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The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1840-01-17 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

INDIAN SUPERSTITION.—The power of the Datar is supposed to be peculiarly shown upon this spot ; and his aid is here, it is believed, most successfully entreated. Numerous poor people, from all parts of Western India, when afflicted with leprosy, travel hither, and enter into vows to remain until the merciful Datar vouchsafes a cure. if their sufferings from this cruel disease are of long continuance, suicide is commonly the result ; the belief being general, that, in the event of a leper dying a natural death, the disease descends to his posterity. A few days before we visited the sacred hill, an aged leper desired permission from the British authorities to cast himself into the sea at Mangrole : this being refused, he left Junagarth ; and about three miles from the city, the aged sufferer caused himself to be buried alive; his only son, for whose immediate sake the act was committed, covering the grey hairs of his afflicted parent with an earthern water vessel.—His. Postans's Western hulk, in-1838. HABITS OF THE Fat.—The fox is fond of fish. Whenever a litter of cubs happens to be laid up, if there be a wellstocked fish-pond within a reasonable distance, fish bones are sure to be found at the mouth of the subterranean retreat as soon as the cubs have-attained sufficient strength to devour such food. Reynard is remarkably sagacious in avoiding traps and snares_ set for his destruction: it is almost impossible thus to deceive him. A few years since a couple of foxes made their appearance. .on the' extensive manor of Wriglitihgton,:ftt: _Lancashire, belonging to Charles Scadsbrick; Esq., which'_ the ,:keepers .were . anxious to destroy— , and, ,be itTlcolleCted, no fox., hounds are Iceptin the county of' Lancaster. .-Tbese.foxes..baa_iio .doubt: descended from the.hilly.-nfonrland country sortie. wiles to the south-east, to feed upon the rabbits *bleb Jiteraliy swarmed in one part of the township. yain-the.keeper _set snares, set traps nicely s these not be tahnui ms cal lesc ei d maintained their' ground:'; in .concealed with earth; thdeiefo:tep defitme of every4l-I!we happened to be Shooting on - Wrightington at the time, when one of the keepers mentioned the su.. wort, anxious for ouradvine. ." shoot theni? ' we otnerved.—SP:Ortsinah-lbr January.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1840-10-27 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE. • Same day an inquisition was held at the Coroner's-office, on view of the body of Charles Mills. The deceased, who was 26 years of age, occupied (to ether with his wife) a worn in a house in Portland-street. He was an engine fitter. On Sunday about noon, he sent his wife out on "an errand, and she left him sitting at the fire. He was a little in liquor at the time. On her return, in about an hour, stye found the room door fast. She ealled out to him to open t'be door as she saw his feet on looking under it. She received no reply to her summons, and she became alarmed, and went down stairs and told the landlord of the house that she could not get into tne room, and that she was afraid he had done something to himself. There were two other men in the house at the time, and they cent up stairs, and on their return she was informed that he was hangin4. She did not see him again till the evening, and he as then dead. On the previous night he had been very restless, and got out of bed several times, and began and swearing, and appeared to be quite deranged. About five years ago the deceased had a fall and hurt his head, and ever since had been subjec to fits of temporary in• sanity at intervals. He had been drinking all the week, and when he took drink he was subject to those fits. James Davison, a bOiler-maker, said he was in the house when the deceased's wife gave the alarm, and he and another man went up stairs. On looking under the door they saw his feet, and he appeared to be standing behind the door. Thiy. called to him to open the door, but he made no reply. They' got a poker, and tried to force open the door, but could not. They found it was fastened by a piece of wood. Witues. then broke in one of the panels, and reached his legs and finally his hand, 'and found he was quite cold. On bursting open the two top panels, he found he was hanging by a cord— then produced. He was quite dead. A police-officer was sent for, and he was cut down. The rope was fastened to a piece of wood placed on the corner of the fire-place, one end resting against the wall, and the other end resting on the top of the door. James Cooper, the landlord of the house, a retail beer-seller, was present when the alarm was given, and saw the door broken open as described. Deceased was, he added, in the habit of getting drunk, and when he was-in drink he appeared to be quite mad, and used to sing and swear a great deal, The jury returned a verdict to the effect that, the deceased had committed suicide, while labouring under a fit of temporary insanity.  A
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1840-10-27 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE.  Same day an inquisition was held at the Coroner's-office, on view of the body of Charles Mills. The deceased, who was 26 years of age, occupied (together with his wife) a room in a house in Portland-street. He was an engine fitter. On Sunday about noon, he sent his wife out on an errand, and she left him sitting at the fire. He was a little in liquor at the time. On her return, in about an hour, she found the room door fast. She called out to him to open the door, as she saw his feet on looking under it. She received no reply to her summons, and she became alarmed, and went down stairs and told the landlord of the house that she could not get into the room, and that she was afraid he had done something to himself. There were two other men in the house at the time, and they went up stairs, and on their return she was informed that he was hanging. She did not see him again till the evening, and he was then dead. On the previous night he had been very restless, and got out of bed several times, and began singing and swearing, and appeared to be quite deranged. About five years ago the deceased had a fall and hurt his head, and ever since had been subjec to fits of temporary insanity at intervals. He had been drinking all the week, and when he took drink he was subject to those fits. James Davison, a boiler-maker, said he was in the house when the deceased's wile gave the alarm, and he and another man went up stairs. On looking under the door they saw his feet, and, he appeared to be standing behind the door. They called to him to open the door, but he made no reply. They got a poker, and tried to force open the door, but could not. They found it was fastened by a piece of wood. Wanes. then broke in one of the panels, and reached his legs and finally his hand, and found he was quite cold. On bursting open the two top panels, he found he was hanging by a cord— then produced. He was quite dead. A police-officer was sent for, and he was cut down. The rope was fastened to a piece of wood placed on the corner of the fire-place, one end resting against the wall, and the other end resting on the top of the door. James Cooper, the landlord of the house, a retail beer-seller, was present when the alarm was given, and saw the door broken open as described. Deceased was, he added, in the habit of getting drunk, and when he was in drink he appeared to be quite mad, and used to sing and swear a great deal, The jury returned a verdict to the effect that, the deceased had committed suicide, while labouring under a fit of temporary insanity.  A
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1840-07-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

KNIGHT MAYORS.—WC arc informed that on the morning of Wednesday last, memorable as being the day upon which the honour of knighthood was conferred upon the mayors of Liverpool and Manchester, the figure of Britannia upon the Town-hall was observed by several " lads of the Flags" to nod very perceptibly. as much as to say, " Corn beats Cotton, you see; " whilst in Manchester the water of the Infirmary-pond rose suddenly several feet in a mass, and a crocodile which emerged from the muddy wave; overwhelmed in tears, was recognised by several of the Jarveys on the coach-stand, and a few Highstreet hookers-in, as bearing a strong likeness to " Mesthur Potter weeping for his weavers." The coincidence is certainly very singular. Our contemporary of the Mercury has lately been setting up for a Chancellor of the. Exchequer in a small way, by inventing a new description of paper-money. The Mercury had proposed, as a convenient remittance for odd coppers, the sticking-plaister labels ; but unfortunately it has been at length found out that the party making, and the party receiving and afterwards disposing of, the remittance as money, would have to take out a—license to sell stamps ! What a pity that this excellent device should be spoiled! Could it have been legally adopted, it would have saved no less than three of our contemporaries the necessity of enlarging their sheets, as the extra circulation, required to be made up, could have been effected by simply converting the stamped dies into threehalfpenny tokens, and printing posters on, the waste paper. We are requested to correct a misstatement which appeared in the _Albion of yesterday, " that a master butcher in Price's-street had shot himself on Saturday last." The fact is, that a young man in the employ of Mr. Etches attempted, in the delirium of a fever under which he was labouring, to commit suicide.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1840-07-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

KNIGHT MAYORS.—We arc informed that on the morning of Wednesday last, memorable as being the day upon which the honour of knighthood was conferred upon the mayors of Liverpool and Manchester, the figure of Britannia upon the Town-hall was observed by several " lads of the Flags" to rod very perceptibly, as much as to say, " Corn beats Cotton, you see ;' whilst in Manchester the water of the Infirmary-pond rose suddenly several feet in a mass, and a crocodile which emerged from the muddy wave, overwhelmed in tears, was recognised by several of the Jarveys on the coach-stand, and a few Highstreet hookers-in, as bearing a strong likeness to " Mesthur Potter weeping for his weavers." The coincidence is certainly very singular.  • Our contemporary of the Mercury has lately been setting up for a Chancellor of the Exchequer in a small way, by inventing a new description of paper-money. The Mercury had proposed, as a convenient remittance for odd coppers, the sticking-plaister labels ; but unfortunately it has been at length found out that the party making, and the party receiving and afterwards disposing of, the remittance as money, would have to take out a—license to sell stamps! What a pity that this excellent device should be spoiled ! Could it have been legally adopted, it would have saved no less than three of our contemporaries the necessity of enlarging their sheets, as the extra circulation, required to be made up, could have been effected by simply converting the stamped dies into threehalfpenny tokens, and printing posters on the waste paper. _ _ _  We are requested to correct a misstatement which appeared in the Albion of yesterday, " that a master butcher in Price's-street had shot himself on Saturday last." The fact is, that a young man in the employ of Mr. Etches attempted, in the delirium of a fever under which he was labouring, to commit suicide.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1840-07-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

KNIGHT MAYORS.—We are informed that on the morning of Wednesday last, memorable as being the day upon, which the honour of knighthood was conferred upon the mayors of Liverpool and Manchester, the figure of Britannia upon the Town-hall was observed by several " lads of the Flags" to rod very perceptibly, _ as much as to say, " Corn beats Cotton, you see ;" whilst in Manchester the water of the Infirmary-pond rose suddenly several feet in a mass, and a crocodile which emerged from the muddy wave, overwhelmed in tears, was recognised by several of the Jarveys on the coach-stand, and a few Highstreet hookers-in, as bearing a strong likeness to " Mesthur Potter weeping for his weavers." • The coincidence is certainly very singular.  Our contemporary of the Mercury has lately been setting up for a Chancellor of the Exchequer in a small way, by inventing a new description of paper-money. The Mercury' had proposed, as a convenient remittance for odd coppers, the sticking-plaister labels • but unfortunately it has been at length found out that the party making, and the party receiving and afterwards disposing of, the remittance as money, would have to take out a—license to sell stamps! What a pity that this excellent device should be spoiled ! Could it have been legally adopted, it would have saved no less than three of our contemporaries the necessity of enlarging their sheets, as the extra circulation, required to be made up,.could have been effected by simply converting the stamped dies into threehalfpenny tokens, and printing posters on the waste paper. We are requested to correct a misstatement which appeared in the Albion of yesterday, " that a master butcher in Price's-street had shot himself on Saturday last." The fact is, that a young man in the employ of Mr. Etches attempted, in the delirium of a fever under which he was labouring, to commit suicide.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1840-12-08 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE AT ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL.— Tutsday afternoon; about three o'clock, one of the porters in the hall of St. George's Hospital, hearing an alarming crash in the area of the building towards Grosvenor-place, immediately opened the window, when he was horror struck at beholding a woman lying on the ground in a pool of blood. On the alarm being given, several surgeons immediately ran to the spot, and she was conveyed into one of the wards, where it was discovered that her right arm was broken in two places, she bad received a compound fracture of both legs, her skull was fractured, and her back very much injured. She lingered in a state of insensibility for about two hours after the fall, and then expired. It appeared, on examining the roof, that she had precipitated herself from the coping (a height of at least 60 feet) into the yard beneath. Her name was Abigail Cheeseeley, aged about 57, and she had been for a considerable number of years one of the nurses of the hospital, and appears to have been much respected.  EmurftQUAKEs.—We have again a remarkable example of the coincident occurrence of earthquakes in distant parts of the world. It will be seen, from a paragraph in another column, that the town of Zante, in the island of the same name, has been ruined by a series of terrific shocks between the 24th and 30th of October; and our paper of the 31st October records a shock on the 26th of that month at Comrie, The distance between these localities is nearly seventeen hundred miles, or one-fifteenth part of the circumference of the globe. The bearing is north-west and south-east. It may be remembered, that the great earthquake of 23d October, last year, was felt simultaneously at Comrie, in Piedmont, and at Reggio, in Calabria—that is, over a line coinciding in' direction with the present, and only a little shorter, If we prolong the line connecting Reggio and Cowie farther north, ward, it strikes Mount Hecla in Iceland, and may thus be said to have an active volcano at each extremity—Etna at the one and Hecla at the other. Its length will be 2,300 miles, or one-eleventh part of the circumference of the globe. It is extremely probable, that by and by we shall hear of earthquakes between the 24th and 30th October, in the Alps, or Apennines, or at other intermediate localities.—Scotsman.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1840-11-17 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ANOTHER TRAGEDY AT TLLLE, THE RESIDENCE OF TIIE LATE LAFFARGE.—A letter from Tulle, of the Ist instant, has the following :—" Another horrible crime has been committed in our town. This distriet appears destined to become celebrated in the annals of criminal justice. This morning, at nine o'clock, a martnamed Beronie cut his wife's tbroat, under the following circumstances of shocking atrocity :—Beronie's wife went in the morning to mass, and upon her return found her husband in the act of shaving. No sooner had he perceived his wife than he shut the door, and threw himself upon her, razor in hand. The unfortunate woman, in her struggle to protect herself from his violence, received several wounds in her hands, and two of her fingers were completely severed. The rage of Beronie was not exhausted by this first assault. He armed himself successively with a shoemaker's knife, and with a knife of still larger size, which he thrust into his wife's neck. The cries of the unfortunate woman drew the neighbours to the spot, but they found the door closed. One woman, having perceived blood through a chink in the door, cried out, " Brigand, what are you about? Justice is informed, and you will be immediately arrested." ' This menace affrighted Beronie, and his wife was able to open the door and rush out into the street. A horrible spectacle then ptesented itself to the eyes of the public. She carried the knife still stuck in her throat, and the blood streamed copiously from the wound. After running a few yards she fell apparently lifeless in the street. That same evening the last sacraments were administered to her, and not the slightest hope is entertained of her recovery. Beronie, the moment his wife left the house, endeavoured to cut his throat with his razor. He inflicted a serious wound, but it is not thought it will be mortal. He lost a great deal of blood, and was transported to the hospital, where a straitwaistcoat was put upon him to prevent any further attempt at suicide. His age is 35, and his wife's 27. They have four children, the eldest eight years of age. The crime was the result of furious jealousy, a passion by which Beronie has been tormented ever since the period of his marriage. His suspicions are said to be utterly unfounded, his wife being of the most retired and prudent character. Beronie's disposition was always dark and vicious. He voluntarily entered the institute of the Brothers of the Chtistian Doctrine, but the superiors of that body declined to intrust him with the education of youth. lie then became a shoemaker, but being generally disliked lie got little work. His jealousy amounted almost to downright madness. He was in the constant habit of beating his wife, and a few days since told his eldest son to mount guard with a cudgel, " for there were no fewer than four scoundrels at that moment with his mother."
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1840-11-17 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ANOTHER TRAGEDY AT TULLE, THE RESIDENCE OF THE LATE LAFFARGE.—A letter from Tulle, of the Ist instant, has the following :—" Another horrible crime has been committed in our town. This district appears destined to 'become celebrated in the annals of criminal justice. This morning, at nine o'clock, a man named Beronie cut his wife's tbroat, under the following circumstances of shocking atrocity :—Beronie's wife went in the morning to mass, and upon her return found her husband in the act of shaving. No sooner had he perceived his wife than he shut the door, and threw himself upon her, razor in hand. The unfortunate woman, in her struggle to protect herself from his violence, received several wounds in her hands, and two of her ringers were completely severed. The rage of Beronie was not exhausted by this first assault. He armed himself successively with a shoemaker's knife, and with a knife of still larger size, which he thrust into his wifes neck. The cries of the unfortunate woman drew the neighbours to the spot, but they found the door closed. One woman, having perceived blood through a chink in the door, cried out, " Brigand, what are you about? Justice is informed, and you will be immediately arrested." This menace affrighted Beronie, and his wife was able to open the door and rush out into the street. A horrible spectacle then presented itself to the eyes of the public. She carried the knife still stuck in her throat, and the blood streamed copiously from the wound. After running a few yards she fell apparently lifeless in the street. That same evening the last sacraments were administered to her, and not the slightest hope is entertained of her recovery. Beronie, the moment his wife left the house, endeavoured to cut his throat with his razor. He inflicted a serious wound, but it is not thought it will be mortal. He lost a great deal of blood, and was transported to the hospital, where a straitwaistcoat was put upon him to prevent any further attempt at suicide. His age is 35, and his wife's 27. They have four children, the eldest eight years of age. The crime was the result of furious jealousy, a passion by which Beronie has been tormented ever since the period of his marriage. His suspicions are said to be utterly unfounded, his wife being of the most retired and prudent character. Beronie's disposition was always dark and vicious. He voluntarily entered the institute of the Brothers of the Chtistian Doctrine, but the superiors of that body declined to intrust him with the education of youth. He then became a shoemaker, but being generally disliked he got little work. His jealousy amounted almost to downright madness. He was in the constant habit of beating his wife, and a few days since told his eldest son to mount guard with a cudgel, " for there were no fewer than four scoundrels at that moment with his mother."