The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1825-06-22 (London, England)

LAMENTABLE SUICIDE.  Yesterday evening, at fonr o'clock, an inquest way held at No. 18. Montague-street, Portman-quare, betore Thomas Stirling, Esq. Coroner, to inquire into the death of Mrs. Mary Jane Hagford, a maiden lady, of advanced rats, who, for several years past, had, in conjunction with another lady, kept a highly reapeetable seminary at the above house, for the education of the junior branches of the nobility and gentry. The deceased leap had continued her establiahment with great credit until the present time, but, unfortunately, about three months since, a kind of cp•leonc complaint appeared amongst the pupils, and many of them were sent home to avoid its contagious (greets, wbh-:r, fortunately. noon abated The circumstance preyed on the lady's mind, and she imagined her seminary would sustain an injury not to be eouteracted, and gradually declined in her health, until her mind anurned the most extreme dejection, and her habits became those of settled melancholy. On Sunday morning last, while the family were preparing thr church, a ter. want, coming down stairs, hearings strange noise in a closet, opened the door, and her mistress tumbled forward, bleeding profusely from the neck, and in each band II 3.4 tightly grasped a penknife. The family, on the alarm being given, sent lime 31r. Smith, surgeon, of 17pper Seymour-sheet; but it availed nothing. the unfortunate lady had too sell effected her object ; the wounds on her neck were desperately extensive, and the main arteries being completely severed, site instantly expired. Evidence was given to prove the lady's state of mind for some time past to have been decidedly bordering on derangement, conaequently the Jury, which was highly respectable, returned a verdict of ° Inaanity.°  Yesterday evening, about half-past five o'clock, as a fine little girl, abitut seven years of age, the daughter of a pour woman named Davies, residing in Off-alley, in the Strand, was playing at the Savoy Wharf, her foot slipped, and she was precipitated into the river. where she remained fur the apace of a quarter of an hour. On her being taken out, she was couveyed to the sign of the Savoy Palace, where Mr. Herring, of the Strand, and Mr. R. Norton, of Ilrydges.street, Covent.garileth surgeons, promptly attended, but their combined efforts for two hours and a half, to restore anima. tion. proved unavailing. On Werinesdly morning Mr. James M`Kirtly, late master of the St. James West Indianian, met with a melancholy accident on hoard the Inverary Castle steam-boat. While willing down the Clyde, in rousing a sloop that was a.ground, the flow of water driven before the steam-boat caused her to wheel suddenly, and her boom happening to be loose, it swept a part of the deck of the Itiverary Cavils with great violence. Captain 3Pliirdy observe Ing that it was coming direct on his wife attempted to ward it off; hut it rruck him on the head, and knocked hint down senseless on the deck. He neither opened his eyes nor spitice after he received the fatal stroke. He was taken to the house of Mrs. Bruce, in Greenock. where he lingered till yesterday momiag, when he diefl. He has left a widow and five children to bewail his death. Alm. APKirdy is also eery notch hurt on the head. Captain M'Kirdy has sailed out of Greenock for the last 2R years. and was highly esteemeti for the amiable qualities of his heart, and his gentlemanly , and unaffected manners. lie had just given up the Sr. James in order to pass the summer with his family in the island of Arran.— Glas,mve Paper. When there was a certainty that each succeeding year would bring a fresh grant for Lotteries, the public were indifferent about them, but now that Parliament has passed an Act to abolish Lotteries, everybody is eager to have a chance for the last Twenty Thousands that are to flow from Fortune's Cornucopia. A Drawing takes place on St. 8 within's Day (lath next Month). when one of the last Imlden showers in this country is to fall on the expecting votaries of the blind Dodders.  TI1F: