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Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1847-11-03 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

VOL. L NO. XVII.]  SUICIDE OF PROFESSOR WCULLAGII.  The city of Dublin was startled this morning (Oct. 25th) with the teirible announcement that this most distinguished man had committed suicide. On inquiry the melancholy fact proved true. It appears, so far as could be ascertained, that Professor 'APCullagli was for some days ill, and had been under the treatment of Dr Stokes. The disease, however, assumed no graver character than dyspepsia, aceompanied a ith lowness of spirits. On Friday last he rallied very considerably, and on yesterday attended, as usual,:the College •Chiqiel, after having re.:eived Dr Stokes at breakfast. Ile walked afterwards with his friendA, and conversed cheerfully as Ire was wont to do. None could suspect the fatal tragedy which was to be consummated so soon afterwards. He did not go to Commons, but dined in his chambers. At half-past eight o'clock his servant saw him for the last time alive. In one half-hour alter the same servant saw him dead, with his (Moat cut from ear to ear. The brilliant genius and consummate philosopher was cold and disfigured clay. The razor was found close beside him: and no doubt whatever remained of the suicide, which has caused a prodigious sensation in the society of Dublin, and Will resound throughout Europe. At the inquest held on the body, Margaret Healy, the servant of the deceased, having given the facts of which the above are the outlines, Dr stokes, an , old and iutimate friend of the late Professor, was examined, who gave evidence that Mr APCullagh had recently been kolpouring under symptoms of dyspepsia, and hail been very low spirited. After hearing some further evidence, the jury immediately returned its their verdict We hod that Professor James APCullagh died of wounds indicted upon himself while labouring under temporary insanity-." • It is unnecessary to name the amount of services rendered to modern science by this illustrious man. His name was familiar to every country which cultivated the loftier iviences--anJ Professor 'APCullagh stood inferior in repetition to no man living. In Germany he was looked upon as the most original genius in the British empire. In Ireland, pergaps, he was less known, a fatality which too often accompanies native gielius—but within the circle of the scientific, arid in the society of his friends, he was honoured and loved. Professor AUCullagh was eminent as a political economist, and a few years since inn that capacity delivered a series of lectures in Trinity College, in connection with the Professorship in that branch of science, established by Archbishop Whateley. His late contest for the College representation on Liberal principles brought him more:into public notice, and the high-toned and gentlemanly bearing with which he conducted himself WI that occasion won fur Win the esteem of all men.
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1847-09-15 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

WIND AND WATER. —The experimental trip en the railway to ,t,kip.ou on Wednesday was accompanied by the Bradford teetotal band and their banner, bearing the very unpretending motto of " pure water." The banner is now, alasl among the things that were. noon alter the train left Keighley a storm come on, and in the conflict between wind and water, the limner came off victorious. The banner began early to show symptoms that it was not made of the most durable mato ials, for shreds flew off thick atid fast into!the adjoinkg fieLis. The teetotallers, however, disdained to take clown their colours, but determined to hold out to the last (rag), and they very soon had to hoist little else than bare poles to the wind, infinitely to the amusement ot the anti-teetotallers in the adjoiding carriages.— Bradford Observer.  DREADFUL SUICIDE AT NEWCAsTLI-ON-TTNe.— A general gloom has been east over the commercial comilady of this town by the discovery of the suicide of Mr. George Burnett, a most extensive and highly-respected manufacturer, connected with some of the firit families of the district. The unfortunate gentleman was observed on the evening of Monday se'unight walking despondingly in Scotswood, a village about thiee miles west of Newcastle ; and about eight o'clock the following morning some harvest labourers found him lying in a corn field, with his head partially under a sheaf of corn, and a gash in bis throat, evidently prodated by a razor winer lay open at his side. he was then quite dead. The motive which prompted the commission of the dreadful deed remains a mystery. lie was wealthy and beloved; and charity and probability alike point to a temporary aberration of mind as the cause. Ile Has in the prime of Life, unmarried, uniformly active in works of benevolence, endowed with a highly cultivated mind, and widely known as clever in the peculiar buiiness with which he was connected. lie was a partner in the firm of John Lee, and Co., chemical manufacturers; Locke, Blacken, and Co., lead aud shot manufacturen ; and Burnett Brothers, a earn-engine manufacturers - all occupying very high positions in the north of England. ACCIDENT TO ONE OF THD L•PICAIIHIRD AD YORKsIII RE
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1847-09-08 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

FRANCE. 7  As the exeitement arising from the tragical occoirences connected with the murder of the Duchess de Praslin, is subsiding the French papers are reslillEng their discussions of the affairs of Italy, :Ind the conduct of the French ministry relative to them. The ministerial ' Journal des Debats' has embodied the sentiments of the French minister in an article condemning the Pope for his recent course of policy. This article has called forth the indignation of the French papers of all parties. New scandals and crimes :are every day brought to light. The lady of a depute is said to have committed suicide, and a Peer of France, the son of one of the most renowned of the Marshals of the empire, had, it was said, murdered his mistress on Monday night, and effected his escape. The unfortunate homicide has, however, frequently before, it is said, betrayed symptoms of insanity. The report, however, subsequently appeared to he an exaggerated one. It was at first thought the lictim was dead—but she was only wounded. The Peer of France alluded to is the Prince of Eckmuld, the son of Marshal Dayoust, and the young woman *vibtitti he attempted to assassinate was brought by him from India, in which lie had passed some time. The crime was, it is said, cornmilted whilst the Prince was in a state of furious jealously. Though a Peer of France, the Prince is under the control of what is called a consei/judiciare, a person appointed by his family with the sanction of the tribunal, to prevent him from squandering away the remains of his fortune, his prodigality having rendered such an appointment necessary. The official account of the exantination of the Duke of Praslin, and of the various witnesses in his case has been printed by order of the Chamber of Peers. It is interesting, not only as throwing a light on the causes which led to the perpetration of the horrible crime of the assassin, but as affording au illustration of the domestic life of the higher classes of the French aristocracy.  M.ushal Selxistiani on his return to Paris, visited the Dowager Duchess de Prdslin.
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1847-10-13 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

NAPOLEON.—NapoIeon sometimes told interesting talcs of his early career. One of those, if true, shows how near the world was to the loss of an Emperor. After the siege of Toulon, which his panegyrists regard as the first step to his good fortune, he returned to Paris, apparently in the worst mood for adventure. He was at this period suffering from illness. His mother, too, had just communicated to him the discotnforts of her position. She had been just obliged to fly from Corsica, where the people where in a state of insurrection, and she was then at Marseilles, without any means of subsistence. Napoleon had nothing remaining but an assignet of one hundred sous, his pay being in arrear. " In this state of dejection I went out, "says he,"as if urged to suicide by an attitnal institic", and walked along the quays, feeling my weakness, but unable to conquer it. In a few more moments I should have thrown myself into the water when I ran agaiust an individual dressed like a simple mechanic, aml who recognizing me threw hitnself on my neck, and cried,' Is it you, Napoleon what joy to see you , again. It was Demasis, a former comrade of mine in the artillery regimert. Ile had ernig,rated,and returned to France in disguise to see his aged mother. He was about to go, when, stopping, he said,' What is the matter. You do not seem glad to see me. What misfortune threatens you. You look to me like a madman about to kill himself.'" This direct appeal awoke Napoleon's feelings, and he told I ins cvery thing." Is that all said lie; opening ' his coarse waistcoat, and detaching a belt, he added," here are thirty thousand francs in gold, take them and save your mother." 'I cannot,'; said Mapoleon,"to this day explain to myself my motive for FO doing, but I siezed the ' gold as it by a convulsive movement, and ran like a madman to send it to my mother. It was not until it was out of my hand that I thought of what I had done. I hastened back to the spot were I had left Dernasis, hut . he was no longer there. For several days I went out in the morning, returning not until evening, searching every place where I hoped to find him." The end of the I romance is as eccentric as the beginning. For fifteen years Napoleon saw no more of his creditor. At the end of that time he discovered him, and asked," why lie had not applied to the Emperor." The answer was, that he had no necessity tor the motley, but was afraid of being i compelled to quit his retirement, where he lived happily practising horticulture. Napoleon now paid his debt, as it may be presumed, magnificiently; made him accept three hundred thousand francs a reimbursement from the Emperor for the thirty thousand lent to the subaltern of artillery: and besides made him Director-General of the gardens of the crown, with a salary of thirty thousaud francs
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1847-10-13 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

SSW GISLER.—Start not, gentle reader. at the idea. The laws of a country are occasionally overstepped by the members of every class-aristocrat and democrat alike commit occasional violations of their bounds, les. The plebeian traveller secrets a small modicum of tobacco—the titled aristocrat secretes his gallons of spirits. A nobleman residing at Lyndhurst, enjoying a foreign ducal title, and of great wealth—whose equipage is daily to be seen in the streets of Southampton—has just been caught tripping, and the ruthless myrnaisloos of Government have permed upon him for his offences. The nobleman in inertias, we are intormed, had recently occasion to dismiss some of the domestics of his establishment, who, in rev, nge for the cougar, communicated to the audiorides matters which had come under their coguisance in the mansion of their late master, and which led to the expssu e of the definqu ncies. On Saturday last the Mimeos of Castoms visited the ducal residence, and there seized eight half tinkers of brandy, containing about 21 gallons, and a jar of rum, neatly stowed away in a chest, en which spirits the accustomed duty had not been paid. The goods were of course transferred to equally secure, though probably less secret quarters, at Southampton, watched over by her Majesty's trusty officials. On 'luesday, an " official " visit was made to his Grace's yacht, lying at Cowes, which was alike taken possession of in the name of her Majesty. So stands the matter at present. We believe that no further proceedings have yet been taken, though there doubtless soon will be, as it is believed the "Noble Duke" has rendered himself liable chimer to tic: forfeiture of the yacht, or to the pay ment of a very heavy bond customarily entered into by the owners of yachts, to abstain from such attempts to evade the revenue laws, in return fur which engagements immunities are given which are not allowed to vessels of any other description.—Hampskite Independent. Swans or A Cotton ea.—Considerable excite. meat prevailed in Folkstone on Wednesday morning upon the intelligence that Mr J. J. Bond, the coroner for the borough, haul committed suicide by needy severing Lis head from bis body with a razor. It appears that the uefortanate gentleman had been labouring under temporary tits of insanity for some time, which gave much pain to his friends, who, however, did not think it necessary to place him under restraint; on the previous evening that strange conduct gave rise to additional 'meatiness, and that morning about seven o'clock a fall was heard in the room above by his wife, who, on entering his apartment, found him weltering in blood. The deceased (the better to effect hi* purpose had placed himself on a chair, and placed • looking glaas on the floor. MILITARY MYER sot IN
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1847-08-11 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

SUICIDE OF A TRADESM IN.—An inquest waiheld on Wednesday, on the body of Mr John Caunt, latelyresiding at No. 3, Garden-row, Southwark, fornierly carrying on a luctitire business in the Walworth-road, but latterly his affairs had been much embarrassed. At an early hour on Tuesday morning the diseased was discovered suspended by a rope, which lie had fixed to a hook in his shop, life being euite extinct. The, jury returned verdict of "Temporary Insanity."  A CAT AYD AN ADDER —A shepherd in the upper part of Annandale was engaged one forenoon last spring, in casting peals, not very far from his own house. His eat, probably for the sake of society, had accompanied him, and his attention was drawn to her unusual movements, while he was busily engaged in providing a supply of waimth:against the cold nights, of winter. On proceeding to the spot, he discovered that pussy was engaged in mortal conflict with a large adder which she had probably:attacked at first in mistake for an eel. The adder leaped at the cat with great bounds, sometimes going over it several feet; and the other kept standing on its hind legs, striking its enemy on the head with the claws of its fore feet. After this encounter had lasted for some time, the shepherd became apprehensive of his cat receiving:a mortal bite from the fangs of its serpent foe, which he disabled by a stroke from his spade. Pussy immediately rushed upon the unfortunate adder, and finished it in a most savage manner. Dumfries Courier.  A few days ago a large meteor, in the form of a globe, with along train of tire, was seen near:Carlsbad. On the same day an aerolite fell at Bratinau, after an explosion like that of a cannon. The:aerolite had the appearance of a mass of cast iron.  A slight shock of earthrivrke was felt last week at Aix It was of a very short duration, and caused no damage.  A medal has been struck to commemorate the Cambridge Installation ; having on the obverse a head of the Prince from Ross's miniature, with art inscription—and on the reverse, a view of the:interior of the Senate House. A commitee of influential names has been formed for superintending the formation of the marble statue of the late Dr. Chalmers,to be executed by Mr. Steele and plac.ll, as we have said, in the hall of the Colltge in Ed i ri burgh.  NOVEL Waaga.—Mr, Benjamin Caunt has undtrtaken for a trifling wager, to eat two pounds of sausages, count a thousand backwards, walk up the Monument on his , hands, hop down again, climb up every lamp-post on London-bridge, and whistle "God save the Queen" after eating three penny buns, before any one can read through Lord George Bentinck's late Manifesto.—Puneli.
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1849-11-21 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

MRS. MANNING'S LAST WORDS.—Notwitbstanding the continued assertions made by Mrs. Manning to her watchers that she did not expect to suffix, it is evident , that, from the period when she was told that the appeal had been decided against her, she had made up her mind to the worst, and that her still continuing to assert that she would be saved, was merely a ruse to throw her watchers off their guard that she hail not any intention of c ruclitting suicide. During the night she was nearly s'eepless, although she feigned to be in the most prothund sumber. That . h felt i.nuoyed at being placed under the care of female watchers, may be inferred from the fact of her having remarked that she would sooner e had male turnkeys, adding. upon one occasion of the woolen talking together in her cell, that they inade inure row than a regimmt of soldiers. As soon as the intelligence above alluded to was communicated to her, she desired to be supplied with some materials from amongst the things she had with her at the gaol : then very coolly set to work and made herself a new pair of drawers, which she kept, and refused to wear until the morning of her execution, having made them expressly for the purpose of being hung in. On her rising on the morning of her execution, she performed her accustomed ablutions, and one of the watchers, on giving her her clothes, handed her a pair of cotton stockings, which she at once gave her back again, and said, " No, not these, hut silk ones," directing a pair of new white silk ones to be given her, which was done, and she put them on with much care. Although naturally a very fine figure, she had by art considerably improved herself by padding. On the night before her death she burnt her hustle, not choosing to assign any reason thr the act. On the night before her execution, just previous to retiring for the night, she knelt down, and having requested the attendants to he ,ihmt, prayed earnestly fir some length of time in the French language. It is true this may have been only carrying out to the last the scheme of guilty hypocrisy which, there is too much reason to fear, she has exhibited from the first moments after the crime was committed.
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1849-09-12 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

IRISII JACK SHEPPARD.—A letter from Roscommon of Monday's ddte gives the following almost incredible particulars of the escape from the county gaol of a malefactor under sentence for conspiracy to rob and murder. The pages of the ' Newgate Calendar' might be ransacked in vain for a feat of more daring dexterity: —" Michael Hannelly, one of a desperate gang (some of whom were convicted at last Roscommon assizes), chatged with conspiring to rob and murder Mr. M. C. Browne, J.P., effected his escape out of the above gaol on Friday night last, under circumstances fully displaying what a cool and determined character he is. Ile was confined  in the solitary cell for bad conduct, out of which, at midnight, he made his escape, breaking through two doors by smashing the locks. This brought him into the chapel ; to get to the door of which he had to climb over an iron-spiked railing fourteen feet high. Having effected this, the next obstacle was the huge door of the chapel. He wrenched the foul massive nuts off the lock, and appears to have failed in his attempt to get the lock off, as he got out by breaking the heavy hasp into which the bolt of the lock shot. This opened the way into an cn. closed passage between two of the day yards. Here he mounted a fixed ladder, leading up to the cistern, and by a drop of about sixteen feet on hard paving, landed , at the other side. This is an enclosed corridor, into which all the day yards open, as also the cook-house and bread-store. The latter he broke into, and took thereout one loaf of white bread. Out of this enclosure he got over a wall about twelve feet high, into the governor's yard, out of which he took a ladder about fifteen feet long, and a one inch and shall thick board,and unlocking the gate of the yard, the key being merely turned, he proceeded round the inner grounds of the gaol to where the store-yard ends, and where he would have only one wall to cross. Here he tied the ladder and board together, and thus got over the boundary wall, which is about twenty-five feet high. Having got on the wall he pulled up the ladder, and let himself down at the other side."  MURDER OF THREE CHILDREN AND SUICIDE Bir
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1849-03-28 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

CHARLOTTE." —Now. their lordships would observe that by this letter Mrs. James appeared rathtr to have contemplated the commission of suicide than of any other or more criminal act. Inquiries were instantly set on foot, and, after considerable difficulty, the parties were traced to Southampton, thence to Ilavre, thence to Rouen, then to Paris, and ultimately to a place near St. Maki, where a copy of the present bill, &c., was served upon and fully explained to Mrs. James. That lady, on that occasion, said nothing wrong had taken place between Mr. Crespigny and her. self until subsequently to her leaving Ventnor, and she also rais d an objection to the last clause in the bill, which went to prohibit her ultimate marriage with that gentleman. At each place to which the parties had been traced they passed and lived as man and wife, and had gone by the names of Mr and Mrs. Rae and Psir. and Mrs. D'Estair, under which title they were at present living at St. Maio. A number of witnesses were then called, whose testimony went to corroborate in every particular e statement of the lestited sergeant ; and Mr. G. G. Jones, of Gray's inn-square, the solicitor for the husband, stated that he produced a copy of the registry of the marriage between Mr. and Mrs. James, whom he had constantly vi,ited. The had lived on the most affectionate terms, and had had twe children, rine only of whom had lived. Since Mrs. James had gore off another child had been born. Ile had used every effort to induce Mr. Crespigny to put in an appearance to an action for err's. esti., but without effect. The evidence hissing been brought to a close, die Chancellor was understood to more the second reading of the bill, which was %teed