Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1868-03-20 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN. A most distressing and determined suicide by a gentleman was discovered on Sunday morning last, by three labourers who were taking an early walk in the neighbourhood of Hove. It appears that the men, named William Titllett, Edward Tallett, and George Isaacs,  were proceeding along the Upper Shorelam•road towards Portslade, and had passed the road leading from Cliftonville, through Rigden's farm, to the Upper Shoreham-road, when they saw a man lying upon the bank on the north side of the road, and near where the latter is intersected by a path which leads to Blatchington. He was lying upon his back, and on attempting to raise him they discovered that he was quite dead, being cold and stiff; and the left hand held a pistol, which proved to be a revolver having seven chambers. One of them proceeded at once to give information at Rove police station, but meeting a constable on the railway bridge near Longham Farm, returned with him to the body, which they then conveyed, having procured a cart, to the Windmill Inn, kept by the owner of " Trussler's Mill," on the Dyke-road, at the junction with that part of the lane leading to the village of Preston On examining the body they found that the whole of the chambers of the revolver had been discharged, for within a circle of nine inches in circumference, on the left breast, were seen seven pistol-shot wounds, clearly showing that neither of the shots had proved instantaneously fatal ; and that the deceased had fired them himself was evident from the fact that he still retained possession of the pistol, and that no property on the person of the deceased had been disturbed; his money, gold watch and chain, with valuable trinkets, and rings being quite safe. During the day the body was identified as that of a gentleman named Dalrymple, 23 years of age, son of Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, Bart., who represented Brighton in Parliament from 1837 to 1841, as colleague of the late Admiral Sir George Pechell, Bart. The deceased had been living in Denmark-street, Brighton, about a mile and a half or two miles from where the body was found, and it would seem that the suicide must have been committed early in the morning, as it rained up till midnight, and the body, except the back, which touched the bank, was perfectly dry. No cause can yet be assigned for the rash act, but portions of some letters were found by the side of the body!; and it was hoped that the other fragments, which had been distributed by the wind, would be recovered, as these letters might hrow some light upon the mystery in which the case is enshrouded.  Henry Ward Beecher, contrasting the influence over children of the rod and the sugar plum, owns up to having been long and grievously in error. He said he tried the rod in governing his children, but uses the sugar plum with his grand-childrpn. The Illustrated London News states that the late Miss Ann Lockwood, of Betchworth, Surrey, whose will has just been proved in London under £40,000, has left to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge the sum of £28,000.  Miles Wetherill, the Todmorden murderer, was, on Friday, sentenced to death at Manchester. His wicked act may be said to have led to the loss of three lives—namely, the maid-servant, Jane Smith; the Rev. Mr Plow, who died on Thursday; and the infant child of the rev, gentleman, who .also died OD Thursday. Mrs Plow, though still suffering from her injuries, is expected to recover. Viewed in almost any light, the tragedy is a shocking one,