The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1871-06-24 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

STRANGE SUICIDE.—An extraordinary suicide is reported from Whitby. Deceased was a young woman named Cooper, who made a respectable living by keeping a private school. One day last week a Government Inspector called to see the school. She was very much put about, being of a nervous disposition. The visit was purely a friendly one, and the Inspector told her that it was entirely optional whether she would allow him to make an official visit or not. She said she had lived so much among children that she felt strange when she had to speak to adults. In the evening she was calmer, but, having resolved to commit suicide, she made her will in a business-like manner; wrote an affectionate and business-like letter to her sister, bidding her farewell; then dressed herself and walked out, and drowned herself in the sea. Here is a curious passage from the letter I have enclosed my will in this envelope. I had no idea that I had so many worldly goods to dispose of, but am glad to be able to compensate you all for any trouble you may be put to on my account. Do not fret for me, as I shall be at rest when you read these lines. , I could not endure another such a day as to-day has been. Will you or Barnett be so kind as lock ' the iloors and take charge of the keys until it ts convenient for you to look over closets and drawers. I should not like strangers to turn all upside down. (Sire my lave to all. Gocd-bye. ELZANOR COOPEIL Friday evening, nine o'clock. lam going on the West Sands." The will referred to commenced by stating that it might not be what was called a legal will, but that the writer wrote down her last wishes in perfect trust that they would be carrid out in every respect, as if written by a lawyer and pro. I perly witnessed. It then went on to dispose of her property in a business-like manner, and concluded by recommending that Mrs. Tuke (her landlad'y) should be well dealt with in all business matters, and stating that the next rent would be on the 15th of July.  It is reported that the Emperor Napoleon is about to become a tenant of Mamhead House, D..wlish, Devon, the seat of Sir Lydston Newman. The Senate of the Queen's University, Ireland, has elected Sir Dominic Corrigan Vice-Chancellor in place of Sir Maziere Brady. A supplement to the Dublin Gault( proclaims the county Westtneath, and part of the barc•des of King's county and Meath under the recent a q. The receipts at a Wesleyan school hazen held in the Salford Town Hall. on the first day, a aounted to about £350.  A very sad accident is reported from Avoch, a small fishing village on the Moray Firth. A boat, heavily laden with fishermen and women on their way to Inverness to dispose of fish, was upset at a short distance from the shore, and fourteen of the passengers were drowned. Famine exists in Persia. In the country round Bagdad the people are actually selling their children through hunger. The Pasha is employing as many persons as he can in public works, but he has not sufficient funds to meet the emergency, and the distress increases daily. , . . _ . . . .  A review of 4,000 1;oys, belonging to Industrial and other schools and the training ships NVarspite and Chichester, by ,Prince Arthur, took place on Thursday, in the TlOrtieultural Society's grounds, South Kensington, and, in spite of the pouring rain, was highly successful.