o'clock, her husband left the house to go to his work, and returned about twelve o'clock to his dinner, when he found the door of the room in which they lodged to be fast. He knocked and kicked, but receiving no reply, he called some of the lodgers in the same house, who broke into the apartment. They found the deceased lying on her back in the bed, with her throat cut, and a table-knife lay on the floor near her. She was still alive, but much exhausted from loss of blood. Surgical assistance was immediately called, and the wound, which had not reached the jugular or the windpipe, was sewed up. The great effusion of blood, however, from the minor veins of the neck that were dissevered, was such that she died at eight o'clock the same evening, of " venous hemorrhage." The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased committed suicide, while labouring under temporary insanity. PICKING POCKETS BY AUTHORlTY.—Yesterday, at the police-court, two stout elderly females, Alice Jones and Mary Perry,—the latter with her face much bruised,—were placed at the bar, they having been taken into custody on Satuiday night; but no charge was preferred against them. It appeared that Alice Jones had been seen taking the money from the pockets of Mary Perry, while the latter was so much intoxicated that she lay on the ground, unable to help herself. Jones was apprehended for the supposed theft, and Perry was conveyed in a hand-barrow to bridewell for safety. Mr. Davenport explained the circumstances. Jones was a poulterer in St. Johns Market, and Perry a friend of her's who hawked poultry for her about the town, and who being addicted to taking occasionally a drop too much, had given her a general authority to empty her pockets of all the coin they contained, whenever she found her " over the line," lest some one else might get hold of it. Mrs. Jones had, on several occasions, acted upon this " right of search," and always with perfect satisfaction to Mrs. Perry. Both parties, on being questioned, stated that this was the fact, Perry adding that the money was always honestly accounted for by her friend. ' They were accordingly both discharged, and left the court in amicable companionship.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-04-05 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

PEN SATORE. Great George•street, April 2.  Mr, Charles Pearson, the city solicitor, is likely to be appointed town-clerk of London. There are many candidates for the former situation. Several Irish families are already on the move from England, to avoid a property tax. The other day, at Oxford, a man was tried for stealing a bee-hive. The hive was produced in court, covered with a in order to be identified by its marks, but on white napkin;acTouittof it s being filled with bees, the jury did not venture to examine it, and the man was acquitted for want of evidence. The number of bodies thrown on the coasts of France, from Boulogne to Dunkirk, in consequence of the storm of the 10th inst., amounts, says the Courrier du Nord, to 150 (Flintshire) assizes on Friday, Robert CONVICTION FOR, MURDER, AND SUICIDE OF THE CON• indicted for attempts to murder his wife .awiotlillosdn of arsenic. lie was found guilty and vbp yti ec trThc. ee- —At dit nh2i es4t,rs sentenced to death. On the following morning, when the gaolor entered the condemned cell of the convict in the Castle of Flint, he was found suspended by the bars above the door. The body was nearly cold when discovered, and it is judged that he had been dead some time. It appears that he formed a noose of his braces, and having attached them to his neck and fastened them to the bars, he placed his feet upon an earthenware. utensil and a Bible, which he kicked away, and thus left himself hanging. The unfortunate man confessed to having committed the crime for which he was convicted, on the night after his condemnation.  Another "delicate affair" came before one of— the— policeoffices, Dublin, ou Saturday. Mr, F., a gentleman of pro. per ty, charged Miss M., a lady, with a conspiracy to rob his house. The prosecutor did not appear to support the charge. Miss M. then explained, that Mr. F. had been paying his addresses when she found that he was already married,.the intercourse. He then proposed to -ayear upon and to marry her after his wife's o od tobr oke her, oft settle £l,OOO death, should that occur within a certain period, upon conditionsshe indignantly repelled ; and in revenge be instituted dhitchhe present accusation. The lady was discharged i from custody.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-04-05 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MURDER AVD SUICIDE.—On the morning of Thursday last, the hamlet and vicinity of Kingswood, principally inhabited by colliers, about two miles from this city, on the Bath road, was thrown into the most appalling state of consternation by the tragic occurrences which we have now the painful duty of detailing. Amongst its inhabitants was a man named Samuel Cook, between 40 and 50 years of age, unmarried, and who resided with his sister, Edith Cook, said to have been a few years older, in his own freehold cottage. fBraumgaitulely, who formerly was a collier, had by industry and realised a competency, and his income consisted principallyof the rents of his own freehold cottages. His hwere serious ; he was a regular attendant at the methodiasbtitcshapel ; perfectly sober, even to being a member of the teetotal society ; and through life was considered to be of a throat,mys e' i I. disposition. On Thursday morning, shortly the milk-man, Abraham Fry, came as usual to the cottage with milk, when in passing through the garden in front, he was struck with horror at beholding little Cook lying in a pool of blood, life quite the body of Edith . aftermost sevenkiildi Yo ' clock, 1 • 'di body. which broke from iim they collected the involuntary cry the cottage found Samuel neighbours, entering when, on e extinct, and her head nearly severed from her An hastly a wound on his own CoOk on the floor, with nearly as ghastly wretched man; who was fast hurrying to eternity , and now I have murdered barely strength to articulateent for, and Mr. Biggs, andha, e amurderedrazor n mh his siiasithiedarsd,g on the spot ; he sewed " Medical assistance was; surgeon of 'Kingswood, was speed I y . impulse of insanity, unhappy victim of, we hope, some sudden which have led to died about nine o'clock. Of the causes . thing that fully clears up the wound and rendered every possible. attention, but the this horrid perpetration, we can learn no _. the mystery hanging over it.—Bristol Journal  ittt MYAL, LIVAIIPtio  ind M 6"L'kraeift  4::ig qt.  the
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-04-05 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MURDER AVD SUICIDE.—On the morning of Thursday last, the hamlet and vicinity'. of Kingswood, principally inhabited by colliers, about two miles from this city, on the Bath road, was thrown into the most appalling state of consternation by the tragic occurrences which we have now the painful duty of detailing. Amongst its inhabitants was a roan named Samuel Cook, between 40 and 50 years of age, unmarried, and who resided with his sister, Edith Cook, said to have been a few years older, in his own freehold cottage. Samuel, who formerly was a collier, had by industry and frugality realised a competency, and his income consisted principally of the rents of his own freehold cottages. His habits were serious ; he was a regular attendant at the methodist chapel ; perfectly sober, even to being a member of the teetotal society ; and through lif Thursday morning, shortly e was considered to be of a most kindly disposition. On after seven o'clock, the milk-man, Abraham Fry, came as usual to the cottage with milk, when in passing through the little garden in front, he was struck with horror at beholding the body of Edith Cook lying in a pool of blood, life quite her body. An involuntary extinct, and her head nearly severed from . Cook on the floor, with nearly as ghastly a wound on his own they found Samuel , g neighbours, when on enterin the cottage rapidly cry which broke from him ray collected the throat, and a razor in his hand. The wretched man, who was fast hurrying to eternity , had barely strength to articulate " I have murdered my sister, and now I have murdered myself." Medical assistance was sent for, and Mr. Biggs, surgeon of Kingswood, was speedily on the spot; he sewed up the wound and rendered every possible attention, but the unhappy victim of, we hope, some sudden impulse of insanity, died about nine o'clock. Of the causes which have led to this horrid perpetration, we can learn nothing that fully clears the mystery hanging over it.—Bristol Journal.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-04-05 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MURDER AVD SUICIDE.—On the morning of Thursday last, the hamlet and vicinity of Kingswood, principally inhabited by colliers, about two miles from this city, on the Bath road, was thrown into the most appalling state of consternation by the tragic occurrences which we have now the painful duty of detailing. Amongst its inhabitants was a man named Samuel Cook, between 40 and 50 years of age, unmarried, and who resided with his sister, Edith Cook, said to have been a few years .older, in his own freehold cottage. Samuel, who formerly was a collier, had by industry and frugality realised a competency, and his income consisted principally of the rents of his own freehold cottages. His habits were serious ; he was a regular attendant at the methodist chapel ; perfectly sober, even to being a member of the teetotal society ; and through life was considered to be of a most kindly disposition. On Thursday morning, shortly .1 in through the little after sevteinwonn'ctltoacgke with milk,,themi w passing lk-man, Abraham Fry, came as usualli to e garden in front, he was struck with l horror at beholding the body of Edith Cook lying in apoaof fromher body. life quite extinct, and her head nearly severed tilde yy found )rl .ec tseadt tui el neighbours, when, on entering t e h• stl a wound on his own Cook on the floor, with nearly as g Y voluntary cry which broke froh m The wretched man, who throat, and a razor in his hand. now I have murdered myself." Medical assistance was sent Choimttagrea for, .and Mr. Sewed surgeon the sp was fast hurrying to eternity , had barelydstrength to articulate " I have murdered my sister, and ; he sewed. surgeon of Kingswood, was speedily o Ise of insanity, unhappy`victiro of, we hope,. some sudden impulse h have' led to up the wound and rendered every possible attention, but the died about nine o'clock. Of the causes woe this horrid perpetration, we can learn nothing that fully clears the mystery hanging over it.—Bristol Journal.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-03-29 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE DEAD ALIVE."  TO THE EDITOR OF TILE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sift,—Under the above title, in your paper, "a paragraph appeared, wherein it was stated that " on Tuesday last a gentleman appeared at the police court to complain of another party for having sent a hearse and mourning coach to his residence to convey him to Woolton church-yard for interment.", You have farther reported that " the complainant s case created much merriment in •eourt," ac., and that ' . the case was dismissed." I beg to contradict this .statement, being the individual who has been annoyed by a gang of miscreants. Some days ago a message was sent to my house, (purporting to be from a dear friend of mine) that I had cut my throat hi the office. My wife, who is at best but a very delicate lady, received the intelligence in such a way, that our medical attendant, and a friend who came to her assistance, declared her life in danger from such a fiendish message. I happened to be (row home, consequently the villains, who  \  watched' the success of their Liaborical stratagem, got time to escape without identity. Not so, however; the next exhibition of their Satanic spleen. A hearse and mourning coach, it is true, was sent to my house, and in less than two hours the party who ordered it was discovered and identified by the parties who received the order for the funeral; and on the same day a note was handed to the Mail office, announcing my death by suicide! If you deem this a matter of " merriment," I do not.— There was, moreover, no such case before the court, but eertainly I called at the office to complain ; and it is but justice • to say that Mr. Rushton and Mr. Dowling did not, by their gentlemanly and condesc42nding CoOllOCt to us, exhibit any . levity, or the clerks by whom they were surrounded. On the contrary, they expressed their regret that they could not • protect its from such abominable attacks, and Mr. Rushton recommended an indictment fin• conspiracy, which 1 have now ordered to be prepared. The youngest of the party was identified by one of the clerks in the police office, as the person who called to enquire if the police could punish any Irian • for ordering a coach. and hearse, describing the manner in which it was done. To-day placards have been attached to the walls, involving a libel now being brought against these miscreants. The insertion of the above facts, in contradiction to the paragraph, which, I believe, has been very unconsciously introduced by you into the columns of your paper, and circulated by your supposed correspondent, will oblige, Sir. yours, &c.,
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-03-29 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE DEAD ALIVE."  TO TILE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.  SlR,—Under the above title, in your paper, a paragraph appeared, wherein it was stated that " on Tuesday last a gentleman appeared at the police court to complain of another party for having sent a hearse and mourning coach to his residence to convey him to Woolton church-yard for interment." You have farther reported that " the complainant case created much merriment in court," &c., and that the case was dismissed." I beg to contradict this statemerit, being the individual who has been annoyed by a gang of miscreants. Some days ago a message was .sent to my house, (purporting to be (min a dear friend of. mine) that-I had my throat in the office. My wife, who is at best but a- very delicate lady, received the intelligence in such a way, that our medical attendant, and a friend who came to her assistance, declared her life in danger from such a fiendish message. I happened to be from home, consequently the villains, who  watched the success of their diabolical stratagem, got time to escape without identity. Not so, however, the next exhibition of their Satanic spleen. A hearse and mourning coach, it is true, was sent to my house, and in less than two hours the party who ordered it was discovered and identified by the parties who received the order for the funeral ; and on the same day a note was handed to the Mail office, announcing my death by suicide! If you deem this a matter of " merriment," I do not.-There was, moreover, no such case before the court, but certainly I called at the office to complain ; and it is but justice to say that Mr. Rushton and Mr. Dowling did not, by their gentlemanly and condescending vonduct to us, exhibit any leritY, or the clerks by whom they were surrounded. On the contrary, they expressed their regret that they could not protect us from such abominable attacks, and Mr. Rushton recommended an indictment for conspiracy, which 1 have now ordered to be prepared. The youngest of the party was identified by one of the clerks in the police office, as the person who called to enquire if the police could punish any man for ordering a coach and hearse, describing the manlier in which it was done. To-day placards have been attached to the walls, involving a libel now being brought against these miscreants. The insertion of the above facts, in contradiction to the paragraph, which, I believe, has been very unconsciously introduced by you into the columns of your paper, and circulated by your supposed correspondent, will oblige, Sir. yours, &c.,
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1842-09-30 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE OF A JEW.—On Saturday week an inquest was held at the Paul's Head public-house, White's-row, Spitalfields, London, before Mr. Baker, coroner, on view of the body of Hyam Hyams, a Jew, who corn' mitted suicide. James Valentine deposed that on Friday morning, between the hours of one and two o'clock, be was awoke by the cries of Mrs. Hyams, and on his inquiring what was the matter, she informed him that her husband had hung himself. He procured a light as soon as he could, and on entering the room be found the deceased lying lifeless against the bed. A juror : Do you know the cause of him banging himself?—Witness : I believe it was in consequence of some report that was spread about him that had caused him to commit the act. Mr. Israel flyam, baker, of Middlesex-street, deposed, that on Thursday evening the deceased called on him and asked if he had heard the report in circulation about him. lie replied in the negative, and the negative, and the deceased, who appeared very much excited, then told him about his being seen to purchase some meat on Wednesday, the day of Atonement, by a member of his congregation, who had circulated a report of his doing so. The deceased did not acknowledge at the time that the report was true, but admitted he had not been to synagogue the whole of Wednesday, which was a serious oflence against tbeir religion, but he added, he hoped he would make atonement for the omission. He also said, he was sure the report would be the cause of his ruin, as the members of the clubs whom he supplied with boots and shoes would withdraw their patronage from him, and himself and his six children must come to ruin. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary derangement."