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The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1841-08-20 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

NEW LINE OF TELEGRAPH FROM LONDON TO DOVER.— A new line of telegraph from Dover to London is now in rapid progress. A telegraph is erecting for the purpose ou the top of the shot-manufactory, at Topping's-wharf, in Tooley-street, Southwark, which will be the London terminus. Another station on Forest-hill, Peckham Rye, is nearly completed ; others on elevated spots throughout the line, at Knockbolt Beeches, Wrotham, Blue Bell-hill, Chatham, Isle of Sheppy, Whitstable, Herne Bay. Minster, Broadstairs, Deal, and Dover, will be finished in a short time, and in about two months the whole line froi'n Dover to London will be in active operation. The code of signals to be used are those of Lieutenant Barnard Watson, R.N., and this telegraph will be similar to that established between Holyhead and Liverpool, which has been working upwards of fourteen years.—London paper.  SUICIDE THROUGH serjeant in the 60th rifles, named Cullen, committed suicide on Monday, in Beggar's Bush barracks Dublin, by shooting himself through the head with his rifle. The cause of this act is that a young lady, residing in one of our squares, near the barracks, fell in love with Cullen, and he returned her passion. She proposed to elope with him, but he being under the apprehension of the punishment usually attached to desertion, applied to his officers for permission to wed the fair one. These gentlemen refused their consent, which had such an effect upon the unfortunate man that he fell into a state of deep despondency, during which he committed the rash act. He placed the gun under his chin, and discharged it through his head, shattering it to such a degree that not a trace of his features can be discovered. A letter from Rome supplies the following details of the lamentable consequences of the scene which took place after the 20th ult.:--A woman and two children were found dead on the ground, eight were mortally wounded, eighty-nine had severe wounds, which have not proved mortal, ten had limbs broken, and 587 received bruises and others injuries. When the people were cleared away from the spot, there were found upon it 479 men's hats, 99 of which belonged to abbes and other ecclesiastics ; 89 short cloaks belonging to abbes, and two monks' frocks • 180 women's caps and bonnets, and bonnets, and ten reticules and purses.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1841-03-23 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE.—An inquest was7held on Saturday before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Patrick Wallace. Catherine  Taylin: said the deceased,'who was 60 years of age, and a tailor by trade, had lodged with her for five years, in Rutledge-court, Blundell-street. On Thursday he went to bed about half-past Bight o'clock, a little in drink. She did not see him again till next day, when she had occasion to go into his room, and on opening the door she saw the deceased in a  sitting posture in bed, with something black round his neck, and the other end fastened to a hook in the wall. She thought he was hanging and screamed out, and some persons came to  her assistance  He was cut down  saw him dead on the bed  and she soon afterwards  She had never observed anything  manner that induced her to think he was at B.'ll de  ranged in his mind  He was a very quiet, inoffensive man,  and used to take a little drink on a -Saiurdziy or Sunday. and  came home  littletipsy,but never in a state of great intox ication.—Peter Jan.son had seen the deceased on the same day, a little in liquor, and conversed with him. He was called in by the last witness, and found him as described, with a piece of listing round his neck, and the other end fastened to a black silk stock, which was again fastened to a hattpin in the wall. He was cut down, and was found to be  quite dead and cold. A surgeon was called, but could render no assistance. There was nothing in his manner that led him to think he was out of his mind.—Francis Williams, publican, Blundell-street, said the deceased had called at his house on Thursday morning, and asked him to let him have a glass of whiskey, which he refused, as the deceased was in liquor. He appeared perfectly well, and spoke rationally.— Martha Mills, who lodged in the same house with the de•  ceased saw him on Wednesday, when he appeared quite well She observed nothing in his manner to lead her to think by  • was deranged ; but a few days before he seemed to be in a melancholy state of mind, and talked of going to Dublin to see his daughter, who resided there. He was rather reserved .but appeared togbe quite in his senses. The jury returned a verdict of .felo de Be, and orders were given for the  interment of the body privately within the hours'iixed by law  A
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1841-03-23 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE.—An inquest was:held on Saturday before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Patrick 'Wallace. Catherine Taylor said the deceased, who was 60 years of age, and a tailor by trade, had lodged with her for five years, in Rutledge-court, Blundell-street. On Thursday he went to bed about half-past eight o'clock, a little in drink. She did not see him again till next day, when she had occasion to go into his room, and on opening the door she saw the deceased in a sitting posture in bed, with something black round his neck, and the other end fastened to a hook in the wall. She thought he was hanging and screamed out, and some persons came to her assistance. He was cut down. and she soon afterwards  saw him dead on the bed. She had never observed anything in his manner that induced he, to think he was at all deranged in his mind. He was a very quiet, inoffensive man, and used to take a little drink on a Saturday or Sunday. and  came home a little tipsy, but never in a state of great intoxication.—Peter Johnson had seen the deceased on the same day, a little in liquor, and conversed with him. He was called in by the last witness, and found him as described, with a piece of listing round his neck, and the other end fastened to a black silk stock, which was again fastened to a hat-pin in the wall. He was cut down, and was found to be quite dead and cold. A surgeon was called, but could render no assistance. There was nothing in his manner that led him to think he was out of his mind.—Francis Williams, publican, Blundell-street, said the deceased had called at his house on Thursday morning, and asked him to let him have a glass of whiskey, which he refused, 'as the deceased was in liquor. He appeared perfectly well, and spoke rationally.— Martha Mills, who lodged in the same house with the de• ceased saw him on Wednesday, when he appeared quite well. She observed nothing in his manner to lead her to think he was deranged ; but a few days before he seemed to be in a melancholy state of mind, and talked of going to Dublin to see his daughter, who resided there. He was rather reserved but appeared toibe quite in his senses. The jury returned a verdict of felo de se, and orders were given for the interment of the body privately within the hours fixed by law.  A
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1841-08-17 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ABSTRACT OF THE LOG OF THE ACADIA. July 20, wind variable ; at noon, slipped moorings and started for Halifax ; 135 p.m.' discharged pilot ; strong breezes and squally. 21, wind N. W., running down channel. Fresh breezes and squally, with showers. 22, wind N.N.W. • course S. 75 W. ; distance 105 miles from Cape Clear ; lat.' 50 58 N., lon. 12 10 W. From Cape Clear at midnight our departure. 23, wind N.N.W. ; course S. 76 W. ; distance 212 miles; lat. 60 10 W., lon. 17 28 W. A heavy head sea. 24, wind N.N.N.E. and calm ; course S. 78 W. ; distance 218 miles ; lat. 49 24 N., lon. 23 OW. A heavy head sea and hazy. N. ; course S. 80 W. ; 25, wind S.W. variable, and distance 216 miles ; lat. 48 48 N., lon. 28 25 W. Changeable, with heavy head sea and rain at times. c 26, wind variable and W. ;ourse 77 W.; distance 236 miles ; lat. 47 53 N., lon. 34 12 W. Changeable, with heavy northwest swell and occasional showers. 27, wind S.W. ; course S. 77 W. ; distance 244 miles ; lat. 47 5 N., lon. 39 33 W. Moderate and fair, fog at times ; 8 30, a.m., passed a barque front Greenock, with emigrants, bound to Montreal, under jury masts, (having, on the 25th instant, carried away foremast and main and mizen topmasts,) going to St. John, Newfoundland, to replace spars. [sup_ posed to have been the Hawke, of Greenock.] 28, wind S.W. ; course S. 81 W. ; distance 282 miles ; lat, 46 20 N., lon. 46 22 W. ; a.m• fresh breezes and fair ; noon, strong breezes, with thick fog. 29, wind S.W. ; course S. SI W. ; distance 248 miles ; lat. 45 40 N., lon. 51 39 W. Moderate breezes, fair and foggy at times. 30, wind variable ; course S. 83 W. ; distance 258 miles ' • lat. 45 8 N., lon. 58 IW. Light breezes and fair, with fog at times. 31, wind variable. Light breezes and cloudy weather; at 11 a.m., arrived at Cdhard's wharf.  An aged nurse committed suicide, by drowning herself in a warm bath, in London, on Thursday. _  A
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1841-08-17 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ABSTRACT OF THE LOG OF THE ACADIA. July 20, wind variable ; at noon. slipped moorings and started for Halifax ; 1 35 p.m., discharged pilot ; strong breezes arid squally. 21, wind N.W., running down channel. Fresh breezes and squally, with showers. 22, wind N.N.W. ; course S. 73 W. ; distance 105 miles from Cape Clear ; lat. 50 58 N., lon. 12 10 W. From Cape Clear at midnight our departure. 23, wind N.N.W. ; course S. 76 W. ; distance 212 miles ; lat. 60 10 W., lon. 17 28 W. A heavy head sea. 24, wind N.N.N.E. and calm ; course S. 78 W. ; distance 218 miles ; lat. 49 21 N., lon. 23 OW. A heavy head sea and hazy. 25, wind S.W., variable, and N. ; course S. 80 W. ; distance 216 miles ; lat. 48 48 N., lon. 28 25 W. Changeable, with heavy head sea and rain at times. 26, wind variable and W. ; course 77 W.; distance 236 miles ; lat. 47 53 N., lon. 34 12 W. Changeable, with heavy northwest swell and occasional showers. distance 244 miles ; lat. 27, wind S.W. ; course S. 77 W. ; 47 5 N., lon. 39 33 W. Moderate and fair, fog at times ; 8 30, a.m., passed a barque from Greenock, with emigrants, bound to Montreal, under jury masts, (having, on the 25th instant, carried away foremast and main and mizen topmasts,) going to St. John, Newfoundland, to replace spars. [Supposed to have been the Hawke, of Greenock.] 28, wind S.W. ; course S. 81 W. ' • distance 282 miles; lat. 46 20 N., lon. 46 22 W. • a.m. fresh breezes and fair ; noon, strong breezes, with thick fog. 29, wind S.W. ; course S. 81 W. ; distance 248 miles ; lat. 45 40 N., lon. 51 59 W. Moderate breezes, fair and foggy at times. _  30, wind variable ; course S. 83 W. ; distance 258 miles ; lat. 45 8 N., lon. 58 IW. Light breezes and fair, with fog at times.  31, wind variable. Light breezes and cloudy weather; at 11 a.m., arrived at Cunard's wharf.  An aged nurse committed suicide, by drowning herself in a warm bath, in London, on Thursday. A
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1841-03-16 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE UNDER TEMPORARY DERANGEMENT.—An inquest was held yesterday, before Mr. Curry, touching the death of John S. Mitchell, who had died at the Northern Hospital. Robert Breeze said he was a passenger in the ship Queen Victoria, which left New Orleans in February : the deceased was also a passenger. The vessel arrived at Liverpool on Saturday evening last, and he went on shore. Next morning he went on board, and he found the deceased sick in bed. He was not able to speak. A surgeon was called, and the stomach-pump applied ; but he did not revive. and was afterwards taken on shore, where witness had since seen him dead at the Northern Hospital. On Wednesday (while the ship was at sea), witness went into the after cabin and found deceased there. He appeared confused, and drank something out of a glass, which witness thought was brandy or ale ; but on smelling it, he could not detect anv liquor. The deceased said he had taken some morphia, and would be a dead man in twenty-four hours. Some emetics were given to him and he recovered. Deceased appeared a very weak-minded man, and was very melancholy during the passage home.—Captain Wildes Thomas Thompson, of the Queen Victoria, corroborated the last witness. Deceased had told him he did not want to go on shore, but to die on hoard the vessel. He was much reserved, wished to be by himself, and read a good deal.—(The deceased, it appeared, was professionally a druggist, and no doubt had the morphia amongst his luggage.)—Police-officer Hodson said that on Sunday, while he was at the Prince's Dock Basin, he was told that a man had poisoned himself on board the vessel. He went on board, and found him insensible, with a surgeon attending him.—Mr. Edward Parker, assistant house-surgeon of the Northern Hospital, said the deceased was brought there on Sunday, in a state of complete insensibility with other symptoms which, with the account he had heard of the case, led him to the conclusion that he was labouring under the effects of opium. The stomach-pump and other means were used, but he did not recover, and died in about three hours after he was brought to the hospital. The jury, uuder the circumstances, returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased poisoned himself during a temporary state of derangement.—The relatives of the deceased are stated to be resident in the county of Galway.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1841-03-16 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE UNDER TEMPORARY DERANGEMENT.—An inquest was held yesterday, before Mr. Curry, touching the death of John S. Mitchell, who had died at the Northern Hospital. Robert Breeze said he was a passenger in the ship Queen Victoria, which left New Orleans in February : the deceased was also a passenger. The vessel arrived at Liverpool on Saturday evening last, and he went on shore. Next morning he went on board, and he found the deceased sick in bed. He was not able to speak. A surgeon was called, and the stomach-pump applied ; but he did not revive. and was afterwards taken on shore, where witness had since seen him dead at the Northern Hospital. On Wednesday (while the ship was at sea), witness went into the after cabin and found deceased there. He appeared confused, and drank something out of a glass, which witness thought was brandy or ale ; but on smelling it, he could not detect any liquor. The deceased said he had taken some morphia, and would be a dead man in twenty-four hours. Some emetics were given to him and he recovered. Deceased appeared a very weak-minded man, and was very melancholy during the passage home.—Captain Wildes Thomas Thompson, of the Queen Victoria, corroborated the last witness. Deceased had told him he did not want to go on shore, but to die on board the vessel. He was much reserved, wished to be by himself, and read a good deal.—(The deceased, it appeared, was professionally a druggist, and no doubt had the morphia amongst his luggage.)—Police-officer Hodson said that on Sunday, while he was at the Prince's Dock Basin, he was told that a man had poisoned himself on board the vessel. He went on board, and found him insensible, with a surgeon attending him.—Mr. Edward Parker, assistant house-surgeon of the Northern H,ospital, said the deceased was brought there on Sunday, in a state of complete insensibility with other symptoms which, with the account he had heard of the case, led him' to the conclusion that he was labouring under the effects of opium. The stomach-pump and other means were used, but he did not recover, and died in about three hours after he was brought to the hospital. The jury, under the circumstances, returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased poisoned himself during a temporary state of derangement.—The relatives of the deceased are stated to be resident in the county of Galway.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1841-03-16 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE UNDER TEMPORARY DERANGEMENT.—An inquest was held yesterday, before Mr. Curry, touching the death of John S. Mitchell, who had died at the Northern Hospital. Robert Breeze said he was a passenger in the ship Queen Victoria, which left New Orleans in February : the deceased was also a passenger The vessel arrived at Liverpool on Saturday evening last, and he went on shore. Next morning he went on board, and he found the deceased sick in bed. He was not able to speak. A surgeon was called, and the stomach-pump applied ; but he did not revive. and was afterwards taken on shore, where witness had since seen him dead at the Northern Hospital. On Wednesday (while the ship was at sea), witness went into the after cabin and found deceased there. He appeared confused, and drank something out of a glass, which witness thought was brandy or ale ; but on smelling it, he could not detect any liquor. The deceased said be had taken some morphia, and would be a dead man in twenty-four hours. Some emetics were given to him and he recovered. Deceased appeared a very weak-minded man, and was very melancholy during the passage home.—Captain Wildes Thomas Thompson, of the Queen Victoria, corroborated the last witness. Deceased had told him he did not want to go on shore, but ,to die on hoard the vessel. He was much reserved, wished to be by himself, and read a good deal.—(The deceased, it appeared, was professionally a druggist, and no doubt had the morphia amongst his luggage.)—Police-officer Hodson said that on Sunday, while he was at the Prince's Dock Basin, he was told that a man had poisoned himself on board the vessel. He went on board, and found him insensible, with a surgeon attending him.—Mr. Edward Parker, assistant house-surgeon of the Northern Hospital, said the deceased was brought there on Sunday, in a state of complete insensibility with other symptoms which, with the account he had heard of the case, led him to the conclusion that he was labouring under the effects of opium.. The stomach-pump and other means were used, but he did not recover, and died in about three hours after he was brought to the hospital. The jury, under the circumstances, returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased poisoned himself during a temporary state of derangement.—The relatives of the deceased are stated to be resident in the county of Galway.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1841-02-16 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

WHICH ARE GOD'S." Life, then, is not a man's own property to peril at his pleasure, any more than it is his own to dismiss by suicide ; and, till this principle be recognised, not az-involved in the mere question of duelling, but in its full uncompromising extent, a man can never be thoroughly depended upon in the full confidence of his proving, under alt circumstances and without mental reservation, loyal to his sovereign, faithful to his God, and true to his country  This, my lords, is an age of recurrence to first principles, a period unexampled in the annals of the world. The shackles of ages are falling off, and the human intellect is  rising up, unconscious of its- strength, and likely, in pure ignorance how to restrain and economise that strength, to rend asunder the bones, the muscles, the ligaments which are alike its prison, and the necessary instruments of its energy and activity; in other words, to burst through and destroy the whole framework of society. To preserve that framework, to discipline that awakening strength, and to direct to those high and noble .purposes which from the elevation on which we now stand, we may see opening out before us in long vistas, as it were, of untrodden enterprise, in the map of God's providence, education must be resorted to ; not that spurious education which draws its theory and its practice alike from the dust it studiously looks down upon, whose wisdom is of the earth, earthy—but that which God intended when he distinguished man from the beasts that perish, by creating him with his face erect to heaven, in the image of his Maker. If society is to be preserved, it must be Christianised. Your lordships have acknowledged this great truth, by your exertions to preserve the Christian principle in education. England owes you much for all you have done, for all you are still doing in this great cause. But it would be mockery to hold forth the decalogue with one hand, and with the other a charter of legitimation to that spurious offspring of human vice and folly which, involving as it does a direct transgression, not of one only, but of almost every law in the decalogue, virtually annuls it. And this charter your lordships sign—the good that you have done your inconsistency may undo, if in the remotest degree you indirectly sanction the system in question. The expediency of enacting prohibitory laws against duelling, such as exist in some foreign countries, must necessarily be left to the wisdom of the united houses to determine ; it would probably be decided in the negative. and perhaps justly so. But a far more efficient remedy is in your lordship's own hands, as the highest court of honour in the kingdom, the capital of the column of English nobility, the sun, as it were, whose lustre and the spots that obscure its disk are alike re
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1841-05-25 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.—We perceive that M. Jullien is about to delight the inhabitants of Woodside and its vicinity with another concert. His band of fine players ought to be heard. It is a treat, indeed, to listen to M. Jullien's music. Yesterday her Majesty entered upon the 23d year of her age, when the usual demonstrations of loyalty and respect were observed in this ancient town. His worship the Mayor entertained a select company of friends to dinner in the evening, including several distinguished officers of the army and navy.  A serious accident happened to Miss Davys, daughter of the Lord Bishop of Peterborough, on Saturday last. As she was returning from an airing, on horseback with her father, on the North Bank, her steed became unmanageable, and she was in consequence precipitated backwards with considerable violence to the ground. Her riding-habit being very long caught the pommel of the saddle, and she was drawn for a distance of upwards of 40 yards before she could be extricated from her perilous situation. Miss Davys was at length removed home in a carriage, and, although she was much bruised, we are happy to state that she is in a fair way of recovery.—Lincoln Mercury. On Sunday morning the following desperate and determined suicide was committed at the residence of Mr. Minikin, proprietor of the Cambrian Hotel and Coffee-house, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden, by a gentleman unknown. It appears from the statement of Mr. Minikin that the gentleman entered the coffee-room on Saturday night, and requested to know if he could be accommodated with a bed, and, being answered in the affirmative, he sat some time, and afterwards retired to bed. At half-past two o'clock, yesterday morning, Mr. Minikin, in passing the gentleman's bed-room door, heard dreadful moaning, and on entering the room he found him lying with his head over the side of the bed bleeding copiously from an extensive wound in the throat, which he had inflicted with a razor. Surgical assistance was instantly sent for, when Messrs. Ackland and Smith promptly attended, and used every means to restore him, but without effect ; he expired shortly afterwards. There were no papers nor any articles found on his person to lead to a discovery of his identity.