The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1860-07-10 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

AND. It nu slntril in the Troia, a short time ago that all old iuse es. eel A I.7a!i'itu ( ...ml, 1 ••::. ly three-score mei ten ye,,,,,, I ,g,.. IV., a 1,....01.1114 la On obseore %dire in the none of jr,oeon ina stoote of great oli.tresc. Inlits.lay hc as, the champion wrestler of Euglanol, and held too, belt aglinstyll council, netwithstataiing the temetatioe of Llt,e 6111113 if ~,, oney which were k [WWII to hare hem off..nel to I ' as tie prim" of his heck. Mr. I.:wisdom, of the 801 l lon, Exeter, soul other gentlemen. belie: that it would he a disgrace to the mentry if • tuan so pintine awl meritorious were allowed to eke out the remaindt-r of his days Olt parish pay, commenced • subseriootion for hint, whirl. loss now reached a goodly shut, Intl. insufficit•nt to purchase fur loin cut Enmity, list heleg the object of the friettula of the veteran champioe. on et utunlav Mr. Langdon received a COMMIIII,I,tiOO fr 1M Lord Palinewtotieteting that he had directed that a &lotion of 110 should be paid to Abraham Cane out of the Royal Bounty Fund. Rome ',TIC Suteing.--On Wednesday emerwiek hat, Mr. fe S. Brod, t!coonty coroner for West Midffieeex, concluded an inquiry at the lewd Metre Tavern, Ilullowavortosol. into the circumstances atteading the death at Miss Ann Page. aged 17. who commute,' suici le on Tizoirsday, the 214th ult.. hy throwing berseff into the New Itiver,at Ilighbury-vale, in company with& female friend, who fortunately was rescued. 'The Yucutustances created the greatest excitement in the ion_ mediate neighbouritoed. It appeared that the you, girls were itf respectable families, the tletwasel resting in St. Joitn.street-road, and the survive: in Coppice. row, Clerkenwell. They became acquainted shoat three years since at a Sunday-school treat, and were ee attached that their greatest hapeittetes was in each other*. company. On Monday, the 25th ult.. deceaseel re. mained frien home all 'tight, and between 2 tool 3in the morning the father of the deceased in great slam mile I upon Mrs. Minting, thinking the two girls were together. Mi.. Harding. however, VIM in bed. De. cemed haul called tern her friend, and wished her to accompany her on the previous afternoon, bet she was unable to do so. The following was elicited is the examinatien 'of Miss Harding e-Deceseed ',darnel hone on the Tuesday morning at 9c:clock. It appeared that she had been to the tailttr's ball at Highbare Baru with rine ovotnan. She was very fond of pleasure. Mrs Page dressed for the purpose of seeing the ysuing an, and deems'sl was allowed to accoutowny waned Ii tif she returned in half an hour. Deceased teeli 6.1. away eit li bier, and on getting outside the door slat shut she would buy poison with it. She haul told her mother it was the lost time clue would see her. They Isoth walked about some time, • lien they got yey liniogry, and deceased proposed to buy amine- for tooth. They, however, walked beyond Edmonton, and lock to leonilon. On the Tuesday night witneow was t ikon ill in the street, awl cried. when a gentleman asked her why she cried ; and ott her replying that she was ill, col without anything to eat, he gave her Is. 11., which we all he had. They lived upon the Is. 34. till the Thurs. day teaming. On the Wednesday they paused the day in St. James'. Park, calling upon deceased's aster is Oxford-street, where they washed, but haul nothing to eat. On the Thureday morning very early they walked to Highbury•sale, and witness asked deceased if alte would go home. Sloe replied. "I never will." Site then neked witness if she would egree to die with her; and niter an expreseion of their love, they joined hands, and exclai 11l ing "Oh, love ! love !" jumped into the water together. She remembered nothing more. Witness list no wish to leave her home, but she could not leave her friend. The jury returned the following .verdtct, " That the deceased Jane Page committed suicide, but ; there was not sufficient evidence before the jury to prove her state of nl i 11l I at the time of the cominiasinn of tie , act." The painful inquiry then terminated, the mother : of each young girl was present.