The Express.
London, England, 1862-07-31 00:00:00

A NORFOLK FARMER.

A SOLDIIM ROBBED OF 2O l.—Thin morning in-
formation was received at the chief police station, Scotland-
yard, that Colour-Sergeant Joseph Butterworth, of the
Indian army, who had only just arrived in Eng-
land from Calcutta, had been decoyed to the
back of West-square last night by • female, who
plundered him of five 101. Beak of England notes. a small
sum in gold and silver, and • draft for 208/. 15e. 9d. from
the Oriental Bank Corporation, payable at the Union Bank,
London, on the 16th proximo, with which she got clear
awa_y, leaving the sergeant penniless.
FRIGHTFUL DEATH THROUGH LUCIFER MATCLIEIL
--Isounar.—(Tutu Dar.)—This morning, Mr. John Hum-
phreys, the coroner for Fist Middlesex, held an inquest in
the board-room of the Poplar Hospital, respecting the death
of a fine little girl named Hannah Cole, aged 7 years. On
Sunday morning last the mother left the deceased in •
room playing with a box of lucifer matches. While talking
to a next door neighbour she heard loud screams, and upon
going back she discovered the deceased running out of the
room enveloped in flames. A lodger wrapped several things
round dommed's body and rolled her on the floor, but the
Barnes • ere not extinguished till the body and limbs were
terribly blackened by fire. The deceaaed expired on the
following morning. The coroner having remarked on the
carelessness of parente in allowing children to play with
such dangerous combustibles, the jury returned • verdict
of " Accidental death."

AN OLD MAN ACcIDENTALLY SHOT BY HIMSELF.—
A melancholy accident occurred at West Wittering no Tues-
day week. An old man named Jobs Robinson, by accident,
shot himself. The facts of the cue appear to be these :
Joseph Mitchell, a travelling tinker, was going to call at the
house of the deceased in the morning about 8.30, and was
horrified to see the deceased lying down near a wall, with
his brains scattered about. He (Mitchell) immediately ran
and got assistance. An inquest was held on the following
Thursday, by R. Blsgden, F.aq., coroner, when the facts
were elicited. The deceased was frequently known to shoot
rooks, and, a gun being found pointing upwards, fixed
between a wall and a hurdle. it was supposed that in getting
the gun from between it might and accidentally went off.
The foreman of the jury informed the coroner that the
jury had visited the spot, end that some of them had seen it
as well as the gun directly after deceased was found, end
they were quite satisfied the gun went off accidentally as
deceased was trying to take it out from behind the hurdle.
A verdict was returned ne..ordingly.—Wed Sawa gazette.
ROYAL HUMANE SoIETY. —Within the last three
weeks no less than six cases have come under treatment by
the officers of the society at the receiving-homes in Hyde-
park. The first was on the Sth inst., when Catherine Keefe
threw herself from the centre arch of the Serpentine-bridge
with the intention of commit•iog suicide, but was rescued
by the society's boatmen. The second ease was that of
Catherine Ryan, who, ou the 6th inst., at 8 a.m., rushed
into the water, but was speedily rescued by boatman Green.
The third was the discovering the body of John Pool, who
had been missed for some days, and is supposed to
have committed suicide. The fourth, on the =nd inst., at
5.30, when a person saw a woman in the water trying
to drown herself ; RD alarm being given, a policeman pro-
cured a drag, and rewire,' her ; she was removed to the re-
ceiviog-honse and restored by the society's caws. Fifthly,
as two men were paser.,g the lower end of the Serpentine at
10 p.m. on the 28th, they fancied they saw a duck °seethe
'referral grating, but were horrified to see the arms of a
I
child appear above the water ; they took a drag from
a tree tear at hand, and pulled out the poor infant, and at
once took it to the receiving.houre, where it was
restored by the proper remedies. Just as it had reached
the society's house, an alarm was raised on the opposite
side of the water, end on Superintendent Williams with
two of the society's boatmen proceeding to the spot they
found a man naked in the water, holding the dress of a
woman, whose head was submerged ; they were imme-
diately rescued and taken to the receiving-house. where,
after twelve hours' continuous exertions by Dr. Christian
sad the staff she was recovered. It appears that through
poverty the poor woman first threw her infant of four
months old into the water, and then running some distance
jumped in herself with the intention of destroying both her
own and the child's life. In five of theme oases, by the
promptness of the society's odes n, life was restored, and in
the sixth the body bad been Is the water some days. The
above ones show how beneficially the treatment adopted by
the society acts, which *utmost has been approved by a
special committee of the Royal Medical Chimeras! lintinty.
The rules may be had of the secretary, on application at 4.
Trafaigaraluare, W.C.
Tat DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRI.—Ii has been ar-
ranged that • towns meeting for the puma* of coaddoriag
sad ameliorating, if possible, the present distress existing
amongst the Lasushire operatives shall he held at Liver-
Pool to-morrow.

BAIVILDAT.
S.& to LW. and N.W., SCOTLAND. 9. W. to N.W., strong to
strong, withmoderate, showery.
S.W. to N.W.. treat to lAM.Artn. Northwesterly, fresh,
strong, showery. generally One.
1111. W. to W. N.W., W. CagraAL. As next above.
strong. unsettled.
LW. to N.W., fresh to S.W.ENOLAID. W.S.W. to N.N.W.,
strong, some showers fresh tenerallyo moderate,
due.
As neat above. 9.13,. ENGLAND. As next above.
BALL to S.W.andN.W., to N., fresh to mo.
treat to strong, some dente.
rata.

SHOCILNO AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE BRICE- I
LAME' Anus firarion. —As inquiry was held by Yr. Wm.
Payne, the comber for the City of Loudon and Southwark.
at Guy's Hospital. late last sight, respecting the death of
Henry Cole, aged 24, who was crushed in a frightful manor
between two trucks on Pride/ last at the Bricklayers'
Arms Blithe. It appears that it was the duty of deceased
to weigh the trucks on the tables. sad that one of them
being sent up on to the table with too mac►
force struck another which had just been
removed from the table. and the shock of the collision
caused it to get off the rail. Deceased put his shoulder to
the truck, to endeavour to replace it on the wheel, when
the other truck, which bad been soot forward by the shock,
rebounded from something which it struck, and came back
with great form. e►tehiag deceased right as the spine, sad
driving his dogma on to the baler of the int truck. The
injuries to the tuifortunete man went fearful, and death
immediately supervened. The fury returned a verdict of
" Amidenta EseSh."