The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-12 00:00:00

PREFERERM SHARES.

Great WeeteniorTet;rl 5 p;:a;s7C, Mean. pre., Im}

FOREIGN R tILWAYS.
Bahia and San 'Francisco (Limited), guar. 7 per mat,
17;4.z ia.
Great Luxembourg. 101.
Beath Austrian sad Lombardo-Venetian, 211.

SHOCKING SUICIDE OP A VOLUNTEER
THROUGH JEALOUSY.

INQUEST AND SPECIAL VERDICT.—(THIS DAY.)
At noon to-day Mr. John Humphreye,Middleoex
oorguer, held en inquiry at the Sir Gimp Oshoni's Head
Tavern, Princes-street, Kil.-end New-town, respecting the
death of Abraham Haight, aged 31 years, who cannutted
mantle adder very shocking circumstances.
Mary Knight deposed that abs was the widow of the
deceased man. He had been in the employ of the St.
Katherine's Dock Company, and was is that compsay's
millilitres corps. Witness and be were living apart
latterly. He had separated from her. On Fridaira lastd
wham wee on board the ship New Battle, at
stain, seenag her sole. who lead got a berth on board
wider the captain. Her husband cams on board is full
madam, and armed with his Enfield ride and bayonet. He
was jealous of her, because be Wined there was some-
thing write( between her and Captain Joseph Rosen, the
master and owner of the New Battle. There wee no
ground for soppoarog that that, as any intimacy
between' them. however, was very violent aad
aware he would kill the captain and beset. He charged
the captain with his bayonet, and the captain had to ran
down into the cabin away from him and kale. He then used
be would hike witness's life if she did not consent
to go back to live with him at inc e. He retuned
home with witness to No. 8, King-attest, Mik-
an, that night. He maned mach troubled in
his mind, but he would not tall witness what was the
matter. On Saturday he asked witness to kiss him, and
begged of bar not to go out for work that day. He pressed
her mach not to go, and asked bee to kiss biro when she was
going. She came in at eight and found the place dark. He
did not answer when she called. She struck a light and
found him sitting in the corner of the room, with his rifle ie
his hands, and when she put her hand on hie forehead she
faun be was quite cold and dead.
Dr. Mandell Character' said that at 10 o'clock on Satur-
day sight he was called to deceased. He found that de-
ceased had placed the end of the role in his mouth, and by
drawn( the trigger with hie foot had shot hunssU
dead. The uvula was shot away. The tongue was
divided, and the eagle of the mouth was split
for about en inch. The recoil of the gam bad
brought the front teeth out through the lope ; the
ball had passed oat through the back of the neck. making an
orifice about the size of an egg. The spinal marrow was
divided, and death bad been instantaneous. The conical
ballet was completely crushed op and Battened be the force
with which it bad struck the wall behind deceased. Dressed
had taken his shoes and stockings off, so that he might the
non easily gnat) the ride with his feet.
. .

A brother of the deceased said that he bad been in the
British army, bat bad left it—deserted about three or tour
years ago. He told witness that he sae rendered perfectly
miserable by his wife., who used to meet him in the streets
ad threaten to deliver him up to the authorities at the
Home Guards as a deserter. He said that he was io coo-
drat dread, and that his wife rendered his life a perfect
hurdles to hint by her threats sad naimondoot.

The calmer hameg summed op,
The jure returned a verdict, • That the deceased com-
mitted imicide while in a state of unsound mind ; and the
jurists of opinion that the wiled the deceased is highly
censurable for her conduct towards her husband."
The omens, directed that the deosanwl's rifle should be
delivered up to Superinteodeet Mumford, of the St
Katherine's Docks.
The proceedings then terminated.

DETERMINED SUICIDE THROUGH
MISPORTI7NII.

An inquiry was held by Mr. Humphreys, coroner,
last evening, at the Rising San Tavern, Globe-road,
Hethoal-green, reepectieg the suicide, under very painful
cirurnstaaces, of Thomas Ramboll. aged 32 years.
Eliza Harebell, 6. Ely•place. &Absalom'', said that
deceased was a dealer in pigs. Recently his bores was killed
by see of the vaned the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail-
way Company, which ran into it in the street. Reapplied for
compensation, bat the company refused it,and be went tole+,
and fell into great poverty. Ho then bonne very ill. On
Friday last he got out of hod, and, seising a pocket knife,
cut his throat in a dreadful manner. Witco's and his
mother rushed to prevent him. but he struggled desperately,
and be actually tore the wooed open with his band.
Mr. Adams, 6, Wellington-street, said that the poverty
of the deceased caused by the lots of his horse induced in-
sanity.
A gentleman who appeared on behalf of the Linden.
Chatham. and Dover Railway Company made h statement
to the effect that the company had offered to give I the de- MONDAT
NNW a gratuity without Oudic. tr.) the right' of the Consols, which closed on Saturday at 90i to
company, bat the d refused it. The company were
~ for the 9th of August, were first marked this morn-
therefore compelled to leave the decsaaed to proceed .y
at .oead at 904 For
The at law. lug uti,„ and c. „, "buyers."
The Cormier having summed up, I money the last price was 90i to a. The official
The jury returned& verdict that deceased committed sal- business report is as follows.—Three per Cent.
aide while in a state of unsound mind, and they aocompanied conaolr, for money, 901, ; ditto for account,
their verdict with the expremion of a hope that the London, Three per Ceuta. Reduced, 89/, I ;
Chatham, sad Dover Railway Company shouM which
the family of the da.sssaed for the accident to which their New Three per Ceuta., 891, I. ; New Two-and-
poverty was attributable. a-Halt per Cents, 79 ; India Five per Cent.

The saw tariff sow passing through the United Stales'
Congress proposes that the duty on tea sbould be mimed
from AN present rate of 10d. sterling per lb. (which in
American "leper currency is equal to about la 101) to 1(k1.
per lb. sad en additional 10 per oast. au: rearms. The rate
will tbs. be equal to about 24. 3d. per lb. in Federal
money ; sod it is impossible to doubt that. under these
circumstances, an extessim smuggling trade wtll be de-
veloped.