The Sun. — 1834-10-20 (London, England)

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—The wretched culprit who committed this dreadful deed remains in the Exchange Bridewell in a state of callous indifference tin the awful situation in which he has placed himself. After firing the pistol he remained standing in the yard, and on some one advancing towards him said in a very calm and collected manner, " I did it ; let me alone ; I am an injured man, and I don't regret what I have done. Mr. Southgate reported me to Mr. Ross (the Inspector-General), and took 201. a year from my wife and family. I was determined to take my revenge, and I am not sorry that I have taken it." When taken into custody by a sergeant of the Dock Police, and conveyed to the Dock Bridewell, he was searched, who appeared to annoy him very much. It was then found that he had a bottle of laudanum suspended round his neck under all his clothes by a tape string. On this being taken from him, he became so infuriated that unless he had been prevented he would have struck the policeman who searched him. The prisoner, who resides at 57, Kitchen-street, Liverpool, with his wife and family, is a native of Parkgate, Cheshire, and has been nineteen years in the service of the Customs at this port. He was a private in the Lancashire Militia for some time, and when in that corps he bore but an indifferent character. It has been ascertained that the wretch had fully made up his mind for murder when he left his home on Friday morning : on leaving his wife and children he deliberately bid them farewell, saying that he probably might never see them again. On quitting the house, his wife, fearing that he might contemplate suicide, followed him to the Customhouse, but unfortunately not in time to prevent the dreadful occurrence. Unhappily neither the. Inspector-General of Customs of Liverpool nor the unfortunate gentleman who is so dreadfully wounded are popular amongst the Liverpool Custom-house officers. During the whole of this day (Saturday) the surgeons have been in attendance on the unfortunate gentleman, and the opinion is, that although he may linger for a few days, the wound will prove mortal.  DREADFUL SUICIDE AT MACCLESFIELv•  A young man, named William Harrison, who bits eve many years held a confidential situation in the mercantll made his appearance on Wednesday week, establishment of Du Far, Colin, and Co., of Manchester! spent tlie where he is well known to several individuals, and, evening at the Derby Arms, in Chestergate. In answer t° as to what hall the friendly inquiries of his acquaintance,. brought him to Macclesfield, he declined to say further tli.cin a " little business." He slept at the Derby Arms, and not come down stairs until the afternoon of the followingd day, when he appeared to have been sick, and coraPlahles of being very ill. From the Derby Arms, in Macelesfiel4 Ile went, much to the surprize of his friends who knew, habits to be very different, from one public-house to anntlle, drinking heavily, and at night he retired to rest at the.g ing Horse, in company with one of his acquaintance,. not of them much intoxicated. The following day did f rise until a late hour, and there were again appearanee,!,°„ his having been very sick. The same routine of drinKei; was pursued during that day (Friday), and in the evcni,lat he and his friend had got to Prestbtrv. Harrison of that night slept alone at the house of Mr. Kinsey, the sign °I t it appears ths  Llack-a-Moor. About eight o'clock on Saturday morning, mi., Igusepe/cl'' who slept in an adjoining room, heard noises which itlar, her to suspect that something tragical was going 00 thither, rison's bed-room, and on Mr. Kinsey proceeding tly,thie the awful and ghastly sight presented itself of the mbar man lying on the bed with his throat cut in four or ibis places. The razor with which he had committ,&4""i. _ ,ter shocking deed lay on a chair by his bed side. Mr. bottom, surgeon, who resides at the next door, wa',, in, and the wounds having been recently inflicted, , ~.7030 rnediately stitched them up. Further medical ass' tly was, without delay, procured from Macclesfield, ballet out avail ; the miserable man had too effectually accomPlls his purpose, and at two o'clock life was extinct. nds An express had in the meantime been sent to his ..r-elate in Manchester, who arrived in the afternoon, but t°°„ble, to see the unfortunate man alive. He had heeat;4' reLintly,' to answer questions put to him, and front ato Flies it was gleaned that he had taken since he cacniiieli Macclesfield, at different times,- as much laudanum,as he had purchased in small quantities at various Plaeica'ar would have destroyed half a dozen men, but it Wu' oor pear that his stomach would not retain it. From the rd be' presenting every appearance of not having been OS or fore this horrible occasion, it is presumed that he ha'fao` t), chased it on Friday, (though he did not state that Lulti fully determined, that if the laudanum which he s;yof that night take did not effect its deadly purpose, they two should. He did take on that night laudanum fraors different bottles, for one was found empty in his tr°found pocket, and another, also emptied of its contents, scaaskj it. amongst the bed-clothes, where he said he had once ~iser A coroner's inquest was held on the body of the P;ore able man on Monday, when some of the circumstances the proved in evidence, and the jury returned a verdict °tiring effect that the deceased destroyed himself whilst lab° A in under temporary insanity. The bOdy was interre'not Prestbury church-yard the same afternoon. It ira roved in evidence, but we have learned that the ,„10 which the deceased was employed, and who paid if,lojea handsome salary, bad discovered diat he bad ern dr their money to a considerable amount, and that ta.''coir dining to institute criminal proceedings against hi 'yid on sequence of the length of his services, discharge_; toot the morning of Wednesday. It would thus aPPMption be had come direct to Macclesfield, with the full 114" d" CM' of ending a life now, from the loss of his situation 3113 that ratter, become insupportable to him. It is sup Pose fedi unfortunate speculations upon the turf, a vice that P'oo,ve le to an immense extent amongst clerks and vvarehonsf Manchester, have led to the embezzlements whie,rbe do brought on such a fatal and tragical catastrophe• been ceased has left a wife and one child ; he had a'-',0006 married about eighteen months ago, to a respectable  lady from Staffordshire.—Macclesfield Paper.