The Express. — 1849-05-10 (London, England)

SUICIDE OF AN UNDERGRADUATE AT  CAMBRIDGE.-INQUEST.  Yesterday morning a jury was empanelled in the Combination-room of Clare Hell College, Cambridge, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Edward Hayman, a Bizet of that college. Elizabeth Barton. bedmaker to the deceased, deposed to finding him, at half-past four on Tuesday afternoon, lying upon the floor, bleeding from a wound in his throat. He was a very steady, exemplary young man. Mr. Hough, surgeon, stated that the deceased was in his bedroom, quits dead, when he was called in. On a high reading-desk in the sitting-room a sheet of writing paper, with blood on it, was found, bearing tho words hastily @crawled, "Good bye, father. Thank you, dear Henry, for—". There was a pool of blood near this desk, and a pen stained with blood upon the table. A large pool of blood war observed near where the body was found, u well as on the dressing table, drawers, and looking glass in the bed room. The deceased had manifestly made a filet attempt at the high desk, then wrote the paper, and, going to the bed room, accomplished his purpose before the Inkingglass. The incision was, probably, made from left to right, and portion of it war jagged on the left side, when, in all probability, the first attempt was made. John Marshall Hayman, undergraduate of St. John's College, stated that he was brother of the deceased. Me produced some correspondence between deceased and another brother in Landon, which went to favour the ides that the unfortunate young man hid gone wrong in his mind on religious topics. Witness then said: I saw the deceased on the Thursday or Friday before be passed his " Little go." He came to my rooms on the Sunday evening before the examination, his object being to satisfy me that it war imposidhie for him to pass, and that he ought to have a medial certificate to excuse him. It is clear that he was then labouring under a delusion, because he went in, and, as I am informed, passed a molt satisfactory examination, being well prepared in all the 'abject'. My brother's spirits had been very low during the lea' fortnight, and I frequently noticed an appearance about his eyes as though he bad been crying. Thomas Mayer Nilson said—l was a friend of the deceased. In the middle of hat week he sent his brdniaker to say he wanted to see me. I went to his room. He was undressed in his bedroom. He maid he was very unhappy, that he had committed a great crime, and wanted some one to comfort him. He then said he had been guilty of gluttony the day before, and that he had smoked a cigar overni6ht in his rooms for the first time in his life. I tried to laugh the matter off, and deceased said he wanted to be comforted and not laughed at. I could not persuade him that he had not committed a serious offence, and by his desire we went into the sitting-room, and there read the church prayer_eteflethee, and some pussies at Scripture. He own" bitter. There was mere evidence, but the jury here expressed themselves satisfied, and the coroner said he thought there could only be one opinion on the matter. The jury then retureed an unanimous verdict of " TernblunitY" and the remains of the deceased were confided To his brother for interment. The late Mr. Hayman inewsialMselY7enrimano4rtinaciitinosofrf ammenegrettawbrisprornin.osdpUwitaLue ellatiboirleudetwlhrethtye:eolinnie years of age.