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The Daily Times. — 1860-03-12 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE OF A SOLICITOR AT BRISTOL.  A painful sensation has been created throughout the fashionable suburb of Clifton in consequence of Mr. James John Leman, a solicitor of eminence, having chambers at Baldwyn-street, where he carried on for a number of years a highly respectable.practice in partnership with the late Mr.' Humphrys, having destroyed himself at his private residence,- N0.,18, Royal York-crescent. An inquest was held at the Portcullis Tavern,. Wellington-place, Clifton, before the city coroner, J. B. Grindon, Esq. Mr. Cleave, a surgeon, . practising at Clifton, and residing at Hillfield Villa, Granby-hill, deposed that he had known deceased somewhere about forty years, and had recently attended him professionally ; he had beea suffering from disearh of the mind. On a former occasion, about twenty years ago, ho was so affected that witneso. took him to his own house fora few days, to take care of' him till he got better. When he recovered he returned Up his tinnily. He had since had threatening symptoms, but.: which yielded to remedies. Within the last Kew days he hal been very much depressed and low-spirited. He saw him on Wednesdayi but did not think it necessary to orthir hinr to beplaced under any restraint. Ho suggested that he' • shouldhave other advice, and proposed his going with him' • to Dr. Lyon, but deceased said he, considered it usolessa and declined to go. The last time he saw him was, • between nine and ten o'clock on Wednesday morning, and be then wished him not to attend muds to 11tNine5s, and to try and amuse himself by taking a ride. Witnesa being in the habit: of seeing him before he: Went to' business, called that morning, and, was told that he' „, was asleep. He told them not to disturb him, and he' would call again shindy. Ite called again about twelve v o'clock, and inquired of the sister of deceased if she, had seen anything of her brother. The answer being in the negative, he replied that it was time he Was roused, as he had slept enough: Witness went up to his room, and was horrified at the position: 4twhich be lima him. He had a black silk Abend or neckerchief about his neck, and was quite dead lie cut the neckerchief instantly, but the body was quite stiff, and he must have been dead for some hours ; witneeo had not the slightest suspicion but that he hail committed the act in a state of momentary insanity; tea would by no means have desired the poultice to his foot had tib premeditated the act at that time. The Coroner, summed rqr the evidence, remarking that there could be. ,•,1 hut little doubt that the deceased gentleman had corn- ~y% rnitted suicide whilst labouring under a fit of temporary, ,fl insanity; and the jury. at once returned a verdict in.:L3 accordance with that intimation. ri ,J;t: 71,:iost
The Daily Times. — 1860-11-24 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY IN SOUTH ' STAFFORDSHIRE.  On Thursday afternoon, Mary Lewis, the unhappy Woman whose attempted murder and' the suicide of her would-be murderer -we -noticed a few-days-since,- still remained alive. Iler ultimate recovery, however, is scarcely within the Winds of possibility. She is unable to artiealate, and continues to make known her wants modons. and other proceedings which drediffiCiently.iiitelligibl. She remains sensible, and i able in the. way noticed to repl te• the interrogattothrdnut to; her. The room in which' she. lying is -saki' id ?it very small; leading only a' little spec ` between the hied' mil' one of the walls. In this- space she has replied that she was'when‘ Stephenson came lip stairs and made his overturA amts' was resided. The i wall here is bespattered with blood. Stephenson had 16dred with the family a twelvemonth. Having obtained Wefk some distance away, he came to their* house on Wednescfq. to' fetch some of his clothes, and took dinner with theiii. Lewis, on going to work, left him in the kitchen with bile wife's sister, a young woman of imbecile mind. It was after" this that Stephenson would seem to have gone upstairs. The liter woman says that he never before made such an attempt& that which she resisted so heroically. It is feared iliat he must have it/tended the taking of the woman's life, from' the fact that: h e had the razor in his pocket when he Went upstairs. rtevertheiess' he has always been on the most friendly terms with her, and has never displayed unsoundness of mind.  ,BANKIWPTS% Charles Christopher Renshaw, Stoney-lane, Tooleystreet, mast and block maker. George Russell, Leamington Priors, hotel keeper. John Charles Partridge, Langley-Place, Commercialroad, boot and shoe maker. Benjamin Silvester, Manchester, draper. Abner -Mafiall, Barns Cray, Kent, felt manufacturer. James Wells, Liverpool, toy dealer. Joseph North, Brighton, carrier. Ifenry Whitfield, Tottenham Court-road, draper. Gustave Laurent, Leicester-square, coffee-house keeper. David Bassett, tixbridgef corn merchant. Thomas Barton, Wellington.street, Strand, advertising  agent. John•Hawkes, Hornsey Rise, builder. James Pritchard, Newnham,Gloucestershire, saddler. William Binks, Kingston-upon-Hull, painter. Thmnas Rees, gv, ansea, ironmonger. Joyce Smith, Newcastle-on-Tyne, commission agent.
The Daily Times. — 1860-07-05 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE COMET AND THE SUN.—The discovery of the comet which is new visible a little after sunset in the north-western part.of the heavens, is due to M. Rumker, the astronomer, of .the Observatory of Hamburgh, who first saw it on the.l7tiof April last, and has determined its elements as follews :—LongitUde of Perihelion, 48 deg: 10 min. 16 sec.; longitude of ascending node, Bdeg. 38 mAn. 4 sec.; inclination,- 48 deg. 9 min. 39 sec.; perihelion ,distance, 1.2691 deg. ; direction of motion, direct. " Its tail has now become very conspicuous, having attained a length of 15 degrees. It will soon disappear, however, since it is fast approaching the gun. It will, however, be' visible. for the last time during the great eclipse, which will lie total in Spain and Algid& The' surface of the, sun's disc .is just now speckled with about. sixty spots, extending along two some nearly parallel to the solar equator, and forming' about a doien groups.r Each spot is surrounded with a penuinbra, but some.of them are so close together that their penumbras have melted into one. M. Chacomac,-who has been engaged Or the, last twelve years in registering the sun's spots, states that. be never saw so, many at a time 'before; he alio adds that the present spots are extremely :variable; so that a few hours are sufficient to, modify their forms completely. One of the groups appeared on the 26th quite suddenly, occupying an angular Apar equal to the fifth of , the solar radius ; 'on the 29th it bad increased its extent so as to cover one fourth of the radius. A large number of spots on the sun's disc has by some astronomers beeh considered as exercising a favourable influence on the weather. Our experience would this year lead us to a different conclusion. But it must be kept in mind that the theory cannot be fairly tested until we have the reiults of the observations made in nearly every country of' the globe. SUICIDE TMROUOIr
The Daily Times. — 1860-04-21 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE MURDER AT STAMFORD-SUICIDE OF THE ACCUSED.  The excitement occasioned by the horrible murder of Miss Elizabeth Pulley was on Thursday brought to a climax by its becoming known that Henry Corby, the man charged with the foul crime, had committed suicide in his cell at the gaol at Stamford. It appears that the conduct of the prisoner, whilst in cuatody, had been such as to disarm suspicion that he was likely to make any attempt upon his life; he was therefore allowed to sleep alone. Corby was visited by the governor (Mr. Hewerdine) several times in the course of Aredifesday, and was last seen alive in the evening, when he was locked up for the night. On Thursday morning it was discovered that the prisoner had hung himself ; he had improvised a halter by tearing up one of the sheets of his bed, and with this he had suspended himself to an iron stanchema in the windows of his call. When found the body was not quite cold, but it was supposed by Mr. Howard, the gaol surgeon, that life had been extinct about six hours. On a slate the deceased had written, in a tolerably bold hand, the following letter to his family :-- "My dear Wife wad Children ---I hope the Lord will preserve you through these trials and troubles, and pray to him to assist you. I hope you will all of you be friendly one with another. Joe, be sure you stop with Mr. B. as long as he wishes for you. You may be a help to your mother, aad she to you. I hope you will all look to your mother. Tell her I think she had better go to the board, and see if they will allow her anything to assist her. Now, above all, try to forget me as soon as you can. Sell all that I wore, so that it may not put me in remembrance. If anyone mentions say you do not wish to hear anything. Asti the mayor if Mr. Ward (superintendent of police) should not give up the money and things he took from me. Joe, my dear boy, keep from publichouses. Ask Mr. Law (solicitor) if he has got any money in for you. May the Lord preserve you all from sin and Satan. "Adieu, my dear wife, from your unfortunate husband. "Adieu, my dear children, from your unfortunate father, "
The Daily Times. — 1860-02-25 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

BALL.—The preparations for this grand event continue to progress most gatisfacto4ly, and the ep,raor4ihary efforts qua labours of the committee bid fair to command that which' they, at least, justly deserve, an unqualified success. The novel idea of combining a juvenile hall with the adult festival seems to gain more and more in attractiveness; and they were churlish enough, indeed, who could fail to see that this feature must of itself form not the least fascinating attraction of this great occasion. It will be observed, from the advertisement, that, by special dispensation froM Sir George Hesketh, D.P.G.M. of West Lancashire, the "merry masons" are to be permitted to appear in all the glory of masonic costume. The brethren of the mytitio tie- will, doubtless, muster strong at this assembly, mid their presence cannot fail to enhance the general fine effect of the'hall. CoRONER's COURT, YESTERDAY -An inquest was held at this court, betbre H. 11. Statham, Esq., deputy, coroner, on the body of Marcus Woqlfe, late of 2d,Brown)ow-hill, who committed suicide on Thursday last by swallowing a quantity of bitter oil of almonds. The deceased was the secretary of the Jews' synagogue in Seel-street, and it appears that for some time previous to his death he had been very low spirited. On Thursday last a gentleman called to see him, and one of the witnesses heard the deceased say to the visitor, as the latter was leaving, "I will settle the account to-morrow." Shortly after this one of the servants bad occasion to go to Mr. Woolfc's room, and she then saw him lying dead. A bottle containing bitter oil of almonds was found near the bed, and the surgeon states that this liquid was the cause of death. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deoeaseq. committed' suicide' senile labOnring `tender terilp4rary insanity.
The Daily Times. — 1860-03-06 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

CONTINENTAL POLITICS.  • The Herald asserts that we have to deal with. a future full of peril to Italy, to England, and to Europe ; with an actual crisis which calls for all the prudence and vigilance of her Majesty's Ministers. The recent change,s iyhich have taken place the Italian policY of the Empergi'of ti4q. Fren4h have not beeu. brought aboht without Mature deliberation, on the part 01 the keea diplomatist, or without a severe struggle in his councils. The Herald is informed that within the last full/light 1%1.. Thouvenel -Lae Once not twice tendered his resignation to the Emperor, and that it is impossible 4e eau continue to bold office another week. The reason assigned for M. Thouvenel's retirement is the shifting policy of his sovereign. If M. Thouvenel retires, his successor must be M. Walewski, and the advent of that minister to power will inevitably lead to the renewal of the cordiality between France and Austria, based upon the, convention of Villafranca. Already there are ominous symptoms of such a tendency, the result of which will be the effectual isolation of this country from Europe, and the complete ascendancy of France over Northern Italy.  A.TTEMPTED SUICIDE or M. JuLunx.—With regret we annoince qto attempt 4t. §Llipj.de, in Paris, last week, Of tteAOVe celehrlited'cht 4'orelies4rej3y self. He Was. mating airdngetnenti kor sOie`giand Performances of sacred Whieli were to.haVe enacen deesou the Bth inst., by a performance of Aauddi f! ll.ostiialt!! Several English artistes were engaged for thp opcasOn. TO concerts have since been .postponed, N. '4lben haying t epn placed tinder restraint.—Era., AN ARRAI,TGENIANT FOR Couqutxq IN Cifbirtt;4.-4. correspondent of the Scotsman says once spent a Sunday at Lyons, on my way to Italy. I attended the French Protestant Church. The form of worship is very much like the Presbyterian, and the minister, after preaching for about fifteen minutesi ptopped rather abruptly, pronounced a word which I took to be allez, and sat down. Immediately, the whole eongregatiOn, which had hitherto been extremely quiet and attentive, appeared to be seized with fits of Coughing, sneezing, and expectoration--some blew their noses, soma WA, snuff. By . degrees the noises ceased, and, after an interval of about five minutes, the minister resumed his discourse and finished it without interruption.
The Daily Times. — 1860-04-09 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ICE- CO URI, t 1in.115"....it the 13irkenhead Police-court, on 82,turclity, a. great :number of perdons werie Tifought u 1 for being .drunk, and those who wertirkriliWri.:to Word Offenders were, fined, whilst others whose Aaraeter§ had not yet figured on the police books Were discharged with a caution. Several gamblers Who had been plying their vocation,at tigtham on Good rriday, were brouglai,up by the county police. Amongst them was Michael Mc.Donakl, a tVell-known Liverpool gambler and thief) wlld *ás convicted and sent to prisdn.rok Toirteetillays, John Sharkey, &respectablydressed. and said to be a serVant receiving a high rate of wages in Mr. • Laird's employ, was brought up by Police-ocer Egerton, who stated that 'the prisoner had-lta his possession a regular gambling machine, by. NO:kb he was making extraordinary sums of money, the Machine being so ingeniously arranged as to ensure the owner of it being invariably the winner. He was sent to prison for fourteen days. - INctuEsrs.on Saturday the following inquests were held before the Borough Coroner :—On the body of Sa... rah, wife.of Will-Wynn, shipwright, 31' years of age. The dee4sed, it appears, laboured under insanity, and hacl on several occasions, attempted toslestfroy her own life and the lives of her children. On Saturday mornAnt- she Was found hanging by a'hannerehief froin the bedpost. Verdict, hung herself whilst labouring under. .insanity.--.--On the body bf a new-born 'child,- found in the' yard, of Trinity Church on Friday morning.' Verdict, died from dehility.—On the body of John Vantreen (31 years), who resided at 6, Christian-street, and who was, injured on board the City of Manchester, on Wednesday week, and died at the Northern Hospital on Thursday. Verdict, accidental death.—On the body of Frances Layton (66 years old), residing 'at 9, Duckworth-street. She had been in a very desponding state for some- time. On Friday morning, about halfpast five ,o'clock, she was fciund on her -face in the 'kitchen with her, throat ,cut With a razor, which lay beside her. Verdict, committed suicide whilst laboUring under temporary insanity.—On the body of George Sleon, ship carpenter (40 years old), residing at 1, 1365-' tock-street, who died at the. Northern Hospital, on Wednesday, from injuries received the same morning aboard the ship Shaftesbury.—Verdict, accidental death.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1843-12-19 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE.—Friday morning last, about If they were given to maim,. disable, o.r resist lawful.apNt,tlite' a Painful sensation was excited in Bristol by prehension, the offence is felony; but if they were. given 4114(144 I.lsiotincer that Mr. Wm. Prichard, secretary to the without such intent, it is buten assault, however grievous tlitto,the fire in Company, (whose admirable con- the wound may. turn out to be. There vre in the calendar ktis bad ere in Redcliff_sssees is recorded .in another at these assizes,—and I may observe that there were a Ille, I,ote ot estro a,.,. yed himself. This announcement was great many at the last assizes,—several. cases of !Agamy-7 04,1'4 'ling in its effect, from the circumstance that a most serious offence, from the misery and disgrace it b.% 134;4 was habitually of a rather cheerful tempera- too frequently occasions to the unfortunate. persons who Niailii a inquiry it was found but too 'true that he Am ~ rte are the subjects of the second marriage, and the lamenta-40, Jo urea destruction by means of pr.ussic acid.— ble consequences to the children, if any, of that second marriage. There seems to be an opinion generally enterlYsti,44Bl,ebt-ga.rden rnaaket there was a small supply o tained, that if parties have been. separated for some length ettt,tiglitittplistvilea, first of the season, at 9s. per bundle, and of time they are justified in contracting a second h,litl ._ity .tY in fruits was hothouse grapes, of excel- marriage. Nothing can be more fallacious than such ie'llts*No'hat, as low prices as 2s. 3d.' to 4s. per lb. The an opinion. It is only where they have been conollYtttO C„ has caused every description of vegetable tinually separate for seven years or more, and there tf Ntge b' Much more prolific than usual at this sea- is just reason for believing that one was dead, that I)s,Nle si',„ear• At Newgate and Leadenhall markets, the other, contracting the second marriage, does not com %st`t.oll,lllX, fowls, chickens, geese, and turkeys, many mit the crime of bigamy. So far, however, as your duty 1)!httll, Ills' been extensively imported from the Conti- is concerned, it is enough to find the bill, as the finding. di 00 k Christmas season, were very plentiful. At of it merely says that the second was contracted in the ,tp,os!ti thee, market, although at the extremity of the lifetime of both the parties to the first. If, however, the . _  ,ovv of fib  Y sPrir  had been continuously separaLeu -• and that the party contracting the second might have sufficient or reasonable grounds for believing that the  many p
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1843-03-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SAVAGE SUPERSTITION.—Of all the superstitions still linger in the Highlands, there is none so heartless, cruel, barbarous, and degrading—none so baneful and distressing in its consequences, none so insulting to humanity,. and none so disgraceful to professing Christians, as that which relates to suicide, actual or supposed. A very striking instance of this sort of superstition was lately displayed at the farmstead of Hilton, near Tain. A poor, sickly, unattended, helpless woman, went out to fetch water from a neighbouring well, or pool, for her children, wbo were lying ill of a fever ; while at the pool, which is quite shallow, she was suddenly seized with vertigo, or a fit of fainting; she unfortunately fell forward into the water. and, there being no help at band, she was either suffocated or drowned. This, according to the most trustworthy report, would be the conclusion arrived at by any jury of intelligent men. Now, instead ofsympathising with the distracted husband, his aged and bedridden fatherd , and his sick and motherless children, then eighbours stood shrinking and loathingly aloof from them in their agony. Mr. Munro, the farmer of Hilton, whose conduct with reto his bead and spect to this sad case was honourable alike his heart, used all his influence to obtain a decent Christian burial for the unfortunate deceased, but in vain. Ignorance and prejudice at once decided that she was a suicide; and superstition and bigotry cared "Away with her to the Mory, and dismal border of the rich Morl"—the damp, ar Tain Frith, where, on the day of judgment, a multitude of so-called suicides may start u humanityto give their testimony as to of the ' the intelligence, chaity, andHoly Land ' of Ross." This disgraceful affair, however, having conic to the knowledge of the Tam authorities, they very ordered the body to be disintered and examined b operly died of all men, who, after a careful considerationy two methe circumstances, reported that, in their opinion this of "accidental death by drowning." , was a case The decently cotfined, and interred in th corpse was then e cemetery the rWied chapel of St. Duthus.— Jaetery attached to hn o' Groat Journal.
The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1843-03-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SAVAGE SUPERSTITION.—Of all the suprstitiot, still linger in the Highlands, there is °ones° heartless, cruel, barbarous, and degrading—none so baneful and distressing in iticonsequences, none so insulting to hurnanit), and none so disgraceful to professing Christians, as that which relates to suicide, actual or supposed. A very striking instance of this sort of superstition was lately displayed at the farmstead of Hilton, near Tain. A poor, sickly, unattended. helpless woman, went out to fetch water from a neighbouring well, or pool, for her children, who were lying ill of a fever; while at the pool, which is quite shallow, she was suddenly seized, with vertigo, or a fit of fainting; she unfortunately tell forward into the water, and, there being no help at hand, she was either suffocated or drowned. This, according to the most trustworthy report, would be the conclusion arrived at: by any jury of intelligent men. Now, instead of sympathising: with the distracted husband, his aged and bedridden fililior,. and his sick and motherless children, them in tbeir agony_ the neighbours sto-d, shrinking and loathingly aloof fr om Mr. Munro. the farmer of Hilton, whose conduct with re' spent to this sad case was honourable alike to his head an 6. his heart, used all his influence to obtain a decent Christian, burial for the unfortUnate deceased, but in vain. Ignorance• and prejudice at once decided that she• was a suicide ;._anall superstition and bigotry cried " Away with her to the Morrich Mor!"—the damp, dreary, and dismal border of the Tain Frith, where, on the day of judgment, a coaltitude of so-called suicides may start up,,to give their testimony as to the intelligence, charity, and humanity of the "Holy Land of Ross." This disgraceful affair, however, ha • vying come to Groat Journal ofthey the knowledge the Tain authorities, v to, be disintered and examine dery properly dicaluien, who,. after a careful consideration by ordered the hod y two mecurnstanoeot reported that, in their 0 in of all the cirof " secidental drowning. death by ' ' p Thei, this was a case corpse was then deceatir cooed, awl interred in the cemetery attached the enined chapel of St. nuthus.--j ohn dto  .sbury Fa'  rday  stitiuns