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The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-04-23 (London, England)

MURDER, AND SUICIDE IN LOIDON.  On Monday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, Police-Constable Thomas O'Dell, .28 E, was called to 5, Leigh-street, Burton Crescent, occupied by Mr. Ashley, draper and tailor, who said that he and his family had seen blood trickling down the walls of the kitchen, which is below the back parlour, and thinking that something was -wrong he had tried to gain admittance, 'but failed ; nor coidd he make any one hear: Ho added, that the room-ens rented by a man and his wife. named Pearce. The policeman found that the key was inside, so that the look could not bo picked. He therefore went to the .bAck of the house, and haying obtained a ladder forced the back parlour window up and entered the room. A most fearful sight here presented itself. On the ground, lying side by-side were the bodies of lar. and Mrs. Pearce, in their blood, with their throats cut. By the side of the man was lying a long sheath knife, which was covered with blood, and it was veil' evident from its appearance that it had been recently sharpened. Mr. J. T. Paul, the police surgeon, made an -examination of the bodies, and gave it as his opinion that death had not long taken place. He made a cursory examination of the bodies, and found on the female a-tremendous cut on the top of the head, which Lad been most likely, inflicted by some blunt instrument. There was also an immense cut extending from the front of the neck down to the ppine. Her head was joined/to the body by a small piece of skin only. There wits another severe cut in the throat. The man had also a very deep cut, extending-half across thethroat, andseparating the windpipe. It was of such a severe character that death must have been instantaneous. From the position of the bodies and the wounds it is thought the man first murdered the woman and then committed suicide. Both bodies were fully dressed, and it seems as If the bed had been slept upon by two persons. No disturbance was heard during the night by others in the house. It is thought the couple must have arisen at about half-past five in the morning. The man was 'a labourer at St. Katharine's Docks, and he and his wife-are supposed to be-about 35 years of age. It is said that the husband was very jealous of his wife, but why, or whether his suspicious were just or not, is not known.
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-02-20 (London, England)

MIIRDER.--A correspondent of the Irisn T imes says that on the morning of the Bth instant a publicanin the town of Leitrim, named John M‘Donagh, ordered his servant to go on some errand before be arose from his bed, and when she had gone he rose up and went down to his shop, 'where he armed himself with a' large bacon knife. He returned to bed, his wife being still asleep, and commenced stabbing her in many places, having first—that he might the better secure her— placed himself with his knees on her body. She received at this time one bad stab, in the breast, and.anotberixo. the- groin ; and in her struggles she endeavoured to deprive her husband of the "Safe, which lie drew through iser band, inflicting another _terrible wound. She sue-.• ceeded in getting out of bed after all this, and ran into the yarkwhere the ruffian followed her; he took hold of her round the body, and 'commenced once more stabbing her, but she defended herself as best she could with her arms, and her screams attracted the attention of home neighbours, who came over the yard wall to her assistance, but it is much to be feared not in time to save her life, of which it need scarcely be said there is but little hope- The would-be-murderer, when disturbed, ended his dreadful work by leaving the knife stuck in the forearm of his victim.' The police were in immediate attend-' mice, arrested M`Donagh, • and secured the knife and bloody, clothes. M`Donagh made two attempti to corn-init suicideafter his arrest ;' first, in the polite barracks, and when taken out of that by the constabulary he made a race for the canal, into which he jumped, and would have been drowned but for the spirited conduct of a policeman, who promptly went in after him and dragged him out. He has now been fully committed on the charge of attempting to murder his wife. It is believed that the couple always lived very, unhappily together, and that he was jealous of her.
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-11-26 (London, England)

LATER FROM AMERICA.  (Per the City-6f Manchester, !trid CivOkhaven, Xre7. 24.)  NEW YORTC, Nov. 12, 11 A.M.  Despatches from General Sheridan's army of the 6th report that Early is believed to be preparing for, if not already mgaged in, a flank raevement around the Federal right. Bilthnore letters state that, in catjunetion with this movement, a large Confederate force under Generals Longstreet and Breskinridge has been concentzated in South-Western Virginia for the invasion of the Northern States.  Unofficial despatches from Louisville of yesterday atate that the news from General Sherman is highly important and favourable to the 'Federal cause, but the publication of detailsis prohibited. There are reports yid-Nashville to the 10th of a success gained by General Gillen over the Confederates in East Tennessee, but no details Ere given. General Grant in 'congratulating the President upon his re-election, declared that a peaceable election is equivalent to victory in the field. It is now authoritatively announced that the resignation of M'Clellan was sent in on the morning of the day of election, with the trequest that it might date from that day. It is not known whether it 'will be accepted. The latest returns of the. election exhibit a majority of 23,160 in Savour of Mr. Fenton, the Republican candidate for the Governorship of New, York. Gold, 2441.  WE are depeudent on others more than we think, for even our own good opinion. We think best of ourselves when others share our favourable impressions.  DUBLIN, Wednesday Evening. Lieutenant-Colonel Tennant, late of the '3sth Regiment of Foot, •committed suicide by shooting himself this morning, at his.residence, Raglan-road.  HR. W. F. Wriumut came up iu the Bankruptcy Court on Wednesday to -pass his last examination. He was , opposed, but the registrar allowed him to pass,-and ordered his discharge. THE ROAD /Vlmiron.—There was a rumour in Bristol , yesterday that Mr. Kent, late of Road Hill House, bad died within the last day or two.—Westera Daily Press (Bristol). • THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, with Prince Albert Victor, arrived at Marlborough House n Wednesday, from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. Their Royal Highnesses -were attended by the Countess of Mac- , clesfield, Major Teesdale, and Mr. Holzmaim. The Prince and Princess of Wales went to the Princess's Theatre in 1 the evening.
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-06-25 (London, England)

THE FRENCH VINEYARDS. A person who has lately made a tour in the wine-producing district states that in Burgundy the vines are in blossom, and there is an excellent prospect of an early -vintage with good wine. Unless there should fall too much rain, ea abundant crop may be expected in [the greater part of that district, as there are as many grapes as there wen:, in 1858. The districts which have suffered most from the frost of last month are the Cher, where the frost was very severe; the Charente, where a sharp frost was experienced on the 28th of May, and again on the 30th. The valley of the Rhone suffered severely by heavy rain, which stripped the sides of the hills of earth. The vines in the Bordelais and in Languedoc have a flourishing appearance. The Echo de /' Agriculture says that the accounts received of the vintage from every part of the South of France are most satisfactory. With the exception of a few places where frost prevailed, an abundant crop is expected. Notwithstanding some heavy rain, the vines passed through the process of blossoming without the slightest interrup. Hon. The oidium was not seen this year, and insect?, which are sometimes so destructive and so persevering in their attacks, have ceased their ordinary ravage and have left no marks of their passage through the vineyards.  EXTRAORDINARY DUEL AT TrEIDELBERG.—A tragical event has just taken place at Heidelberg. Late in the evening of the 15th, a student belonging to the body of the Swabians was found lying on the ground weltering In his blood. He had discharged a pistol in the region of the heart, but the ball having been turned aside by touching a rib, missed the heart, passed through the lungs, and lodged under the right shoulder blade, when's it was afterwards extracted. At first the natural belief was that voluntary suicide had been intended, but some letters written by the student showed that he had been the victim of a shameful kind of duel. A foreign student had been grossly insulted by the Swabian, and satisfaction was demanded; but, instead of fighting in the usual way, an agreement was come to to draw lots which of the' two should destroy himself within a delay of a fortnight. The lot fell on the Swabian. When the time was about to expire, the young man, whose father was dangerously ill, solicited an extension of the delay, but the request was refused, and the attempt at self-destruction w,:s cod. aequently made. Some hopes are entertained that the wound will not prove fatal, but all the entreaties of the heads of the university and of his friends cannot extort from him a promise not to repeat the desperate act. To all their solicitations his only answer is, "I have not pledged my honour to seriously wound myself, but to put an end to my life, and I will keep my promise."—Galigluta.
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-10-22 (London, England)

THROUGH FINANUAL EMBARRASSMENT. On Saturday morning a painful suicide was committed in London, under circumstances of singular deliberation, by a French gentleman named M. Charles De Ridout, the manager of the West Ham Gutta Paella Company, for working Hancock's patents. It appears that the deceased resided at Norfolk Terrace, Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, and he was sixty-five years of age. He was married to a young wife, to whom he was devotedly attached, and he had two or three little children. Latterly, however, he became, it is said, involved in heavy pecuniary difficulties through some losses which he experienced, and he was at times affected with great depression. No apprehensions were entertained by his friends that he was about to commit suicide, but at midnight the report of a pistol shot was heard proceeding from the stable at the back of the West Ham Gasworks. The attention of a police constable was called to the fact, and an entry was effected into the stable. The unfortunate deceased was found lying on the flooring covered with blood, which issued from a wound in the head. By his side was a beautifully finished pocket pistol, which had been just discharged, and it was evident that the deceased had placed the muzzle to his head, just behind the right ear, and sent the bullet into his brain. Nevertheless he was not quite dead; such was hi-. 3 tenacity of life tint he did not cease to breathe until halfpast two o'clock on Saturday morning. He left two letters, one addressed "to the coroner," detailing at length the nature of his troubles, principally of a financial character, that rendered his life intolerable to him. The other document was directed to his wife, to whom he wrote in a most affectionate manner. The deceased was well known amongst a large circle of business men, and was highly esteemed. Tux
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-09-10 (London, England)

LINCOLN.—On Wednesday morning a most distressing circumstance occurred at LincoLa. About seven o'clock, a man named Henry Upton saw a young woman struggling in the water, and gave an ilarm. Several persons assembled, but none of them icing able to swim, she was dead beforeashe could be got mt. It appears that for some time she had been keeping :ompany with a young man named George Childs, a black. smith, and that she had become pregnant. When her situp, don become lmown to her seducer he wished to abandon 2er ; but she had importuned him to do something foi ler when she was confined. On Tuesday evening, she went to his lodgings at Baggehohne lane, but not having the courage to go in she wandered into the fields, and it would seem that she fainted, and fell on the ground. Childs and some of his .mates having heard her at the door, went out and found her lying insensible on the ground. They revived her, and she again asked her seducer if he would stick by her in her trouble, and in the most heartless manlier he reviled her and refused to sclmowledge her. He, however, accompanied her home, nid the girl's mother asked Childs if he., would not acknowledge the child, and he said he would not, as the 2hild was not his. The mother then said, she must suffer. He replied, Then she may go and staffer." During the night she moaned and kept repeating in her sleep, ,‘ She must go and suffer." She rose at six o'clock and she was seen walking up and down the river bank shortly before she was seen in the water. An inquest was held on Wednesday, at the Lock Tavern, before Mr. Coroner Hitcbins, when evidence in accordance with the shove facto were given, and the following verdict was returned:—Bliza Hoe did commit an act of suicide by immersing herself in the River 'Witham; and from the previous facts in evidence of the deceased having been seduced and being pregnant, and deserted by her seducer, the jury are of opinion that the effect upon her mind watt such as to overthrow her reason."  HEAVY ThuNDEasTonst. On baturday a tnunderstorm passed over East Kent in a south-easterly direction. At first the storm burst in the Chilham district shout 1 o'clock, and though the thunder was not very heavy the rain fell in torrents. An hour later, and after an iui:erval of sunshine, there was a renewal of the storm in the neighbourhood of Canterbury. The lightning was sxceedingly viv;d, and the fall of rain was scarcely ever known to be so heavy in the north-east of the city. At Sturry the streets were completely deluged, and for a short time almost impassable. No accidents ofa serious :haracter are reported. The rain will do a great deal of good to the root cro:)s and the pastures.  "-AN
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-08-27 (London, England)

AND TRE POPE.—The Paris correspondent of the Tim,. writing on Saturday evening, says:—lt is said that the Emperor Napoleon is resolved not to allow the last outrage committed at Rome to pass off with the same impunity as that of which the Mortara family was the Waite. The repetition ef these acts does the Papal cause great injury, even with those Who ar'e sincerely devoted to Catholicism, and the abduction ol the child Coen is, and twist be, reprobated by all except rampant and intolerant bigots. The reasons which the Imperial Government may have had for not inter. fering more actively in the former case do not exist in the present. The strongest remonstrances have already been made to the French Minister at Rome, It has already been intimated that France will not suffer abuses which shock htunanity to be perpetrated in a capital occupied by her army. To do so would be to sanction them; and the Emperor will not sanctiorg them. I know not whether the Government will go to the length of withdrawing the army altogether from Rome, and leave the Roman geveritteent to settle ita affairs with its dieconteuted subjects e for, as is alleged, there are divers reasons, political l and strategical, which, irrespeetively of protectin'g the Hely Father, require the eontintane,e of the Occepationy but of !hell the French defranco flung in the face Government, whose voice in such matters should be ,aandudalpiLticularly for all-powerful, will not connive at an act which nothing the nation but for whose aid the Roman government would not only can i f thllstirecilvdsWedhiwcolirlistl be unable to do such things but even to Maintain itself a single month. I hear that an ultiteuttem Will, if friendly remonstranCe prove unavailing, be Presented to Cardinal gktonelli wbich itvtould beprtl4eo Dot to disregasel.  The Preston Guonrion states that the Rev. S. (I. (1. damson, late incumbcnt of Padiliant, hits, with hi. usual liberality, offered .to give £4,000 towards the erection of four chuiches, one to be built in each of the tolowing places: —Padiham, Symonstone, Hapton, and Mahan]. THE NORWICH Monns.—The Poor-law Beard not having yet come to any de&sion with iegard to the Rev. E. A. Hillyard, clutnain of the Norwich workhouse, who has Identified himself with brother Ignatius and the " English Order of St. Benedict," the Norwich board of guardians have now decided, by 18 to 4, that Mr. 11illyard should be prohibited .from further officiaiing at the workhouse. It appears that Mr. hillyard persists in the forms distasteful to the Board, and has even sent a Mr. Duseley, iho is intimately associated with the monks, to perform divine service at the work,.ouse in his stead.  [SUICIDE OF Mr.
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-07-23 (London, England)

THE EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE ON A MOTHER'S GRAVE. —The inquest on this suicide was held on Monday night before Mr. Carter, at the Marlborough Arms, South street, Peckham, London. He was identified as James William Twist, aged 31;year5. Evidence was given showing how he had been found lying upon lizsmother's grave in Nunhead Cemetery, dying from the effects of cyanide of potassium. Mr. Joseph Niell, 18, Sutherland street, Newington, said he was brother-in-law of the deceased. The deceased's last employment was that of a clerk in the Commercial Union insurance Company. On Thursday afternoon he left witness's house, and the following morning witness's sister received a letter written by him evidently just before his death. His mother's death, which occurred five years ago, had given him great grief, and since then he had acted in a very strange way. About two months ago he lost his employment by taking holidays without leave. He then sold off his furniture, and turned his wife and child out of doors, and left them to her family. He at times gave way to habits of extreme intemperance. When he came to reason despair seized him, and he went and poisoned himself on the grave of his mother. The witness then read the following strange letter, ,written by the deceased to his wife:—" My dear Wife,—When you read these lines the individual who writes them will have taken the liberty of taking a view of the future state of society. Igo to see my mother. You remain to look after the boy. God 7111 raise up for you what I wanted—friends. God will protect you: See how wrong you were when you said I had not the courage to commit the act I, hinted to you. I believe i now what Shakespeare says, that there s method in madness. Farewell to this world! Since our javenil e days, since first love has ripened into manhood's devotion, and the love of my childhood has become manhood's affection, I have been yours; but I now constitute myself a judge of the Divorce Court, and mow leave you. With Eugene Aram I have followed reason, and not vice; my faults are from the head, and lot from the heart. Be sure to bring up the boy in Strong feeling of religion ; that I neglected. At the caffee-honse sn Tooley street will be found the brown portmanteau, and in that the few things I have are conbainud. In, my pocket will be found the key.—"
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-07-23 (London, England)

SUICIDE OF A MAN UPON HIS MOTFIER'S °RAVE IN NUNITEAD CEMETERY.—A suicide of a character difficult, perhaps, to parallel in this coma*, took place on Thursday evening, between the hours of seven and eight' O'clock on a grave inNunhead Cemetery. It appears that at the hour question two ladies, who wernwalking in the most beautiful part of the grounds, came upon kgentlemanly 'dressed man of about twenty-five or thirty years Of age, who Was 'writhing in agony upon the turf over a newlymade grave. Noticing that he was, ashy pale, and that a bottle was by his side,, they immediately went tO the gate.-porter, and - gave an alarm. Medical aid was instantly sent for, and three surgeons lifere. upon • the spot in a few minutes. Every remedy was ,applie4, 'with a view to save his life, but unfortunately without avail, and he expired in great suffering in less than a quarter of an hour after he was found. He was dressed in a brown overcoat, light trousers, and striped waistcoat, and he wore gold' studs and a pin.' His • lifeleis body was conveyed in a cab to the dead-house' of the local workhouse. The grave upon which the deceased was found was that of a Mrs. Twist, aged 56 years, recently buried.' In the pocket of the deceased was found a handkerchief marked with the name. -".J. W. Twist," and also two certificates which showed that he was a steward on boardan:ocean steamer. The deceased's mother had only been interred on the 'previous day,, and when deceased was found on her grave he appeared to be suffering from intense grief as well as physical pain. It is believed that the poison with which the unhappy man put an end to his existence was potash. Owing to the singular circumstances attending the suicide large crowds assembled almost immediately in the vicinity of the cemetery and accompanied the body of the deceased to the dead-house. When the fact gained general_ currency that a man of dark complexion, and about 5 feet 8 inches in height, had been found dying from poison in the Cemetery, the rumour speedily got abroad that he was the missing murderer of Mr. Briggs in the railway carriage near Bow. Intense excitement was created in the district in consequence. On Friday morning, at one o'clock,an inspector of the metropolitan police rode devil with all speed to the spot to institute inquiries;. but.. statement of the facts concerning the deceased showed that the rumour, thougb plausible, was wholly groundless., • •  alit 110 Nitwit.  A MILITARY DEFINITION OF A ling.—A report at head quarters. When is a black dog not a black dog ?-.-.When it's a.. greyhound. "That's a moving sight," as the stage coachman said  of the railway train. • "I feel rather dull to-day," as the razor said, after it  bad been used to cut corns.  A