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The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1853-08-30 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN GOODMAN'S FIELDS.—On Wednesday a dreadful and deliberate murder was perpetrated upon a married female, named Catherine Mobbs, aged forty-six, by her husband, Nathaniel Mobbs, aged forty.three, a wine cooper and porter, residing at Goodman's-fields, Minories, who afterwards cut his own throat with a table-knife. Mobbs had been in the service of Messrs. Walter Howell and Hale, wholesale wine merchants, but for some time past he has been leading a life of dissipation, and while intoxicated he would return home in a state of excitement, and cruelly ill-treat his wife. They had a family of four children, two boys and two girls, the eldest being about ten years of age. Mobbs went out in the morning, and returned about halfpast one in the afternoon, apparently quite sober, and told the children to go out and play, About three o'clock one of the landlord's daughters, who was sitting in the front parlour, heard a cry of " Murder," which was accompanied by a desperate struggling noise in the first floor room. The girl went on to the stairs to listen, when she met Mrs. Mobbs rushing down with a frightful wound in the front of her neck. Her hands were covered with blood, and her dress was also saturated with gore. Mrs. Mobbs reached the front of the house, and fell on to the stone pavement, where several neighbours, who had been attracted to the spot, raised her up, and placed her in a chair, while several persons ran for medical assistance. By this time a young man, named John Readen, came to the house and was asked by one of the family to go up stairs, and see where Mobbs was. The man was lying in a corner of the room, with a severe wound in the throat. There were two knives, besmeared with blood, lying on the table, and a ,dstone, on which Mobbs hue  „,ece of grin sharpened the weapons. The room was in a state of great confusion, as if the deceased and the wretched man had struggled together for several minutes. Two medical gentlemen were soon in attendance, and no time was lost by them in temporarily dressing their wounds, after which they were conveyed to the London Hospital ; but the female expired as she was being taken into the surgery. The man was sensible. As he was being carried to the cab he exclaimed, ” I did it, I did it." Mobbs, who was a most desperate character, and was called in the neighbourhood, among the lower class of persons, "General Haynau," is in a fair way of recovery. HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS have effected an extraordinary cure of frightful bruises on the neck and back.— Henry Tolman, residing at the Sandhi!! tollgate, Launceston, Van Diemen's .and, states in a letter addressed to the proprietor of the Cornwall Chronicle, that whilst at work in the bush a tree fell upon him and wounded him in a this loinsshocking exhibited one mass of frightful bruises. 4r manner; the back of his neck and the parts_aoboo For some time various remedies were tried without benefi., but by using brief period, he was perfHolloway'scty cured ointment and o o. h enabled d
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1853-11-08 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—OR err., unShdere, was rescued the landing-stage rescued by the exertions of the and the crew of the Rock Fe With the exceptio• n of apawddeltetsinogf v,a-hheichwasaheunhaindj the receiving-house, she stated' oeuitdr,:nuib)ieli.ng conveyed to e unkindness of an "aunt had driven her to attempt  pass 1 which 'Tweed  We extract the followi French love of rn;1;fo  England's iriul  aPPeared  ions to  a humble 'chapel ar There ar  and Africa in  a catal  lards (  occiured  great satisfaction as n_ „  it profusion: 'A led to dis  chuckle,4wi  of victor  inewnat crestfallen. "It was seized at Dar  beard of at are so ant t  was thal  ks of ref  :stic of  .00f of  get those milli We had and rrom a friend  are so ht.._ Int we heard bands of the Frei —, garrisoned Dantzic at time of the Moscow campaign, and it had form' the colours of a mercantile brio. lour, commanded But our vener" Waterloo IPrown  ell when the  Led to I  Were wan 'Nation Aft.  name of ( get Vittor  • a second part of " The Narcotics we indulge which was commenced stnma mny,+l.,  .owe mununs since, and which contains much valuable information on Opium and. Hemp, and their uses and abuses, the number concludes with " A. few facts concerning the Turkish question:' It gives a plain recital of the leading incidents of the quarrel, and. .having shown the almost insuperable difficulties which Russia would hay. 4 a_ t_  ..."u Do encounter before stir vould obtain possession of Constantinople, " the moat important position in the world, and the eto defend, makes the following remarks on THE PP' OF WAR The nib'  T/%4513ja nni  >NABILITIIso „nsclN
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1853-03-08 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

LANCASTEI AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—The halfyearly meetii of proprietors was held on Friday, at the Lime-street ,tation, Mr. E. W. Hassell in the chair. The stat emerl: of the traffic account showed a net balance of £57,396 9, lid., out of which the directors recommended a dividend to be paid at the rate of S per cent. per annum, having a balance to be transferred to the current half-year of £7,711 Os. hid. The directors reported that all differences with the Scottish Central Railway 'Company were at an end. The report and accounts were adopted, ant the dividend sanctioned. THE AN2,IJAL MEETING of the Liverpool Auxiliary to the London Religious Tract Society was held on Friday night, at tie Concert-hall. Councillor T. D. Anderson presided. The past year, it was stated, has been the most flourishing in the annals of this auxiliary- A colporteur hid been employed in Liverpool for the last eleven moat's, and the increase alone in the number of tracts distibuted was:110,000. There had been given to packet-shPs 9,135 pacquets of tracts. Various interesting aderesses were delivered, including one by the Rev. P. S. Sattry, the deputation from the Parent 'Society. THE \VA LLASEI,COMMISSIONERS held their monthly meeting en Thursday evening ; Mr. Holland in the chair. It was resolved not to int:rfere with the footwalk in Green-lace. The much complained of nuisance at Seacombo ferry was ordered to be removed, at a cost of £4O. 10s. With regard to the proposed alteration of Tobinstreet, tie estimated expense of which is £337, the matter was rePrred to the Improvement Committee, with full powers •0 act. Mr.. Halliday presented a memorial from nearly tOO inhabitants of the parish, urging upon the Commissioners the necessity and propriety of taking and workin: Seacombe ferry, which is now to let. Messrs. Hollani, Littledale, Hill, Harrison, Cunningham, Coulburn, !rid liallidarwere appointed a committee to take the natter into •consideration. Mr. Coulburn stated that dere were things about sSeacombe ferry which rendered it absurd to entertain such a subject. That ferry lad only been able to keep up its stock. The taking of the ferry would entail a loss of not less than £l,OOO a year to the parish. He condemned the proposition altogether as a suicidal act.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1853-03-08 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

FOREIGN NEWS.  FRANCE.—The moderation of the French Government with reference to the Holy Shrines is attributed to the good relations existing between France and Russia, or, at all events, to the desire that such should exist. It had been long anticipated that M. Lavalette would, sooner or later, fail at Constantinople. When he announced the successful close of the negotiation, he must have forgottten or disregarded the opposition the Emperor of Russia would be sure to offer, and which, considering what Russian influence is at Constantinople, was certain of success. It is now alleged that M. Lavalette is not blame. less in the matter, and that the information he supplied to his Government was incomplete. It is announced that the construction of a new ship of the line, to be called the Napoleon, has been commenced at Rochefort. It is expected that she will be nearly completed by the end of the year. The Emperor has formally announced his intention of visiting the northern departments in June or July, and the Empress will accompany him. Of the coronation nothing positive is known. _  An attempt was made on the 25th ult. to burn the arsenal of Toulon. The fire was soon extinguished, but a heap of chips, tarred rope, grease, and other inflammable articles, evidently collected together, betrayed the designs of an incendiary.  Active preparations are in progress for the inauguration of the tomb of Napoleon L, on the sth of May. The expenses will be defrayed by a contribution from the army. Several of the leaders of the Legitimist party have been offered seats in the Senate, but have refused. A melancholy event took place on Friday, at Paris— the suicide of Prince Camerata, the grandson of Elisa, who was the eldest sister of Napoleon 1., and who married one of the Bacciochi family. The Prince blew his brains out with a pistol. Some say it was committed during an attack of brain fever; others assign to it a more romantic  origin.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1853-03-08 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

FOREIGN NEWS.  FRANCE.—The moderation of the French Government with reference to the Holy Shrines is attributed to the good relations existing between France and Russia, or, at all events, to the desire that such should exist. It had been long anticipated that M. Lavalette would, sooner or later, fail at Constantinople. When he announced the successful close of the negotiation, he must have forgottten or disregarded the opposition the Emperor of Russia wo:Ild be sure to offer, and which, considering what -Russian influence is at Constanlinople, was certain of  success. It is now alleged that M. Lavalette is not blameless in the matter, and that the information he supplied to bis Government was incomplete. It is announced that  .-•., the construction of a new ship of the line, to be called the Napoleon, has been commenced at Rochefort. It is expected that she will be nearly completed by the end of the year. __ _ _ _  The Emperor has formally announced his intention of visiting the northern departments in June or July, and the Empress will accompany him. Of the coronation nothing positive is known. An attempt was made on the 25th ult. to burn the arsenal of Toulon. The fire was soon extinguished, but a heap of chips, tarred rope, grease, and other inflammable articles, evidently collected together, betrayed the designs of an incendiary. Active preparations are in progress for the inauguration of the tomb of Napoleon 1., on the sth of May. The expenses will be defrayed by a contribution from the army. Several of the leaders of the Legitimist party have been offered seats in the Senate, but have refused. A melancholy event took place on Friday, at Paris— the suicide of Prince Camerata, the grandson of Elise, who was the eldest sister of Napoleon 1., and who married one of the Bacciochi family. . The Prince blew his brains out with a pistol. Some say it was committed during an attack of brain fever; others assign to it a more romantic origin.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1853-03-15 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE OF AN AMERICAN MERCHANT.-On the 3rd of February last a dreadful suicide was perpetrated at the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. Early on the morning of the 4th, Monday, the lifeless body of Mr. Walter Mitchell, a merchant in Markhamstreet, was found stretched upon the ground, a short distance in the rear of his store, with the blade of a bowie knife sticking in his left breast almost to the handle. Life was entirely extinct, and the body cold and stiff when discovered, which showed that he must have come to his death in the early part of the preceding (Sunday) night. At first, it was supposed he had been assassinated. The jury could come to but one conclusion as to the cause of his death, and that was that it was produced by his own hand ; and that was made still more certain before they rendered their verdict, by finding the following notes, written by himself, on a sheet of paper in his room. The first is addressed to his little daughter, now at school in New York :—" My dear Josephine, be a good girl—the last good bye from your affectionate pa, W. Mitchell."—" If [l] am killed, it will be by my own hand, W. Mitchell : Little Rock, 30th January, 1853." —" I forgive my enemies, W. Mitchell." At the top of the same half sheet, the following part of a sentence was written by him, and then partially wiped out before the ink had dried :—" I have tried to act honourably, but the citizens of Little Rock would not all" For some days previous to his death, he exhibited symptoms of an aberration of mind, and on Sunday evening he told his father that he meditated self-destruction. Upwards of .8400 in money was found on his person, and a loaded six-shooter in one of his pockets. Mr. Mitchell had been a merchant for several years, and did as heavy a business as any house in the city. Fancied troubles of a domestic nature, and possibly some derangement in his pecuniary affairs, are supposed to have caused him to Comfit the rash act, fle was 35 years of age.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1853-03-15 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE OF AN AMERICAN MERCHANT.— On the 3rd of February last a dreadful suicide was perpetrated at the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. Early on the morning of the 4th, Monday, the lifeless body of Mr. Walter Mitchell, a merchant in Markhamstreet, was found stretched upon the ground, a short dis.tance in the rear of his store, with the blade of a bowie knife sticking in his left breast almost to the handle. Life was entirely extinct, and the body cold and stiff when discovered, which showed that he must have come to his death in the early part of the preceding (Sunday) night. At first, it was supposed he had been assassinated. The jury could come to but one conclusion as to the cause of his death, and that was that it was produced by his own hand_; and that was made still more certain before they rendered their verdict, by finding the following notes, written by himself, on a sheet of paper in his room. The first is addressed to his little daughter, now at school in New York :—" My dear Josephine, be a good girl—the last good bye from your affectionate pa, W. Mitchell."—" If [l] am killed, it will be by my own hand, W. Mitchell : Little Rock, 30th January, 1853." —" I forgive my enemies, W. Mitchell." At the top of the same half sheet, the following part of a sentence was written by him, and then partially wiped out before the ink had dried :—" I have tried to act honourably, but the citizens of Little Rock would not all" For some days previous to his death, he exhibited symptoms of an aberration of mind, and on Sunday evening he told his father that he meditated self-destruction. Upwards of ,8400 in money was found on his person, and a loaded six-shooter in one of his pockets. Mr. Mitchell had been a merchant for several years, and did as heavy a business as any house in the city. Fancied troubles of a domestic nature, and possibly some derangement in his pecuniary affairs, are supposed to have caused him to commit the rash act. He was 35 years of age.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1839-05-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

UNITED STATES. wordly ills. Firm to their purpose, the illustrious Punch sir Colin Campbell, (651) R Pentecost, from Mobile, 1500 bales England ! A rebellion in Canada followed this advice. the shells arise, which we find of such variety, where does ter for ever, still! Yes ! long live that energy of character— " The authority of the crown" required, undoubtedly, the colouring matter of the shells come from and how is it that loyalty of conduct—that industry, talent, and persever- and Judy swallowed in tumblers of water, each a moiety of cotton, Hmnphreys, Biddie anslCo-172. do, Rathbone Brothers and Co-200 sticks cedar, Wainwright, Shells and Co-4 spars, for exthe deadly " drink," and then embracin retired one to that Mr. Joseph Hume should have been called upon Produced ?We shall find in the fringe which borders the ance, which in so eminent a degree distinguish the men of g' ' e_ portation their h m neal bed in the bedroom, and the ?ther to a sora mantle glandular masses, which secrete different coloured Manchester. Long live their powers of invention, their con- Champion, (725) J Cochrane, from Savannah, 1013 bales cotton, to render a strict account of his conduct. Was a in the ysiteting room—both rooms communicating—the door fluids. The result of this is obviously that the chalk which stant habit of searching for im rovement their love o P . , . . f all that Molvneux Witherby and Co-45 do Glen and Anderson— between them being left open. The pair of suicides lay down, Furt-on, Par' ker and Co-546 do, Collin' ann and Stolterfoht_lig t: strict account required at his hands ? Mr. Joseph • • • ' • ' p ctically scientific and useful to man in his intercourse with is poured out by this fringe, is coloured by the action of is ra Hume, the abettor of rebellion, has been, without check these glands ; and of course, these glands being at the his fellow-being. Long live the charities of Manchester, tears filling the eyes ; a long and solemn pause ensued—no sound of groans, no sigh of anguish was heard—all was still order-68 pitch pine planks, for exportation—P D or intermission, a welcome and favoured supporter of margin of the shell, these colours will appear on the outside, great and glorious as they are and that spirit of benevolenCe as. night. _ At_ last, wrried out with expectation, Grimaldi
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1839-10-22 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ANOTHER SUICIDE AT THE MONUMENT.  (From the Times of Saturday) Yesterday afternoon, at a quarter past five o'clock, the inhabitants of Fish-street-hill were again thrown into great consternation in consequence of another suicide of a youth from the top of the monument. About the above hour, a boy ran to police constable Dogherty, 52, who was on duty in Gracechurch-street, and informed him that a lad had thrown himself off the monument. The officer instantly ran to the spot, and found the body of the lad about twelve feet outside the railing directly opposite the door at which visitors ,n4•n. Ar. a ;in invanvirina,,Sb nt ter. flts. Mill .be subsequent inquiries of Jenkins, (the door keeper) it was ascertained that the deceased went up about half past four o'clock.  Although the back patt of the head was completely beaten in, and both legs broken, the one at the socket of the thigh, and the other about the middle, not a single feature of the face was the least distorted.  Clarke, the officer of the London-bridge Wharf, states that he has seen the deceased about the wharf for several months past, that be seemed a very quiet and peaceable lad, and that he (Clarke) had often conversed with him, but did not know either his name or address.  The deceased was dressed in a snuff-coloured round jacket with gilt buttons, brown checked Valentia vest, and black trowsers, with course linen shirt, black silk stock with long ends, and Blucher boots. He is supposed to be about 18 or 19 years of age. The news of this melancholy occurrence quickly spread, and in the course of a few minutes several hundred persons had assembled round the spot, where the greatest exertions were required on the part of the police to preserve order. Up to half past 7 o'clock the name of the deceased had not been discovered.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1839-03-12 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—NOVEL MODE OF PRESERVATION.—The other morning, as Messrs. C. Howard and Brothers' watchman was putting out the street lights in Portwood, which would be about five o'clock, he heard a loud splash in " Dean's Dam," which is full of warm water, and on approaching the dam, for the purpose of observation, he found that a middle-aged female, having more cares than cash, had adopted that plan of self-destruction, and thus extinguish " the ills that flesh is heir to." The watchman, not knowing at the moment how to render any effectual assistance in a case of such imminent peril, neither manual help nor ropes being at hand, had recourse to the ladder which he had with him, and, contriving (with the guidance of the light of the moon) to pass the head of the female through the staves, succeeded in drawing her out of the water by the neck, partly drowned and partly hung ! The rash woman, we understand, having recovered from the effects of her folly, does not feel inclined, upon reflection, again to attempt so wicked dire for her cares.—Stockport Advertiser.  THE COURT AGAIN,  (From the Standard.)  We print the folfowing letter with reluctance, and with a feeling of pain, which we are sure will be participated in by all who may read it ;—it is one of (we may say) hundreds, that have been addressed to us on the same subject. Hitherto we have been silent from a sense of loyal duty, and of the reverence due to the pure and high delicacy of our young and lovely Sovereign. Rumours have, however, got into circulation—rumours of which we shall say no more, than to avow our conviction of their utter falsehood, which compel us to know that, though censure has not dared to attack the Soverereign herself, the court of Queen Victoria is by some believed at least to be in its conduct what it ought not to be. How, indeed, can opinion be otherwise when the public hears of the description of persons whom Lord Melbourne has placed about the Queen, and of his lordship's own unbecoming assiduity in attendance upon her Majesty? We do not affect to calculate much upon Lord Melbourne's sense of duty as a good man or a Christian. or upon the influence of loyalty upon his actions—but if he is a gentleman, if his heart acknowledge the claims of a young, inexperienced, generous, and therefore confiding woman, to have her future life protected from difficulties of the most painful character to a woman, though the woman be a Queen, he will give due weight to the, communication of our correspondent, and retrace a course, the effect of which must be to destroy the comfort of the Sovereign, whom an unhappy concurrence of circumstances has placed too much at his mercy :  " TO BE