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The Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Advertiser. — 1876-02-26 (Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England)

REMARKABLE SUICIDE OF AN INDIAN  GENERAL.  Mr. Hardwicke, coroner for Central Middlesex, held, the other day, an inquest on the body of Alexander P. Le Messurier, a retired Major. General, aged 77, of Inverness-place, Bayswater. Captain James Le Messurier, of 41, Eastbourneterrace, identified the body as that of his uncle, who had been in the Indian army. Deceased was in good health and spirits a month since, but seemed to be afraid of a relative who controlled all his movements. On Thursday last, witness, on hearing of his death, went to the house, but was forbidden an entry to view the body, and he had never been able to gain a sight of deceased until that morning, when he went with the jury to identify the body. lie could not say what property deceased died possessed of, but he knew that he had £l,OOO a year as a pension, and the produce of some other property. The wife of the witness corroborated her husband's statements, and said the relative alluded to attended the deceased and managed his affairs, keeping all the money and signing the cheques. Deceased never had a farthing in his possession to the best of her belief.—Mrs. Ellen Quilt, who had known the deceased, said that a doctor first visited him one day last week, but on his arrival there did not appear to be anything the matter with the patient. The relative mentioned sent her for the doctor on Wednesday, and told her to ask for the stomach pump, as the deceased had taken poison. Thomas Lee Messurier, cousin of the deceased, stated that for the last twenty-tyro months he had managed the affairs of his relative, who had up till lately enjoyed good health. On his becoming ill he was attended by Mr. Ledham, whom witnesspiticl. On Wednesday the deceased rang the bell, and then said, "Tom, I am dying; this will tell you," throwing down a letter, in which deceased said he was dying, and that he had been most unhappy, and then went on to money affairs. Deceaserl added that he had taken four ounces of laudanum. Witness at once sent for a medical man, and everything was done for the demised. His mind had been giving way. Witness always gave deceased money when he asked for it.—The 1 jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound mind.
The Wolverhampton and Midland Counties Advertiser. — 1875-12-25 (Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England)

HER SON. On Friday evening, about five o'clock, a horrible tragedy was enacted in the quiet rural village of Clarkston, about a mile east from Airdie, in Scotland. About that hour• a man named John Macklin, a powerful fellow, said to be of a very sulky disposition, had a quarrel with his mother, an old woman about sixty years of acre. Macklin is a haramerman, and is said on Friday to have staved away from his work and spent the day with companions in Airdrie, and it is supposed. that this was the cause of the altercation between him and his mother. The quarrel took place in the street, .and in the course of it Macklin drew a loaded pistol, and deliberately shot his mother. The bullet entered the side of the unfortunate woman, who fell down and expired I almost immediately. She breathed after being lifted up, but never spoke. The murderer, after committing the dreadful act, reloa,dtd the pistol, and ran off in the direction of Monkland Glen, across the fields, threatenino• to shoot anyone who interfered with him. The local constables, who were at once apprised of the act, set off in pursuit, but though they caught sight of the fugitive he reached the woods, and the police are forming a, cordon round the place where the murderer was last seen, so that he may either commit suicide by shooting himself with the pistol or by drowning himself in the Calder water.  On Saturday forenoon, Macklin was found by the police in a wild, bleak spot, on the ShottHills, about five miles from Clarkston, the sccne of the tragedy. Macklin was discovered lying in a pool of blood, which had flowed from wounds on the lower .part of his body, which the culprit had mutilated in a most revolting manner. On being removed to Airdrie, his wounds were dressed, but since then he has remained in a seiui-conscious state, and fears are entertained for his recovery. It is rumoured that Macklin is insane.  The Duke of Edinburgh will tale the command of an ironclad, and serve his time in the Mediterranean squadron, early in Spring.
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1876-05-19 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

THE EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SUICIDE AT RUARDEAN. On Wednesday, an inquest was held at the Jovial Colliers, Ruardean, before Mr. Cart.3r, the district coroner, on view of the body of John Hale, a youth 17 years of age, who committed suicide on the Bth instant, under circumstances detailed below in evidence. Elizabeth Janes was first called and said, I am a widow, and live next door to the deceased, I knew him very well, he was about 17 years of age, and a collier. On the 18th of May I saw him sitting in the garden on a stone. He appeared to he in his usual health, although he has not been very well. I don't know what complaint he had been suffering from. I spoke to him that morning, and at about half-past nine the woman came with milk, he said to his sister, who was at the time going out, and was rather deaf, make haste, as he should want to go to work. She wilat on and deceased came and took the milk from the woman into the house. Ile was a quiet and steady young man. I never saw anything particular about him, only that he would look very bad at any one. A. Hale, mother of deceased, said deceased was in his 18th year. I saw him last alive on the morning of the 18th inst. About five minutes past seven o'clock, I got up and left him in bed. He had something the matter with his head, and that it seemed to stifle his head up; he was in pain with it. Last week he had the tooth ache as well as the pain I had just mentioned. He was not in the habit of attending church or chapel, I am sorry to say, because he could no make himself tidy. I never knew anything to make his mind uneasy after the death of his father, which took place about five months ago ; he seemed to feel that very much. He and his brother maintained me. Abiah Matthews said I knew deceased very well. On the Bth inst., about one o'clock, in consequence of an outcry which was made, I went to the house of the deceased's mother, and found the deceased hanging to a cord from the rafters. I and a labouring man went, and at once cut the cord, but he was quite dead. There was a small stool not far from where the deceased was hanging. I believe his feet were on or very near the ground. I never knew anything particular about his manner. After being addressed by the Coroner, the jury returned a verdict that death arose from suffocation from hanging, the result of being at the time in a state of unsound mind.
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1876-11-10 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

SHIPPING DISASTERS AND LOSSOF LIFE. Reports were received in Liverpool on Monday of a terrific cyclone having passed over Calcutta and the , vicinity on Saturday. Great damage to elupping has resulted. The fine Liverpool ship, Prince Waldemar, 108 tons, which left Liverpool on the 22nd July for Calcutta, was caught by the hurricane and driven on shore at Sands Head, at the mouth of the Calcutta river. She became a total wreck, and only four out of a crew of thirty hands were raved. The captain), wife and his two children were on board. The names of the survivors have not yet been received. The Prince Waldemar was anew colonial-built ship, and this was her first voyage. She was owned by Messrs. Moran, Galloway, and Co., of Liverpool. Bkports of serious damage to shipping generally have been received. The steamer Monlnein lost her funnel and foremast. The British Statesman, from Liverpool, had her fore and main mast, and mizen toprnavls carried away and her bulwarks considerably damaged. The Scottish Chief' tam lost her fore and main topmasts and her wizen topgallant mast. The Liverpool ship Ghazeepore was totally disnmsted about 200 miles south of Sanger. A later despatch from Calcutta reports the ship Canon Harrison totally dlsimusted, the Lady Octavio partially dismasted and with cabins and bulwarks damaged, and the Russia with topgallant masts gone. A telegram from Chittagong states that the Tidal wave, Oceana, and Edourd and George were all driven ashore there. The West Indian and Pacific Steamship Company's I steamship West Indian, which left Liverpool on Sun' day for Barbadoes, &c. came into collision yesterday mornine off IFfnlyhoad with the outward-bound ship Delia O. Yates, from Liverpool to Matanzas. The latter vessel was so severely damaged that she sank shortly afterwards. The crew were taken off by the r West Indian and landed at Holyhead. The steamer sustained comparatively slight damage, only her upper bow plates being injured.  A model of Dr. Rutherford's plan for raising the Vanguard is now on view In the Central Exchange Art Gallery, Neweastleeon-Tyne. _ .  Robert Carey, labourer, was, on Monday, charged on remand before the Norwich magistrates with wounding his wife in the throat with a razor, and with attempting to commit suicide. He was committed for trial.
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1876-03-24 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

THE BURIAL "SCENE" AT PORE.  The Daily News, ci imenting upon recent burial disputes, says:—" Churchyards, and the burial of children, continue to be the scene and occasion of painful and discreditable squabsles. The disturbmice at Dore, of which we published an account • recently, was one of the most dietressimr that bad taste, bad faith, and bad feeling could bring about. The person over whose tomb the m et solemn words in the English language were read aniidst all eorts of unseemly interruption wen the infa-t child of a farm labourer, a Primitive Methodist, and in that conim,usion be had been baptieed. The position of the parents during this affray does not bear to be reflected on, and it was mos; natural that the mother of the child should decide to have the question ended as soon as possible, by allowing the vicar to have his own way, and to read hls owns •r-, vice. Closely following this edifinc affair °mime another instance of had judgment from the village iif Cr It, in Leic,tershire. It is stated that the wife of one of the churchwardens committed suicide. and ;hat a verilid was brought to the effect, that she had killed herself in an access of temporary insan,ty. T.le story goes on to my thet when the body of the poor woman was brought to the gate if the churchyard the clergyman merely read a verse from a psalm, and ofter the coffin was lowered pronouneod the Benedid ion. These maimed rites were eseppleteemed in a manner not usual in England, for anifincle of the deceased is said tO. have spo.ken a consolatory address to the mourners. If either the Dore affair, or this report from leiceetershire, be true, and in sny case they testify to the f,Ct that for some reason dls• turbances arose where only reverent 'quiet should prevail, they surely go to prove that it is time to settle on anew basis the ‘vhole system of chierchsard burials. This is not a grievance of a mere section of the people; it is a matter that paint oily affects a natural and universal eentinient of decency at a moat solemn and sacred moment. The esnseienoes of savages would be shocked at the brawls which a miserable lack of Common smise and of confidence in human nature, not to say of Christian charity, perpetuated In the parieh churchyards of England."
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1876-09-15 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

HEAVY FAILURE AT BRADFORD. Xfargaret 11'Pedden oho was convicted at the The failure was on Tuesday announced of lifeeerk I Bucks assizes of a libel on a clergyman, bas been reEsichel and Company, stuff merchants, Bractfordosturee leased from gaol, by order of the Home &Bee, the estimated liabilities amount to .C/0,000. i girl having served six months. A Greenwich Hospitsl Pension of .£BO a year for deputy-inspector generals of hospitals and fleets has been given to Robert NPCormick; and a Naval Pension for lieutenants of .1::V) a year to Commander Avthur Kennedy. A telegram from Bangor states that Hr. Whittaker, s London artist, who had for some months been residing at Bettys.y-coed, was on Saturday morning found drowned in a stream a little way out of the  Hugh Jameson, for many years cashier in the employment of Messrs. Coates, Lagan and Princess Dos Foundries, Belfast, was last week committed tur trial on a charge of embezzling the now of LONA, the property of his employers. SCIISCHIPTION FOES A BRAVE MAN', Ftintr.—At 8 meeting held on Monday at Bristol, it wee decided to raise a subscription for the widow and children of John Chiddy, who was killed during the summer by the Flying Dutchman while rolling an obstruction Off the metals.  &WIDE THROUGH DI,APPOINTYD Lovs.—On Monday a young lady, of Hereford, named Mi. Nicholls, of independent means, 24 years of age, and extremely good looking, committed suicide by nearly severing her head from her body. The cause of this act is believed to be her mother's objecting to her associating with a young man to whom she was engaged. Mr. W. B. Palmer, landlord of the Cricketers' Arum Inn, Ipswich, district secretary a the Ipswich cud Suffolk Licensed Victuallers' Protection Association, threw himself in front of the down train on Monday, between Ipswich and Westerfield, and was so horribly maimed as to calfse almost instant death. Deceased, who was mach respected, was about 50 years of age, and leaves a widow and family.  A.
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1875-05-22 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

THE KEIOHLRY GUARDIANS AND VACCINATION. —A special meeting of the Guardians of the Keighley Union was held the other afternoon to consider what action should be taken with reference to the rule of the Court of Queen's Bench, calling upon them to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not be issued calling on them to enforce the Vaccination Acts. Mr. H. A. Milner  On the 13th inst. Elizabeth Tee, SS, wife of' Mr. Robert Lee, woollen draper, Smith's yard, Woodhouse Cliff, Leeds, died from the effect of burns accidentally received the same night. After having been in bed, the deceased got up and went into the kitchen in her nighbdress, and shortly afterwards her screams were heard by her son, who was also in bed. He was able to get the flames put out, but not before the deceased was severely burned. Carlon Jackson, in the course of his researches among the MS. treasures at Longleat, has lighted upon another remarkable discovery, viz., a wellpreserved MS. of Henry be &iliac°, Abbot of lastonbury in 1189, giving an account of the abbey, its officers, and establishment, as existing in that year; mentioning the allowance made to each officer of beer, bread, wax, seivants, horses, hay, fodder; alco the lands appropriated to their maintenance, rents of the same, lists of manors. and many other curious particulars.—Atiisieruni. BIRMINGHAM LIBERALS AND THE LIQUOR TRAY FP'. —A meeting of the •• Pour hundred" of the Birmingham Liberal Association was held on the 13th inst., Mr. J. S. Wright presiding, to consider the policy of the association as to the liquor traffic. A resolution affirming that the control of the traffic should be placed in the hands of a special licensing board, elected by the ratepayers, was made. After a long diszussion, an amendment was carried directing the executive to prepare a scheme for bringing the liquor traffic under the control of the , ratepayers. - •  SINGULAR SUICIDE AI'WAREFtELD -lASI', week, _ . •  an inquest was held at Wakefield on the body of a painter named Henry Moron, who resided at Sandal. It appeared teat the deceased sacs of rather drunken habits, and a few days 800, received a summons from the police. The next morning deceased was seen to enter the workshop, and ten minuted after, on some one going upstairs, he was found euspended from a beam, quffe dead. His coat was found near, and the summons was on the top of it.—The jury considerA that the receiptef the summons had preyed upon his mind, and returned a verdict to the effect that be hanged himself while of unsound mind.
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1875-09-04 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

DONK. RV A COLLIER BOY. —At the West Riding Police-court, Leeds, on Tuesday, Alfred Bunt, 12, a pony driver at Messrs. Bowers' Illerton Collieries, was sniumoned by Inspeetor Warren, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for cruelty to an ass. On the 14th inst. the defendant was seen to strike the donkey with a long sharp-pointed piece of iron, known as a "dog," and on an examination being made, three incised wounds, an inch deep and an inch and a half broad each, were found on the animal's body. In defence the buy said the donkey had been kicking at hint, and he only put the " dog " out to protect himself. He did not strike the animal at all. The magistrates, taking into consideration the youth of the prisoner, inflicted a penalty of 40s, and costs. or its de' one month's imprisonment. 31F.LANCHOLV Setclite.—On Monday evening, Dr. Hardwieke, Coroner for Central Middlesex, held an inquest, at Marylebone, en the body of Wm. Beaty, a gentleman in affluent circumstances, who committed suicide on Saturday morning, by cutting his throat with a razor. Deceased, who had been in an asylum, had been despondent of late, the delusions under which he laboured being of an alarming character. Or Saturday morning, as he did not get up at his usual hour, and his bedroom door was locked, a locksmith and a police-constable were sent for, and the room broken into, when he was found lying in bed, in spout of blood, with his throat cut. The medical evidence showed that for some days deceased was unusually dc. pressed, and precaution was taken by moving everything out of his way wherewith he might harm himself. No one knew how he came by the razor. The jury agreed that death was caused by haemorrhage. by cutting his throat with a razor, and that the deceased committed suicide willlst in a state of unsound mind.
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1875-07-03 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

SATURDAY, JULY, 3, 1875.  when received in this prison, ;ind WSW committed to take her trial for attempting to commit suicide.— The Hon. and Rev. A. C. Talbot said he had received from Mr. Grooves, the surgeon to the gaol. a later calling attention to the late increase in the number of persons sent to gaol either as imbeciles or epileptics, whereas they should be sent to their respective workhouses. Ile also referred to the increase in the number of persons who were remanded for the purpose of obtaining certificates as to their state of mind. Such information could be much , better procured from the local medical men. Mr. Greaves asked if the :Visiting Justices would kindly inform him if he were entithil to a fee in respect of such eortificates—(laughter). The rev, gentleman said he was of opinion that such patients as the surgeon had referred to had no +sines,: at the gaol, and their being sent there put the county to A considerable expense. The justkes' clerks got a heavy fee and the visiting justices'tkere obliged to write to the Secretary of State to get the patients removed to a lunatic asylum. Hach atients were not tit inhabitants of the gaol, the justices did , not know what to do with tie." they had no fsteili- 1 ties for looking after them, and it was a most inconvenient practice. The Chairman said, he entirely concurred in the remarks made by the Hon. :ind Rev. A. C. Talbot. Mr. R. Kettle called 'attention to the table in the report of the visiting justices witfi regard to the prisoners. it would be seen that the number of prisonerS committed was—males, 1,056, and females, 314 ;in all 1,370. Of those the re-committals numbered 500. He made this statement because a similar statement had not been made for several  sessions. The Chairman said the number of recommitials was satisfactory and unsatisfactory. They had many instances of those re-committals from tune to tithe, particularly with regard to women whom they had in almost half their time. They had had eases of persons being committed GO and even 100 times. From what he knew of the prison discipline, however, he did not thinki the re-committal had anything to do with that. He believed theirs was oer I of the few gaols in England where the sentences waits ! carried out legally. Every prisoner suffered the amount of hard Labour to which he was senteneod. The prison in-specter recently said it was a farce go through their gaol, because everything was in proper order, and the discipline well carried 010. Therefore, he did not think the number of re-committals was any reproach upon the the discipline of . the gaol. ! Mr. Isaac Spooner argued that the only proper ! course open to the magistrates was to send permit's . • charged with attempting suicide to the gaol whilet the necessary inquiries were being made: the ga,pl • was the proper place for them, and they could imt I help it. I The report was then adopted.
The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1875-04-03 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

THE EXAMINER.  SATURDAY, APRIL 3.  A considerable reduction in miners' wages will take plade in the Sheffield district on the 15th inst. Three young men were drowned in the Thames, on Monday afternoon, through the upsetting of a pleasure boat,  Richard Coates, the Purfleet murderer, was executed at Springfield gaol, near Chelmsford, on Monday morning, He displayed great firmness. The miners of Fife and Clackmannan have accepted the 15 per cent, reduction in their wages, so that for the prepent a strike has been averted. The Rev. J. Stubben, vicar of Marston Lordship, Yorkshire, committed suicide at Brighton, yesterday, by hanging himself. Deceased had been in a desponding state of , mind for some time.  Mr. Rani, (Liberal) was on Wednedsday returned as member for Bridport by a majority of 431 over his Conservative opponent (Sir C. Whetham), the numbers being—Ralli 620,  Whetham 189. The Erecutive Committee of the Agricultural Labourers' Union at Leamington, on Monday. voted a third donation of £2O towards the relief of the locked-out miners in South Wales. A railway-servant demonstration was held on Monday. in Manchester: when it was resolved to forward communications to the various companies, asking for pay for Sunday duty, shortening the hours of labour, and overtime allowance.  News reached Carnarvon on Thursday of the locked-out men. loss by drowning, at Maccabee Islands, of seven At the Guildhall Police-court. on Monday. men, including Captain Griffiths, of the Col- Alderman Sir F. W Truscott granted a sumlingwood (Liverpool. and Captain Roberts, of mons against Dr. Kenealy for an alleged libel the Conway Castle, through a boat capsizing. in his weekly paper upon Mr. Wright. subon February 6th. editor of the Morning Adverti,er. Mr. Wright A convict who escaped from Dartmoor was accused of being a most violent Romanist, prison, on Tuesday. discovered that his "vault- and a tool of the Jesuit faction. He was faring ambition had o'erleapt itself." Jumping ther charged with having spared no opporover. a wall, he found himself safe in the tnnity of vilifying and slandering Dr. Remaly. arms of a warder, who was crouching l behind and with having conducted the journal with on the look-out for him, which he was connected in a false and disgraceA pickpocket who gave a Birmingham ful manner. Mr. Wright had laid an informa. address, was caught and collared by a lady at tion denying these assertions. Kew. who held him until one of her male ' friends secured him, and then she dived into THE NUT AND BOLT MAKERS CONhis pocket and brought out her own purse.