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The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1871-08-19 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

SUICIDE OF AN ULVERSTON SALLOR.—OS Fridayforenoon a seaman, named Isaac Seward, committed suicide on board the schooner, John Williams, Captain Iddon, while on a passage from Barrow to Glasgow. From the particulars ascertained it would appear that deceased had been in a desponding state, and when leaving Gourock, in the Firth, requested the Captain to allow him to go below and write a letter. He was accordingly permitted, and the captain ' directed him to a drawer in which was deposited some writing paper. In this drawer there was also the captain's razors, and with one Seward cut his throat and soon after expired. Captain Iddon at once hoisted his ensign for assistance, and the schooner was afterwards brought to the Tail of the Bank, when the sad circumstance was reported to the authorities. Deceased was about 43 years of age, and was unmarried. TREAT TO WESLEYAN SCHOLARS, ULYERSTON —The children of the Wesleyan Sunday and Day Schools, Ulverston, held their annual treat on Tuesday last. They assembled at the school in the Biters, formed a procession, and, headed by the Ulverston Rifle Band, they proceeded, carrying appropriate banners, through the principal streets to a field on the Old Hall Estate, kindly lent by A. Brogden, Esq., M.P. The children were regaled with currant buns and coffee, at the Old Hall farm, placed at the disposal of the committee by Mr. Troughton, and afterwards the teachers and friends partook of tea. Cricket and the usual amusements on such occasions were heartily enjoyed by the scholars, to whom a quantity of nuts, biscuits, were distributed at intervals, and all seemed thoroughly to enjoy the day's recreation.  THE GREAT SALE OF DRAPERY GOODS at the Assembly Room, Strand, Barrow, will only be continued for a short tint° longer, so that parties desirous of buying goods at much less than the usual prices should avail themselves of such a rare opportunity as soon as possible. N.13,—A1l Goods marked in plain figures, the lowest selling price from which no abatement can be made.—Advt.
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1871-05-27 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

SUICIDE OF A FLEETWOOD TRADESMAN.—MT. D. Crane, ironmonger, of Fleetwood, was found dead in his house at Cleveleys, on Friday sennight, by Ins sister. Deceased left his shop at Fleetwood on Tuesday night, and ought to have returned on Thursday morning, but failed to do so. His nonappearance excited alarm, and his sister went to the house, which she found closed. Her impression was that she had missed him on the way, and that her brother was at Fleetwood. On her return, however, she found him still missing, and again west to Cleveleys on Friday morning. The door was forced, and the body of deceased was found in the cellar. The inference was the deceased committed suicide, and this was confirmed by the evidence at the inquest, the jury returning the following verdict That deceased hanged himself whilst in an unsound state of mind."  The funeral sermon of Sir J. Herschel was preached on Sunday in Westminster Abbey, by Dean Stanley, who chose for his teat "Let there be Light." The United Service Gazette says there were wellauthenticated reports at the clubs, on Friday night, of the probable early retirement of Mr. Goschen from the Admiralty. The memorial stone of a new Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, now in course of erection on the Mansfield road, Nottingham, was laid on Monday afternoon by Sir Francis Lycett. The erection is Gothic in style, is to be built of brick and stone, and will accommodate 909 people. Beneath the chapel is a spacious schoolroom. The cost is estimated at £3,500. . _  The population of London enumerated as living at midnight on Sunday, April 2nd, was 3,251,904, an increase of 447,815 in ten years. The houses occupied by this enormous mass of people stretch along the banks of the Thames from Woolwich up to Hammersmith, and across its stream from Norwood to Hampstead, over 122 square miles. On an average there are 2,669 persons to a square mile. A
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1871-08-26 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

SHOCKING MURDERS IN NORFOLK.  At Stow Radon, on Monday, Mary Hanner, the wife of a labourer, cut the throat of her female child, aged fifteen months, almost severing the head from the body, and also cut the throat of a deaf and dumb idiot, aged eighteen years, a daughter of her husband by his first wife. The murderess complained of illness on Sunday night, but said she was better when her husband left for work on Monday morning. Soon after this, when her little girl ot fiva years awoke, she saw her mother cutting the throat of the infant, after which the wretched woman took hold of the little girl and attempted to murder her, but desisted on the child appealing to her as her pet. She then carried the child through the room in which the idiot was lying wounded, and went to a neighbour and told her that she had killed the other two, but that the one in her arms had got over her. The poor woman was insane seven years ago, and attempted suicide twelve months ago. From further details of this sad affair, it appears that Mary Banner is the wife of a labourer, and was predisposed to fits of insanity, having, in fact, been confined for some time in a lunatic asylum, and even verylatelyattempted suicide. On Sunday night she complained of feeling ill, but the next morning, when her husband was leaving fir work, she said she felt better. In the house with her were three children—one an idiot, 18 years of age, a daughter of the man Hanner by his first wife ; another a little girl five years old ; and the third an infant aged 15 months. Rising from her bed, the wretched woman seems to have gone to the room where the idiot girl was sleeping, and, tying her arms behind her with great care, pulled her on to the floor and cut her throat from ear to ear. The gash thus made was a fearful one, and, although it was sewn up very shortly afterwards, and every effort is being made to save the life of the poor creature, it is feared all efforts will be in vain. From the room in which this act was committed the mother went ta the place where the infant was sleeping, and, cutting its throat, killed it instantly. While doing so the little girl of five years awoke, upon which the woman seized the child, and would have served it the same as the other, but for its plaintive appeals to be allowed to live as her "pet." The mother's feelings appear somewhat to have returned, and she desisted from her diabolical attempts; so she threw .'own the knife, and, taking the child in her arms, carried it through the room where the idiot girl was lying wounded, and out of doors to a neighbour's house, where she disclosed what had happened. It was quite the impression of the murderess that Loth her victims were dead ; but, as has been before stated, the eldest still lives, though in a most precarious condition. The woman is now in custody, and will be brought before the magistrates at once.
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1871-08-26 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY A HUSSAR.  At noon on Monday a desperate attempt at suicide was made by a private of the 13th Hussars, now in garrison at Fulwood, and by the narrowest chance the attempt failed of most horrible eff,-ct. The rash man, w.:O appears to have been impelled to the dreadful act by the despondency which follows unlimited indulgence in drink, is named John Widen, and he is a msoried man with one child. For some time, Gillelan is said to have been drinking heavily, and, if not suffering from delirium 1 In wens, was, at any rate, in such a low state of mind as to lose sensible control of his actions. About five minutes past twelve o'clock, the report of a fire arm was heard by the men in the neighbourhood of the washhouse in the rear of the eastern wing of the barrack rooms, and on the place being entered Gillelan was found lying on the ground, weltering in blood, which proceeded from a huge wound in the region of the left armpit. By his side lay his carbine, smoking from the muzzle as from a recent discharge; and there is little need of conjecture as to what happened. Col. Hamilton was at once acquainted with the occurrence and hastened to the spot, and by his orders the wounded man, who was promptly attended by Surgeon M'Sheehy and Assistant-Surgon Wallace, was conveyed to the hospitaL The naturelof the wound was there fully ascertained, and instant measures were adopted for relief. It was found that the man had manifestly placed the muzzle of the carbine against the immediate region of the heart, but that it had slipped in the act of firing, and the charge, thus diverted, had fractured the shoulder blade. No ball was found in the wound, nor was the passage of one traced, and the inference is that the carbine was loaded with a pebble, or some other substance of similar character. The care with which the issue of ball cartridge is guarded precludes any other supposition, and the pa' salon of a blank cartridge can only have been obtained by surreptitious means. The man lies still in a most critical position; but he was reported still alive on Tuesday night, and, unless internal symptoms supervene, in a fair way for recovery. He is about 36 years of age.  The Daily News is glad to learn that Mr. Thomas iiughes, M.P., has completely recovered from the severe illness by which he was attacked rather more than a fortnight age.
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1871-02-11 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

ARMY REFORM.—IT is reported in military circles (says the Observer) that the ministerial scheme of army reform will be far more comprehensive than is popularly supposed. The purchase system, if we are correctly informed, will be completely abolished. Voluntary enlistment will still be maintained as the system for recruiting the forces of the country, but the inducements to take the Queen's shilling will be materially increased. The supreme direction of military affairs will be entrusted, as we understand, to a board, similar in composition to that of the Admiralty. In consequence of these changes it is thought not unlikely that his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief will resign his office.  At Glasgow, on Sunday, the raid on the shebeens WRS renewed, and several arrests were made. . .  A notification has arrived from the Horse Guards at the Chatham garrison announcing a great intended augmentation of the army by increasing the number of men in certain corps. The Rev. Thomas Robotham, a clergyman living I at Keyworth, near Leicester, committed suicide by hanging himself on Monday morning. Sixty persons have been killed and a hundred mounded by an explosion of gunpowder, which was being conveyed over the railway between Bardoz and St. Nazaire, on Sunday afternoon. A correspondent of the Standard affirms that the Emperor William has demanded the surrender of General Ducrot, that he may be tried by a Court of Honour, composed of French and German officers, on the charge of having broken his parole after the capitulation at Sedan. Marshal McMahon gives a fiat contradiction to the statement made by Count Bismarck in a recent circular to the effect that explosive bullets were used by French soldiers at the battle of Worth. We regret to leant by the Cape Mail on Monday that Capt. Faulkner, of the Zambesi expedition, has been murdered by the natives. There were no tidings of Dr. Livingstone from Zanzibar. On Monday a boy, ten years of age, named William Murphy, was brought up at the Wandsworth Police Court, and fined In. 6d. and costa for being drunk and incapable. Mr. Edwin James Edwins, the manageer of the Gateshead Theatre, was on Friday fined £5 and costs by the borough magistrates of that town for allowing kidlle. Braham and her "Parisian female troupe" to dance the can-can in his establishment. At a meeting of the Metropolitan Districts Asylum Board, on Saturday, it was stated that during the last seven days at least 100 persons had been attacked with smallpox in Shoreditch, every one of whom was in receipt of relief, and only 19 had been received into a hospital.
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1871-03-25 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

SPRING COVER.—Bryant and May have recently inand a prettier sight was seldom seem. and, though those at Montmartre showed signs of seven was running between Ayeliffe and Ferryhill have sheltered Englaud's Kings liminaries of the treaty, so as to insure the safety of During the hearing of a case before the Master troduced a very useful little Pocket Vesta 'Box • The bride walked slowly to the altar, apparently rebellion, the presence of so large a force comparedstations, at a speed of nearly forty miles an hour, a siurite homes ot royalty. No Republican F d the f 1 ranee an e preservation o genera of the Rolls, on Saturday, it was stated that one of with a most ingenious and simple spring cover :it Windsor since the Prince keeping step to the Wedding March, which was to the battalion on guard, Was sufficient to compel peace; but they called upon the provinces to follow male passenger opened the door of a third-class the parties to the suit, a clergyman, had committed is a novelty in every- way, and will soon come into unable lady who on being played by the organ and the band. Beyond obedience without open hostility. At daylight, a their example in setting the authority of the carriage and leaped out before his fellow passengers suicide through dread of litigation, very general use--being of metal instead of card. 4 her children to looking somewhat paler than usual, the Princess proclamation signed by al the members of the Government at defiance, and to place themselves in could prevent him. On reaching Ferryhill the An action has been taken by a learned baronet, and retailed filled with vestas at one penny. Any ...,t. The royal wore her usual happy look, and bore her part with Government was fixed on the walls declaring in officials were informed, and an engine belonging to communication with the capital through the who represents a southern constituency, against a Tobacconist, Grocer, Chemist, or Chandler, will ewer, flags of great presence of mind. As soon as the Queen and firm tones that the Government now meant to act agency. of delegates. The seizure of the telegraph the Hartlepool branch train was sent with four men morning paper for alleged libel. The damagts are supply it. „so fronts the Royal party had taken their seats the scene was against these unauthorised committees. Before in search, but returned after an hour's fruitless offices in Paris has been followed by an order sup- laid at £lO,
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1871-09-23 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

TRADES UNIONS. —The fight of the man against the machine, as another branch of the same contest, was fierce and protracted. In 1727 a law was passed prohibiting the breaking of knitting-frames under penalty of death, and in 1813 fourteen young. men were executed in one day at York for various offences connected with the breaking of machinery and the destruction of mills. But during the whole of this time the workmen were fitting themselves into the new order of things, and the different trades were taking their places in accordance with the amount of skill necessary to the carrying on of their various processes in connection with the new mechanical and chemical forces now in so many ways applied in manufactures. Not a word can be said in justification of the insane violence of the men. These changes, it is true, at the moment praduced great suffering among them, but the breaking of machines and the burning of factories was not the way to diminish that suffering. It would be a great mistake, however, to suppose that during this time the employers were setting an example of moderation and good sense. On the contrary, without the workman's ignorance or suffering to excuse their stupidity and selfishness, they sought and secured the maintenance of laws prohibiting the export of raw materials and machinery, the emigration of skilled workmen to foreign countries, and combination among working men for trade purposes.—Mechanics Magazine,  The Empress Eugenie has reached the palace of her mother, the Countess de Montijo, where she will receive a visit from Queen Maria Pia. . .  The British ships of war anchored in the Tagus took a conspicuous part in the honours paid to Prince Humbert of Italy on his departure for Italy at the conclusion of his visit to Portugal. During the firing of a salute in honour of the prince's visit to the fleet the charge of one of the breech-loading guns on the Caledonian's forecastle exploded, and blew the anus of the man loading the gun literally to pieces to above the elbow joints. The poor fellow's arms have been amputated, but his ultimate ' recovery is considered hopeless. , • On Saturday, Major Augustus Spiller, 7th royal fusilliers, committed suicide, in the presence of his wife and cousin, at his lodgings, in Gosport. H 3 had been ailing for some time since the return cf the regiment from India, and had only recent' y resumed his duties after three months' sick lea- . On the evening before the suicide he was in ain • than usually depressed state of mind. Next use ing, however, hejoined his wife and cousin at lire .fast, and during the meal he seized a table lc and nearly severed his head from his body.
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1871-04-29 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

DOUBLE MURDBR AND SUICIDE. Rebecca Gregory, 30 years of age, wife of James Gregory, a working man, murdered her two children on Monday morning, and hung herself afterwards, at Tintwistle. Cheshire. Mrs. Gregory was confined about a week ago. Her husband went to work on Monday morning between five and six o'clock, and left his wife and children in bed. On returning at nine o'clock he found one of the children, aged six years, lying on the bedroom floor with a cut under its right ear and quite deal. The infant—not yet christened—had been immersed in a bucket of water, and was also dead, and on proceeding to the cellar the distressed husband, found his wife suspended from a hook in the ceiling, and life was also extinct —At the inquest held on Wednesday, the jury returned a verdict that deceased, Rebecca Gregory, had killed herself and two children whilst in an unsound state of mind. Tile "GRAPHIC" Wan Seirrcur.s.— An exhibition of the most interesting, as well as novel, character is at present open in Whaite's Fine-art Gallery, Bridge-street, Manchester. It consists of the sketches taken during the late FrancoPrussian war by the artists of the Graphic, and contains about 200 of the originals of the finest wood engravings which have recently appeared in that journal. The collection is interesting on many accounts. The drawings form a complete record of the principal events of the war, and were all taken on the spot, many of them while the artists were under fire, and nearly all under circumstances of the most imminent danger to life, limb, or liberty. Notwithstanding the great difficulties in the way of the artists, many of the sketches are carefully elaborated, while others, which are mere outlines in pencil or Indian ink, show how forcibly some scenes can be depicted with a few rapid dashes, by a skilful hand. They are also curious as showing the material from which the engraver had to work in producing the finished pictures with which the readers of the illustrated journals are familiar. In some cases this is clearly manifested by the exhibition of the original sketch alongside a print from the woodcut. Amongst the finest of the drawings are "Paris"—the departure of the Garde Mobile ; "The Charge of the Bth Cuirassiers at the Battle of Worth—the most spirited sketch in the exhibition (with the exception, perhaps, of " A Charge of Prussian Cavalry ') ; and a fine and very affective water-colour drawing, "Outside Pans Mont Valelien from St, Germain."  A
The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1871-01-28 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

AUSTRALIA.  The deepest interest continues be felt in Australia regarding the war between France and Prussia, and the arrival of later European news drires the community from time to time to a high pitch of excitement. Regarding the attittyle of England, and the position in which the colony may be placed in the event of the mother country taking part in the struggle, the public mind has been still further re-assured by the contents of a special telegram, sent by the agent-general to the treasurer of Victoria. In this telegram Mr. Verdon informed the Government that Earl Granville was of opinion that there was no present probability of England being involved in the war, and that if war were threatened no effort would be spared on the part of the British Government to give warning and protection to the colonies."  The Duchess de Fria s died at Madrid on Sunday. She was well known as Miss Victoria Ilalfe, second daughter of the late celebrated composer. She leaves three children.  A coroner's inquest was held at Edgbaston on Saturday, as to the death of a young married woman named Vincent. On Tuesday night her husband had accused her of being unfaithful to him. After some angry words had passed between them she went out of the house only partially dressed, and the next evening was found drowned in a pool. The verdict of the jury was that she had committed suicide while insane.  A serious riot took placs, on the 25th inst., between English and Irish labourers inltichardson's shipbuilding yard, near Newcastle. The Irishmen had struck work, and Londoners were brought to fill their places. Both met in a public house. They quarrelled, and a general tight followed in the street, both parties using sticks and stones. The Irish were defeated, and saved themselves by flight. An infant, having no other covering than an cld pair of stays and part of a blanket, was found lying on the pavement of one of the streets of Sheffield on Sunday morning, by a machinist, who took it to the police station. Subsequently the mother went to the police station and claimed the child, stating that she had taken it out with her, and having put it on the pavement had forgotten to pick it up. CONCEALMENT or