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The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-03-21 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Maria Johnson, a young woman, who appeared to be in a very weakly condition, and suffering great pain, was brought before Mr. Ingham, on Wednesday, at the Thames Police-court, charged with attempting to commit self-destruction. Mrs. Mary Ann Lamb said, the prisoner hired a ready-furnished apartment for her husband three weeks ago. He lived in the house alone until Saturday night, when the prisonerjoined him, and said she had left a situation, and where her husband was she had a right to be. On Tuesday morning, the prisoner ran down stairs in a great fright, only partially dressed, and said her husband had deserted her, and taken away her purse and money from under her pillow, and that she was ruined. She accompanied the prisoner to the station-house to give information of the husband's abandonment of his wife, and on her return to Church-street, the prisoner seemed to he labouring under great anguish. Witness persuaded her to lie down, and she did so. In the evening the prisoner suddenly rushed out of the house, and she saw no more of her until midnight when she was brought home by a gentleman, who said he found her crouched upon the steps of a door in Whitechapel. The prisoner was in a state of frenzy, and witness remained in her room watching her, until four o'clock this morning, when the prisoner seemed to be very quiet and composed. Witness becoming fatigued, went to bed. About an hour afterwards she heard a noise in Mrs. Johnson's room, and on proceeding there found her lying on the floor with her throat cut and a knife by her side. She called in medical assistance, the wound was sewed up, and the prisoner was removed to the stationhouse. The prisoner, who sobbed loudly, said she did not recollect going to her box and taking out the knife ; but all she recollected was, that she felt something sharp at her throat and swooned. She was very sorry for what she had done. Her husband had twice deserted her, and yesterday morning he left her, taking with him his tools, which he used in his business of a ladies' shoemaker, and he also took away the whole of her money, which she had honestly earned in service. She was quite destitute, and had no means of reaching her father, who lived at Crediton, in Devonshire. Mr. Ingham remanded the prisoner for a week, but, at her earnest request, allowed her to go to Whitechapel workhouse. The magistrate directed a police constable to request the relieving officers to take every possible care of the Uri. fortunate woman.
The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-01-09 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SAMUEL V. A DAlliSON.—This was an action to recover the sum of £24 3s id, alleged by plaintiff to have been overpaid to the defendant. Mr. Aspinall appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Brett for the defence. From the opening statement of counsel for the plaintiff, it appeared that he was a watch manufacturer, carrying on business in this town, and the defendant had been in his employment as a journeyman. It appeared that a singular custom was observed by the plaintiff, of paying wormen previous to the execution of the work, quite in opposition to the • state of things  ordinar  as regarded master and wa  In eases where the 'work was not done, or no  iftsimmimeminmwalimao  isisabalf  LIVERPOOL NORTHERN HOSPITAL  The annual meeting of the trustees of this valuable institution was held yesterday at the Board-room in that establishment. Mr. W. Brown, M.P., presided. From the annual report it appeared that during the past year there had been 3,422 patients admitted, of which 2,541 were accidents, 303 medical cases, 472 surgical cases, and 106 on recommendations, 2,526 of whom had been 'discharged, 553 relieved, 84 irregular, 11 incurable, died, 115, out-patients, 30, remaining in the hospital, 3,422. The nature of the accidents would appear to be as follows :548 fractures, 62 dislocations, 70 burns and scalds, 1,790 contusions, 3 suspended animations, 5 for attempting suicide, and 63 for various treatment. The localities in. which these accidents occurred were, in the town, 1,384; docks, 608 ; manufactories, 59 ; shipping, 271; warehouse, 97; canal, 20; and railways, 102. The total number of patients, 3,422, consisted of 1,542 labourers, 913 sailors, women, and 261 children, of whom —.vs of Liverpool, 413 belonging to different .elugland, 1,082 to Ireland, 88 to Scotland, 93 to Wales, and 639 were foreigners:  .nits, 44'  1,107 were nati  statement  of accourils showed that the receipts had a upwards of £3,000, and that there was still a small  balance in the h  tie treasurer,  institution were all unanimously re-elected, alifl a vote of thanks was accorded them for the ttiou they had bestowed on the management  The vffieers of the  care and al  of the inetitutiou,  A special vote of thani.? was also ae?ortlei to Mr. Anderson, the secretary, for vvht.;,e services the hospital is  much indebted to its prosperity  Th'e meeting then  parated
The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-08-23 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1856  THE DAY'S NEWS.  The Persia will sail this afternoon for New York with the mails for the United States, passengers, and cargo. Letters require to be posted in Liverpool before 11 a.m., with late fees to noon, and at the Receiving-house on the Landing Stage to 1 p.m. A mail will also be made up this afternoon for St. John's, Newfoundland, Halifax (United States), and Portland (United States), to be sent by the Khersouese, Capt. Charles Powell, a new steamer of 2,300 tons, lately employed in the Government Transport Service. Letters must be posted before one p.m., and with late fees until 1.30 p.m.  The Canada trade and navigation returns, to be found in another column, show the singular fact that both. exports and imports have fallen off both at Quebec and Montreal. The four foreign forgers of Bank of England notes, were tried yesterday, and sentenced to six Years' Penal servitude.  Four persona, charged with stealing £3OO worth of paper from barges' in the Thames, on the 26th ult., were arrested yesterday, and committed for trial.  Mr. Ewart, a portrait painter, who had long lived in extreme poverty, committed suicide yesterday, with a razor, in his lodgings, in Gray's Inn Lane, London. Here is one of the tragedies which are everaahnd aholocaust—to nauosnt—dotoinig silent ra menu peaceable a homage.—the homasg of photography, evidence of a deity more unsparing than Juggernaut,—Society. We give elsewhere 9, tale .which offers from Madras the reverse side of the incident with which Tat Tyler immortalised Kent. The slayer in India was the tax gatherer, the slain the unfortunate contributor. Fortunately the contrast was  faithful to the end, and the quiet appeal to law won a justice in the one case which the resort to arms failed to secure in the other. The small provocation, however, under which this fiscal crime was committed, suggests tears that the authorities are more prodigal of their violence to the poor natives than our European notions would think either decent or politic. The Wesleyan Conference have prohibited all dancing, on pain of excommunication. They have given a more modified judgment on the smoking of tobacco by ministers, but seem disposed to look upon its use as a disqualification for the ministry. The jury closed their laborious enquiry into the
The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-09-15 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ANOTHER SUICIDE FROM DISAPPOINTED  AFFECTION.  An inquest has just been held in London on the body of a Miss Elizabeth Hall, aged 23. From the evidence of the deceased's father it appears, that on Thursday, the 4th inst., she was missed from the house, and he understool afterwards that her body had been discovered in the Serpentine, Hyde Park. She had had some words with her mother the previous day, but nothing had occurred that could have been calculated to lead her to destroy her life. About four years since she was attached to a young man about 18 years of age, a neighbour's son, wio was employed in a wholesale house in the City, at a salary of £2O per annum. Witness felt that, for the welfare of his daughter and the young man, he was compelled to put an end to the acquaintance, but since that time the latter had, by his ability, raised himself in the firm, and was now in receipt of •El6O per annum, having married a young lady of some fortune. Mr. Hall said : There was a letter left by his daughter at the time of her disappearance. He had not the letter with him, but he believed it wished them all farewell, begged God to forgive the wicked act she was about to commit, and was also about the dispute with her mother. He did not know what became of the letter. The Coroner said the letter must be produced, and a messer,er was at once sent to procure the attendance of Mrs. Hall, who, on her arrival, made the following extraordinary statement. .That the deceased left a letter on the kitchen table, but witness had destroyed it. She did not read it, and was not aware what it contained. Witness never struck her daughter. She was quite unable to say who gave her the letter. The dispute was about some coals which the witness asked the deceased to fetch. Her daughter was in bed, and it was past 11 o'clock at night. Witness did not pull the clothes off the deceased, but laid hold of the quilt and put it on a chair, A little while ago her (laughter was reading some of the letters sent to her by the young man who had been courting her. She said she would not burn the letters, and that she would take poison, which she did. When she said she would take poison, witness told her if she was determined, she must do so. She did not know the letter was in existence long enough to be copied, or who gave it to her. Mr. Hall, on being again recalled, said he made a copy of the letter, and gave the original to his wife. The letter was here read, and was, in substance, the same as given by Mr. Hall in his evidence, concluding with the words, " Tell mother not to abuse me when lam gone." Miss Harriett Hall (the sister Of deceased) gave evidence of various facts, and totally con. tradicted the statements of Mrs. Hall. The Coroner having carefully summed up, the jury returned a verdict. of " Temporary insanity, and the jury feel very indignant at the conduct of the mother towards the deceased."
The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-05-13 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SINGULAR SUICIDE.  On Friday Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the Mother Redcap, Camden-town, on John Hadley, aged 65. It appeared that deceased during the past week had been in excessive fear, as he was informed that his wife, who for some time /past had been an inmate of Colney-hatch Lunatic Asylum, was to be sent home on a month's trial, her removal to take place last Wednesday, the day he committed the suicidal act. He spoke to his eldest daughter with much grief of the sufferings he would have to go through if his wife was sent home, observing that he would rather she (his wife) murdered him at once. He likewise said to his daughter, who, during the enquiry, was weeping bitterly, " My dear, my heart is broken ; " and when she told him to seek medical advice if he felt ill, he replied that no doctor could cure him. On Wednesday morning he was not up at his usual hour, and his door being fastened on the inside, his daughter got into the apartment by the window, when it was discovered that deceased was hanging by a cord from 'a nail in the wall, his feet, strange to say, touching the floor, notwith_ standing which he was dead. A blood-stained knife was found near him, which he had been engaged sharpening on a stone ; and several cats about his arms, his chest,;and the lower parts of his person, showed that he had endeavoured to bleed himself to death. He had likewise left a communication for his daughter, in which he remarked, " My dear girl, this, is to inform you I will not live with my wife. It is with regret I write these few lines. Take all the things, pay for my burial, and if there is anything left divide it between you two. My dear girls, may Heaven bless you both. Your affectionate, loving father, Jot's
The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-12-12 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE BISHOP AND THE CORONER.  The Bishop cf Chichester has addressed a long; letter to Sir George Grey, relating the circumstances of a case of suicide by a young woman, named Harriet F'rogley. The deceased was a •servant with a farmer, named Knight, at Lodswortb. On, the 27th tilt, she went off secretly to Midburst, purchased two pennyworth or arsenic, saying that Mr. Knight wanted' to destroy rats, and returned to Lodsworth. There she saw a carter, in her master's employ, working in a field. She showed him, whom she accused of being the father of the child then in her womb, what she had got, and, as' he gave her no satisfaction (to use her own words), went to a rick and took the poison. The curate of the parish, Mr. Clarke, saw her before her death, and she died on the 29th in her master's house. An inuest was held, but no wits nesses who had seen her were called, nor even the party by whom she had been served with the poison. The coroner addressed the jury, expressing, his hope that no verdict of fele de se would be returned. That, says the bishop, was the evident tendency of his remarks, and he laid it down that evidence as to the suicide's state of mind, after committing the act, would be no evidence of the state of mind at the moment of committing it. The verdict of the coroner bore that the deceased committed suicide, and that, c‘ as to the state of her mind at the time of taking such poison, no evidence appeared to the jury to enable them to determine therein according to law." Under this verdict, Mr. Clarke, the curate was requested by the churchwardens to inter the deceased with the burial service. He believed himself forbidden by the rubrics from Gins so, and refused. The body was decently interred in presence of the churchwar lens, without any burial service. The bishop complains that by _ the proceedings of the coroner ho and the curate are placed in an awkward position, because if Mr. Clarke wrongfully refused to read the service, he is liable to be proceeded against at his (the bishop's) instance. The bishop thinks this lobse administration of coroner's inquest law a very serious evil, tending to diminish public ressard for the sanctity of an oath, and to loosen the restraints on selfmurder.
The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-07-07 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

COUNTY MAGISTRATES' COURT.-SATURDAY;  (BEFORE MESSRS. CHALONEB, CAMPBELL, PRESTON, AND  CAPT. ASPINALL  ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—Thomas Preston, a middleaged, gaunt-looking man, was brought up on a charge of having attempted to commit suicide. It appeared that the prisoner was observed by some men to jump into a a deep pit filled with water, near the Aigburtb Hotel. They instantly got him out, upon which he said he would do it again, and the moment he was released, he ran to another pit and jumped in. When again rescued, he WAS given into custody. It was stated that he appeared to be sober at the time, but was very wild in manner. The prisoner was unable to give any account of his motives for such attempts. He said something was wrong with him that day, but he could not tell what. The magistrates directed the prisoner to be taken to the West Derby Workhouse, there to undego a medical examination, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of his intellect.  ALL IN THE WitoNo.—William Mercer, of West Derby, appeared to prosecute Samuel Janyan, also of West Derby, for an assault. The complainant stated that on the 25th of last month the defendant struck him on the face, without any provocation, gave him two black eyes, and knocked him down. The defendant alleged that the plaintiff was drunk at the time, and commenced the row by calling him several abusive names, and saying that he had been waiting a fortnight and looking for him, in order that defendant might strike him, but that the latter had not the courage to do so. A witness called by the plaintiff deposed that he saw defendant strike him ; but a witness on the part of the defence positively averred that there was no striking at all, but that the plaintiff fell down, in consequence of being drunk. The magistrates came to the conclusion that both parties were drunk and equally a nuisance and disgraee to the neighbourhood, including in this general estimate the witnesses as well as the contesting parties. To the great surprise of the plaintiff, the magistrates therefore ordered that he and the defendant should each enter into sureties to keep the peace, or be imprisoned for one month each.
The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-05-01 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE ALLEGED SUICIDE OF FOSCHINI.—On Tuesday, Mr. W. Carter held a long enquiry at Mr. Wentzell's, the Ship Tavern, Lambeth, on the body of a man supposed to have been Foschini. More than usual interest was attached to the investigation. The learned coroner enquired how old Foschini was, and his height. He was answered 5 feet 8 inches in height, whil,t the deceased was only 5 feet 3or 4 inches. The initials on the shirt were " H.F„" which would stand for " Henri Foschini." The learned coroner said it was quite clear that the deceased was not Foschini. Ho would advise the jury to return an open verdict, as the deceased had not been identified. The jury did so, OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY, —The report of the Shareholders' Committee of Investigation, which has been some time anticipated with anxiety, was issued on Tuesday night, under the signature of Sir S. M. Peto and the other members of the committee. The report recommends a policy of peace and of friendly relations with all surrounding companies. To effect this, as far as the Great Western is concerned, it recommends that provision should be made for laying down the double gauge line throughout : it proposes to obtain an outlet for traffic by means of a junction with the South Eastern (Reading and Reigate) at Reading, over the narrow•gauge lines the Great Western are required to lay do'vu from Oxford to Reading; it proposes the immediate completion of the branches from the main line to Kingswinford, and from Worcester to the Severn, and with a view to complete these and other works, and to pay off existing liabilities, it proposes to raise £350,000 by a new stock, being nearly £400,000 less than was proposed to be raised by the directors. The report then recommends an entire change in the direction.  ES..
The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-09-11 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE CHARGE AGAINST MR. LAZARUS.—The charge against Mr. Elizha Lazarus, pawnbroker, of Paradise-street (as reported in our paper of yesterday), came on for hearing before Mr. Harvey, at the police court, yesterday. Mr. Snowball was for the defendant. Thomas Wildon was the complainant, and the details of the case, as given in evidence, were the same as published by us yesterday. In deciding the case, Mr. Harvey said it was most disgraceful on the part of the defendant Lazarus, a pawnbroker, to to act as he had acted. Here he takes in a full suit of clothes, not a coat, or a pair of boots, or a vest, but a coat, trousers, vest, and boots, and all from a prostitute, whom he must well know had stolen them. He could not think of a more disgraceful case on the part of any one. This, too, was the second time that Lazarus had been before the court within a fortnight, for a like disgraceful transaction. He would order the clothes to be returned, without payment, and if this. Lazarus were again brought up, he would be dealt with in accordance with the utmost rigour of the law. ConoNEn's I'iQUESTS.—The Borough Coroner yesterday held the following inquests—On the body of William Ken. drick, who had been working at the ship Herald of the Morning, in the Brunswick dock, and who was found drowned, but how he came into the dock there was no evidence to show. Verdict, found drowned.—On the body of Lewis Williams, aged 26, a fireman at the Edge-bill station, whose body was found in a quarry, as described in our paper of yesterday. The jury found a verdict of accidental death.—On the body of Thos, Cave, aged 47,a wheelwright, who resided at Everton. It appeared that the deceased had been drinking for some days, and was in the '0 horrors," alias delerium tremens, and whilst in that state he hung himself in the house of a relation. Verdict, suicide during temporary. insanity.—On the body of John Melia, aged 30, who died in Hudson street, Vauxhall road, and who came by his death from excessive drinking. The jury bund a verdict accordingly.—On the body of a male child found dead in Berkeley street. From the evidence of Surgeon Kemp, it appeared that the child was born alive, and must have died from violence, and the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person unknown.—On the body of the child, Daniel Campbell, supposed to have been poisoned, was resumed yesterday, but, after the examination of a witness, it was again adjourned. (The details have already appeared in our paper.)
The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-02-19 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SUICIDE OF MR. JOHN SADLIER, M.P.—The most painful sensation was created on Sunday last, by the announcement that Mr. John Sadlier, for many years connected wi'h the Irish representative body, and identified with several of the leading monetary and commercial enterprises, in the city of London, had committed suicide. The unfortunate .gentleman was found cold and lifeless, at half•past eight o'clock on Sunday morning, in a secluded portion of Hampstead Heath, near the Jack Straw Castle Hotel. Beside him lay a large bottle, which contained the essential oil of bitter almonds, and it was but too evident that with this powerful poison he had terminated his existence. There were a few men outside the house of Rothschild who speculated to, such an extent in foreign and continental railways and mining undertakings, and it is believed that during the last few weeks he sustained such enormous losses, as not only completely dissipated the large fortune he was known to have amassed, but involved his affairs in hopeless and inextricable ruin. On the person of deceased were found several pounds in gold, a Bank of England note of £5, a silver cream ewer, containing a portion of bitter almonds ; a bottle, containing a portion of bitter almonds, labelled as such in six places, and marked poison; a razor case, contain. ing two razors. Dr. Nichol at once proceeded to the residence of Mr. Sadlier and saw the housekeeper only, who informed him that she bought the poison on Saturday, at Maitland's, Chester-terrace, Hyde-park, by her master's orders, and that her master wrote many letters, and one to a Mr. Norris, who was expected at his house in the course of the day. It appears that Mr. Sadlier left his house about half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday night, and, as yet, nothing further has been ascertained of his movements.