Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1884-05-03 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

SUICIDE OF AN UNDERGRADUATE AT CAMBRIDGE.  The university and town of Cambridge was recently thrown into a state of unusual and painful excitement by the iota ligence, which rapidly spread, and which unhappily proved correct of the suicide of an undergraduate of Trinity College. The unfortunate young man, whose name is A. F. Webb, was entered as a freshnian at Trinity College last October term He was the son and heir of the present owner of New-teari Abbey, famous as the residence of Lord Byron. He never resided in college, bat, as is the custom with many university men, took up his residence in a university lodzing-house. He first lodged in Jesus-lane, bat removed at the end of the Lent term tea house in Ro-e-crescent. where the painful trazedy was enacted. The deretvied, who was not accustomed to early rising, did not make an appearance on the fatal morning, which fact caused no surprise to his landlady, Mrs. Jules, until his non-apreannce in hissitting-room led her to Onto rouse him. Proceeding to his bedroom, and getting no response to her all, she entered the room, and the first thing that caught her attention was a broken hand-basin and ewer on the floor, and deceased lying in bed inrensible from the effect of a pistol-shot in hie head. The suppwition is that he shot himself standing not of be!, and fell on the ewer and basin, which he broke by his fall, and afterwards crawled into bed. Medical asaistance was instantly sought, and Pea. Huniphry Latham and Bradbury, with two other medical men, were speedily in attendance, and all that human skill could suggest was done, with, unhappily, no effect, as the poor young man ;expired about two hours after his self in toted shot. No cause can be at present assigned for the act, though it is remembered that at the end of the Lent term befell from a horse, and was considerably inn/red. It is eighteen years since the town was startled by a similar catastrophe, viz., the suicide of the Hon. Mr. Gordon.  AT Cambridge William Welch, Senior Wrangler of his year, has been elected Yellow, and Edward Aiken, Honorary allow of Jeffia College AT the Brantford (London) Petty Sessions, Thomas Charles Symonds, of New Bridge-road, was lately eummoned by the Incorporated Law Society for falsely and wilfully pretending to be a mtlicitor, on Feb. Ili fact. NH. C. 0. Humphreys pro-routed, Mr. S. Woodbridge defending. The defendant, who is a partner in the firm of Messrs. Layton and Hardy, coal nicechants, Kew BM Igo Wharf, cent to a debtor, named Scott, the following document . "Final notice. Before proceeding in the County C art for the recovery airmail debts ae per Act of Parliament, I hereby give you notiffi that unlesa the sum of 2s. rid, due by you to Messrs. Layton and Hardy is paid before Feb. 21,1 shall proceed against you under the above Act." For the defence it was contended that the debt being due to the defendant, as one of the firm, he was unified in so writing on his Own behalf, the letter containing no assertion that he was a solicitor. The circular was handed to the magiqrates, and the chairman remarked that he understood the forms were purposely got up, and widely ffied, and that, in fact. they were generally known "u penny frighteners. (Laughter). A fine of £lO wan indicted. The magistrates granted a case for a emperor Court. Lgrraws have been received from Messrs. James Cowen, John Morley, and T. Burt, M.P.le, in reply to revolutions passed recently in Newcastle in favour of Mr. Woodall'. amendment to the Franchise Bill. Mr. Cowrn expresses his concurrence in the principle of the amendment, and his readiness to support woman's suffrage; Mr. Morley promi-da to give the resolution his careful consideration, and Mr. Burt that he will vote for the amendment if it dam not endanger the bill, • riak which he is not disposed to incur. A NOVEL oh :action to taking an oath was lately urged in the police-rourt, Coventry. Arthur Sidwell, a young man, declined to be sworn to give evidence on con.cientious and religions grounds, and upon being pressed to give his particular ob ration be stid he was a follower of Christ, whose injunction against insuring at all he whaled to follow. He expressed his srediogores to affirm hot the Banish refined W admit hi. avirlano..