The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1844-12-03 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.—Perhaps one of the mosfecting suicidal tragedies that has happened in the owl; polis for many years occurred on Monday at a very ea% hour. a t .e dwelling of a Mr. Duckett, an accountas No. 9. Raven-row. Mile-end, viz., the self desttuctionl Charles Win. Duckett, treed 21, son, and Elizabeth w.y. keonuonwenpteorhsoatvise qwuhaorrehlalrede .faol lennsuansdaacvnafittreernb Hams, aged 22, lovers, from the effects of prussic:o%s It appears that for upwards of nine years the unfoitone'n hands were closely attached to each other, and were need tea at Mr. Duckett's house, and took their departure st about half-past five o'clock, at the same time stating tb:,l they were going to church ; at which period they seetnea in excellent spirits. The evening wore on, and Oess.o o'clock having arrived, the usual time for their feud, having passed, the family became somewhat &arta Soon afterwards two brothers of the ill-fated girl Mr. Duckett, and inquired if his son or their sister b:be been seen, she having not made her appearance, "Ddhad lateness of, the hour induced them to think that they met with some accident. Unpleasant feelings (451%0 were then felt by all. Messengers were despateheu.o, round the vicinity in search of them, but without I'o At last, between one and two o'clock, whilst Mr. 'nog was searching about the house, in the hope of 110 ne, some letter which would mention where they were 80 t"he he discovered that his son's bed-room was fastened °,lltbat inside, the key being in the door. It being surmised to ::onthtehiery:Drt he had returned unknown to the family, and oneretiree rest, the door was broken open, and there, perhaps,' so of the most saddening scenes that could be imaginealo presented to a parent. The bodies of the young CO— ite were stretched on the bed, life having been extinct sPleitie rently for some time, with their arms round each neck. Cups were found on each of their sides, tel• smelt of prussic acid, as also two bottles on the rellyip piece, which had contained that deadly poison- Sept Deere, a surgeon of Mile-end-road, was promptly that for, who pronounced them to have expired frornost effective poison. As the bodies lay, i t apars committedtey roe have sat on the end of the bed when theyaori act, and fallen back. The poor girl's features were be prepossessing. "It is our last wish that this letter 00f delivered into the hands of the above lady. Such °they final request, and whosoever may find this, we PriY The may give -the same to her."—E. W., C. U. D. oorch handwriting is that of the young man, and displays firmness, being clear in the extreme. The borders was apparently been inked by one of them ; the sealed with black wax, with the follow "'trolled " Absence pains hut cannot altar." No idea can be °ontoby the families of the deceased of the cause of the foible occurrence. Their parents move in the m,',o ranks of society. The letter addressed to Miss ChaP':,,f, was found to contain-two ep'stles both addressed to he One was a piece of -poetry in twenty-four verses. ,titerr title is, "The Last Lay of Two Broken Ileart ; ,!,I,lthat and composed by C. U. D." The letter statess,„ld be ere she (Miss C.) had received that epistle they swt,'7,o ID in the sweet sleep of death. Fate had marred hi or this world. He was prepared to leave it, and J.rt whom he had lived had told him, ' If you die witb)n tidy you will be my murderer,' and to use the words Jane Grey, 'Death had no terrors.' " Both produ ion' had deep black borders round ahem, lettet