Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1885-08-22 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

DISTRESSING SUICIDE IN LONDON. Dr. Wynn Westcott has just held an inquest at the Crowndale Hall, St. Pancras, on the body of John Hatchard, aged 45 years, assistant to a pawnbroker, living in Crowndale-road. Deceased lost his father, I and his wife died next morning, when he said he had I then no cause for existing in the world. He asked a I woman in the house to let him see the body of his wife, and was allowed to do so. Soon afterwards a pistol shot was heard, and he was found in bed bleeding from the right side of the head, a revolver being found in his hand, with two chambers empty. There was also found a note in his writing, with the following words, "I do not care to live; take care of Nellie. Bury us together at Finchley." Dr. Thompson, of Oakley-square, said there was only one wound on the right side of the head. He could not account for the absence of the second bullet. The jury returned the following verdict, "That the deceased was found dead in bed, with a pistol shot in the brain, and that he committed the act while his brain ' was disordered by the loss of his wife and other troubles."  NEWS from Souakim to the War Office reports that since the departure of the Guards and the other regiments of General Graham's force no attempt has been made by the natives to destroy the military railway which has been constructed for a considerable distance in the direction of Hasheen.  Tan betrothal of Prince Waldemar with the Princess Marie of Orleans will be celebrated at the Royal residence of Fredensborg on Sept. 7th, the birthday of the Queen of Denmark. The Emperor and Empress of Russia, the King and Queen of Greece, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland will be at Fredensborg in honour of the occasion.  AT Luton borough sessions John Littlewood, an insurance agent of Northampton, was charged on remand with having forged a cheque on the West Riding Union Bank, Dewsbury. The cheque was for £5 10s., and was drawn in the name of Robert Thornton, who is a farmer neat Dewsbury. Mr. Thornton denied all knowledge of the cheque, which, it was stated, the prisoner had negotiated with an accountant in.Luton. Littlewood was committed for trial.  THE FORTHCOMING REVISION, The first notices in respect to the forthcoming revision of Parliamentary voters, upon the result of which so much will depend at the approaching general election, were issued on Saturday, and were duly circulated throughout the City. It is set forth by the secondary (Mr. Thomas Roderick) that the business of the City revision will be commenced by Mr. Octavius John Williamson, the barrister appointed for such purpose, on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at noon, in the South Court, Guildhall. The lista and notices of liverymen will be first taken up. Then the parish lists and notices will be received according to the order in which they stand on the register, that is, according to the polling places. The revision of the lists of liverymen will be commenced immediately afterwards, and proceeded with in alphabetical order until they are concluded. Subsequently the revision of the parish lists will be entered upon, and proceeded with in the order in which they stand in the lists of polling districts. The usual notices are given to clerks of companies of liverymen and overseers, who are required to be in attendance when their respective lists are being revised. The following appointments of revising barristers have been made by the Lord Chief Justice Mr. Octavius John Williamson, Inner Temple, for the boroughs of Kensington (two divisions), Chelsea, Hammersmith, Fulham, and Hampstead, besides the City of London, as above mentioned; Mr. Algernon Bathurst, Lincoln's-inn, for the borough of Westminster, St. George (Hanover-square), Strand, Tower Hamlets (seven divisions), and Bethnal-green (two divisions) ; Mr. L. L. Shadwell, for the boroughs of Marylebone (two divisions), Paddington (two), St. Pancras (four), Finsbury (three), and Hackney (three divisions) ; and Mr. John M'Donnell, Middle Temple, for the county of Middlesex (seven), and the borough of Lslington (four divisions).