The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-02 00:00:00

SHARD LISTS.--(THIS DAY.)

ITSIORDINARY SUICIDEORUS OP A GERMAN BY
PHOSPH.
INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
Bis morning Mr. John Humphreys, Middlesex
suer, held an inquest on view of the body of a German,
nal Peter Badger, who committed suicide el 6, Albert-
Shadwell, under very singular circumstance,.
floe Bradford, a richlyaittired young woman, said that
hired at No. 6, Albert-spate, shadwsll, and was a pro-
arm. The deceased was a young German, a cabinet maker,
i vas apparently 72 years of age. He used at times
mae one viait to her, and he stopped with her last
On the Friday he became very ill, apparently from
deem of poison, but he refused to tell what was the
, with him. From that time until Monday his thirst
beemant and unquenchable, but he could eat nothing.
gondol morning, upon his craving for more tee,
rude it a condition that he should tell what
the matter, and said, " Peter, you shall certainly
re the tea ; but what ever have you done'' lie
nod, "hose, I have poisoned myself with phospho-
. I bought a halfpennyworth of ratstane at an oil
4 the corner of Cannon-street on Friday, and I @wei-
rd it because I was tired of life." Upon being pressed
card that the reason he wanted to commit suicide was
he had been cheated io business by a comrade of hie,
• coat he could not madam such treatment, and he made
emind to die.
iv.B. Woodman said that he saw the deceased on Mon-
lit 5000, He was io intense pain, his limbs were tremu-
'a. and be was very weak. He confessed to the fact that
hit poisoced himself with rstabane or phosphorus. He
on Wednesday, notwithstanding the administration of
:ages. The postmortem examination showed that the
cad's skin had turned quite yellow, and that the
roil organs were similarly affected. The heart was
end with purple spots, and the stomach was highly
. The deceased must have suffered excruciating
cap from the action of the poison.
Nothing could be ascertained relative to the deceased's
rods or habitation in London.
the Coroner having summed up the case,
iw jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while in a state
ouound mind."

(From the Liverpool Mcreury of this day.)
Last night one of the most serious fires
which have for many years ocmrred in Liverpool broke
out twin the premises of Compton House, Church.
street and Basnett-street, in the occupation of
Messrs. J. and W. Jeffery and Co., drapers, cabinet-
makers, clothiers, he., and, we regret to say, malted
in the entire destruction of that eetatAishmeot, which was
one of the most extensive in the provinces, aud contained
a most costly as well as varied stack.
So far as we have been able to ascertain, the premises
when closed at their ordinary time presented no appearatce
that indicated the frightful calamity which was about to
occur. There are about 80 young ladies and nearly 100
young men in the establishment, most of whim
at the close of business went to various kinds
of recreation, and returned to Compton Houle
shortly before the fire occurred. Even then tit, re
was nothing to awaken alarm; but about 10 o'clock the fire
was discovered. At the Bassett-street side was the main
entrance to the domestic part of the house, and on the st
police officers going to this door they observed smoke 54
issuing from the basement of the building, which was termed st.
" the shipping department "—this is to say, that part of 254
the establishment devoted to the outfit of captains, 1.1
emigrant', die.
When the first engine arrived the firemen found that
the flames were raging in the shipping department imme-
diately lemma* the cabinet and upholstery room fronting
st
Williamsinetreet. Other engines arrived in rapid sue- st.
cession, sad the word having been passel to the other at.
fire stations, firemen and police officers were drafted Itt.
from all parts of the town, and the heads of at,
the police, water, and engineering departments woe rtz
quickly on the spot. Branches were attached to tie st,
different hydrants and were got into play, and at that time St.
the fire was raging fiercely ; end although apparently occu-
pying only a small space of the basement floor, yet it was St.
evident that it would prove a serious conflagration. Several
branches were brought to bear upon what were considered the st,
most vulnerable parts of the firs, but they were notaubdued, 9t.
and and the flame's spread with great rapidity towards Basnett-
street, in consequenze of the body of water poured upon St.
the flames in Williamson-street. The shutters which
covered the windows of the entire building were revolving too
'eon shutters, which on this as on fanner occasions pre- 131::
vented the firemen obtaining easy access to the seat 9
of the fire. Ares and crowbars having bean pro- St.
cured, the police forced open the shutters with great 1,7..
difficulty, and the momeut this was accomplished a sr.
largo body of flame Must from the windows across the Lt.
street, compelling the firemen for • time to retreat Major st,
Greig at this moment was in Williamson-street, and seeing St.
the state of affairs, seized a branch and brought it to bear ra'
upon the burning mass, going so close to the window that U
how he escaped being burnt seemed almost miraculous.
He was soon joined by • stalwart fireman named 10
Mackenzie, who, with Superintendent Redman forced re.
their way into the shop with the jet in their hands. The st,
scene at this moment was a most exciting one : the St-
flames were roaring up from the basement floor, fanned
by the draught, and causing a noise like an im- St.
moose furnace. Shortly before eleven o'clock smoke !o-
wes seen issuing from the window to Church-street, st
and flames from the windows in Bunettestreet. The
fire was then rapidly spreading over the lower portions of V
the building, and the shutters on the Baanett-street side sl
became red-hot and fell io, revealing at occe that the whole
of the basement wee a mass of flames. Whilst the destruc-
tive element was thus at work, • most exciting scene a
presented itself in Leighetreet, forming the back portion
of the premises. Although the alarm had been so
speedily given to the assistants, many of them found that
egress by the staircases was cut off in coasequence of the
dense smoke, and 13 young ladies were shut up in a sitting.
room, for whose safety great apprehensions were enter-
tained. Ladders were procured, and one by one the
fainting, screaming creatures were brought down and de-
posited in the street, many of them having saved
only the clothes in which they stood. There
were also sleeping in • part of the budding the It',
family of Mr. Cook, one of the superintendents. Two of 100
the children were gallantly saved by • Miss Wall, an male- 1:0
tent in Compton House, who brought them down the stairs pp
wrapped in blankets :cod Me. Cook's son, Mark, saved •• 100:
younger brother. We are happy to say that all the inmates 109
were rescued, but we hear that ...00 lady fell from the toe
St.
ladder and was slightly injured. 20
The fire continued to rage with unabated fury, and 20
rapidly spread through all thedepartments to the roof,which
about twelve o'clock fell in, and the pile was one enormous son
mass of fire from the foundation upwards. The pre- 29
mixes of Meters. Williams and Jones were also consumed,
100
and at one time the sparks ignited the Cauldron IUO
Castle public-house, Williamson-street, and other build- sr
ings, but they were fortunately extinguished, though
Si.
st.
damaged by water.
20
The fire was raging when we went to press, the whole st.
blrrek being gutted.
The premises and stock are insured. but Messrs. Jeffery, It.
it is said, will still curtain a heavy loss. It is estimated at.
that the loss will not be less than 200,000/.
St.
The origin of the fire is nuicnown. St.

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REFORM BILL RETURNS.—We have just seen co-
pies of the circulars issued from Whitehall, calling
upon the local authorities to forward to the Poor-law
Board schedules of the ratings of different classes of
tenements in counties and in cities and bo-
roughs ; obviously for the purpose of ascertaining,
according to the latest assessments, what accessions will
be made to the present constituencies by a "
verticd
extension of the franchise. Downing-street would like
to know, if the qualitieation be lowered, what numbers of
additional voters will be let in at certain downward steps,
and, therefore. asks, io respects of the counties, for the
number of occupiers rated at 101. and under I'2/. ; at I'2!.
sad under 1:1/. ;at 15/. nod under ; and at 901. sucl
under ,01. With regent to cities and boroughs. the par-
ticulars 'ought are the numbers of occupiers in each at
41. and under :./. ;at ill. and under ;at 61. and under
71. ;at 71. and under Cf. ;at Y. and under 10!. The re.
tutus are to be filled up from the rate-books in respect of
the " rateable value '• of each tenement, not according to
the " gross estimated rental " as heretofore used for elec-
toral statistics. The difference, we need hardly say, is
very material between the gross and the rateable value.
Masolirster Cuardma.
APPLICATION t'F ELErTRIC CoMMUNI,ATION TO
THE ROYAL SPECIAL TRAINS.—The directors of the South
Western Railway, in deference to the wishes of the Q1(.00,
lately expressed upon the subject of increasing the safety
of iailway travelling, have caused the state saloons used by
the royal family to be fitted with the new systemd re of elec
eutric ,
communication between passengers sod gu arctly
adopted by the company, the first-class carriages sod vans
forming the rest of the royal trains being provided with the
same etficient means of communicatioo.
CHAMBER Ml:slc.—lioW I longed for a magi-
cian's weed to make the unwelcome crowd vanish, and to
tied myself listening to these great men and their great ioatn-
terpreters, comfortably seated in a small space, with sh,
• dozen intimate friends, all animated with the same tote,
and reverence for these heavenly compositions, where
the proportions of the loom would allow the forte
passages really to appear loud, instead of falliug
feebly and thioly into unlimited space, and where
the more delicate sod tender inspirations would re-
ceive their full value and charm, and be felt pro-
foundly and mesmerically by an assembly oonaistiog only
of a chosen few, all tuned to the proper pitch of acute
sensibility ; this ries delight in the hearts of all, a subtle
atmosphere most propitious to the beat efforts of the
artists themselves, who, undisturbed by the banging of
doors, the audible whispers about places, and the prosaic
rustle of nonmonductiog silks, would give hack • hominid-
fold what they receive I.—Cora/WI Maya:jar for December.
THE LATE MRS. GASKELL.—I u a fantastic Gentian
story there is • strange fancy which has often recalled
itself to me. It was suggested that, whenever • novelist
or dramatist died, the personages whom by his fictive art
he had called into being met him on the threshold cf the
unseen world to greet him as their creator, and to thank or
curse him for his share in the fact of their existence. If 1
this dream fancy had in It aught of troth, I can picture to
myself no tribe of author-created visitants with whom I
would sooner find myself surrounded on awaking beyond
the grave than the cohort of those who might claim the
author of " Mary Barton' as their spiritual parent. Becky
Sharpe, or Valerie, or Jane Eyre, or Maggie Tolliver, or
Lady Audley, or Conauelo, would seem too like weird
ghosts from the nightmare-hiders world I had left behind
me for ever. But Ruth, gentlest and purest of Magdaleoes
who have repented almost before they had sinned, and
Philip, " tender and true," and Lady Ludlow, and Miss
]fatty, and Cynthia Kirkpatrick, would have so little of
fault to answer for, that the burden of having called them '
forth to sin and suffer would weigh but lightly on my coo-
isciente as their responsible creator. To say this in Doswell
Praise. It is not a slight matter that an author can look
back at the last glimpse of life, and feel that be has left
behind him no written word which could make those who
read it otherwise than better ; and this acknowledgment is
justly due to Mrs. Gaskell. Other novelists have written
books ea clever, and many have written books as innocent ;
but there are few indeed who have written works which
grown•up men read with del•gbt. and children might read
without injary.—lifecmatan's Mcs9azine for December.

Two eamm

The railway market is dull to-day, and a de- ;
cline, ranging from k to it per cent., has taken
place in Metropolitan, Loudon and North Western,
Midland, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Great
Eastern stocks. Great Northern A. has receded t.
London and North Western stock is now
quoted 125 k to 126 k ; Great Western, 62i to ;
631; ; Midland, 124 E to 125/ • Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 122 k to 123 ; South Eastern, 79 to § ;
Great Eastern, 451 to 46 ; Caledonian, 125 k to
126 k • Metropolitan, 136 to London and
South Western, 96 to 97 • Great Northern, 1281.
to 129 k ; ditto A, 146 to 149.
Lombardo-Venetian Railway shares continue in
request, and have further advanced. Grand Trunk
of Canada stock has also improved. Dutch
Rhenish and Pernambuco shares are flat.

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