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The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1874-08-22 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

THE ME H.:3ET. —About ten ectlock on Saturday night as the ferry boat Heather was proceeding from New Brighton to Liverpoll, and when in mid-river, one of the paisengers. a young woman, jumped 4), erboard. It we= pitch dark, and ,he steamer wa= getting on rapidlv. The murcent the alarm was given, Myerhotare Dixon, a member of the crew, leaped into the wirter and reseed the girl iti=t• a= she was sinkimr probably for the last tine. She waa taken to the Receiving House, where sbe received every a.ttentinh, and though very much exteimored, wit, soon hrongat round." She said her name woe Elir=beth Reed, end that she was a =errant to Colotta; Dixon, Wood. land =, Birkenhead but gave no res,an fore ttempting to commit suicide.  DISIIIII66DIG RAILWAY ACCIDICIT —On Saturday afternoon a railway accident of a painful nature happened at Box Station. on the Great Western way. A pui iic path rui:s acroaa an e‘rimetve yard wt..eze the well-known Box-hill atone h. placed in depot. Two claild..en, ired re4pe.atieely 10 and 1, erverd *be yard in order to meet their parent., who had gope to Bath for marketing purpoiteeThe child!, n walked aero.s the main line. and the el.leat, agirl, wfis ong,tl4 i in lifting her little brother on t l t al, wh,n the ti,e rain from 4 th.cot,h the stat.on it, way to •h. iri: a,t &ova arid 111.1--.1 ..••:. in t.e..) and her i,.ly - . 4:- 'T •:, trvelia,,,:. Ohm younger e,1:.,.: • • .1.41 genera! hi .1 Ler a , f.otn*,:fht nao a yonifg lo•lrrie,l womin, ron eing at . :averF.fe, left i,er h in her hons, takirg o-rth h-r a 4...r:ze :11111/ or Both re' -orn.i .0 NIALCtw d.ASine.. by the last train from P.:di...t00-Th. A lo r.- r,aintrot people were at th" r•ti:w.y ,ntion, hAr eg hoceine 1 uSwrl that. the debar! 'lent-. were el, pe,ted; ari.4 on tispir their app.,arit,... they were N. 1,1,10,1 to no A-entle tre.itin,•nt. 11.4 was freely ',eel, aril the groanm and hi...a=uut.utvthe crowd as they be pair ta h•ta..... were lend an.! pn. i. Tnf f rue• g robbish were thrown at •ho ,I,or of •1,-, *R oce d of the wirAnT.4 was ),rok.in in the ,li.t,rit •711..1. Otte or two factories the ,-,roirr'n and as the w,e,er, ye..l to ;mid fro. thnir meals they gather. 4 in front of the bonne to gird vent to their feelings in a series of i,rroans LD yells. The police kid to keep a watch near the pace to prove:it aaty serious naasosroo.
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1874-10-24 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

RAW. J. W. King, the owner of Apology, meat, as he was not to have a -knife.' eteijeet. has addressed the following letter to the Bishop of : die, in the morning, Dent Peeved bibs 'eletle Lincoln breakfast and a chop, giving him a • knife: • 'lre' Ashby-de-la- Teunde, letn October. I S7-le shortly afterwards left the room, and whilst he: My Lord,'—l observe with pain that your lord. was away Mr. Strong cut his throat, and inflicted ship has thought fit to publieh your last letter to so severe a wound that he died in a few days. myself. Your lordship is aware that I was unable afterwards. An inquest was held, but no criminal lat the time te reply in pereon, being disabled by neglect was then considered to be eetablielied an accident, which has confined use to my bed against Dent. The Lunacy Commissioners, hove, But the publication of your lordehip's letter coin. ever, resolved, in the public interest, to proceed pels me, Cl whatever cost, to do so. Permit me in the against Dent. The facts as to the violent be- first plus) to express my deep acknowledgment of haviour and death Of Mr. Strong were admitted the spirit which pervades your communication, an 4 by the defsndant, who, after the usual magisterial the kind expression it cemti ens, and to assure you; wilful I cauti n, said: 1 am entirely innocent of lordship that had your former litters been eimilae neglect. That I did leave the room when be had in character to this, you would have had no the knife I admit; but not knowing him to be of newel to complain of their receipt at my a suicidal tendency, and not receiving any positive hands; but your lordship must remember that they instructions, T consider that I am innocent —The contained simply legal threats amoanting to notice magistrates decided to send the case for trial at of proceedings, and left sue as an Angio-Sazon the assi7es, and the defendant was liberated on !whose ancestors laid down their lives to establish bail, the reformed Protestant religion) no alternative ex. cept the course I pursued, vTz., to refer your lordSHOCKING
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1874-08-08 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

PECULIARITIES OF STATESMANSHIP. It is perf,etly intelligible that either a long term of power or a long term of opposition should generate political habits of mead pecaliar to A statesman, long accustomed to command, is naturally impatient of restraint ; and one long accustomed to defeat may not always, when the tide turns, be able to realise his victory. All this is what we have a right to expect; and when we see leaders of Oppogition vrho cannot shake off the memories el office, or statesmen in office, who seem still to wear the yoke of Opposition, we should remember the excuses to be made for them, and cheerfully await the cure which time is certain to effect. In the present leader of the Opposition, however, there is, we fancy, some innate inaptitude for the part he is called upon to play cver and abov% that inability to realise his position which is clCinr4on to toot men when placed in similar situations. It is law ural enough that Mr. Gladstone should remember his Irish resolutions, when though out of office he was in power, and tail to measure with exactness the gulf which separates him new from what he was in 1t.014. Ile knows, of course, as a matter of fact, that he is now only at the head of a divided and mutinee, minority. But we can easily understand that he may still occasionally talk and act as if this were not the ease from sheer inability to shake off the habits of a lifetime. The reasons he assigned for coming forward to oppose the Public Worship Bill, and the style in which he moved his resolutions, are instances of what we mean. One might have supposed that he was Chatham coming down to the house if Lords to protest against the recognition of the colonies; or Mr. Pitt, at least, reterning, to the House of Commons to sepport the declaration of war. But all this may be attributable possibly to that unconscious exaggeration of his own strength which thirty years of political predominance are calctilated to suggest, and which would not by itself perhaps materially impair his usefulfulness as a leader of Opposition.—Stand4rd.  ANOTHER SUUMTM: FROM CLIFTON SUSPENSION Bninoc—A Bristol County Court bailiff on Sunday threw himself from Clifton suepeniaion bridge. This makes the eighth suicide from the bridge since 1961
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1877-01-26 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

BURIAL SCANDAL NEAR BARNSLEY. STRANGE SCENE TN A GRAVEYARD.  A somewhat strange scene has been enacted during this week at the village of Gawber, situate about a couple of miles from Barnsley. It appears that towards the close of last week a working man named George 'Merrill, residing at Gawkier, and employed at the Willow Bank Colliery, had the misfoi tune to lose his only chile, aged a little over eight moths. The death was made known to the icar of ill, parish. the Rev. J. G. Metcalf, with a view to hi- Interring the infant; but on his learning that it had net keen baptised, he infortm-d the parents that it could not have a buriai service either in the church or at the grave side. The paients at first decided to take the child to Barnsley and inter it in the unconsecrated portion of the cemetery, but ultimately application was wade to the Rev. J. F. T. Hallow., M.A., na-t, of the Barnsley Congregational Church, to conduct a service. That gent'. n.an agreed to do no, and the loan of the I'cited Methodist Free Church place of worship, at Barnsley, having hen oirained, a preliminary service was held there. The funeral cortege procee ied from the ehapel to the ehurch. The grave had been eiug cime to the east houm,ary wall. The whole of the um, tiers nroceeded to tegave; aril, whilst Mr. Ha. 'owes end friend took their pietas outside the churchrd torn a pi ivate road within e. couple of yards of the g vete. Here Mr. 11,1]owes proceeded to read the in isl nrvice, cominenidng, • `i Man that is born of comas," but DO 11,0 Del. had he uttered tin first word thon tho sexton infei Med him that he Trost not read tliire. Mr. lEl.llowes replied that he should read, and severely cautioned him against further int,rnotion during tiD3 service. The sexton laegi,n to fill up Vie grave hurriedly, and i',efore the well-known w " Ashes to ashes sect u-t to dust," hail been soaker thi grave wss half-full of earth. .ilr. tiallowes having rinished the Burial r:siivice, delivered a short address, In which Ire ridicn rd the idea of those who would place an noliaptised and harmless in the same category as these who cortanitte suicide, and whiist pointing mit I the fallacy of the doctrine held, he eautioneri the sexton against over interruptiwz such a SerVic, again.
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1877-09-21 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

ROMANTIC SUICIDE.  Unties highly romantie rirwurwittricer a student in Ike Labia Ltuarter of Paris is:si committed suicide. Th. young now, a radatto from tho island of Mautibia., whs.* perms is supprimuol out ot respect for tita fealisago hotiouralski family, became enmacula if. yarns woman wits stirred 89 a waitress ill a eato witiek his frequested. About a week ago he fought a auel with one of his companions on her aosount, and iv-maul/Ai his oppoasnt. The other mon:daft kr ontorod a bath OE the Boulevard S. Germain. As he soLuiaeol lorigsr Mum usual, an at.' tratimit went to see weal was wrong, and found him dead, lying ia a pool of bleat. The kaife with witek ha had opiassql an attory lay by his side. On a char was a bit of paper, on which was written— ' I do not ri.,grat life. Let my death serve as an oxampls to stk..,"  SHOCKING OCCURRENCE IN SOUTH sTAFFOIiDSHIILE.  The othor afteanooti, a Mall Wc.o name is at preseat unkaown, want te tha Po.t Office at Gornal, sad desired to send a below.= to his wife, who was stated to reside at Old Hill. He was without money, but offered his watch to p.ty the charge. This offer was, of oeisoo, refused. Its *Men stated that 110 bad boon gailar of a very shocking crime nauolk worse than murder. Iris conduct became so strange that a police-Oliver was seat los, wko found it accessary La fake chargo of him. The man was placed in a oonvoyance for tho purposo of being taken care of. While in the cart he beeanso very excited, and than appeared to weep. It was tken found that he had thrust his fingers into kis eyes, from which blood was flowing freely. The Isorrikle occurrence was the work of a minute. His heel was covesed over, and it was stated thah, with kis oyes partially out, ke prottonted a most shocking speciraclo. He was than so violent that it wire necessary to have his bends kaadeutfad behind him, to prevent him froin doing , fussier violence to himself. Subsequently ha was seea by Mr. Mouser, a magistvate, and on Dr. Bal-1 londea's rocommoadation, a certificate was made out foi his removal to a lunatic asylum.
The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1877-03-02 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

HUNGERFORD MURDERS.— The execution ot Henry and Francis George Tidbury, for the murder ef Inspector Drewitt and Police-constable Shorter, Is fixed for Monday, Msroh_l2.  LORD OULERID,E AND NICHT PnAciiivn.—At Dur• ham Amizes Lord Coleridge refueed the cAns of the prosecution in a night poaching ease near Darlington, observing that if the law proceed the ainuseinents of rich people rich people mow pay for he enforcement of the law.  M. Gounod is trying to tempt M. Onus, so long the leading haos of the Grand opera to return to the lyric stage in the Selle avert, and to uudertake the character of the .nook Joseph Carditeti Richelieu's right hand in the new opera "Cing Mart Grand Ecuyer de France."  SUICIDE OF A BANK CLICRIC AT Vitt,sEL, —A Bressels correspondent writes :—The clerk of the Union du Crkiit Batik who bad firs denoun,ed the frauds of Emerique and Vattde,n h.s col:moved duicide. The act is attributed to antioi,ftliceB whirl b had to suffer from the other cerko of the bank, who ere said to have sympathised with Enterique.  The new pad. of Crystal Palace plays will consist of draiuse found d upon well-n.neovehl, and will nclude adaptations ef Mies Bratti• 1-1 a" Lady Andley 's Secret, " :leery Ihmhar,' and " iurora Floyd.* Miss Edwardee's 'Ought We to ":" and Mrs.',lenry " East Lynn, ' Messrs. Oxenford, Tom Taylor, W. S. i'bert. C. S. Cheltnatn, and George Roberts are res),etive!y req.on.ib e for the versions.  LOSS ,IND 111•TOVERT Or £OOO,-- InfOrlllation Was given at the Vetropolitan Polict th.e..• the other morning of he loss of £131), si bank notes. It appears that an American gentleman, noted Chartes Akers, a shi owner, of New Yors, ott, tie list February, acceinpa,teti by his wife, w ni to he Bank of England, and receivA the proceed- of a citeque for .1:631111. in notes and gold. Tie re. es he plied in a pocket-book in the beast pocket of his coil-, ad the gold in A 000.11 bag. Subseitiently tie went to several estahlisbnients in the City and *es, -mid, and finally to the Latighsm Hotel, On reaching the latter place .he discovered the loss of his pocket-hot, which contained, in addition to the amount siated, many valuable papers and bonds ; but it was then too late to India I inquiries. Mean A-tile a c,tach an ti ,h-• employ of Mr. S. Hari, of New Bond street, ai wh, se establishment Mr. Akers had tittlied, discttvered the pocketsbook inside one of the carriages, and handed it to the manager, who, seeing the valuable nature of the contents, awaited inqtdries respecting it, and eventually restored it to the owner, Mr. Akers immediately rewarding the finder handsomely. AN
Widnes Examiner. — 1893-08-19 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

WOMAN AT RUNCORN. youth 'areed—u",'!!f-Past one on Monday afterna : was trnpist.ea'ndiarn Dw •er fitter's apprentice, 4lieltso'ni" en a yacht belonging to Messrs. Timmins a thrOlis, i, 8 Y'trd, when he saw a woman deliberately he eer.self into the Brid,g water Canal. Immediatelyit her ti,:e.eill into the wa.ter aft ere her, and he quickly brought e hank. She was pulled ashore by P.C. Sh ',ilea ~' 84muel Hendeeson both of whom and ka.m -CR, arid to,getlie; they rendered first aid, _ . ght theired wontan to consciousness. Dr. Brunue_u are_aienbul'The ts nn the scene d ordered the woman to her home. Wite'',7ved to be INirr. Hannah Gatley, aged 58 years; !tfter Lia„ 114 t man living in Thomas-street. An I.l,eand. Ol• t. J.',,?. taken home the unfortunate wpmanexphir the h„11' at, r . Worsley, the coroner, held an inquest o atZetid tit Town Hall on Tuesday afterno.oni-TTfbore -0 d• --led that l had been away on his a tt°Nit 4Ya• When lie althome, his wife was ins somet ~,n)071,..cti0 , a 1, atitte Which pee him some anxietV . within' ~14- never threatened to commit suitada—s,,rahe sdeeesse2o`ent St. John-street, a neighbour, said when the would til was brouglit home she (witness) thought!ti ' Wthalitt stlieeivoanada she sent for a minister who was praying ,‘ r rie,ted h•-ed avvay. Some time ago the deceased ~`tety. In ,er shoulder anfl since then she had beeen. er Iti-Ple andwit ' ~She vva.s 'a. clean and industrioukseehpols her h use tily uPset ' her that she could riot e0,.....1., l'lcl witness thought this was the cause of Were 'fit ttting suicide. The deceased and her husband .--The Coroner said the reason appear Zriditm ' aet advanced by the witness might app rat"riteii.teta.„.}iti: parsons of strong minds, hut have great rdiet- th Poe a weak linen et --The jury returned a ”, wotnan comme 'Q. il suicide while temporanty. kaCt.e.rie :..P?Y.le, !Wel meat', said the' bay Dwyer had heroic manner and wishel if it were Non 'lf ~, l' 110. should he recommended to the recogni' th w`uV !t e Humane Societv.—T Coroner thn9ght the thein, ),eservin2 of tli' from f e he highest commendation 16 2,otis dee ,11e doubted if the Humane Society would War ,„ a siAciet ri•tk to give him further recogn... i thto4 1:44.1111' n 4ot 4:3- "_.l,tititi it large nu mber of a PPIMInts and ''.) ell t is,-,., . vt Tr large income.—The Coroner then piry's ,spret.sion to Dwyer.
Widnes Examiner. — 1893-08-12 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

PATHETIC CASE. ' The Liverpool Coroner held an inquest on Thursday on the body of Jefferson Lowndes, aged 35. described as a private secretary, who lived with his mother at 152, Holland-road, Kensington' London. The deceased was discovered lying dead in his bedroom at noon, having apparently shot himself with a pistol which was found in his hand.—Mr. Elizabeth Dorothy Lowndes stated that she was the widow of a newspaper editor. The deceased was her son. He was blind in one eye and the other was veay much affected, and an oculist had told him that when he was fortp years of age he would be stone blind. During the past few weeks he had been greatly depressed. He was an M.A. of Oxford, and was a fully ordained clergyman, although he had not officiated for some years. His wife died in the West Indies twelve months after marriage, and this had also greatly affected him. Witness last saw him alive on the 4th inst., when be left London, and on the Bth she received a letter from him enclosing his will and a few bills which he asked her to pay. He said in the letter that he was going to Hustralia,ond that she would hear from him on landing. That same evening she received a telegram from the police in Liverpool stating that her son had committed suicide. Two letters found on the dressing table in the deceased's bedroom were read. The first was addressed to the manager of the hotel, and was as follows :—" August 8, 1893.—Dear sir,— On retiring to bed to-night at about twelve I found I was blind. I tried by means of matches, but could not see the light of them, though they burnt my fingers. I had intended to emigrate, sailing with a friend of mine this week ; but what use is a blind man in the colonies? If my sight is not all right in the morning I shall shoot myself. Communicate with my friends, 152, Holland-road, London, W. My name is J. Lowndes. I have enough to pay my bill. If there is any balance over send it to Mrs. Lowndes, 152, Holland-toad, London." The other letter was a follows :—" My dearest mother,—l have nearly gone blind. I cannot be a burden to you and family. I had intended to emigrate, but a blind man can do no good in the:colonies. 'rhere is nothing to be done ; but God bless you and forgive me.—Your loving son, J.L." The writing in both letters are very irregular, thus bearing out the Statement of the deceased as to hit blindness.— The jury returned a verdict of suicide whilst labouring under temporary insanity.
Widnes Examiner. — 1893-07-08 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

LABOUR CONDITIONS AT 1)1111-C  DOCKYARD. iti dip° In the House of Commons, on Monds3.tf 0-00, Mr. J. K. Hardie, who asked a long lc serien, iglln ftettd° o tt° with reference to the case of Edward rlocad mitted suicide after having been dinc,,l3,4,,erPrtgl,treell , victualling yard at Deptford. —Mr."t3 • lengthy statement made by Mr. G. to Messrs. Holloway, Government contrac"-„untri'loce":, be said that he could find no rule in the -r,oetaso ill'. RI) man ever sixty-five years of age wss to.to, so fe 0; though lw had been under the belief that * uot et pc' case. Pluck was very infirm, and it 'A'n'qrsero!'eA',4l,V send him up a ladder. Harvey did not reot 9 lug said—but he would not say h 0"0 iftl. ' e 11, e " his governor ' meant to SCharge a" ow iti•l-oeffti signed a petition." The pledge given that no workmen should suffer by reio,°'Bolgr ered • legitimate complaint referred (said the Admiralty's own workmen, and Ilau h but the Admiraltyhad nothing to do with tto ai ;l c,9 Cr ,c 11. workmen. The rate of payment t°lllPrith '`IV contract was from Bid. to Sid. per hour., forl3; 4,01 , tional lid. for superior workmen. Thent,:tes o,lo°f et'. varied from eta. to 51d. per hour, I,otVi:e silly t. 0 ,vol • . ject to a reduction of 311 per cent. by the contractor tolls men varied frneutly,e orelj week for 53i hours, and the men were oillrilst 103;014 , , -and discharged by him. The question 0, ments could be made in the arrangettlenuoneocoill:or and other establishments was now being the i'lltirao,"t,i committee.—Mr. Hardie asked whether the did not think the dismissal of the !Tient)/ tr3ctfartfoc:oo.'. was ground for the dismissal of Robert con should continue to he employed in thin Robertson replied that the() ue7tion ,' . whethe ..ecti a matter for consideration. i f Ped. 61' osni4 ° 0)0100'
Widnes Examiner. — 1876-10-21 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

SALE GENTLEMAN KILLED AT MANCEESTEB.—An inquest was held on Monday, by the Mancuester city ' no, ouer, on the body ot Mr. Fleury Stevenson, a gentleman, residing lately at Holly Bank, Sale. fin Wed. nesday, the Iltu inst., deceaaed was crossing Marketstreet, when he was knocked down by a railway van driven by a youth in the employments o. the M inches, ter South Junction and Altrincuain Railway Company. The deceased's head came in contact w th the ground, and he sustained a severe fracture of the skull, accompanied by laceration of the brain, from whion he died on Saturday, in the Royal Infirmary. It wis stated that the driver of the van was a perfectly corn etent one, and was not driving recklessly.—A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. A litracour army:sax IN Roata.—The Rev. W. Preston, vicar of Holy Trinity, Runcorn, who has recently returned from Rome, delivered a lotus upon (us " ilambles in Rome," before the Trinity Young M nes Christian Association, Runcorn, on Friday evening, Mr. Firth presiding. The lecturer after describing the ancient hismiio .1 beauties of the city itself dwelt upon the present aspec; of the vatican which the rev. rzentleman visited. He said, it has 20 courts, and 11,000 halls, with elegant grounds. The rope, though IthertY to go where tie please, retaioa himself here, to make the ere .ul ,us believe he is a badly used prig mar. Here in Augelo's "List Juignient," dud itapnaers"Transfigur,..t on" are the gems. Tide in. sciiptions on tablets by early Christians, and brougut from the Catacombs are instructive. He noticed on ,heAe tenets a nialkad absence of the sign of tie arms. The 'emote throughout was very instructive, and heartily appreciated. STIICIDE OP Ilmin BY Dvicalarra.—ln the annals of suicide 'few .C 38013 are more remarkable than one which occurred a few days sg.) at Nitehill, in Scotiaud, where a miner namcd Dunc.n deli )erately blew himelf up with dynamite. It seems that the unfortunate man, who was about 60 years of age. Wha much diatreEsed at some remarks wade about him by.i, is neighb.mrs. On Monday afternoon he was seen coming out if his hou,e with a parcel in his hand, nescribed as bei.g about, the viz 3 of a 21b. loaf, and to which were Itachei two pieces of colliers' "strum" or naltoa. this parcel contained dynamite. Hay.ng procured a match from a neighbour, to whom he remarked that 'they had said a great deal of min lately, but he would Plu it past them now," Duncan went out into the street, and putting the parcel down on the ground, leaned well over it. He then lighted the "strum" with the match. At this moment, some bop, attracted by his unusual attitude, came towards him. 'Keep back,' shouted Duncan, for the love of God! or you will be blown into eternity!" Thus adjured, the boys did keep back ; and it was well for them that they did so, for a moment later there was a loud exploeion, which startled the whole village, and Duncan was taneously blown to atoms. On the spot where the dynamite had been laid there was left a hole about • three feet deep by two and a half wide. Pall Atoll Gazette,