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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IX, Issue 478, 23 May 1867, Page 2

Tea Meeting. —We would remind all intesested that the tea meeting to which we have before referred takes place iu the rooms lately occupied by Mr Robottom, in Shakespoare-road, tomorrow evening, ttea to be on the table at sis o’clock. Rifle Match. — To mo-row a rifle match will come oil'at the hide Club range, at the Ibor of t’oote-road, between s'wen mihliamen and seven volunteers. The firing will commence at ten a.m., each man to have five shots at 300, -IUU, and 5-00 yards. Tin’ following are the names of the respective competitors ; VOLUNTHKHS. ; illl.l rIAMKX. Messrs. I’. Ua-Ucy ! Messrs. A. Wake I’eiitlcy ' J. Blake G. lilako | A. Irvine CrcsaweU A. K'.aueJv Close I W. .Miller W. Northe 1 W. I’avker U. llciiouf 1 11. Williams Cetceiit Match.—We understand that a cricket match will fake place to-morrow, on CUve-square, between an equal number of Military Settlors and members of tile Hawke’s Bay Cricket Club, —the wickets to be pitched at eleven a in.

The Weather.—During t'ie latter pert of last, an.i the early part of the present week we were favuivd with beautiful weather, —fine sunshiny days, with cold, clear, fro-,tv nights. Un Tuesd iv, howeier, there was a change. That afternoon it began to rain, and it lias continued so up to this writing. The knowing ones pro net ttint titer? will be no scarcity of water this winter. Four,nee's Inqi'est.—An inqu-st was held at d p.m. u;i jlov lav, .M ay -JO, at toe berry Hotel, Western -St it, tie to e Themes 11 in-hing-, E-q , cor iter, and a jury, upon| the holy of George Fl'irUou, then stnll there lying dead. The- 1-illov. ing evidene-1 was adduced : —Joint Pat-m, sworn, d ■; ■posed : “1 am r niast-r manner, and lelong to the in-'eantuie \ i-ut.a. I have bet n acquainted with deceased for about thr.-ej years. 1 was in ; Js eumpauv from about i th.rce to five p.m. yesterday. We tv ; re con- j v, rsiug upon various sul jeers ; he sei m« «i 1 desponding and abc-cui-mimled ; he did not j appear to be under the inllaence id' liquor ;! I i.otieid a dilierer.ee in his manner toi w lut I had seen before. - ’ George Edward; Charlton, sworn, deposed : “I am the sou! "f deceased, ami was at tr.y father's house: last night. 1 arrived about ten o'clock ; my father hud gone te bed ; 1 heard him] speaking, but did not see him. Upon ask. itig my mother if he hast returned home, I heard him make some re-mark, but did imf catch tile words. I saw him tins (Monday) morning, lie got up to breakfast about b a.-K. He s>t at the table with ray mother and I ; lie did not eat: much, Except we 1 spoke to him he did nut speak, but appeared absent and low-spirited, die got. up from the table before I left the house ; he was walking about the room. 1 saw nothing mure of him until 1 saw him dead, which was about ten a.m. lam at home about niiee a week, and knew he w as absent from home a good deal lately ; a id when asked why he stayed away he could give no reason, 1 know he has been drinking a good deal lately.” Franklyu Tuxford, sworn,] deposed: “I am a publican, residing at! the T’crry Hotel. lam son-in-law to the: deceased. 1 saw him a good, deal tester i dir.y; lie was walking about with Captain| Paton, and was in my house once, where] lie had one glass of brandy. Me senueti | very low and emaciated; desponding in | spirits ; absent in mind ; not giving an-] swers to questions, or entering into ai-y i conversation—quite deferent to his usual] manner. 1 last taw him alive about five p.m. yesterday. At about half-past nine this morning I saw .Mrs Charlton, and heard her calling out and screaming lor heh' ; rat wife and i ran to the house. 1

mer ivlr# Charlton in the passage, and she told me to go to the sail room. I ran there, and saw deceased suspended by a rope from the beam by the neck. There v.-as a knife lying on a bolt of canras ; by its means I cut him down. lie was warm, but life was extinct. 1 should think he hud

not oeen oeau mo f e than ten minutes. A stool, apparently kicked over, was lying under his feet. Mrs Charlton and her son had both hit the house after breakfast; the former was in my premises looking at a stove ; the latter had gone with the mail in the ferry boats It was during their absence that the event occurred ; upon ilrs Charlton'* return to the house she gave the alarm. Deceased’s house is close to mine ; I am in the constant habit of seeing him. Ife has hi cr. absent from his home for three weeks ; during that time JL both know ami have seen that hs was drinking heavily.” This being all the evidence. the jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased destroyed himself when under the influence ol temporary insanity.