The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1843-05-12 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE AT GREENWICH.—Oar Sunday a great sensation was occasioned at Greenwich, by the announcement that Geo. Smith, Esq. (one of the magistrates ; for the county of Kent) had committed suicide by hanging Himself. It appears, that Mr. Smith attended divine service en Sunday morning, and returned home about one o'clock, leaving Mrs. Smith to receive the Sacrament. On being let , in by one of the servants, he walked up stairs to his own bed-room and shut the door. Mrs. Smith returned at two o'clock, and expressed some alarm on hearing that her husband had been in his bed-room so long. She and the servant hastened up stairs, when they found the door locked, and could get no answer. A man named Chapel was eromptly employed to mount to the window by means of a ladder, and found Mr. Smith hanging by the neck at the eed-post, with his hands tied with a siik handkerchief. Charred cut the unfortunate gentleman down, but, though not cold, he seemed quite dead. Mr. Kemble, surgeon, deposed :—" I have attended the deceased professionally. l'here were circumstances that induced me to think that he night to be held under restraint, but he was of so tractable Ind amiable a disposition that it would have been cruel to have prevented him from walking alone. He bad a delusion in his mind that he had made an incorrect return for the ncome tax. lie was himself one of the commissioners. l'he deceased has long been of infirm mind. A man attenJed him generally, by way of precaution, and deceased was ware of the object of it, and appeared grateful for attentions mud care. The deceased was never confined. He had been sway, and returned on Friday. I him on Saturday, and hen be seemed in deep gloom as to the income-tax return. Icons idered "this an infirmity of mind, and clearly indicative f insanity. Col. Feed tendered evidence, but the coroier considered it unnecessary, and the jury immediately re:urned a verdict of " Temporary insanity,"  ‘,VggATHAMPstIiA.b.----WHOLRBALt SIILEta B'tlsAJANti. During the past few days several ewes and lambs belonging to a respectable farmer in this neighbourhood, Mr. Dickenson, of the Cross farm, have been stolen under most mysterious circumstances ; for though taken away night after night, not the slightest trace of sheep or thieves could be obtained. Mr. Dickenson on Sunday morning last, having hr that time lost no fewer than twelve ewes and eleven lambs, proceeded to give information to Captain Robertson, the the chief constable of police, who immediately himself took the case in hand. The chief constable proceeded to Cross farm, and the result of his exertions has been that all the missing sheep have been recovered, and two men are in custody for the offence, one of whom we deeply regret to learn, is a son of the party robbed. It appears that Frederick Dickenson, the prisoner alluded to, sold the ewes and lambs to a man named Charles Young, residing at Codicote-bottom, and the latter drove them to Hertford market, and sold them to a dealer named Deshorough, from whom they were taken by one of Captain Robertson's officers in Hitchin market on Tuesday. We are given to understand that the unfortunate youth, Frederick Dickenson, has confessed everything relating to the transaction.—Bedford paper of the 6th.