The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-27 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE OP A mu
DISTRIBUTOR ON BOXING DAY.
• _

This morning Mr. Bird, the coroner for Weit
Middlesex, received information of the suicide of Cquis
K C. Synanada, aged 67 years.
It appears that last evening two little girls ennui
the deceased gentleman distnbuting tracts et the house
in the neighbourhood of Brook-green, Hammernitk,
After he had handed a tract to a gentleman 14
suddenly darted lances the road and walked quickly
into the middle of Brook-green, and placing his bock Iv
gannet a tree, be drew from his pocket • large dew,
barrelled pistol. One of the girls attracted the Militia
of !Ate pawns by by calling out, " Look, the gentleman
so sheet birds," but before they could rash to the
he pined the barrel of the pistol in his nith,
and &aeries the trigger, blew the roof of his skull coe.
=off. Ere beans were scattered about the gran Ise
octants man fen upon the ground in • pose of
blood. The nen el the explosion canoed the police as
hasten to the epee, and pain-unstable Dillon, 2y3 T,
intently net for Mr. Barrett, 1.R.C.5., but that pall.
man's WANG wers el course of no area, the who 'krill of
the demand being cusp shatt. The deceased's
body was then removed by the polies on a stretcher to
thud'c dead bean The demised was a meant
e residing at No. 15, Elm-grove, Hammerweitb,
and he bed aces
service
Lan newces is the Rea. Bet
India Company's service. Hewell nun and meth
respected throughout the losality in which he neidet
Lateerly he had devoted mush of his time to religios,
subjects and be had written several trans and parenissL
Is his pocket was found a card on which was Winne
"E. C. Symonds." A policenuntable 'discovered la the
donned gentleman's coat pocket 150 pamphlet budiam
"Symonds' Recommendation" The melancholy arm,.
reran was quite unexpected by the deosand'e (nada, for
on Claristainday be was in high spirits and pee a largo
party at his hones.

DEATH OF TWO
IN LEGITIMATEIL CHILDREN

INQUEST.—(THIS
the DAY.)
This morning, Mr. Richards, deputy coroner,
meno.ed at the Green Nan Tavern. anatoll.uld-townoe
iryarespecting the death of the two illegitimate mak
enate
of Lane FeikL
Elias All mid that ea Satesday evening, the Zed but.
eke fated the two demassel children under the bed ha a to;
room at the house of Mr. Wallace, No. 17, Hagtrinsg.
road. They were wrapped up in a shirt, and both wen
quite dead. Witness called her mistress, Mrs. Wallace, sad
the police were seat for, and Anne Fend, a domestic Nernst
is the employ of Mr. Wallace, was Mks* late coded,.
Rolle•constabbe Floyd, 449 A, mid that when ha saw the
deceased children they were both black in the faint, sad the
navel etring was twisted tightly round the ask of ma
child. A doctor was sent for, and Anne Feild mafiosi
to witness that she was the mother of the children. He
then took her into cartody, and removed her to the Fair
nary of the Shoreditch workhouse.
The mother of the deceased chillrem, Anne read, vu
brought op before the court by Inspector Robinson. Ski
was a good-looking young woman, appareatly about 25 yam
of age, and she appeared to feel her pasitioa amat sly.
Dr. John Chen Griffiths, police surgeon, mid that Wad
made a post merges examination of the bodies of the de
missed children. One of the children had breathed bathed
been desegka by the navel string being fishmeal repel
the throat at birth. The female cMld was born dead. The
first child had been aocidoestally choked.
Inspector Robinson said the magistrate had, after heeling
the medical evidence, discharged the accused from tasked).
was stated that the amused young woman MI pa.
dead by • young man, a mechanic whose name is known,
under a mantra of marriage. When the accused told bits
that she wee enceinte, he at first shunned her, sad finally
he deserted her. On this she wae conveyed to the Sham.
ditch `i9 orkhonse by the police on the charge of anmemed
murder. She stated that on that day her young man was
married to another woman.
The Ooroner said that he wished the law could punish
the seducer as well as the seduced woman, instead of
always panishing without mercy the mothers of illegiti-
mate ehildree. la the present cam be was hany te be
able to tell the jury that the child that had been limm alive
was accidentally killed.
The jury returned • verdict that the two deceased
&Helm were found dead, and that one child was sumiden-
tally choked, as& that the woad one was hors dead. .

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OP A MARRIED
WOMAN IN THE stows CANAL.

An inquiry Was held by Mr. Richard% the
deputy OWOOIR, at the Windsor Castle Tavern, Victoria.
park-road, Windlass the supposed suiaide of a inersad
woman, named Emily Ellen Pramual, aged 41 rum
Louisa Steel, Custom-house-teases, Betlmal.gress, said
that she had known the deceased for several years. Labs
wee the wit* of George Premed, a porter. She bad bow
married 16 years, and dining the whole of that time she
and her husband had lived uncomfortably together. Hews
given to drink, and he wanted to compel his wife to=
him in diatom& lie beanie destitute and went bate
green workhouse. She got several good please as a dernatte
tenant, bat her husband waste in the habit of goitig after her
and taking all her savings f her, =depend's( theta is
driak. Through him she lost several plains,- and she at.
greedpred to be mash upset by it. Her poverty beams so
re that she became very despondiag, and whoa she cold
get drink she took it. About a fortnight ago her husbini
met her, and again threatened to take all her savage hat
her. She appeared to be quite upset by her husband's
:danme
yson:
ts:i.d, " "nevi:lto:es: until I ban
heard to say "to I
shallw:ill myself."
George Harrison. a lighterman, mid that be found fa
dead body of the deceasal, on hat Sunday morning, In the
Regent's Canal, near Twig Folly-bridge, Betlinal.green. It
was tally dressed, but had no bonnet on.
Dr. Janes Ralph said that the cause of death was üb.
cation from drowning. The body had bean at least 14 days
in the water.
Mr. Burrows said that the reason the deceased's busing
was not present at the inquiry was that be had salted du
workhouse authorities to grant him day's leave al it yr
Bozing.day, sad they had acceded to his request. •
The Coroner said that thecae/ was very painful one. Tht
deceased had evidently committed suicide, in conseqtwea
of the disgraceful conduct of her husband, but as the
rase
had no legal evidence of that fact, so person having
her in the act of jumping into the water, they should Mors
an opus verdict.
Thejury returned a verdict "That the dammed ww
found drowned in the waters of the Regent's Canal, bat
how she *Me into the end waters then was no lona en'
dance to prove."

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.

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PIOSAMILI
OS NOSTRUM FeiDAY.
Doane. &W. and
strong N., trade
rate to , with
to fresh. some rain.
Between P. W. and Manx As above.'
N.W., varying from
moderate to strong.
SOON IliaD
Variable, moderate to flOveltatall. Chiefly LE. to LW •
fresh, One generally, but railing, geode
rate to fresh.
As next above. Zallritif. As nest above.
Northern =Scotland. Weetern--,Treland, odd MA'
antelee. Boutheni.insliale Channel sad OAF illtrai•
Ileatern:Neet ward imbue and North hes.

Mr. Jas. Oaird writes to the Tima of the tette,.
meat of the cattle' plague by homeopathy :—"La the
attempt to treat this formidable disease, the associatioa in•
stitated three weeks ago the first of a series of careful expr
rimental trials ia Norfolk. Notice of this was gives Oaths
cattle plague oomorissioners, and an capsrisocel riatorflarf
magma, under their direction, has daily watched and noted
the proceeding'. The association engaged the wavier of
skilful and ozporionowl horoceopathio veterinary, wbo, with
two competent amistauts, has remained in constant attend-
sum on tho oasis. The local and personal inflasace of
Lord Bury was warmly engaged in our behalf. Bat, note
withstanding all the advantages, the Meet of oar first
trial ho been, that of 36 roes nadeetakea on the ant day
of this month only six remained alive and were convaler
cent on the 22nd. The experience we have gained inNor•
folk we are about to carry into Obashin. From a fending
we piss into a breeding and dairy district, wham the min
of the animals is oven of more vital importance. Oar prad•
goo is epos to public inspection, sad its mmHg wet to
reported." 0-
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appear to belga,/
• nninarons monad Geelong. no Um than soma harieg low
deetroped in moday we the several sad am four feetteni
• wee killed at AAA', while have bees nem sem the
entamental Taber In the Botesteal Oerdene.--014104
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