The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1841-03-19 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MOST APPALLING SUICIDE.—On the evening of Sunday last, a catastrophe of the above description took place at Alkrington Colliery, near Middleton, by which a mother and three children have been plunged into great distress, and the feelings of a large number of friends and acquaintances of the deceased have been strongly excited. A little after seven o'clock, a man, named James Guest, 42 years of age, who had long been employed by Mr. Livesey, as bookkeeper, at the above works, rushed out of his cottage, near one of the pits, and threw himself headlong down a shaft about 150 yards in depth. He had latterly become very low in spirits, in consequence of having to leave the employ of Mr. Livesev, who is about giving up the works. He was a man of steady habits, and of good character, and had succeeded in obtaining another situation ; but, after trial, he was not satisfied with it and came home to Alkrington. On Sunday he was unusually distressed, and told his wife he was ill all over, both in his head and his limbs. She missed him from the door, and saw him rush past the window towards the coalpit, and she followed, calling " James, James ;" " stop, stop." He was heard to say, " Whisht," and almost instantly disappeared down the pit, to which she approached near enough to hear his crashing against the horse-trees and guiding rods, as he fell. "Oh God !" she cried, " that's him," and stood paralyzed unable to go on or return. A man who heard her cry came up, and learning what had taken place, he went round to the colliers' houses near at hand, and a sufficient number of men was soon mustered to undertake an examination of the shaft. They proceeded to wind up the buckets, which were about midway in the pit. and the first bucket which ascended brought with it what was sufficient to convince such of them as doubted of the reality of the man's fate ; his hands and other viscera were in the tub, and there was reason for supposing that the body had hung unon the tub, as, on their beginning to wind up, the tub became detached, and something heavy was heard falling down the remainder of the depth to the bottom. Men were next let down, and they sent up the mangled body of poor Guest, almost cut in two at the middle, and disfigured in a most shocking manner. Au inquest will be held to-morrow ; but, as the above are the facts, a verdict of temporary insanity can only be anticipated.-31anchester Guardian. SUICIDE FROM THWARTED Lova.—A strong and mutual attachment was formed between Mademoiselle R., whose family keeps the hotel de Narponne, in the Rue de la Harpe, and a young law student who lodged in the house. This was perceived by the young woman's mother, who, though satis-. tied that no criminal intercourse had taken place, gave order, to her daughter to remove from the chamber which she cupied on the second story to one close to her own on the . first floor. This convinced Mademoiselle R. that her passiou had been discovered, and that it was to be opposed.... She made no signs of resistance, but on the day sherecei.vedtthte order went up into her room above, as if to collecth hei„elo h remained from the morning till 6in thee ese.nint,„, when the and other things to be brought down. Here, ,owev.er, she being fastened family, surprised by her non-appearance, Nn, to her. the lock No answer being given, inside, a; smith was sent for, who picked ,brother, and other persons in the house ; the father, difficulty thatwith and thed but even hen it was with. all their efforts they could force open the door, so strongly was it barricaded; by the furniture the unfortunate girl had piled up against it. On entering they found he; lifeless, having suffocated herself, by the fumes of a bragier of charcoal she had contrived to, carry secretly up. 'or. a, moment hopes of her recovery were• entertained, as het, body was still warm, and when veins be— ing opened ry, a sir eon on some few drops of blood followed but in a short time e was irrecoverably gone. She was-24 years of age. and remaaable for ker beauty.--45101,8_  the rel  D such in  Great anxie  its bro  in Canad  ted in  York. I  ur slav  'ngldnd  It is al n him I.  says that if the facts ar  ter of Mr. M‘Leod's broth  ible of proof, there can  had been held, but no trongly animad vent of a protective naval  ded. Great Britain is repre ins of her 76 war  :1 troops at any  the Was!  a the 24t1r  he correspondence  ids upon our governon: the legal autho gone over the re in a strain of acre-.  ,ony and  cflame in the breast  reason to believe that the orr 40,000 iO,OOO men, regulars and mi-rtie the -clemand o f the g there  Id, nor  that the disputed territory in