Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1884-05-31 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

SUICIDE OF THE DEAN OF BANGOR. he Very Rev. H T. Edwards, Dean of Bangor, Wake, has committed suicide by hanging. The dean had for the previous week been staying with his brother, the vicer of Ituabon. and had for some rime past been suffering front failing health and great mental prostration. During the week he apparently somewhat recovered. bet always es emed as though he had something on his mind. Ile retired to rest as uses' at night, and at six o'clock the following morning was eeen all right by one of the ser . ants. At breakfaat time, however, the dean not making Ids usual appearance, his brother, the vicar, went op to his bedchamber, and tonna. to his nttet dismay his I other thapended by the side of the bed. The bedstead was a half tester, and the strap of hie port. manteau had been plaeed around one side of the half. test, and secured, while the poor suicide hong from a nom at the all. end. He seas immediate!, taken down, medical assistance wan at once called *and for o considerable time strenuous efforts were mule to restore life. bat without avail. The sad news was received throughout the Principality on Saturday with profound consternation and grief, the dean being held in high esteem by both Churchmen and Nonconformists. The dean has Veen enable to ;teach or conduct services for the !test eix months, having been suffering from general debility. He had recently returned from a long cruise in the Mediterranean, but had derived little benefit from the journey, and a little time before his death he had expressed the belief that he would never recover from his protracted illness. Funeral services were conducted at Ruabon parish church the nest day (,unday by the Rev G. T. Birch and the Rev. T. Jones. The prayers of the congregation were earnestly implored on behalf of the relatives and :fiends, and at the close of the morning service the tiny.'! homes Jones, curate, an intimate to lussintance of the deceased, standing upon tba altar crept, said he felt it was his peinful duty to make brief reference to the sad event of which their hearts were all so full. On the next Sunday they hoped to es. press themselves at greater length upon the precious life which othy on the previous day left their midst no unexpectedly and under such mournful circumstances. All who knew the late deau, whether personally or by repeltailors, must have had the greatest admiration for him. His public career was of an unusually successful character ; he was richly qualified for the nacred calling which been heartily loved and so faithfully followed, and his vast mind and honest heart were always employed in furthering the cause of his DM.. Master and the intellectual condition of his fellow countrymen. In his death the Church h •d lost one of the brightest ornaments that had ever adorned her. In his death Wales had lost nun of the greitest men she had ever produces!, and his name would appear on the roll of fame until time should be no more. Their loss, however, would be his gain ; he had gone from a world of consuming toil and wasting worry to the happy mansions of God's departed Sumter he bad ascended into the preeence of that God whose attributes he labonrol to diligently to unfold, and his soul had gone to that dear Redeemer whose atoning life and death he had set forth with such faith and boldness. We might go to him, but he should not return to us. He was ad eminent non of prayer, which he the preacher) believed was the ecret of his great success in the daya of hie health, and strength, and he used to spend one hour every morning on his knees. Let them implore the bless. lug of Heaven upon the dear little orphans and sorrowing relatives left to mourn this irreparable lose. Thecongregation then remained some minutes in silent prayer, after which the Dead March in "Saul " was played by the organist. Pulpit references to the sad event were also made in other parts of Wales, particularly at Cardiff. where the dean was well known. The Very Rev. Henry Thomas ledwards, MA., woe the son of the Rev. W. Edwards, vicar of Llangollen. Isle was born in 1837, and married first a daughter of Mr. David Davis, Maesyllysion ; and secondly a daughter Of Mr. John Jonea, of Treanne. He was vicar of Aberdare from 1866 to leg'', nodal Carnervon from Dees to lesTd, when he was appointed Dean of Bangor. He was the author of "The Victorious I.ife," " The Church of the Cyenrv; "The Exile and Return," and other works. l'ntil his recent illness he mesa very active preacher, end woe very popular in all porno of the Principality, being considered one of the most eloquent apeakera consented with the Welsh Church.  Tan General Council of Medical Education have recently missed a resolution including the limp°. !dens xamination of St!David's College. Lempeter, in the list of Preliminary Examination recognised by the Council,  AT llomsey, near Salisbury, a woman named Fanny Ondman recently committad suicide the morning after she was married. Her husband left her in pretty good apirits, but on retaceing to his dinner could not gain admittance. Looking through the keyhole, he saw the key won on the inside, and entered by the window, and after searching all the rooms without success, he went into the pantry, and there found her hanging from a nail with a nerd twice round her neck. When cut down she was not cold, bat life was extinct. She had told her husband that her grandmother bad commis. d suicide, but Mrs. Ondruan had never spoken of taking her own life.  lita muter dyers of Bradford have propoged to the men to give the 10 per cent. advance demanded front August 1 next ; but the hands insi•ton the in,reane being made at once, and the strike therefOre still continuos.