Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1859-12-17 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE.—EarIy on Tuesday morning a frightful suieidearceurred at Wandsworth Common. It appears that between four and five o'clock Policeconstable Chapman, of the V divison, was walking upon his beat on Wandsworth Common, when his attention was drawn to the body of a respectable-looking man lying at full length upon the ground. He at first supposed that the man was asleep or intoxicate], but upon moving the body he was horrified at seeing a frightful gash on the left side of the throat, and a razor in the right hand. Ile immediately raised an alarm, and Dr. Connor was soon on the spot, and pronounced life to be quite extinct, although the body was warm: Upon searching the clothes of the unfortunate man' the following letter was found writtea in pencil: My poor dear wift,—When you receive this I shall be lost to you for ever. It is far better that I altonlil go before all is gone. I want to ealte a long letter, but my hand shakes so much I cannot. May God bless you and make you happy. Pray for me, pity me, and try to forgive me. Good bye.—Your poor lost husband, Charles Bowernaan." The letter was addressed to Mrs. Raverman, 16, Bouverie Street, EC. The body of the deceased was removed to the Wandsworth and Clapham Union IVorklionse, to wait an inquest. The son of Mr. Wright, a builder, of Battersea Rise, subsequently identified the deceased as his uncle. It also appeared that the deceased was unfortunately addicted to drinking, but had been a teetotaller ler some time, and latterly had broken out again into his old way. It is supposed that he came down to Wandsworth by a late train, and wandered about the common until he committed the dreadful act of suicide. He was about 45 years of age.  THE ROMAN CATHOLI:. "PRIMATE OF IRELAND" ON THE PAPA!, DuesaN:ttENT.—Another great demons4ation Of sympathy with the Pope was held on Sunday in the Church of St. Peter, at Drogheda. Dr. Dixon, "tile lord primate," presided, nod delivered a speech in which he entered at :erne length into the history of the papacy, declaring that there was not, after the Pops honself, a monarch on earth to-day who deserved so well of the Roman Catholic Church as the Emperor of Austria. The speaker went on to assert that Sardinia would have been obliged to lay aside her arms were it not far Napoleon 111. who had come to the assistance of that persecuting kingdom. The Emperor of the French was responsible for the state of italy to-day, and every injury done to the Pope was ascribable to him. Much would depend on the forthcoming Congress; but if Napoleon should rise therefrom, after putting the seal of that body to robbery the most sacrilegious and atrocious Watery would have to record—the alienation of tho Romagna from the Papal throne—from that day it would be s,en that his star was no longer in the ascendant. Dr. Dixon proceeded to :jay that if the author of the Durham letß,:: t.nd of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill eonkiimed at the head of the Foreign Office of the English Government, and if the course he had taken on the subject was to control the English Plenipotentaries at the Congress, he rejected and repudiated every sentiment those Plenipotentaries sheald utter regarding Pius IX. or his States, or 14s rights. The hope and prayer, however, of Itetuan Catholic Ireland was that the St;tea of the Popo would be restored to him, and 414 at he would reign over the patrimony of St. Peter in he integrity.  TIMELV CAPTURE OP A Buneeen.—Abeet one o'cluele on Friday morning, Mr. Nathaniel Topp, cotton spinner, residing at the Mount, Kersley, beard a noise in the lower part of his house. lie proceeded cautiously down stairs, armed with a thick walking-stick, lie itumediately lit the gas M the hall, when he perceived a HUM concealed behind a table, in order to escape notice. Mr. Topp at once assailed the fellow, and severely belaboured him with the stick until he cried out most piteously for mercy. In trying to avert the blows aimed at his head and the upper part of his body the mail got his arms, up to his elbows, very much bruised. Feetstepe were beard outside, as of persons running away, which convinced Mr. Tope that the prisoner was not alone. An entrance had been effected by taking out the glass of a window near the front door, and which had been partly replaced by those outside. About £2OO worth of plate, kept in the drawing-room, bad been placed in a state of readiness for removal. The burglar gave his name as Win. Johnson, of this city, and stated that he bad only arrived in Kersley on Thursday afternoon. He and anal her man were seen skulking about the premises during the previous day. The burglar, who was handed over to the lee, will be brought beDre the county magistrates, at Bolton. —Mandieder Guardian. SINGrLAR