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The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1868-11-13 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

SYSTEMATIC EMBEZZLIAIENT.—A man named Reuben Arundel was employed by Hr. Rees, a draper, In Covent-garden, to collect weekly instalments from customers, and it was proved that for four years he had been in the habit of keeping back small stuns received in this way, and no fewer than 70 cases had been already traced out. He had escaped detection so long by falsifying the books. He has been committed for trial.  THE PASHA OF EGYPT is having a theatre built in the principal square in Cairo. No less than 7,500 workmen are labouring at it day and night. The architect has received orders to have it finished in two months. This enormous work has been undertaken simply in hopes of inducing Madame Schneider to accept an engagement on its boards. In brief, the offer made the fair enslaver is the munificent one of 50,000 fr. for ten performances, without reckoning perquisites. INCUMBENT OR VlCAR.—Archdeacon Utterton, at the visitation he has recently held, before commencing his charge, said whether one who had been an incumbent was entitled now to be designated vicar dopended upon twe things—whether he could perform all offices in the church, and marriage in partnular, not by license of the bishop, which might be withdrawn, but as an independent act, and whether all fees received went to himself instead of to the mother church, as was sometimes the case during the first incumbency.  THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS lies hopelessly ill at his town residence, Grosvenopsquare. For a few months he has been declining in health, and was on the point of leaving England, to winter in Egypt, when he was seized with severe illness. On Saturday, his lordship, who had been suffering intensely, became unconscious, and continued in that state, with one brief interval, up to a late hour on Sunday evening. At mid. night he appeared to be rapidly sinking. Very slight hopes are entertained of his lordship's recovery. The marquis in attended by the marchionessa and other relatives.  SUICIDE ft D
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1868-12-11 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

DAMAGE BY BAILWAY.  In the year 1867 the railway companies of the United Kingdom paid £347,379 as compensation for personal injury—the largest sum they ever paid in a year for damage done to the person, and amounting to more than £950 a day. In that year 208 peiaoue welt, kdle,l by railway accidents, and 795 injured. Nineteen passengers were killed, and 689 injured from canoes beyond their control, and 17 were killed and eight injured through their own misconduct or want of caution. Fifteen servants of railway companies or of contractors were killed, ...ad 0 aju,ed fro,,, ca.os beyond their control, and 90 were killed and 28 injured through their own misconduct or want of caution; 10 persons were killed and two injured at level crossings; 57 trespassers were killed (six were suicides), and five injured. In the six years 1862-67 the railway companies paid £1,460,568 as compensation for personal injury done upon the railroads. In those six years 1,268 persons were killed upon the railways, and 4,426 Injured; and among them were 112 passengers killed and 3,897 injured without any fault of their own, and 97 passengers killed and 29 injured owing to their own misconduct or want of caution. The risk of life in railway travelling may be expressed thus :—ln the year 1867 one in about 8. million passengers was killed—namely, one in about every 16 millions from causes beyond his control, and one in about every 18 millions from his own misconduct or want of caution. This was below the average of the casualties in the five years, 1862-66; in those five years one passenger in about every seven millions was killed— namely, one in about 13 millions without any fault of his own, and one in about 15 millions through his own misconduct or want of caution. The result has to be thus stated approximately only, because there are no means of ascertaining the exact number of passengers subject to the mischances of the road. There are now 120,000 holders of season and periodical tickets, and the returns rendered by the companies give no estimate of the number of times these persons travelled. In the above statement it has been assumed that genson and periodical ticket-holders would probably upon an average travel not lam than 150 times.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1868-02-28 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

NAPOLEON BONAPARTL"  SUICIDE THROUGH FEAR OF THE BAILIFFS.  OR Monday evening, Dr. W. Hardwicke, the deputy coroner for Central Middlesex, held an inquest at the Rose and Crown Tavern, King-street, East Hammersmith, relative to the death of Sarah Lawrence, who succeeded, after a second attempt, in committing suicide, at No. 3, Gray's-cottages, in the immediate vicinity. The deceased was the wife of a labourer, whose work was at Estcott, near Pinner, he going home once a week. He had been out of employment, and the result WS an arrears of two weeks' rent, for which, on the progress of the third week, the landlord of the house threatened a seizure of the goods. The deceased attended church on Sunday as usual, and on Monday received the threat of the landlord, as she could not pay the rent of 3s. 9d. a week, which at the termination of the third week would amount to us. 3d. A labourer, a lodger, went home on Monday night, and, as unusual, found the fire out and no preparation for supper. He usually went to bed about seven o'clock, but finding the place desolate he went out for a short time. On his return he went upstairs, and as the place was silent he walked into his landlady's bedroom, and saw her lying dead on the bed. He called in the neighbours and medical aid. Mr. John Wyman, M.R.C.S., of tho West London Hospital, deposed to being called to the deceased on Monday night last, and saw her lying dead on the bed with a cambric handkerchief placed round her neck. It was tightly tied. He removed it, and found two wounds on her neck. A large knife was shown to him which had blood upon it. The wounds on the neck were no doubt produced by that knife (self-inflicted); but the cause of death wee strangulation by the tightly tying of the handkerchief round the throat. A verdict of "Death from suicide under fear of a distraint for rent to the amount of us. was recorded.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1868-05-01 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

ROMANCE OF ORI3IE.  The new Vienna story of poisoning seems more like the concoction of a romance-maker thin the narraVva of a real event. Count Gustavus Choriusky, an officer in the Austrian army, married an nc,reol, Mathilda Ituefl ; but, after four yours of wedded life, they separated apparently from no serious fault on her part, since her husband's father immediately gave her a home. Shortly afterwards the count was wounded in battle, and was invited to come home to be nursed; but he refused to enter his father's house until his discarded wife was turned out of doors. The poor lady left for Munich, and there she lived in retirement. We now find a Dee character in the story—Julia de Ebergenyi, a canoness. That title indicates one who, though still remaining in the world, professes to devote herself to religion and good works under the sanction of the Church ; but in this case Julia became the femme de liaison of the Count Chorinsky, and she probably hoped to become his wife. The first wife, however—the discarded actress—was still alive. Who plotted the subsequent action will never, perhaps, be clearly known; but a lady from Vienna visited the wife, obtained an interview with tier, and in some way seems to have won her temporary confidence, as they had apparently arranged to go together to the theatre. But when the carriage arrivfd, the two ladies had disappeared, and the wife's door was locked. The next day it was broken open by the Police, and the poor woman was found dead— poisoned by cyanide of potassium. There was nothing to indicate suicide—nothing to suggest robbery ; and of course suspicion fell on the strange lady. The husband was arrested, and on him was discovered a photographic likeness of the suspected visitor, who eventually proved to be the Count's mistress, Julia du Ebergenyi, who had visited the Count's wife—this time Rosamond tracing Queen Eleanor to her bower. It was also ascertained that the husband had contemplated marrying the canoness, and thus a motive for the murder was suggested. Julia has been sentenced to 20 years' strict imprisonment, with a week of solitary confinement once a year. It is not stated whether the husband is also to be tried for the offence—Daily Telegraph.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1868-05-01 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

CONFESSION OF A RUSSIAN MURDERER.  Details are published in the Russian journals eoncorning the murder of the 06marine family at Tamboff. The tutor named Gorski has confessed his guilt. Ile had gone, he says, to the reidence of H. Gemarine on the let March last to give a lesson to the son, but without any intention of committing a crime on that day. While he was thus occupied the mother went out. Gorski then determined to take advantage of the opportunity. He had carried a revolver and life•preserver about with him for a whole week. He at once struck his pupil over the bead, and the latter dropped insertBible to the ground. On seeing him fall Gorski was seized with remorse, and his first movement was to escape, but fearing to be discovered, he again beat the boy until life WAS extinct. There were three other persons in the house ; the mistress, the cook, and a man-servant. He first called the mother, saying that her son was bleeding at the nose, and when she entered the room he shot her dead with the pistol ; he next summoned the roan into the diningroom and killed him in the same manner; lastly, he fired twice at the cook, wounding her each time, and on her attempting to escape he deprived her of life with blows of the lifepreserver. Ile waited in the kitchen until the housekeeper returned, and on her arrival shot at her, but as the pistol did not go off, be killed her by a single blow with a log of wood. As the mechanism of the revolver had become disarranged, he went out to get the arm repaired, and on returning met the coachman and the nursemaid; he might have killed them both, he but his hand refused to obey his will. He then suffered so much from remorse that be went home with the intention of committing suicide. He put the barrel of the pistol to his mouth, but the instinct of life ”,“ too strong, and he could not carry out his intenti.m• Gorski admits that his object was to rob Gemarins. lie is only 19 years of age, but of a most energetic chars:ter. Ile belongs to a Catholic family, but declares that IJ, has no religious belief.  THE DUKE OF EDIIOUIZGTI At the ball given on Saturday night by the Fre4t,ea Sohneider at the Palace of the 11,..gislative news of the attempt at assesainating the Dukes( burgh was received wita a nnirersal feeling of sfTart cue fbr the Queen and horror at the announceroeotl,4 for so young so popular should have been the -rt.,„,i the bullet of w murderer. Tim first person,F.b:r or the Intelligence was at once the centrPP+ ;„re'' Inquirers, anxious for details, of 'Willa _ -„; cused, rally none in give. For a few moments d• and the guests of AL 11 groota Schneider broke 1,1" cussing the event.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1868-09-11 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

POISONING A WIFE.  A cruel case of wife poisoning has just been tried at the Court of Assizes of the Seine. The accused, named Ringard, a telegraphic clerk at Boulogne, near Paris, was married in 1854 to his cousin, Marie Jauuet, also has since borne him seven children. lie, however, very soon commenced a course of neglect and treatment, and as early as 1856 pursued with Isis assiduities his sister-in-law, at the same time expressing to her the satisfaction he should feel at the death of his wife. The prisoner had the reputation of being a bad husband and a bad father; five of his children have died, and the disease of the last of these is attributed to want of proper treatment. The wife bore for a long time with patience the ill-usage and infidelity of her husband, but in 1866 she was forced to Hy for refuge to her parents, and was about to take steps to procure a judicial separation, when her husband induced her to Won to her home. His conduct did not, however, improve ; he formed a connection with a niece, a young woman of light character. He frequently threatened to poison his wife, and once before endeavoured to carry out his threat. The wife was in such constant fear, that she had secretly written a letter in pencil to her sister, to ask the latter to take charge of her children should she die unfairly. On the 23rd of May last Mdme. Ringard and her son, aged live, were suddenly seized with violent pains in the stomach, accompanied by every symptom of poisoning. The child was shortly relieved by vomiting and ultimately recovered, but the mother gradually became worse and expired the same afternoon. The husband manifested the utmost indifference, and did not even go to see her when told that she was dying. A post-mortem analysis of the contents ef the stomach showed the presence of a considerable quantity of cyanide of potassium, a toxical substance used in photography, which art Ringard practised at his leisure hours. The same poison was also found in some liquorice water which the mother was accustomed to drink, and of which she had partaken, with the child, that morning. On one occasion Ringard had said to his son, "We will poison mother and put her in a hole, and then send for another mamma who will be better than she." The evidence, however, showed that she was a woman of kind and gentle disposition, and by her needlework added con. siderably in supporting the expenses of the household. The defence made was that the woman, being unhappy with her husband, had committed suicide, but this hypothesis was not admitted by the jury, who gave a verdict of guilty, but with extenuating circumstances. The prisoner was sentenced to hod labour for life.—Galignand.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1868-01-10 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE CENTRAL GLAMORGAN GAZETTE-FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1868.  LOSS OF A SCHOONER AND SIX OF THE CREW.  ATIZMPTED SUICIDE.—On Monday morning William Amnell, a goods guard, in the employ of the Great Northern Railway, reading in Outraurstreet, cut his throat in a shocking manner. He itas taken to the hospital, but is not expeued t iccover.  On Monday the steamship Anglia arrived at Dundee from London. Captain Speedie, the master, reports that when near the Newarp light-ship he observed a schooner bearing down on him. Ile did everything he could to avert a collision, but the schooner nada no attempt to get out of the way, and came into contact with the AnglM. The result was that the schooner received a severe concussion, and sank immediately, portions of her mast and rigging falling on the deck of the steamer. No sound was heard for someti me, but ultimately the voice of a man crying for help was heard. A boat was lowered with all dispatch, and one of the crew of the schooner, Joseph Edwards, a black, was picked up in an exhausted condition. Fle quickly recovered, however. lie stated that the vessel to which he belonged was the George, of Bridgwater, Wales, and was manned by a crew of six in addition to the master. Ile stated that the master of the schooner mistook the steamer for the No warp lightship, and was not able to relieve himself from the difficulty into which he had fallen until it was too late. The six men were drowned. The schooner was laden with pig-iron, and was bound from Middlesboro' to Cardiff. The general impression is that no blame can be attached to Captain Speedie.  Iterarrsys.—On Wednesday afternoon the Governor of Newgate received a communication from the Home-office to the effect that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to respite the sentence of death passed upon John Thompson, convicted of murder at the last &anions of the Central Criaiinal Court. 10
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1868-06-19 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

RICHARD WESTON ALARA, LL.D., Edwin Denald Baynes, Thomas Woodcock, and Henry Berkeley, Esqs., have been appointed Members of the Executive Council of the Island of Antigua.  ADMIRAL bat w. BowLEs K.C.8., has resigned the presidentship of the Royal Naval School, New-cross, and Admiral the Hon. Arthur Duncombe, M.P., has consented to be put in nomination. A RIOT has occurred at Washington between Radical negroes and Democrat whites. Several persons were wounded, and one white man killed. The negroes sacked several saloons.  A FIRE, a few days ago, completely destroyed the distillery of MU. Bugnot-Colladon, at Besancon Sven of the workmen were unfortunately burnt to death at the same time.  THE ITALIAN JOURNALB announce the arrival of Joseph Mazzini at Lugano (Ticino). He is said to be quite recovered from the indisposition which detained him in London for some time.  TRR ANNIVERSARY of the death of Count Cavour was celebrated on the 6th at Turin with great solemnity. The King, the Prince de Carignan, and M. Parini were present at the religions ceremony.  _ . THE NET PROCEEDS of the coal and wine duties payable to the Thames Embankment and Metropolis Improvement Fund for the quarter ended on the sth of April hat amounted to £56,078 la Bd.  MR. JOHN DAY'S yearling colt (half-brother to The Earl) by King Tom—Bay Celia, for which he gave 1350 guineas at the Hampton Court sale, has been appropriately named The Baron.  _ THE MARQUIS OF HASTINGS, with a select party of friends, intends to take his departure for Norway, where he will remain until September, returning in time for the St. Leger.  MR. SOTHERN had an audience of the Prince of Wales on Monday, when (says the Era) his Royal Highness presented him with a handsome diamond ring, requesting him to wear it as a souvenir.  LIEUTENANT HOZIER, of the Scots Greys, who passed first at the late examination at the Staff College, will be secretary to the Royal Commission on Military Education.  THE LIQUIDATORS of the West London Wharves and Warehouses Company (Limited), Messrs. Eve, Randall, and Whiffin, have declared a first dividend of 6s. in the pound, which is now in course of payment. GENERAL KLAPKA hails the arrival of Prince Napoleon in one of the Hungarian newspapers as the harbinger of an alliance between France, Prussia, Austria, and Hungary against Muscovite tendencies.  MR. BALFOUR, formerly manager in India of the Agra Bank, and whose management there was prudent and saocessful, goes out by the present mail to take the position of manager of the Bank of Bombay. -  DR. MOURET chief surgeon of the sth Regiment of the line, just committed suicide at Dole, France, first by stabbing himself mortally and then jumping into the river Doubs.  THE SALE OF THE Lanterne in the streets of Paris has been prohibited. On dit that by the sale of the last number (75,000 copies), this racy exponent of disagreeable truths has netted .€4OO.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1868-11-27 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT A CHURCH.  Haring Sunday morning's service at St. Martin, Ludgate, City, a young man, apparently a sailor, and about 26 years of age, entered shortly before the commencement of the Litany, and on being shown to a pew be attracted the attentien of the congregation by the wildness of his look and by standing during the whole service. Towards the end of the service the young man made a movement quickly to leave the pew, but not being acquainted with the fask Ding was for the moment prevented from getting out. The beadle, seeing this, went to the pew to unfasten the same, when the young man, instead of turning the way to go out, made IA though for the reading desk, but as the vestry door was beyond, and was opposite him, it may be that he mistook this for the entrance. The beadle prevented him going this way, and the young man, after calling out loudly some words about the Son of God, Heaven and Hell, and declaring that no man should take him, made an attempt on his throat, and it was then observed that he bad a large Spanish knife in his band, and with which he stabbed him. self. He was taken out of the church, but in the mean. time 60 thillet.Cli Vu Llwonll another dreadful wound about two Waal from the heart, and driving the knife In, right up to the handle. The wound is of such a serious nature that no hopes are entertained of his recovery. He was immediately conveyed to St. Barthohie mew'. Hospital. No money was upon him, but a paper showed that he held a situation as cook in a vessel. He states that he comes from Germany, and that his only relative is a mether, in South Carolina, his father having been killed in the Wars. He refused to state the motive which led hint to such a denerato act.
The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1878-12-27 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

ROMANTIC SUICIDES.  Mr. Collier, coroner, held an inquest 1:0•1 week at a public-house in Ware street, Hackney, :e-xpecting the death of Charles Humphreys, aged 23, a painter, late of 7, How atieet. Stratford. Agnes Rogers, aged 16, living at 40, Waddington street, Stratford, wlic had kept company with the deceased for the last three years, stated that he had ton at her house on Sunday last. They bad quarrelled, and lie left thebouse, saying, "Don't be surprised, Agnes. if you never see me again." He offered her a ling. but she refused to have it. She followed him, and at the gate of Temple Mills found him rying. lie then said to her, "Take the ring, or you will have to ask some one else for it." She pushed it back on bin finger, when Ile rau down the bank, and shortly afterwards she heard a splash. She was going to follow, but thought of her poor mother, who she believed would follow her. Witness here cried bitterly. —George Cordele, manager to a farmer at Hackney marsh, said lie heard last witness erelaim, "My Charlie is going to drown himself," and on going to the spot saw the deceased deliberately jump into the river Lea. The girl was about to follow him, when he prevented her.—The jury returned a verdict of " Suicide whilst in a state of unsound mind."—Mr. C. .J. Carttar held .an inquest at Woolwich last week relative to the death of Edward Pattison, aged 26, engineer on board the steam derrick Atlas, lying in the river off Charlton.—Dr. Hughes said he attended the deceased, and Sliding that he had taken poison applied the stomach pump. Deceased recovered sensibility, but eventually died an agonising death.—Sarah Watkins, residing with her parents at the Swan. Stratford, said she was engaged to the deceased, and they were to have been married that day. She could not explain why he had destroyed himself. He had just laid out £35 for furniture, and she had expressed herself not quite satisfied with some of the furniture provided for the sitting room, and it was arranged that deceased should get it changed.—The following letter was found in dticeased's pocket-book : "My own loving Alsie,—They will not change the things, and it is the means of breaking my heart. My dear, only fancy how I have been waiting for the day for you to be mine, and now it cannot be. Do, my only and ever true love, forgive ine, for I do not know where I am. I would that I were in your loving embrace.— Your broken-hearted