The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-18 00:00:00

CrWOPENCE

DISTRESSING SUICIDE OF A WOALAN PROM
LONDON-BRIDGE.

A sad case of suicide came under the notice of
Mr. W.J. Payne, the depub,eoroner, at an inquest held at
the St. Magnus Vestry -ha, London-bridge, last night, re-
specting the death of Mary Anne Heath, aged 45 years.
Anne Tittinsor No. 9, Swan-lane City, said that on
last Saturday night, at 9 o'clock, she saw the deceased
" run king "towards the first recess on the right hand
of the City side of London-bridge. She then leaped over
the parapet into the river. A man and a bey were stand-
ing near, and witness maid to the nun, " What's that T'
and he replied, You may look if you like ; it's a woman."
and he walked on.

Captain Martin, muter of the Azalea steamer, said
that on the night in question he heard a cry of "A woman
overboard," and he ran to the stern of the steamer with a
boat-hook, and got the deceased out of the water, and
took her to the Swan pier.
Polioe-constable Benlon, 616 City hue, said that when
the deceased was lying on the pier, she exclaimed, " Oh,
don't expose me, I am Mrs. Heath, of No. 1, Boundary-
row, Blackfriars." She then suddenly died.
Mr. William Clayton, F.R.0.5., proved that the cause of
death was inunanion in the water.
Was. Kati„ an iron-worker, living at 1, Boundary-row,
said that the deceased was his wife. She was in the habit
of working at a Mr. Cork's, a collar manfacturer, in
Ifiltoninceet, Crippleute, for Ufa. a week. On Saturday
evening, at 6 o'clock, she returned home, and said, " I
have been discharged. I have done enough to get myself
transported. I hue mode a niadalse sad brought &way •
bundle of Mr. Cork's work instead of my own children's
clothing." Wiillllol mid, " A good job too. We want
you to stay at home to mind the children." They had
six of them. lio own her back to the City in an omnibus
with the work.

Franca Heath, a daughter aged /9, said that her mother
took the work to a public-house in the City, and left it
there for Mr. Cork. She said, "Oh, my God, what shall
Ido about it. My being discharged to-night makes it
look so awkward." She had been discharged for
not dressing some work properly. Mr. Cork intended
to have sent for her on the following Monday morning. g
She asked the public house people to remember the num-
ber of t►e omnibus by which she had returned to
the City. She was a very sober woman and there was
no other cause for her excitement besides the mistake
about the bundle of work.

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The Coroner having summed up, the jury returned a ver-
dict, " That the deceased destroyed her own life by leap.
ng from London-bridge, whilst in a state of temporary

Tel BuvrAN's VISIT To THE ClTY.—This even-
ing the reception of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan by
the Corporation of Imndon is appointed to take place at
Guildhall. The guests will be nearly 3,000, and among
them will be his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and
other members of the royal family ; all the ministers and
great officers of state, members of the Houses of Lords
and Commons, and most of the foreign ambassadors. The
entertainment will consist of • mend concert iii the Great
Hall, to be followed by • ball and supper. The royal party
will be composed of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, with
their Royal Highnesses latedin Effendi, Mured Effendi,
and Haenid Efiendi the Prince of Wales, the Duke of
Cambridge the Princeu Mary Adelaide of Teck,
his Serene Highness the Prince of Teek, the Grand Duke
of Mecklenburg-Strelitz end the Grand Duchess of Meek-
lenburg-Strelitz, the Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe
Weimar, Fuad Pacha, Turkish Minister for Foreign
Affairs ; the Count de Paris, the Duke and Duchess of
Aosta, and the Turkish ambassador in Paris. His Im-
perial Majesty will leave Buckiugham Palace at half-part
t o'clock. The barriers in the neighbourhood of Guild-
ball will be closed at 3.30 p.m., and after that hour no car-
riage nor person will be permitted to enter or remain in
the Guildhall yard, or the immediate approaches thereto.
Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, St. Paul's-churchyard, Cheap
side, the Poultry, and the approaches thereto, will be
closed at 4 p.m., and no carriage or other vehicle will be
permitted to enter or remain in those streets after that
hour, unless provided with a ticket for the Guildhall. The
ball will be open for the reception of guests at 4 p.m.
Mn. ROEBUCK AND MR. CONNOLLY.—A special
meeting of the delegates representing the London Trades
Societies at the late conference at St. Martin's-hall was
held last evening at the Sussex-hall, Bouverientreet,
Fleet-street, for the purpose of taking' into consideration
the course to be pursued by the trades towards the com-
a mission consequent upon the exclusion of the trades' repre-
sentative, Mr. Connolly, from the sittings of the 0011111ljg-
*ion, for having made certain remarks upon the public
conduct of Mr. Roebuck, M.P., one of the comniissioncrs.
Mr. George Potter occupied the chair. Mr. Packer
(turner) moved the following resolution :--•• That in
the opinion of this meeting of delegates of the London
tree* reprenoted at the pate fit Martin'eamtgomferepse,
the exclaims el their rtammaatattve,
the Trades Union Commissioners from their sittings, en
account of remarks made by him at a public
meeting, on the public character of Mr. Roebuck,
one of the members for Sheffield, is an act
of tyranny calling for their strongest coutiemaatioe." Mr.
Pariah (brushmaker) seconded the resolution, which hav-
ing been supported by several other delegates, was carried
unanimously. Mr. Wilson (shipwright) said ho had been
asked to move the following resolution:—"That the trades
represented at the St. Martin's-hall confer% nee are of
opinion that all intercourse between the trades and the
Trades Union Conaulasion should cease until the resolution
excluding Mr. Connolly, their representative, be re-
scinded." lie thought the resolution was one of too much
importance to be adopted without taking the opinion of
the provincial trades. He would therefore suggest that it
should be taken as a notice of motion to be discussed at an
adjourned meeting, and that in the meantime it be printed
in a circular and sent to every trade represented at the
conference, with a request that they either send a delegate
to the meeting or communicate their opinion by letter.
After some discussion the above suggestion was adopted,
and the meeting adjourned accordingly.
THE PEOPOSED Bottouon or CllZlNF.A.—Yester-
day evening, the first public meeting in connexion with
the representation of the proposed borough of Chelsea was
held in the Assembly-rooms, in the Fulham-road ; Mr. W.
Cattle presiding. Sir Henry A. Hoare, Bart., one of the
candidates, attended and delivered a long speech. He
said he was a firm supporter of all those liberal measures
which had been proposed during the last 20 or 30 years. all
founded on the love of equality, which he believed to be •
noble ambition. For himself he might say that he was
not • reformer in the French sense, which sometimes
meant revolution, for at all events in England we all had
equality as far as the law was concerned, with some ex-
ceptions, however. In la 2 the Reform Bill brought into
the exercise of the franchiac the middle classes of the com-
munity, but it left out the working classes, who were now
to be provided for. He had the most perfect confidence in
the people of England, and in Mr. Gladstone as their leader.
He did not like to be called a radical ;be thought radi-
calism meant the uprooting of nU that was good in the con-
stitution, but he preferred to be placed in the rank, of the
advanced liberals, who were really the soundest reformers.
lie believed that Mr. Uladstone's bill was the most sincere
and honest measure that was ever presented to parliament,
because it said what it meant, and meant what it said ;
but the bill now before parliament would require much
revision before it would satisfy the wants of the people.
The hon. baronet declared that he was in favour of the
ballot, compulsory education, the equalisation of poor-
rates, awl the reform of municipal institutions. A re-
solution to the effect that Sir H. Hoare ought to be sup-
ported was eventually carried. Who is to be the second
popular candidate for the proposed new constituency does
not yet seem to have been definitely settled, although two
or three influential gentlemen are said to be aspirants foe
the honour.
PRF.sERVATION or EPPING FORLST.—A public
meeting, baring for its object the extension of the move.
meet for the preservation of Epping Forest, was held on
Saturday last at Chingford-green. Mr. G. S. Lefevre,
M.P., and Mr. Lawrence attended on behalf of tbo ('om.
nines Preservation Society, Parliament-street, and Mr. Duf-
field, of Mile-end, Mr. Delano, Tottenham, and Mr. Smith,
of Buckbunt-hill, from the East London local coninattee
of the same. Mr. Leferre, hiP, was called to the chair,
and in the course of the meeting numerous instances were
stated by gentlemen resident on the forest, and by the
forest offm..rs, of the total disregard of public rights, and
contempt for private interests, which were exhibited in
many of the recent enclosures of the forest lands by
private persons. Resolutions were peseta strongly
condemning the enclosures which had taken plate,
and expressing the determination of those present
to aid the Commons Preservation Society in their resist-
ance of all future enclosures of the forest lands, and a
local committee was formed to co-operate with the East
London committee in their resistance to the said enclo-
sures. A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the
proceedings of a most satisfactory meeting, which promises
to be followed by the best practical resells to the cause of
forest preservation.
Two MEN BURIED ALIVE NEAR BOLTON. —A
shocking accident occurred at 1 o'clock on Tuesday morn-
ing, at Blackrod, near Bolton, by which two men, named
Thomas Darbishire and William Lee. lost their lives.
The deceased were employed at the brickyard of Messrs.
Smethurst and Co., coal proprietors, and it seems had
erected • cabin on the ground in which to sleep. The
roof was constructed of sods, covered with a thick layer of
earth, of between two and three tons weight ; and at
Tuesday night, owing to the heavy rains, the material be-
came loosened and fell in upon the unfortunate meu while
they were asleep. Another men, named Ralph Peters, was
in the cabin at the time, and escaped uninjured, but he
was unable to render assistance, and the deceased, when
extricated, were found to be quite deed, having been
literally buried alive. Darbishire was married, end leaves
et widow and five children. Lee was single, and aged 20.
Both men were from Wigan.