The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-05 00:00:00

lIXTRAOIDLYABY ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.

Oct Saturday morning, Mr. Mark Lemon attended
at Oalllm/I Juatioe•room with the view to piece before the
magistrate a portion of the following particulars relative to
the contemplated suicide of an individual, who, although at
present In bat humble ciremeetances, It was *vides* poi-
soned the advantages of eincatioa whiab few persona is hie
position are ambled to obtain: The meliorate not having
attired, Mr. Lemon applied to Mr. Martin, the chief clerk,
sad placed Woes him two letters, which had been What the
/mak (Alkalises' of which the unfortunate writer sodas*
a Crimean medal with two deem and 30a, in gold, which he
desired might be placed to the account of that farafessed
periodical Aiwa, a journal which he much admired.
The rest of the letter plainly intimated the writer's
determination to put an end to his extetesce, ea
he was tired of this world, and had so many isioutlos to em-.,
tend with that he found it impossible to retain say situation
he got into. Feeling that this was a ease of great emer-
gency, Mr. Martin at once commuoicated with leMor
Leonard, of the Fleet-street polioe-etetion, who forthwith
proceeded to the address given in the letter. The second
letter produced by Mr. Murk Lemon purported to be a fort
of will, in which the writer wished hoe body to be given to
One of the hospital. for dimedion, and his clothes to some
deserving Irishman, giving a pTefaolloll to a native Of one
tto=
ar county. On receiving this hiforeestioa,
.1111opeotor
communicated with the Matrepolitan polies et the
Towerwtrest station, whet' polico-owiatablo Charles Cooke,
146 L, immediately proceeded to 8, GriMn-street, To/h-
-ived, Lambeth, where in an upper nom he fond a Rim
in bed, apparently in a very sakaseted stew He bond
on the Nor a remedy discharged pistol (maker's sane
Hart, of Cokbester), and on turning dews the holtiothoe he
saw blood awn the roan's shire, and diorovarol a awed over
the left breast, near the raised the heart. Se bat brew
lodging there, it appeal/. ahoyniece weds, Ida bed lived
hi a very retried way, me arla tbe home laumrlag wrou his
with*, by the Wigs appease to Os Dennis Leahy.
ta:Pw'es about 48 ye+n of ems and on beteg asked lifter he
had sate ouch a domporsto otlllopt ea his life is, be easily
serrated every drearedralr draasetwil with the stair.
The
°Meer Cooks instantly essisheacie, sad by
the advice of Dr. Dodd,lP"ortltittifietercrosd, he was
removed stance to Guy's HespdaLairbere in at menet
lying in a wry precarious state. On further searching the
room Cooke found the following letter
" Friday, 2.9, la.-1 have peld the landlady. I owe no
m toss, ma "D. Lieu 1."
aiThave been grievously annoyed and injured for a long
time, and by some of the most wartlike. and contemptible.
I whits 1 could forgive acme of theca, but I CU leeve them to
their Mrs cenecienom, if they have any, to do jumbo when
I sea so mote. " D. L."
This letter wee addrased in the hoist of the samlope, with
the words, "To be evened and read r sad on the back,
"My instruction' wale 'found at 85, Fleet-street," the pub-
lishing office et Plod. As eons as the miegedded man is
inflicently 111 be removed, he will be brought up
before the =glebe% bat at geermit there le some doubt if
he will survive.

1115271R10UD MATS IN THE PAVILION
OAZDANII, mars WOOLWICH.

On Saturday afternoon an inquiry was held by
Mr. C. C. Lewis, coroner at the California Tamen, AIM
Ham, os the body of Michael linnuittoged 81, who was
found dead in the lake of the Pavilion Oardm, Meth Wool- •
'rids. From the evidence given it appeared that thealeceemi .
and his nephew, William Burnett, a boiler maker, residing et
Woolwich, visited the gardens on Tuesday evening leaf, sad •
were both observed to bathe worse for liquor. TM last time
the deceased was sees alive was about a quarter past eleven,
in the ball-room ; and beiog mimed by his nephew who
was endeavouring to find him until ths Boss of the girdeim
taming, be retained to Woolwich, fasoyieg ten
deceased had proceeded to him home at Spray's-
baling*, Plumstead. The next day, however, Thomas
Cotten, a men employed in the gardens, passing by a piece of
tenter known as the lake, and about • foot deep, disoovered
body of the unfortunate man, who waa lying flat on
tee TIM body was then get our, when it was (eyed
that the dammed had metaitied • mans injury to the fore-
Mimed, there being a total absence of the usual indications
attending death by drowning. The assistance of Police-con-
stable Atter, MO $., was obtained, and on the body being
searched a silver watch, which had stopped at eight minutes
mat one, mu found in his waistcoat pocket. a gold ring being
also (mad on his finger, and money in his pocket. The
ralet4tien was that the deceased had fallen
ha asleep la thetudeas,
and that os awaking and finding was locked
fuo, he strolled gnat the gardens until he came to the Like
where hie body vas found, having fallen over • link need
for the purpose of enabling the onapany's servants to pew
wont the ester to light Me cenamental kmpa
TY jury having vkawsi the met, the Marra Coroner re-
marked epos the abuses of the meal systpunas observed in
ordinary cues of drowning, and mid that some years since Ito
held an inquest under precisely similar circumstances, oo the
body of a roan who had been found dad in • ditch with
bruises on his person. After the verdict had been returned
to that cue some unpleasant observations were made; and
be had, therefore, determined, In all such cases for the future,
to have a pen ~Om examination made.
Mr. Illsonaleare, the proprietor of the garden., exprceeed a
wish that the fallen possible inquiry should be made into the
ems; sad several of the jury havieg concurred in the ob-
servations of the Corona, the inquiry was adjourned until
Wednesday next.