The Daily Times. — 1860-06-27 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SHOCKING SUICIDE, AT WHEXHAM.-.4011 Sunday, a :fine young man named George Broster, late an assistant in the _Messrs. Overton and Painter's _spirit vaults at ..,,,-Nrexham, committed suicide under singular circumstances. „Just before twelve, he came down from his , bedroom, and, after filling a glass with cold water, 'went into ,a shoemaker's shop, and it is supposed ate a quantity of •oxalic acid, . drinking the''water to wash itdown.. He returned- to his bedroom, . and in about- a minute afterwards the report of a gun was heard. Assistance was soon on the spot, but it was - some time before the room door could be burst open. He was found Vine, on hie' back, and apparently S;affer-S-ing.mach_pain. After gettiag him on the bed,- questions were put to him as to the pause of the act: He was asked whether he had done it- purposely, to which he replied, "Of course I did." An inquest was held on IVlonday, and the jury returned a verdict to the effect • that "The deceased had died from the effects_ of a gune • shot by his ow' bemd, but there Irrte—no show the state of his mind- at the time." The deceased vial a native of. Waverton, Cheshire. . s - ..• CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL BUILDING Last evening the annual meeting of this society was held at Great George-street Congregational Chapel, Mr. John ; Crossley in the chair. - After prayer, the cChairman, in bis opening, remarks, announced that the,society included , the whole of England and,Wales, with the exception of eLondon, Lancashire and. Liverpool, where independent societies were in existence., The Lancashire-society had • . erected twenty .places 'of worship ; " the Lpndon society - Lad-been of, ..great service ; what the Liverpool society - bad accomplished he had no means of knowing.. The .* Vaterlish Congregational Society- 'had 'assisted . in. the erection of a hundred and twenty chapels in • ills Behaving advanced £25,000 ,for that, purpose, - whiles ,the total cost of. the chapels amounted to .£150,000 • • exclusive of the cost,of the land.—The Rev. J. 0. Gal. loway, the secretary of the society, read a:lengthy report ••• of the labours of the society, from which it appeared . • that the funds were in a very satisfactory states—The - Chairman explained that. interest, was - not charged . on the money advanced, and. was repayable in . five yearly instalments. After the treasurer_ had read the statement of the accounts, the report was. passed on. the motion of the treasurer, seconded by the Rev. George__ Smith, of Lendon. Several other ministers. * addressed the congregation, and the meeting'terminated ▪ • •with-the usual compliment to the chairman. • CORONER'S Coon-es—Yesterday the borough coroner held the following inquests :—On the • bedy:of James Bonwell, two months old. The child was overlain in . bed, and a-verdict in accordance was retorned.—On the _ body•of George-M'Cormick, six weeks old, who.diedin: a similar manner to the above, and a like verdict was -.• returned.—On the body of Isaiah Plant, .seven years e. • old, the son of a boiler maker, who lives'in"Bentincki: 'street. The lad- got out from his father on Sunday • night, and went to the fire- that was •in Fulton-street, and. got run over'by a'cart that had some -ladders on it,and-was so much injured that he died.. * There;was no' "blame 'attached to any one, and the .jury returned • verdict of accidental death.—On. , the; .body. of John Larkin, a labourer, twenty-four years• of, age, who lived at 17, Newhall, who died.- on Monday at the Southern Hospital. It apPeared that the • deceased 'was out on Saturday night drinking, and. ;abed half-past three •on Sunday morning he was • .seen by a man named McDonald at the corner of Great • George's-street, along with a man named Patrick Kelly, apparently quarrelling ; Kelly made a blow *at the -deceased behind his back,- and threw him down- on the edge of .the footway, and deceased's head came with great force on the edge of the kirbstone, when he became -insensible, and was taken to the Southern Hospital. The statement of the witness was corroborated by. another man named Gardner..." Surgeon. =Downs, of the: Southern Hospital, said the deceased died in consequence • of extensive fracture of the skull, the result .of external • violence. • The Coroner in charging the jury said there was no doubt, this was a ease of manslaughter, and the - jury returned a verdict' of "Ma slaughter" against and• the Coroner issued a warrant - for his arrest, ; ▪ PL. es he half at present abseonded. e eiteteee.SELxcer