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The Manchester Examiner. — 1848-08-05 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

SINGULAR- SUICIDE NEAR COLEFORD.—An extraordinary instance of a most determined act of suicide occurred at Joyford, about two miles from Coleford. It appears that the deceased, Elizabeth Jones, aged-3, went from her house at Lydbrook, on Sunday, to pay a visit to her mother and brother, who reside in the same house at Joyford.- About four o'clock in the morning of Monday, the deceased got up from her -bed, which was in the same room with er mother. The latter heard her daughter rise; but, think g At„ she was going to a neighbour, thought nothhiTh, o ' and fell to sleep again. The sister-in-law of thrdeNtsed. on rising, not finding her at home, and seeing sotne Iv her clothes left in the kitchen, made search for her, when she was shortly after found in a corner of the garden, about forty yards from the house, nearly naked, havire, on only her stockings, one shoe, and a petticoat tied round her waist, weltering in her blood on a patch of corn that was growing in the garden. Upon examining her body, a large gash, about three inches long, and cut in to the . depth of the bone, was observed on the anterior part of the . left arm, in the bend of the elbow, exposing the ends of the divided arteries and veins, which appeared to be cut by a sharp weapon. Blood was found at a distance front her person about four yards, and from its appearance on the ground, it is evident that immediately on the intision being wade, must have spurted out in a jet to that distance. laA sharp razor was found by her side covered with blodd. It appears that the deceasktl has been in • a destmud_ in state ever since her .husband died, about five kuntha , ago, and this circumstance, combined with oil compelled to relinquish a lodge near, Mitcheld o 1 account of his death, preyed- on her • mind so much that she . frequently expressed to her relatives and friends her apprehension of becoming. an inmate of the workhouse. She had a little property .at Lydbrook, and X 55. 15s. were found in her pocket,. which she left on her bed. She attempted to destroy herself on the Saturday before this tragedy took place. She had received every encouragement from her SOD, who is a respectable tradesman at Coleford, during her melancholy state. He was thrown into tits upon hearing the lamentable tale, and is still very ill. An inquisition was held upon the body before J. Barnett, Esq. of Chel. tenhatn, at the Angel Hotel, Coleford, on Tuesday, when, after hearing the evidence; the jury were some time coining to a verdict, it having arisen amongst them that the deceased might have committed this singular act in a state of somnambulism. 'At length, however, they came to the conclusion, " That the deceased committed self-destruction in a fit of temporary insanity."—Hereford Journal. ADVANTAGE or
The Manchester Examiner. — 1848-07-15 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

FRANCE, GERMANY, AND ITALY.  The chaos of European Revolution seems at last on the point of shaping itself into settled form; and already, athwart the painful dissonance of angry debate, and the still more painful noise of musketry and cannon vollies, we fancy that we begin to catch, in faint but welcome tones, the music of returning order. It is not for the sake of France alone that the political observer is disposed to hail the accession of CAVAIGNAC and his brother Generals to power. Hopeful as is the spectacle which that great country offers under its present aspect,—that, namely, of liberty consolidated and secured by the very weapon which has hitherto been the obedient slave and tool of despotism,—those who know Europe and the boundless influence which France exerts on it, may well be excused if, in the beneficent results which such a state of things will bring to the whole continent, they forget the advantages that France herself must reap from the restoration of order. It was natural that LAMARTINE should declare, from the eminence to which the barricades of February raised him for the moment, —it was natural that he should declare to surrounding countries his willingness to leave them at peace, if they did not assault him. As we remarked at the time, a contrary policy, on the part of LAMARTINE, would have been an act of suicide;  little chance would he have had of retaining power, if he had unsheathed a sword which he must have left to other hands to wield; and for the success of which, if successful, he could have claimed no reward. But it was feared, and justly feared, that however it might be with LAMARTINE and his colleagues, the revolutionary zeal of the French people, the military ardour of the French soldiery would lead to an attempted repetition of the brilliant drama which exhibited in its course the elevation of a Corsican SubLieutenant of Artillery to rule an empire vaster than
The Manchester Examiner. — 1848-02-15 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE.—On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held before Charles Hudson, Esq. on view of the body of Mr. George Lees, late manager at the Spring Bank Mill, who committed suicide by drinking three gills of French brandy, on Saturday morning. The particulars of the case will be found in the evidence of Dr. Rayner, given at the inquest, which was nearly as follows :—I attended the deceased for the last few weeks. Last night he sent a message to my house, stating that he wished to see me either that night or the following morning. This morning I went to his house about half-past nine, and after waiting half an hour, I went to the garden behind the house, and finding the gate locked, I returned and informed Mrs. Lees, who then accompanied me to the garden. I got over the gate, and went to the summerhouse, the door of which was also locked. I looked in at the side window, and saw him lying with his head leaning on his chest, apparently lifeless. I sent for his nephew, and on his arrival we burst open the door. The key of the garden-gate and the key of the garden-house were in his pocket. Lying on a little table beside him was a razor case open; the razors were in but shut. A strong rope was round his body, but not tightly. An empty bottle, like a champagne bottle, was lying in one corner of the house, and smelled of brandy. On raising him up, almost a teacupful of pure brandy ran from his mouth. He was cold, and had been dead for some time. There was no mark of a rope. I saw him a fortnight ago, in a very depressed state. On the following Monday I saw him, and he told me an ounce of something out of the surgery would cure him. I asked him what he meant, and talked to him seriously on the subject. During the last five or six weeks he has lost 40th or DM in consequence of the disturbed state of his mind. 1 am of opinion that he has drank the brandy, which has produced death from apoplexy. I don't think he was in a sane state of mind, but did not think it was necessary to put him under restraint. From the statement of the servant it appears that the deceased rose about seven in the morning, and went out the last time between eight and nine o'clock. From the evidence of his nephew, Mr. W. Ashton, it appears that the mind of the deceased was unsettled. He asked witness to procure him a pistol, a bullet, and some powder, and said he would drink a bottle of brandy. He had been discharged from his situation on account of a dispute with his employers. Verdict: "Suicide, being at the time of insane mind."
The Manchester Examiner. — 1848-02-12 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

THE CONVICT ESTABLISHMENT AT WOOLWICH. —A day or two since, a convict, belonging to the Just itia convict hulk, at Woolwich, named Warren, who had been removed from Millbank about a fortnight since, attempted to perform a feat which bears sonit, analogy to that of Leander, of classic memory, on the Hellespont. A number, of female convicts had been brought dowst frym Mi4lbank, for removal on board the Eliza, and Henry, a Direetransport ship, lying off the Royal Arsenal, and amongst them was a female with whom Warren had formerly cohabited. The prospect of thirteen thousand miles between him and his "hero" waS too much for the poor fellow, and, after one or two longing, lingering looks at the vessel, he sprang from the deck of the Jll5l jib, a height of between thirty and forty feet, and plunged int, the stream. From his powers as a swimmer there is no doubt he would haie reached the ElizaandHenry; but aboat, rowed by another convict, named Fletcher, pursued him, and he was brought back to the hulk, to endure a separation which must last ten or seven years, the period for which his " ladye love" and himself are respectively sentenced.—On Monday morning a Savage attack was made on a guard of the Justitia, named Daniel Fraser, by a half-witted convict, named Joseph Craig. The cause of the outrage has not transpired, but the guard was struck and knocked down by the prisoner, who afterwards kicked and jumped upon him, and had it not been for the assistance of some prisoners standing by, the conse• quences might have proved serious.—A convict, named William Wrenshaw, who was placed in solitary confinement for an assault on Quartermaster Knowles, attempted.to commit suicide on Sunday by strangulation. He had tied one end of his handkerchief to his arm and the other end round his throat, and it was with some difficulty that Mr. Blyth, the assistant-surgeon, succeeded in restoring animation.
The Manchester Examiner. — 1848-02-12 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—At the petty sessions, yesterday, before Messrs. ,Richard Ashton and Joshua Knowles, magistrates, a single Irishwoman, aged 31 years, named Catherine Butler, was placed in the dock under the following circumstances :-It, appeared by the evidence that she had resided in Bury and the neighbourhood for the last tweuty-seven years; upwards of five of which she had been residing at WahnersleyeumShuttleWtirth. She had been in a poor state of health,and had had very little work, for the last twelve months. On Thursday week she went to Mr. Thompson, overseer of Walmersley. He gave hr Is. and told her to go to the relieving officer, Mr. Ramsbottom, who gave relief at his office, Paradise-street, Bury. At noon, on Thursday last, she went to the relieving officer who offered her Is. and said he would pass her over to Ireland. She left the office, and refused to take the money. In the afternoon of the same day, a man named Farrel saw her Jump into the canal at Barlow Bridge. He got assistance,and pulled her out of the water. On asking her why she had acted as above, she told him the relieving officer had used provoking language to her, and she could not bear it before so many persons. On being asked by the bench whether or not she would offend again in a similar manner, she refused to promise, and was ordered to find sureties. In default of bail, she was committed.  of sudden distress and sickness the 'relieving and medical officers of the district in which they occurred should attend to•them, and afterwards remove the parties to . their own districts.—After a remark from Mr. Blackburn as to the restriction of the qualification of medical officers, associated with the fact of such officers delegating their duties to assistants, the resolution was unanimously passed. SUDDEN DEATn.—On Saturday last, Mr. James Smith Clarke, deputy coroner of Rochdale, held an inquest at the Railway Inn, Manchester-street, relative to the death of William Jackson, a carter. On Wednesday evening, the deceased went to bed apparently in good health, but about half-past five o'clock the following morning, his wife heard him groaning, and rendered immediate assistance, but before any medical attendance could be procured, the man had ceased to exist. He aeemed to have been suffering from a depression of spirits for some 'days. The deceased was thirtythree years of age, and has left a wife and three children. Verdict, death from natural causes.
The Manchester Examiner. — 1848-10-10 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

SUSPECTED ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.--It 15 our province this week to have to record an occurrence of an exceedingly painful character, which took place in Sheffield, on Wednesday last, and has since formed the subject of conversation among the commercial circles of the town. From what we have been able to gather of the facts, it appears that, on Wednesday last, two young men, named Thomas and William Ryalls, natives of Sheffield, offered-for sale to a silversmith at Liverpool, the large quantity of 370 ounces of silver, stating that they had received it from their father, who was in business at Sheffield, and who had had it consigned to him from Montreal. The party declined purchasing the silver, and from some suspicions which were excited in his mind, by the conversation he had had with the young men, he communicated immediately with the police, and furnished them with the address given by the young men. An officer, who was immediately dispatched from Liverpool to investigate the matter, arrived in Sheffield late the same night. After pursuing his inquiries to a certain length, the circumstances seemed to warrant a search being made in the house of Mr. Ryalls, the father of the young men who had offered the silver for sale ini,Liverpool, and who held the responsible appointment of clerk in the warehouse of Messrs. Roberts, Smith, and Company, of Eyre-street, silver platers. Mr. Ryalls was at home when the Liverpool officer, accompanied by one of the officers of the borough police, visited his house. On search being made, a considerable quantity of silver in scraps was discovered, and Mr. Ryalls was charged with having abused the trust reposed in him, and stolen this, turgether with 370 ounces of silver which had been offeyedfo sale at Liverpool by his sons, from the warehouse of The oif his employers. The charge was indignantly denied by.h search was continued, a police officer in the meannmereremasina-t ing in the room with Mr. Ryalls, who continued to repeat his protestations of innocence. He wasn. obsnieherra:pd ibeeewd.snbiflecy:oeant:ittblelidddee officer suddenly to open the blade of a had taken from his pocket, and e mgd befborfeoprl li wound ienshthepeuf neck. Surgical suspected, made a desperate atitemettiateocloy seized, mmltsuscide by cutting his throat. He w the esekvenriefe, ttbaoknengbfrsolomt dangerous e ouut. s not w_ o assistance was immediately bprocured, and it was ascertained that no danger was e apprehended from the wound. Mr. 'vans was, however, afterwards seized with a severe attack of delirium tremens, and was not yesterday evening considered out of danger. An officer of the police remained in the house. We understand that Mr. Ryalls has been in the employ of Messrs. Roberts, Smiths and Co. from a very early age. He was taken from the Charity School by the late S. Roberts, Esq. in whose estimation he always had a high place. For many years, Mr. Ryalls has enjoyed the confidence of his employers, and his office under them was one of great trust. —Sheffield Independent.
The Manchester Examiner. — 1848-10-10 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

THEATRE ROYAL.— On Saturday evening, Sonnambula was performed for the last time. There Was dn, aebvlee ; house, and Mr. Reeves sung in his very best style. Last. night, Bellini's grand opera of The Puritans was given for unfavourable,t he benefi benefit of thMissere Rwaaia a n f o fairr t h , andtile house.thou Nlgrs ech o aret flie sorryw Arthure weather had tora dw sayat o that, s ewrs in at, consequence,owing tto illness,th nutth Alr: we tanu Beevesun understand, as been made to supply his place, be left out. Of course, under such circumstances, any criticism would be unfair. We must, however, compliment Miss Rainforth upon the splendid manner in which she Messrs.øis esrtaffoar sung the part of Elvira. withre ary Guest yd amnodrilLiinvgingMst hawkingon illicit whisky. Mr. Thomas F. Ashford, excise officer, proved the case. He saw the prisoner effect the sale of a gill of whisky, on Saturday evening to a woman, who paid eblargeLladcibTe W foMessrs.Tenl her Id. for it. He watched the 'occurrence through the cellar window, having, from information he received, suspected that the prisoner was engaged in this kind of traffic. She was fined 450, failing which she was committed to the New Bailey for three months. Her husband is at this moment serving a term of imprisonment in the same place for a like offence. ATTEMPTED SuiciDE.—Yesterday morning, about one o'clock, Thomas Kinsey, who stands at the New Bailey bridge selling saloop, observed a woman, named Eliza Bennett, go down the packet steps and step on board the Jack Sharp packet boat. Proceeding to the side of the boat, and looking up, she exclaimed, "Good bye, Kinsey, and immediately after jumped into the river, which at the time was higher than usual on account of the late rains. Kinsey gave the alarm, and two of the police procured a rape" which they threw to the woman, who had been able to hold her head above water, and-to get a footing near the river bank,. a little below the spot from which she jumped in. She was got out in about eight or ten minutes, and carried to the Salford Dispensary, where she speedily recovered. She was brought up, yesterday, at the Town Hall, Salford, and bound over in two sureties of £lO each to keep the peace for three months. Not being able to comply, she was committed for , one month. The woman is one of the unfortunate class of females, and is well known as one of the most expert street thieves
The Darlington & Stockton Telegraph, Richmond Herald, South Durham and North York Review. — 1870-10-29 (Darlington, Durham, England)

THOMAS COOPER AT DARLINGTON.—OH Sunday last, Mr. Cooper, the famous author of the "Purgatory of Suicides," preached in the United Methodist (Paradise) Chapel, Darlington, and in the evening in the Brookside Baptist Chapel, to large and attentive congregations. On Monday, Mr. Cooper delivered the first of a series of lectures on the "Evidences of Christianity" as represented in the Universe, in the Congregational Church, Darlington.—The Rev. H. Kendall presided, and there was a large attendance.—The lecturer confined himself principally to the design argument, commencing with the anatomy and the capacities of man, and passing down to the formation of various animals, illustrating most emphatically and forcibly, and yet very simply and lucidly, the striking manner in which the most insignificant creatures displayed the presence of an intelligent and beneficent Creator, in the adaptability of their frames and their habits, to the position in the universe which they were intended to hold. The theory, when thus condensed into a sentence, will doubtless seem old and hackneyed, but Mr. Cooper has a powerful and vivid manner of illustration, as well as a rich ideomatic diction, which render his discourses so attractive and effective, that he never fails to enlist the most faithful and earnest attention of his congregation. His conclusions are evidently the result of much thought, and his belief the effect of long practice. Mr. Cooper gave the second of his course of lectures in St. George's Presbyterian Church, Darlington, on Tuesday evening, to a numerous audience, under the presidency of the Rev. W. A. P. Johnman. After dealing with the objections that might be taken to the premises he assumed, and the conclusion he arrived at the previous evening, he proceeded to expound the a priori argument as to the existence of a God in the most logical, clear, and convincing manner.
Darlington & Richmond Herald. — 1873-06-21 (Darlington, Durham, England)

GOURLEY V. PLIMSOLL.  In the Court of Common Pleas, on Friday, in •' the action for libel brought by Mr. Gourley, M.P., against Mr. Plimsoll, M.P., cause was shown against a rule which had been obtained by the defendant to administer to the plaintiff , certain interrogatories, and at the conclusion of the arguments The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said the defendant has published a libel, and he must be taken to have some particulars in support of his plea of justification. He now sought to get from the plaintiff matters upon which he would ground his plea and draw out his particulars. This was not a legitimate course of proceeding, nor one which the Court should support. When the defendant had delivered the particulars of the instances upon which he would rely, then would 3ome the proper time to apply for interrogaTories ; but it was contrary to the practice to b. IA defendant to exhibit interrogatories so ,q to make him to say what case he would make • The rule, therefore, would be discharged, jut under all the circumstances the costs on both sides would be costs in the cause. Rule discharged.  The aggregate collection on Sunday for the Loudon hospitals and dispensaries amounted to over 30,000/.  Captain Carew, Bart., of Haccombe, Devon, committed suicide on Saturday, at a private lunatic asylum, at Bristol. Montague Goldsmith, charged with a great jewellery fraud, who escaped to Lisbon, was on Monday committed for trial.  The Duke of Edinburgh laid the foundation. stone of a new School on the grounds of the Charter House, on Monday. Five youths were on Tuesday committed for trial at Halifax, for the murder of Jeremiah Swift, by kicking him on the head. A report has reached Dublin of an agrarian murder in King's County. A farmer named Deverey was beaten to death in his own house.  The memorial window in Westminster Abbey, in honour of the men lost in the Captain, was fixed on Tuesday afternoon in the north transept. The Board of Trade has resolved to advise the withdrawal of the sanction of the Privy Council to the Art Union of Great Britain after next month. The Archbishop of Canterbury, as patron of the Stationers' Company, was present at the banquet given on Saturday night by the Lord Mayor as master of the company. Tun
Darlington & Richmond Herald. — 1873-11-01 (Darlington, Durham, England)

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE BY A FANATIC.  A dreadful tragedy, which has already resulted in one death, and is likely to cause another, took place on Thursday evening, at Walworth, near London. The house in which it occurred has been inhabited for a number of years by a man named Peacock, by trade a cooper, who was a member of the sect called Southcotians. The man, with his wife, formerly occupied premises in which Joanna Southcott and her followers held their meetings. The man Peacock, it appears, had been in very bad health for a long time past, and certain eccentric religious ideas had been gradually taking possession of his brain. His wife was generally called Joanna Southcott, but it is now stated there is no foundation for this, though the man and his wife were both said to be believers in the teachings of that woman. Owing to the illness of Peacock the shop has been shut for some time past, and it is stated that the man has been kept to his bed under the idea that the devil was seekingiellah:inuld,otahwnendhsiotfuas:_ees, left it, he would fall into his clutches. On Thursday evening his wife prevailed upon him whowa s rce os imd hto e getme t u apn, and,old asb womane and declaring her to be Satan in as disgui t ° cf °111; to seize him, he attacked her with ie severely cutting her about the he great and face. He ran away after accomplishing this d with a penknife stabbed himself in various an pat of the body, and concluded by nutting shisr own v throat. The old woman. was not s badly Nn o y injured as the man Peacock, -mac di • ed on Saturday morning.  Cotton statistics, week ending October 23rd: —lmports, 32,566 bales ; exports, 1,501 bales.